Confirming video transmissions
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving a request for tracking in connection with an interactive television transmission;
inserting a first marker in said transmission;
providing an on-going count of bits transmitted and time elapsed from the point in time when the first marker is transmitted;
accumulating transmission information beginning at the point marked by said first marker; and
upon request, reporting accumulated transmission information.
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Abstract
In an interactive broadcasting system, television programming may be broadcast with interleaved web content information. The progress in broadcasting the web content information over one or more transports and over one or more channels within those transports, may be monitored to provide a time based indication of what content has been broadcast. In one embodiment, markers may be inserted into the data transmission flow and a method may be utilized to associate a handle with a particular marker. A method may be called which obtains the handle and another method may be utilized to invoke the handle to obtain current information about broadcast transmissions. This information may be used within a broadcast encoder or may be provided to a content provider, for example, through a log-in server.
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25 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a request for tracking in connection with an interactive television transmission; inserting a first marker in said transmission; providing an on-going count of bits transmitted and time elapsed from the point in time when the first marker is transmitted; accumulating transmission information beginning at the point marked by said first marker; and upon request, reporting accumulated transmission information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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receiving a request for tracking in connection with an interactive television transmission; inserting a first marker in said transmission; accumulating transmission information beginning at the point marked by said first marker; invoking a method which provides a handle to said first marker; and upon request, reporting accumulated transmission information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method comprising:
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inserting a marker in an interactive television transmission; providing an on-going count of bits transmitted from a point in time when the marker is transmitted; and upon request, reporting the on-going count of bits transmitted. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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