TWI225751B - The present provides a device and method for inserting an announcement message - Google Patents

Abstract

The device is applied to insert an announcement window contained an announcement message into a video. The device comprises a window locator module and a message source module. The window locator is for determining location of the announcement window on the video acceding to location information. The message source module is for displaying/hiding the announcement window based on a window event and receiving the announcement message from a message server.

Description

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V. Description of the invention (1) The technical field to which the invention belongs The present invention relates to a device for inserting information. The present invention relates to a method of inserting a plant containing a revealing message into a video program, especially a local cable television system. Often, when the third channel provided by the channel provider obtains additional segments, the system broadcasts the disclosure. In the current advertisement, the revealing information is the advertisement information) to replace too. ^ = Most cases: advertisement information. Such an approach would cause conflicts of interest among businessmen to be broadcasted during the economic and economic period. Therefore: Under the company and channel, there is a need for a method. The situation of Shanghai Yun / Yanyang and the system company want to broadcast 丨 0 g _b / The advertising information broadcast by the service provider ’s advertising information can “coexist”. method. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The main purpose of the present invention is to provide and method without replacing: two kinds of devices for broadcasting and revealing information are co-existing. 牛牛 # # 赝 口 贝 讯, while A 卩 V plays two different information Source information. The present invention is based on the above-mentioned object and method, and is used to insert a broadcast message containing a broadcast message 1225751 in a device that broadcasts a broadcast message 5. The disclosure message window of the invention description (2). Among them, the device for inserting the disclosure information receives the audio-visual program with the corresponding channel code through the audio-visual interface, and receives the disclosure information through the network interface. The device for inserting and revealing messages includes at least a location determining module and a message source module. The position determining module is used to determine the position of the disclosure window in the audiovisual program according to the position defined by a position information. The message source module is used to display / hide the reveal message window based on the message window event, and the message server obtains the reveal message in the reveal message window. The advantages and spirit of the present invention can be further understood through the following detailed description of the invention and the accompanying drawings. Implementation method Please refer to FIG. 1 ′. FIG. 丨 is a schematic diagram of a system composed of a device and a message server for inserting and revealing information in the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1%, the device for inserting and revealing information in the present invention i 〇 mainly includes a determination module 12, a message source module 14, a disclosure message window database, 6, a network interface 28, and an audio / video interface 30. As for the location selection and channel monitoring module 2 6 will be introduced separately later. The location determining module 12 in the device 10 for inserting the disclosed information is based on

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V. Description of the invention (3) The location information provided by the information window database 16 is disclosed, and the location of the information window 34 which contains the disclosure information is determined in the video program 32. The message source module 14 displays or hides the disclosed message window 34 based on the message window event, and the message server 22 obtains the disclosed message in the disclosed message window 34. The disclosure window database 16 provides the disclosure window information including the position information and the length and width of the disclosure window 34 as described above. The network interface 28 is used to receive the disclosure information in the disclosure message tunnel 34. The audio and video interface 30 is used to receive audio and video programs, and output the audio and video programs 32 including the disclosure message window 34. As shown in FIG. 1, the disclosure information window 34 in the audiovisual program 32 is superimposed on the audiovisual program 32, and the disclosure information in the disclosure information window 34 is obtained from the information server 22. It is played in synchronization with the content of the audiovisual program 32. In general, the size of the disclosure message window 34 does not occupy the picture of the audiovisual program 32. Therefore, it is in this way that the present invention simultaneously broadcasts the information of two different information sources in a coexistent manner by not replacing the audiovisual program 32 of the channel vendor, thereby avoiding affecting the rights and interests of the channel vendor too much. Next, the interaction between the device 10 for inserting and revealing information and the user 20 will be further explained below. When the user 20 wants to determine the position of the message window 34 in the audiovisual program μ, the user 20 needs to determine the position through Menu 18 selects one of the display window database 16 containing the location information.

Page 7 1225751 V. Description of the invention (4) Reveal the message window information. In order to allow the user 20 to have a variety of choices, a plurality of revealing message window information can be stored in the message window database 16 series. The position determination menu 18 can also receive the position information input by the user 20 and the length and width of the disclosure window 34, and it is not necessary to select from the disclosure window database 16. In addition, the device for inserting and revealing information of the present invention 丨 〇 may not have the information window database 16 and the location determination menu 18. The device for inserting and revealing information 1 〇 will be provided with a fixed location information module 2 The length and width of the message window 34 or the position information and the length and width of the message window 34 are automatically adjusted according to the content of the disclosed message. Next, the interaction between the device 10 for inserting and revealing messages and the message server 22 will be further described below. The device for inserting and revealing the information 1 through the module 14 is based on the message window event, and the information is transmitted by the message server 22, and then, inserts the video interface 30 and sends the reconstructed division head 32 to the video display installation instructions Three different types of display window events. Display or hide the reveal message window 34 through the information source shown in FIG. 1 to obtain the reveal message window 34. The device for broadcasting the reveal message 10 retransmits the display of the audio and video settings (not depicted in green) containing the reveal message window 34. The message in the message window 34 will be hidden or hidden under the message server before the message window event is explained.

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音 g " Judgment unit 24. The advertisement judging unit 24 is used for judging the advertisement start time and the advertisement end point of the advertisement period in the movie ^ I, and two of the message window events are related to the advertisement start time introduction and announcement end time point. At the bottom, first of all, the report window event associated with the judgment unit 24, the introduction of $ introduction and the humanization of the message that is not associated with the advertisement judgment unit 24, and the device for inserting and revealing the information 10 can obtain the user 20 You can use this personalized information to synchronize and play a reminder message that matches f Γ (in most cases) by revealing the message window 34 when you enter the video program 32 in the video program 32. For advertising information). User 20f A type of message window event is to prevent the interruption of watching the audiovisual program 32 'at the beginning, and the advertisement of the audiovisual program 32 is opened ^, and the revealing message window 34 is displayed. Another ^: in the audiovisual program 32. The end time point is to hide the message window that reveals the message window. The message window event of the 20th member? Is to provide assistance to the user. It is only for specific channels. In order to generate such a message window event, the channel monitoring module 26 shown in FIG. 1 is required. The channel supervisor j group 26 is used to receive the channel code input by the user 20. Then, when the channel monitoring module 26 receives this channel code, it will start monitoring the audiovisual program 32 corresponding to the channel code. When the Channel Supervisor

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The control module 26 uses the message server 22 including the advertisement judging unit 24 to learn that when the monitored video program 32 enters the advertisement end time point, the channel monitoring module 26 triggers a message window event, and displays a revealing message in the video program 32 Window 34. At this time, the disclosure information provided by the disclosure message window 34 contains at least a message that the advertising period of the audio program corresponding to the channel code and the channel code has ended. In contrast, this second type of message window event has two message window events that hide the message window 34. In the first type of message event, after the flood monitoring window event is triggered by the channel monitoring module 26, the message window is automatically hidden and revealed after a predetermined time. In addition, after the channel monitoring module 26 triggers the message window event, the user 20 sends a hide command through the message window 34 to hide the message window 34. Finally, 'the third type of message window event which is not related to the advertisement judging unit 24 is introduced. In such a message window event, when the user 20 starts the visual control adjustment function (On-sree [1 display, OSD) ', the revealing message window 34 is displayed in the audiovisual program 32 synchronously. In contrast to the third type of message window event, when the visual control adjustment function is turned off, the reveal message window 34 is hidden. With the detailed description of the above preferred embodiments, it is hoped that the features and spirit of the present invention may be described more clearly, rather than the above

Page 10 1225751 V. Description of the invention (7) The preferred embodiments disclosed will limit the scope of the present invention. On the contrary, the purpose is to cover various changes and equivalent arrangements within the scope of the patent scope of the present invention.

Page 11 1225751 Brief description of the drawings Brief description of the drawings Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a system consisting of a device and a message server for inserting and revealing information according to the present invention. Description of the graphical symbols 1 0 Device for inserting and revealing messages 1 4 Source module 1 8 Determine location menu 2 2 Message server 2 6 Channel monitoring module 3 0 Video interface 3 4 Reveal message window 1 2 Determine location module 1 6 Reveal the message window database 2 0 user 24 advertisement judging unit 2 8 network interface 3 2 video print

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Claims (1)

1225751 6. Scope of patent application 1. A device for inserting and revealing information is used for playing a video program. The video program has a corresponding channel code. The device includes at least: a location determining module, the The location determining module is used to determine the location of an revealing message window containing an revealing message in the video program based on the location defined by the location information; and a source module, the source module is used to An information window event to display / hide the disclosed information window, and an information server to obtain the disclosed information in the disclosed information window; wherein the disclosed information window is superimposed on the video program, and The revealing message in the window is played in synchronization with the video program. 2. The device for inserting disclosure information as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, further comprising: a disclosure information window database, the disclosure information window database is used to store a plurality of disclosure information window information, and the disclosure information window information At least the length and width of the location information and the disclosure window are defined. 1225751 VI. Patent application scope 3. The device for inserting and revealing information as described in item 2 of the patent application scope, wherein the location information is a user selecting one of the information window database from a location information menu through a location determination menu. The location information is defined by the disclosed message window information. 4. The device for inserting and revealing information as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, further comprising: a network interface for receiving the disclosure message 3. The inserting as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application The device for revealing information further includes: an audio-visual interface, which is used for receiving the audio-visual program and outputting the audio-visual program containing the disclosure message window. 3. The device for inserting and revealing information as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the message server further includes: two advertisement judging units, which are used for judging the start of one of the advertisements in an advertising period in the audiovisual program Time point-advertisement end time point "as described in item 6 of the scope of patent application 1225751 6. The scope of patent application is 3 sets, in which the information window event is the display information window at the start time of the video advertisement. The 8: Jin Rushen Λ Patent Fan Λ described in item 6 of the intervening revealing clothes from the message ', where the message_event is at the end time of the advertisement of the audio-visual program 2, hide the revealing message window. Purpose: 9. The interstitial disclosure device described in item 丨 of the scope of patent application, wherein the message window event is when the user activates: the adjustment function (On-sreen display, 0SD) ′ See the control disclosure window. 10. Do not read 10. The device for inserting and revealing information from as described in item 9 of the scope of patent application, wherein the message window event is to hide the revealing message window when the visual control surface can be closed. Gong Gong 11, the device disclosed in the sixth item of the patent scope of Shenyan, further includes: a channel monitoring module, which is used to receive ~ the channel code input by the user, Monitoring the channel: The corresponding audiovisual program. When the monitored audiovisual program reaches the end time point of I f σ, the channel monitoring module triggers the heart-fixing event and displays the revealing message window. Reveal W5751 The scope of the 1-read patent scope and the information provided by the window contains at least the message that the advertising period of the audio-visual program corresponding to the channel's Shima reading channel code has ended. 2 9 Ν, the device for inserting and revealing a disclosure message as described in item 11 of the scope of patent application, wherein the disclosure window is automatically hidden after a predetermined time after the channel monitoring module triggers the message window event. 1 3. The device for inserting and revealing information as described in item 11 of the scope of patent application, wherein after the channel monitoring module triggers the message window event, a user hides the revealing information window through the revealing information window. [Abstract] A method for inserting and revealing information is applied to the broadcasting of an audiovisual program, which has a corresponding channel code. The method includes at least the following steps: A decision is made to include a disclosure message according to a location defined by location information. The position of a revealing message window in the video program; and displaying / hiding the revealing message window based on a message window event, ^ a flood information server obtains the revealing message in the revealing message window, wherein, the The reveal message window is superimposed on the video program ^, and the reveal message window and the movie in the reveal message window 1225751 VI. Scope of Patent Application Audio programs are played simultaneously. 15. The method for inserting disclosed information as described in item 14 of the scope of patent application, further comprising: providing a database of disclosed information windows and storing a plurality of information of the disclosed information windows, the information of the disclosed information windows defining at least the position The length and width of the message and the reveal window. 16. The method for inserting a disclosure message as described in item 15 of the scope of patent application, wherein the location information is a disclosure selected by the user from a database of the disclosure window through a location determination menu The location information defined by the message window information. 17. The method for inserting a disclosure message as described in item 14 of the scope of patent application, further comprising: providing the network interface to receive the disclosure message. 18. The method for inserting and revealing a disclosure message as described in item 14 of the scope of patent application, further comprising: providing an audiovisual interface to receive the audiovisual program, and outputting the audiovisual program including the disclosure message window. Page 171225751 VI. Patent application scope 19 9. The method for inserting and revealing information as described in item 14 of the patent application scope, wherein the message server further includes: an advertisement judgment unit, the advertisement judgment unit is used to judge An advertisement start time point and an advertisement end time point of an advertisement period in the video program. 20. The method for inserting and revealing a disclosure message as described in item 19 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the information window event is to display the disclosure message window at the advertisement start time of the video program. 2 1. The method for inserting and revealing a disclosure message as described in item 19 of the scope of patent application, wherein the information window event is to hide the disclosure message window at the end time of the advertisement of the video program. 2 2. The method for inserting and revealing a disclosure message as described in item 14 of the scope of patent application, wherein the message window event is that when the user activates an on-sreen display (OSD) function, the disclosure message window is displayed . 2 3. The method for inserting and revealing a disclosure message as described in item 22 of the scope of patent application, wherein the message window event is to hide the disclosure message window when the visual control adjustment function is turned off. 1225751 VI. Patent application scope 24. The method for inserting and revealing information as described in item 19 of the patent application scope further includes: receiving a channel code input by a user, and monitoring the video and audio corresponding to the channel code Program. When the monitored audiovisual program enters the advertisement end time point, the message window event is triggered and the reveal message window is displayed. At this time, the reveal message provided by the reveal message window contains at least the channel code and the channel. A message corresponding to the end of the advertising period of the video program corresponding to the code. 25. The method for inserting a disclosure message as described in item 24 of the scope of patent application, wherein after the event of the message window is triggered, the disclosure message window is automatically hidden after a predetermined time. 26. The method for inserting a disclosure message as described in item 24 of the scope of patent application, wherein after the event of the message window is triggered, a user sends a hide command through the message window to hide the message window. Page 19