User terminal, media system and method of delivering objects relating to broadcast media stream to user terminal

• US 20050154599A1
• Filed: 04/14/2003
• Published: 07/14/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Inventors: Makipaa, Mikko, Anttila, Akseli, Kopra, Toni
• Application Number:
  US10/511,797
• Publication Number:
  US 20050154599A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/106
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/18 Arrangements for synchronising broadcast or distribution via plural systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/28 Arrangements for simultaneous broadcast of plural pieces of information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/34 using an out-of-band subcarrier signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 2201/37 via a different channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 2201/40 characterised in that additional data relating to the broadcast data are available via a different channel than the broadcast channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 2201/70 characterised in that receivers can be addressed
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/07 characterised by processes or methods for the generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/33 Arrangements for monitoring the users' behaviour or opinions
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/46 for recognising users' preferences
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/51 of receiving stations
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/63 for services of sales data processing systems or methods specially adapted for electronic commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/65 for using the result on users' side
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/66 for using the result on distributors' side
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/73 using meta-information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/80 characterised by transmission among terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/85 which are mobile communication networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 : with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 : for supporting Internet browser applications
• 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 21/42202 : environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 : Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/433 : Content storage operation, e.g. storage operation in response to a pause request, caching operations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4383 : Accessing a communication channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4431 : characterized by the use of Application Program Interface [API] libraries
• 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 21/4622 : 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 21/4786 : e-mailing message switching systems, e.g. electronic mail systems H04L51/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 : End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 : End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 : involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6181 : involving transmission via a mobile phone network arrangements for providing broadcast or conference services to substation in data switching networks in combination with wireless systems H04L12/189; wireless uplink channel access H04W74/004
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6547 : comprising parameters, e.g. for client setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6581 : Reference data, e.g. a movie identifier for ordering a movie or a product identifier in a home shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8106 : involving special audio data, e.g. different tracks for different languages
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 : Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 : Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and system of delivering an object relating to a broadcast media stream to a user terminal (110) of a radio system (206). A broadcast system (2000) broadcasts the media stream, associates the object to the media stream and delivers an object identification of the object to at least one user terminal (110) either through the radio system or as an RDS broadcast. The user terminal (110) presents the object identification in synchronization with the media stream in the user terminal and sends, if a user requests the delivery of the object based on the object identification, a transaction signal with the object identification to a database (208) having at least one object through the radio system (206). The database (208) delivers the object of the object identification to the user terminal (110), which sent the request signal, through the radio system (206).

Claims

1. A method of delivering an object relating to a broadcast media stream to a user terminal of a radio system, the method comprising:

broadcasting the media stream by a broadcast system,

associating the object to the media stream in the broadcast system,

delivering an object identification of the object from the broadcast system to at least one user terminal,

presenting the object identification in synchronization with the media stream in the user terminal,

sending, if a user requests the delivery of the object based on the object identification, a transaction signal with the object identification from the user terminal to a database of at least one object through the radio system, and

delivering the object of the object identification from the database to the user terminal, which sent the request signal, through the radio system.

2. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising providing the broadcast system with object identifications of the objects available in a database of an object provider.

3. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising creating the objects and the object identifications in the broadcast system and saving the objects in a database.

4. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising delivering the object identification from the broadcast system to at least one user terminal through the radio system.

5. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising delivering the object identification from the broadcast system to at least one user terminal as an RDS broadcast.

6. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising sending the transaction signal from the user terminal directly to the database of the object provider through the radio system.

7. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising sending first the transaction signal from the user terminal to a server serving the broadcast system through the radio system, and sending a signal with the object identification from the server to the database of the object provider.

8. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising associating the object identification to the media stream such that the object identification is attached to a broadcasting timeline of the media stream, and delivering the object identification in accordance with the broadcasting timeline of the media stream.

9. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising recording and processing the transfer of each object to the user terminals by means of a transaction processing device.

10. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising identifying the format of the object identification and the object by means of the user terminal, the identifying revealing information, such as the supporting application needed, additional rights pertaining to the object, forwarding limitations associated with the object, or any combination thereof.

11. A media system relating to a broadcast system configured to broadcast a media stream, the media system further comprising:

a radio system including at least one base station and at least one user terminal, the broadcast system having a connection to the radio system,

the broadcast system being configured to associate at least one object identification to a broadcasting timeline of the broadcast media stream and the broadcast system being configured to deliver object identifications to the user terminals;

the user terminal being configured to receive at least one object identification from the broadcast system and to present the at least one object identification in synchronization with the media stream, and the user terminal being configured to send, if a user requests the delivery of the object based on an object identification, a transaction signal with the object identification to a database having at least one object through the radio system, and

the database being configured to deliver the object of the object identification to the user terminal, which sent the request signal, through the radio system.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the database of the object provider is configured to provide the broadcast system with object identifications of the objects available in the database.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the broadcast system is configured to create the objects and the object identifications and save the objects in the database.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the broadcast system is configured to deliver the object identification to at least one user terminal through the radio system.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the broadcast system is configured to deliver the object identification to at least one user terminal as an RDS broadcast.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the user terminal is configured to send the transaction signal directly to the database of the object provider through the radio system.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the media system further comprises a server serving the broadcast system, and the user terminal is configured to send the transaction signal to the server through the radio system, the server being configured to send a signal with the object identification to the database of the object provider.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the broadcast system comprises a content creation tool configured to associate the object identification to the media stream such that the object identification is attached to a broadcasting timeline of the media stream, and to deliver the object identification in accordance with the broadcasting timeline of the media stream.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the media system further comprises a billing unit configured to record and process of the transfer of each object to the user terminals for billing purposes.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the user terminal is configured to identify the format of the object identification and the object, the identifying revealing information, such as the supporting application needed, additional rights pertaining to the object, forwarding limitations associated with the object, or any combination thereof.

21. A user terminal of a radio system, wherein the user terminal is configured to

receive an object identification of an object from a broadcast system, the object being associated and synchronized to the broadcast media stream in the broadcast system,

present the object identification in synchronization with the media stream in the user terminal,

send, if a user requests the delivery of the object based on the object identification, a transaction signal with the object identification to a database of at least one object through the radio system, and

receive the object of the object identification delivered from the database through the radio system.

22. The user terminal of claim 21, wherein the user terminal is configured to receive the object identification from the broadcast system through the radio system.

23. The user terminal of claim 21, wherein the user terminal is configured to receive the object identification from the broadcast system as an RDS broadcast.

24. The user terminal of claim 21, wherein the user terminal is configured to send a transaction signal directly to the database of the object provider through the radio system.

25. The user terminal of claim 21, wherein the user terminal is configured to send a transaction signal from the user terminal to a server serving the broadcast system through the radio system, the server then sending a signal with the object identification to the database of the object provider.