WO2001050309A8 - Informing network users of television programming viewed by other network users - Google Patents

Informing network users of television programming viewed by other network users

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WO2001050309A8
WO2001050309A8 PCT/US2000/034482 US0034482W WO0150309A8 WO 2001050309 A8 WO2001050309 A8 WO 2001050309A8 US 0034482 W US0034482 W US 0034482W WO 0150309 A8 WO0150309 A8 WO 0150309A8
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network users
television programming
informing
programming viewed
viewed
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PCT/US2000/034482
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French (fr)
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Robert M Cooper
Laurence F Kirsh
Carlos A Silva Jr
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America Online Inc
Robert M Cooper
Laurence F Kirsh
Carlos A Silva Jr
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Application filed by America Online Inc, Robert M Cooper, Laurence F Kirsh, Carlos A Silva Jr filed Critical America Online Inc
Priority to AU22790/01A priority Critical patent/AU2279001A/en
Priority to EP00986573A priority patent/EP1344162A2/en
Priority to JP2001550600A priority patent/JP3996769B2/en
Publication of WO2001050309A2 publication Critical patent/WO2001050309A2/en
Publication of WO2001050309A9 publication Critical patent/WO2001050309A9/en
Publication of WO2001050309A8 publication Critical patent/WO2001050309A8/en

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q10/00—Administration; Management
    • G06Q10/10—Office automation; Time management
    • 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]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/442—Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed, the storage space available from the internal hard disk
    • H04N21/44213—Monitoring of end-user related data
    • H04N21/44222—Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programs or purchase activity
    • H04N21/44224—Monitoring of user activity on external systems, e.g. Internet browsing
    • 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]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/478—Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
    • H04N21/4788—Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application communicating with other users, e.g. chatting
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/16—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
    • H04N7/173—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
    • H04N7/17309—Transmission or handling of upstream communications
    • H04N7/17318—Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests
PCT/US2000/034482 1999-12-30 2000-12-19 Informing network users of television programming viewed by other network users WO2001050309A2 (en)

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AU22790/01A AU2279001A (en) 1999-12-30 2000-12-19 Informing network users of television programming viewed by other network users
EP00986573A EP1344162A2 (en) 1999-12-30 2000-12-19 Informing network users of television programming viewed by other network users
JP2001550600A JP3996769B2 (en) 1999-12-30 2000-12-19 Notifying network users about television programming that other network users are watching

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