20results about "Broadcast system return channels" patented technology

In accordance with some implementations, a method for measuring viewership of media content is disclosed. The method is performed on a client system. The client system obtains identification information for individuals who have agreed to participate in a media viewership totals measurement study, detects a first user of the client system, determines media content being presented in proximity to the first user, automatically determines if the first user is an individual who has agreed to participate in the media viewership totals measurement study; and generates viewership data according to the determination.

Methods and systems for replacement of advertisements received over an over-the-air radio broadcast signal with IP-delivered targeted advertisements are provided. The methods include a method for processing an audio broadcast signal in a broadcast radio receiver, wherein an ad insertion start sample count that indicates the start of an original advertisement content is received at the broadcast radio receiver. After synchronization of the transmitted and the received audio streams, a targeted advertisement content which replaces at least some of the original advertisement content is inserted in the audio stream starting with the sample associated with the ad insertion start sample count. Replacing original advertisement content with targeted advertisement content ends with a sample of the audio stream associated with an ad insertion stop sample count.

A wireless communication device and an image display apparatus including the same are disclosed. An image display according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a display, a memory to store country code information, a signal processing device to output an image signal to the display, and a wireless communication device to perform wireless communication with an external device, wherein the wireless communication device is configured to scan a beacon frame, set wireless channel and wireless transmission power based on the country code information stored in the memory in response to a beacon frame being not received within a predetermined period, and in response to the beacon frame being received within the predetermined period, extract the country code information within the beacon frame and set wireless channel and wireless transmission power based on the extracted country code information. Accordingly, it is possible to efficiently perform wireless communication.

Hybrid broadcasting and communication services are made excellently implementable. A transport stream obtained by time-division multiplexing a first transmission packet including a predetermined component and a second transmission packet including information on the predetermined component is generated. The transport stream is transmitted along a predetermined transmission path. Information on a plurality of distribution protocols, the information on each distribution protocol including at least location information and protocol identification information, for acquiring a specific component to be acquired on a communication path, or acquisition information for acquiring the information on the plurality of distribution protocols is inserted into the second transmission packet, in relation to the specific component. A receiving side can excellently receive the specific component through a distribution protocol in accordance with its own distribution network environment.

A wireless communication device and an image display apparatus including the same are disclosed. An image display according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a display, a memory to store country code information, a signal processing device to output an image signal to the display, and a wireless communication device to perform wireless communication with an external device, wherein the wireless communication device is configured to scan a beacon frame, set wireless channel and wireless transmission power based on the country code information stored in the memory in response to a beacon frame being not received within a predetermined period, and in response to the beacon frame being received within the predetermined period, extract the country code information within the beacon frame and set wireless channel and wireless transmission power based on the extracted country code information. Accordingly, it is possible to efficiently perform wireless communication.

A method and system of broadcasting includes determining an identified content for a broadcast to a broadcast group that may include a plurality of devices in a service area. The method also includes determining a priority for the identified content for the plurality of devices, determining radio conditions for each of the plurality of devices in the service area; and determining an available network capacity of a network for broadcasting in the service area; determining a spectral efficiency for the broadcast to achieve a performance target, said. The method also includes performance target based on the priority for the identified content, the radio conditions and the available network capacity. The method also includes broadcasting the identified content to the plurality of devices in the service area based on the spectral efficiency for the broadcast.

A wireless communication device and an image display apparatus including the same are disclosed. An image display according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a display, a memory to store country code information, a signal processing device to output an image signal to the display, and a wireless communication device to perform wireless communication with an external device, wherein the wireless communication device is configured to scan a beacon frame, set wireless channel and wireless transmission power based on the country code information stored in the memory in response to a beacon frame being not received within a predetermined period, and in response to the beacon frame being received within the predetermined period, extract the country code information within the beacon frame and set wireless channel and wireless transmission power based on the extracted country code information. Accordingly, it is possible to efficiently perform wireless communication.

Methods and systems for replacement of advertisements received over an over-the-air radio broadcast signal with IP-delivered targeted advertisements are provided. The methods include a method for processing an audio broadcast signal in a broadcast radio receiver, wherein an ad insertion start sample count that indicates the start of an original advertisement content is received at the broadcast radio receiver. After synchronization of the transmitted and the received audio streams, a targeted advertisement content which replaces at least some of the original advertisement content is inserted in the audio stream starting with the sample associated with the ad insertion start sample count. Replacing original advertisement content with targeted advertisement content ends with a sample of the audio stream associated with an ad insertion stop sample count.

A system for augmenting a broadcast with virtual content, the system including a client device for viewing the broadcast, at least one camera for receiving a primary image frame of the broadcast, at least one upstream device in communication and associated with the at least one camera, and, at least one downstream device in communication with the at least one upstream device, wherein the system is configured to determine client identification information associated with the client device, determine one or more virtual content based on the client identification information and augment the primary image frame with the virtual content to be displayed on the client device.

A wireless communication device and an image display apparatus including the same are disclosed. An image display according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a display, a memory to store country code information, a signal processing device to output an image signal to the display, and a wireless communication device to perform wireless communication with an external device, wherein the wireless communication device is configured to scan a beacon frame, set wireless channel and wireless transmission power based on the country code information stored in the memory in response to a beacon frame being not received within a predetermined period, and in response to the beacon frame being received within the predetermined period, extract the country code information within the beacon frame and set wireless channel and wireless transmission power based on the extracted country code information. Accordingly, it is possible to efficiently perform wireless communication.

Techniques for real-time audience measurement are provided. The techniques include instant message protocol in a DVR environment to obtain real-time audience measurement data to modify the scheduled recording time of a media content in real-time, to bookmark in real-time, and to gather audience ratings on commercials and viewership in real-time.

A method is disclosed for monitoring the audience of an advertisement over a content distribution system, the advertisement comprising an advertising message associated with an audio content. The method comprises: inserting, within the message, an advertising identifier associated with the advertisement and distributing the audio content with the advertising message to a user of the content distribution system; at a first user device configured to receive the audio content, playing the audio content with the advertising message; at a second user device connected to the first user device and configured to communicate with a data collection server over a data communication network, retrieving a customer identifier uniquely associated with the user; and, during or after playing, sending by the second user device the customer identifier and the advertising identifier extracted from the advertising message to the server to monitor the audience of the advertising message.

A system and method facilitate digital marketing for sponsors of live television broadcasts. The system allows a user, using an application on a computing device while a piece of sponsored content is being broadcast, to express an interest in the broadcast piece of sponsored content and the interest of the user is communicated to a backend system that selects an endpoint destination associated with the broadcast piece of sponsored content wherein the endpoint destination is a pointer to further digital information about the broadcast piece of sponsored content. The system and method may periodically change the selected endpoint destination based on an event in the sponsored piece of content.

A system and method for digital marketing over a IP digital data steam system allows content to be provided to a user. The system may use an app (that may be a PWA) to permit the user to indicate an interest in a piece of content or an advertisement and receive supplemental content.

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for adaptive content distribution using private encoded audio identifiers are described. The techniques can include receiving event data that indicates that a digital component with an audio signature was transmitted to a display device. The event data can also include a time at which the digital component was transmitted. A content request can be received from a different client device and can include data representative of a captured audio signature and the time at which the audio signature was captured. In response to determining that the content request is requesting content related to the digital component based at least on (i) a determination that the audio signature matches the audio signature of the digital component and (ii) a determination that the time are within a threshold duration, the content related to the digital component can be sent to the client device.

Systems and method for the transmission and receival of data between one or more sensors configured to measure physiological parameters and one or more further sensors and devices. In particular relating to data transmission where a direct connection is not formed between the sensors and devices and the transmission is initiated or controlled by a remote processor. In some cases a method of receiving medical data on a first device, the method comprising the steps of: Receiving, from a remote processor, transmission parameters for a second device configured to transmit physiological parameters; Monitoring a broadcast channel; Receiving, on the broadcast channel, a data packet from the second device; Determining the physiological parameters from the second device based on the transmission parameters.

To make it possible to satisfactorily realize a broadcast / communication hybrid service.SOLUTION: Generated is a delivery stream obtained by time-division multiplexing of a first delivery packet including a prescribed component and a second delivery packet including information pertaining to the prescribed component. The delivery stream is transmitted through a prescribed delivery path. Inserted into the second delivery packet, in relation to a specific component to be acquired in a communication pathway, is: a plurality of items of distribution protocol information for acquiring the specific component, each of the items including at least location information and protocol identification information; or acquisition information for acquiring the plurality of items of distribution protocol information. On the reception side, the specific component can be satisfactorily received in the distribution protocol corresponding to the reception-side distribution network environment.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 14

In one aspect, an example method includes (i) while a media playback device of a vehicle is playing back content received on a first channel, generating, by the media playback device, a query fingerprint using second content received on a second channel; (ii) sending, by the media playback device, the query fingerprint to a server that maintains a reference database containing a plurality of reference fingerprints; (iii) receiving, by the media playback device from the server, identifying information corresponding to a reference fingerprint of the plurality of reference fingerprints that matches the query fingerprint; and (iv) while the media playback device is playing back the first content received on the first channel, providing, by the media playback device for display, at least a portion of the identifying information.

The invention relates to a method for operating a radio transceiver (10, 12), the radio transceiver receiving station signals of a transmitting station (14) transmitted via a communication channel (16, 18, 20, 22) and transmitting station signals selected from the station signals, wherein the method comprises the following steps: - determining a communication channel (16, 18, 20, 22) for a corresponding station signal of the station signals, transmitting the corresponding station signal of the station signals via the communication channel, - obtaining reception performance for the determined communication channel (16, 18, 20, 22), - obtaining position data of the radio transceiver (10, 12), - associating the position data with the reception performance obtained with respect to the determined communication channel (16, 18, 20, 22), wherein a position-dependent reception data record is determined for at least one of the station signals, and - transmitting at least one position-dependent reception data record to a server device (24) for storing the at least one position-dependent reception data record in a retrievable manner by the server device (24).

Computer-implemented method (100) of mixing audio for a virtual audience (10) of a broadcast performance. Individual audience members of the virtual audience (10) participate via respective user terminals (6). Each audience member has a respective virtual position (12) in a model (14) of a real-world performance venue associated with a respective set of acoustic characteristics for modelling acoustic responses of the real-world performance venue at corresponding real- world position. The method (100) obtains a plurality of audio input signals sent from respective audience members and determines an audio output signal for output to a respective audience member, the audio output signal determined by adjusting the plurality of audio input signals to account for: (i) the respective sets of acoustic characteristics associated with the virtual positions (12) of the audience members; and (ii) a spatial relationship between the virtual positions (12) of the audience members.