WO2002035822A3 - System and method for the automatic insertion of data into a television signal in connection with interactive tv - Google Patents

System and method for the automatic insertion of data into a television signal in connection with interactive tv Download PDF

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WO2002035822A3
WO2002035822A3 PCT/US2001/032520 US0132520W WO0235822A3 WO 2002035822 A3 WO2002035822 A3 WO 2002035822A3 US 0132520 W US0132520 W US 0132520W WO 0235822 A3 WO0235822 A3 WO 0235822A3
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data
interactive
itv
connection
television signal
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Drake Smith
Samuel Barone Jr
David Davis
Kelly King
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Mixed Signals Technologies Inc
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Priority to AU2002213375A priority patent/AU2002213375A1/en
Priority to EP01981753A priority patent/EP1352514A4/en
Publication of WO2002035822A2 publication Critical patent/WO2002035822A2/en
Publication of WO2002035822A3 publication Critical patent/WO2002035822A3/en

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    • 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
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/475—End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data
    • H04N21/4758—End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data for providing answers, e.g. voting
    • 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
    • H04N21/854—Content authoring
    • H04N21/8547—Content authoring involving timestamps for synchronizing content
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
    • H04N5/222—Studio circuitry; Studio devices; Studio equipment
    • 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

Abstract

A system and method are disclosed for automatically inserting ITV-related data into a video signal based on the detection of certain events occurring during the show. According to the invention, certain components on the studio set are monitored for the occurence of corresponding events. Upon detecting one or more such events, a detection signal is output by a monitoring device (34), and a data encoder (38) then inserts corresponding ITV-related data into the video signal (40). In this manner, ITV-related data is automatically inserted into the TV program.
PCT/US2001/032520 2000-10-23 2001-10-15 System and method for the automatic insertion of data into a television signal in connection with interactive tv WO2002035822A2 (en)

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GBGB0309428.1A GB0309428D0 (en) 2000-10-23 2001-10-15 System and method for the automatic insertion of data into a television signal in connection with interactive tv
AU2002213375A AU2002213375A1 (en) 2000-10-23 2001-10-15 System and method for the automatic insertion of data into a television signal in connection with interactive tv
EP01981753A EP1352514A4 (en) 2000-10-23 2001-10-15 System and method for the automatic insertion of data into a television signal in connection with interactive tv

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US69466000A 2000-10-23 2000-10-23
US09/694,660 2000-10-23

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US5937331A (en) * 1996-07-01 1999-08-10 Kalluri; Rama Protocol and system for transmitting triggers from a remote network and for controlling interactive program content at a broadcast station
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