DE69903018T2 - Systeme und verfahren zur werbung in fernsehnetzwerken, -kanälen und programmen - Google Patents

Systeme und verfahren zur werbung in fernsehnetzwerken, -kanälen und programmen

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DE69903018T2
DE69903018T2 DE69903018T DE69903018T DE69903018T2 DE 69903018 T2 DE69903018 T2 DE 69903018T2 DE 69903018 T DE69903018 T DE 69903018T DE 69903018 T DE69903018 T DE 69903018T DE 69903018 T2 DE69903018 T2 DE 69903018T2
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J Reynolds
A Knee
D Ellis
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Adeia Guides Inc
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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]
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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]
    • H04N21/80—Generation or processing of content or additional data by content creator independently of the distribution process; Content per se
    • H04N21/81—Monomedia components thereof
    • H04N21/812—Monomedia components thereof involving advertisement data
    • 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
DE69903018T 1998-05-15 1999-05-13 Systeme und verfahren zur werbung in fernsehnetzwerken, -kanälen und programmen Expired - Lifetime DE69903018T2 (de)

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US8560898P 1998-05-15 1998-05-15
US09/217,100 US6742183B1 (en) 1998-05-15 1998-12-16 Systems and methods for advertising television networks, channels, and programs
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JP (2) JP4608097B2 (de)
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CN (1) CN1151666C (de)
AR (1) AR015296A1 (de)
AT (1) ATE224625T1 (de)
AU (1) AU743356B2 (de)
BR (1) BR9910510A (de)
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DE (1) DE69903018T2 (de)
ES (1) ES2184455T3 (de)
HK (1) HK1037082A1 (de)
IL (1) IL139678A0 (de)
NZ (1) NZ508282A (de)
PL (1) PL344184A1 (de)
RU (1) RU2000131612A (de)
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