Providing Television Broadcasts over a Managed Network and Interactive Content over an Unmanaged Network to a Client Device
First Claim
1. A method for providing interactive content over an unmanaged network to a display device associated with a user, the display device receiving broadcast video content over a managed network, the method comprising:
- receiving from a network connected client device a request for interactive content over the unmanaged network;
sending a first encoded data stream having interactive content to the network connected client device over the unmanaged network;
switching between receiving a broadcast content signal from the managed network and receiving the first encoded data stream having interactive content from the unmanaged network; and
outputting the interactive content for display on the display device of the user.
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Abstract
A client device receives a broadcast content signal containing an interactive identifier over a managed network at a client device. The interactive identifier may be a trigger that is included in a header or embedded within the digital video data. The trigger may have a temporal component, wherein the trigger can expire after a certain period of time. In response to identification of the trigger, the client device sends a user request for interactive content over an unmanaged network. For example, the managed network may be a one-way satellite television network, IP-television network or cable television network and the unmanaged network may be the Internet. The client device switches between receiving data from the managed network to receiving data from the unmanaged network.
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36 Claims
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1. A method for providing interactive content over an unmanaged network to a display device associated with a user, the display device receiving broadcast video content over a managed network, the method comprising:
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receiving from a network connected client device a request for interactive content over the unmanaged network; sending a first encoded data stream having interactive content to the network connected client device over the unmanaged network; switching between receiving a broadcast content signal from the managed network and receiving the first encoded data stream having interactive content from the unmanaged network; and outputting the interactive content for display on the display device of the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 33, 34, 36)
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14. A client device for receiving a broadcast program over a managed network and requesting and receiving interactive content over an unmanaged network, the client device comprising:
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a managed network port for receiving broadcast program having one or more associated triggers; a processor for creating a request for interactive content wherein the processor creates the request based upon a current trigger associated with the broadcast program; an unmanaged network port for transmitting the request for interactive content to a processing office and for receiving the interactive content from the processing office. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A computer program product having computer code on a computer readable storage medium operative with a processor for providing interactive content over an unmanaged network to a display device of a user, the computer code comprising:
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computer code for receiving a broadcast content signal containing an interactive identifier over a managed network at a client device; computer code for sending from the client device a request for interactive content based on the interactive identifier over the unmanaged network; computer code for switching between receiving data from the managed network at the client device and receiving data from the unmanaged network; computer code for receiving from the unmanaged network at the client device the requested interactive content; and computer code for outputting the interactive content for display on the user'"'"'s display device. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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35. A method for providing modified video content to a display device associated with a client device that receives video content over a managed network, the method comprising:
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receiving transmission of a video content signal at a location remote from a client device associated with a subscriber; modifying the video content signal by stitching at least one other video signal together with the video content signal; transmitting the modified video content signal on an unmanaged network to the client device coupled to the managed network; wherein the modified video content signal includes a signal component indicating to the client device to switch between outputting the video program from the managed network and the modified video program on the unmanaged network.
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