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Device and method for providing a television sequence using database and user inputs

  • US 8,566,880 B2
  • Filed: 01/21/2011
  • Issued: 10/22/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Device for providing a television sequence comprising:

  • a database interface for accessing at least one database, using a search request;

    a search request receiver formed to control the database interface so as to acquire an audio content and an image content separate from the audio content via the database interface in response to the search request, wherein the audio content or the image content comprises content data;

    a television sequence rendition module for combining the audio content and the image content to generate the television sequence based on the audio content and the image content; and

    an output interface for outputting the television sequence to a television sequence distributor,wherein the device further comprises a memory to store the audio content or the image content and wherein the device is configured to classify the audio content or the image content obtained in response to the search request corresponding to the content data, so that the audio content or the image content are classified regarding their contents,wherein the search request receiver is formed to query and acquire a further queried audio content and a further queried image content subsequent to and depending on the classification of the audio content or the image content obtained in response to the search request regarding their contents, wherein the further queried audio content or the further queried image content is different from the audio content or the image content, andwherein the television sequence rendition module is formed to additionally combine the further queried audio content or the further queried image content into the television sequence, and wherein the television sequence rendition module is formed to generate the television sequence such that a change from the audio content to the further audio content temporally matches a change from the image content to the further image content.

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