ZA991778B - Multimedia terminal adapted for multiple users. - Google Patents

Multimedia terminal adapted for multiple users.

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Publication number
ZA991778B
ZA991778B ZA9901778A ZA991778A ZA991778B ZA 991778 B ZA991778 B ZA 991778B ZA 9901778 A ZA9901778 A ZA 9901778A ZA 991778 A ZA991778 A ZA 991778A ZA 991778 B ZA991778 B ZA 991778B
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South Africa
Prior art keywords
multiple users
multimedia terminal
terminal adapted
terminal
processing system
Prior art date
Application number
ZA9901778A
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English (en)
Inventor
Francois Rey
Original Assignee
Canal Plus Sa
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Publication of ZA991778B publication Critical patent/ZA991778B/xx

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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]
    • H04N21/40—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
    • H04N21/443—OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STB
    • H04N21/4437—Implementing a Virtual Machine [VM]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
    • H04N5/76—Television signal recording
    • 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
    • H04N21/4508—Management of client data or end-user data
    • H04N21/4532—Management of client data or end-user data involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences
    • 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
    • H04N21/454—Content or additional data filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements
    • 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
    • H04N21/475—End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data
    • H04N21/4751—End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data for defining user accounts, e.g. accounts for children
    • 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
    • H04N21/4755—End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre
    • 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
    • H04N21/4782—Web browsing, e.g. WebTV
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/16—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
    • H04N7/162—Authorising the user terminal, e.g. by paying; Registering the use of a subscription channel, e.g. billing
    • H04N7/163—Authorising the user terminal, e.g. by paying; Registering the use of a subscription channel, e.g. billing by receiver means only

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Databases & Information Systems (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Child & Adolescent Psychology (AREA)
  • Computer Security & Cryptography (AREA)
  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Software Systems (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Two-Way Televisions, Distribution Of Moving Picture Or The Like (AREA)
  • Storage Device Security (AREA)
  • Nitrogen And Oxygen Or Sulfur-Condensed Heterocyclic Ring Systems (AREA)
  • Mobile Radio Communication Systems (AREA)
  • Communication Control (AREA)
  • Peptides Or Proteins (AREA)
ZA9901778A 1998-03-06 1999-03-05 Multimedia terminal adapted for multiple users. ZA991778B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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EP98400541A EP0944257A1 (fr) 1998-03-06 1998-03-06 Terminal multimedia pour plusieurs utilisateurs

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ZA991778B true ZA991778B (en) 1999-09-06

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US (1) US6981042B1 (fr)
EP (2) EP0944257A1 (fr)
JP (1) JP4895424B2 (fr)
KR (1) KR100564273B1 (fr)
CN (1) CN1292974A (fr)
AT (1) ATE244488T1 (fr)
AU (1) AU755209B2 (fr)
BR (1) BR9908297A (fr)
CA (1) CA2321465C (fr)
DE (1) DE69909255T2 (fr)
ES (1) ES2203070T3 (fr)
HK (1) HK1032168A1 (fr)
HR (1) HRP20000546A2 (fr)
HU (1) HUP0101039A3 (fr)
ID (1) ID27094A (fr)
IL (1) IL138136A (fr)
NO (1) NO333018B1 (fr)
PL (1) PL342757A1 (fr)
RU (1) RU2259020C2 (fr)
TR (1) TR200002568T2 (fr)
UA (1) UA71561C2 (fr)
WO (1) WO1999045709A1 (fr)
ZA (1) ZA991778B (fr)

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KR20010041652A (ko) 2001-05-25
AU2636099A (en) 1999-09-20
RU2259020C2 (ru) 2005-08-20
JP2002506329A (ja) 2002-02-26
CA2321465C (fr) 2006-04-18
WO1999045709A1 (fr) 1999-09-10
NO20004409D0 (no) 2000-09-04
EP0944257A1 (fr) 1999-09-22
HRP20000546A2 (en) 2001-02-28
DE69909255D1 (de) 2003-08-07
CN1292974A (zh) 2001-04-25
BR9908297A (pt) 2000-10-31
NO333018B1 (no) 2013-02-18
KR100564273B1 (ko) 2006-03-29
HUP0101039A2 (hu) 2001-07-30
HUP0101039A3 (en) 2003-04-28
PL342757A1 (en) 2001-07-02
US6981042B1 (en) 2005-12-27
IL138136A (en) 2006-04-10
CA2321465A1 (fr) 1999-09-10
ES2203070T3 (es) 2004-04-01
ID27094A (id) 2001-03-01
EP1059000B1 (fr) 2003-07-02
NO20004409L (no) 2000-11-06
UA71561C2 (uk) 2004-12-15
DE69909255T2 (de) 2004-05-27
EP1059000A1 (fr) 2000-12-13
JP4895424B2 (ja) 2012-03-14
IL138136A0 (en) 2001-10-31
AU755209B2 (en) 2002-12-05
ATE244488T1 (de) 2003-07-15
HK1032168A1 (en) 2001-07-06

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