Keyword responsive variable content video program

• US 6,011,895 A
• Filed: 05/01/1998
• Issued: 01/04/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nissim Corp.
• Original Assignee: Nissim Corp.
• Inventors: Abecassis, Max
• Primary Examiner(s): TRAN, THAI Q
• Application Number:
  US09/071,243
• Time in Patent Office: 613 Days
• Field of Search: 386/45, 386/46, 386/52, 386/55, 386/69-70, 386/82, 386/125, 386/126, 360/72.1, 360/72.2, 348/6, 348/7, 348/12, 348/13, 455/4.2, 369/32
• US Class Current: 386/262
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/02 Control of operating function, e.g. switching from recording to reproducing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/022 Control panels
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/04 Arrangements for preventing, inhibiting, or warning against double recording on the same blank or against other recording or reproducing malfunctions
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/12 by sensing distinguishing features of or on records, e.g. diameter end mark
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/20 Disc-shaped record carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 7/14 specially adapted to record on, or to reproduce from, more than one track simultaneously
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/10 Arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast or the distribution
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/46 for recognising users' preferences
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234318 by decomposing into objects, e.g. MPEG-4 objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/235 Processing of additional data, e.g. scrambling of additional data or processing content descriptors
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2543 Billing , e.g. for subscription services payment schemes, architectures or protocols G06Q20/00; e-commerce G06Q30/00; arrangements for billing for the use of broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/21
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/435 Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44222 Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programs or purchase activity monitoring of user selections in data processing systems G06F11/34; arrangements for monitoring the user's behaviour or opinions in broadcast systems H04H60/33
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/454 Content or additional data filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4542 Blocking scenes or portions of the received content, e.g. censoring scenes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/458 : Scheduling content for creating a personalised stream, e.g. by combining a locally stored advertisement with an incoming stream; Updating operations, e.g. for OS modules ; time-related management operations arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast or during the distribution H04H20/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 : End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 : End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4755 : for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 : Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6543 : for forcing some client operations, e.g. recording remote booting in general G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 : involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 : Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8405 : represented by keywords
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/4448 : for frame-grabbing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 : on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 : by receiver means only
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 : Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17336 : Handling of requests in head-ends
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8227 : the additional signal being at least another television signal

Abstract

A retrieval of programs, segments from a program, and/or segments from a plurality of programs comprising enabling a user to establish content preferences by means of at least one keyword; retrieving from a plurality of previously produced programs each having at least one program segment whose content is defined in accordance with at least one of a plurality of keywords, and responsive to a keyword analysis of the content preferences, at least one program segment retrieved from each of at least two previously produced programs, and/or retrieving a continuous version of, and from within, a previously produced program, the continuous version skipping over at least one program segment which is defined in accordance with at least one of a plurality of keywords. Wherein the retrieving is from a remote program provider, the system and method further comprising communicating the content preferences to the remote program provider. In an embodiment, the remote program provider merges a user interface with the program segments retrieved from each of at least two previously edited programs; and a program segment, defined responsive to at least one of a plurality of keywords, is a parallel segment.

Claims

1. A method of retrieving program segments comprising the steps of:

enabling a user to establish content preferences;

communicating the content preferences to a program provider having random access to a plurality of previously produced separate and distinct programs each having within at least one program segment having a plurality of video frames and whose content is defined in accordance with at least one of a plurality of keywords; and

receiving from said program provider a plurality of program segments that are responsive to a keyword analysis of the content preferences, said plurality of program segments including a program segment retrieved from within one previously produced program and a program segment retrieved from within another previously produced program.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said program segment retrieved from within one previously produced program and said program segment retrieved from within another previously produced program are received from said program provider as an assembled program.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving from said program provider comprises receiving a user interface particular to said program segment retrieved from within one previously produced program and said program segment retrieved from within another previously produced program.

4. A method of retrieving program segments comprising the steps of:

enabling a user to establish content preferences;

communicating the content preferences to a program provider having random access to a plurality of previously produced separate and distinct programs each having within at least one program segment having a plurality of video frames and whose content is defined in accordance with at least one of a plurality of keywords; and

receiving from said program provider a listing of a plurality of program segments that are responsive to a keyword analysis of the content preferences;

said plurality of program segments including a program segment retrievable from within one previously produced program and a program segment retrievable from within another previously produced program.

5. A system capable of retrieving program segments, the system comprising:

a user interface for a user to establish content preferences;

communication means for communicating the content preferences to a program provider having random access to a plurality of previously produced separate and distinct programs each having within at least one program segment having a plurality of video frames and whose content is defined in accordance with at least one of a plurality of keywords; and

receiving means for receiving from said program provider a plurality of program segments that are responsive to a keyword analysis of the content preferences, said plurality of program segments including a program segment retrieved from within one previously produced program and a program segment retrieved from within another previously produced program.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein said program segment retrieved from within one previously produced program and said program segment retrieved from within another previously produced program are received from said program provider as an assembled program.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein said receiving from said program provider comprises receiving a user interface particular to said program segment retrieved from within one previously produced program and said program segment retrieved from within another previously produced program.

8. A system capable of retrieving program segments, the system comprising:

a user interface for a user to establish content preferences;

communication means for communicating the content preferences to a program provider having random access to a plurality of previously produced separate and distinct programs each having within at least one program segment having a plurality of video frames and whose content is defined in accordance with at least one of a plurality of keywords; and

receiving means for receiving from said program provider a listing of a plurality of program segments that are responsive to a keyword analysis of the content preferences;

said plurality of program segments including a program segment retrievable from within one previously produced program and a program segment retrievable from within another previously produced program.

9. A system capable of providing program segments, the system comprising:

storage means for storing a plurality of previously produced separate and distinct programs each having within at least one program segment having a plurality of video frames and whose content is defined in accordance with at least one of a plurality of keywords;

communication means for receiving content preferences of a user;

random accessing means for retrieving a plurality of program segments that are responsive to a keyword analysis of said content preferences, said plurality of program segments including a program segment retrieved from within one previously produced program and a program segment retrieved from within another previously produced program; and

transmitting means for transmitting the retrieved plurality of program segments.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein said program segment retrieved from within one previously produced program and said program segment retrieved from within another previously produced program are transmitted as an assembled program.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein said transmitting comprises transmitting a user interface particular to said program segment retrieved from within one previously produced program and said program segment retrieved from within another previously produced program.

12. A system capable of providing program segments, the system comprising:

storage and retrieving means for storing and retrieving a plurality of previously produced separate and distinct programs each having within at least one program segment having a plurality of video frames and whose content is defined in accordance with at least one of a plurality of keywords;

communication means for receiving content preferences of a user; and

transmitting means for transmitting a listing of a plurality of program segments that are responsive to a keyword analysis of the content preferences;

said plurality of program segments including a program segment retrievable from within one previously produced program and a program segment retrievable from within another previously produced program.