System and method to provide audio enhancements and preferences for interactive television
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1. A method, comprising:
- providing a user at a client terminal with a selection of audio content to accompany a shopping channel on an interactive video casting system, the user being an end consumer of advertising on the shopping channel, wherein the audio content to select from includes audio content previously uploaded by the user to the interactive video casting system and stored therein, the selection of audio content being made available via the shopping channel; and
providing the selected audio content to the user.
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Abstract
Audio enhancements can be provided for a shopping channel of an interactive television system. The audio enhancements allow a viewer of the shopping channel to customize the audio portion of the shopping experience, as well as providing the viewer with instructional voiceovers. The audio enhancements can be uploaded by the user, and then selected from a list of enhancements that are made available via the shopping channel. Implicit or explicit profiling may also be used to determine the audio enhancements to present to the user on the shopping channel.
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34 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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providing a user at a client terminal with a selection of audio content to accompany a shopping channel on an interactive video casting system, the user being an end consumer of advertising on the shopping channel, wherein the audio content to select from includes audio content previously uploaded by the user to the interactive video casting system and stored therein, the selection of audio content being made available via the shopping channel; and providing the selected audio content to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method, comprising:
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providing a user at a client terminal with a selection of audio enhancements to accompany content on an interactive video casting system, the user being one of a plurality of end consumers viewing the content and the audio enhancements to select from including audio enhancements previously uploaded by the user to the interactive video casting system and stored therein; and providing the selected audio enhancements to the client terminal. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An apparatus, comprising:
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a network interface coupled to receive interactive television content; a storage medium coupled to the network interface to store at least a portion of a user'"'"'s audio preferences and audio content uploaded by the user to the network interface; a television interface coupled to the network interface to allow user selection of audio content including audio content stored in the storage medium, to accompany content received from an interactive television network, the user being one of a plurality of end consumers viewing the interactive television content; a processor coupled to the storage medium to coordinate the user'"'"'s audio preferences with the content received from the interactive television network by the network interface. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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28. A system, comprising:
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a television network couplable to a communication network to provide content from the television network and from the communication network to a client terminal; and a server capable of being coupled to the television network to provide access to audio enhancements, the server including a storage medium to store the audio enhancements, including audio enhancements previously uploaded by a user at the client terminal to the storage medium, wherein the server is further capable to provide the audio enhancements to the user at the client terminal based on user selection of at least one of the audio enhancements made from the content provided to the client terminal. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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31. A channel for an interactive video casting system, the channel comprising:
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visual content provided from the interactive video casting system via the channel; and a selection of audio enhancements to accompany the visual content, the audio enhancements including audio enhancements previously uploaded by a user at a client terminal to the interactive video casting system, the user being an end consumer of the content provided from the interactive video casting system, wherein at least one of the audio enhancements is capable of being provided via the channel in response to user selection of that audio enhancement. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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