Apparatus and method for selecting viewers' profile in interactive TV
First Claim
1. Method for selecting at least a category of viewers in an interactive multimedia system comprising a plurality of interactive terminals, each one containing a memory that stores a viewers profile, a broadcasting network and a return path network said broadcasting network capable of receiving audio/video data and interactive data including a plurality of interactive contents, wherein said interactive data can be executed so as to return back on said return path network a signal;
- said method comprising the steps of;
registering criteria corresponding to the viewer'"'"'s profile, wherein said registering criteria are developed by filling out a received electronic form that is requested by the viewer, wherein the electronic form is received from said return path;
transmitting the filled out electronic form via said return path;
receiving audio/video data multiplexed with two or more filters, a script, and said interactive data are associated with said script, wherein each filter corresponds to a criteria set;
comparing said two or more filters to criteria of the viewer'"'"'s profile stored in an interactive terminal memory, wherein said script controls the comparison of said two or more filters with criteria of the stored viewer'"'"'s profile; and
responsive to said comparison, executing with the interactive terminal one of said interactive contents if the said two or more filters match with said criteria of the stored viewer'"'"'s profile enabling an interactive connection.
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Abstract
The interactive multimedia devices is based on network structures involving: a broadcasting network (120) and a return path network (140). On the broadcasting network, the interactive data are multiplexed with the broadcast audiovisual signals so as to offer interactivity to connected end-users on the return path network. To address specific sociological profiles, and to save bandwidth, a plurality of filters, let'"'"'s say a number N, is associated with a single interactive application. In such case, the comparison continues until one of the N filters match the profile stored in the terminal permanent memory. If one of the filters matches the viewer'"'"'s profile, the interactive application is executed, else the application is ignored. In this way, a plurality of categories of viewers can interact. A plurality of filters can be associated with an interactive application with different contents. To each filter corresponds a content. These contents are displayed if the corresponding filters match the viewer'"'"'s profile.
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1. Method for selecting at least a category of viewers in an interactive multimedia system comprising a plurality of interactive terminals, each one containing a memory that stores a viewers profile, a broadcasting network and a return path network said broadcasting network capable of receiving audio/video data and interactive data including a plurality of interactive contents, wherein said interactive data can be executed so as to return back on said return path network a signal;
- said method comprising the steps of;
registering criteria corresponding to the viewer'"'"'s profile, wherein said registering criteria are developed by filling out a received electronic form that is requested by the viewer, wherein the electronic form is received from said return path;
transmitting the filled out electronic form via said return path;
receiving audio/video data multiplexed with two or more filters, a script, and said interactive data are associated with said script, wherein each filter corresponds to a criteria set;
comparing said two or more filters to criteria of the viewer'"'"'s profile stored in an interactive terminal memory, wherein said script controls the comparison of said two or more filters with criteria of the stored viewer'"'"'s profile; and
responsive to said comparison, executing with the interactive terminal one of said interactive contents if the said two or more filters match with said criteria of the stored viewer'"'"'s profile enabling an interactive connection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
- said method comprising the steps of;
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6. An interactive terminal in an interactive multimedia system comprising a plurality of interactive terminals, each one containing a memory that stores a viewer'"'"'s profile, a broadcasting network and a return path network, said broadcasting network receiving audio/video data and interactive data including a plurality of interactive contents, wherein said interactive data can be executed so as to return back a signal on said return path network;
- said interactive terminal comprising;
means for registering criteria corresponding to the viewer'"'"'s profile, wherein said criteria are developed by filling out a received electronic form that is requested by the viewer;
means for transmitting the filled out electronic form via a return path network;
means for receiving audio/video data multiplexed with two or more filters, a script, and said interactive contents are associated with said script, wherein each filter corresponds to a criteria set;
means for comparing said two or more filters to said viewer'"'"'s profile stored in the interactive terminal memory wherein said script controls the operators used to compare said two or more filters with criteria of the stored viewer'"'"'s profile; and
means for executing one of said interactive contents if said two or more filters match said criteria of the stored viewer'"'"'s profile, enabling an interactive connection. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- said interactive terminal comprising;
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