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Apparatus and method for dynamically updating a viewer profile in a digital television device

A digital TV and viewer technology, applied in TV, electrical components, analog security/payment system, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2004-12-29
PACE MICRO TECH
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[0004] However, there are problems associated with the selection of digital television content via terminal equipment

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[0020] Attachment to the following figure 1 4, and the various embodiments used to describe the principles of the invention in this patent document are by way of illustration only and should not be construed in any way to limit the scope of the invention. Those skilled in the art will understand that the principles of the invention may be implemented in any suitably configured set top box (STB) and broadcast equipment.

[0021] attached figure 1 An exemplary television broadcast system 10 is shown in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. Television broadcast system 10 includes a local broadcast facility 11 that receives one or more digital video transport streams from each network video source 21-23. The local broadcaster 11 may receive these digital video transport streams from a wired communication link or a wireless communication link. For example, local broadcaster 11 receives one or more digital video transport streams from network video source 21 vi...

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There is disclosed an apparatus for updating a viewer profile stored in a digital television device. The apparatus comprises: 1) receiver circuitry for receiving audio-video data packets associated with a plurality of incoming television signals and extracting therefrom at least one data request data packet containing a first data request operable to retrieve a first requested profile datum from the stored viewer profile; and 2) an update controller for receiving the at least one data request data packet from the receiver circuitry and determining if the first requested profile datum is present in the viewer profile, wherein the update controller, in response to a determination that the first requested profile datum is not present in the stored viewer profile, displays on an associated television screen information related to the first requested profile datum.

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technical field [0001] The present invention is directed generally to digital television systems, and more particularly to an apparatus for dynamically updating viewer profiles in interactive digital television. Background technique [0002] In modern television broadcasting systems, a wide variety of interactive digital television (DTV) content is provided from broadcasting equipment to homes. The manner in which this DTV content is used and displayed by the viewer's television varies according to the learned profile information of the viewer. The profile information is usually stored in some way inside a terminal device such as a television set, set top box (STB), personal computer (PC) or similar. [0003] Many digital television systems have demonstrated how content can be adapted within the terminal equipment based on stored information. For example, some digital television systems display the address of a local retailer based on a zip code stored during assembly of t...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04N7/16H04N21/235H04N21/4147H04N21/434H04N21/435H04N21/443H04N21/45H04N21/454H04N21/475H04N21/81
CPCH04N21/8166H04N21/4755H04N21/454H04N21/4147H04N7/163H04N21/4532H04N21/4431H04N21/235H04N21/435H04N21/812H04N21/4348H04N21/458
Inventor N·J·曼科维奇
Owner PACE MICRO TECH