58 results about "Tv viewing" patented technology

Mass electronic-commerce (e-commerce) user terminal is disclosed, which enables mass television (TV) viewers to participate in e-commerce using new and existing business infrastructures. The multi-media user terminal makes a direct, real-time, instantaneous connection between products featured in TV commercials/programs (or other event such as a movie in a theater) and the existing web-based business infrastructure directly through the multi-media user terminal device. The multi-media user terminal provides real-time two-way communication with the TV viewers and the business entities. The device will also provide the TV viewing information for TV rating on real-time basis.

Systems and methods for monitoring and updating user availability based upon presence and television viewing behavior are described herein. In one embodiment, a presence system is used to detect a user's presence to update the user's availability status. The availability status is then used to update a contact list, voicemail message, and/or busy message. In further embodiments, user preferences are used in combination with presence data to update the user's availability status. In still further embodiments, a user's television viewing behavior is used in combination with the presence data, user preferences, or both to update the user's availability status. Alternative embodiments provide systems and methods in accordance with the present invention for other interactive devices.

A method and system for customer management is disclosed. The method and system enhance a television service provider's ability to sell television channels and channel packages to users. The system and method disclosed herein enables a user to receive recommendations for one or more television channels and/or channel packages based on one or more television viewing activities of the user, social media activity of the user, and social media activity of other users.

An exercise motivating system which rewards the exerciser with allowable TV viewing time includes a component interactive with an exercise modality to generate a responsive signal proportionate to the amount of exertion or work done. The responsive signal is received by an accumulating component which converts it to a stored control medium. A control module is interposed between a source of household electrical current and an electrical appliance such as a TV set. The control module physically couples with the accumulating component and processes the stored control medium in a manner to operate the appliance for a time duration proportionate to the amount of exercise effort recorded by the accumulating component.

A system for interactive viewing by a child of DVD media content on a television includes: a DVD having media content organized into child-oriented programs; user interface (UI) components each specific to a respective program; and a remote control component configured to send, in response to actuation of a switch, infrared remote control signals, representative of an industry standard DVD remote control button press, to the DVD player. Each program is configured to display, on a television, video content of the DVD and menus of selection options displayed using child-recognizable icons for program navigation. Each UI component can be coupled to the remote control component and includes icons that correspond visually to icons displayed in the navigational menus. Pressing an icon of a UI component coupled to the remote control component sends infrared remote control signals to the DVD player that indicate to the DVD player a chosen selection option.

The present invention relates generally to multimedia, and more specifically, to a system and method of improved television viewing using automatic parallel recording of television channels. The invention continuously captures and records multimedia content for a set of “channels” in a central location, buffering all available channels for a number of days or weeks on a continuous basis. The buffered programming may then be streamed over a network such as the Internet on request, to the viewer's premises where it can be viewed on request via an appropriate display device such as a television equipped with an IP-enabled set top box or on a personal computer.

The present invention provides a TV audio playing method comprising: receiving a selection order from an audio access interface; and controlling access of the audio access interface to a voice channels inside TV. The present invention also provides a TV for realizing the TV audio playing method, which includes: audio access interfaces on different TV view mode for receiving different audio signals and sending them to an audio channels switching unit; the audio channels switching unit connecting those different audio frequency interfaces and the inside voice channels for access or cut-off there between; an audio channels switching control unit for controlling the selected audio frequency interface to be accessed to the inside voice channels based on the user's selection. With this invention, audio playing under non-currently receiving mode can be realized.

The game show of the present invention comprises a game show studio with a game show set, a live studio audience, at least one game host, a plurality of game show contestants, a live TV-viewing audience, at least one prize, and at least one clue, embedded into the content of the game show.

At least one potential winner is selected out of the live TV-viewing audience. Some of the game show contestants participate in the process of selection of the potential winner of the live TV-viewing audience.

The at least one potential winner out of the members of the live TV-viewing audience is contacted directly by the show on live TV. The potential winner is contacted to confirm that the potential winner is aware of the clues embedded into the content of the game show, and is thus entitled to receive the prize.

The invention discloses a playing control method and device, a storage medium and a television, and the method comprises the steps: starting a preset child mode according to an input operation instruction, wherein various watching state functions are set in the child mode; and calling the watching state function according to the child mode, and playing the video based on the watching state function, so as to enable the television to provide a television watching mode conforming to the characteristics of the child. The problems of single function and no interest of the child watching mode in the prior art are solved.

The invention discloses a content recognition and push method and a TV accompanying AI assistance device. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring screenshot operation information; performing screenshot on a TV image according to the screenshot operation information so as to acquire a to-be-recognized image; performing image recognition on the to-be-recognized image so as to obtain recognized information; and recommending content information related to the recognized information according to the recognized information. When watched by a user, the TV content can be wakened up any time, content appearing in an instant image in the TV is recognized at any time, and by recognizing stars, objects and other information in pictures, other videos and news content related to the stars can be recommended or commodities related to the objects can be recommended, and the like. Novel convenient, effective and intelligent TV viewing experience can be provided for a user, the user can actively interact with the TV while watching the TV, intelligent recommendation is performed based on the user, and a novel flow transformation entrance is provided for advertising and relevant content parties.

The invention relates to a TV viewing information processing method and device. The method comprises that TV viewing sample information of a preset amount of families is counted in the unit of family; according to the counted TV viewing sample information, a TV viewing condition of each TV viewing member is counted; according to the counted TV viewing conditions, TV viewing probability information of TV viewing members with the same population attribute is obtained by fitting; TV source information of each family on which needs TV viewing analysis is collected; and according to the counted TV viewing condition of the TV viewing members and the TV viewing probability information, the TV source information of each family is analyzed, and TV viewing member constitution corresponding to the TV source information of each family and the TV viewing condition of each TV viewing member are obtained. On the premise that problems in the aspects of cost, privacy and the like are solved, information of the TV viewing members is analyzed effectively.

A system and method are disclosed for enhancing a television viewing experience by a group of one or more users. The experience is enhanced by integrating services from a number of different sources. This integration of services aggregates cloud data, identifies content from the aggregated cloud data that is potentially of interest to the user, and distributes that content to a main display or one or more secondary computing devices associated with the one or more users in the group.

The invention discloses a television word size sound automatic adjustment processing method and device, an intelligent terminal and a medium. The method comprises the steps: collecting an image of a television viewer via a camera; recognizing a human face from the acquired viewer image; after the face is recognized, judging the age of the viewer; after the age of the viewer is identified, automatically adjusting the size of the word size sound. According to the method disclosed in the invention, a new function is added to the smart television, and the television word size sound can be automatically adjusted. The television can adjust proper word size and sound according to ages of different users, and therefore old people can see larger subtitles and hear larger sound when watching the television. Convenience is provided for the use of the user.

Subscribers to a television-delivery service can send and receive messages within a television-viewing environment. A subscriber can create a message, attach content from the television environment, and send the message to a friend, all without leaving the television environment. A television producer controls its rights to the content by allowing subscribers to select and send some content while preventing other content from being incorporated in a message. Rights can be checked at the sender site, at the recipient site, and in between by a message-transport service. In some situations, the recipient may not have sufficient rights to view the entire message. Specifically, the recipient's subscription level may not allow access to some of the message content that was pulled from the sender's television-delivery service. In this case, the recipient may take corrective action or may view the message with the restricted content replaced with alternative content.

The present invention relates to a system that enables television viewers to receive an application or multimedia content in a portable device with a screen during the broadcasting of a television program, received through an interactive digital TV receiver, whether or not this receiver is connected to the Internet.