WO2001076242A3 - System and method for local meta data insertion - Google Patents

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WO2001076242A3
WO2001076242A3 PCT/US2001/009164 US0109164W WO0176242A3 WO 2001076242 A3 WO2001076242 A3 WO 2001076242A3 US 0109164 W US0109164 W US 0109164W WO 0176242 A3 WO0176242 A3 WO 0176242A3
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Steve Reynolds
Tom Lemmons
Ian Zenoni
Joel Hassell
Tom Huber
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04NPICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/20Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/23Processing of content or additional data; Elementary server operations; Server middleware
    • H04N21/234Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams, manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs
    • H04N21/2343Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams, manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04NPICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/20Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/21Server components or server architectures
    • H04N21/222Secondary servers, e.g. proxy server, cable television Head-end
    • H04N21/2221Secondary servers, e.g. proxy server, cable television Head-end being a cable television head-end
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04NPICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/20Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/23Processing of content or additional data; Elementary server operations; Server middleware
    • H04N21/234Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams, manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs
    • H04N21/2343Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams, manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements
    • H04N21/234345Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing of video streams, manipulating MPEG-4 scene graphs involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements the reformatting operation being performed only on part of the stream, e.g. a region of the image or a time segment
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04NPICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/80Generation or processing of content or additional data by content creator independently of the distribution process; Content per se
    • H04N21/83Generation or processing of protective or descriptive data associated with content; Content structuring
    • H04N21/84Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04NPICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00Television systems
    • H04N7/08Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band, e.g. by time division
    • H04N7/087Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band, e.g. by time division with signal insertion during the vertical blanking interval only
    • H04N7/088Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band, e.g. by time division with signal insertion during the vertical blanking interval only the inserted signal being digital
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04NPICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00Television systems
    • H04N7/16Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
    • H04N7/173Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
    • H04N7/17345Control of the passage of the selected programme
    • H04N7/17354Control of the passage of the selected programme in an intermediate station common to a plurality of user terminals

Abstract

A data modification system and method for selective insertion of local meta data into an incoming data stream, (110) the incoming data stream having a video data component (114) and a meta data component. The data modification system (100) comprises an incoming data terminal, a local data terminal, and a data modification unit (130) coupled to the incoming data terminal and the local data terminal, wherein the data modification unit (130) is adapted to selectively combine data from the incoming data terminal and the local data terminal. The method comprises receiving a data signal (110), the data signal comprising a first data component (118) and a second data component, (114) separating the first data component from the second data component, determining whether to modify the second data component, (133) retrieving a third data component (142), determining whether to modify the second data component, retrieving a third data component from a database (140), merging the third data component (142) with the first data component (135), and outputting the third data component and the first data component to a distrbution terminal.
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CA002403662A CA2403662A1 (en) 2000-03-31 2001-03-22 System and method for local meta data insertion
ES01964711T ES2381530T3 (en) 2000-03-31 2001-03-22 System and method for inserting local metadata
JP2001573787A JP4961575B2 (en) 2000-03-31 2001-03-22 System and method for regional metadata insertion
AU2001289301A AU2001289301A1 (en) 2000-03-31 2001-03-22 System and method for local meta data insertion
EP01964711A EP1266522B1 (en) 2000-03-31 2001-03-22 System and method for local meta data insertion
AT01964711T ATE546013T1 (en) 2000-03-31 2001-03-22 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSERTING LOCAL METADATA

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