Method and system for processing correlated audio-video segments with digital signatures within a broadcast system

• US 20030014755A1
• Filed: 07/13/2001
• Published: 01/16/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Marvin Lynn Williams
• Original Assignee: Marvin Lynn Williams
• Inventors: Williams, Marvin Lynn
• Application Number:
  US09/905,124
• Publication Number:
  US 20030014755A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/62
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/106 Receiver-side switching
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/30 by a single channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/93 which locates resources of other pieces of information, e.g. URL [Uniform Resource Locator]
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 2201/90 characterised by the use of signatures
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/418 External card to be used in combination with the client device, e.g. for conditional access
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4524 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; systems specially adapted for using geographical information in broadcast systems H04H60/70; protocols in which the network application is adapted for the location of the user terminal in communication control or processing H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/458 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 arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast or during the distribution H04H20/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/835 Generation of protective data, e.g. certificates protecting software against unauthorised usage in a vending or licensing environment G06F21/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8543 using a description language, e.g. Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group [MHEG], eXtensible Markup Language [XML] information retrieval of semistructured data, the underlying structure being taken into account, e.g. mark-up language structure data G06F16/80
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8547 involving timestamps for synchronizing content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/08 Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band , e.g. by time division H04N7/007 takes precedence

Abstract

A method and apparatus for correlating the transmission of audio-video segments to digital signatures over a wireless or non-wireless medium to allow for real-time substitution and processing of audio and video programs. In one embodiment at least one digital signature having a correlated audio-video segment is transmitted as a digital waveform within an analog modulated signal representing the audio-video segment. The analog modulated signal is transmitted to a wireless receiver. The wireless receiver demodulates the digital waveforms while concurrently playing the correlated audio-video segment. An electronic user interface enables the wireless receiver to define conditional preferences to actively scan a plurality of channels and Internet addresses to substitute a currently playing audio-video segment with a preferred audio-video segment. In an alternative embodiment, a distributed computer network is the broadcast system transmitting digital signatures to either a wireless or non-wireless computer.

Claims

1. A wireless receiver having equipment for receiving and detecting at least one transmission instance of a digital signature having a correlated audio-video segment for processing by a central processing unit with programmable stored instructions including the steps of:

determining if said transmission instance of said digital signature has at least one conditional preference comprised of at least one conditional expression and an associated action;

automatically initiating execution of said associated action upon said conditional expression evaluating to a logically true state.

2. A receiver as claimed in claim 1 further comprising an electronic user interface comprising a function control for associating at least a first captured digital signature and an associated interrupt priority for a currently active digital signature to said conditional preference.

3. A receiver as claimed in claim 1 wherein said central processing unit with programmable stored instructions further including the steps of:

seeking a correlated audio-video segment having a higher interrupt-priority value higher than said currently playing audio-video segment;

automatically substituting said currently playing audio-video segment with said correlated audio-video segment having said higher interrupt-priority higher value.

4. A receiver as claimed in claim 3, wherein said currently playing audio-video segment and associated interrupt-priority value are derived from an internal playing component.

5. A receiver as claimed in claim 4, wherein said internal playing component is a disk player.

6. A receiver as claimed in claim 1 wherein said receiver is a mobile radio.

7. A receiver as claimed in claim 1 wherein said receiver is a television.

8. A receiver as claimed in claim 1 wherein said receiver is a cellular phone.

9. A receiver as claimed in claim 1 wherein said conditional preference is transferred bi-directionally between said receiver and a smart card.

10. A receiver as claimed in claim 1 wherein said conditional preference is transferred bi-directionally between said receiver and an infrared equipped device.

13. A receiver as claimed in claim 1 further including the step of assigning multiple conditional preferences to said digital signature.

11. A receiver as claimed in claimed 2 further providing means for interpolating geographical information from a GPS interface unit and geographical coordinates identified by said currently active digital signature for displaying geographical locations and directions within said electronic user interface.

12. A receiver as claimed in claim 13 wherein geographical information is received from triangulation of cellular cells for a cellular device.

17. A Digital Correlator as claimed in claim 16 wherein the language decoder is an Extended Broadcast Language Decoder.

18. A Digital Correlator as claimed in claim 16 wherein the language decoder is a Transmission Specific Signature Syntax Builder further comprising the steps of:

dynamically outputting a real-time broadcast digital signature for said Synchronizer;

said Synchronizer determines a non-conflicting transmission time for the real-time broadcast digital signature within said audio-video segment duration of time.

19. A Digital Correlator as claimed in claim 16 wherein the digital distributing device is a transmitter.

20. A Digital Correlator as claimed in claim 16 wherein the digital distributing device is a CD-ReWriteable device.

21. A Digital Correlator as claimed in claim 16 wherein the timing device is said audio-video output device sending a start signal and stop signal to said Synchronizer.

22. A Digital Correlator as claimed in claim 16 further including the step of determining a set of non-conflicting transmission times for continuously repeating transmission of said digital signature within the context of the broadcast program.

25. A transmitter as claimed in claim 23 wherein said digital signature identifies a song title.

26. A transmitter as claimed in claim 23 wherein said digital signature identifies an artist of a song.

27. A transmitter as claimed in claim 23 wherein said digital signature identifies a movie title.

28. A transmitter as claimed in claim 23 wherein said digital signature identifies a cast.

29. A transmitter as claimed in claim 23 wherein said digital signature identifies a channel to play.

30. A transmitter as claimed in claim 23 wherein said digital signature identifies a morality of play.

31. A transmitter as claimed in claim 23 wherein said digital signature identifies a UTC for play.

32. A transmitter as claimed in claim 23 wherein said digital signature identifies a critic identifier.

33. A transmitter as claimed in claim 23 wherein said digital signature identifies a critic rating.

34. A transmitter as claimed in claim 23 wherein said digital signature specifies electronic commerce information.

35. A transmitter as claimed in claim 23 wherein said digital signature identifies a commercial identifier.

36. A transmitter as claimed in claim 23 wherein said digital signature identifies a product code.

37. A transmitter as claimed in claim 23 wherein said digital signature identifies a product price.

38. A transmitter as claimed in claim 23 wherein said digital signature identifies a price to play.

39. A transmitter as claimed in claim 23 wherein said digital signature identifies a URL.

40. A transmitter as claimed in claim 23 wherein said digital signature identifies an interrupt-priority value.

41. A transmitter as claimed in claim 23 wherein said digital signature identifies a coupon identifier.

42. A transmitter as claimed in claim 23, wherein said digital signature identifies geographical coordinates.

43. A transmitter as claimed in claim 23, wherein said transmission medium is a television broadcast band.

44. A transmitter as claimed in claim 23, wherein said transmission medium is a distributed computer network.

45. A transmitter as claimed in claim 23, wherein said transmission medium is a Wireless Application Protocol medium.

14. A receiver as claimed in claimed 1, wherein said associated action of said conditional preference is communicatively coupled between said receiver and an infrared equipped device.

15. A receiver as claimed in claimed 1, further including the step of determining to automatically initiate a seek and search for an alternative audio-video segment upon said receiver receiving said audio-video segment having an associated negative interrupt-priority value.

16. A Digital Correlator with digital and analog processing capabilities having a language decoder correlating the output of at least one digital signature to an audio-video segment duration of time;

comprising;

a Synchronizer receiving timing information from a timing device to determine a non-conflicting transmission time for said digital signature within said audio-video segment duration of time;

said Synchronizer with means for outputting said digital signature to a digital distributing device within said audio-video segment duration of time;

23. A transmitter having equipment for transmitting on a transmission medium at least one transmission instance of a digital signature correlated to at least one audio-video segment.

24. A transmitter as claimed in claimed 23 wherein said digital signature is transmitted on a separate transmission medium than the audio-video segment.

46. A first computer having digital processing capabilities for transmitting at least one digital signature correlated to a data stream over a distributed computer network to at least second computer wherein said second computer having a central processing unit with programmable stored instructions including the steps of:

receiving said digital signature and said data stream;

associating at least one captured instance of said digital signature to a conditional preference comprised of at least one conditional expression and an associated action;

automatically initiating execution of said associated action upon said conditional expression evaluating to a logically true state.