Constraining availability of real time and non-real time content to locality of associated real time broadcast
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorPETER SHINTANI
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Abstract
A source of television programming sends the TV programming into a geographic region. The source also sends enhanced programming for transmission. The enhanced signals result in transforming 2D video in the TV programming signals into 3D signals and/or replacing 2D video in the TV programming signals with 3D video. The enhanced programming is tied to the TV programming signals to limit useful display of the enhanced programming to the geographic region.
Claims21
Audio video device (AVD) comprising:
- processor configured for controlling a video display, the video display configured for presenting demanded images under control of the processor;
- computer readable storage medium bearing instructions executable by the processor to:
- receive a real time broadcast program in a channel;
- receive at least a first token embedded within the program;
- responsive to receiving the first token, present a prompt on the display for a viewer to acknowledge the first token;
- receive a viewer acknowledgement of the first token;
- send the viewer acknowledgement to a program source;
- in response to the viewer acknowledgement being received by the program source, receive back from the source in the channel in which the real time broadcast program was received augmented programming, the augmented programming including at least video content presentable on the video display;
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- present on the display of the AVD the augmented programming in lieu of the real time broadcast program, whereby by virtue of returning an acknowledgement to the first token carried in the real time broadcast program in the channel, a viewer's presence in a geographic area approved for augmented programming is assured.
Method comprising:
- providing real time audio video (AV) content on a channel to a first device;
- providing, to the first device while providing the real time AV content, plural enhanced content tokens in the AV content on the channel at periodic intervals;
- ensuring that distribution of enhanced content associated with the AV content is only observable on the first device once enough AV content has been provided to the first device to also provide at least two tokens separated by at least one periodic interval, wherein the ensuring includes providing the enhanced content in the channel to the first device responsive to receiving a transmission from the first device, the transmission containing at least one piece of information from each of the at least two tokens.
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Source of real time programming sending real time audio video (AV) programming into a first geographic region, comprising:
- processor;
- transmitter configured for receiving AV programming signals from the processor and sending the signals into the first geographic region;
- wherein the processor also is configured for sending enhanced programming signals of video content to the transmitter, the enhanced programming signals useful for replacing 2D video from the AV programming signals with 3D video,
- the processor configured for associating the enhanced programming signals with the AV programming signals to limit, on a device receiving both the AV programming signals and the enhanced programming signals, useful display of the 3D video on the device to the first geographic region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.