User managed internet links from TV
    31.
    发明申请
    User managed internet links from TV 审中-公开
    电视用户管理的互联网连接

    公开(公告)号:US20080098433A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-04-24

    申请号:US11799245

    申请日:2007-05-01

    IPC分类号: H04N5/445

    摘要: A method of providing access to content associated with a television program consistent with certain embodiments involves acquiring information that identifies a currently playing television program; accessing a specified web site that contains a database that relates television programs with links to associated content on the Internet; querying the specified web site for a link associated with the currently playing television program; receiving a response from the specified web site that provides the link associated with the currently playing television program; presenting a displayed offer to navigate to associated content using the link; receiving an instruction accepting the offer to navigate to the associated content using the link; and navigating to the link to acquire the associated content. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.

    摘要翻译: 根据某些实施例提供对与电视节目相关联的内容的访问的方法涉及获取标识当前播放的电视节目的信息; 访问指定的网站,其包含将电视节目与在因特网上的相关内容的链接相关联的数据库; 向指定的网站查询与当前播放的电视节目相关联的链接; 从指定的网站接收提供与当前播放的电视节目相关联的链接的响应; 呈现显示的报价以使用该链接导航到相关联的内容; 接收使用所述链接接受所述要约导航到所述相关内容的指令; 并导航到链接以获取相关内容。 该摘要不被认为是限制性的,因为其他实施例可能偏离本摘要中描述的特征。

    Trial selection of STB remote control codes
    32.
    发明申请
    Trial selection of STB remote control codes 有权
    STB遥控代码的试用选择

    公开(公告)号:US20080092045A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-04-17

    申请号:US11706918

    申请日:2007-02-14

    IPC分类号: G06F3/00

    摘要: A method consistent with certain embodiments of identifying a functional command set for an access device that accesses television programming provided by a service provider involves, at a control device, transmitting a command from a first command set to the access device; ascertaining whether or not the access device provides a correct response to the command, wherein: if the command comprises an [ON] command, then the ascertaining is carried out by determining if a video synchronization signal is produced by the access device; and if the command comprises a command that is expected to generate a text containing video frame, then the ascertaining is carried out by determining if the text containing video frame is displayed by using an optical character recognition process to extract text from the video frame to determine if the video frame corresponds to the expected text containing video frame. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.

    摘要翻译: 与访问由服务提供商提供的电视节目的接入设备识别功能命令集的某些实施例相一致的方法涉及在控制设备处,将命令从第一命令集发送到接入设备; 确定所述接入设备是否对所述命令提供正确的响应,其中:如果所述命令包括[ON]命令,则通过确定所述接入设备是否产生视频同步信号来执行所述确定; 并且如果命令包括期望生成包含视频帧的文本的命令,则通过使用光学字符识别处理来确定是否显示包含视频帧的文本来执行确定,以从视频帧中提取文本以确定 如果视频帧对应于包含视频帧的预期文本。 该摘要不被认为是限制性的,因为其他实施例可能偏离本摘要中描述的特征。

    Capture of television metadata via OCR
    33.
    发明申请
    Capture of television metadata via OCR 审中-公开
    通过OCR捕获电视元数据

    公开(公告)号:US20080091713A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-04-17

    申请号:US11706919

    申请日:2007-02-14

    IPC分类号: G06F17/40

    摘要: A method of obtaining metadata associated with television programming consistent with certain embodiments, wherein the method is carried out in a control device that does not have direct access to the metadata involves instructing an access device to generate and communicate a signal to the control device suitable for driving a display, wherein the signal contains a visual representation of a video frame of the metadata when displayed on a display; receiving the signal and storing a representation of the video frame; processing the video frame using optical character recognition (OCR) to extract the metadata from the video frame; storing the extracted metadata in a metadata database; and systematically repeating the instructing, receiving, processing and storing to sequence through a plurality of fields of video containing the metadata to access and store at least a subset of the metadata to the metadata database. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.

    摘要翻译: 一种获得与某些实施例一致的电视节目相关联的元数据的方法,其中所述方法在不具有对所述元数据的直接访问的控制设备中执行,包括指示接入设备生成信号并将信号传送到适于 驱动显示器,其中当显示在显示器上时,信号包含元数据的视频帧的视觉表示; 接收信号并存储视频帧的表示; 使用光学字符识别(OCR)处理视频帧以从视频帧中提取元数据; 将所提取的元数据存储在元数据数据库中; 并且系统地重复指示,接收,处理和存储以通过包含元数据的多个视频字段顺序访问并将至少一个元数据的子集存储到元数据数据库。 该摘要不被认为是限制性的,因为其他实施例可能偏离本摘要中描述的特征。

    Method and system for downloading content to a target device
    35.
    发明申请
    Method and system for downloading content to a target device 审中-公开
    将内容下载到目标设备的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US20070288986A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-12-13

    申请号:US11452868

    申请日:2006-06-13

    摘要: A method for downloading content to a target device. Content and target device selection is initiated by a set-top-box. When the selection is approved by the content provider, the target device receives a message indicating that a selected content is ready for download. A user interface is generated, displaying the message and allowing the user to accept/refuse the download, download at a subsequent time, authorize a specific subscriber to upload content to the target device without authorization, refuse to download content from a specific subscriber, or download to the target device by explicit authorization only. As a result, a television-centric experience is provided while eliminating the need to transfer the downloaded content from the target device to another electronic device. Moreover, content selection is initiated by a device other than the target device while providing the target device with flexibility to initiate the download when the downloadable content is ready.

    摘要翻译: 一种将内容下载到目标设备的方法。 内容和目标设备选择由机顶盒启动。 当选择被内容提供商批准时,目标设备接收到指示所选内容准备好下载的消息。 生成用户界面,显示消息并允许用户接受/拒绝下载,随后下载,授权特定用户将内容上传到目标设备而不经授权拒绝从特定用户下载内容,或 仅通过明确的授权下载到目标设备。 结果,提供以电视为中心的体验,而不需要将下载的内容从目标设备传送到另一个电子设备。 此外,内容选择由除目标设备之外的设备发起,同时当可下载内容准备好时,向目标设备提供启动下载的灵活性。

    Identification of a compromised content player

    公开(公告)号:US09071423B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-06-30

    申请号:US13593938

    申请日:2012-08-24

    摘要: A system and method for identifying the player that leaked content encryption keys by loading a set of player keys into individual content players and determining the number of encryptions and the number of encryption keys to use in multiple encrypting critical content. The method produces copies of critical data content packets, each copy of which is separately encrypted using any one of a set of encryption keys that are related to one another through a mathematical algorithm. The related set of encryption keys and data describing key relationship and content player identity are transmitted to a previously determined license management agency. The transmitted encrypted content is written to a receiving device or file, or streamed to an individual player for non-synchronous playback. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.