ATE467269T1 - System und verfahren zur effizienten abstimmung auf eine vielfalt von verschiedenen rundfunkbetriebsarten - Google Patents

System und verfahren zur effizienten abstimmung auf eine vielfalt von verschiedenen rundfunkbetriebsarten

Info

Publication number
ATE467269T1
ATE467269T1 AT00918088T AT00918088T ATE467269T1 AT E467269 T1 ATE467269 T1 AT E467269T1 AT 00918088 T AT00918088 T AT 00918088T AT 00918088 T AT00918088 T AT 00918088T AT E467269 T1 ATE467269 T1 AT E467269T1
Authority
AT
Austria
Prior art keywords
service
channel
tuner
viewer
tuning system
Prior art date
Application number
AT00918088T
Other languages
English (en)
Inventor
Robert Fries
Michael Pietraszak
Original Assignee
Microsoft Corp
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Family has litigation
First worldwide family litigation filed litigation Critical https://patents.darts-ip.com/?family=26827902&utm_source=google_patent&utm_medium=platform_link&utm_campaign=public_patent_search&patent=ATE467269(T1) "Global patent litigation dataset” by Darts-ip is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Application filed by Microsoft Corp filed Critical Microsoft Corp
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of ATE467269T1 publication Critical patent/ATE467269T1/de

Links

Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • 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
    • H04N21/41—Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
    • H04N21/426—Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03J—TUNING RESONANT CIRCUITS; SELECTING RESONANT CIRCUITS
    • H03J1/00—Details of adjusting, driving, indicating, or mechanical control arrangements for resonant circuits in general
    • H03J1/0008—Details of adjusting, driving, indicating, or mechanical control arrangements for resonant circuits in general using a central processing unit, e.g. a microprocessor
    • H03J1/0058—Details of adjusting, driving, indicating, or mechanical control arrangements for resonant circuits in general using a central processing unit, e.g. a microprocessor provided with channel identification means
    • H03J1/0066—Details of adjusting, driving, indicating, or mechanical control arrangements for resonant circuits in general using a central processing unit, e.g. a microprocessor provided with channel identification means with means for analysing the received signal strength
    • H03J1/0075—Details of adjusting, driving, indicating, or mechanical control arrangements for resonant circuits in general using a central processing unit, e.g. a microprocessor provided with channel identification means with means for analysing the received signal strength where the receiving frequencies of the stations are stored in a permanent memory, e.g. ROM
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • 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
    • H04N21/41—Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
    • H04N21/426—Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof
    • H04N21/42607—Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof for processing the incoming bitstream
    • H04N21/4263—Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof for processing the incoming bitstream involving specific tuning arrangements, e.g. two tuners
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • 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
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • 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
    • H04N21/4345—Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • 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
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/438—Interfacing the downstream path of the transmission network originating from a server, e.g. retrieving encoded video stream packets from an IP network
    • H04N21/4383—Accessing a communication channel
    • H04N21/4384—Accessing a communication channel involving operations to reduce the access time, e.g. fast-tuning for reducing channel switching latency
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • 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
    • H04N21/462—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
    • H04N21/4622—Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
    • H04N5/44—Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards
    • H04N5/46—Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards for receiving on more than one standard at will
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • 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
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/482—End-user interface for programme selection
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
    • H04N5/44—Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards
    • H04N5/50—Tuning indicators; Automatic tuning control

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Databases & Information Systems (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Two-Way Televisions, Distribution Of Moving Picture Or The Like (AREA)
  • Circuits Of Receivers In General (AREA)
  • Management, Administration, Business Operations System, And Electronic Commerce (AREA)
AT00918088T 1999-04-15 2000-03-17 System und verfahren zur effizienten abstimmung auf eine vielfalt von verschiedenen rundfunkbetriebsarten ATE467269T1 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US12977599P 1999-04-15 1999-04-15
US09/526,628 US7194753B1 (en) 1999-04-15 2000-03-16 System and method for efficiently tuning to channels of a variety of different broadcast types
PCT/US2000/007151 WO2000064050A1 (en) 1999-04-15 2000-03-17 A system and method for efficiently tuning to channels of a variety of different boradcast types

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
ATE467269T1 true ATE467269T1 (de) 2010-05-15

Family

ID=26827902

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
AT00918088T ATE467269T1 (de) 1999-04-15 2000-03-17 System und verfahren zur effizienten abstimmung auf eine vielfalt von verschiedenen rundfunkbetriebsarten

Country Status (5)

Country Link
US (1) US7194753B1 (de)
EP (1) EP1177627B2 (de)
AT (1) ATE467269T1 (de)
DE (1) DE60044347D1 (de)
WO (1) WO2000064050A1 (de)

Families Citing this family (56)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6614987B1 (en) * 1998-06-12 2003-09-02 Metabyte, Inc. Television program recording with user preference determination
US8352984B2 (en) 1998-06-12 2013-01-08 Thomson Licensing System and method for generating and managing user preference information for scheduled and stored television programs
US8087051B2 (en) * 2000-06-30 2011-12-27 Thomson Licensing Database management system and method for electronic program guide and television channel lineup organization
US8302127B2 (en) * 2000-09-25 2012-10-30 Thomson Licensing System and method for personalized TV
GB2374974A (en) * 2001-04-25 2002-10-30 James Jeffery Pearce Integrated digital television recorder
US8818871B2 (en) * 2001-06-21 2014-08-26 Thomson Licensing Method and system for electronic purchases using an intelligent data carrier medium, electronic coupon system, and interactive TV infrastructure
US7930712B1 (en) * 2001-11-08 2011-04-19 The Directv Group, Inc. Apparatus and method for processing content signals from multiple signal sources
JP3731554B2 (ja) * 2002-03-19 2006-01-05 ソニー株式会社 信号処理装置、信号処理方法
KR101010870B1 (ko) * 2002-04-23 2011-01-26 톰슨 라이센싱 시각적 피드백을 제공하는 메뉴로부터 가능화되는 튜너 및 위성 또는 케이블 수신기 양자 모두를 위한 직접 채널 입력
DE602004029046D1 (de) 2003-07-14 2010-10-21 Thomson Licensing Gerät und verfahren zur verarbeitung analoger und digitaler signale aus mehreren quellen
US20070067816A1 (en) * 2003-08-07 2007-03-22 Koninklijke Philips Electronics., N.V. Fast service scan for digital television receivers
JP2007504743A (ja) * 2003-09-04 2007-03-01 コニンクリユケ フィリップス エレクトロニクス エヌ．ブイ． フルデジタルホームシネマ
JP4381209B2 (ja) * 2004-04-05 2009-12-09 アルパイン株式会社 オーディオ装置
US7873977B2 (en) * 2004-05-07 2011-01-18 Thomson Licensing Method for controlling a multi-tuner signal receiving apparatus
US20060026662A1 (en) * 2004-07-28 2006-02-02 Microsoft Corporation Broadcast metadata format independent of transmission standard
US20060025093A1 (en) * 2004-07-28 2006-02-02 Microsoft Corporation Broadcast metadata plug-in model
JP4467383B2 (ja) * 2004-08-19 2010-05-26 シャープ株式会社 デジタル放送用チューナ
US8079056B2 (en) * 2004-08-30 2011-12-13 Intel Corporation Synchronizing a media center on a correct channel
US7538825B2 (en) * 2004-08-31 2009-05-26 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. Wireless redistribution system for terrestrial digital television broadcasting
KR101134753B1 (ko) * 2004-09-24 2012-04-13 엘지전자 주식회사 디지털 티브이 복합기의 서비스타입별 서비스 데이터기록방법
WO2006056943A1 (en) 2004-11-24 2006-06-01 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Improved method and apparatus for managing tv channel lists
JP2006211424A (ja) * 2005-01-28 2006-08-10 Orion Denki Kk 自動プリセット機能を備えた放送受信装置
KR100735264B1 (ko) * 2005-06-09 2007-07-03 삼성전자주식회사 듀얼모드 디지털 멀티미디어 방송 수신기에서의 통합 전자프로그램 가이드 제공 방법
JP2007006405A (ja) * 2005-06-27 2007-01-11 Funai Electric Co Ltd ディジタル放送受信機
US20070035668A1 (en) * 2005-08-11 2007-02-15 Sony Corporation Method of routing an audio/video signal from a television's internal tuner to a remote device
KR100696113B1 (ko) * 2005-10-20 2007-03-20 삼성전자주식회사 영상처리장치 및 영상처리방법
BRPI0519751A2 (pt) * 2005-10-26 2009-03-10 Thomson Licensing sistema e mÉtodo para selecionar uma entrada de sinal
WO2007086866A1 (en) * 2006-01-26 2007-08-02 Thomson Licensing Time setting in a digital television processing device
JP4939550B2 (ja) 2006-01-27 2012-05-30 トムソン ライセンシング デジタルテレビジョン受信機における高速のチャンネル変更
US7624417B2 (en) 2006-01-27 2009-11-24 Robin Dua Method and system for accessing media content via the internet
CN101415687B (zh) * 2006-02-06 2012-02-08 大正制药株式会社 鞘氨醇-1-磷酸结合抑制物质
US20070261093A1 (en) * 2006-04-21 2007-11-08 Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Ab Buffering video data as received over alternative networks
US8656431B2 (en) * 2006-07-10 2014-02-18 Mark A. Cavicchia Global interactive program guide application and device
US20080244657A1 (en) * 2007-04-02 2008-10-02 The Directv Group, Inc. Method and system of retrieving prior broadcasted programming at a user device from a service provider
US8763050B2 (en) 2007-04-30 2014-06-24 At&T Intellectual Property I, Lp System and apparatus for enhancing delivery of media services
TWI336591B (en) * 2007-05-22 2011-01-21 Mstar Semiconductor Inc Digital video broadcasting-satellite multi-input receiving circuit and associated receving method thereof
KR102597520B1 (ko) 2007-09-26 2023-11-06 에이큐 미디어 인크 오디오-비주얼 내비게이션 및 통신
US20090113491A1 (en) * 2007-10-31 2009-04-30 Kuether David J Method and system of retrieving lost content segments of prior broadcasted programming at a user device from a service provider
US9281891B2 (en) * 2007-11-27 2016-03-08 The Directv Group, Inc. Method and system of wirelessly retrieving lost content segments of broadcasted programming at a user device from another device
US20090254599A1 (en) * 2008-04-02 2009-10-08 Lee Sean S Method and system of sharing content from a memory of a first receiving unit with a second receiving unit through a network
EP2521352B1 (de) * 2009-12-28 2014-03-26 Panasonic Corporation Betriebsklangführungsvorrichtung und betriebsklangführungsverfahren
US8984554B2 (en) * 2010-11-19 2015-03-17 Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc Hybrid tuner control
DE102013210644B4 (de) 2012-06-12 2017-03-02 Technisat Digital Gmbh Methode und Einrichtung zum Integrieren von audio-visuellen Medieninhalten von Web-TV bzw. Webradio-Diensten in die Rundfunkkanal- und Programmverzeichnisse eines TV-Empfängers
US9479837B1 (en) * 2014-12-30 2016-10-25 The Directv Group, Inc. Systems and methods for managing television tuners
DE102016104769A1 (de) 2016-03-15 2017-09-21 Technisat Digital Gmbh Empfangseinrichtung
JP2018092012A (ja) * 2016-12-05 2018-06-14 ソニー株式会社 情報処理装置、情報処理方法、およびプログラム
CN207150726U (zh) * 2017-09-11 2018-03-27 深圳Tcl新技术有限公司 电路板、电视信号接收系统及电视机
US11570109B2 (en) * 2021-04-28 2023-01-31 Cisco Technology, Inc. Software-defined service insertion for network fabrics
US11546650B1 (en) * 2021-08-06 2023-01-03 Sony Group Corporation Techniques for ATSC 3.0 broadcast boundary area management using plural tuners with different numbers of antennae
US11838680B2 (en) 2021-08-06 2023-12-05 Sony Group Corporation Techniques for ATSC 3.0 broadcast boundary area management using complete service reception during scan to determine signal quality of frequencies carrying the duplicate service
US11611799B2 (en) 2021-08-06 2023-03-21 Sony Group Corporation ATSC 3 application context switching and sharing
US11848716B2 (en) 2021-08-06 2023-12-19 Sony Group Corporation Techniques for ATSC 3.0 broadcast boundary area management using signal quality and packet errors to differentiate between duplicated services on different frequencies during scan
US11601707B2 (en) 2021-08-06 2023-03-07 Sony Group Corporation Techniques for ATSC 3.0 broadcast boundary area management using plural tuners
US11611792B2 (en) 2021-08-06 2023-03-21 Sony Group Corporation ATSC 3 reception across boundary conditions using location data
US11711568B2 (en) 2021-08-06 2023-07-25 Sony Group Corporation Techniques for ATSC 3.0 broadcast boundary area management using plural tuners handing off between presentation and scanning
US11611790B2 (en) 2021-08-06 2023-03-21 Sony Group Corporation RF channel description for multiple frequency networks

Family Cites Families (22)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4907079A (en) 1987-09-28 1990-03-06 Teleview Rating Corporation, Inc. System for monitoring and control of home entertainment electronic devices
US5210611A (en) * 1991-08-12 1993-05-11 Keen Y. Yee Automatic tuning radio/TV using filtered seek
US5596373A (en) * 1995-01-04 1997-01-21 Sony Corporation Method and apparatus for providing program oriented information in a multiple station broadcast system
JPH08314979A (ja) * 1995-03-13 1996-11-29 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd プログラム情報を表示装置に示す方法および装置
JP3372004B2 (ja) * 1995-03-31 2003-01-27 ソニー株式会社 電子番組ガイド装置、電子番組ガイドシステム、および電子番組ガイド方法
US5828945A (en) * 1995-04-17 1998-10-27 Starsight Telecast, Inc. Merging multi-source information in a television system
US5550576A (en) 1995-04-17 1996-08-27 Starsight Telecast Incorporated Method and apparatus for merging television program schedule information received from multiple television schedule information sources
US6732369B1 (en) * 1995-10-02 2004-05-04 Starsight Telecast, Inc. Systems and methods for contextually linking television program information
US6157411A (en) * 1996-06-14 2000-12-05 Intel Corporation Method and apparatus for compiling a repository of entertainment system data from multiple sources
US6133910A (en) * 1996-09-20 2000-10-17 Echostar Engineering Corp. Apparatus and method for integrating a plurality of video sources
US5982411A (en) * 1996-12-18 1999-11-09 General Instrument Corporation Navigation among grouped television channels
US5850218A (en) * 1997-02-19 1998-12-15 Time Warner Entertainment Company L.P. Inter-active program guide with default selection control
JP3465813B2 (ja) * 1997-10-29 2003-11-10 日本ビクター株式会社 ディジタル放送受信装置及びディジタル情報記録再生装置
US6003041A (en) * 1998-01-05 1999-12-14 Gateway 2000, Inc. Method and managing multiple channel maps from multiple input devices in a multimedia system
US6321382B1 (en) * 1998-01-05 2001-11-20 Amiga Development, Llc System for resolving channel selection in a multi-channel convergence system
JPH11261906A (ja) * 1998-01-12 1999-09-24 Sony Corp テレビ放送受信装置、テレビ放送受信方法およびテレビ放送方法
US6483547B1 (en) * 1998-03-03 2002-11-19 General Instrument Corporation Transmission signal ID for analog television broadcasts
KR100277952B1 (ko) * 1998-05-15 2001-01-15 구자홍 디지탈/아날로그 겸용 티브이의 채널 운용장치및 방법
US6182287B1 (en) * 1999-02-04 2001-01-30 Thomson Licensing S.A. Preferred service management system for a multimedia video decoder
GB9904351D0 (en) * 1999-02-26 1999-04-21 Koninkl Philips Electronics Nv Communication channel quality indicator
US6348932B1 (en) * 1999-03-01 2002-02-19 Sony Corporation Provide two different types of service in a menu
US6442757B1 (en) * 1999-03-15 2002-08-27 Index Systems, Inc. System and method of channel map correction in an EPG guide

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
US7194753B1 (en) 2007-03-20
EP1177627B2 (de) 2013-06-26
EP1177627B1 (de) 2010-05-05
WO2000064050A8 (en) 2001-08-09
DE60044347D1 (de) 2010-06-17
EP1177627A1 (de) 2002-02-06
WO2000064050A1 (en) 2000-10-26

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
ATE467269T1 (de) System und verfahren zur effizienten abstimmung auf eine vielfalt von verschiedenen rundfunkbetriebsarten
US6256071B1 (en) Methods and apparatus for recording video files and for generating a table listing the recorded files and links to additional information
US5343300A (en) Apparatus for providing TV program information
US6553077B2 (en) Method and apparatus for customized selection of audio channels
KR20050108424A (ko) 정보 수신 장치 및 방법과 방송 시스템
JPH09510848A (ja) 電子的番組プログラム・タイムテーブルの作成方法および作成装置
JPH09233419A (ja) テレビジョン信号受信装置
CN1127850C (zh) 有选择地向观众终端提供广告消息的方法和设备
DE60142864D1 (de) Verfahren zum Anzeigen von ausgestrahlten und aufgenommenen Sendungen, die ein gemeinsames Merkmal aufweisen, und zugeordneter Empfänger
DK1084574T3 (da) Forbedringer i modtagere for TV-signaler
AU760842B2 (en) Digital broadcasting selective receiving device and method thereof
WO2000055970A3 (en) A system and method for efficiently tuning to channels where a variety of different broadcast transmission types is being used
US20030237098A1 (en) Data broadcast program control system
JPH11146293A (ja) ディジタル信号受信端末装置
JP2005509339A5 (de)
WO2008123724A1 (en) Digital multimedia broadcasting application format generating method and apparatus thereof
JP4104620B2 (ja) 電子番組表表示装置及び方法、放送受信装置、並びにコンピュータプログラム。
Bonfadelli et al. Switzerland: A multilingual culture tries to keep its identity
KR20040093163A (ko) 정보 처리 장치 및 방법
KR0185839B1 (ko) 디지탈 위성방송 수신기의 프로그램 안내정보 검색방법
US7685617B2 (en) Method and system for selectively and multiply routing media stream to a media appliance
EP2063558A1 (de) Verfahren und Endgerät zum Auswählen eines Audiosignals
JPH11284962A (ja) 地上波放送に関する情報供給方法と放送波の電子番組ガイド送出装置と放送波の受信装置
KR970057374A (ko) 디지탈 위성 방송 수신 장치 및 그 장치에서의 체널 선택 방법
CA2298357A1 (en) A process for the digital transmission of compressed television signals

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
RER Ceased as to paragraph 5 lit. 3 law introducing patent treaties