CA2270727A1 - Reminder system for broadcast and non-broadcast events based on broadcast interactive applications - Google Patents

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CA2270727A1
CA2270727A1 CA002270727A CA2270727A CA2270727A1 CA 2270727 A1 CA2270727 A1 CA 2270727A1 CA 002270727 A CA002270727 A CA 002270727A CA 2270727 A CA2270727 A CA 2270727A CA 2270727 A1 CA2270727 A1 CA 2270727A1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/08—Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band, e.g. by time division
    • H04N7/087—Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band, e.g. by time division with signal insertion during the vertical blanking interval only
    • H04N7/088—Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band, e.g. by time division with signal insertion during the vertical blanking interval only the inserted signal being digital
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/16—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
    • H04N7/162—Authorising the user terminal, e.g. by paying; Registering the use of a subscription channel, e.g. billing
    • H04N7/163—Authorising the user terminal, e.g. by paying; Registering the use of a subscription channel, e.g. billing by receiver means only

Abstract

A system and method provide a generalized reminder system in an interactive broadcast environment, that enables a viewer to quickly establish reminders for both broadcast events and non-broadcast events, and have such reminders displayed at an appropriate future time. The system includes a broadcast that broadcasts programs, such as television programs and commercial advertisements, and interactive applications associated with various such programs.
The interactive applications include reminder interactive applications which have reminder data which describe a future time for displaying a reminder and a description of the event for which the reminder is desired. The broadcast programs and reminder interactive applications are received in broadcast receiver which displays the programs. A viewer viewing a program signals the broadcast receiver to establish a reminder for an event related to the program. The broadcast receiver stores the reminder data from the reminder interactive application, and initiates a timer that expires at the desired future time. When the timer expires, the broadcast receiver displays the event description for the reminder. Reminders may be established and displayed for both broadcast events and non-broadcasts events, as the description of the event is contained in the reminder data.

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1. A computer implemented method of operating a broadcast receiver for establishing reminders for events related to broadcast programs, the broadcast receiver including a local memory, the method comprising:
receiving broadcast data including at least one broadcast program and separate reminder data associated with the broadcast program;
displaying the broadcast program;
concurrently with displaying the broadcast program, receiving a user input to establish a reminder for an event related to the broadcast program;
storing in the local memory the reminder data for the event, including data for determining a future time to display the reminder, and a description of the event; and responsive to the future time, displaying on a display device coupled to the broadcast receiver the reminder including the description of the event.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein an event is a non-broadcast event, and the broadcast program is an advertisement or advance notice for the non-broadcast event.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the broadcast receiver tunes broadcast programs on a plurality of channels, the method further comprising:
receiving a broadcast program on a first channel indicating a broadcast event occurring at a future time on a second channel; and receiving a user input to establish a reminder for an event related to the broadcast program, comprising receiving while tuning on the first channel a user input to establish a reminder for the broadcast event occurring at the future time on the second channel.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
establishing in the broadcast receiver a timer that expires at the future time to display the reminder.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
tuning to first channel, and displaying a first broadcast program on the first channel;
displaying a reminder for a second broadcast program occurring on a second channel different from the first channel; and tuning to the second channel, and displaying the second broadcast program.
6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:
storing data indicative of a purchase of the second broadcast program.
7. A computer implemented method of operating a broadcast receiver for establishing reminders for events related to broadcast programs, the broadcast receiver including a local memory, the method comprising:
receiving broadcast data including at least one broadcast program and a reminder interactive application associated with the broadcast program;
displaying the broadcast program;
concurrently with displaying the broadcast program, receiving a user input activating the reminder interactive application to establish a reminder for an event related to the broadcast program;
storing in a local memory reminder data for the event, the reminder data including data for determining a future time to display the reminder and a description of the event;
maintaining a timer that expires at the future time; and responsive to the timer expiring, displaying the reminder including the description of the event.
8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:
storing a reminder form in the local memory; and displaying the reminder including the description of the event further comprises:
combining the reminder form and the description of the event to create the reminder.
9. An apparatus for establishing and communicating reminders of events related to broadcast programs, the apparatus comprising:
a tuner for receiving broadcast data including at least one broadcast program and reminder data for an event associated with the broadcast program, the reminder data including data for determining a future time to display a reminder of the event, and a description of the event;
a memory coupled to the tuner to receive and store the reminder data in response to a user input requesting establishment of the reminder for the event;
a timer coupled to the memory, the timer expiring at the future time; and a processor coupled to the memory and the timer to receive the event description and a signal from the timer indicating that the time has expired, and to generate the reminder from the reminder data, the reminder including the event description, the processor outputting the reminder for display on a display device.
10. The system of claim 9, wherein:
the broadcast data includes an executable reminder interactive application that contains the reminder data;
the processor executes the reminder interactive application to receive the user input requesting establishment of the reminder for the event, stores the reminder data contained in the reminder interactive application in the memory, and establishes and manages the timer to expire at the future time.
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