AU2275901A - Television chat rooms - Google Patents

Television chat rooms

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Publication number
AU2275901A
AU2275901A AU22759/01A AU2275901A AU2275901A AU 2275901 A AU2275901 A AU 2275901A AU 22759/01 A AU22759/01 A AU 22759/01A AU 2275901 A AU2275901 A AU 2275901A AU 2275901 A AU2275901 A AU 2275901A
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Australia
Prior art keywords
chat rooms
television chat
television
rooms
chat
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Abandoned
Application number
AU22759/01A
Inventor
Robert M. Cooper
George D. Escobar
Laurence F. Kirsh
Carlos A. Silva Jr.
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Historic AOL LLC
Original Assignee
America Online Inc
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Publication date
Application filed by America Online Inc filed Critical America Online Inc
Publication of AU2275901A publication Critical patent/AU2275901A/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/45—Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies, resolving scheduling conflicts
    • H04N21/462—Content or additional data management, e.g. creating a master electronic program guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end, controlling the complexity of a video stream by scaling the resolution or bit-rate based on the client capabilities
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    • H04L12/18—Arrangements for providing special services to substations for broadcast or conference, e.g. multicast
    • H04L12/1813—Arrangements for providing special services to substations for broadcast or conference, e.g. multicast for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms
    • H04L12/1822—Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
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    • H04N21/222—Secondary servers, e.g. proxy server, cable television Head-end
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    • H04N21/20—Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/23—Processing of content or additional data; Elementary server operations; Server middleware
    • H04N21/231—Content storage operation, e.g. caching movies for short term storage, replicating data over plural servers, prioritizing data for deletion
    • H04N21/23106—Content storage operation, e.g. caching movies for short term storage, replicating data over plural servers, prioritizing data for deletion involving caching operations
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    • H04N21/25—Management operations performed by the server for facilitating the content distribution or administrating data related to end-users or client devices, e.g. end-user or client device authentication, learning user preferences for recommending movies
    • H04N21/251—Learning process for intelligent management, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies
    • H04N21/252—Processing of multiple end-users' preferences to derive collaborative data
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    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/478—Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
    • H04N21/4782—Web browsing, e.g. WebTV
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    • H04N21/4786—Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application e-mailing
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    • 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
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    • 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
    • H04N21/485—End-user interface for client configuration
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/488—Data services, e.g. news ticker
    • H04N21/4882—Data services, e.g. news ticker for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • 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
    • H04N21/85—Assembly of content; Generation of multimedia applications
    • H04N21/858—Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot
    • H04N21/8586—Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot by using a URL
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • 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
    • H04N7/165—Centralised control of user terminal ; Registering at central
    • 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

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Databases & Information Systems (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Computing Systems (AREA)
  • Computer Security & Cryptography (AREA)
  • Information Transfer Between Computers (AREA)
AU22759/01A 1999-12-30 2000-12-19 Television chat rooms Abandoned AU2275901A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US47539199A 1999-12-30 1999-12-30
US09475391 1999-12-30
PCT/US2000/034368 WO2001050753A1 (en) 1999-12-30 2000-12-19 Television chat rooms

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
AU2275901A true AU2275901A (en) 2001-07-16

Family

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US20030093806A1 (en) * 2001-11-14 2003-05-15 Vincent Dureau Remote re-creation of data in a television system
US20030196206A1 (en) 2002-04-15 2003-10-16 Shusman Chad W. Method and apparatus for internet-based interactive programming
US20040210947A1 (en) 2003-04-15 2004-10-21 Shusman Chad W. Method and apparatus for interactive video on demand
US20040032486A1 (en) 2002-08-16 2004-02-19 Shusman Chad W. Method and apparatus for interactive programming using captioning
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GB0318290D0 (en) * 2003-08-05 2003-09-10 Koninkl Philips Electronics Nv Shared experience of media content
US8196168B1 (en) 2003-12-10 2012-06-05 Time Warner, Inc. Method and apparatus for exchanging preferences for replaying a program on a personal video recorder
US7895625B1 (en) 2003-12-24 2011-02-22 Time Warner, Inc. System and method for recommending programming to television viewing communities
US8949899B2 (en) 2005-03-04 2015-02-03 Sharp Laboratories Of America, Inc. Collaborative recommendation system
US9959383B1 (en) 2004-04-30 2018-05-01 Time Warner, Inc. Apparatus, method and system for brokering and provision of intelligent advertisement
US8024765B2 (en) 2006-07-26 2011-09-20 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Method and system for communicating media program information
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MK6 Application lapsed section 142(2)(f)/reg. 8.3(3) - pct applic. not entering national phase