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WO1999013471A1
WO1999013471A1 PCT/US1998/017127 US9817127W WO9913471A1 WO 1999013471 A1 WO1999013471 A1 WO 1999013471A1 US 9817127 W US9817127 W US 9817127W WO 9913471 A1 WO9913471 A1 WO 9913471A1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
    • H04N5/76—Television signal recording
    • H04N5/765—Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
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    • G11B27/10—Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
    • G11B27/19—Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel by using information detectable on the record carrier
    • G11B27/28—Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel by using information detectable on the record carrier by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording
    • G11B27/30—Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel by using information detectable on the record carrier by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording on the same track as the main recording
    • G11B27/3027—Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel by using information detectable on the record carrier by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording on the same track as the main recording used signal is digitally coded
    • G11B27/3036—Time code signal
    • G11B27/3054—Vertical Interval Time code [VITC]
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    • G11B27/00—Editing; Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Monitoring; Measuring tape travel
    • G11B27/10—Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
    • G11B27/19—Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel by using information detectable on the record carrier
    • G11B27/28—Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel by using information detectable on the record carrier by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording
    • G11B27/32—Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel by using information detectable on the record carrier by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording on separate auxiliary tracks of the same or an auxiliary record carrier
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    • G—PHYSICS
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
    • H04N5/76—Television signal recording
    • H04N5/91—Television signal processing therefor
    • H04N5/92—Transformation of the television signal for recording, e.g. modulation, frequency changing; Inverse transformation for playback
    • H04N5/9201—Transformation of the television signal for recording, e.g. modulation, frequency changing; Inverse transformation for playback involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the video signal
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B2220/00—Record carriers by type
    • G11B2220/90—Tape-like record carriers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
    • H04N5/76—Television signal recording
    • H04N5/765—Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
    • H04N5/775—Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
    • H04N5/7755—Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus between a recording apparatus and a television receiver the recorder being connected to, or coupled with, the antenna of the television receiver

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  • This invention relates to video systems, and more particularly, to television program recording systems in which a momentary program label is recorded in addition to a desired television program.
  • Cable, satellite, and broadcast television systems provide viewers with a large number of television channels. Users have traditionally consulted printed television program schedules to determine the programs being broadcast at a particular time. More recently, interactive electronic television program guides have been developed that allow television program information to be displayed on a user's television.
  • Interactive program guides allow the user to navigate through the television program listings using a remote control.
  • television listings are organized in a grid. Each row in the grid contains television program listings for a different channel. The columns in the grid correspond to a series of scheduled broadcast times. The user can scroll up or down to view program listings for different channels or may pan left or right to view information about programs being broadcast at different times .
  • Some interactive program guides allow users to control the operation of a videocassette recorder using program information from the guide. Such interactive program guide systems attempt to ease the difficulties associated with videocassette recorder programming. However, users still find it difficult to keep track of the various programs they record.
  • Some videocassette recorder systems have the ability to store a summary of the programs contained on a given videocassette tape on the tape. These systems can display such on-tape program summaries m tabular formats on the user's television screen.
  • the program summary information for the tape is typically located at the beginning of each tape, which requires the user to rewind the entire tape to access the information.
  • a substantial amount of user interaction is required to record, view, and turn on and off the program summary information.
  • the program information for the program labels may be provided using a data source in a satellite uplink facility.
  • the information may be transmitted by the satellite uplink facility to a television distribution facility such as a cable system headend.
  • the television distribution facility may then distribute the information and television programming signals to user television equipment.
  • One suitable scheme for distributing the program labelling information involves transmitting television programming on cable or satellite television channels and distributing the program information in the vertical blanking interval of one of the channels or on a sideband.
  • User equipment for receiving and processing the television program labelling information may include a set-top box and a videocassette recorder.
  • the set-top box also receives the television programming distributed by the television distribution facility.
  • the set-top box may process television program listings to generate an interactive television program guide grid on the user's display screen if desired.
  • the user can interact with the television program guide by entering commands via a user input interface.
  • An illustrative user input interface is an infrared remote control with cursor keys, a "guide” button and a "record” button.
  • a grid is displayed that contains television program listings.
  • the user can position a highlight region on a desired entry using the cursor keys.
  • the user may depress the record button to direct the set-top box to initiate recording of the program at the proper time. Recording a program in this way causes the set-top box to send a record command over a control line to the videocassette recorder.
  • television program labelling information such as the title of the current program and the current date, time, and channel is generated by the set-top and provided to the videocassette recorder as part of the video output signal from the set-top box.
  • the labelling information for each recorded program is provided momentarily at the beginning of each program so that the labelling information does not interfere with normal viewing of the recorded program when it is played back.
  • This approach is compatible with standard videocassette recorders .
  • the generation and recording of program labels is accomplished directly m a videocassette recorder.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an illustrative system in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of illustrative user television equipment in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a generalized schematic block diagram of portions of the illustrative television equipment of FIG. 2.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 are illustrative program guide display screens in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of illustrative user television equipment in accordance with the present invention in which details of the labelling circuitry are shown.
  • FIG. 7 is an illustrative display screen during the momentary labelling of a selected television program in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 is a flow chart of steps involved in the operation of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 An illustrative system 10 in accordance with the present invention is shown in FIG. 1.
  • Main facility 12 provides data from data source 14 to television distribution facility 16 via communications link 18.
  • Link 18 may be a satellite link, a telephone network link, a cable or fiber optic link, a microwave link, a combination such links, or any other suitable communications path. If it is desired to transmit video signals over link 18 in addition to data signals, a relatively high bandwidth link such as a satellite link may generally be preferable to a relatively low bandwidth link such as a telephone line.
  • Television distribution facility 16 may be a cable system headend, a broadcast distribution facility, or a satellite television distribution facility.
  • the data transmitted by main facility 12 to television distribution facility 16 includes television program listings data (e.g., program times, channels, titles, and descriptions).
  • Television distribution facility 16 distributes the television program listings data to multiple users via communications paths 20. Each user has user television equipment 22 for displaying the television program listings information. Communications paths 20 preferably have sufficient bandwidth to allow television distribution facility 16 to distribute television programming to user television equipment. If desired, television programming may be provided over separate communications paths (not shown) .
  • FIG. 2 An illustrative arrangement for user television equipment 22 is shown in FIG. 2.
  • Television equipment 24 of FIG. 2 receives video and data from television distribution facility 16 (FIG. 1) at input 26.
  • the user tunes set-top box 28 to a desired television channel.
  • the signal for that television channel is then provided at video output 30 either as a radio-frequency (RF) signal on a predefined channel (e.g., channel 3 or 4) or as a demodulated video signal.
  • RF radio-frequency
  • the video signal at output 30 is received by videocassette recorder 32, so that the user may record programs.
  • Program recording and other features may be controlled by set-top box 28 using control path 34.
  • a typical control path 34 involves the use of an infrared transmitter coupled to the infrared receiver in videocassette recorder 32 that normally accepts commands from a remote control such as remote control 40.
  • Remote control 40 may be used to control set-top box 28, videocassette recorder 32, and television 36.
  • Television 36 receives radio-frequency or demodulated video signals from videocassette recorder 32 via communications path 38.
  • the video signals on communications path 38 may either be generated by videocassette recorder 32 when playing back a prerecorded videocassette or may by passed through from set-top box 28.
  • the video signals provided to television 36 correspond to the desired channel to which the user has tuned with set-top box 28.
  • the user may press a "guide" button on remote control 40.
  • set-top box 28 receives commands from remote control 40 that inform set-top box 28 that the guide button has been pressed, processing circuitry within set-top box 28 supplies a grid of program guide information that is displayed on television 36.
  • FIG. 3 A more generalized embodiment of the user television equipment of 24 FIG. 2 is shown in FIG. 3.
  • video and data signals from television distribution facility 16 are received by control circuitry 42 of user television equipment 44.
  • Video signals are typically provided on multiple television channels. Data may be provided by transmission on a television channel sideband in the vertical blanking interval of a television channel, or by any other suitable data transmission technique.
  • the user controls the operation of user television equipment 44 with user input interface 46.
  • User input interface 46 may be a pointing device, wireless remote control, keyboard, touch pad, voice recognition system, or any other suitable user input device.
  • To watch television the user instructs control circuitry 42 to display a desired television channel on monitor 48.
  • To view program guide information the user instructs control circuitry 42 to display a program guide grid on monitor 48.
  • control circuitry 42 may be provided using the set-top box arrangement of FIG. 2. Alternatively, these functions may be integrated nto a television or videocassette recorder arrangement. If desired, a combination of such hardware arrangements may be used.
  • control circuitry 42 When a user indicates a desire to view television program guide information (e.g., by entering a command with user input interface 46) , control circuitry 42 generates a video image of a program guide grid.
  • the information for the program grid may be contained in the data provided to control circuitry 42 from data source 14 (FIG. 1) in main facility 12 (FIG. 1) .
  • This data typically contains several weeks worth of programming information for the program guide.
  • An illustrative program grid 50 is shown in FIG. 4.
  • Program grid 50 has program listings rows 52, 54, 56, and 58.
  • Program listings row 52 contains program listings for programs 1 and 2 on channel 2 (KJRH) during the time slots 3:1 PM, 7:00 PM, and 7:30 PM.
  • Program listings row 54 contains program listings for programs 1 and 2 on channel 3 (HBO), etc.
  • Program grid 50 preferably has movable cell highlight region 66, which highlights the current grid cell.
  • the range of movement of highlight region 66 is typically bounded by column 68 on the left, by program listings time cells 70 on the top, by screen boundary 72 on the right, and by lower screen boundary 74 on the bottom.
  • Time cell 76 may be used to display the current time and date cell 77 may be used to display the current date.
  • the user may position highlight region 66 by entering appropriate commands with user input interface 46.
  • user input interface 46 is a remote control such as remote control 40 of FIG. 2, the user can position highlight region 66 using cursors.
  • FIG. 5 if the user repeatedly moves highlight region 66 until it reaches lower screen boundary 74, further attempts at downward movement cause the program listings to scroll in the vertical direction.
  • program listings rows 54, 56, and 58 have been moved up one position in the grid.
  • a new program listings row 55 is displayed at the bottom of grid 50. Vertical movement of highlight region 66 in the upward direction may be used to scroll the program listings in the opposite direction.
  • highlight region 66 when highlight region 66 is panned in the horizontal direction (i.e., moved to the right or left), the listings move accordingly (i.e., to the left or right respectively) .
  • Various other techniques may also be used to navigate through the program listings .
  • a user may elect to record that program by entering a suitable command with user input interface 46.
  • user input interface 46 is a remote control such as remote control 40 of FIG. 2, the user may press a "record" button on remote control 40 to initiate the recording process for the highlighted program.
  • Selection of a program for recording also initiates the videocassette tape labelling process.
  • An illustrative embodiment of user television equipment based on a set-top box that is suitable for implementing the videocassette tape labelling features of the invention is shown m FIG. 6. These features may also be implemented using hardware that is integrated into a videocassette recorder. If desired, a combination of such hardware arrangements may be used.
  • User television equipment 80 of FIG. 6 includes set-top box 81, videocassette recorder 78, television monitor 75, and remote control 97.
  • Video for television programs and associated program identification (i.e., program listings) data is received from television distributing facility 16 (FIG. 1) at input line 82.
  • Tuner/decoder circuitry 84 provides a demodulated video signal for the television channel to which the viewer is tuned to image generation and mixing circuitry 88 via line 86.
  • Tuner/decoder circuitry 84 also separates the program identification data from the video signals received on input line 82 and provides the program identification data to control circuitry 92 via line 90.
  • the program identification data provided by tuner/decoder 84 may include scheduled broadcast dates, times, channels, and program titles.
  • Control circuitry 92 contains memory 94 to store the program identification data.
  • Set-top box 81 preferably uses the stored program identification data to provide an interactive television program guide.
  • a user may select a program from the interactive program guide to record by pressing a "record” button on remote control 97 after highlighting a desired program in the guide. Pressing "record” causes remote control 97 to send control signals 96 to control circuitry 92 that cause control circuitry 92 to tune tuner/decoder 84 to the appropriate channel for the selected program at the proper time for recording.
  • control signals 96 cause control circuitry 92 to send recording control signals to videocassette recorder 78 via line 93 to direct videocassette recorder 78 to initiate recording at the proper recording time.
  • control circuitry 92 generates labelling information for the program being recorded. This labelling information is provided to image generating and mixing circuitry 88 via line 98.
  • the labelling information from control circuitry 92 is converted to text and/or graphics using image generation and character generation circuitry.
  • the labelling information is then superimposed onto the video signal of the program being recorded that is supplied by tuner/decoder circuitry 84.
  • a combined video signal made up of the video signal for the recorded program and its associated label (e.g., its channel, title, broadcast time, date, etc.) is provided to videocassette recorder 78 for recording via line 99.
  • the program label is preferably provided only momentarily (usually for 2-20 seconds) at the start of the program.
  • the time for which the program labelling information is displayed may be controlled by a timer such as timer 95 in control circuitry 92, which may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software.
  • control circuitry 92 can control the length of time for which the program labelling information is superimposed on top of the television program provided to videocassette recorder 78 is for control circuitry 92 to provide the program labelling information on line 98 for only the desired length of time.
  • image generation and mixing circuitry 88 ceases to overlay the label on top of the program being recorded.
  • control circuitry 92 can control the length of time for which the program labelling information is superimposed on top of the television program being provided is to provide suitable control signals to image generation and mixing circuitry 88 that direct image generation and mixing circuitry 88 to handle the timing associated with overlaying the labelling information on the video signal for the selected television program.
  • the momentary labels allow a user to readily identify recorded programs, but do not become an unwanted visual distraction on the user' s display. Labelling is initiated each time a separate event is recorded, so that labels are interspersed throughout the videocassette tape on which the combined video and labelling signal is recorded. As a result, a user need not rewind to the beginning of a videocassette tape to view the labelling information. Moreover, because the labelling information is provided as part of the combined video signal on line 99, program labels are recorded on videocassette tapes ust like regular video signals. This allows the recorded labels to be viewed on any standard videocassette recorder during playback. The user is therefore not restricted to using the equipment with which the labels were originally recorded.
  • FIG. 7 shows a television monitor display screen 110 on which an illustrative program label is displayed.
  • the label may include identifiers such as character strings forming the words "TIME:" 112,
  • the time 122, date 124, channel 128, and title 126 of the recorded program 120 are displayed adjacent to their corresponding identifiers. This labelling information is typically displayed at the beginning of each recorded program for 2-20 seconds. This length of display time allows the user to extract the useful label information while not interfering with the viewing of the remainder of the programs.
  • the labelling information shown in the illustrative example of FIG. 7 includes time, date, channel, and title information, various other types of information may be extracted from the program identification data stored m memory 94 if desired.
  • tuner/decoder 84 control circuitry 92, and image generation and mixing circuitry 88 of FIG. 6 may be incorporated into a videocassette recorder.
  • Steps involved in creating a program label are set forth m FIG. 8.
  • program identif cation data e.g., broadcast times, channels, dates, titles, etc.
  • tuner/decoder 84 FIG. 6
  • control circuitry 92 FIG. 6
  • the user may press the "guide" button on the remote, which causes set-top box 81 of FIG. 6 to display program schedule grid 50 (FIG. 4) on monitor 75 (FIG. 6) at step 134.
  • the user may scroll, pan, or otherwise navigate through the displayed television program listings (e.g., using a user interface such as a remote control) .
  • the user selects a given program to record (e.g., by positioning highlight region 66 (FIG. 4) on a selected desired program) .
  • a text or other suitable label is generated by image generation and mixing circuitry 88 for the selected program based on the labelling information for that program that is received from control circuitry 92.
  • videocassette recorder 78 is activated during step 137.
  • Videocassette recorder 78 may be directed to begin recording by providing control signals with control circuitry 92 to videocassette recorder 78 over control line 93 at the time when program recording is to start.
  • videocassette recorder 78 may be directed to record a program by programming videocassette recorder 78 to start at a given time by providing appropriate set-up commands over control line 93 m advance. In either case, program recording and momentarily program labelling are automatically activated at the appropriate time without human intervention. The videocassette recorder simultaneously records both the label and the selected program during step 137. At step 138, recording ceases.
  • Control circuitry 92 may then determine which labelling information is appropriate to provide to image generation and mixing circuitry 88 based on the start time chosen for recording.
  • the program labelling features of the present invention may be used to label television recordings that are longer or shorter than a single television program.
  • television program encompasses television program segments that are longer or shorter than a single television program.
  • program identification data may be provided over a data network such as the Internet.

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L'invention concerne un système qui permet d'inscrire sur des vidéocassettes des informations concernant les émissions. Le système d'étiquetage affiche une grille de programmes sur l'écran de télévision d'un utilisateur. La grille présente, en lignes, des listes d'émissions de télévision pour les différents canaux. Les colonnes de la grille sont associées à l'heure de début des différentes émissions du programme. L'utilisateur peut enregistrer l'une des émissions en positionnant une zone de surbrillance sur une émission et en appuyant sur la touche appropriée d'une télécommande. Quand le système reçoit une commande émise par la télécommande, il enregistre des informations sur l'émission sous la forme d'une étiquette en même temps qu'il enregistre l'émission. L'étiquette de l'émission est enregistrée au début de chaque émission enregistrée sur une bande magnétique. Elle peut comporter des informations telles qu'heure de diffusion de l'émission, canal, date, titre, etc.
PCT/US1998/017127 1997-09-05 1998-08-19 Systeme permettant d'inscrire sur des videocassettes des informations concernant les emissions Ceased WO1999013471A1 (fr)

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