MEDIA DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20070040850A1
• Filed: 08/04/2006
• Published: 02/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Txtstation Global Limited
• Original Assignee: Txtstation Global Limited
• Inventors: Coleman, Matthew
• Application Number:
  US11/462,441
• Publication Number:
  US 20070040850A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/629
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2007/1739 the upstream communication being transmitted via a separate link, e.g. telephone line
• 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 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4758 for providing answers, e.g. voting
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17309 Transmission or handling of upstream communications

Abstract

An interactive system that provides real time animated broadcast graphics which are input directly from a mobile device. The input from the mobile devices may include text messages and the like. The broadcast graphics are then output by the system to any kind of display screen, such as a television, stadium screen or a mobile device screen. The broadcast graphics may include real time animation in response to the mobile device input. The real time animated graphics are output in broadcast compatible video feed.

Claims

1. A media delivery system comprising:

an input configured to receive a video signal;

at least one data input configured to receive raw data received from a public communications system;

a processor configured to receive said raw data and said video signal and;

filter said raw data according to predetermined instructions,

calculate statistics relating to said filtered data in real time at least over periods

short enough to approximate real time, and

generate a composite signal, having a portion composed of said video signal and a portion comprising a real time graphical representation of at least one of said statistics;

an output configured to provide said composite signal.