Multiplexed Supplemental Information Stream for TV Broadcast
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Solution Overview
Problem
Television programs often provide excessive information that viewers struggle to remember, and accessing supplementary content requires separate devices, disrupting the viewing experience and incurring administrative costs for maintaining outdated websites.
Innovation Solution
Delivering supplemental information within the same digital transport stream as television programming, using multiple elementary streams that include video content and additional information, allowing for convenient access and storage alongside the main program.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If supplemental information is delivered through separate computer websites, then viewers can access detailed information, but the convenience and immediacy of watching television is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the delivery of supplemental information with the television broadcast stream itself. The supplemental information stream is multiplexed with the video and audio streams, allowing viewers to access detailed information about recipes, parts lists, or instructions while watching the program without switching devices or websites.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a supplemental information stream as an intermediary carrier that conveys detailed information about the television program content. This intermediary stream is integrated into the broadcast infrastructure, enabling information delivery without requiring viewers to leave the television viewing environment.
2Loss of information
If websites are maintained at addresses described in programs, then viewers can access program-related information, but administrative effort and cost increase to maintain outdated websites
Solution Approach 1:
The supplemental information is delivered automatically as part of the broadcast stream without requiring manual website maintenance. The system self-updates by incorporating new information directly into subsequent broadcast streams, eliminating the need for administrators to maintain separate websites at fixed addresses.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms static website addresses into dynamic information delivery through the broadcast stream. The supplemental information can be updated in real-time as the program airs or is re-aired, allowing the system to adapt to changing content without requiring website redesigns or address changes.
3Loss of information
If detailed information is provided in television programs, then viewers receive comprehensive instructional detail, but most viewers cannot conveniently remember the information without actively taking notes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts key information from the complex program content and presents it in a separate, simplified supplemental information stream. This extracted information includes summarized recipes, parts lists, or instructions that viewers can reference without having to take notes during the program, making the information more accessible and memorable.
Data Source
AI summary
Various systems and methods allow supplemental information such as recipes, parts lists, instructions, notes, outlines or other information associated with a television program to be delivered in the same transport stream that carries the television program to the viewer. The transport stream includes at least two elementary streams, wherein the first elementary stream conveys video content associated with the television program and the second elementary stream conveys supplemental information that summarizes at least a portion of the television program. The device receiving the digital transport stream identifies the first and second elementary streams in the digital transport stream, processes the first elementary stream to present the video content associated with the television program to the viewer, and makes the supplemental information in the second elementary stream available to the viewer.