System of transmitting an interactive TV signal
First Claim
1. Apparatus for generating interactive audio/visual programs comprising:
- a source (18) of transport packets of compressed segmented video signal;
a source (21) of transport packets of compressed audio signal;
a source of interactive program modules associated with segments of said compressed segmented video signals;
a source of signal modules for conditioning a receiver apparatus to suspend or renew processing of interactive programs;
transport processor apparatus (14) for packeting said modules; and
a multiplexer (16) for time division multiplexing interactive program transport packets with associated packets of compressed audio signal and corresponding segments of said compressed segmented video signals, and including packets of said signal modules correlated with changes of segments of said compressed segmented video signals and programmed to affect the execution of an interactive program associated with a segment occurring prior to a respective segment change.
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Abstract
Apparatus and a method for formatting executable codes and data, defining interactive applications, with video and audio program material, for reliable and convenient access includes compressing (18, 21) audio and video programs according to a protocol such as MPEG. The compressed audio and video (A/V) programs are formed (19, 22) into transport packets. Interactive application programs associated with A/V programs are compiled (10) into functional modules, condensed and formed into transport packets. A module may be executable software or data. Further modules designated "Signal modules", are generated to condition respective receivers to suspend or resume execution of an interactive application. Video packets, audio packets and application packets are time division multiplexed (16) for transmission. Signal modules are multiplexed in the packet stream to appropriately reprogram respective receivers on the occurrence of such changes in received signal components.
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9 Claims
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1. Apparatus for generating interactive audio/visual programs comprising:
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a source (18) of transport packets of compressed segmented video signal; a source (21) of transport packets of compressed audio signal; a source of interactive program modules associated with segments of said compressed segmented video signals; a source of signal modules for conditioning a receiver apparatus to suspend or renew processing of interactive programs; transport processor apparatus (14) for packeting said modules; and a multiplexer (16) for time division multiplexing interactive program transport packets with associated packets of compressed audio signal and corresponding segments of said compressed segmented video signals, and including packets of said signal modules correlated with changes of segments of said compressed segmented video signals and programmed to affect the execution of an interactive program associated with a segment occurring prior to a respective segment change. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for the transmission of audio, video and interactive components of an audio-video-interactive program comprising:
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forming transport packets of compressed audio signal with respective packets including a payload of audio signal data and an identifier SCIDai for identifying the transport packet as containing audio data; forming transport packets of compressed segmented video signal with respective packets including a payload of video data and an identifier SCIDvi for identifying the transport packet as containing video data; generating an interactive application associated with ones of segments of said compressed segmented video signal; generating signal modules for conditioning receiver apparatus to suspend or renew processing of said interactive application; forming transport packets of said interactive application and of said signal modules; time division multiplexing the audio and video transport packets with associated interactive application transport packets, and inserting signal module transport packets correlated with changes of segments of the segmented video signal to condition respective receiver apparatus to suspend or resume said interactive application at respective segment changes.
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9. A method of transmitting interactive audio-video information comprising:
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providing packets of compressed audio and segmented video signals components; generating an interactive program including executable files, data files, and a directory file which interrelates said executable and data files; generating signal files for conditioning receiver apparatus to suspend or renew processing of said interactive program; error coding said signal files and interactive program files and concatenating error check bits to corresponding error coded files; packeting respective error coded files into transport packets of predetermined amounts of data,; time division multiplexing transport packets of interactive program files with packets of compressed audio and video signals for transmission, wherein respective ones of said interactive program files are repetitively multiplexed with non repeated packets of compressed audio and segmented video signals, and multiplexing signal file transport packets correlated with changes of segments of the segmented video signal to condition respective receiver apparatus to suspend or resume said interactive program at respective segment changes.
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