Method and system for providing interactive look-and-feel in a digital broadcast via an X-Y protocol
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- generating private data including an indication of a number of hot-spots on a screen and link data;
linking a first hot-spot to a first of a plurality of playable video signals by at least a first portion of the link data, the link data including a first display location of the first hot-spot on the screen;
linking a second hot-spot to a second of the plurality of playable video signals by at least a second portion of the link data, the link data including a second display location of the second hot-spot on the screen;
processing the private data and the plurality of playable video signals to generate a digital signal, wherein the digital signal includes the private data and the plurality of playable video signals;
transmitting a first portion of the digital signal during a first time interval, wherein the first portion of the digital signal is associated with the first of the plurality of playable video signals;
transmitting a second portion of the digital signal during a second time interval, the second portion being a different portion from the first portion, the second time interval being a different time interval from the first time interval, wherein the second portion of the digital signal is associated with the second of the plurality of playable video signals; and
transmitting the digital signal, including the indication of the number of hot-spots and the link data, from a server during the first time interval and the second time interval.
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Abstract
A system for providing an interactive look-and-feel in a digital video broadcast via an X-Y protocol is provided. At a head-end, video information is digitized and associated with private data, such as event identifications, X-Y coordinates, link event identification and synchronization data. This information is then transmitted to a receiving end and is input into a set-top box. The set-top box receives the broadcast digital signal and includes a member for receiving the broadcast digital signal and generating a playable signal including indicia of the link data. The playable signal is then played on a playing device. The user is provided with a remote control or similar input device for selecting from the indicia. Upon selection of a desired indicia, the user may exercise the predetermined link associated with the selected indicia in order to obtain the desired playable signal.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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generating private data including an indication of a number of hot-spots on a screen and link data; linking a first hot-spot to a first of a plurality of playable video signals by at least a first portion of the link data, the link data including a first display location of the first hot-spot on the screen; linking a second hot-spot to a second of the plurality of playable video signals by at least a second portion of the link data, the link data including a second display location of the second hot-spot on the screen; processing the private data and the plurality of playable video signals to generate a digital signal, wherein the digital signal includes the private data and the plurality of playable video signals; transmitting a first portion of the digital signal during a first time interval, wherein the first portion of the digital signal is associated with the first of the plurality of playable video signals; transmitting a second portion of the digital signal during a second time interval, the second portion being a different portion from the first portion, the second time interval being a different time interval from the first time interval, wherein the second portion of the digital signal is associated with the second of the plurality of playable video signals; and transmitting the digital signal, including the indication of the number of hot-spots and the link data, from a server during the first time interval and the second time interval. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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receiving a digital signal from a server during a first time interval and a second time interval, the digital signal being based on private data and a plurality of playable video signals, the private data including an indication of a number of hot-spots on a screen and link data, a first hot-spot being linked to a first of a plurality of playable video signals by at least a first portion of the link data, the link data including a first display location of the first hot-spot on the screen, a second hot-spot being linked to a second of the plurality of playable video signals by at least a second portion of the link data, the link data including a second display location of the second hot-spot on the screen; receiving a first portion of the digital signal during the first time interval, wherein the first portion of the digital signal is associated with the first of the plurality of playable video signals; receiving a second portion of the digital signal during the second time interval, the second portion being a different portion from the first portion, the second time interval being a different time interval from the first time interval, wherein the second portion of the digital signal is associated with the second of the plurality of playable video signals; generating a first display location of the first portion of the digital signal and a second display location of the second portion of the digital signal based on the link data; highlighting, by a processor and a graphics memory, at least one of the first or second hot-spots with a polygonal highlight; causing the screen to simultaneously display the first portion of the digital signal associated with the first of the plurality of playable video signals in the first display location, and the second portion of the digital signal associated with the second of the plurality of playable video signals in the second location; activating, by the processor, one of the first or second hot-spots having the polygonal highlight as a selected hot-spot associated with one of the first of the plurality of playable video signals or the second of the plurality of playable video signals; and causing display of a playable video signal associated with the selected hot-spot on a full screen. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions executable by one or more processors, the instructions comprising:
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instructions to generate private data including an indication of a number of hot-spots on a screen and link data; instructions to link a first hot-spot to a first of a plurality of playable video signals by at least a first portion of the link data, the link data including a first display location of the first hot-spot on the screen; instructions to link a second hot-spot to a second of the plurality of playable video signals by at least a second portion of the link data, the link data including a second display location of the second hot-spot on the screen; instructions to process the private data and the plurality of playable video signals to generate a digital signal, wherein the digital signal includes the private data and the plurality of playable video signals; instructions to transmit a first portion of the digital signal during a first time interval, wherein the first portion of the digital signal is associated with the first of the plurality of playable video signals; instructions to transmit a second portion of the digital signal during a second time interval, the second portion being a different portion from the first portion, the second time interval being a different time interval from the first time interval, wherein the second portion of the digital signal is associated with the second of the plurality of playable video signals; and instructions to transmit the digital signal, including the indication of the number of hot-spots and the link data, from a server during the first time interval and the second time interval.
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15. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions executable by one or more processors, the instructions comprising:
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instructions to receive a digital signal from a server during a first time interval and a second time interval, the digital signal being based on private data and a plurality of playable video signals, the private data including an indication of a number of hot-spots on a screen and link data, a first hot-spot being linked to a first of a plurality of playable video signals by at least a first portion of the link data, the link data including a first display location of the first hot-spot on the screen, a second hot-spot being linked to a second of the plurality of playable video signals by at least a second portion of the link data, the link data including a second display location of the second hot-spot on the screen; instructions to receive a first portion of the digital signal during the first time interval, wherein the first portion of the digital signal is associated with the first of the plurality of playable video signals; instructions to receive a second portion of the digital signal during the second time interval, the second portion being a different portion from the first portion, the second time interval being a different time interval from the first time interval, wherein the second portion of the digital signal is associated with the second of the plurality of playable video signals; instructions to generate a first display location of the first portion of the digital signal and a second display location of the second portion of the digital signal based on the link data; instructions to highlight, by a processor and a graphics memory, at least one of the first or second hot-spots with a polygonal highlight instructions to simultaneously display, on the screen, the first portion of the digital signal associated with the first of the plurality of playable video signals in the first display location, and the second portion of the digital signal associated with the second of the plurality of playable video signals in the second location; instructions to activate, by the processor, one of the first or second hot-spots having the polygonal highlight as a selected hot-spot associated with one of the first of the plurality of playable video signals or the second of the plurality of playable video signals; and instructions to display a playable video signal associated with the selected hot-spot on a full screen.
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16. A system for transmitting multi-screen video images, the system comprising:
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a video switch configured to receive a plurality of video signals and to output first chosen video signals from among the plurality of video signals; a video effects device configured to receive the first chosen video signals and to output a multi-screen video signal; a first video encoder configured to receive the multi-screen video signal and to output an encoded video signal including the multi-screen video signal; a second video encoder configured to receive at least one second chosen video signal from among the plurality of video signals, to encode the at least one second chosen video signal, and to output the encoded at least one second chosen video signal; a processor configured to generate protocol data associated with the multi-screen video signal, wherein the protocol data includes an indication of a number of hot-spots on a screen and link data; a remultiplexer configured to receive the encoded video signal including the multi-screen video signal, the protocol data, and the encoded at least one second chosen video signal, and to produce a composite signal; and a transmitter configured to transmit the composite signal including the number of hot-spots and the link data.
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17. A method for processing a plurality of videos, the method comprising:
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tuning to a frequency band associated with multi-screen video; retrieving data including at least video data and private data for a plurality of videos associated with the multi-screen video, wherein the private data includes X-Y protocol data and an indication of a number of hot-spots on a television screen; causing display of each of the plurality of videos on a same television screen; enclosing each of the plurality of videos in a corresponding hot-spot from among the hot-spots based at least in part on the X-Y protocol data; highlighting, by a processor and a graphics memory, one of the plurality of videos with an overlaying polygonal highlight; moving the overlaying polygonal highlight to another one of the plurality of videos in response to a directional request; and causing, in response to a select request, display of the another one of the plurality of videos with the highlight in a full screen on the same television screen. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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