公开(公告)号：EP1362479A4

公开(公告)日：2007-07-18

申请号：EP02741640

申请日：2002-01-18

申请人： ACTV INC

发明人： LIGA KEVIN ,  DEO FRANK P ,  FREEMAN MICHAEL J

IPC分类号： G06F20060101 ,  H04H60/07 ,  H04H60/33 ,  H04H60/46 ,  H04H60/51 ,  H04H60/53 ,  H04H60/66 ,  H04N5/44 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N5/45 ,  H04N5/46 ,  H04N5/50 ,  H04N5/60 ,  H04N5/775 ,  H04N7/025 ,  H04N7/08 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N7/10 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N7/24 ,  H04N11/04 ,  H04N21/231 ,  H04N21/233 ,  H04N21/234 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/2365 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/2668 ,  H04N21/426 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/434 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/438 ,  H04N21/439 ,  H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/643 ,  H04N21/658 ,  H04N21/6587 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/845

CPC分类号： H04N21/44016 ,  H04H60/07 ,  H04H60/33 ,  H04H60/46 ,  H04H60/51 ,  H04H60/53 ,  H04H60/66 ,  H04N5/44 ,  H04N5/4401 ,  H04N5/45 ,  H04N5/46 ,  H04N5/50 ,  H04N5/602 ,  H04N5/775 ,  H04N7/0806 ,  H04N7/0882 ,  H04N7/10 ,  H04N7/104 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04N7/17354 ,  H04N11/042 ,  H04N21/23113 ,  H04N21/233 ,  H04N21/23424 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/2365 ,  H04N21/25883 ,  H04N21/25891 ,  H04N21/2668 ,  H04N21/4263 ,  H04N21/4316 ,  H04N21/4331 ,  H04N21/4347 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/4383 ,  H04N21/439 ,  H04N21/44004 ,  H04N21/44222 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/643 ,  H04N21/6582 ,  H04N21/6587 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/8455

摘要： A customized programming creation (100) system provides the ability to transmit customized programming offerings to individual users based upon their known profile (136) or their responses to contemporaneous queries. The invention provides for a programming transmission center (102) to maintain a single or multiple MPEG storage server (214) environments storing a vast library of programming and other information signals. The transmission center (102) selects and accesses programming segments or other information from the storage servers (214). Through the use of splice points encoded through the MPEG process, the programming transmission center (102) can inconspicuously splice disparate program segments together to create a single custom program stream (104) for delivery to a single user or multiple users of the same profile.

公开(公告)号：EP1379959A4

公开(公告)日：2006-04-26

申请号：EP01930549

申请日：2001-04-17

申请人： ACTV INC

发明人： CRISTOFALO MICHAEL ,  DEO FRANK P

IPC分类号： G06F15/00 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/2668 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/81 ,  G06F3/00 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06F15/16 ,  H04N5/445

CPC分类号： H04N21/4722 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/0254 ,  G06Q30/0255 ,  G06Q30/0267 ,  G06Q30/0269 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04N21/234318 ,  H04N21/25883 ,  H04N21/25891 ,  H04N21/2668 ,  H04N21/812

摘要： A system and process for targeting programming (including, but not limited to, advertising) to users by utilizing media object (105) to provide specific content to a user, or groups of users, based upon user profiling information (106) is described. More specificall, the system and method provides for the generation of media object based content, formatting and transmitting the content, and receiving and presenting the content to a user based upon user profile information. The system includes a media object creator (108), which creates media objects utilized i programming signal, a transmitting system for transmitting the media objects, a receiving system (104) connected to a presentation device (112) for receiving and presenting the media objects and a user profiling system which determines which media objects a user is to received based upon user profile information.

公开(公告)号：EP1372802A4

公开(公告)日：2005-07-06

申请号：EP02757835

申请日：2002-03-29

申请人： ACTV INC

发明人： EASLEY GREGORY W ,  MOULTON EDMUND A ,  SCHOENBURG JIM ,  ARNOLD TIM

IPC分类号： A63F13/00 ,  A63F13/12 ,  G06F13/00

CPC分类号： A63F13/35 ,  A63F13/12 ,  A63F13/335 ,  A63F13/79 ,  A63F13/95 ,  A63F2300/208 ,  A63F2300/407 ,  A63F2300/50 ,  A63F2300/5506 ,  A63F2300/5546 ,  A63F2300/5566 ,  A63F2300/572 ,  A63F2300/8064 ,  G07F17/3244

摘要： A console system (160) for operating at a central server in communication with remote user devices that may be individually addressable such as Internet user devices and digital television set-top boxes. The console system (160) provides a set of predetermined base-functionality modules that may be leveraged by interactive games provided through various software game modules (170-172). The console system (160) may provide functionality related to email, registration, economy/prize system, reporting, error handling an other functions, for example. The software game module (170) provides game specific functionality that selects the base functionality and passes the base functionality parameter values to indicate operation of the software game over the interactive game network.

公开(公告)号：EP1228449A4

公开(公告)日：2004-12-22

申请号：EP00961920

申请日：2000-09-14

申请人： ACTV INC

发明人： HARRINGTON JEFFREY M

IPC分类号： G06F13/00 ,  G06F3/14 ,  G09G5/00 ,  H04N7/025 ,  H04N7/03 ,  H04N7/035 ,  H04N7/08 ,  H04N7/081 ,  H04N7/16 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/462 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/4782 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/8547 ,  H04N21/858 ,  H04N7/24

CPC分类号： H04N21/4622 ,  G09G5/00 ,  G09G2340/14 ,  G09G2370/027 ,  H04N7/163 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/4331 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/4782 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/8547 ,  H04N21/8586

摘要： A web page staging area for construction of web pages hidden from view of the user and a system (200) for its use is disclosed. Once the web page is constructed, it is displayed to the user based upon timer event information (206) or receipt of a particular command (206) instructing that it be displayed. Use of the staging area provides the user with a more television-like experience in viewing content from the Internet (220) or other source in that the user need not view a web page being constructed on a display device (209). Use of timer event information (206) for displaying the constructed web page permits synchronization of the web page with associated programming.

摘要翻译： 网页分段区域能够构建从用户视图隐藏的网页。 一旦构建了网页，响应于定时器事件信息或者在接收到指示它被显示的特定命令时，它被显示给用户。 使用分段区域使得用户在从因特网或其他来源观看内容时具有更多的类似电视的体验，因为用户不需要在显示设备上构建网页时查看网页。 使用定时器事件信息来显示构造的网页允许网页与相关节目的同步。

公开(公告)号：EP1485848A2

公开(公告)日：2004-12-15

申请号：EP03737695.1

申请日：2003-02-07

申请人： ACTV, Inc.

发明人： LIGA, Kevin ,  CRISTOFALO, Michael, G. ,  DEO, Frank, P. ,  GREENBERG, Arthur, L.

IPC分类号： G06F17/60

CPC分类号： H04N21/8146 ,  G06Q30/0208 ,  G06Q30/0241 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/765 ,  H04N5/775 ,  H04N5/781 ,  H04N5/783 ,  H04N7/084 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N9/8042 ,  H04N21/25891 ,  H04N21/2668 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/4325 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/44222 ,  H04N21/812

摘要： A method and system for displaying (130) updated, targeted, and/or alternately formatted advertisements to a consumer. The invention may use targeted ads in conjunction with consumer profile information to reach interested consumers. The invention may further detect stale advertisements and replace them with updated advertisements having timely information. The updated advertisements are displayed in place of the stale commercials. The invention may also display alternately formatted advertisements in place of speeded-up advertisements during a fast-forward operation on a personal video recorder. Reward-based content may also be provided, wherein the content is viewable only after one or more advertisements are viewed at normal playback speed. All of these functions are operable with a personal video recorder (120).

公开(公告)号：EP0723729B1

公开(公告)日：2004-10-06

申请号：EP95916395.7

申请日：1995-04-14

申请人： ACTV, INC.

发明人： HARPER, Gregory, W. ,  FREEMAN, Michael, J.

IPC分类号： H04N7/087 ,  H04N7/08 ,  H04N7/12 ,  H04N7/14

CPC分类号： H04H20/30 ,  G09B5/065 ,  G09B5/14 ,  H04H20/106 ,  H04H20/38 ,  H04H60/07 ,  H04H60/33 ,  H04H60/37 ,  H04H60/46 ,  H04H60/65 ,  H04N7/025 ,  H04N7/04 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04N21/25891 ,  H04N21/4331 ,  H04N21/4351 ,  H04N21/475 ,  H04N21/8106 ,  H04N21/8146 ,  H04N21/8166 ,  H04N21/8541

摘要： A system for simulcasting a fully interactive program with a normal conventional program in the same standard video signal bandwidth. It allows active participation by subscribers who have interactive components (600) connected to a television (186) or personal computer display (187), as well as normal viewing of the conventional program by viewers with conventional television sets (186). An important feature is that interactivity is offered as an option, without any degradation or interruption in program content to users who do not have the interactive components (600). Interactivity is personalized through the use of alternative audio responses and/or graphic displays that can be provided as part of the transmitted video signal bandwidth. The interactive elements are presented to the subscriber either immediately after subscriber entry and/or later at transparent 'trigger points' (900). At trigger points (900), program content is subtly altered to present specialized attention to each interactive subscriber.

公开(公告)号：EP1113642A3

公开(公告)日：2004-04-14

申请号：EP00311131.7

申请日：2000-12-13

申请人： ACTV, INC.

发明人： Ullman, Craig D. ,  Abato, Michael R. ,  Harrington, Jeffrey M. ,  Duda, Carl R.

IPC分类号： H04L29/06 ,  H04N7/088

CPC分类号： H04N21/4722 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L67/14 ,  H04L67/34 ,  H04L69/16 ,  H04L69/162 ,  H04L69/163 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/242 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/4782 ,  H04N21/8547 ,  H04N21/858 ,  H04N21/8586

摘要： A local host is used to facilitate network communication between a user machine (202) and a remote server (224) by way of a network (222) such as the Internet. A web browser (204) is included in the user machine (202) and is provided with hidden frames or layers in which pages and/or applets are stored. The hidden frames or layers also include a plug-in (212) programmed to function as a web server at the user machine. The plug-in (212) issues a command which causes the web browser (204) to establish a connection with the remote server (224). This initiates the applet (208) and also causes the plug-in (212) to open a TCP/IP socket (220) to open and maintain communication between the user machine (202) and the remote server (224). The applet (208) may then communicate with the remote server (224) by way of the plug-in (212).

公开(公告)号：EP1360600A2

公开(公告)日：2003-11-12

申请号：EP02721024.4

申请日：2002-02-15

申请人： ACTV, Inc.

发明人： ABATO, Michael, Raymond

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04N21/4437 ,  G06F9/465 ,  G06F17/30899 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L67/34 ,  H04L69/18 ,  H04L69/329 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/25875 ,  H04N21/25891 ,  H04N21/4307 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/4758 ,  H04N21/4788 ,  H04N21/488 ,  H04N21/8166 ,  H04N21/8193 ,  H04N21/8543 ,  H04N21/858 ,  H04N21/8586

摘要： A system and process for creating a Virtual Stage on a client device and presenting Enhanced Content on the Virtual Stage is provided. The Virtual Stage (08) is preferably implemented on a Browser (802) or similarly equipped presentation device. The Virtual Stage enables any presentation device to receive Enhanced Content from any provider regardless of the capabilities of the Browser or client device, the data format of the Enhanced Content, and/or the communications medium utilized to communicate the Enhanced Content to the Browser or client device. The Virtual Stage suitably includes an abstracted Show Object (816) which provides a framework for presenting the Enhanced Content and an abstracted Receiver Object (824) which provides a receiver for communicating with the Enhanced Content provider (826) and receiving the Enhanced Content. Alternative embodiment may also include multiple abstracted Receiver Objects and/or abstracted Subscribers, which facilitates communications with subscription service provider systems, including, but not limited to, chat service systems.

公开(公告)号：EP1207944A2

公开(公告)日：2002-05-29

申请号：EP00957401.3

申请日：2000-08-14

申请人： ACTV, INC.

发明人： Lavanchy, Eric, Robert ,  Zito, Anthony, Frank ,  Lamb, Richard, Edward

IPC分类号： A63B55/00 ,  B65D81/03

CPC分类号： A63F13/795 ,  A63F13/12 ,  A63F2300/69 ,  A63F2300/8011

摘要： A method and system for providing on-line game (60) competition are provided. Players (402) select their favorite teams, join with the other fans of the team (50), and compete against players on the opposites team. Teams compete against each other in matches, where matches are based on schedules of real-life events, such as sports schedules or entertainment schedules. Players (402) are grouped with other players associated with their favorite teams, and matches are organized. Varios trivia questions (100) may be presented, and players have a predetermined period to answer the questions. Points may be awarded based on a player's success in competition and the overall teams success in the matches. Further, prizes are awarded based on points received by a player.

公开(公告)号：EP1146739A2

公开(公告)日：2001-10-17

申请号：EP01303239.6

申请日：2001-04-05

申请人： ACTV, Inc.

发明人： Wolzien, Thomas R.

IPC分类号： H04N7/08

CPC分类号： H04W4/02 ,  G01C21/362 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  H04H20/93 ,  H04H60/51 ,  H04H2201/30 ,  H04H2201/37 ,  H04L67/02 ,  H04L67/04 ,  H04L67/16 ,  H04L67/18 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N7/0884 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04N21/2542 ,  H04N21/41422 ,  H04N21/4524 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/47815 ,  H04N21/4782 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/8586

摘要： The system and method may provide directions to the user of an electronic signal such as a radio or television broadcast. The directions guide the user from a current location to a destination associated with the electronic signal by accessing an address embedded within, or transmitted in conjunction with, the electronic signal. The address provides an indication to an online information provider an/or a database within which a listing of locations for a destination are provided. By comparing the various locations of the destination against the current location of the user, determined using Global Positioning System (GPS) data, the system is able to determine which location of the destination is closest and to provide appropriate directions. Maps and various other directional tools, including verbal directions and visual directions, may be generated. Reverse directions may also be generated from a destination to other predetermined way-points such as home, office or starting point.

摘要翻译： 系统和方法可以向诸如无线电或电视广播的电子信号的用户提供指示。 方向通过访问嵌入在电子信号内或与电子信号一起发送的地址，将用户从当前位置引导到与电子信号相关联的目的地。 该地址向在线信息提供者提供指示，其中提供了目的地的位置列表。 通过使用全球定位系统（GPS）数据确定目的地的各个位置与用户的当前位置进行比较，系统能够确定目的地的哪个位置是最接近的并且提供适当的方向。 可能会生成地图和各种其他定向工具，包括语言方向和视觉方向。 还可以从目的地到其他预定路线点（例如家庭，办公室或起点）产生反向。