On-demand interactive magazine

• US 7,069,579 B2
• Filed: 05/30/2001
• Issued: 06/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: OpenTV, Inc. (Kudelski SA)
• Original Assignee: OpenTV, Inc. (Kudelski SA)
• Inventors: Delpuch, Alain
• Primary Examiner(s): Srivastava, Vivek
• Application Number:
  US09/870,429
• Publication Number:
  US 20020184648A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,854 Days
• Field of Search: 725/86, 725/87, 725 91- 95, 725109-112, 725/116, 725/135, 725/146
• US Class Current: 725/135
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44012 involving rendering scenes according to scene graphs, e.g. MPEG-4 scene graphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/858 Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17309 Transmission or handling of upstream communications

Abstract

A method and system for providing an on-demand interactive magazine are disclosed. A method for processing a magazine generally comprises receiving a magazine and data associated with the magazine, receiving at least one broadcast, storing portions of the broadcasts, based on the data, and presenting the magazine to a user. In another embodiment, the method includes receiving broadcasts from a plurality of channels, and tuning to the channel on which a broadcast is to be received. The method also includes providing at least one hyperlink for selecting a stored broadcast portion. A system for providing an on-demand interactive magazine comprises a receiver operable to receive a magazine and data associated with the magazine, a receiver operable to receive at least one broadcast, a storage device, and a processor configured to use the data to store portions of the broadcasts and present the magazine to a viewer.

Claims

1. A method for presenting a multimedia presentation, comprising:

receiving a broadcast program comprising a first presentation;

receiving data which indicates one or more portions of the broadcast program may also be utilized as part of second presentation comprising an interactive magazine;

storing said one or more portions responsive to detecting said data;

receiving magazine pages and associated metadata; and

utilizing the metadata to retrieve and present said stored one or more portions as part of the presentation of the interactive magazine.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein receiving the at least one broadcast includes receiving broadcasts from a plurality of channels.

3. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein receiving broadcasts from a plurality of channels includes tuning to the channel on which a broadcast is to be received.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one page of the interactive magazine includes at least one hyperlink for selecting and retrieving one or more of said portions.

5. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein the interactive magazine is presented as an electronic magazine comprising a plurality of pages.

6. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein retrieving the one or more of said portions includes searching the stored portions of the broadcasts.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein playing the at least one stored broadcast portion is automatic.

8. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the at least one stored broadcast portion is displayed integral with a page of the interactive magazine.

9. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the at least one stored broadcast portion is displayed within the interactive magazine.

10. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the interactive magazine includes a plurality of pages.

11. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein presenting the interactive magazine includes providing at least one hyperlink operable to select one of the plurality of pages.

12. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein presenting the interactive magazine includes presenting a selected page.

13. The method as recited in claim 12, wherein presenting the selected page includes playing at least one stored broadcast portion associated with the selected page.

14. The method as recited in claim 10, wherein at least one stored broadcast portion is associated with more than one page.

15. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein receiving the interactive magazine and associated data includes receiving from a point-to-point connection.

16. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising storing at least one of the plurality of magazine pages.

17. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein storing portions of the broadcast includes comparing the data to a viewer profile.

18. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the data includes metadata.

19. A method of providing a magazine, comprising:

transmitting a broadcast program comprising a first presentation;

transmitting data which indicates one or more portions of the broadcast program may also be utilized as part of second presentation comprising an interactive magazine, wherein said data is operable by a receiver to store said one or more portions responsive to detecting said data;

transmitting magazine pages and associated metadata, said metadata being operable in said receiver to retrieve and present said stored one or more portions as part of the presentation of the interactive magazine.

20. A system for providing a magazine, comprising:

a first receiver operable to receive at least one broadcast program comprising a first presentation, and data which indicates one or more portions of the broadcast program may also be utilized as part of a second presentation comprising an interactive magazine;

a second receiver configured to receive magazine pages and associated metadata;

a storage device; and

a processor configured to;

store said one or more portions responsive to detecting said data; and

utilize the metadata to retrieve and present said stored one or more portions as part of the presentation of the interactive magazine.

21. A computer program product for processing broadcasts, comprising a computer usable medium having machine readable code embodied therein for:

receive a broadcast program comprising a first presentation;

receive data which indicates one or more portions of the broadcast program may also be utilized as part of second presentation comprising an interactive magazine;

store said one or more portions responsive to detecting said data;

receive magazine pages and associated metadata; and

utilizing the metadata to retrieve and present said stored one or more portions as part of the presentation of the interactive magazine.