Control of a system for processing a stream of information based on information content
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1. A segment announcement receiver comprising:
- a receiver section for receiving a signal;
one or more content streams carried on the signal;
one or more announcements carried on the signal, the announcement containing a description about one or more of the content streams, a time at which the content stream is received on the carrier signal, and a content stream identifier, said one or more announcements being selectively added to said signal by any of a broadcaster of said signal and a party other than said broadcaster; and
a controller that performs a function determined by the description and the time,wherein said party other than the broadcaster of the signal, selectively creates, distributes and employs the announcements.
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Abstract
A segment announcing system is disclosed that contains one or more segment announcement receivers that receive one or more announcements over a network connection and/or other communication connection. The announcements contain content information about the content of broadcast information being broadcast, e.g., to a television. The segment announcement receivers have one or more control outputs to perform a function, typically to control the segment announcement receivers during processing of information called a content stream.
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1. A segment announcement receiver comprising:
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a receiver section for receiving a signal; one or more content streams carried on the signal; one or more announcements carried on the signal, the announcement containing a description about one or more of the content streams, a time at which the content stream is received on the carrier signal, and a content stream identifier, said one or more announcements being selectively added to said signal by any of a broadcaster of said signal and a party other than said broadcaster; and a controller that performs a function determined by the description and the time, wherein said party other than the broadcaster of the signal, selectively creates, distributes and employs the announcements.
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2. A segment announcement receiver comprising:
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a receiver section for receiving a signal; one or more content streams carried on the signal; one or more announcements carried on the signal, the announcement containing a description about one or more of the content streams, a time at which the content stream is received on the carrier signal, and a content stream identifier, said one or more announcements being selectively added to said signal by any of a broadcaster of said signal and a party other than said broadcaster; and a controller that performs a function determined by the description and the time, wherein said one or more announcements are encoded with said signal after said signal has been broadcast, and wherein a party without any of at least one of access and privilege to the signal having been broadcast, at least one of selectively creates and disseminates the one or more announcements.
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3. A segment announcement receiver comprising:
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a first receiver section for receiving one or more content streams on a content carrier signal; a second receiver section for receiving one or more announcements, each of the announcements containing a description about one or more of the content streams, a time at which the content stream is received by the first receiver section, and a content stream identifier; and a controller that performs a function in a signal processing device determined by the description and the time, said one or more announcements being selectively added to said signal by any of a broadcaster of said content stream and a party other than said broadcaster, wherein a party other than the broadcaster of the signal, at least one of selectively creates, distributes and employs the announcements, and wherein said one or more announcements are encoded with said signal after said signal has been broadcast.
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4. A segment announcement system comprising:
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an analyzer that analyses a content of one or more content streams; an announcement generator that creates one or more announcements containing a description about one or more of the content streams; and a transmitter section that sends the announcement to one or more receivers, said one or more announcements being selectively added to said signal by any of a broadcaster of said content stream and a party other than said broadcaster, wherein said party other than the broadcaster of the content stream, at least one of selectively creates, distributes and employs the announcements, and wherein said one or more announcements are encoded with said content stream after said content stream has been broadcast.
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5. A closed circuit transmission system comprising:
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one or more segment announcer systems comprising; an analyzer that analyses a content of one or more content streams; an announcement generator that creates one or more announcements containing a description about one or more of the content streams and a time associated with the content stream; a transmitter section that sends the announcement over a communication network; one or more segment announcement receivers comprising; a receiver section for receiving a signal; one or more content streams on the carrier signal; one or more announcements carried on the signal, the announcement containing a description about one or more of the content streams, a time at which the content stream is received on the carrier signal, and a content stream identifier, said one or more announcements being selectively added to said signal by any of a broadcaster of said signal and a party other than said broadcaster; and a controller that performs a function determined by the description and the time, wherein said party other than the broadcaster of the signal, at least one of selectively creates, distributes and employs the announcements, and wherein said one or more announcements are encoded with said signal after said signal has been broadcast.
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6. A process comprising:
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receiving one or more content streams, each of the content streams having a content; receiving one or more announcements having one or more descriptions about the content of one or more of the content streams, said one or more announcements being selectively added to a content stream by any of a broadcaster of said content stream and a party other than said broadcaster; matching one or more of the descriptions to one or more of the content streams; and performing a function during the processing of one of the content streams if the content stream being processed matches one or more of the descriptions, wherein said party other than the broadcaster of the content stream, at least one of selectively creates, distributes and employs the announcements, and wherein said one or more announcements are encoded with said content stream after said content stream has been broadcast.
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7. A segment announcement receiver comprising:
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means for receiving one or more content streams, each of the content streams having a content; means for receiving one or more announcements having one or more descriptions about the content of one or more of the content streams, said one or more announcements being selectively added to a content stream by any of a broadcaster of said content stream and a party other than said broadcaster; means for matching one or more of the descriptions to one or more of the content streams; and means for performing a function during the processing of one of the content streams if the content stream being processed matches one or more of the descriptions, wherein said party other than the broadcaster of the content stream, at least one of selectively creates, distributes and employs the announcements, and wherein said one or more announcements are encoded with said content stream after said content stream has been broadcast.
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