Methods and systems for mass customization of digital television broadcasts in DASE environments

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6925649
APP PUB NO 20020144261A1
SERIAL NO

09823863

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Methods and systems for the mass customization of Digital Television broadcasts through the broadcasting of commercials in the form of software applications. Ad-applications are injected into various sub-streams of the transport stream and received in a dormant state by the client-side set-top box. When a commercial is to be shown, a broadcaster broadcasts a generic time-stamped trigger to a dispatching application that performs a keyword matching algorithm to decide which ad-application among those received at the receiver is to be executed. The dispatching application uses the results of the latter comparison to decide which specific dormant ad-application to route to; it then converts the generic trigger into a chosen-ad trigger that is routed to the chosen ad-application. Upon receipt of the chosen-ad trigger, the chosen ad-application executes, thereby displaying an ad customized to the individual viewer's interests.

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SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA INCCAMAS WA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chen, Lee M Irvine, CA 2 77
Schwalb, Eddie M Irvine, CA 7 413

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