公开(公告)号：US20050097622A1

公开(公告)日：2005-05-05

申请号：US11004088

申请日：2004-12-02

申请人： Daniel Zigmond ,  David Anderson ,  Christopher White ,  Jeffrey Yaksick

发明人： Daniel Zigmond ,  David Anderson ,  Christopher White ,  Jeffrey Yaksick

IPC分类号： H04N5/44 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N7/08 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N7/16 ,  G06F15/00 ,  G06F17/00 ,  G11B27/00 ,  H04N7/00 ,  H04N7/025 ,  H04N7/10 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N11/00

CPC分类号： H04N21/462 ,  H04N5/4401 ,  H04N5/44543 ,  H04N7/08 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/42204 ,  H04N21/4316 ,  H04N21/4331 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/47 ,  H04N21/4884 ,  H04N21/8586

摘要： A viewer of television programming is alerted to the availability of content related to the programming (e.g. an associated Internet web page) by an icon momentarily displayed on the screen. Using a remote control, the viewer can select the icon. A control panel then appears, superimposed over the television image, and provides additional detail about the related content. By further operating the remote control, the viewer can select the associated content for viewing, or return to watching the television. Various other features and variations are disclosed.

摘要翻译： 通过在屏幕上瞬时显示的图标，向电视节目的观众提醒与节目有关的内容的可用性（例如相关联的因特网网页）。 使用遥控器，观众可以选择图标。 然后显示控制面板，叠加在电视图像上，并提供关于相关内容的附加细节。 通过进一步操作遥控器，观众可以选择相关内容进行观看，或者返回观看电视。 公开了各种其他特征和变化。

公开(公告)号：US20050005302A1

公开(公告)日：2005-01-06

申请号：US10892705

申请日：2004-07-16

申请人： Daniel Zigmond ,  David Anderson ,  Dean Blackketter

发明人： Daniel Zigmond ,  David Anderson ,  Dean Blackketter

IPC分类号： G06F17/30 ,  H04N5/445 ,  G06F3/00 ,  H04N7/173

CPC分类号： H04N21/44012 ,  G06F17/30896 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/858

摘要： Described are a method and apparatus for incorporating broadcast television into Web pages. Broadcast television can be embedded into Web pages using, for example, a “tv:” attribute in conjunction with common HTML tags. Within the “tv:” attribute, a Web-page author can reference a TV station by channel number, network, or broadcast call letters. HTML documents are parsed to recover both the conventional-tags and tags that include TV attributes. The resulting Web pages display the identified broadcast TV in a frame specified by the TV attribute. One embodiment supports the presentation of television in the background of an HTML document. In that embodiment, HTML tags corresponding to overlying HTML content are provided with an attribute that defines a level of transparency from zero to one-hundred percent. The transparency attribute allows content providers to overlay any type of HTML information over a broadcast television show without completely obscuring the underlying show. This aspect of the invention employs a z attribute that can be used to specify the relative position of broadcast television and overlying HTML content.

摘要翻译： 描述了将广播电视并入网页的方法和装置。 广播电视可以使用例如“tv：”属性结合常见的HTML标签嵌入到网页中。 在“电视：”属性中，网页作者可以通过频道号，网络或广播电话信号引用电视台。 解析HTML文档以恢复包含TV属性的常规标签和标签。 所得到的网页以TV属性指定的帧中显示所识别的广播TV。 一个实施例支持在HTML文档的背景中呈现电视。 在该实施例中，与覆盖的HTML内容相对应的HTML标签被提供有将透明度从零到百分之一定义的属性。 透明度属性允许内容提供商通过广播电视节目覆盖任何类型的HTML信息，而不会完全遮蔽基础节目。 本发明的这个方面采用可以用于指定广播电视和叠加HTML内容的相对位置的z属性。

公开(公告)号：US20060026279A1

公开(公告)日：2006-02-02

申请号：US10900728

申请日：2004-07-28

申请人： Daniel Zigmond ,  Vivek Thukral

发明人： Daniel Zigmond ,  Vivek Thukral

IPC分类号： G06F15/173

CPC分类号： H04L12/2805 ,  H04L12/2803 ,  H04L12/2827 ,  H04L43/06 ,  H04L43/10 ,  H04L2012/2849

摘要： Strategies are described for monitoring resources (e.g., media resource) in a system that includes multiple processing mechanisms (e.g., set-top boxes) and multiple associated presentation devices (e.g., television sets). The strategies involve assigning one of the processing mechanisms the role of master processing mechanism, which defines the other processing mechanisms as slave processing mechanisms. The master processing mechanism initially collects resource consumption information that describes the resources currently being consumed by the slave processing mechanisms. Thereafter, the master processing mechanism receives resource consumption information from each slave processing mechanism upon a channel change event occurring at the slave processing mechanism. The master processing mechanism compiles the collected resource consumption information into a resource consumption list, and displays a resource consumption presentation based on the list. The resource consumption presentation can include textual and/or picture information that describes the resources currently being consumed by the slave processing mechanisms.

摘要翻译： 描述了用于监视包括多个处理机制（例如，机顶盒）和多个相关联的呈现设备（例如，电视机）的系统中的资源（例如，媒体资源）的策略。 这些策略涉及到将处理机制之一分配给主处理机制的作用，其将其他处理机制定义为从属处理机制。 主处理机制最初收集描述从属处理机制正在消耗的资源的资源消耗信息。 此后，主处理机构在从属处理机构发生的信道改变事件时，从每个从属处理机构接收资源消耗信息。 主处理机构将收集的资源消耗信息编译为资源消耗列表，并且基于列表显示资源消耗呈现。 资源消耗呈现可以包括描述从属处理机构正在消耗的资源的文本和/或图片信息。

公开(公告)号：US20050273832A1

公开(公告)日：2005-12-08

申请号：US11198088

申请日：2005-08-05

申请人： Daniel Zigmond ,  Dean Blackketter

发明人： Daniel Zigmond ,  Dean Blackketter

IPC分类号： H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04N7/087 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/462 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/478 ,  H04N21/4782 ,  H04N21/61 ,  H04N21/658 ,  H04N21/8543 ,  H04N21/858

CPC分类号： H04N21/26275 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L67/02 ,  H04L67/325 ,  H04L69/329 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04N7/17327 ,  H04N21/4331 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/47815 ,  H04N21/4782 ,  H04N21/6125 ,  H04N21/6175 ,  H04N21/6582 ,  H04N21/8543 ,  H04N21/858 ,  H04N21/8586

摘要： In interactive television, a broadcaster may broadcast triggers to a great many receiver units prompting the receiver units to attempt to send requests to a single destination on the Internet at roughly the same time. Such a large number of simultaneous requests can give rise to throughput problems and server overload. A receiver unit in accordance with the invention, rather than immediately attempting to send a request, waits a period of time (for example, a random period) before sending the request so as not to overload the server. In one embodiment, a trigger is received on an interactive television receiver unit prompting the viewer to select an icon. If the viewer selects the icon, then a browser in the receiver unit retrieves a web page on the Internet identified by a URL in the trigger. The web page includes an indication of a destination, scheduling information, and a form area. The viewer enters user information in association with the form area. The browser captures that user information, incorporates it into a request, and then stores the request in a queue along with the scheduling information. The browser periodically checks the scheduling information in the queue and determines from the scheduling information if it is time to send the request. When the browser determines the time has come to send a request in the queue, the browser retrieves the request and sends it to the destination. The browser may then receive a return response and display it.

公开(公告)号：US20050172331A1

公开(公告)日：2005-08-04

申请号：US11093666

申请日：2005-03-30

申请人： Dean Blackketter ,  Daniel Zigmond

发明人： Dean Blackketter ,  Daniel Zigmond

IPC分类号： H04N7/088 ,  H04N7/16 ,  H04N7/173 ,  G06F15/00 ,  G06F17/00 ,  G06F17/21 ,  G06F17/24 ,  H04N7/00 ,  H04N11/00

CPC分类号： H04N21/488 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N7/16 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/8543 ,  H04N21/8586

摘要： Described are methods and apparatus for enhancing an information resource, such as a Web page, simultaneously residing in memory on a number of remote receivers. A content creator, (e.g., a program producer, broadcaster, affiliate, cable company or satellite provider), embeds a trigger in a data service channel of a broadcast signal. The trigger includes a resource identifier unique to the information resource and a script capable of modifying the information resource. The script might be a script or a segment of a script written in a conventional scripting language. Each receiver that includes the targeted information resource monitors the data service channel of the broadcast video signal for script-bearing triggers directed to that resource. If a receiver receives a script-bearing trigger directed to the resident resource, the receiver executes the script contained within the trigger to alter the resource and/or the displayed video defined by the resource.

公开(公告)号：US20070107030A1

公开(公告)日：2007-05-10

申请号：US11614759

申请日：2006-12-21

申请人： Daniel Zigmond

发明人： Daniel Zigmond

IPC分类号： H04N7/173 ,  G06F13/00 ,  H04N7/16

CPC分类号： H04N21/462 ,  H04N5/4401 ,  H04N5/44543 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04N21/4331 ,  H04N21/434 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/4508 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/4884 ,  H04N21/6125 ,  H04N21/8133 ,  H04N21/8586

摘要： Systems and methods for displaying Internet content associated with television programming. Content associated with a program included in the television programming is automatically displayed by a set top box. Before the broadcast of a program, listing information or EPG data is stored at the set top box. The listing information includes batch mode logical addresses or links. During the program, a viewer is notified about the link, and the content may be accessed and displayed concurrently with the program. In addition, real-time logical addresses or links, which are embedded in the program, may be extracted and the viewer is notified of these links. If both the real time and batch links are available, a determination is made according to pre-defined rules regarding which link is brought to the attention of the viewer.

摘要翻译： 显示与电视节目相关的互联网内容的系统和方法。 与包含在电视节目中的节目相关联的内容由机顶盒自动显示。 广播节目之前，列表信息或EPG数据存储在机顶盒中。 列表信息包括批处理模式逻辑地址或链接。 在程序期间，通知观众关于链接，并且可以与节目同时地访问和显示内容。 此外，可以提取嵌入在程序中的实时逻辑地址或链接，并且向观众通知这些链接。 如果实时和批量链接都可用，则根据关于哪个链接引起观看者注意的预定义规则进行确定。

公开(公告)号：US20060041902A1

公开(公告)日：2006-02-23

申请号：US10923955

申请日：2004-08-23

申请人： Daniel Zigmond

发明人： Daniel Zigmond

IPC分类号： H04N7/16 ,  H04H9/00

CPC分类号： H04H60/31 ,  H04H60/37 ,  H04N7/17336 ,  H04N21/25866 ,  H04N21/2747 ,  H04N21/4325 ,  H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/44213 ,  H04N21/4667 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/8456

摘要： Program boundaries are determined through viewing behavior. More specifically, edge and/or commercial boundaries of programs may be determined by monitoring viewing behavior of different video segments using forward and backward correlations between video segments. In a described implementation, a video portion is divided into segments. To monitor the viewing of the video portion, whether each particular segment is played by a viewer (as compared to being unviewed or viewed in an accelerated manner) is tracked for a number of different viewers. For each segment, correlations with previous and subsequent segments are calculated based on viewership. The segments may then be categorized. A segment that is strongly correlated with subsequent segments but not previous segments is categorized as a starting segment. A segment that is strongly correlated with previous segments but not subsequent segments is categorized as an ending segment. Middle and island segments may also be categorized.

公开(公告)号：US20050187879A1

公开(公告)日：2005-08-25

申请号：US10782678

申请日：2004-02-19

申请人： Daniel Zigmond ,  Peter Barrett ,  John Grossman ,  Dustin Green

发明人： Daniel Zigmond ,  Peter Barrett ,  John Grossman ,  Dustin Green

IPC分类号： H04L9/00 ,  H04L9/08 ,  H04L9/30

CPC分类号： H04L63/0428 ,  H04L9/0822 ,  H04L9/0825 ,  H04L9/083 ,  H04L2209/603

摘要： In an implementation, a method includes forming a request by a client for communication to a licensing server. The request is for storing encrypted content by the client. A persistent license is received at the client in response to the request. The persistent license includes a key that is encrypted. The key, when decrypted, provides access to the encrypted content. The key is configured to be decrypted by the licensing server. The client however, is not configured to decrypt the key from the persistent license. The persistent license and the encrypted content are stored by the client.

摘要翻译： 在实现中，一种方法包括由客户端形成用于与许可服务器进行通信的请求。 该请求是由客户端存储加密的内容。 在客户端响应请求，收到持久的许可证。 持久许可证包括加密的密钥。 解密时的密钥提供对加密内容的访问。 密钥被配置为由许可服务器解密。 然而，客户端未配置为从永久许可证中解密密钥。 持久许可证和加密内容由客户端存储。

公开(公告)号：US20060181390A1

公开(公告)日：2006-08-17

申请号：US11276677

申请日：2006-03-09

申请人： Daniel Zigmond ,  Dov Green

发明人： Daniel Zigmond ,  Dov Green

IPC分类号： H04Q1/00

CPC分类号： G08C17/02 ,  G08C2201/91 ,  G08C2201/92 ,  H04B1/202 ,  H04L12/2803 ,  H04L12/282

摘要： Subject matter includes a reprogrammer for roving remote controllers that are capable of being used in multiple locations with different devices to be controlled at each location. An exemplary roving remote controller changes control code sets to operate whatever devices are present in a particular room. In one implementation, an exemplary multimedia system has reprogrammers for one or more roving remote controllers that adapt to their setting. When a remote controller is moved from a first room to a second room, the program content being controlled in the first room is automatically transferred to the second room.

公开(公告)号：US20060010471A1

公开(公告)日：2006-01-12

申请号：US11216250

申请日：2005-08-31

申请人： Daniel Zigmond

发明人： Daniel Zigmond

IPC分类号： G06F13/00 ,  G06F3/00 ,  H04N5/445

CPC分类号： H04N21/462 ,  H04N5/4401 ,  H04N5/44543 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04N21/4331 ,  H04N21/434 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/4508 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/4722 ,  H04N21/4884 ,  H04N21/6125 ,  H04N21/8133 ,  H04N21/8586

摘要： Systems and methods for displaying Internet content associated with television programming. Content associated with a program included in the television programming is automatically displayed by a set top box. Before the broadcast of a program, listing information or EPG data is stored at the set top box. The listing information includes batch mode logical addresses or links. During the program, a viewer is notified about the link, and the content may be accessed and displayed concurrently with the program. In addition, real-time logical addresses or links, which are embedded in the program, may be extracted and the viewer is notified of these links. If both the real time and batch links are available, a determination is made according to pre-defined rules regarding which link is brought to the attention of the viewer.

摘要翻译： 显示与电视节目相关的互联网内容的系统和方法。 与包含在电视节目中的节目相关联的内容由机顶盒自动显示。 广播节目之前，列表信息或EPG数据存储在机顶盒中。 列表信息包括批处理模式逻辑地址或链接。 在程序期间，通知观众关于链接，并且可以与节目同时地访问和显示内容。 此外，可以提取嵌入在程序中的实时逻辑地址或链接，并且向观众通知这些链接。 如果实时和批量链接都可用，则根据关于哪个链接引起观看者注意的预定义规则进行确定。