ATE422283T1 - Digitalrundfunkverfahren und -system mit interaktiver graphischer oberfläche mit hilfe eines x-y protokolls - Google Patents

Digitalrundfunkverfahren und -system mit interaktiver graphischer oberfläche mit hilfe eines x-y protokolls

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ATE422283T1
ATE422283T1 AT97954260T AT97954260T ATE422283T1 AT E422283 T1 ATE422283 T1 AT E422283T1 AT 97954260 T AT97954260 T AT 97954260T AT 97954260 T AT97954260 T AT 97954260T AT E422283 T1 ATE422283 T1 AT E422283T1
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Walter Klappert
William Sequeira
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Corporate Media Partners Doing
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    • H04N21/858—Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot
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    • H04N21/236—Assembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. transport stream, by combining a video stream with other content or additional data, e.g. inserting a URL [Uniform Resource Locator] into a video stream, multiplexing software data into a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Insertion of stuffing bits into the multiplex stream, e.g. to obtain a constant bit-rate; Assembling of a packetised elementary stream
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    • H04N21/422—Input-only peripherals, i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS]
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    • H04N21/434—Disassembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. demultiplexing audio and video streams, extraction of additional data from a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Extraction or processing of SI; Disassembling of packetised elementary stream
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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
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    • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
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    • H04N5/445—Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards for displaying additional information
    • H04N5/45—Picture in picture, e.g. displaying simultaneously another television channel in a region of the screen
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