Process for displaying broadcast and recorded transmissions possessing a common characteristic and associated receiver
First Claim
1. Process for displaying audiovisual transmissions in a digital television receiver, the said transmissions being broadcast from a broadcasting center, the receiver being furnished with a means for displaying the transmissions, wherein it comprises:
- a step of receiving audiovisual transmissions and at least one service information item, which are broadcast by the broadcasting center, a first step of displaying an audiovisual transmission received, a step of reading an audiovisual transmission recorded, a second step of displaying the said audiovisual transmission read while replacing at least part of the said audiovisual transmission received, the second step being triggered at a moment defined by the service information item.
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Abstract
The invention relates to the receiving and displaying of short audiovisual transmissions broadcast by a transmitter to digital television receivers. The receivers are furnished with a large recording capacity. The short audiovisual transmissions are typically advertising spots. According to the invention, the short audiovisual transmissions are, upon reception in the receiver, automatically replaced by transmissions of the same type previously recorded in the receiver. The receiver resumes normal displaying of the transmissions at the end of the broadcasting of the audiovisual transmissions of a certain type.
The recording of the transmissions can be performed according to the preferences of the user. The preferences of the user are defined during a configuration phase.
The invention also relates to the receiver for implementing the process.
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16 Claims
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1. Process for displaying audiovisual transmissions in a digital television receiver, the said transmissions being broadcast from a broadcasting center, the receiver being furnished with a means for displaying the transmissions, wherein it comprises:
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a step of receiving audiovisual transmissions and at least one service information item, which are broadcast by the broadcasting center, a first step of displaying an audiovisual transmission received, a step of reading an audiovisual transmission recorded, a second step of displaying the said audiovisual transmission read while replacing at least part of the said audiovisual transmission received, the second step being triggered at a moment defined by the service information item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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- 10. Receiver of digital audiovisual transmissions comprising a means of receiving transmissions transmitted from a broadcasting center, a memory containing at least one audiovisual transmission and a means of displaying the transmissions, wherein the transmissions broadcast by the center are of two types, the type of the transmissions being identified by a characteristic contained in a service information item transmitted by the broadcasting center, and in that the decoder furthermore comprises a first means of detecting the change of type of the transmissions received by the reception means, a means of selecting the transmissions so as to display either transmissions of a first type currently being broadcast or transmissions recorded in the memory, the selecting means is controlled by the detecting means in such a way that the broadcasting of a transmission of a second type causes the displaying of a recorded transmission.
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