APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DATA FOR A CAROUSEL
First Claim
1. A broadcast system for broadcasting interactive television pages to client receivers displaying received content, the system comprising:
- a content gateway configured to define a page to be displayed with content as an information template, the content gateway being configured to define the information template with links to other pages, the information templates having tags identifying respective links, wherein operation at a client receiver causes movement from display of a page of a first information template with content to a page of a second information template according to a selected link of the first information template.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method of providing data for a carousel from which iTV pages may be obtained including defining a plurality of information templates, each information template specifying content for an iTV page, defining a plurality of presentation templates, each presentation template specifying the presentational appearance for an iTV page, assigning a presentation template to an information template, and modifying the information template as required for presentation by the presentation template and outputting, for a carousel, data representing the presentation template and the modified information template, an iTV page being obtained from the carousel by displaying the content specified by the modified information template with the presentational appearance specified by the presentation template.
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17 Claims
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1. A broadcast system for broadcasting interactive television pages to client receivers displaying received content, the system comprising:
a content gateway configured to define a page to be displayed with content as an information template, the content gateway being configured to define the information template with links to other pages, the information templates having tags identifying respective links, wherein operation at a client receiver causes movement from display of a page of a first information template with content to a page of a second information template according to a selected link of the first information template. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A client receiver wherein:
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the client receiver is configured to display content received from a broadcast system broadcasting interactive television pages wherein a page to be displayed with content is defined as an information template with links to other pages, information templates having tags identifying respective links; and the client receiver includes a client control configured to be operated to cause movement from display of a page of a first information template with content to a page of a second information template according to a selected link of the first information template. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of broadcasting interactive television pages to client receivers displaying received content, the method comprising:
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defining pages to be displayed with content as information templates and defining the information templates with links to other pages and tags identifying respective links; and at client receivers, moving from display of a page of a first information template with content to a page of a second information template according to a selected link of the first information template.
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