WO2004049714A1 - Interactive television systems with conflict management capabilities - Google Patents

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WO2004049714A1
WO2004049714A1 PCT/US2003/035101 US0335101W WO2004049714A1 WO 2004049714 A1 WO2004049714 A1 WO 2004049714A1 US 0335101 W US0335101 W US 0335101W WO 2004049714 A1 WO2004049714 A1 WO 2004049714A1
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  • This invention relates to television systems, and more particularly, to interactive television systems such as interactive television program guide systems with video-on-demand and video recorder capabilities.
  • Interactive television systems may be used to provide interactive television program guides in which screens of interactive television program listings are presented to users. Pay-per-view and video-on-demand services, web browsing services, games, home shopping, and other interactive features may be provided using interactive television systems.
  • users In typical interactive television systems, users have set-top boxes or other equipment in their home with which the users interact using remote controls or other user interfaces.
  • users In a computer environment, users can access interactive television program guide web sites.
  • Interactive television program guides may be implemented on personal video recorder platforms.
  • a typical personal video recorder has a hard disk drive for storing digital video recordings that may be played back on a user's television.
  • Video recorder functionality may also be provided using equipment at a cable system headend. With this type of network-based video recorder, a user may direct equipment at the headend to perform video recording and playback functions.
  • the delivery of video-on-demand or video recorder content may give rise to conflicts.
  • the delivery of a video-on-demand movie may overlap with a program for which the user has set a reminder with an interactive television program guide.
  • Conflicts may also arise between video delivery and scheduled recordings or time-based parental control settings .
  • interactive television systems that help manage potential conflicts that arise when the requested delivery of video-on-demand or video recorder content might overlap with an existing time-based setting such as a scheduled reminder, a scheduled recording, a pre- ordered pay-per-view program or a time-based parental control setting.
  • Interactive television functionality may be supported through the use of interactive television applications that are implemented on user equipment such as cable set-top boxes, personal video recorders, personal computers, satellite integrated receiver decoders (IRD) boxes, interactive televisions, or other suitable devices.
  • the interactive television applications may be used to provide video recorder functions, video-on-demand functions, and program guide services.
  • the user may set reminders for programs, may purchase pay-per-view programs, may establish times at which certain programs will be automatically recorded, and may use parental control functions to selectively block the viewing of content during certain time periods.
  • the interactive television applications may display program listings and provide other services such as home shopping, banking, web browsing, games, etc.
  • Video-on-demand content and video recorder content may be stored at network locations outside of users' homes or other viewing locations.
  • a video server at a cable system headend or other suitable location in the distribution network of an interactive television system may be used to support video-on-demand and video recorder functions.
  • Network-based video recording may involve storing a virtual recording in the personal area assigned to a particular user.
  • the user may use the interactive television application to access the personal area.
  • the user may use the interactive television application to direct the system to play back a desired program on the user's equipment.
  • the user may also use the interactive television application to order or request video-on-demand content.
  • the delivery of video associated with a video-on-demand order or the playback of a recording from a network-based video recorder or a personal video recorder in the user's home gives rise to a conflict with a previously-established time-based setting, the user may be provided with various options for resolving the conflict.
  • the user may be provided with an opportunity to reschedule delivery of video-on- demand content if the originally-selected order time would cause the video-on-demand content to overlap with the airing of a program from which the user had previously established a reminder.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram of an illustrative interactive television system in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram of illustrative user television equipment in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram of additional illustrative user television equipment in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram of an illustrative remote control in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 shows an illustrative program guide screen in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 9 is an illustrative display screen showing how a flip banner that contains program listings information for the current channel may be displayed as an overlay over video of the current channel in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIGS. 11 and 12 show shows an illustrative program guide screen in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 12 is an illustrative display screen showing how an interactive television application may provide a user with an opportunity to set a program reminder in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 14 is a display screen showing an illustrative video-on-demand menu that may be used to select a category of video-on-demand content in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 16 shows an illustrative title menu that may be used to select a video-on-demand title of interest in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIGS. 17a and 17b are illustrative video-on- demand information screens that may be used to access video-on-demand content in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIGS. 20a and 20b are illustrative display screens showing how a user ' s recordings may be presented and selected from an interactive list in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 28 is a flow chart of illustrative steps involved in using an interactive television system to allow a user to create time-based settings and request video content delivery and to resolve conflicts between the settings and content delivery requests in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 10 in accordance with the present invention is shown in FIG. 1.
  • Content such as television programming and digital music may be provided from programming sources 12 to television distribution facilities such as television distribution facility 14 using communications path 16.
  • Programming sources 12 may be any suitable sources of television and music programming, such as television and music production studios, etc.
  • Television distribution facility 14 may be a cable system headend, a satellite television distribution facility, a television broadcast facility, or any other suitable facility for distributing television and music programming to users. There are typically numerous television distribution facilities 14 in system 10, but only one is shown in FIG. 1 to avoid overcomplicating the drawings.
  • Communications path 16 may be a satellite path, a fiber-optic path, a cable path, or any other suitable wired or wireless communications paths or a combination of such paths.
  • Television distribution facility 14 may be connected to various user equipment devices 18. Such user equipment 18 may, for example, be located in the homes of users.
  • User equipment 18 may include user television equipment 20 or user computer equipment 22.
  • the user equipment may receive television and music programming and other information from television distribution facility 14 over communications paths such as communications paths 26, 27, and 28.
  • the user equipment may also transmit signals to television distribution facility 14 over paths 26, 27, and 28.
  • Paths 26, 27, and 28 may be cables or other wired connections, free-space connections (e.g., for broadcast or other wireless signals), satellite links, etc.
  • User equipment 18 may access on-line program guide information and other information from server 36 via communications path 42. User equipment 18 may also access the on-line program guide and other services on server 36 via communications path 26, television distribution facility 14, and communications path 44.
  • a cable modem or other suitable equipment may be used by user equipment 18 to communicate with television distribution facility 14.
  • Television distribution facility 14 may communicate with communications network 34 over any suitable path 44, such as a wired path, a cable path, fiber-optic path, satellite path, a combination of such paths, etc.
  • User equipment such as user television equipment 20 and user computer equipment 22 may access the on-line program guide and server 36 using similar arrangements.
  • User television equipment 20 may access the on-line program guide and server 36 using communications path 46 or using path 27, television distribution facility 14, and path 44.
  • the applications may also be implemented in a distributed fashion (e.g., using a client-server architecture in which the user equipment serves at least partly and for at least some of the time, as the client and a server such as server 56 at television distribution facility 14, server 36, or other suitable equipment acts as the server. Other distributed architectures may also be used if desired.
  • some or all of the interactive television system features of system 10 may be provided using operating system software or middleware software. Such operating system software and middleware may be used instead of or in combination with application-level software. Regardless of the particular arrangement used to implement interactive television features related to program guides, home shopping home banking, video-on- demand, Internet, communications, etc., the software that supports these features may be referred to as an application or applications.
  • Illustrative user television equipment 20 that is based on a set-top box arrangement is shown in FIG. 2.
  • Input/output 58 may be connected to communications paths such as paths 27 and 46. Input/output functions may be provided by one or more wires or communications paths, but are shown as a single path in FIG. 2 to avoid overcomplicating the drawing.
  • Television programming and other information may be received using input/output 58. Commands and requests and other information from the user may also be transmitted over input/output 58.
  • Set-top box 60 may be any suitable analog or digital set-top box (e.g., a cable set-top box) .
  • Set- top box 60 may contain an analog tuner for tuning to a desired analog television channel.
  • the front-panel display may, for example, be used to display the current channel to which the set-top box is tuned.
  • Set-top box 60 may also have communications circuitry such as a cable modem, an integrated services digital network (ISDN) modem, a digital subscriber line (DSL) modem, a telephone modem, wireless modem, etc. for communications with other equipment. Such communications may involve the Internet or any other suitable communications networks or paths. If desired, the components of set-top box 60 may be integrated into other user equipment (e.g., a television or videocassette recorder) .
  • ISDN integrated services digital network
  • DSL digital subscriber line
  • Recording device 62 may be used to record videos provided by set-top box 60. For example, if set- top box 60 is tuned to a given television channel, the video signal for that television channel may be passed to recording device 62 for recording on a videocassette, compact disc, digital video disk, or internal hard drive or other storage device. Recording device 62 may have communications circuitry such as a cable modem, an ISDN modem, a DSL modem, a telephone modem, etc. for communications with other equipment . Such communications may involve the Internet or any other suitable communications networks or paths. The components of recording device 62 may be integrated into other user equipment (e.g., a television, stereo equipment , etc . ) .
  • user equipment e.g., a television, stereo equipment , etc .
  • user television equipment 20 includes a recording device 66 such as a digital video recorder (e.g., a personal video recorder (PVR)) that uses a hard disk or other storage for recording video or may be a digital video disc recorder, compact disc recorder, videocassette recorder, or other suitable recording device.
  • Equipment 20 of FIG. 3 may also include a television 68.
  • Input/output 70 may be connected to communications paths such as paths 27 and 46. Television programming and other information may be received using input/output 70. Commands and requests and other information from the user may be transmitted over input/output 70.
  • Recording device 66 may have IR communications circuitry or other suitable communications circuitry for communicating with a remote control. Recording device 66 may also have dedicated buttons and a front-panel display. The front-panel display may, for example, be used to display the current channel to which the recording device is tuned.
  • Recording device 66 may also have communications circuitry such as a cable modem, an ISDN modem, a DSL modem, a telephone modem, a wireless modem, etc. for communications with other equipment. Such communications may involve the Internet or other suitable communications networks or paths. If desired, recording device 66 may include a satellite receiver or other equipment that has wireless communications circuitry for receiving satellite signals .
  • Recording device 66 of FIG. 3 or recording device 62 of FIG. 2 may record new video while previously recorded video is being played back on television 68 or 64. This allows users to press a pause button during normal television viewing. When the pause button is pressed, the current television program is stored on the hard disk of digital video recorder 66. When the user presses play, the recorded video may be played back. This arrangement allows the user to seamlessly pause and resume television viewing. Recording device 66 and 62 may also be used to allow a user to watch a previously-recorded program while simultaneously recording a new program.
  • the set-top box arrangement of FIG. 2 and the digital video recorder set-top box arrangement of FIG. 3 are merely illustrative. Other arrangements may be used if desired.
  • user television equipment may be based on a WebTV box, a personal computer television (PC/TV) , or any other suitable television equipment arrangement.
  • PC/TV personal computer television
  • the functions of components such as set-top box 60, digital video recorder 66, a WebTV box, or PC/TV or the like may be integrated into a television or personal computer or other suitable device .
  • Remote control 72 for operating user television equipment 20 (or suitable user computer equipment 22) is shown in FIG. 4.
  • Remote control 72 may have function keys 74 and other keys 76 such as keypad keys, power on/off keys, pause, stop, fast-forward and reverse keys, etc.
  • Volume up and down keys 78 may be used for adjusting the volume of the audio portion of a video.
  • Channel up and down keys 80 may be used to change television channels and to access content on virtual channels.
  • Cursor keys 82 may be used to navigate on-screen menus.
  • cursor keys 82 may be used to position an on-screen cursor, indicator, or highlight (sometimes all generically referred to herein as a highlight or highlight region) to indicate interest in a particular option or other item on a screen displayed by the interactive television application.
  • An OK key 84 (sometimes called a select or enter key) may be used to select on-screen options that the user has highlighted.
  • Keys 74 may include a record key 86 for initiating recordings.
  • Menu button 88 may be used to direct the interactive television application to display a menu on the user's display screen (e.g., on television 64 or 68 or on a suitable monitor or computer display) .
  • Info button 90 may be used to direct the interactive television application to display an information display screen. If the user has highlighted a particular program listing, for example, pressing the info button 90 may direct the interactive television application to provide additional program schedule information related to that program listing (e.g., a program summary, actor information, etc.) .
  • Lock button 92 may be used to modify access privileges.
  • a parent may use lock button 92 or on-screen options to establish parental control settings for the interactive television application.
  • the parental control settings may be time-based settings (e.g., to prevent a child from watching television during a particular time block such as from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM) .
  • the parental control settings may also be used to block programming based on rating, channel, program title, etc.
  • a locked or blocked program is typically not viewable until the interactive television application is provided with a suitable personal identification number (PIN) . Once this PIN has been entered, the interactive television program will unlock the user's equipment and allow the locked content to be accessed.
  • PIN personal identification number
  • Exit button 94 may be used to exit the interactive television application or to exit a portion of the interactive television application.
  • Guide button 96 may be used to invoke the interactive television program guide .
  • the keys shown in FIG. 4 are merely illustrative. Other keys or buttons may be provided if desired.
  • a music button may be used to access music with the interactive television application.
  • An edit button may be used to edit stored content (e.g., to remove commercials, remove portions of a video, etc.) .
  • Alphanumeric buttons may be used to enter alphanumeric characters.
  • a last or back button may be used to browse backward in the interactive television application (e.g., to return to a previous channel or display screen) .
  • Video recorder function buttons such as a play button, pause button, stop button, rewind button, fast-forward button, and record button, may be used to control video recorder functions (local or network-based) in system 10.
  • a help key may be used to invoke help functions such as context- sensitive on-screen help, etc.
  • Personal computer unit 98 may contain one or more processors (e.g., microprocessors) that are used to run the interactive television application or a portion of the interactive television application.
  • processors e.g., microprocessors
  • Personal computer unit 98 such as a hard drive, DVD drive, CD drive, or other suitable storage device or devices may be used to store video and other content.
  • the interactive television application and personal computer unit 98 may use this storage to provide the functions of a personal video recorder.
  • User equipment 18 such as user television equipment 20 and user computer equipment 22 may be used with network equipment such as server 56, server 36, and equipment at service providers such as service provider 50 of FIG. 1 to provide network-based video recording functions.
  • Video recording functions may be provided by storing copies of television programs and other video content on a remote server (e.g., server 56 or server 36 of FIG. 1) or other network-based equipment such as equipment at a service provider such as service provider 50.
  • Video recordings may be made in response to user commands that are entered at user equipment 18.
  • the interactive television application may be used to record video locally on the user equipment in response to the user commands.
  • the interactive television application may be used to record video or to make virtual recordings on network equipment such as server 36, 56, or equipment at service provider 50 in response to the user commands.
  • the user commands may be provided to the network equipment over the communications paths shown in FIG. 1.
  • the personal video recorder arrangement and the network- based video recorder arrangement can support functions such as fast-forward, rewind, pause, play, and record.
  • the system 10 may provide network-based video recording capabilities by using virtual copies or recordings.
  • Encoding circuitry (e.g., for converting over-the-air or cable analog signals to MPEG signals for storage) may also be provided.
  • the tuning and encoding circuitry may be used by the user equipment to receive and display or play or record a particular television or music channel or other desired audio and video content (e.g., video- on-demand content or requested network-based or local video recorder playback) .
  • Television programming and other video and on-screen options and information may be displayed on display 114.
  • Display 114 may be a monitor, a television, or any other suitable equipment for displaying visual images.
  • Speakers 116 may be provided as part of a television or may be stand-alone units. Digital music and the audio component of videos displayed on display 114 may be played through speakers 116.
  • a user may control the control circuitry 106 using user input interface 118.
  • the user input interface 118 may be any suitable user interface, such as a mouse, trackball, keypad, keyboard, touch screen, touch pad, voice recognition interface, remote control, etc .
  • An illustrative menu 120 that may be displayed on the user's display screen is shown in FIG. 7. As shown in FIG. 7, menu 120 may provide the user with an number of selectable options. The options shown in FIG. 7 are merely illustrative. Any suitable options may be provided if desired.
  • a user of user equipment 18 may invoke an interactive television menu such as menu screen 120 by pressing menu button 88 (FIG. 4) .
  • Remote control 72 (FIG. 4) or other user interface 118 (FIG. 6) may be used to position highlight region 121 on top of selectable options such as options 122-135. If the user selects option 122 or 123, a screen of program listings may be displayed.
  • option 132 the user may be presented with an opportunity to access home banking functions.
  • Option 133 may be selected to change system setup options and option 134 may be selected to launch a web browser or other application for accessing the Internet.
  • Option 135 may be selected to access other interactive television services.
  • program guide screens such as menu screen 120 and other interactive television application screens may include selectable advertisements 137. Any suitable advertisements may be provided, including panel advertisements, banner advertisements, advertisements provided between program listings, advertisements provided on certain program listings or other portions of the screen, or any other suitable advertisements.
  • a user may use cursor keys 82 of remote control 72 (FIG.
  • buttons or controls available through those interfaces (e.g., using voice commands if the user interface involves a voice recognition arrangement, etc . ) .
  • Program guide screen 138 that may be displayed for the user is shown in FIG. 8.
  • Program guide screen 138 may be displayed, for example, when the user selects program listings option 122 of FIG. 7, when the user selects a suitable option from within an interactive television program guide application or other interactive television application, or when the user presses an appropriate remote control button such as guide button 96 or otherwise uses user input interface 118 to indicate a desire to view program listings .
  • buttons or press keys or use user input interface 118 to otherwise enter suitable commands that direct the interactive television application to display program listings organized by channel, by genre, by service type (e.g., pay-per-view or regular broadcast television), etc.
  • Selectable options such as options 145, 146,
  • the interactive television application may also be used to provide a browse feature. As shown in FIG. 10, when the user invokes the browse feature (e.g. J , by pressing an up or down cursor key) , browse display
  • the browse feature e.g. J , by pressing an up or down cursor key
  • Browse display 160 may be displayed as an overlay over a portion of the channel (i.e., channel 2) that is being displayed on the user's display screen 162 and to which the user is currently tuned.
  • Browse display 160 may initially contain information on the current channel.
  • browse display 160 may, when initially invoked by the user, contain the title of the current program and information on the current channel such as the current channel number, call letters, and network logo.
  • the browse display may be changed to display information on the programming available on other channels. In the example of FIG. 10, the user has pressed the cursor keys repeatedly, until the user has browsed to channel 99.
  • the video that is being displayed on display screen 162 has not changed in this example (channel 2 is still being displayed) .
  • the user may press the OK key 84 to direct the interactive television application to tune the user equipment to that channel.
  • Illustrative info screens 171 and 180 that may be displayed when a user presses info button 90 are shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, respectively. Screens such as screens 171 and 180 may be provided when a user selects a program listing from a interactive television application screen (e.g., program guide screen 138 of FIG. 8) . Info screen 171 of FIG. 11 may include a detailed description 172 of a program selected by the user. Description 172 may include, for example, the title, time, channel, and rating of the program, or any other suitable information. As in FIG. 8, selectable options may be provided as part of info screen 171 to provide access to various interactive television application features. For example, option 174 may be used to return to the previous program guide screen.
  • option 174 may be used to return to the previous program guide screen.
  • the interactive television application may display a pop-up reminder overlay on top of the video for the channel that the user is currently watching just before the program associated with the reminder is scheduled to begin, or any suitable display screen that is active at the time that the reminder pops up (e.g., a program listings screen) .
  • the subcategories screen 214 contains subcategory options 220 corresponding to movies, because (in this example) the user selected movies A-Z option 212 from screen 202 in FIG. 14.
  • Video window 221 may be provided in any video-on-demand information screen and may provide information relating to a video-on-demand program selected by the user or any other suitable video information.
  • Control of these functions and other interactive television application functions may be supported using on-screen options, dedicated or multi-purpose keys on remote control 72 or other user devices, or other suitable arrangements involving user interface 118.
  • the options may be displayed in the form of one or more overlays on top of video 270 or video 270 may be provided in a reduced-size window and the options displayed outside of this window.
  • the user can browse the user's recordings and can play back (and control the playback) of these recordings. Recordings that are stored locally on user equipment 18 may be played back by retrieving these recordings from the local hard drive or other storage on which the recordings are maintained. Recordings that are stored on the network may be played back from the network equipment on which the recording content is stored.
  • User equipment 18 may receive such content in the form of a real-time video stream or a file download and the interactive television application may play back the received content using a display screen arrangement of the type shown in FIG. 21.
  • Option 306 may be selected if the user desires to watch the requested video content after Seinfeld is over. The user may select option 306 to defer the video content delivery (or presentation) until Seinfeld has aired, at which time the system 10 may automatically deliver (present) The Majestic to the user.
  • Conflict notification and resolution screens may also be provided as video overlays, alerts, or reminders. These types of notification may be particularly useful in resolving conflicts as they occur rather than in advance of the conflict.
  • a screen 350 may be provided that includes a video for on-demand content (e.g., a video-on demand-movie, a recorded movie, a pay-per-view movie, a broadcast program that has been paused or rewound so that it is no longer being viewed in real-time, etc.) .
  • a user may have requested the on-demand video content and subsequently paused or rewound the video, prolonging the time it will take the video to complete.

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