Last channel button functionality
    1.
    发明申请
    Last channel button functionality 有权
    最后一个通道按钮功能

    公开(公告)号:US20070079330A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-04-05

    申请号:US11239762

    申请日:2005-09-30

    摘要: Improved last channel button functionality is described. A remote control device for interacting with a media system includes a mechanism (e.g., a button) by which a user can direct the media system to automatically access a previously tuned (but not immediately previously tuned) channel; or a list of previously tuned channels. A previously tuned channel to be selected may be determined based on an amount of time that the media system was previously tuned to the channel and/or based on receipt of user command indicating user interest in the channel.

    摘要翻译: 描述了改进的最后通道按钮功能。 用于与媒体系统交互的遥控设备包括一个机构(例如,按钮),用户可以通过该机构指导媒体系统自动访问先前调谐(但不是先前调谐好的)频道; 或以前调谐的频道的列表。 可以基于媒体系统先前调谐到频道的时间量和/或基于指示用户对频道的兴趣的用户命令的接收来确定要选择的先前调谐的频道。

    PID Obfuscation
    6.
    发明申请
    PID Obfuscation 审中-公开
    PID混淆

    公开(公告)号:US20090313674A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-12-17

    申请号:US12140857

    申请日:2008-06-17

    IPC分类号: H04N7/173 H04N11/02

    摘要: A method, system, and computer program product for providing a decoy identifier, such as an MPEG PID, for a non-encrypted component. By obscuring the true identifier, an MPEG receiver that can decode ‘clear channels’ can not locate, and therefore, can not decode and present the true component for the program to a display device. By using the disclosed methodology, computer program product and system a cable television system or other provider of individualized content can broadcast a requested component without needing to encrypt the component.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于为非加密组件提供诸如MPEG PID的诱饵标识符的方法,系统和计算机程序产品。 通过模糊真实标识符,可以解码“清除信道”的MPEG接收机不能定位,因此不能解码并向显示设备呈现该程序的真实组件。 通过使用所公开的方法,计算机程序产品和系统有线电视系统或个体化内容的其他提供商可以广播所请求的组件,而不需要加密组件。

    Strategies for generating media consumption statistics
    7.
    发明申请
    Strategies for generating media consumption statistics 有权
    制作媒体消费统计的策略

    公开(公告)号:US20060075420A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-04-06

    申请号:US10955700

    申请日:2004-09-30

    IPC分类号: H04N7/16 H04H9/00

    摘要: Techniques are described for generating statistics that reflect the consumption of media resources, such as television program resources. The techniques involve polling a group of devices identified in a random sample list or a custom sample list to collect event data describing the consumption of resources by the devices. Lower-bound and upper-bound thresholds are applied to remove or modify event data that may not accurately reflect the legitimate consumption of resources. Varying probability weights can also be assigned to events to reflect their likelihood of representing the legitimate consumption of resources. Based on such filtered event data, for a given device, a computation technique computes the percentage of time that the user has consumed a particular resource relative to a total amount of time in a time segment. Similar percentages are computed for other devices and other time segments to provide plural percentage values. Rating information and share information are computed based on these calculated percentage values. The tracking functionality compiles the calculated statistics into various web-enabled UI presentations and provides these reports to an operator over an intranet or like network.

    摘要翻译: 描述了用于产生反映诸如电视节目资源的媒体资源消耗的统计的技术。 这些技术涉及轮询在随机样本列表中标识的一组设备或自定义样本列表以收集描述设备消耗资源的事件数据。 应用下限和上限阈值来删除或修改可能无法准确反映资源合法消费的事件数据。 不同的概率权重也可以分配给事件,以反映其代表资源合法消费的可能性。 基于这样的过滤的事件数据,对于给定的设备,计算技术计算用户相对于时间段中的总时间量消耗特定资源的时间百分比。 计算其他设备和其他时间段的相似百分比,以提供多个百分比值。 基于这些计算的百分比值计算评级信息和股票信息。 跟踪功能将计算的统计信息编译成各种支持Web的UI演示文稿,并通过内部网或类似网络向运营商提供这些报告。

    Using Triggers with Video for Interactive Content Identification
    9.
    发明申请
    Using Triggers with Video for Interactive Content Identification 审中-公开
    使用触发器与视频进行交互式内容识别

    公开(公告)号:US20080201736A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-08-21

    申请号:US12035236

    申请日:2008-02-21

    IPC分类号: H04N7/025 H04N5/445 H04N7/173

    摘要: Access to interactive content at a client device through the use of triggers is disclosed. The client device is coupled to a television communication network and receives an encoded broadcast video stream containing at least one trigger. The client device decodes the encoded broadcast video stream and parses the broadcast video stream for triggers. As the broadcast video stream is parsed, the stream is output to a display device. When a trigger is identified, the client device automatically tunes to an interactive content channel. The client device sends a signal indicative of the trigger through the television communication network to the processing office. The processing office can then use the information contained within the trigger signal to provide content to the client device. The content may be interactive content, static content, or the broadcast program stitched with interactive or static content. The user of the client device can then interact with any interactive content.

    摘要翻译: 公开了通过使用触发器访问客户端设备上的交互式内容。 客户端设备耦合到电视通信网络并且接收包含至少一个触发的编码广播视频流。 客户端设备解码编码的广播视频流并解析用于触发的广播视频流。 当广播视频流被解析时,流被输出到显示设备。 当触发器被识别时,客户机设备自动调谐到交互式内容通道。 客户端设备通过电视通信网络将指示触发的信号发送到处理室。 处理办公室然后可以使用包含在触发信号内的信息来向客户端设备提供内容。 内容可以是交互式内容,静态内容或者用交互式或静态内容缝合的广播节目。 然后,客户端设备的用户可以与任何交互式内容进行交互。