公开(公告)号：EP0613600B1

公开(公告)日：2002-02-27

申请号：EP92924255.0

申请日：1992-11-02

申请人： Open TV, INC.

发明人： Lappington, John P. ,  Marshall, Susan K.

IPC分类号： H04H9/00 ,  H04N7/087 ,  H04N7/16 ,  A63F9/24 ,  G09B7/06 ,  G09B7/073

CPC分类号： H04N21/8545 ,  A63F13/12 ,  A63F13/338 ,  A63F2300/401 ,  A63F2300/403 ,  A63F2300/409 ,  A63F2300/532 ,  G09B7/06 ,  H04H20/31 ,  H04H20/38 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N7/0882 ,  H04N7/0888 ,  H04N7/141 ,  H04N7/163 ,  H04N7/17309 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/43637 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/4758 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/854

摘要： An interactive television system where interactive information is inserted in the vertical blanking interval of a standard television signal. The signal is received and decoded by a settop decoder which sends the decoded signal via an infrared signal to a handheld device. The viewer using the handheld device can interact with a game, sports, or educational event or other presentation on the television. The system includes a proprietary high level command language and programmer (PIU) tables which are maintained in the memory of the handheld device. The PIU tables store the transactions of the various events presented on the television. The transactions are sent from the insertion system to the decoder throughout the broadcast of the television program. Thus, for a sports event with interleaved commercials, one or more of the PIU tables would be used to store a collection of transactions used for the main event and one or more additional PIU tables are used for storing transactions for each of the interleaved commercials. This system allows a viewer to enter and exit any event at any time without having to wait for information to be downloaded and without losing any scores. Further, the system allows the user to change from event to event such as, for example, by tuning to different stations and be able to immediately interact and have responses scored and stored.

公开(公告)号：EP1455532A2

公开(公告)日：2004-09-08

申请号：EP04076411.0

申请日：1994-11-16

申请人： Open TV, INC.

发明人： Lappington, John P. ,  Marshall, Susan K. ,  Yamamoto, Wayne Y. ,  Wilson, Cameron A.

IPC分类号： H04N7/173

CPC分类号： H04N21/23 ,  A63F13/12 ,  A63F13/338 ,  A63F2300/401 ,  A63F2300/403 ,  A63F2300/409 ,  A63F2300/532 ,  G09B7/02 ,  G09B7/06 ,  H04H20/28 ,  H04H20/30 ,  H04H20/31 ,  H04H20/38 ,  H04H20/61 ,  H04H60/07 ,  H04H60/27 ,  H04H60/80 ,  H04H60/94 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N7/0882 ,  H04N7/0888 ,  H04N7/141 ,  H04N7/163 ,  H04N7/17309 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/43637 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/4758 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/854 ,  H04N21/8545

摘要： An interactive television system is disclosed where interactive information is inserted in the vertical blanking interval of a standard television signal (20) or some other appropriate medium. The signal is received and decoded by a settop device (28) which sends the decoded signal, via an infrared signal, to a handheld device (32). The system includes an interactive program authoring system (12), and programmer tables in the memory of the handheld device which store data for various interactive events. This system allows a viewer to enter and exit events at any time without having to wait for information to be downloaded and without losing scores. Furthermore, this system allows many interactive programs to run concurrently over extended periods of time while maintaining cumulative scores in the handheld device for each interactive program or series of programs.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种交互式电视系统，其中交互式信息被插入标准电视信号（20）或其它适当媒体的垂直消隐间隔中。 该信号由机顶盒设备（28）接收和解码，机顶盒设备（28）通过红外信号将解码信号发送到手持设备（32）。 该系统包括交互式程序创作系统（12）和手持设备的存储器中的程序员表，其存储各种交互事件的数据。 该系统允许观看者随时进入和退出事件，而不必等待信息被下载并且不丢失分数。 此外，该系统允许许多交互式程序在延长的时间段内同时运行，同时为每个交互式程序或一系列程序保持手持设备中的累积分数。

公开(公告)号：EP1133184B1

公开(公告)日：2004-06-16

申请号：EP01201901.4

申请日：1994-11-16

申请人： Open TV, INC.

发明人： Lappington, John P. ,  Marshall, Susan K. ,  Yamamoto, Wayne Y. ,  Wilson, Cameron A.

IPC分类号： H04N7/173

CPC分类号： H04N21/23 ,  A63F13/12 ,  A63F13/338 ,  A63F2300/401 ,  A63F2300/403 ,  A63F2300/409 ,  A63F2300/532 ,  G09B7/02 ,  G09B7/06 ,  H04H20/28 ,  H04H20/30 ,  H04H20/31 ,  H04H20/38 ,  H04H20/61 ,  H04H60/07 ,  H04H60/27 ,  H04H60/80 ,  H04H60/94 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N7/0882 ,  H04N7/0888 ,  H04N7/141 ,  H04N7/163 ,  H04N7/17309 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/43637 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/4758 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/854 ,  H04N21/8545

公开(公告)号：EP1133184A3

公开(公告)日：2002-03-06

申请号：EP01201901.4

申请日：1994-11-16

申请人： Open TV, INC.

发明人： Lappington, John P. ,  Marshall, Susan K. ,  Yamamoto, Wayne Y. ,  Wilson, Cameron A.

IPC分类号： H04N7/173

CPC分类号： H04N21/23 ,  A63F13/12 ,  A63F13/338 ,  A63F2300/401 ,  A63F2300/403 ,  A63F2300/409 ,  A63F2300/532 ,  G09B7/02 ,  G09B7/06 ,  H04H20/28 ,  H04H20/30 ,  H04H20/31 ,  H04H20/38 ,  H04H20/61 ,  H04H60/07 ,  H04H60/27 ,  H04H60/80 ,  H04H60/94 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N7/0882 ,  H04N7/0888 ,  H04N7/141 ,  H04N7/163 ,  H04N7/17309 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/43637 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/4758 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/854 ,  H04N21/8545

摘要： An interactive television system is disclosed where interactive information is inserted in the vertical blanking interval of a standard television signal (20) or some other appropriate medium. The signal is received and decoded by a settop device (28) which sends the decoded signal, via an infrared signal, to a handheld device (32). The system includes an interactive program authoring system (12), and programmer tables in the memory of the handheld device which store data for various interactive events. This system allows a viewer to enter and exit events at any time without having to wait for information to be downloaded and without losing scores. Furthermore, this system allows many interactive programs to run concurrently over extended periods of time while maintaining cumulative scores in the handheld device for each interactive program or series of programs.

公开(公告)号：EP1133184A2

公开(公告)日：2001-09-12

申请号：EP01201901.4

申请日：1994-11-16

申请人： Open TV, INC.

发明人： Lappington, John P. ,  Marshall, Susan K. ,  Yamamoto, Wayne Y. ,  Wilson, Cameron A.

IPC分类号： H04N7/14 ,  H04N7/173

CPC分类号： H04N21/23 ,  A63F13/12 ,  A63F13/338 ,  A63F2300/401 ,  A63F2300/403 ,  A63F2300/409 ,  A63F2300/532 ,  G09B7/02 ,  G09B7/06 ,  H04H20/28 ,  H04H20/30 ,  H04H20/31 ,  H04H20/38 ,  H04H20/61 ,  H04H60/07 ,  H04H60/27 ,  H04H60/80 ,  H04H60/94 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N7/0882 ,  H04N7/0888 ,  H04N7/141 ,  H04N7/163 ,  H04N7/17309 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/43637 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/4758 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/854 ,  H04N21/8545

摘要： An interactive television system is disclosed where interactive information is inserted in the vertical blanking interval of a standard television signal (20) or some other appropriate medium. The signal is received and decoded by a settop device (28) which sends the decoded signal, via an infrared signal, to a handheld device (32). The system includes an interactive program authoring system (12), and programmer tables in the memory of the handheld device which store data for various interactive events. This system allows a viewer to enter and exit events at any time without having to wait for information to be downloaded and without losing scores. Furthermore, this system allows many interactive programs to run concurrently over extended periods of time while maintaining cumulative scores in the handheld device for each interactive program or series of programs.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种交互式电视系统，其中交互式信息被插入标准电视信号（20）的垂直消隐间隔或一些其他合适的介质中。 该信号由设置的装置（28）接收和解码，该装置将解码的信号通过红外信号发送到手持装置（32）。 该系统包括交互式程序编写系统（12），以及存储用于各种交互式事件的数据的手持设备的存储器中的编程器表。 该系统允许观看者随时进入和退出事件，而不必等待下载信息而不失去分数。 此外，该系统允许许多交互式程序在延长的时间段内同时运行，同时在每个交互式程序或一系列程序中保持手持设备中的累积分数。