Interactive broadcast system and method
AssigneeShay Bushinsky
InventorShay Bushinsky
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method for providing interactive broadcasting of a video or TV content wherein users viewing the interactive broadcast content received from a broadcasting service by means of transceiver and display means are able to provide feedbacks relating to said video or TV content any time during said interactive broadcast of said content by means of input means coupled to the transceiver means, said broadcasting service comprises processing means capable of: i) continuously identifying and marking in the broadcasted content one or more key features which may change from time to time; and ii) processing users feedbacks received from the transceiver means and provide indications concerning the feedbacks and events related to the marked key features.
Claims16
A system for providing an interactive broadcast of a video or TV content wherein users are able to provide feedbacks relating to said video or TV content any time during said interactive broadcast, comprising:
- a broadcasting service for broadcasting said content, said broadcasting service comprises processing means capable of:
- i) continuously identifying and marking in said content one or more key features which may change from time to time;
- and ii) processing feedbacks received from said users;
- transceiver means for receiving the content comprising marked key features broadcasted by said broadcasting service, and for receiving said feedbacks from said users and transmitting the same to said broadcasting service for processing, wherein said transceiver means is adapted to display said content by means of display means;
- one or more input devices for enabling said users to provide said feedbacks by selecting marked key features displayed in said display means.
A method for providing an interactive broadcast of TV or video content to a viewer employing a broadcasting service, and transceiver means coupled to display means for displaying said content and coupled to input means for receiving feedbacks related to displayed content from users, comprising:
- continuously identifying and marking in said content one or more key features which may change from time to time;
- transmitting from said broadcasting service said content comprising marked key features;
- receiving in said transceiver means said content comprising marked key features and displaying the same in said display means;
- receiving feedbacks from users via said input means and transmitting the same to said broadcasting service;
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- comparing said users feedbacks to events related to said key features and providing said transceiver means indications whether said feedbacks match or did not match said events related to said key features.
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