ATE257634T1 - Automatisches-elektronisches-programmablauf- system - Google Patents

Automatisches-elektronisches-programmablauf- system

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ATE257634T1
ATE257634T1 AT99962444T AT99962444T ATE257634T1 AT E257634 T1 ATE257634 T1 AT E257634T1 AT 99962444 T AT99962444 T AT 99962444T AT 99962444 T AT99962444 T AT 99962444T AT E257634 T1 ATE257634 T1 AT E257634T1
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programmes
programme
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schedule
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Jack Arnold Lang
Michael Strick
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Ntl Group Ltd
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/45—Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies, resolving scheduling conflicts
    • H04N21/466—Learning process for intelligent management, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies
    • H04N21/4668—Learning process for intelligent management, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies for recommending content, e.g. movies
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    • H04N21/458—Scheduling content for creating a personalised stream, e.g. by combining a locally stored advertisement with an incoming stream; Updating operations, e.g. for OS modules ; time-related management operations
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    • H04N21/462—Content or additional data management e.g. creating a master electronic programme guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end or controlling the complexity of a video stream by scaling the resolution or bit-rate based on the client capabilities
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    • H04N21/47214—End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/475—End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data
    • H04N21/4755—End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04N21/4756—End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
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    • H04N21/478—Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
    • H04N21/4782—Web browsing, e.g. WebTV
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    • H04N21/80—Generation or processing of content or additional data by content creator independently of the distribution process; Content per se
    • H04N21/83—Generation or processing of protective or descriptive data associated with content; Content structuring
    • H04N21/84—Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors
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    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/16—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
    • H04N7/173—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
    • H04N7/17309—Transmission or handling of upstream communications
    • H04N7/17318—Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Databases & Information Systems (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Finance (AREA)
  • Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • Strategic Management (AREA)
  • Two-Way Televisions, Distribution Of Moving Picture Or The Like (AREA)
  • Management, Administration, Business Operations System, And Electronic Commerce (AREA)
  • Electrotherapy Devices (AREA)
  • Multi-Process Working Machines And Systems (AREA)
  • Programmable Controllers (AREA)
  • Debugging And Monitoring (AREA)
AT99962444T 1998-12-23 1999-12-23 Automatisches-elektronisches-programmablauf- system ATE257634T1 (de)

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GBGB9828589.3A GB9828589D0 (en) 1998-12-23 1998-12-23 Automatic electronic programme scheduling system
PCT/GB1999/004408 WO2000040026A1 (en) 1998-12-23 1999-12-23 Automatic electronic programme scheduling system

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AT (2) ATE308857T1 (de)
AU (1) AU1880100A (de)
DE (2) DE69928141D1 (de)
GB (1) GB9828589D0 (de)
WO (1) WO2000040026A1 (de)

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