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20080216116 | Providing Zapping Streams to Broadcast Receivers - Methods and systems for providing zapping data for one or more programs transmitted using timeslicing are disclosed herein. Zapping data may be provided by a zapping data provider or server, or may be created at the mobile terminal based on received program information. Zapping data may be provided to mobile terminals via a wireless multicast network, such as a DVB-H network, using a variety of timeslicing techniques, including providing a separate zapping data stream, providing zapping data as part of the source stream, or allowing mobile terminals to derive zapping data from the source content's broadcast stream. Zapping images may be selected from I-frames of video transmissions. An IP encapsulator may synchronize broadcast streams such that I-frames are transmitted concurrently, and at the beginning of timeslice bursts. | 09-04-2008 |
20090031362 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AND ACCESSING NETWORK SERVICE DATA - A method of transmitting and accessing announcement information identifying available services. Services are provided on the network over a plurality of communication channels, such that each channel is associated with at least one service. At least one of the plurality of communication channels is dedicated as an all-announcement channel, which includes a service announcement for each one of the services available on the plurality of communication channels. Redirection information is also present on the plurality of communication channels and is used to redirect the mobile terminal to the all-announcement channel to obtain information concerning the available services. | 01-29-2009 |
20100014661 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DISTRIBUTING SERVICE INFORMATION AND DIGITAL RIGHTS FOR BROADCAST DATA - An apparatus, system method and computer program product configured to transmit data over a broadcast network. The data is encrypted and decoded using a decryption key available to terminals in combination with a digital rights object. A media guide is broadcast to the terminals. Information from the media guide is also stored by a request handling means in order to ensure that information, such as pricing information, broadcast to the terminals is synchronized with information used to register a terminal as a subscriber. A request is sent from a terminal to the broadcast network through a second network. Authentication information identifying the terminal may be included in the request without manual input from a user of the terminal. Authentication information is extracted from a component or added to the message by a component of the second network. The digital rights object is then sent to the terminal via the second network. | 01-21-2010 |
20100105314 | ANNOUNCING INFORMATION SERVICE THROUGH BROADCASTING OR MULTICASTING - A receiver (FIG. | 04-29-2010 |
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20090083147 | Separation of advertising content and control - Customized advertising using independent ad content and ad rules involves acquiring particular advertising content to a particular user terminal. Terminal-resident advertising control rules that are associated with the particular user terminal are defined. The advertising control rules are independent of the particular advertising content. A triggering event associated with a runtime operation of the particular terminal is determined, and the advertising control rules are invoked in response to the triggering event. The particular advertising content is rendered to the user via a terminal user application in accordance with the advertising control rules. | 03-26-2009 |
20090111448 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING WIDGET INTERACTION - Methods and systems for transmitting a widget as an interactive component of a broadcast service (e.g., mobile TV broadcast service) in a manner that does not require the widget provider or creator to know or understand the broadcast transmission protocol are described. A widget may be transmitted as a pseudo widget that includes temporary content source information to be replaced by a receiving device with valid content source data. Alternatively or additionally, a content item to be displayed in the widget may be identified by fragment association. That is, a content item may be represented by content and access fragments while a widget may be transmitted as an interactivity fragment. These fragments may be associated with one another such that a content fragment may be identified by inspecting an interactivity fragment and vice versa. | 04-30-2009 |
20090157727 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Providing Native Broadcast Support for Hypermedia Formats and/or Widgets - An apparatus for enabling the receipt of native broadcast content by browsers or web applications may include an active adapter. The active adapter may be configured to receive an indication of native signaling, generate an address accessible by a browser or web application, associate the address with corresponding native access parameters determined from the native signaling, and provide the address to a user to enable the browser or web application to render the native signaling via the association of the native access parameters in response to user selection of the address. | 06-18-2009 |
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20080301314 | Auxiliary Content Handling Over Digital Communication Systems - A broadcaster prepares primary content session stream data, and auxiliary content files, such as subtitle text. The auxiliary data may be provided using a two-level structure. Here, the first level can be is a file having plural entries each with a control information item, e.g. a timestamp, and a reference is found. A receiver at a time relating to a timestamp renders video content from a packet ( | 12-04-2008 |
20130073696 | LEGAL TEXT DISTRIBUTION AND PROCESSING IN MOBILE BROADCASTING - Systems and methods for processing and distributing legal text information allow content providers to distribute legal text to terminals receiving broadcast content. The legal text may include terms and conditions associated with content that a user may want to purchase or subscribe. Upon receiving a content selection that a user wishes to purchase, a terminal may determine whether the content is associated with legal text information. If so, the legal text may be obtained and rendered for the user. The terminal may further determine whether user consent is required and if so, prompt the user with a consent agreement. Legal text information may be obtained in a variety of manners including from a service provisioning system, from a local cache in the terminal and/or from a file delivery server. Communication of legal text information may further be conducted using messages storing legal text attributes and elements. | 03-21-2013 |
20130318213 | Auxiliary Content Handling Over Digital Communication Systems - A broadcaster prepares primary content session stream data, and auxiliary content files, such as subtitle text. The auxiliary data may be provided using a two-level structure. Here, the first level can be is a file having plural entries each with a control information item, e.g. a timestamp, and a reference is found. A receiver at a time relating to a timestamp renders video content from a packet ( | 11-28-2013 |
20140052652 | LEGAL TEXT DISTRIBUTION AND PROCESSING IN MOBILE BROADCASTING - Systems and methods for processing and distributing legal text information allow content providers to distribute legal text to terminals receiving broadcast content. The legal text may include terms and conditions associated with content that a user may want to purchase or subscribe. Upon receiving a content selection that a user wishes to purchase, a terminal may determine whether the content is associated with legal text information. If so, the legal text may be obtained and rendered for the user. The terminal may further determine whether user consent is required and if so, prompt the user with a consent agreement. Legal text information may be obtained in a variety of manners including from a service provisioning system, from a local cache in the terminal and/or from a file delivery server. Communication of legal text information may further be conducted using messages storing legal text attributes and elements. | 02-20-2014 |