Announcement of Program Synchronized Triggered Declarative Objects
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1. A method, comprising:
- pre-delivering a triggered declarative object (TDO) to a television receiver device that carries out a programmed routine when user activated;
the TDO including an announcement definition that defines an announcement that announces presence of the TDO at the announcement time and an icon or animation that is used in the announcement and timing data that defines a time during which the TDO may be user activated and a screen location for display of at least a portion of an image in the TDO;
initiating the TDO;
delivering one or more trigger objects associated with the TDO to the television receiver device, the TDO including metadata that defines;
an announcement time that defines at least one time at which an announcement of the TDO is to be made,a screen location for the announcement, andannouncing the presence of the TDO when the announcement time is reached;
receiving a signal from a user by activation of a remote controller command responsive to the announcement indicating that the user wishes to interact with the TDO; and
responsive to the signal from the user, launching the TDO.
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Abstract
A method consistent with certain implementations involves delivering a triggered declarative object (TDO) to a television receiver device that carries out a programmed routine when user activated and includes an announcement definition that announces presence of the TDO to the at the announcement time; and the TDO including data that defines a time of display of an announcement and a location on a video display for display of the announcement of the TDO. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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pre-delivering a triggered declarative object (TDO) to a television receiver device that carries out a programmed routine when user activated; the TDO including an announcement definition that defines an announcement that announces presence of the TDO at the announcement time and an icon or animation that is used in the announcement and timing data that defines a time during which the TDO may be user activated and a screen location for display of at least a portion of an image in the TDO; initiating the TDO; delivering one or more trigger objects associated with the TDO to the television receiver device, the TDO including metadata that defines; an announcement time that defines at least one time at which an announcement of the TDO is to be made, a screen location for the announcement, and announcing the presence of the TDO when the announcement time is reached; receiving a signal from a user by activation of a remote controller command responsive to the announcement indicating that the user wishes to interact with the TDO; and responsive to the signal from the user, launching the TDO. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method, comprising:
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pre-delivering a triggered declarative object (TDO) to a television receiver device that carries out a programmed routine when user activated and includes an announcement definition that announces presence of the TDO at the announcement time; and delivering one or more trigger objects associated with the TDO to the television receiver device, the trigger object including data that defines an announcement time at which an announcement of the TDO is to be made. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method, comprising:
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pre-delivering a triggered declarative object (TDO) to a television receiver device that carries out a programmed routine when user activated and includes an announcement definition that announces presence of the TDO at the announcement time; and delivering one or more trigger objects associated with the TDO to the television receiver device, the trigger object including data that defines a location on a video display for display of the announcement of the TDO. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method, comprising:
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delivering a triggered declarative object (TDO) to a television receiver device that carries out a programmed routine when user activated and includes an announcement definition that announces presence of the TDO at the announcement time; and the TDO including data that defines a time of display of an announcement and a location on a video display for display of the announcement of the TDO. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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