Method and apparatus for interactive programming using captioning
First Claim
1. A method for generating a user-generated interactive program hosted by a moderator for transmission over a communications network to a plurality of viewers, comprising:
- dynamically extracting captions and program information from a broadcast media content by an intelligent caption and program information extractor;
dynamically organizing, semantic tagging, time coding and putting the captions and program information in a media content database by the intelligent caption and program information extractor;
coupling a moderator server to the communications network and the media content database;
coupling a moderator client for use by the moderator and a plurality of viewer clients for use by the plurality of viewers to the moderator server through the communications network;
dynamically getting the organized, semantic tagged and time coded captions and program information by the moderator using the moderator client to retrieve the organized, semantic tagged and time coded captions and program information from the media content database via the moderator server;
dynamically editing the captions by the moderator using the moderator client;
dynamically generating moderator comments by the moderator using the moderator client;
dynamically receiving viewer comments at the moderator server from the viewers using the viewer clients and transmitting the viewer comments from the moderator server to the moderator client;
dynamically editing the viewer comments for viewing by the plurality of viewers by the moderator using the moderator client;
dynamically transmitting the organized, semantic tagged and time coded edited captions and program information, moderator comments, and edited viewer comments from the moderator client to the moderator server;
dynamically generating the user-generated interactive program by the moderator server utilizing the received moderator comments, the received, edited viewer comments, the organized, semantic tagged and time coded edited captions and program information, and the media content, wherein the dynamically generating the user-generated interactive program comprises;
processing the received moderator comments, the received, edited viewer comments, the organized, semantic tagged and time coded edited captions and program information;
generating viewer response and caption content based on a collaboration and interaction of the processed moderator comments, the processed viewer comments, the processed program information and the processed captions; and
merging the viewer response and caption content based on the collaboration and interaction of the processed moderator comments, the processed viewer comments, the processed program information and the processed captions with the media content; and
transmitting the user-generated interactive program by the moderator server to the viewer clients through the communications network, wherein the media content is a digital video signal, and the generating of the user-generated interactive program further comprises;
encapsulating an interactive component in a first elementary stream of a digital video broadcast stream, andadding the media content to a second elementary stream of the video broadcast stream.
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Abstract
A method and system for the creation of interactive programming using captions. A caption and program information extractor monitors a broadcast media signal having captions and program information encoded in the broadcast media signal. The captions and program information are extracted and stored in a content database. A moderator accesses the content database to retrieve captions and for a program specified by the program information. The moderator uses the services of a moderator server to generate interactive programming from the captions and the moderator'"'"'s own comments. The interactive programming is transmitted to a plurality of viewers who interact with the interactive programming by entering viewer comments. The viewer comments are received by the moderator along with additional captions and new interactive programming is generated using the viewer comments, additional captions, and additional moderator commentary.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for generating a user-generated interactive program hosted by a moderator for transmission over a communications network to a plurality of viewers, comprising:
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dynamically extracting captions and program information from a broadcast media content by an intelligent caption and program information extractor; dynamically organizing, semantic tagging, time coding and putting the captions and program information in a media content database by the intelligent caption and program information extractor; coupling a moderator server to the communications network and the media content database; coupling a moderator client for use by the moderator and a plurality of viewer clients for use by the plurality of viewers to the moderator server through the communications network; dynamically getting the organized, semantic tagged and time coded captions and program information by the moderator using the moderator client to retrieve the organized, semantic tagged and time coded captions and program information from the media content database via the moderator server; dynamically editing the captions by the moderator using the moderator client; dynamically generating moderator comments by the moderator using the moderator client; dynamically receiving viewer comments at the moderator server from the viewers using the viewer clients and transmitting the viewer comments from the moderator server to the moderator client; dynamically editing the viewer comments for viewing by the plurality of viewers by the moderator using the moderator client; dynamically transmitting the organized, semantic tagged and time coded edited captions and program information, moderator comments, and edited viewer comments from the moderator client to the moderator server; dynamically generating the user-generated interactive program by the moderator server utilizing the received moderator comments, the received, edited viewer comments, the organized, semantic tagged and time coded edited captions and program information, and the media content, wherein the dynamically generating the user-generated interactive program comprises; processing the received moderator comments, the received, edited viewer comments, the organized, semantic tagged and time coded edited captions and program information; generating viewer response and caption content based on a collaboration and interaction of the processed moderator comments, the processed viewer comments, the processed program information and the processed captions; and merging the viewer response and caption content based on the collaboration and interaction of the processed moderator comments, the processed viewer comments, the processed program information and the processed captions with the media content; and transmitting the user-generated interactive program by the moderator server to the viewer clients through the communications network, wherein the media content is a digital video signal, and the generating of the user-generated interactive program further comprises; encapsulating an interactive component in a first elementary stream of a digital video broadcast stream, and adding the media content to a second elementary stream of the video broadcast stream. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for generating a user-generated interactive program hosted by a moderator for transmission over a television broadcast network to a plurality of viewers, comprising:
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dynamically extracting captions and program information from a broadcast media content by an intelligent caption and program information extractor; dynamically organizing, semantic tagging, time coding, and putting the captions and program information in a media content database by the intelligent caption and program information extractor; coupling a moderator server to a communications network, a telephony network, the television broadcast network, and the media content database; coupling a moderator client for use by the moderator to the moderator server through the communications network; dynamically getting the organized, semantic tagged, and time coded captions and program information by the moderator using the moderator client to retrieve the organized, semantic tagged and time coded captions and program information from the media content database via the moderator server; dynamically editing the captions by the moderator using the moderator client; dynamically generating moderator comments by the moderator using the moderator client; dynamically receiving viewer comments at the moderator server from the viewers and transmitting the viewer comments from the moderator server to the moderator client; dynamically editing the viewer comments for viewing by the plurality of viewers by the moderator using the moderator client; dynamically transmitting the organized, semantic tagged and time coded edited captions and program information, moderator comments, and edited viewer comments from the moderator client to the moderator server; dynamically generating the user-generated interactive program by the moderator server utilizing the received moderator comments, the received, edited viewer comments, the organized, semantic tagged, and time coded edited captions and program information, and the media content, wherein the dynamically generating the user-generated interactive program comprises; processing the received moderator comments, the received, edited viewer comments, the organized, semantic tagged, and time coded edited captions and program information; generating viewer response and caption content based on a collaboration and interaction of the processed moderator comments, the processed viewer comments, the processed program information and the processed captions; and merging the viewer response and caption content based on the collaboration and interaction of the processed moderator comments, the processed viewer comments, the processed program information and the processed captions with the media content; and transmitting the user-generated interactive program by the moderator server to viewer televisions through the television broadcast network, wherein the media content is a digital video signal, and the generating of the user-generated interactive program further comprises; encapsulating an interactive component in a first elementary stream of a digital video broadcast stream, and adding the media content to a second elementary stream of the video broadcast stream. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. An apparatus for creating, editing, and distributing a user-generated interactive program hosted by a moderator for transmission over a communications network to a plurality of viewers, comprising:
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a media content database; a caption and program information extractor coupled to a broadcast media signal source and the media content database for extracting captions and program information from a broadcast media content and dynamically organizing, semantic tagging, time coding, and putting the extracted captions and program information in the media content database; a moderator server coupled to the media content database, the moderator server for coupling through the communications network to a plurality of viewer clients for use by the plurality of viewers and a moderator client for use by the moderator, the moderator server including; a processor; and a memory operably coupled to the processor and having program instructions stored therein, the processor being operable to execute the program instructions, the program instructions including; dynamically extracting the organized, semantic tagged, and time coded captions and program information from the media content database in response to requests by the moderator using the moderator client and transmitting the captions and program information to the moderator client; dynamically receiving viewer comments from the viewers using the viewer clients and transmitting the viewer comments to the moderator client; dynamically receiving the organized, semantic tagged and time coded captions and program information after editing by the moderator using the moderator client; dynamically receiving moderator comments by the moderator using the moderator client; dynamically receiving the viewer comments after editing for viewing by the plurality of viewers by the moderator using the moderator client; dynamically generating the user-generated interactive program utilizing the received moderator comments, the received, edited viewer comments, the received organized, semantic tagged, and time coded edited captions and program information, and the media content, wherein the dynamically generating the user-generated interactive program comprises; processing the received moderator comments, the received, edited viewer comments, the organized, semantic tagged, and time coded edited captions and program information; generating viewer response and caption content based on a collaboration and interaction of the processed moderator comments, the processed viewer comments, the processed program information and the processed captions; and merging the viewer response and caption content based on the collaboration and interaction of the processed moderator comments, the processed viewer comments, the processed program information and the processed captions with the media content; and transmitting the user-generated interactive program to the viewer clients through the communications network, wherein the media content is a digital video signal, and the generating of the user-generated interactive program further comprises; encapsulating an interactive component in a first elementary stream of a digital video broadcast stream, and adding the media content to a second elementary stream of the video broadcast stream. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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