System and method for downstream application and control electronic billboard system
August 24, 2015. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesMethod and system for subscription television billing and access Remote programming of CATV channel authorization unit Video information delivery method and apparatus System for securely providing restricted video information Embedded commericals within a television receiver using an integrated electronic billboard Television displays having selected inserted indicia Electronic display system Stabilizing estimate of location of target region inferred from tracked multiple landmark regions of a video image System for implanting an image into a video stream Patent #: 5491517 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 518657 filed on 08/24/1995US Classes:348/578, Special effects348/589, Including insertion of characters or graphics (e.g., titles)725/32, PROGRAM, MESSAGE, OR COMMERCIAL INSERTION OR SUBSTITUTION725/36Insertion of local commercial or local program at headend or network affiliateExaminersPrimary: Metjahic, SafetAssistant: Grant, Chris Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassH04N 005/262AbstractA system and method are disclosed for authorizing, controlling, and monitoring the insertion of advertising indicia and other video images into a broadcast video stream by an Electronic Billboard system operated at a location remote from a video program origination location. The disclosed control means will be implemented in the form of a user key which is presupplied to an operator of the remote Electronic Billboard system, a broadcast key supplied to that operator at or near the time of transmission of the broadcast video stream, and a verification means operated in conjunction with the remote Electronic Billboard system to verify that those keys correspond to a predetermined criteria. Upon such verification, the remote Electronic Billboard system is enabled to operate on the broadcast video stream. The control means may also be applied for maintaining the integrity of either or both the products being advertised and the event being broadcast. | |
