Field of programme delivery
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Abstract
A receiver is disclosed, comprising means for receiving a programme stream, and means for replacing portions of the programme stream with a locally stored programme. Other aspects of the invention are also presented.
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192 Claims
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1-148. -148. (cancelled)
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149. An apparatus for delivering content based on a dynamic user profile, comprising:
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a memory for storing the dynamic user profile;
a decoder for generating a plurality of programmes from a first programme stream;
a selector for selecting at least one programme from the plurality of programmes; and
a means for replacing a predetermined portion of a second programme stream with the at least one programme. - View Dependent Claims (150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166)
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167. A content delivery system, comprising:
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at least one communications channel; and
at least one apparatus for delivering content based on a dynamic user profile, such apparatus comprising;
a memory for storing the dynamic user profile;
a decoder for generating a plurality of programmes from a first programme stream;
a selector for selecting at least one programme from the plurality of programmes; and
a means for replacing a predetermined portion of a second programme stream with the at least one programme. - View Dependent Claims (168)
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169. A method of managing a programme stream, comprising:
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receiving a first programme stream;
decoding the first programme stream to generate a plurality of programmes;
storing the plurality of programmes;
selecting at least one programme from the plurality of programmes, in accordance with a dynamic user profile; and
replacing portions of a second programme stream with the selected at least one programme. - View Dependent Claims (170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178)
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179. A method of controlling a receiver/decoder, comprising:
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maintaining a dynamic user profile; and
selecting a first programme in accordance with the dynamic user profile, upon receipt of a request to output the programme. - View Dependent Claims (180)
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181. A computer system for receiving and decoding a programme stream, comprising:
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a processor;
a memory; and
a program instruction stored in memory executing on the processor to perform;
decoding a first programme stream to generate a plurality of programmes;
storing the plurality of programmes;
selecting at least one programme from the plurality of programmes in accordance with a dynamic user profile; and
replacing at least one portion of the programme stream with the at least one programme. - View Dependent Claims (182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187)
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188. An apparatus for delivering content based on a dynamic user profile, comprising:
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a memory for storing the dynamic user profile;
a first decoder for generating a first plurality of programmes from a first programme stream;
a second decoder for generating a second plurality of programmes from a second programme stream;
a storage device for storing the first plurality of programmes and the second plurality of programmes;
a first selector for selecting a first at least one programme from the first plurality of programmes;
a second selector for selecting a second at least one programme from the second plurality of programmes; and
a means for replacing a predetermined portion of a third programme stream with the first at least one programme and the second at least one programme. - View Dependent Claims (189, 190, 191, 192)
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Specification