[미국특허]
Interactive content with enhanced network operator control
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04N-007/10
H04N-007/025
H04N-005/445
H04N-007/173
G06F-003/00
G06F-013/00
출원번호
US-0611454
(2003-06-30)
등록번호
US-8418196
(2013-04-09)
발명자
/ 주소
Gray, James Harold
Brothers, Thomas Jefferson
Matz, Willilam Randolph
출원인 / 주소
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
대리인 / 주소
Toler Law Group, PC
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89
초록▼
A method and apparatus are described that provide enhanced network operator control. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method comprises determining at a head-end and data center whether to inform one or more users of an interactive television service of available content, the one o
A method and apparatus are described that provide enhanced network operator control. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method comprises determining at a head-end and data center whether to inform one or more users of an interactive television service of available content, the one or more users connected with head-end and data center via a network. Responsive to determining to inform the one or more users of the available content, generating a hot key signal indicating availability and a location of the alternate content. The hot key signal is inserted into a content signal transmitted to the one or more users from the head-end and data center via the network.
대표청구항▼
1. A method comprising: determining at a data center whether to inform a user of an interactive television service of alternate content, wherein a user device of the user is connected with the data center via a network;responsive to determining to inform the user of the alternate content, generating
1. A method comprising: determining at a data center whether to inform a user of an interactive television service of alternate content, wherein a user device of the user is connected with the data center via a network;responsive to determining to inform the user of the alternate content, generating a hot key signal indicating availability of the alternate content; andinserting the hot key signal into a content signal transmitted to the user device from the data center via the network;wherein the determining is independent of any request by the user for the alternate content, but based at least in part on a search for alternate content having subject matter that is related to subject matter of content being viewed by the user when the search is conducted. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining at the data center whether to inform the user of the interactive television service of the alternate content is based on results of a search of programming information. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein determining at the data center whether to inform the user of the interactive television service of the alternate content further comprises performing a search of one or more web sites. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein performing the search of the one or more web sites comprises using the results of the search of the programming information. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining at the data center whether to inform the user of the interactive television service of the alternate content is based on information received during generation of programming information. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the hot key signal comprises an internet protocol data packet, the internet protocol data packet having a header portion and a body portion, the body portion having a data field indicating a location of the alternate content. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein the internet protocol data packet is transmitted from the data center as an internet protocol multicast to the user device via the network. 8. A data center comprising: a hot key generation portion to determine whether to inform a user of an interactive television service of alternate content, wherein a user device of the user is connected with the data center via a network, and to generate a hot key signal indicating availability of the alternate content responsive to determining to inform the user of the alternate content;a multiplexor system to insert the hot key signal into a content signal; anda transport system to transmit the content signal and the hot key signal to the user device from the data center via the network;wherein the hot key generation portion determines whether to inform the user of the alternate content independent of any request by the user for the alternate content, but based at least in part on a search for alternate content having subject matter that is related to subject matter of content being viewed by the user when the search is conducted. 9. The data center of claim 8, wherein the hot key generation portion comprises means for determining whether to inform the user of the interactive television service of the alternate content based on results of a search of programming information. 10. The data center of claim 9, wherein the hot key generation portion comprises means for determining whether to inform the user of the interactive television service of the alternate content by performing a search of one or more web sites. 11. The data center of claim 10, wherein the hot key generation portion further comprises means for performing the search of the one or more web sites using the results of the search of the programming information. 12. The data center of claim 8, wherein the hot key generation portion comprises means for determining whether to inform the user of the interactive television service of the alternate content based on information received during generation of programming information. 13. The data center of claim 8, wherein the hot key signal comprises an internet protocol data packet, the internet protocol data packet having a header portion and a body portion, the body portion having a data field indicating a location of the alternate content. 14. The data center of claim 13, wherein the internet protocol data packet is transmitted from the data center as an internet protocol multicast to the user device via the network. 15. A machine-readable storage device having stored thereon a series of instructions, the instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to: determine at a data center whether to inform a user of an interactive television service of alternate content, wherein a user device of the user is connected with the data center via a network;responsive to determining to inform the user of the alternate content, generate a hot key signal indicating availability of the alternate content; andinsert the hot key signal into a content signal transmitted to the user device from the data center via the network,wherein the instructions cause the processor to determine whether to inform the user of the alternate content independent of any request by the user for the alternate content, but based at least in part on a search for alternate content having subject matter related to subject matter of content being viewed by the user when the search is conducted. 16. The machine-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the instructions cause the processor to determine whether to inform the user of the interactive television service of the alternate content based on results of a search of programming information. 17. The machine-readable storage device of claim 16, wherein the instructions cause the processor to determine whether to inform the user of the interactive television service of the alternate content based further on results of a search of one or more web sites. 18. The machine-readable storage device of claim 17, wherein the instructions cause the processor to perform the search of the one or more web sites using the results of the search of the programming information. 19. The machine-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the instructions cause the processor to determine whether to inform the user of the interactive television service of the alternate content based on information received during generation of programming information. 20. The machine-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the hot key signal comprises an internet protocol data packet, the internet protocol data packet having a header portion and a body portion, the body portion having a data field indicating a location of the alternate content. 21. The machine-readable storage device of claim 20, wherein the internet protocol data packet is transmitted from the data center as an internet protocol multicast to the user device via the network.
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