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Kafe 바로가기국가/구분 | United States(US) Patent 등록 |
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출원번호 | US-0478908 (1995-06-07) |
등록번호 | US-8601528 (2013-12-03) |
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A unified system of programming communication. The system encompasses the prior art (television, radio, broadcast hardcopy, computer communications, etc.) and new user specific mass media. Within the unified system, parallel processing computer systems, each having an input (e.g., 77) controlling a
A unified system of programming communication. The system encompasses the prior art (television, radio, broadcast hardcopy, computer communications, etc.) and new user specific mass media. Within the unified system, parallel processing computer systems, each having an input (e.g., 77) controlling a plurality of computers (e.g., 205), generate and output user information at receiver stations. Under broadcast control, local computers (73, 205), combine user information selectively into prior art communications to exhibit personalized mass media programming at video monitors (202), speakers (263), printers (221), etc. At intermediate transmission stations (e.g., cable television stations), signals in network broadcasts and from local inputs (74, 77, 97, 98) cause control processors (71) and computers (73) to selectively automate connection and operation of receivers (53), recorder/players (76), computers (73), generators (82), strippers (81), etc. At receiver stations, signals in received transmissions and from local inputs (225, 218, 22) cause control processors (200) and computers (205) to automate connection and operation of converters (201), tuners (215), decryptors (224), recorder/players (217), computers (205), furnaces (206), etc. Processors (71, 200) meter and monitor availability and usage of programming.
1. A method of controlling the display of an image at a receiver station, said receiver station including a receiver, an image output device, at least one memory operatively connected to at least one of said receiver and said image output device, and a control signal detector operatively connected t
1. A method of controlling the display of an image at a receiver station, said receiver station including a receiver, an image output device, at least one memory operatively connected to at least one of said receiver and said image output device, and a control signal detector operatively connected to said at least one memory, said method comprising the steps of: storing in said at least one memory, information which is capable of communicating at least a portion of an image;receiving one of a broadcast and a cablecast information transmission, said one of a broadcast and a cablecast information transmission including a control signal;determining the absence in said at least one memory of complete generated image data based on said step of receiving said control signal; andclearing at least a portion of said at least one memory based on said step of determining the absence of complete generated image data. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one memory is operatively connected to said image output device, said method further comprising the steps of: selecting from said one of a broadcast and a cablecast information transmission a first digital signal which is effective to communicate at least one of video image information and audio information;processing a second digital signal to select control information; andplacing at least one of video image data and audio output data at said at least one memory based on said control information. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one memory includes random access memory. 4. The method of claim 3, further comprising the step of communicating said at least a portion of an image to said image output device. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein a first processor is operatively connected to at least one of said at least one memory and said control signal detector, said method further comprising the steps of: passing to said first processor at least a portion of said one of a broadcast and a cablecast information transmission which is effective to communicate at least one of a video image and audio output; andpreventing said image output device from displaying an incomplete image. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein said receiver station receives another control signal, said method further comprising the step of processing said another control signal which operates to clear said at least one memory. 7. The method of claim 5, further comprising the step of detecting data at least one of embedded in said control signal and received with said control signal which are operative to identify at least a portion of a specific image. 8. The method of claim 5, further comprising the step of skipping to information received in a television signal based on said step of determining the absence of said complete generated image data. 9. The method of claim 5, wherein said image output device is a television monitor, said method further comprising the step of at least one of generating and communicating to said television monitor a complete television image following said step of clearing at least a portion of said at least one memory. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein said complete television image is a video overlay. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein said video overlay is combined with a television image received in said television signal. 12. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of receiving and storing at least one instruction which operates to generate at least a portion of an image. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein said at least one instruction includes a program instruction set, said method further comprising the steps of: receiving another control signal; andexecuting said program instruction set in response to said another control signal. 14. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one memory includes random access memory, said method further comprising the step of storing at said at least one memory data which specify at least one of a complete image and a subsequent image to be communicated. 15. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of processing at least one instruction which operates to identify a complete image. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein said at least one memory includes a register memory of a processor, said method further comprising the steps of storing, at said register memory, an identifier based on said at least one instruction which operates to identify a complete image; and comparing a portion of said control signal to said identifier stored at said register memory. 17. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of processing a digital signal received in said one of a broadcast and a cablecast information transmission which is effective to communicate at least a portion of an image. 18. The method of claim 6, wherein said receiver station receives yet another control signal, said method further comprising the step of processing said yet another control signal which operates to commence outputting of said at least one memory. 19. A method of controlling the display of an image at a receiver station, said receiver station including a receiver, an image output device, a memory operatively connected to at least one of said receiver and said image output device, and a control signal detector operatively connected to said memory, comprising the steps of: (1) originating an information transmission at a transmitter station;(2) originating a control signal; and(3) transmitting said information transmission and said control signal, wherein said control signal is operative to enable said receiver station (i) to determine an absence of complete generated image data based on detection of said control signal and (ii) to clear at least a portion of said memory based on said step of determining the absence of complete generated image data, said memory including information which is capable of communicating at least a portion of said image. 20. A method of controlling the display of an image at a receiver station, said receiver station including a receiver capable of receiving a transmission from a transmitter station, an image output device, a memory operatively connected to at least one of said receiver and said image output device, and a control signal detector operatively connected to said memory, comprising the steps of: (1) originating an information transmission to be transmitted;(2) originating an instruct signal; wherein said instruct signal effects said transmitter station to generate a control signal, wherein said control signal is operative to enable said receiver station to clear at least a portion of said memory based on a determination of the absence of complete generated image data, said memory including information which is capable of communicating at least some of said image; and(3) transmitting said information transmission and said instruct signal. 21. A method of controlling the display of television programming at a receiver station, wherein said receiver station includes a monitor for displaying said television programming, a receiver operatively connected to said monitor, and a processor operatively connected to at least one of said monitor and said receiver, said method comprising the steps of: receiving an information transmission including a television signal;passing at least a portion of said information transmission to said processor;determining the absence of complete generated television image data by processing information at least one of included in and received with said television signal;determining a location of subsequent information for advancing to based on said step of determining the absence of complete generated television image data;advancing to the subsequent information received in said information transmission; andpreventing said monitor from displaying an incomplete television image based on said step of determining the absence of complete generate television image data, wherein said method controls the display of said television programming at said receiver station. 22. The method of claim 21, wherein: (a) at least a portion of an incomplete television image is received in said information transmission; and(b) said subsequent information is received in said information transmission following said at least a portion of said incomplete television image. 23. The method of claim 21, wherein said receiver station further includes a digital detector operatively connected to said processor, said method further comprising the step of: detecting at least one datum in said information transmission designating a specific television image. 24. The method of claim 23, wherein said detected at least one datum designates said incomplete television image, said method further comprising the step of: detecting said subsequent information in said information transmission following said detected at least one datum. 25. The method of claim 24, wherein said step of advancing to subsequent information further comprises the step of: skipping to information received in said television signal following said at least one datum. 26. The method of claim 21, wherein a memory is operatively connected to said monitor and data of a television image are placed at a specific memory location at said memory, said method further comprising the one step of the group consisting of: clearing said memory following said step of determining the absence of complete generated television image data; andplacing, at said memory location, data of a television image based on said step of advancing to subsequent information. 27. The method of claim 21, further comprising the step of: at least one of generating and communicating a complete television image to said monitor based on said step of advancing to subsequent information. 28. The method of claim 27, wherein said complete television image is a video overlay. 29. The method of claim 28, wherein said video overlay is combined with a television image received in said television signal. 30. The method of claim 21, wherein said receiver station includes a memory, said method further comprising the steps of: processing a control signal which operates to cause said processor to cease outputting information stored in said memory; andstoring an incomplete television image in said memory after said step of processing. 31. The method of claim 21, wherein said information transmission comprises a multichannel signal. 32. A method of controlling the display of television programming at a receiver station, wherein said receiver station includes a monitor for displaying television programming, a receiver operatively connected to said monitor, and a processor operatively connected to at least one of said monitor and said receiver, said method comprising the steps of: transmitting from a transmitter station an information transmission including a television signal;generating at least one control signal; andtransmitting said at least one control signal, wherein said at least one control signal: (a) effects said receiver station to determine the absence of complete generated television image data by processing information at least one of included in and received with said television signal; and(b) prevents said monitor from displaying an incomplete television image based on said determining the absence of complete generate television image data, wherein said receiver station clears the incomplete television image data based on said information at least one of included in and received with said television signal. 33. The method of claim 32, wherein said transmitter station stores only part of said at least one control signal at a memory and said step of generating includes generating a balance of said at least one control signal. 34. The method of claim 33, wherein said transmitter station receives a transmitter control signal, said method further comprising the step of: communicating at least one of said only part of said at least one control signal and said balance of said at least one control signal to a transmitter based on said transmitter control signal. 35. The method of claim 32, wherein a portion of said at least one control signal is transmitted outside said television signal. 36. The method of claim 32, wherein said information transmission includes a plurality of television channel signals. 37. The method of claim 32, wherein said receiver station includes a memory, said method further comprising the step of: including in said at least one control signal at least one datum which designates said incomplete television image. 38. The method of claim 37, said method further comprising the step of transmitting a portion of said television programming. 39. The method of claim 32, said method further comprising the step of: transmitting only part of said television programming. 40. A method of controlling the display of television programming at a receiver station, wherein said receiver station includes a monitor for displaying television programming, a receiver operatively connected to said monitor, a processor operatively connected to said monitor and said receiver, and a memory, said method comprising the steps of: originating an information transmission including a television signal to be transmitted;originating at least one instruct signal; wherein said at least one instruct signal enables a transmitter station to originate at least one control signal, wherein said at least one control signal is effective at said receiver station to determine the absence of complete generated television image data at said memory by processing data at said memory, prevent said monitor from displaying said incomplete television image based on said step of determining the absence of complete generate television image data, and clear at least a portion said incomplete television image data at said memory; andtransmitting said information transmission and said at least one instruct signal, wherein said method controls the display of said television programming at said receiver station. 41. The method of claim 40, further comprising the step of: inputting at least one instruction which causes said transmitter station to communicate at least one of (i) said television signal, (ii) said at least one instruct signal, and (iii) said at least one control signal. 42. The method of claim 40, wherein said television signal includes at least a portion of said television programming, said method further comprising the step of: transmitting at least one identifier which enables identification of at least a portion of said television programming. 43. The method of claim 42, said method further comprising the step of: including in said at least one control signal at least one second identifier. 44. The method of claim 42, said method further comprising the step of: including in said at least one control signal at least one datum which enables said transmitter station to transfer said at least a portion of said television programming at different times. 45. The method of claim 40, wherein said transmitter station outputs television programming at different times, said method further comprising the step of: communicating a plurality of output control signals to control at least a time for outputting said television programming. 46. The method of claim 45, wherein said at least one control signal causes said transmitter station to store at least one of at least a portion of said television programming and said at least one instruct signal. 47. The method of claim 46, said method further comprising the step of: transmitting said at least a portion of said television programming.
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