公开(公告)号：US20050251824A1

公开(公告)日：2005-11-10

申请号：US11182690

申请日：2005-07-14

申请人： William Thomas ,  Joel Hassell ,  Edward Knudson ,  Connie Marshall ,  Thomas Lemmons ,  Franklin Boyer ,  David Berezowski ,  Donald Kern ,  Michael Ellis

发明人： William Thomas ,  Joel Hassell ,  Edward Knudson ,  Connie Marshall ,  Thomas Lemmons ,  Franklin Boyer ,  David Berezowski ,  Donald Kern ,  Michael Ellis

IPC分类号： G06F3/00 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  H04N5/44 ,  H04N5/782 ,  H04N7/025 ,  H04N7/10 ,  H04N17/00 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/2668 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/466 ,  H04N21/47 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/478 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/658 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N5/445

CPC分类号： H04N21/44222 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  H04N5/44543 ,  H04N5/782 ,  H04N7/16 ,  H04N7/163 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04N21/25891 ,  H04N21/2668 ,  H04N21/42204 ,  H04N21/4316 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/44204 ,  H04N21/44245 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/4667 ,  H04N21/47 ,  H04N21/47211 ,  H04N21/4725 ,  H04N21/478 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/4821 ,  H04N21/6582 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/8173 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N2005/4441

摘要： A program guide system is provided in which interactive television program guide advertisement usage is monitored. Advertisement usage may be monitored by monitoring when advertisements are transmitted from a television distribution facility to user television equipment. Advertisement usage information may also be monitored by monitoring when advertisements are received by the user television equipment. Advertisement usage information may also be monitored at the time at which advertisements are displayed by a program guide. Less important data may be filtered from the collected advertisement usage data. Other activities that may be monitored include the viewing activities of the user, which program guide screens are displayed, and which non-program-guide applications are used. Real-time ratings information (e.g., real-time ratings of the popularity of certain television programs, video games, or other applications) may be provided to users in real time.

公开(公告)号：US20050149964A1

公开(公告)日：2005-07-07

申请号：US10953487

申请日：2004-09-29

申请人： William Thomas ,  Joel Hassell ,  Edward Knudson ,  Connie Marshall ,  Thomas Lemmons ,  Franklin Boyer ,  David Berezowski ,  Donald Kern ,  Michael Ellis

发明人： William Thomas ,  Joel Hassell ,  Edward Knudson ,  Connie Marshall ,  Thomas Lemmons ,  Franklin Boyer ,  David Berezowski ,  Donald Kern ,  Michael Ellis

IPC分类号： G06F3/00 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  H04N5/44 ,  H04N5/782 ,  H04N7/025 ,  H04N7/10 ,  H04N17/00 ,  H04N21/258 ,  H04N21/2668 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/466 ,  H04N21/47 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/478 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/658 ,  H04N21/81 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N7/16 ,  H04H9/00

CPC分类号： H04N21/44222 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  H04N5/44543 ,  H04N5/782 ,  H04N7/16 ,  H04N7/163 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04N21/25891 ,  H04N21/2668 ,  H04N21/42204 ,  H04N21/4316 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/44204 ,  H04N21/44245 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/4667 ,  H04N21/47 ,  H04N21/47211 ,  H04N21/4725 ,  H04N21/478 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/4821 ,  H04N21/6582 ,  H04N21/812 ,  H04N21/8173 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N2005/4441

摘要： A program guide system is provided in which interactive television program guide advertisement usage is monitored. Advertisement usage may be monitored by monitoring when advertisements are transmitted from a television distribution facility to user television equipment. Advertisement usage information may also be monitored by monitoring when advertisements are received by the user television equipment. Advertisement usage information may also be monitored at the time at which advertisements are displayed by a program guide. Less important data may be filtered from the collected advertisement usage data. Other activities that may be monitored include the viewing activities of the user, which program guide screens are displayed, and which non-program-guide applications are used. Real-time ratings information (e.g., real-time ratings of the popularity of certain television programs, video games, or other applications) may be provided to users in real time.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种节目指南系统，其中监视交互式电视节目指南广告使用。 广告使用可以通过监视广告是否从电视分配设备传送到用户电视设备来监视。 也可以通过监视用户电视设备接收到广告时的广告使用信息。 广告使用信息也可以在节目指南显示广告时被监视。 可能从收集的广告使用数据中过滤不太重要的数据。 可能被监视的其他活动包括用户的观看活动，显示哪个节目指南屏幕以及使用哪些非节目指南应用程序。 可以实时地向用户提供实时评分信息（例如，某些电视节目，视频游戏或其他应用的普及度的实时评级）。

公开(公告)号：US20070271366A1

公开(公告)日：2007-11-22

申请号：US11678347

申请日：2007-02-23

申请人： Timothy Demers ,  Donald Kern ,  Steven Reiser ,  Christopher Patterson ,  Doug Naufel ,  Steven Williamson

发明人： Timothy Demers ,  Donald Kern ,  Steven Reiser ,  Christopher Patterson ,  Doug Naufel ,  Steven Williamson

IPC分类号： G06F15/173

CPC分类号： G06F16/44

摘要： A multimedia software application that can include audio, video and/or graphics, in a manner that combines the multimedia experience with the transfer of information from and between a variety of sources (126), in a variety of directions, and subject to a variety of prompts. The application provides a “Web in Page” approach, in which a series of windows have the same or similar “look and feel”, yet can be used to access and display information from a variety of sources (126), including local content (112) (hard drive or other locally stored media), and web-based online content (118), including that available from a dedicated, integrated server (114), affiliated servers (114), or even other computer users. The application of the present invention can be provided in stand-alone form, to be loaded on a client device (116) (e.g., personal computer) from either a recorded medium or downloaded online. In addition to this “Web in Page” application interface, a “Web in Skin” interface may be provided, by which the application interface may be varied based on client user (110) or advertiser (126) preferences to provide a customized interface format Optionally, and preferably, the application is provided in a form where it is recorded on, and thereby combined with, digitally recorded content, such as a music CD or DVD.

摘要翻译： 一种可以包括音频，视频和/或图形的多媒体软件应用程序，其方式是将多媒体体验与各种来源（126）之间以及各种方向的信息的传送结合在一起，并以多种方式 的提示。 该应用程序提供了“Web页面”方法，其中一系列窗口具有相同或相似的“外观和感觉”，但可用于访问和显示来自各种来源（126）的信息，包括本地内容（ 包括可从专用集成服务器（114），附属服务器（114）甚至其他计算机用户获得的在线内容（118）（硬盘驱动器或其他本地存储的媒体）和基于网络的在线内容（118）。 本发明的应用可以以独立的形式提供，从记录介质或在线下载到客户端设备（116）（例如，个人计算机）上。 除了这个“Web在页面”应用程序界面之外，还可以提供“Web外观”界面，通过该接口可以基于客户端用户（110）或广告主（126）偏好来改变应用接口以提供定制的界面格式 可选地，并且优选地，应用以其被记录在数字记录的内容（诸如音乐CD或DVD）上并由其组合的形式提供。