WO2001099416A3 - System and method for formulating, delivering and managing data concerning programming content and portions thereof - Google Patents

System and method for formulating, delivering and managing data concerning programming content and portions thereof Download PDF

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WO2001099416A3
WO2001099416A3 PCT/US2001/017131 US0117131W WO0199416A3 WO 2001099416 A3 WO2001099416 A3 WO 2001099416A3 US 0117131 W US0117131 W US 0117131W WO 0199416 A3 WO0199416 A3 WO 0199416A3
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George A Durden
John R Stefanik
Scott R Swix
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Bellsouth Intellect Pty Corp
George A Durden
John R Stefanik
Scott R Swix
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Priority to EP01937760A priority Critical patent/EP1461943A2/en
Priority to AU2001263464A priority patent/AU2001263464A1/en
Priority to CA002413779A priority patent/CA2413779A1/en
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Abstract

This document discloses systems and methods for enabling viewers to control and manage the presentation of programs based on specified types of rating categories and content attributes that the viewer desires not to be presented. The invention provides program data corresponding to each program. The data contains (1) time-varying information related to the content of discrete portions of the television program and, optionally, (2) corresponding data controlling the presentation of that content. By way of example, the program data includes rating and content attribute values as well as control data indicating to which media component the value applies or instructions corresponding to the ways in which each portion of the program may be disabled, modified, replaced, and / or edited. A set top box or other configured consumer electronics device combines the program data with data input by the user concerning the programming the user desires to disable. Based on the program data and the viewer's presentation profile, the consumer electronic device controls whether and/or how each applicable portion or component of programming is presented to the viewer.
PCT/US2001/017131 2000-06-21 2001-05-24 System and method for formulating, delivering and managing data concerning programming content and portions thereof WO2001099416A2 (en)

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EP01937760A EP1461943A2 (en) 2000-06-21 2001-05-24 System and method for formulating, delivering and managing data concerning programming content and portions thereof
AU2001263464A AU2001263464A1 (en) 2000-06-21 2001-05-24 System and method for formulating, delivering and managing data concerning programming content and portions thereof
CA002413779A CA2413779A1 (en) 2000-06-21 2001-05-24 System and method for formulating, delivering and managing data concerning programming content and portions thereof

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US21305800P 2000-06-21 2000-06-21
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US21452900P 2000-06-27 2000-06-27
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US23118000P 2000-09-07 2000-09-07
US60/231,180 2000-09-07
US09/751,809 US20040261099A1 (en) 2000-06-21 2000-12-29 Method for formulating, delivering and managing data concerning programming content and portions thereof
US09/751,702 US7380258B2 (en) 2000-06-21 2000-12-29 Systems and methods for controlling and managing programming content and portions thereof
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