Systems and methods for providing a token registry and encoder
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1. Apparatus within a television distribution system, the apparatus comprising:
- a token encoder configured to insert a token associated with television content into the television content at multiple times over the duration of the television content for delivery over a television distribution system in a television network to one or more video receiving devices associated with one or more consumers, wherein each instance of the token inserted into the television content is accompanied by data identifying a temporal location of that instance of the token within the television content.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for using tokens to link the television and the Internet platforms. The tokens are tightly encoded into the content and a registry controls the linking of the television content to specific Internet-based content. The registry also polices the validity of the tokens and optionally provides the token owner with continued control over the Internet content associated with that token. When the two platforms are linked successfully, the consumer receives quality content, while being protected from unwanted Internet content.
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1. Apparatus within a television distribution system, the apparatus comprising:
a token encoder configured to insert a token associated with television content into the television content at multiple times over the duration of the television content for delivery over a television distribution system in a television network to one or more video receiving devices associated with one or more consumers, wherein each instance of the token inserted into the television content is accompanied by data identifying a temporal location of that instance of the token within the television content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for providing tokens within a television distribution system, the method comprising:
inserting, with a token encoder, a token associated with television content into the television content at multiple times over the duration of the television content for delivery over a television distribution system in a television network to one or more video receiving devices associated with one or more consumers, wherein each instance of the token inserted into the television content is accompanied by data identifying a temporal location of that instance of the token within the television content. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. Apparatus within a television distribution system, the apparatus comprising:
means for inserting a token associated with television content into the television content at multiple times over the duration of the television content for delivery over a television distribution system in a television network to one or more video receiving devices associated with one or more consumers, wherein each instance of the token inserted into the television content is accompanied by data identifying a temporal location of that instance of the token within the television content. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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