Interactive video distribution systems – Operator interface – To facilitate tuning or selection of video signal
Reexamination Certificate
2001-05-23
2009-11-17
Nguyen-Ba, Hoang-Vu A (Department: 2421)
Interactive video distribution systems
Operator interface
To facilitate tuning or selection of video signal
C725S030000, C725S031000, C709S223000, C709S225000, C455S003060, C375S316000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07620967
ABSTRACT:
A method of broadcasting multimedia information items, a receiver of multimedia information items broadcast by that method, and a user interface for consulting the information items. The invention relates to a method of broadcasting multimedia information items in a network comprising a transmitter and at least one receiver of information, the method including determining a class to which each information item belongs, broadcasting ahead of time a descriptor relating to each information item, at each receiver, qualifying the potential interest of each information item on the basis of the descriptors received and as a function of a user profile defined in the receiver, broadcasting the information items associated with the descriptors previously broadcast, and, in each receiver, storing locally each information item as a function of the qualification based on the descriptors. The invention also relates to a receiver and a user interface for consulting broadcast information items.
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Nguyen-Ba Hoang-Vu A
Sughrue & Mion, PLLC
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