CA2015912A1 - Television system for the interactive distribution of selectable video presentations - Google Patents

Television system for the interactive distribution of selectable video presentations

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CA2015912A1
CA2015912A1 CA002015912A CA2015912A CA2015912A1 CA 2015912 A1 CA2015912 A1 CA 2015912A1 CA 002015912 A CA002015912 A CA 002015912A CA 2015912 A CA2015912 A CA 2015912A CA 2015912 A1 CA2015912 A1 CA 2015912A1
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images
presentation
television
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Terrence H. Pocock
Richard Mcnorgan
Peter Coumans
Allan E. Lodberg
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    • 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
    • H04N7/17336—Handling of requests in head-ends
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
    • H04N1/00095—Systems or arrangements for the transmission of the picture signal
    • H04N1/00098—Systems or arrangements for the transmission of the picture signal via a television channel, e.g. for a series of still pictures with or without sound
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
    • H04N1/21—Intermediate information storage
    • H04N1/2166—Intermediate information storage for mass storage, e.g. in document filing systems
    • H04N1/2179—Interfaces allowing access to a plurality of users, e.g. connection to electronic image libraries
    • 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
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N2201/00—Indexing scheme relating to scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, and to details thereof
    • H04N2201/32—Circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device, e.g. between a still-image camera and its memory or between a still-image camera and a printer device
    • H04N2201/3201—Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title
    • H04N2201/3261—Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title of multimedia information, e.g. a sound signal
    • H04N2201/3264—Display, printing, storage or transmission of additional information, e.g. ID code, date and time or title of multimedia information, e.g. a sound signal of sound signals

Abstract

An interactive television system, comprises a centrally located presentation system for transmitting video presentations via a television distribution network over at least one channel on the network in which each presentation includes a plurality of individual images and an optional audio segment, and a plurality of remotely Located terminals for receiving the video presentations transmitted over said network and for transmitting information to said presentation system via telephone lines designating desired presentations to be transmitted. The system comprises: a storage system for storing, in digital form individual images and audio segments; an audio system for receiving the information transmitted from said remote terminals via the telephone lines and for retrieving audio segments from said storage system and transmitting said audio segments to the remote terminals via said telephone lines; a video system including means for retrieving individual images stored in said storage system, means for encoding each image with an address identifying at least one of said terminals, and means for transmitting said encoded images via said network; and means responsive to the information received by said audio system for controlling said audio system and said video system to retrieve selected audio segments and images, respectively, from said storage system and to transmit the retrieved segments and images to designated terminals; each of said remote terminals comprising: means for receiving television signals transmitted via said network; means for examining video images transmitted over said one channel to determine whether they are encoded with a designated address and for storing individual images encoded with said designated address; means for retrieving an image stored in said storing means at a standard television frame rate and forming a continuous, still-frame, video signal; means for connecting said terminal to a telephone line; means for transmitting information to said presentation system via the telephone line in response to viewer commands; means for receiving audio segments transmitted via the telephone lines from said presentation system; and means for combining said continuous, still-frame, video signal with received audio segments to form a composite television signal for presentation to a television receiver.
CA002015912A 1989-05-05 1990-05-02 Television system for the interactive distribution of selectable video presentations Expired - Lifetime CA2015912C (en)

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US07/347,732 US5014125A (en) 1989-05-05 1989-05-05 Television system for the interactive distribution of selectable video presentations
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