WO2001078381A8 - Online/offline triggers - Google Patents

Online/offline triggers

Info

Publication number
WO2001078381A8
WO2001078381A8 PCT/US2001/011117 US0111117W WO0178381A8 WO 2001078381 A8 WO2001078381 A8 WO 2001078381A8 US 0111117 W US0111117 W US 0111117W WO 0178381 A8 WO0178381 A8 WO 0178381A8
Authority
WO
WIPO (PCT)
Prior art keywords
viewer
trigger
set top
triggers
content
Prior art date
Application number
PCT/US2001/011117
Other languages
French (fr)
Other versions
WO2001078381A2 (en
WO2001078381A3 (en
Inventor
George E Escobar
Carlos A Silva
Laurence F Kirsh
Original Assignee
America Online Inc
George E Escobar
Carlos A Silva
Laurence F Kirsh
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by America Online Inc, George E Escobar, Carlos A Silva, Laurence F Kirsh filed Critical America Online Inc
Priority to AU2001249891A priority Critical patent/AU2001249891A1/en
Publication of WO2001078381A2 publication Critical patent/WO2001078381A2/en
Publication of WO2001078381A3 publication Critical patent/WO2001078381A3/en
Publication of WO2001078381A8 publication Critical patent/WO2001078381A8/en

Links

Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/431—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
    • H04N21/4312—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/20—Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/23—Processing of content or additional data; Elementary server operations; Server middleware
    • H04N21/235—Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/431—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
    • H04N21/4312—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
    • H04N21/4314—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/433—Content storage operation, e.g. storage operation in response to a pause request, caching operations
    • H04N21/4331—Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/435—Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/438—Interfacing the downstream path of the transmission network originating from a server, e.g. retrieving encoded video stream packets from an IP network
    • H04N21/4381—Recovering the multiplex stream from a specific network, e.g. recovering MPEG packets from ATM cells
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/45—Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies, resolving scheduling conflicts
    • H04N21/462—Content or additional data management, e.g. creating a master electronic program guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end, controlling the complexity of a video stream by scaling the resolution or bit-rate based on the client capabilities
    • H04N21/4622—Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/472—End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content
    • H04N21/4722—End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content for requesting additional data associated with the content
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/478—Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
    • H04N21/4788—Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application communicating with other users, e.g. chatting
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/488—Data services, e.g. news ticker
    • H04N21/4882—Data services, e.g. news ticker for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/60—Network structure or processes for video distribution between server and client or between remote clients; Control signalling between clients, server and network components; Transmission of management data between server and client, e.g. sending from server to client commands for recording incoming content stream; Communication details between server and client 
    • H04N21/63—Control signaling related to video distribution between client, server and network components; Network processes for video distribution between server and clients or between remote clients, e.g. transmitting basic layer and enhancement layers over different transmission paths, setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet between remote STB's; Communication protocols; Addressing
    • H04N21/643—Communication protocols
    • H04N21/64322—IP
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/80—Generation or processing of content or additional data by content creator independently of the distribution process; Content per se
    • H04N21/85—Assembly of content; Generation of multimedia applications
    • H04N21/858—Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/80—Generation or processing of content or additional data by content creator independently of the distribution process; Content per se
    • H04N21/85—Assembly of content; Generation of multimedia applications
    • H04N21/858—Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot
    • H04N21/8586—Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot by using a URL
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/08—Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band, e.g. by time division
    • H04N7/087—Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band, e.g. by time division with signal insertion during the vertical blanking interval only
    • H04N7/088—Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band, e.g. by time division with signal insertion during the vertical blanking interval only the inserted signal being digital

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Databases & Information Systems (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Information Transfer Between Computers (AREA)
  • Two-Way Televisions, Distribution Of Moving Picture Or The Like (AREA)

Abstract

Online and offline triggers are provided to allow a viewer access to content in an internet/TV environment (502) employing a set top device (500). A trigger (711) is used to notify a viewer of an event using content available to a set top device (500). In some instances the viewer may also interact with the trigger (711) to cause a processor of the set top device to navigate the viewer to content associated with the event. The set top device receives triggers through any of a number of types of connections (512, 531, 541). The set top device may store triggers in an associated memory (614), and may download triggers from a service provider in response to viewer interaction with the set top device. A browser in the set top device notifies the viewer of content associated with the trigger by displaying a message or content of the trigger (711) on an associated TV/monitor. By responding to the trigger, the viewer can cause the processor to navigate to other content that is related to the event. If the viewer does not respond to the trigger, the trigger may be removed from display on the TV/monitor. The trigger also may be re-triggered until the viewer takes action. The triggers can be displayed anywhere on the monitor, and may to overlay TV content. The triggers are real-time (or time stamped) notifications of events that are displayed on the TV screens or web-pages and include both sender and receiver components.
PCT/US2001/011117 2000-04-07 2001-04-06 Online/offline triggers WO2001078381A2 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AU2001249891A AU2001249891A1 (en) 2000-04-07 2001-04-06 Online/offline triggers

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US19524300P 2000-04-07 2000-04-07
US06/195,243 2000-04-07
US58434700A 2000-06-01 2000-06-01
US09/584,347 2000-06-01

Publications (3)

Publication Number Publication Date
WO2001078381A2 WO2001078381A2 (en) 2001-10-18
WO2001078381A3 WO2001078381A3 (en) 2002-02-21
WO2001078381A8 true WO2001078381A8 (en) 2002-05-23

Family

ID=26890831

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
PCT/US2001/011117 WO2001078381A2 (en) 2000-04-07 2001-04-06 Online/offline triggers

Country Status (2)

Country Link
AU (1) AU2001249891A1 (en)
WO (1) WO2001078381A2 (en)

Families Citing this family (18)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20030079224A1 (en) * 2001-10-22 2003-04-24 Anton Komar System and method to provide additional information associated with selectable display areas
US20040019899A1 (en) * 2002-07-25 2004-01-29 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V Method of and system for signal detection
US7536708B2 (en) 2003-03-07 2009-05-19 Siemens Communications, Inc. System and method for context-based searching and control of an integrated communications center
US8539533B2 (en) 2003-03-07 2013-09-17 Siemens Enterprise Communications, Inc. System and method for digital personal video stream manager
US7525975B2 (en) 2003-03-07 2009-04-28 Rami Caspi System and method for integrated audio stream manager
US7787749B2 (en) 2003-03-07 2010-08-31 Siemens Enterprise Communications, Inc. System and method for voice portal control of an integrated communications center
US7761898B2 (en) 2003-03-07 2010-07-20 Siemens Enterprise Communications, Inc. System and method for e-mail control of an integrated communications center
US7519073B2 (en) * 2003-03-07 2009-04-14 Siemens Communications, Inc. System and method for instant messaging control of an integrated communications center
US8365218B2 (en) 2005-06-24 2013-01-29 At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. Networked television and method thereof
CA2570741C (en) 2005-12-20 2014-05-06 Bce Inc. Method, system and apparatus for conveying personalized content to a viewer
US8312497B2 (en) 2006-03-29 2012-11-13 At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. Closed-captioning universal resource locator (URL) capture system and method
CA2570881C (en) * 2006-09-01 2015-05-12 Bce Inc. Method, system and apparatus for conveying personalized content to a viewer
US8051455B2 (en) * 2007-12-12 2011-11-01 Backchannelmedia Inc. Systems and methods for providing a token registry and encoder
GB2464685A (en) * 2008-10-21 2010-04-28 David Dinwoodie Media output with additional information
EP2552113A4 (en) * 2010-03-25 2013-11-27 Panasonic Corp Interruption display system, content information provision server device, and client device
US20120151535A1 (en) * 2010-12-02 2012-06-14 Pradeep Ramdeo Internet television system
US20150161551A1 (en) * 2013-12-06 2015-06-11 Vivint, Inc. Management of multi-site dashboards
WO2018206946A1 (en) * 2017-05-12 2018-11-15 Krowd 9 Limited Methods and apparatus for allowing visual and/or interactive devices to receive dedicated broadcast video and separately receive and transmit data

Family Cites Families (11)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5929849A (en) * 1996-05-02 1999-07-27 Phoenix Technologies, Ltd. Integration of dynamic universal resource locators with television presentations
WO1997043855A1 (en) * 1996-05-16 1997-11-20 Kabushiki Kaisha Infocity Method for transmitting and displaying information and device for displaying information
WO1998009437A1 (en) * 1996-08-28 1998-03-05 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Broadcast receiver selectively using navigation information multiplexed on transport stream and recording medium recording the method of the same
ATE381212T1 (en) * 1996-10-16 2007-12-15 Gemstar Dev Corp INTERNET DATA ACCESS VIA TELEVISION SYSTEM
JP3814903B2 (en) * 1996-12-25 2006-08-30 株式会社日立製作所 Video / data display method and apparatus
US6510557B1 (en) * 1997-01-03 2003-01-21 Texas Instruments Incorporated Apparatus for the integration of television signals and information from an information service provider
US6637032B1 (en) * 1997-01-06 2003-10-21 Microsoft Corporation System and method for synchronizing enhancing content with a video program using closed captioning
AU758650B2 (en) * 1997-03-11 2003-03-27 Opentv, Inc. A digital interactive system for providing full interactivity with live programming events
CA2261028C (en) * 1997-05-21 2012-02-07 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Transmission and reception of television programs
GB2327837B (en) * 1997-07-29 1999-09-15 Microsoft Corp Providing enhanced content with broadcast video
AU6512900A (en) * 1999-08-03 2001-02-19 America Online, Inc. Providing interactive links in tv programming

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
AU2001249891A1 (en) 2001-10-23
WO2001078381A2 (en) 2001-10-18
WO2001078381A3 (en) 2002-02-21

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
WO2001078381A8 (en) Online/offline triggers
CA2267890A1 (en) Access to internet data through a television system
WO2004012065A3 (en) System and method for providing real-time ticker information
WO2007047208A3 (en) Security system reporting events through e-mail messages
US20090076919A1 (en) Monitoring application for automatically requesting content
CA2351411A1 (en) Method and apparatus for selecting and displaying multi-media messages
EP1119192A3 (en) System for interactive chat without a keyboard
BR9714670A (en) Digital interactive system to provide complete integration with live programming events
WO2000049746A3 (en) Method of marketing products using an integrated television and internet system
KR960039899A (en) A television receiver using the received channel guide information and a secondary video signal processor
ES2128104T3 (en) A GRAPHIC MENU FOR A TELEVISION RECEIVER.
WO2002043310A3 (en) System and method of providing relevant interactive content to a broadcast display
WO2001033858A1 (en) Interactive television systems with live customer service
WO2000079797A8 (en) Systems and methods for enhanced visual presentation using interactive video streams
CN101188730A (en) A bidirectional interactive service based on data broadcast navigation
WO2001069479A1 (en) The internet advertising method using a mouse pointer
EP1126699A3 (en) OSD system
WO2001006770A8 (en) Methods and apparatus for presentation of multimedia information in conjunction with broadcast programming
FR2910764A1 (en) Acknowledgement receipt transmitting method for e.g. personal computer, involves recognizing responses associated to event, and transmitting acknowledgement receipt of event when minimum number of responses is reached
KR100245449B1 (en) Method of controlling a door video phone capable of displaying image and text
JP3040623U (en) Internet connection device
KR970014211A (en) How to automatically display visual display characters while watching TV sets
KR970064193A (en) How to switch the PIP screen of information TV
KR960025600A (en) Video cassette player and message display method
KR980004713A (en) Phone messaging system of Vishal phone system

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
AK Designated states

Kind code of ref document: A2

Designated state(s): AE AG AL AM AT AU AZ BA BB BG BR BY BZ CA CH CN CO CR CU CZ DE DK DM DZ EE ES FI GB GD GE GH GM HR HU ID IL IN IS JP KE KG KP KR KZ LC LK LR LS LT LU LV MA MD MG MK MN MW MX MZ NO NZ PL PT RO RU SD SE SG SI SK SL TJ TM TR TT TZ UA UG US US UZ VN YU ZA ZW

AL Designated countries for regional patents

Kind code of ref document: A2

Designated state(s): GH GM KE LS MW MZ SD SL SZ TZ UG ZW AM AZ BY KG KZ MD RU TJ TM AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LU MC NL PT SE TR BF BJ CF CG CI CM GA GN GW ML MR NE SN TD TG

121 Ep: the epo has been informed by wipo that ep was designated in this application
AK Designated states

Kind code of ref document: A3

Designated state(s): AE AG AL AM AT AU AZ BA BB BG BR BY BZ CA CH CN CO CR CU CZ DE DK DM DZ EE ES FI GB GD GE GH GM HR HU ID IL IN IS JP KE KG KP KR KZ LC LK LR LS LT LU LV MA MD MG MK MN MW MX MZ NO NZ PL PT RO RU SD SE SG SI SK SL TJ TM TR TT TZ UA UG US US UZ VN YU ZA ZW

AL Designated countries for regional patents

Kind code of ref document: A3

Designated state(s): GH GM KE LS MW MZ SD SL SZ TZ UG ZW AM AZ BY KG KZ MD RU TJ TM AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LU MC NL PT SE TR BF BJ CF CG CI CM GA GN GW ML MR NE SN TD TG

AK Designated states

Kind code of ref document: C1

Designated state(s): AE AG AL AM AT AU AZ BA BB BG BR BY BZ CA CH CN CO CR CU CZ DE DK DM DZ EE ES FI GB GD GE GH GM HR HU ID IL IN IS JP KE KG KP KR KZ LC LK LR LS LT LU LV MA MD MG MK MN MW MX MZ NO NZ PL PT RO RU SD SE SG SI SK SL TJ TM TR TT TZ UA UG US US UZ VN YU ZA ZW

AL Designated countries for regional patents

Kind code of ref document: C1

Designated state(s): GH GM KE LS MW MZ SD SL SZ TZ UG ZW AM AZ BY KG KZ MD RU TJ TM AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LU MC NL PT SE TR BF BJ CF CG CI CM GA GN GW ML MR NE SN TD TG

122 Ep: pct application non-entry in european phase
NENP Non-entry into the national phase

Ref country code: JP

DPE2 Request for preliminary examination filed before expiration of 19th month from priority date (pct application filed from 20040101)