Apparatus and method for processing an interactive service

US9071663B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9071663-B2
Application numberUS-201313972673-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateAug 21, 2013
Priority dateAug 22, 2012
Publication dateJun 30, 2015
Grant dateJun 30, 2015

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A method of processing an interactive service and an apparatus thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving uncompressed audio contents or uncompressed video contents from an external decoding unit, extracting an identifier of a frame from the received content, sending a request containing the identifier to a server and receiving a trigger for the content from the server based on the request, wherein the trigger indicates the current time of the contents and references a particular interactive event in an application parameter table or signals that the event is to be executed now or at a specified future time and the application parameter table includes information about at least one of applications.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method of processing an interactive service at a receiver, the method comprising: receiving an uncompressed audio content or an uncompressed video content from an external decoding unit; generating signatures of frames of the received content periodically; sending requests containing the signatures of the frames to an ACR (Auto Content Recognition) server to identify the uncompressed content currently being viewed, wherein the frames represented by the…

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What does patent US9071663B2 cover?
A method of processing an interactive service and an apparatus thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving uncompressed audio contents or uncompressed video contents from an external decoding unit, extracting an identifier of a frame from the received content, sending a request containing the identifier to a server and receiving a trigger for the content from the server base…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Lg Electronics Inc
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04N21/4307. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jun 30 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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