US 2002/0120940 A1 · Method and apparatus compilation of an interpretative language for interactive television

Abstract

A method and apparatus for extracting and compiling an interpretative language to implement functions such as those written as a script embedded in a HTML page in an interactive television environment. HTML pages are are received from both broadcast and online. The compiler runs on a server. The compiled scripts run faster and require less processing power to execute. The compiler runs on a server. The scripts are extracted from HTML representing content stored at the server. The compiled script code is then transmitted from the server to a client device, through broadcast or online, for execution during content display at the client device. The compiled scripts run faster, require less processing power to execute, and run on client devices that do not have the interpreter for that language.

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Dependent claims

A computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to:

receive a HTML page containing at least one script from a service provider at a server;
extract the script from the HTML page in a filter;
compile the script into a client compatible code for execution at a client device;
transmit the compiled script to the client device;
and
execute the compiled script at the client device.

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Facts

Application

10/061,902Filed 1 Feb 2002

Priority

2 Feb 2001

Published

29 Aug 2002

Term ends

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Classification6 codes

G06F 8/41
Transformation of program code: compilation
H04N 21/84
Generation or processing of protective or descriptive data associated with content; Content structuring: generation or processing of descriptive…
H04N 21/8543
Content authoring: using a description language, e.g. Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group [MHEG], eXtensible Markup Language…
H04N 21/8545
Content authoring: for generating interactive applications

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Method and apparatus compilation of an interpretative language for interactive television

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Method and apparatus compilation of an interpretative language for interactive television

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Abstract

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