Method for Displaying Audiovisual Sequences at Receiver Level and Receiver for Displaying Said Sequences

• US 20070256090A1
• Filed: 06/28/2005
• Published: 11/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Inventors: Hiron, Franck, Maetz, Yves
• Granted Patent: US 8,291,447 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/22
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44016 involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for substituting a video clip
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44204 Monitoring of content usage, e.g. the number of times a movie has been viewed, copied or the amount which has been watched monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; protecting generic digital content where the protection is independent of the precise nature of the content G06F21/10; arrangements for monitoring the use made of the broadcast services in broadcast systems H04H60/31
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4753 for user identification, e.g. by entering a PIN or password cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6543 for forcing some client operations, e.g. recording remote booting in general G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6582 Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8355 involving usage data, e.g. number of copies or viewings allowed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/165 Centralised control of user terminal subsequent to an upstream request signal H04N7/17345; Registering at central by two-way working H04N7/17309

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for displaying audiovisual sequences, typically advertisements, carried out by a device provided with means for the reception and recording of said sequences. A display scenario is sent to the device. Said scenario comprises groups of data made up of sequence identifiers and at least one time display window. Following the reception of a signal which typically announces an advertising spot, the device selects a sequence whose associated time display window includes the present moment and displays it. Usual behavior of the user is stored by the device which plans the display of said sequences when the user is not normally present during the planned time window. In an advanced form, the time window is broken down into periods and the scenario specifies a number of displays of the sequence during said period. The invention also relates to a device which can receive a scenario and run it in order to select sequences and display them according to the display method.

Claims

1. A method for displaying audiovisual sequences by a device provided with a means of receiving and recording said sequences;

wherein it comprises the following steps;

reception of a display scenario comprising groups of data combining at least one sequence identifier with at least one time display window associated with a sequence,

a step for compiling device usage data,

and, following the reception of a trigger indication originating from a broadcast network;

selection of at least one sequence before at least one associated time display window when the device is not normally used during said time window,

display of the or each selected sequence(s) before one at least of the time window associated with the selected sequence.

2. The method for displaying audiovisual sequences as claimed in claim 1, wherein it comprises a step for selecting at least one sequence, the associated time display window of which corresponds to the present moment,

the sequence selection being repeated as long as the number of displays of said sequence has not reached a maximum value, said value being transmitted in the display scenario.

3. The method for displaying audiovisual sequences as claimed in claim 2, wherein the time display window is divided into a plurality of periods, such as days, the associated sequence no longer being displayed during a predetermined period when a maximum number of displays for this period is reached.

4. The method for displaying audiovisual sequences as claimed in claim 2 wherein a plurality of sequences are associated with a maximum number of displays and at least one time display window, the sequences of the plurality being alternately selected when the associated time window includes the present moment and if the maximum number of displays has not been reached.

5. The method for displaying audiovisual sequences as claimed in claim 4, wherein the order for displaying the associated sequences is defined randomly.

6. The method for displaying audiovisual sequences as claimed in claim 1, wherein a priority value is associated with the sequences, the sequence having the highest priority being selected and displayed first.

7. The method for displaying audiovisual sequences as claimed in claim 1, wherein a sequence can be selected and displayed after the time window indicated in the scenario if the number of displays of this sequence has not reached a minimum value.

8. The method for displaying audiovisual sequences as claimed in claim 1, wherein the number of displays of each sequence is transmitted outside the device when the last time window defined in the scenario is ended.

9. The method for displaying audiovisual sequences as claimed in claim 1, wherein it includes a step for introducing a user identifier, the selection of the sequences being performed independently for each user.

10. A receiver of audiovisual transmissions comprising a means of receiving audiovisual sequences such as advertising sequences, a means of sending display signals wherein it comprises

a means of receiving a display scenario comprising groups of data combining at least one sequence identifier with at least one associated time display window,

a means of compiling device usage data,

a means of selecting at least one sequence before an associated time display window when the device is not normally used during said time window, said selection means being activated following the reception of a sequence display trigger indication originating from a broadcast network, the signals of the selected sequences being transmitted by the receiver for display before one at least of the time window associated with the selected sequence.

11. The receiver of audiovisual transmissions as claimed in claim 10, wherein the selection means also selects at least one sequence for which the associated time display window corresponds to the present moment.

12. The receiver of audiovisual transmissions as claimed in claim 10 wherein the received scenario contains a maximum number of displays associated with at least one sequence, the receiver comprising a means of counting the displays of at least one sequence, the sequence selection being repeated as long as the number of displays of said sequence has not reached a maximum value.

13. The receiver of audiovisual transmissions as claimed in claim 10, wherein the received scenario contains a maximum number of displays associated with a plurality of sequences, the selection means alternately selecting each sequence when the associated time window includes the present moment and if the maximum number of displays has not been reached.

14. The receiver of audiovisual transmissions as claimed in claim 10, wherein the received scenario contains a priority value associated with at least one sequence, the selection means giving priority to the selection of the sequences with the highest value.

15. The receiver of audiovisual transmissions as claimed in claim 10, wherein the selection means selects a sequence after the time window indicated in the scenario if the number of displays of this sequence has not reached a minimum value.

16. The receiver of audiovisual transmissions as claimed in claim 10, wherein it includes a means of transmitting outside the receiver at least the number of displays of each sequence.

17. The receiver of audiovisual transmissions as claimed in claim 10, wherein it includes a means of introducing a user identifier, the selection of the sequences being performed independently for each user.