INTERACTIVE LEARNING

• US 20090183201A1
• Filed: 01/14/2008
• Published: 07/16/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Data Services Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Dasgupta, Mousumi
• Granted Patent: US 8,516,521 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/40
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/065 Combinations of audio and video presentations, e.g. videotapes, videodiscs, television systems
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/00 Electrically-operated teaching apparatus or devices working with questions and answers mechanically operated G09B3/00; computing arrangements G06F
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4221 Dedicated function buttons, e.g. for the control of an EPG, subtitles, aspect ratio, picture-in-picture or teletext
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43074 of additional data with content streams on the same device, e.g. of EPG data or interactive icon with a TV program
• 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 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4438 Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4758 for providing answers, e.g. voting
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A method may include providing a live, interactive program or information associated with the live, interactive program on a video display device; and providing a live interactive content icon on the video display device when a current time is before an end time of the live, interactive program, the live interactive content icon indicating that live interactive content is available for the live, interactive program.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

providing a live program or information associated with the live program on a video display device; and

providing a live interactive content icon on the video display device when a current time is before an end time of the live program, the live interactive content icon indicating that live interactive content is available for the live program.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a selection, from a remote control, of the live program; and

providing the live program on the video display device.

3. The method of claim 2, where the information associated with the live program includes prerequisite information;

the method further comprising;

comparing the prerequisite information with information indicative of a user; and

providing the live program on the video display device based on the comparison.

4. The method of claim 1, where providing the live program or the information associated with the live program includes providing one of a program guide, a program information page, or a program status bar.

5. The method of claim 4, where providing the live interactive content icon includes providing the live interactive content icon on the program guide, the program information page, or the program status bar in connection with the live program.

6. The method of claim 1, where, when the current time is after the end time of the live program, the method further comprises:

removing information indicating the live interactive content icon from the information associated with the program and adding information indicating an on-demand content icon to the information associated with the program.

7. The method of claim 1, where providing the live program or the information associated with the live program includes providing a program guide that presents a list of programs;

and

where the method further comprises filtering the list of programs based on whether live interactive content is available for the programs.

9. The system of claim 2, where the database stores prerequisite information associated with the one of the programs;

and where the processor is further configured to;

compare the prerequisite information with information indicative of a user; and

provide the one of the programs based on the comparison.

8. A system, comprising:

a database to store a list of programs, information indicating that one of the programs includes live interactive content, and an end time of the one of the programs; and

a processor, connected to the database, to;

determine a current time, and when the current time is after the end time of the one of the programs, removing the information from the database indicating that the one of the programs includes live interactive content and adding information to the database indicating that the one of the programs includes on-demand content.

10. A computer-readable medium including instructions executable by at least one processor, the computer readable medium comprising:

one or more instructions for providing a live program or information associated with the live program on a video display device; and

one or more instructions for providing a live interactive content icon on the video display device when a current time is before an end time of the live program, the live interactive content icon indicating that live interactive content is available for the live program.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, further comprising:

one or more instructions for receiving a selection, from a remote control, of the live program; and

one or more instructions for providing the live program on the video display device.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, where the information associated with the program includes prerequisite information;

the medium further comprising;

one or more instructions for comparing the prerequisite information with information indicative of a user; and

one or more instructions for providing the live program on the video display device based on the comparison.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, further comprising one or more instructions for providing one of a program guide, a program information page, or a program status bar.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, further comprising one or more instructions for providing the interactive content icon on the program guide, the program information page, or the program status bar in connection with the live program.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, further comprising:

one or more instructions for removing information indicating the live interactive content icon from the information associated with the live program, when the current time is after the end time of the live program; and

one or more instructions for adding information indicating an on-demand icon to the information associated with the live program when the current time is after the end time of the live program.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, further comprising:

one or more instructions for providing a program guide that presents a list of programs; and

one or more instructions for filtering the list of programs based on whether live interactive content is available for the list programs.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, where the information associated with the live program includes prerequisite information;

the apparatus further comprising;

means for comparing the prerequisite information with information indicative of a user; and

means for providing the live program on the video display device based on the comparison.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, where when the current time is after the end time of the live program, the apparatus further comprising:

means for removing information indicating the live interactive content icon from the information associated with the program and adding information indicating an on-demand icon to the information associated with the program.

17. An apparatus comprising:

means for providing a live program or information associated with the live program on a video display device; and

means for providing a live interactive content icon on the video display device when a current time is before an end time of the live program, the live interactive content icon indicating that live interactive content is available for the live program.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, further comprising:

means for receiving a selection, from a remote control, of the live program; and

means for providing the live program on the video display device.