Module-based interactive television ticker
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving ticker data from a video casting system;
presenting the ticker data as a plurality of items of a ticker located on a first region of a display screen while a video image is displayed on a second region of the display screen; and
arranging the presentation of the plurality of items of the ticker into corresponding modules that fit within the first region of the display screen, based on user customization of a shape and size of the modules.
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Abstract
A module-based ticker for an interactive television system comprises one or more modules of content that the user can select for presentation. Separate modules of the ticker are selected for sports, news, weather, email, traffic, interactive applications, movies, and so forth. A viewer or user can also customize the ticker by choosing the shape, location, size, appearance, and content of the modules. Three-dimensional modules can scroll ticker information on its surfaces by rotating in the ticker. The content from each of the modules concurrently scroll in the ticker, thereby giving somewhat of an appearance of “a ticker having many tickers.” The modules can be “skins” that have preset or customizable layouts, colors, fonts, borders, shapes, etc. An interactive television service provider or other party can build the skins, and then via upload, make the skins accessible to and selectable by viewers for customization and inclusion into their ticker.
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49 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving ticker data from a video casting system;
presenting the ticker data as a plurality of items of a ticker located on a first region of a display screen while a video image is displayed on a second region of the display screen; and
arranging the presentation of the plurality of items of the ticker into corresponding modules that fit within the first region of the display screen, based on user customization of a shape and size of the modules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An article of manufacture, comprising:
a machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon to;
present ticker data, received from an interactive video casting system, as a plurality of items of a ticker located on a first region of a display screen while a video image is displayed on a second region of the display screen; and
arrange the presentation of the plurality of items of the ticker into corresponding modules that fit within the first region of the display screen, based on user customization of a shape and size of the modules. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An apparatus, comprising:
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a means for receiving ticker data from a video casting system;
a means for presenting the ticker data as a plurality of items of a ticker located on a first region of a display screen while a video image is displayed on a second region of the display screen; and
a means for arranging the presentation of the plurality of items of the ticker into corresponding modules that fit within the first region of the display screen, based on user customization of a shape and size of the modules. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A ticker for a video casting system, the ticker comprising:
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a plurality of modules, each module operative to present different ticker data determined based on user customization, wherein the modules have a shape and size determined based on user customization, the shape and size of the modules being configured according to the user customization to fit within a first region of a display screen, concurrently with a second region of the display screen capable to present a video image. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. An apparatus for a video casting system, the apparatus comprising:
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at least one communication interface to receive ticker data sent from the video casting system;
a storage medium coupled to the communication interface to store a ticker software program;
a processor, coupled to the storage medium and to the communication interface, to cooperate with the ticker software program to process the ticker data; and
an output section to provide the processed ticker data to a display screen capable to present the ticker data through a ticker having a plurality of user-customizable modules specified by the ticker software program, the modules having a size and shape based on user customization implemented by the ticker software program to fit within a first region of the display screen concurrently with a video image displayed within a second region of the display screen. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37)
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38. A video casting system, comprising:
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a source of skins data;
a source of ticker data; and
an apparatus coupled to the source, the apparatus including;
at least one communication interface to receive ticker data sent from the source of ticker data;
a storage medium coupled to the communication interface to store a ticker software program;
a processor, coupled to the storage medium and to the communication interface, to cooperate with the ticker software program to process the ticker data; and
an output section to provide the processed ticker data to a display screen capable to present the ticker data through a ticker having a plurality of user-customizable modules specified by the ticker software program, the modules having a size and shape available from the source of skins data and based on user customization implemented by the ticker software program in a manner to fit within a first region of the display screen concurrently with a video image displayed within a second region of the display screen. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method usable in a video casting system, the method comprising:
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receiving ticker data from a video casting system, wherein a client terminal for a television for the video casting system is coupled to present the received ticker data, through a ticker located on a first region of a display screen of the television, wherein the video casting system includes a plurality of sources, which provide the ticker data, communicatively coupled to a plurality of broadcast centers, wherein at least one of the broadcast centers is coupled to a server capable to provide the data from the sources to the client terminal, and wherein the video casting system is capable to provide the ticker data to the client terminal via different communication channels, including at least one of a plurality of television broadcast channels, an out-of-band channel, and a communication channel with a communication network;
presenting the ticker data as a plurality of items of the ticker located on the first region of the display screen while a video image is displayed on a second region of the display screen; and
arranging the presentation of the plurality of items of the ticker into corresponding modules that fit within the first region of the display screen, based on user customization of a shape and size of the modules, the modules further having an appearance characteristic including at least one of a border, font, font size, color, and theme. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45)
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46. A video casting system, comprising:
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a source of ticker data including;
a feed server to receive a plurality of feeds of ticker data and having a feed engine to manipulate the ticker data received from the feeds;
a production server coupled to the feed server to receive the ticker data manipulated by the feed engine, and coupled to a database having tables for the manipulated ticker data received from the feed server, the production server being capable to change a format of the manipulated ticker data to a format compatible with client terminals configured to present a screen interface on a display screen; and
a distribution server to send the manipulated ticker data having the format compatible with the client terminals; and
an apparatus coupled to the distribution server of the source, the apparatus including;
at least one communication interface to receive ticker data sent from the source of ticker data;
a storage medium coupled to the communication interface to store a ticker software program;
a processor, coupled to the storage medium and to the communication interface, to cooperate with the ticker software program to process the ticker data; and
an output section to provide the processed ticker data to a display screen capable to present the ticker data through a ticker having a plurality of user-customizable modules specified by the ticker software program, the modules having a size and shape available from the source of skins data and based on user customization implemented by the ticker software program in a manner to fit within a first region of the display screen concurrently with a video image displayed within a second region of the display screen, wherein at least one of the modules has a three-dimensional shape with a plurality of surfaces, the ticker software program including code to rotate the three-dimensional shape within the ticker in a manner that different ticker data is presented on each surface after rotation. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49)
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