摘要:
A method for displaying advertisements at a user unit (20) is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, at the user unit (20), at least one advertisement for an item, said at least one advertisement associated with: at least one alternative advertisement for a different item or for said item offered by a different vendor; and a replacement indication indicating whether a user of said user unit (20) is allowed to replace displaying of said at least one advertisement by displaying of said at least one alternative advertisement; and if the replacement indication indicates that the user is allowed to replace displaying of said at least one advertisement by displaying of said at least one alternative advertisement, replace displaying of said at least one advertisement by displaying said at least one alternative advertisement in accordance with a selection of the user.
摘要:
A receiver-decoder for use in a broadcast system which includes a headend (15) including a headend tagger for applying headend tags to program material being broadcast and a multiplicity of receiver-decoders (40) at user locations, receiving said program material being broadcast, said receiver-decoder (40) comprising: a receiver-decoder tagger for applying receiver-decoder tags to program material received by said receiver-decoder (40); and a user actuated tagger for applying user actuated tags to said program material received by said receiver-decoder (40) in response to user actuation.
摘要:
A digital television recording method having a headend for broadcasting program material with commercials and a multiplicity of user locations, the method comprising: receiving the program material being broadcast; and dealing with the commercials; wherein, for at least a portion of the program material, said dealing with the commercials comprises presenting a version of a commercial in response to a user request to process said at least a portion of the program material in a fast-forward or fast-backward mode.
摘要:
Apparatus and a method for digitally recording a program are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a memory (55) for digitally storing a program. The apparatus also comprises a means (145) for controlling at least one of, (a) whether to record a program in said memory (55); and (b) whether to retrieve a program stored in said memory (55). The determination in cases (a) and (b) is based, at least in part, on a parental control rating assigned to at least a portion of the program.
摘要:
Apparatus (10) for digital recording of a program comprises: a processor (45) for determining whether to record the program; a circular buffer (55) associated with the processor (45) and operative to store the program in response to a recording determination received from the processor (45); a conditional access module (135) for providing conditional access to the program stored in the circular buffer (55); and input apparatus (115) operatively associated with the processor (45), wherein: upon receiving a freeze indication via the input apparatus (115), the processor (45) is operative to record the program in the circular buffer (55) from a moment of receiving the freeze indication, and upon receiving a play indication via the input apparatus (115), the processor (45) is operative to play the program recorded in the circular buffer (55) from the moment of receiving the freeze indication in accordance with conditions determined by the conditional access module (135).
摘要:
A method for booking or purchasing a pay television program is disclosed together with a corresponding apparatus. The method comprises displaying a first television program on a display, displaying a pay television program on the display in picture-in-picture (PIP) format; and allowing a booking or purchasing request for the pay program to be made.
摘要:
Apparatus for digital recording of a television program comprises a processor (45) for determining whether to record the television program, a memory (55) associated with the processor and operative to store the television program in response to a recording determination received from the processor, and a recording quality selector (145) associated with the processor and the memory and operative to select a recording quality parameter determining a quality of storage of the television program in the memory (55).
摘要:
A method for detecting a broadcast commercial in a digital broadcast stream is disclosed. The digital broadcast stream comprises programs, a set of commercials to be displayed during breaks in the programs, and metadata associated with each of the programs and each commercial in the set of commercials. The method comprises: receiving (320) the digital broadcast stream at a user unit (20); and for each commercial in the set of commercials, detecting a commercial (360) by detecting indicia in the metadata received in the digital broadcast stream that indicate at least one of the following: a start point of the commercial; an end point of the commercial; and a presence point in the commercial.
摘要:
A method for booking or purchasing a pay television program is disclosed together with a corresponding apparatus. The method comprises displaying a first television program on a display, displaying a pay television program on the display in picture-in-picture (PIP) format; and allowing a booking or purchasing request for the pay program to be made.
摘要:
Apparatus for digital recording of a television program comprises a processor (45) for determining whether to record the television program, a memory (55) associated with the processor and operative to store the television program in response to a recording determination received from the processor, and a recording quality selector (145) associated with the processor and the memory and operative to select a recording quality parameter determining a quality of storage of the television program in the memory (55).