Method and apparatus for displaying an image and data related to the image conditioned on used identifier

• US 20040172661A1
• Filed: 03/08/2004
• Published: 09/02/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/25/1996
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Akio Yajima, Michio Morioka, Shigeki Hirasawa, Tadashi Kuwabara, Tomochika Ozaki, Yuichi Yagawa
• Original Assignee: Akio Yajima, Michio Morioka, Shigeki Hirasawa, Tadashi Kuwabara, Tomochika Ozaki, Yuichi Yagawa
• Inventors: Morioka, Michio, Hirasawa, Shigeki, Kuwabara, Tadashi, Yagawa, Yuichi, Ozaki, Tomochika, Yajima, Akio
• Application Number:
  US10/793,876
• Publication Number:
  US 20040172661A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/131
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• 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 21/42204 User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43074 of additional data with content streams on the same device, e.g. of EPG data or interactive icon with a TV program
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• 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 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/858 Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/445 for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/45 Picture in picture , e.g. displaying simultaneously another television channel in a region of the screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/0122 the input and the output signals having different aspect ratios

Abstract

A device and method of displaying images and data on a display device. The device and method displays still and moving images in which at least one icon is associated and displayed with each image on a screen. A single screen may contain several images which change over time. As the images change so do the icons associated with them. Upon selection of an icon by a viewer, the device and method will display one of several possible advertisements or information associated with the icon. The selection of which advertisement or piece of information is based on information stored about the viewer. This information would include data concerning the viewer'"'"'s age, income, address and hobbies. A list of selections made by a viewer is maintained and may be displayed at the viewer'"'"'s request. The system may also force the display of advertisements if desired by advertisers.

Claims

1. An apparatus receiving broadcasted data and displaying the data on a display device, comprising:

a receiving module receiving the data;

a memory module storing the received data;

a display module displaying the stored data on said display device;

a setting module setting a first condition and a second condition, said first condition defining whether or not the data is selectively received in accordance with at least one of an attribute and preference of a user and said second condition indicating for displaying the stored data on said display device, wherein

said receiving module receives data consistent with at least one of the attribute and the preference of the user in accordance with said first condition; and

wherein

said display module editing the stored data in accordance with said second condition to display the edited data on said display device.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising, a deleting module deleting the data from said display device in an order of low charge for the data.

3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display module displays high priority data on said display device in accordance with a predetermined priority when a plurality of data are conflicted.

4. An apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising, a module calculating a degree of a vector matching between the data and the one of the attributes and preference of the user to determine the priority in an order of high degree.

5. An apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising, a module determining the priority in an order of a high charge paid for the data related to a broadcaster by a provide of the data.

6. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display module displays, on said display device, an icon or telop indicating a content of the data,

said display module also displays, on said display device, the data corresponding to the icon or telop indicated by the user when a command is entered from the user for the icon or telop.

7. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display module displays a list of the data on said display device, and

said display module displays the data corresponding to a selection indicated by the user on said display device when a selection is entered from the user for the list.

8. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said second condition defines a size of a display area to be displayed the data on said display device.

9. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data is data related to broadcasted images and corresponded to each scene of the images;

and wherein

said display module displays the data on a screen on which the scene of the image has been displayed.

10. An apparatus receiving broadcasted images and data and displaying the images and data on a display device, comprising:

a receiving module receiving the images and data;

a memory module storing the received images and data;

a display module displaying the stored images and data on said display device;

a setting module setting a first condition and a second condition, said first condition defining whether or not the data is selectively received in accordance with at least one of an attribute and preference of a user and said second condition indicating for displaying the stored data on said display device, wherein

said receiving module receives data consistent with at least one of the attribute and the preference of the user in accordance with said first condition; and

wherein

said display module editing the stored data in accordance with said second condition to display the edited data on said display device.

11. An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the data is data corresponding to each scene of the images,

the data includes a timestamp for specifying the scene of the images corresponding to the data, and

said display module displays the data on a screen on which the scene of the image has been displayed.

12. An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the data is data corresponding to each scene of the images,

the data is broadcasted with the data inserted into a Vertical Blanking Interval between frames of the images, and

said display module displays the data on a screen on which a scene of the image has been displayed.