PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING, DISPLAYING AND/OR OTHERWISE PRESENTING NON-PROGRAM DATA

• US 20080163045A1
• Filed: 12/29/2006
• Published: 07/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Echostar Satellite LLC (Dish Network Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Echostar Satellite LLC (Dish Network Corporation)
• Inventors: St. John-Larkin, David Christopher
• Application Number:
  US11/618,703
• Publication Number:
  US 20080163045A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/273
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/431 Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• 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 21/44209 Monitoring of downstream path of the transmission network originating from a server, e.g. bandwidth variations of a wireless network arrangements for maintenance or administration in data switching networks involving bandwidth and capacity management H04L41/0896
• 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 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; 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 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8126 involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts

Abstract

A process of processing, displaying and/or otherwise presenting non-program data may include: receiving and processing, displaying and/or otherwise presenting program data at a client device; analyzing the program data processed, displayed and/or otherwise presented at the client device; and processing, displaying and/or otherwise presenting non-program data at the client device based on the analysis of the processed, displayed and/or otherwise presented program data. A system for processing, displaying and/or otherwise presenting non-program data may include: a receiver configured to receive a signal including program data; and a processor configured to analyze program data received by the receiver and to cause non-program data to be processed, displayed and/or otherwise presented based on the analysis of the processed, displayed and/or otherwise presented program data. Such exemplary process and system may provide post reception analysis of program data for management of non-program data, such as advertising.

Claims

1. A process of processing, displaying and/or presenting non-program data, comprising:

receiving and at least one of processing, displaying and presenting program data at a client device;

analyzing the program data processed, displayed or presented at the client device; and

at least one of processing, displaying and presenting non-program data at the client device based on the analysis of the processed, displayed or presented program data. wherein processing, displaying or presenting the non-program data comprises displaying a user selectable link to data related to the processed, displayed or presented program data.

2. The process of claim 1, wherein the client device includes a storage device, the process further comprising storing the non-program data in the storage device for at least one of processing, displaying and presenting based on the analysis.

3. The process of claim 1, wherein analyzing the processed, displayed or presented program data comprises analyzing content of the processed, displayed or presented program data.

4. The process of claim 3, wherein analyzing the content of the processed, displayed or presented program data comprises identifying at least one of a sound, a word, an image and an event in the processed, displayed or presented program data.

5. The process of claim 1, wherein analyzing the processed, displayed or presented program data comprises analyzing metadata of the processed, displayed or presented program data.

6. The process of claim 1, wherein processing, displaying or presenting the non-program data comprises displaying advertising related to the processed, displayed or presented program data.

8. The process of claim 1, wherein processing, displaying or presenting the non-program data comprises inserting the non-program data into a signal carrying the program data.

9. The process of claim 8, wherein inserting the non-program data into the signal comprises overwriting preexisting non-program data in the signal.

10. The process of claim 1, wherein processing, displaying or presenting the non-program data comprises adding the non-program data to the program data and simultaneously displaying the non-program data and a portion of the program data.

11. The process of claim 1, further comprising generating a user profile based at least in part on the processed, displayed or presented program data, wherein analyzing the processed, displayed or presented program data includes analyzing the user profile.

12. The process of claim 11, wherein generating the user profile is based on at least one user preference.

13. The process of claim 1, wherein analyzing the processed, displayed or presented program data comprises a heuristic analysis.

7. (canceled)

14. A system for processing, displaying and/or presenting non-program data, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a signal including program data; and

a processor configured to analyze program data received by the receiver and to cause the non-program data to be at least one of processed, displayed and presented based on the analysis of the processed, displayed or presented program data, wherein the non-program data comprises a user selectable link to data.

15. The system of claim 14, further comprising a display configured to display program data received by the receiver;

wherein the processor is configured to cause the display to display non-program data based on the analysis of the processed, displayed or presented program data.

16. The system of claim 14, further comprising a storage device configured to store non-program data, wherein the processor is configured to access the non-program data stored by the storage device and to provide selected non-program data based on the analysis of the processed, displayed or presented program data.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the storage device comprises a client device.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the processor is configured to analyze content of the processed, displayed or presented program data.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the processor is configured to identify at least one of a sound, a word, an image and an event in the processed, displayed or presented program data.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein the non-program data comprises advertising.

22. The system of claim 14, further comprising a user profile, wherein the processor is configured to analyze the user profile and the processed, displayed or presented program data.

23. The system of claim 14, wherein the processor is configured to perform a heuristic analysis of the processed, displayed or presented program data.

21. (canceled)

24. A computer-readable storage medium including instructions for:

receiving and at least one of processing, displaying and presenting program data at a client device;

analyzing the program data processed, displayed or presented at the client device; and

at least one of processing, displaying and presenting non-program data at the client device based on the analysis of the processed, displayed or presented program data. wherein processing, displaying or presenting the non-program data comprises displaying a user selectable link to data related to the processed, displayed or presented program data.

25. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein processing, displaying or presenting the non-program data comprises inserting the non-program data into a signal carrying the program data.

26. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein processing, displaying or presenting the non-program data comprises adding the non-program data to the program data and simultaneously displaying the non-program data and a portion of the program data.