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|May 12, 1998
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|Jul 16, 1996
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|Mar 14, 1995
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|Susan Davies, Gloria E. Davy
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|U S West Technologies, Inc.
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|Patent Citations (4), Non-Patent Citations (4), Referenced by (80), Classifications (20), Legal Events (8)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/404,010, filed Mar. 14, 1995, now abandoned.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to the field of telephony. More particularly, the invention relates to automated voice messaging systems. In still greater particularity, the invention relates to a user interface for a visual voice messaging system. By way of further characterization, but not by way of limitation thereto, the invention displays a single visual voice message on a screen along with various options related to that message.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Telephone subscribers have long desired to have a means to receive all calls made to them. As a result, answering services and the like have existed for a number of years. Historically, these answering services have focused on business as opposed to residential telephone users. While suited for their intended purpose, such answering services were also limited in that the caller could only leave a brief message to be written down by the answering service. Thus, the personal touch of hearing a "familiar" voice was lost. Similarly, the inflection or intonation indicating emotions such as anger, love, etc. cannot be communicated. In addition, the accuracy of the message was directly related to the conscientiousness of the answering service. Finally, because the message had to be left with another person, there was no privacy.
Subsequent to the establishment of answering services, answering machines were introduced. These machines allowed an incoming caller to record a message which could be left for the telephone subscriber. Such systems overcame the privacy limitations of the answering services. However, answering machines were subject to equipment breakdown and were expensive, requiring a machine for each telephone number. In a business setting, this could be prohibitively expensive. Finally, in either a business or residential setting, aesthetics require that the answering machine be hidden or at least partially concealed. Problems with equipment failure and subsequent repair as well as cost limited the usefulness of these answering machines. In addition, these answering machines do not answer when the telephone line is busy and thus the caller cannot leave a message. Also, these machines are limited in that the owner/user cannot selectively erase and save messages. Thus, while suited for their intended purpose, such machines were limited by the above factors.
In recent years, voice messaging systems have become available. Such systems have the same advantages of an answering machine, but do not require a separate piece of equipment. The equipment to provide the voice messaging system is owned by the provider of the service. Both the subscriber to the service and all callers making calls to that subscriber may leave messages on the system. The subscriber may access the system from remote locations, which in the case of answering machines, is not always possible. In addition, voice messaging systems allow the caller to leave a message when the called line is busy and allow the user to selectively save or erase messages. Thus, voice messaging systems allow a user to enjoy the advantages of an answering machine without the stated limitations and associated disadvantages of acquiring, repairing and otherwise maintaining an answering machine. In addition, more options and features are available on voice messaging systems. Because of this, voice messaging systems have become popular.
One limitation of the voice messaging systems has been that many of them are complicated to operate for the subscriber and thus, may helpful options are not utilized. That is, the user interacts with the voice messaging system through a touch-tone phone and, if the interaction is difficult, many subscribers will not be able to interact effectively. Subscribers encountering difficulty will either not subscribe to the system initially, or, if they do subscribe, they will discontinue the service. Thus, it is critical that a voice messaging system be easy to understand and use to allow a user to acquire all of the information desired. While being easy to use, the system must also be sufficiently sophisticated such that the subscriber can obtain all of the necessary message information and utilize available customization options to make the system useful.
Over the last few years Caller Identification Systems have been developed. These Caller ID services allow the called party to view the name and or telephone number of the party initiating the call. Screenphones or displays attached to conventional phones are used to provide the name/number information. In an effort to make voice messaging more "user friendly", visual voice messaging systems have been developed. These systems utilize customer premises equipment (CPE) such as screenphones (e.g. caller ID) to display information associated with the voice mail message as well displaying the functions which are used to manipulate (save, erase etc.) a message. By displaying these functions visually, the use of these functions is facilitated and the user is not required to memorize the function key location on a DTMF (Dual Tone Multi-Frequency) keypad or to consult a user guide which may be lost or unavailable.
Existing visual voice messaging systems, while suited for their intended purpose, are limited in that these systems display the entire list of messages on the screen requiring relatively large screens. For example, screen sizes of 18 lines high and 40 characters in width are often used. Some systems may even utilize television screens. However, many manufacturers and consumers desire to utilize smaller screen sizes such as 8 lines by 20 characters. If the smaller screen is used, the entire space on the screen would occupied by this list of messages. There would be little or no space for information about each message such as date, time etc. In order to obtain this information a user would be required to scroll to different screens and then scroll back to the first screen for the next message. Because this information would not be readily available to the user, the user may experience difficulty and delay in trying to sort her messages based upon such information. Thus, for screen phones utilizing these smaller screens it would be desirable to have an interface which allows the user to easily obtain information on each message without the requirement of scrolling to additional screens.
The invention is a user interface between a user and customer premises equipment (CPE) such as a screenphone. The interface includes a message display format as well as a method and instructions for performing various operations or functions on the messages. The messages are displayed one at a time on the screen including all of the indicia associated with that message such as the date, time of the message as well as the name and phone number of the party leaving the message. By displaying this information along with the message in a small screen environment the user is able to easily and quickly sort messages without being required to scroll to additional screens to obtain the information.
The interface includes soft keys adjacent to the screen display with various functions associated with the keys. Because the messages are displayed one to a screen these functions may be used to quickly and easily sort through the message inventory thus avoiding the confusion associated with viewing a number of messages on the same screen. This, in effect, allows the user to randomly access and listen to messages by viewing the indicia associated with each message and, based upon that criteria, to save, replay or erase the message without the requirement of listening to the entire message.
FIG. 1 illustrates a visual voice messaging system architecture;
FIG. 2 illustrates the display screen and hard and soft keys on a screenphone;
FIG. 3 illustrates a display screen as first viewed by a user;
FIG. 4 illustrates a display screen indicating the number of new messages;
FIG. 5 illustrates a display screen showing indicia associated with one message;
FIG. 6 illustrates a display screen associated with a "heard" message;
FIG. 7 illustrates a display screen associated with a "saved" message;
FIG. 8 illustrates a display screen shown after the user has pressed "listen";
FIG. 9 illustrates a display screen showing additional soft key options associated with playback;
FIG. 10 illustrates a display screen after the user has selected "playall"; and
FIG. 11 illustrates a display screen after playback of all messages selected by "playall".
Reference is now made to the drawing figures wherein like reference numerals denote like elements throughout each of the various figures. Referring to FIG. 1, a system architecture is shown which includes customer premises equipment (CPE) such as screen phone 11 which may, for example, be a Northern Telecom ADSI POWER TOUCH 350 Phone connected to the public switched network 12 via standard Analog Display Services Interface (ADSI) protocol such as V.22 interfaces. A voice response unit (VRU) 14 such as the Sierra available from Octel Corp. is also connected to network 12 such that phone 11 may interact with VRU 14. VRU 14 interfaces with a computer 15 upon which resides voice and data applications software such as BETEX available from Vicorp Interactive Systems Inc. VRU 14 and phone 11 communicate via the ADSI protocol which enables the sending of text screens and voice intermixed to the CPE. VRU 14 will also provide voice prompts to enhance the screen displays and assist the user.
Referring to FIG. 2, the face of phone 11 is shown in greater detail. Phone 11 includes a display screen 16, a plurality of soft keys 17, one or more hard keys 18 and the conventional DTMF (Dual Tone Multi-Frequency) keys 19 in addition to a handset (not shown ) and a speaker (not shown). The screen size on the phone 11 is preferably no larger than 20 characters wide by 8 lines high. Lines 6, 7, and 8 are reserved for soft key labels. The soft keys 17 may be pressed to access the functions displayed on the display screen 16 adjacent to a particular soft key. The hard keys may be pressed to enable the functions permanently indicated on the keys themselves. The DTMF keys are pressed in a conventional manner to interact with the network 12 and the VRU 14 as is known in the art.
Referring to FIG. 3, display screen 16 is shown as the VVMS System is first presented to a user. The user initiates the process by pressing the soft key 17 adjacent the "Message" indication on the screen. Pressing the "Message" soft key will dial the rapid retrieval number for the VRU. The user is preferably asked to input a security code to access the voice mailbox although this step is not required as automatic caller identification or similar means may be used to identify the calling party. If the party is calling from a telephone other than their own they may be asked to enter their telephone number and/or security code.
Referring to FIG. 4, once the user has accessed the VVMS system, then the screen phone 11 will display a screen indicating the number of new messages. The screen will also advise the user that the messages are being retrieved. Referring to FIG. 5, the first "new" message is displayed including indicia as to the status ("new"), the date and time the message was left and the telephone number of the calling party if available through means such as caller identification. If the message is "new" as in FIG. 5, then the soft key options are "listen", "playall", and "exit". By pressing the appropriate soft key, the user may thus listen to the message displayed on the screen, listen to all "new" messages, or exit the system. Indicia for only one message is displayed on the screen at any time. Unlike other visual voice message systems which display a list of all messages, the present invention allows the user to see all indicia for each message without scrolling to another screen. Because the screen size is limited to a certain number of lines and characters, indicia as to date and time the message was left and phone number of the calling party would not be available on the screen if all messages in the system were displayed. In such systems the user is required to scroll off the screen to view date and time information. In addition to the indicia as to date time and telephone number additional indicia such as the name of the calling party or other information may be included if available. Of course the screen size could also be reduced in the present invention while including the present indicia as to date, time and phone number.
Referring again to FIG. 5, if the user desires to see the next message which is either "new" "heard" or "saved", she presses one of the hard keys 18 such as the "up" or "down" keys in FIG. 3. Of course, the up and down function could also be implemented in soft keys 17. The up and down function allows the user to view the previous or next message queued in the system along with the indicia associated therewith. By allowing the user to scroll through the messages and view the indicia associated therewith the user may make decisions based upon the indicia very quickly. In effect the user is enabled to randomly sort the messages based upon her own criteria. The messages are preferably sorted by the system in a first in, first out, order but it should be expressly understood that this is a design choice which may be varied depending upon the desires of the system architect. Because the user is not required to scroll to another screen to obtain information about the call the user may rapidly make a determination as to his desire to listen to the message based upon the displayed indicia. For example, the user may desire to listen to all messages left during a certain time of day, i.e., 2-3 PM, or on a certain date. The user may also desire to sort through the messages for a message left from a certain telephone number where calling party information is available. The requirement of other VVMS systems to scroll through a list of messages is avoided. In those systems, if 10 messages were in queue, the system would likely display messages 1-5. If the user scrolls down then messages 2-6 would be displayed. If the user wanted to view indicia relating to any message then the user would scroll to another screen to view those indicia. With the present invention the user only need scroll up or down from one screen to the next to view a previous or subsequent message including all indicia associated with a particular message.
Referring to FIG. 6, a screen associated with a "heard" message is shown. A message is considered "heard" if at least a portion of it has been heard. If a message is "heard" then the user will be given the soft key options shown in FIG. 6. The message may thus be replayed, erased, or saved or the user may exit the system. There is no requirement that the user actually listen to the entire message before erasing or saving the message. Once playback has begun the user may select these options. This allows the user to more rapidly control the messages without listening to the entire message. Similarly, for "saved" messages as shown in FIG. 7, the same options are available as for "heard" messages.
As can be appreciated from the above description, the labels adjacent each soft key 17 may be varied depending upon the type of message being displayed. The "playall" soft key is enabled on "new" messages and will play all of them sequentially without erasing after each message is heard. At the end of that playback all these messages will be marked as "heard". After a message is listened to, indicia representing the message type will be updated depending upon the action taken during review. When a message is "erased" it is removed from the log. The "#" DTMF key 19 may also be used to scroll to the next page without using the scroll keys. A "new" message must be at least partially listened to before it can be erased or saved. The message status of each individual message is updated immediately upon making a change in the status. For "saved" messages the user is not required to resave them as this is done automatically. The "listen", "replay", "erase", and "save" functions may also be selected by pressing appropriate DTMF keys 19.
Referring to FIG. 5, if a user presses "listen" for a "new" message the system displays the screen shown in FIG. 8. Similarly, if a user presses "replay" for a "saved" or "heard" message, the system takes her to the screen shown in FIG. 8. Referring to FIG. 8, the user is given a number of options during playback of a message. One novel aspect of the current invention is that the user may press "erase" or "save" during playback of the message without being required to either listen to or fast forward to the end of the message. As with previously disclosed features, this allows faster and easier use of the system. Many users of standard voice messaging systems are relatively unsophisticated in their use and are unaware of the options of fast forwarding etc. The VVMS System displays the options visually to assist the user. The present invention thus facilitates the use of the system.
If the user presses "erase" then the message is removed from the message log. Once a message has been heard at least in part the "new" designation is removed and the message is listed a "heard" unless it is "saved". During playback the user may also press "replay" at which time the message is again played from the beginning. If "skip" is selected the playback is stopped and the message becomes "heard". If "stop" is selected then playback is stopped and the system returns to the screen shown in FIG. 5, 6, or 7 depending upon message status.
Referring again to FIG. 8, if the user presses "more" during playback of a "new", "heard" or "saved" message, the system displays the soft key options shown in FIG. 9. By pressing the appropriate key the user may vary the loudness or speed or even pause the message. These options are available on conventional voice messaging systems such as the Aspen Sierra sold by the Octel Corp. However, these options are only accessed through the DTMF keys and unsophisticated users are not aware of or do not employ these features. It should be noted that the present VVMS system utilizes these same DTMF options in addition to the soft key options displayed on the display screen in FIG. 9. Sophisticated users may desire to continue to use the DTMF keys to control these functions. The "return" soft key 17 in FIG. 9 returns the user to the previous screen (FIG. 8). When one of soft keys 17 other than "return" is pressed the screen display does not change until the end of the message. When the message has finished playing, the screen in FIG. 8 is displayed and the user must then take action on that message before proceeding to the next message.
Referring again to FIG. 5, if a user presses the "playall" soft key 17, then the screen shown in FIG. 10 is displayed. This screen is the same as in FIG. 8 except that the "save" and "erase" soft keys are not available. If the "playall" key is pressed the soft key options shown on the screen in FIG. 10 will be displayed while each "new" message is played. Messages cannot be erased or saved during "playall" playback. The "more" soft key will display the soft key options shown in FIG. 9. If the "stop" soft key is pressed the playback is stopped and the screen in FIG. 5 is displayed with the current message. This message status is changed to "heard". If the "replay" soft key is pressed the message is replayed from the beginning. If the "skip" soft key is selected then the playback is stopped, the status is changed to "heard" and the next "new" message is played. After the last "new" message is played the screen shown in FIG. 11 will be displayed.
After playback of all messages during "playall" the screen shown in FIG. 11 is displayed. The user is instructed to press a DTMF key corresponding to the desired function. All messages will be treated as instructed by the user or if "return to list" is selected then the screen in FIG. 5 will be displayed.
While the invention has been disclosed with respect to a preferred embodiment thereof it should not be so limited as changes and modifications may be made which are within the full intended scope of the invention as defined by the attached claims. For example while hard keys 18 include "up", "down", "left" or "right" keys for scrolling it can be appreciated that other designations such as "next" may be used without departing from the claimed invention. Soft keys 17 could also be used to implement some or all of these functions.
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Johnny Depp Rocks Out With Black Keys at MTV Movie Awards (Video)
The Generation Award honoree performed with the band for two songs Sunday night.
Johnny Depp received the Generation Award at Sunday's MTV Movie Awards ceremony in style -- by performing two songs with rockers The Black Keys in one of the more memorable moments of the evening.
Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry took to the stage halfway through the show and introduced a clip package showcasing Depp's film career, including moments from Edward Scissorhands and Alice in Wonderland.
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Instead of the usual acceptance speech, Depp strapped on his guitar and rocked out with Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney.
"It's like the 'get out of the business award, you've done too much.' Based on the clips, there's obviously something wrong with me. I just thank you very much," Depp said after performing "Gold on the Ceiling" with the band and after he joked that Tyler "spit out one of my teeth."
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"It's an honor to be presented by these two legends Steven and Joe -- and these up and coming legends, The Black Keys," the Pirates of the Caribbean star added.
After the brief speech, Depp and the Black Keys performed a second song, "Lonely Boy," that led straight into commercial break.
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Harlem community leaders, business executives and real estate brokers will gather tonight to discuss the effects of rising property values on their neighborhood. Titled ''The New Harlem Renaissance: Is it Good for Everyone?'' the forum is being organized by State Senator David A. Paterson, a Harlem Democrat, and is open to the public. It will take place at 6 p.m. in the art gallery of the State Office Building at 163 West 125th Street. Terry Pristin (NYT)


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NYU Professor of Neurology Oliver Sacks spills the beans on hallucinations in the New York Times:
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Hallucinations are very startling and frightening: you suddenly see, or hear or smell something — something that is not there. Your immediate, bewildered feeling is, what is going on? Where is this coming from? The hallucination is convincingly real, produced by the same neural pathways as actual perception, and yet no one else seems to see it. And then you are forced to the conclusion that something — something unprecedented — is happening in your own brain or mind. Are you going insane, getting dementia, having a stroke?
In other cultures, hallucinations have been regarded as gifts from the gods or the Muses, but in modern times they seem to carry an ominous significance in the public (and also the medical) mind, as portents of severe mental or neurological disorders. Having hallucinations is a fearful secret for many people — millions of people — never to be mentioned, hardly to be acknowledged to oneself, and yet far from uncommon.


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This book examines the role of criminal law in the enforcement of immigration controls over the last two decades in Britain. The criminalization of immigration status has historically served functions of exclusion and control against those who defy the state's powers over its territory and population. In the last two decades, the powers to exclude and punish have been enhanced by the expansion of the catalogue of immigration offences and their more systematic enforcement.
This book is the first in-depth analysis on criminal offences in Britain, and presents original empirical material about the use of criminal powers against suspected immigration wrongdoers. Based on interviews with practitioners and staff at the UK Border Agency and data from court cases involving immigration defendants, it examines prosecution decision making and the proceedings before the criminal justice system. Crimes of Mobility critically analyses the criminalization of immigration status and, more generally, the functions of the criminal law in immigration enforcement, from a legal and normative perspective.
It will be of interest to academics and research students working on criminology, criminal law, criminal justice, socio-legal studies, migration and refugee studies, and human rights, as well as criminal law and immigration practitioners.
Introduction 1. Immigration, Crime and the Criminalization of Mobility: A Review of the Literature 2. Tracing the History of Immigration Controls in Britain (from the late 1800s to the mid-1990s) 3. The Labour Years: Contemporary Contours of Immigration 4. The use of Criminal Powers against Immigration Offenders: The Decision to Prosecute 5. Practices of Punishment: Immigration Offenders Before the Criminal Courts 6. Explaining the Role of Criminal Law in the Control of Immigration, Conclusion, Appendix: Brief Accounts of the Research Process.
Globalizing forces have had a profound impact on the nature of contemporary criminal justice and law more generally. This is evident in the increasing salience of borders and mobility in the production of illegality and social exclusion. Immigration and its control are highly charged topics in contemporary crime policy and politics. In the past two decades such matters have become subjects of extensive scholarly analysis throughout the social sciences. Though criminology has been a relative latecomer to this body of work, it is now possible to speak of an emerging 'criminology of mobility.
Routledge Studies in Criminal Justice, Borders and Citizenship showcases contemporary studies that connect criminological scholarship to migration studies and explores the intellectual resonances between the two. It provides an opportunity to reflect on the theoretical and methodological challenges posed by mass mobility and its control. By doing that, it aims to chart an intellectual space and establish a theoretical tradition within criminology to house scholars of immigration control, who have traditionally published either in general criminological or in anthropological, sociological, refugee studies, human rights and other publications.


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This application is related to, and claims priority from, U.S. Provisional Patent application No. 60/578,791 filed on Jun. 10, 2004, by Paul Andrews, titled "Apparatus, Method and System for Self-service Digital Media Broadcast", the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
The present invention relates to apparatus and methods for hosted broadcasting of digital media and, more particularly, to apparatus and methods that facilitate the automated buying, selling and provisioning of digital broadcast capability.
Satellite-based communications systems are well known ways of broadcasting electromagnetic communications signals to a large geographical area as described in, for instance, U.S. Pat. No. 6,726,152 issued to Higgins on Apr. 27, 2004, titled "Satellite Communications Systems" and U.S. Pat. No. 6,570,858 to Emmons, Jr., et al on May 27, 2003 titled Satellite-based communications system with terrestrial repeater and method therefore", the contents of both of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
Operating a digital satellite, Advanced Television Systems Committee Television (ATSC TV) or cable-based digital media broadcast system requires special technical expertise, permits and licensing, long-term service commitments and a significant investment in broadcast facilities and transmission capacity. Due to high facilities costs, many broadcasters have found that it is more economical to share broadcast facilities than build their own. The technical and business complexity related to these shared facilities usually require that each participant (customer) in the sharing arrangement make a long-term business commitment. This long-term commitment and the high costs has limited the market for broadcast service to only the wealthiest businesses and media companies that have long term requirements. The long-term/high cost nature of this existing process has excluded a large group of potential broadcast services users. Broadcaster and capacity operators also lose potential revenue when large buyers order their transmission capacity and service in bulk and pay effectively wholesale rates. Smaller buyers would pay fees closer to retail rates.
Through the innovative use of technology and an understanding of the broadcast service market place, there is an opportunity to greatly expand the market for digital content distribution services over satellite, ATSC digital television and digital cable by first improving the efficiency the buying and selling process through automation and second providing a mechanism that promotes broadcast channels to viewers Reducing existing technical and cost related barriers to entry will stimulate a market for lower cost high value broadcasting business opportunities. These services include real-time and scheduled digital media (video and audio) broadcast, digital file delivery, real-time media streaming, store-and-forward streaming, real-time stream transcoding.
Briefly described, the invention provides a method and apparatus to facilitate automated management and broadcast of digital media content at a digital distribution facility, resulting in a hosted broadcast capability. An objective of the invention is to provide an automated interface for scheduled use of a digital media content distribution facility. A further objective of the invention is lower adoption barriers, including price, related to selling digital media broadcast capacity and digital content delivery services via satellite, terrestrial and cable-based facilities.
In a preferred embodiment, a website presents Content Originating Customers (COC) with a graphic representation of available broadcast capability, and allows the customer to interactively buy or bid for use of that capability.
In a preferred embodiment, COC may then use the broadcast capability by means of store-and-play hardware and software.
In a further embodiment of the invention, the COC scheduled transmissions may be advertised on a website or transmitted to televisions via existing techniques such as ATSC Program and System Information Protocol (PSIP) or European Telecommunications Standard's (ETSI) Digital Video Broadcast (DVB-S SI) data channel. This may be done, for instance, as a real time, online Electronic Capacity Guide (ECG) in a form similar to an Electronic Program Guide (EPG).
These and other features of the invention will be more fully understood by references to the following drawings.
The present invention relates to systems, technology and methods that dramatically lower adoption barriers and costs related to buying or selling digital media broadcast capacity and digital content delivery services via satellite, terrestrial and cable-based facilities.
Using specialized shared digital media server technology and unique business practices and systems, the present invention enables new and existing digital broadcasters to maximize use of transmission capacity, expand addressable markets, increase capacity demand and revenue.
Traditional broadcast digital media (content) distribution (satellite, terrestrial and cable) transmission has always been the providence of an exclusive club of owners and users. Digital media distribution is expensive; it requires special technical expertise, long-term service commitments and a significant investment in uplink/broadcast facilities and systems. The high cost of broadcast distribution has limited its use to only the wealthiest media companies. These media companies buy their transmission capacity in bulk and pay effectively wholesale rates to facilities operators.
There is an opportunity to expand demand for digital satellite content distribution services by eliminating long-term service commitments and up-front facilities investment. Reducing barriers to entry will stimulate a market for low cost narrow casting or micro casting services but at retail rates. These services include scheduled digital media (video and audio) broadcast, digital file delivery, real-time media streaming, store-and-forward streaming, real-time stream transcoding.
These and other aspects of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings in which, as far as possible, like numbers represent like elements.
The digital files 18 may be audio visual media files such as, but not limited to films, clips of films, television programs, audio files, advertising files, still images as well as data files such as, but not limited to, computer programs, game programs and databases. The terrestrial communications network 16 may be any suitable wired or wireless network including, but not limited to the Internet, the wired and wireless telephone networks and the cable network. The digital broadcast stream 20 may include any necessary components to handle digital packets, including appropriate radio frequency (RF) transmitters and receivers. In the event that the host facility is a satellite ground station and the digital broadcast stream 20 is a satellite digital broadcast stream, the transport stream will include any necessary satellite transponders to facilitate the transport of the packet data from the satellite ground station 14 to an orbiting satellite transponder for broadcast transmission to receivers such as those represented by R1, R2, R3 and R4.
In a preferred embodiment the content originating customer accesses a web page for content providers 22 which allows the selection of a broadcast time slot and facilitates the uploading of a file via an application gateway 24 to the digital storage unit 18 (also known as a digital media server).
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, at the appropriate time, a scheduler 26 accesses the appropriated digital file 18 stored in the digital storage unit and causes it to be transported to a suitable aggregating module such as, but not limited to, an MPG2 MUX 28. From the aggregating module 28, the digital file is fed to the satellite digital broad cast stream 20. In a typical digital broadcast stream the data is sent in packets having a header containing an identification, and a body containing the data. The packet identification (PID) is typically a number identifying a virtual channel that the data is associated with. For instance, a typical MPEG-2 packet consists of 188 bytes, of which 4 bytes are the header or PID and the remaining 188 bytes are the data. The 16 byte header allows over 8000 unique addresses to be assigned to the packets, each of which may be considered a virtual channel. Although the packets are typically transmitted serially in a 30 Mb/s data stream in a digital TV broadcast, they have been shown schematically in
Each digital television receiver then tunes to an appropriate channel by downloading the entire digital TV data stream and then filtering out the one or more channels desired by the end user by filtering out only the packets having the required broadcast PID's.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention the content receiving customers such as R1, R2, R3 and R4, may discover what content is being broadcast, or will be broadcast, in two distinct ways. A program guide 30 contains a database in which content descriptions associated with each of the files scheduled to be broadcast at each of the broadcast time slots on each of the channels associated with each of the unique broadcast PIDs.
This database of information in the program guide may be combined with general system information in the system information database before being broadcast on a particular channel, i.e. a stream of data having a particular PID. The content receiving customer may then receive this and other system data as a download on a particular channel. This data may be reviewed in, for instance, a standard interactive program guide.
Alternatively, the content receiving customer may access a web page for content receivers 34 that displays relevant data from the program guide 30. This access may be by, but is not limited to, a computer using the internet, a wireless telephone using a wireless network or a portable device using a WiFi connection or any suitable combination of such systems.
The user may navigate through available channels or PIDs by using, for instance, an up arrow 52 or a down arrow 54. Similarly the user may navigate through available time by using, for instance, back arrow 56 or forward arrow 58.
The user may get further information about the details associated with a particular PID at a particular time by, for instance, positioning a curser 60 over the representation of the time slot associated with a particular PID at a particular time. A bid box 62 may pop up showing the user items such as, but not limited to, details of the channel availability such as bandwidth, a name associated with the channel, the type of content allowed on this time slot, such as X rated, or for family. The bid box may also allow the content providing customer to participate in an online auction for the time slot by submitting a bid. The bid box may also show the current state of an auction including, but not limited to, the current high bid and the time remaining on the auction. The bid may include factors other than price, including making advertising available to a third party, a range of acceptable broadcast bandwidths, and the type of content to be provided. The bid window may also provide a weighting formula showing the relative weighting or dollar equivalent of the additional features, including a single number, which may be a dollar equivalent, which is the number that need to be maximized to win the auction.
In a preferred embodiment, the user may see further details about content by placing the cursor 60 over the required content description 68, causing a preview window 70 to be displayed. The preview window 70 may have further details about the program, and may have options to play a preview of the content, which may be enlarged, or to set a reminder or a recording of the content to be made, or, if the content is currently being broadcast, to begin viewing the content.
In step 72, the user selects a time slot. In a preferred embodiment, this may include viewing the web page of
The auction or purchase options of step 72 may include, but are not limited to, a discount for specifying acceptable limits for transrating of the broadcast of the digital file such as predefined minimum and maximum bit rates, for allowing advertising, listing insertion points or times of allowed advertising and for allowing pop-up advertising. In the event that the user elects to allow pop-up advertising, they may also specify a pop-up percentage representing the maximum area of a screen that a pop-up may cover as well as the maximum number of pop-ups allowed and a maximum type for which each pop-up may be displayed.
Once the user has obtained and paid for the broadcast time slot they may then, in step 76, upload the content to be broadcast to the hosting media server. In a preferred embodiment, this may take the form of using a password, issued, for instance, to the user upon successfully obtaining the time slot in step 72. This password may allow the user to upload the digital file to be broadcast to the digital storage unit 12 at the ground station 14 via the application gateway 24, following instructions provided on the web page for content providers 22.
Once the content is uploaded to the digital media server, the content providing user does not have to do anything further. The scheduler 26 will automatically case the digital file to be loaded and broadcast by, for instance, streaming the file to an MPG2 MUX and then delivering it as a digital video broadcast to receivers R1, R2, R3 and R4. Once the file has been broadcast, the content providing user may receive notification of the broadcast having occurred in step 78. The notification of the broadcast having occurred may be in the form of an e-mail, a text-message, a voice-mail or any other suitable automatically generated message delivered to a suitable address or contact information supplied by the user. In a further embodiment of the invention, the user may also receive notifications prior to the broadcast reminding them that the broadcast is to occur and details of how to receive it, and the user may also receive notifications when the broadcast occurs.
In step 80, the content receiving viewer view's the description of available content. This may by the content receiving user viewing a graphical display of the stored digital files and the broadcast time slots they are scheduled to be broadcast on, or are currently being broadcast on. This view may consist of a graphical display of a listing of unique broadcast PIDs, or a channel identifiers associated with the unique broadcast PIDs, showing a content description associated with the stored digital file as a function of the broadcast time slot.
In step 82 the content viewer may view more detailed information of a preview of the content to be broadcast. The preview may be delivered in real time as, for instance, a low quality streaming video over an internet connection, or it may be delivered as an attachment to an email.
In step 84 the content viewing user may tune into or download the content for viewing or use. In a preferred embodiment, this may consist of tuning a satellite receiver to a particular satellite or satellite digital video band so as to receive the digital broadcast transport stream being broadcast from the satellite ground station. Downloaded content may be stored for later use or viewing in step 86, or it may be viewed or listened to as it is downloaded.
In step 88, the scheduler 26 may calculate the total bandwidth requirements of the files scheduled to be broadcast in the next time slot. The scheduler may then compare the bandwidth requirement with the available bandwidth of the broadcast transport stream, and using the allowable, predetermined bandwidth rates associated with each digital file, proceed to transcode the digital files in step 90, or set the parameters for transrating the files as they are broadcast, so as to match the total bandwidth requirement to the total bandwidth available.
In step 92 the scheduler the causes the digital files to be broadcast, thereby creating the broadcast time slot.
In step 94 the scheduler may also record the broadcast conditions such as, but not limited to, the actual bit-rates at which the digital files are broadcast.
In step 96 the advertiser views the content description by, for instance, logging on to the web page for content receivers 34 and viewing graphical user interface 38. In a preferred embodiment the web page 34 may have a further password protected section in which registered adverting account holders may see additional information not available to the general public. This additional information may take the form of more detailed information such as projected audience size and target or anticipated viewer demographics.
In step 98 the advertiser may preview the content. In a preferred embodiment, the registered advertiser may have access to additional preview material not available to the general public so as to be able to better access the impact of their advertising. This additional material may include additional material from the show, or it may include material in which they can interactively preview their advertising in selected sections of the content file.
In step 100 the advertiser may buy or bid for available interstitial advertising time slots or may buy or bid for available pop up advertising time. In a preferred embodiment of the invention this is accomplished by presenting registered advertisers, after suitable password or biometric authentication, with an additional pop up window, similar to the bid bode in
In step 102 an advertiser who has successfully bought and paid for advertising, or obtained advertising by auction and paid for it, may then upload advertising material in the required format to the host media server. This uploading may, for instance, require passwords obtained at the time of payment and may, for instance, be facilitated by advertising wizards or other guidance software running on the application gateway.
Once the advertising has been broadcast, the advertiser may, in a preferred embodiment of the invention, then receive a notification of the broadcast. In further embodiments of the invention, the advertiser may also receive notifications on successfully uploading the advertising materials to the media server, and may receive reminder notifications about advertising scheduled to be broadcast and being broadcast.
In the preferred embodiment of the scheduling system may optimize bandwidth based on business rules such as maximizing the total revenue for a particular time slot by leveraging transrating or transcoding functions in the server. The server could perform the required transrating or transcoding on the digital files on-the-fly, i.e. as they are being streamed to the broadcast stream, or the transrating or transcoding may be performed in advance of the broadcast.
In a further embodiment of the invention, when the COC is contributing downloadable data files, they may specify a maximum download time, and a frequency of download opportunities when bidding for or buying hosted broadcast time.
In a further embodiment, advertisers may bid on available advertising and pop-up slots directly with the COG. The system may facilitate direct negotiation between COC and Advertiser that is offline to other advertisers.
In a further embodiment, the advertiser may also provide generic specifications to be used as a default in bids or buying, including information. The advertiser may also specify a block buy by specifying items such as, but not limited to, a frequency of required advertising, a category or rating of programs in which advertising is desired, a total advertising budget, a type of advertisement preferred and a time period over which the campaign is to run. One or more automated software agents may then automatically fulfill the advertiser's requirements by automatically buying the required amount and type of advertising online.
In further embodiments of the invention, the COC may enter other data fields when buying or bidding including, but not limited to the category for the broadcast, the type of broadcast including, but not limited to content for download or data, the content rating of the digital file to be broadcast, the type and number of advertising allowed during the advertising, where the advertising can be placed by time and location, whether transrating is allowed, the maximum budget per time period (in case of auto-bidding), ways to publish the broadcast including online guide, on screen guide, and RSS feeds, could even charge for assisting with promotion, i.e. the system may automatically buy a spot on Google Search, or in an online magazine, or in the TV guide as part of the contract.
The system and method described above are a broadcast hosting site to be set up in a way that makes business sense as seen by the following details that indicate that there is significant profit to be made in serving a retail satellite distribution market.
Wholesale Satellite Capacity
Retail Model
Self Service Concept is Key—
Using the Internet and dedicated terrestrial digital facilities as a highly scalable access technology; potential broadcast capacity customers are given the ability access and utilize digital broadcast transmission capacity on a self-service basis.
How it Works and How Customers Buy—
Content Originating Customers (COC) are customers that wish to purchase broadcast capacity and broadcast to a group of Content Receiving Customers (CRC).
COCs visit a specially designed website and browse blocks of unused satellite/DTV or cable transmission capacity by date, time and bandwidth. Each available block of capacity is represented graphically in a real-time on-line electronic capacity guide (ECG). This may for instance be accomplished in a form similar to an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) as described, for instance, in U.S. Pat. No. 6,728,967 issued to Bennington et al on Apr. 27, 2004, titled "Electronic television program guide schedule system and method", the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference. Pricing for transmission capacity can be based on various models such as: 1) Customer selects transmission start/stop time and amount of transmission capacity (bandwidth) required. Premium rates are charged for high demand time slots while off-peak capacity is offered at a discount. Bulk and full-period capacity purchases can be made by traditional contract. 2) Customers are permitted to bid on unutilized transmission capacity via an on-line auction mechanism. In all types of transactions, customers may pay on-line by credit card, by other electronic means at the time of purchase or by pre-arranged terms or billing. These transaction models may be incorporated into a website in a manner similar to, for instance, well known HTML technology as detailed in, for instance, U.S. Pat. No. 5,960,411 issued to Hartman et al. on Sep. 28, 1999, titled "Method and system for placing a purchase order via a communications network", the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
Transmission Capacity Access Technology—
COCs will be provided special hardware and/or software required to either transmit digital media content directly to broadcast transmission via pass-through or to various hosted digital broadcast applications located at the transmission facility. Hosted applications will permit COCs to transmit content to the digital broadcast facility via the Internet or point-to-point dedicated digital/analog transmission facilities, be stored and play-out on schedule or when capacity is available. Service applications will include: digital video and audio broadcast, streaming video and audio, linear and non-linear digital file delivery. COCs will be assigned a unique transmission channel ID that will identify the COCs traffic during the broadcast session.
Content Originating Customer (COC) Content Promotion—
After a COC buys a block of transmission capacity, they can submit content descriptions to a public or private "on-line" web-based electronic program guide. Customer content could be described as unencrypted (free-to-view) or encrypted and made available to receivers on a subscription or pay-per-view (PPV).
Content Receiving Customer (CRC)
Content Receiving Customers (CRCs) would be directed to an on-line web-based electronic program guide to browse for digital content offered by COCs. Content would be available for free-to-view ("vanity" or ad supported) or they could subscribe to an encrypted service. The digital transmission receiver equipment would be based on proprietary or non-proprietory technology (by others) and could be:
Purchased and installed by the COC for the use of the CRCs (network)
Service compatible equipment could be purchased by the CRC and used to receive content from various COCs.
The web site would also facilitate the sale and purchasing of hardware and software required to receive COC content.
Equipment Sales to Support COC/CRC Network Creation—
COC & CRC Customers can create virtual private networks. The business will act as an e-commerce clearinghouse linking customers to qualified equipment manufacturers and installers
In further embodiments of the invention, transmission capacity could displayed by cost, compression and whether or not real time transmission capability was necessary.
Transmission capacity may also be made available in a way that part of the available capacity is available by auction, part is reserved for purchase only after a certain date, such as one day prior to broadcast and part is available for spot or immediate purchase.
In a further embodiment, the content may be made available as "share ware", in which the viewer only pays if they like the content or find it useful.
In a further embodiment, a Internet or telephone based link back to the broadcasters is also provided, enabling COC's to sell products or merchandise, similar to a "QVC for individuals".
In a further embodiment, instantly, dynamically variable bandwith may be made available. For instance, if a broadcast channel was scheduled to nominally have 50% of its capacity available for non-real time applications (these are applications such as broadcasting data updates to sites, as done by for instance to chains of gas stations or convenience stores) and the remaining 50% for real time. During a broadcast a user may request or buy instant extra capacity. For instance, a COC customer may broadcast an image or video at low resolution or frame rate to advertise availability. If users find the image interesting, they may vote or pay the COC to increase the resolution or frame rate for better quality video, which the COC would provide by purchasing more bandwith on the instantly, dynamically available bandwidth.
Although the preferred embodiment shows a satellite digital broadcast stream, in further embodiments of the invention, the auction and storage concepts detailed above may be applied to video content distributed by any digital broadcast stream including, but not limited to, stream video broadcasts over the internet, video broadcasts over a terrestrial wireless network or broadcasts over a terrestrial cable network.
Although the invention has been described in language specific to structural features and/or methodological acts, it is to be understood that the invention defined in the appended claims is not necessarily limited to the specific features or acts described. Rather, the specific features and acts are disclosed as exemplary forms of implementing the claimed invention.
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Spectral reflectance analysis of tobacco leaves and fungus infection detection
Document typeConference lecture
Date issued2010
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Optical properties of vegetable matter and associated analytical techniques such as VIS and NIR reflectance spectroscopy were used for several decades in the foodstuff industry. By means of these techniques, is possible to study and determine the plant pathology of crops: health or disease conditions, water stress, growth, etc., being a good alternative to traditional chemical or biological tests, generally very invasive and even destructive. The aim of this work is to analyse and quantify the effect of the presence and development of the pathogen Fusarium on spectral signatures of Burley tobacco leaves, and to evaluate the potential of radiometric techniques as tools for diagnosis.
CitationGor, S. [et al.]. Spectral reflectance analysis of tobacco leaves and fungus infection detection. A: Interim Meeting of the International Color Association. "Color and Food, Interim Meeting of the International Color Association". Mar del Plata: 2010, p. 445-447.
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Abbi, Location: Madikeri, North Coorg
Price: Rs 500 / Per Person / Meals Included: None
Total Bedrooms & Bath at Abbi: 3 Bedroom with 3 Bathroom
Homestay Description
Abbi Homestay is a No-Frills homestay with 3 Rooms ( Each Room has 2 Double beds and attached bathroom) in the heart of Madikeri city near Abbi Falls road. All Rooms are neat, clean and spacious with a Common Hall catering to the budget traveller. The homestay can accommodate 20 Adults comfortably. The house has independent access for the guests.
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- Per Person: Rs 500 per person
- Children: Complimentary for 1 Child below 10 years of age, in their parents room. Children above 10 years are charged as adults.
- Maximum Occupancy: 20 Adults on multiple sharing basis
- Price includes Rooms Only.
- Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner is offered on Request.
- Menu Card is available in the homestay.
- Check-In: 12.00 Noon
- Check-Out: 11.00 AM
Reservation Process: Check the calender to see if the dates are available. If so, you can go ahead and make the reservation. Once the guest completes the reservation, the homestay owner is alerted by the system. Your book is confirmed in real time as the inventory is updated by the homestay directly.
Abbi Homestay Reviews
Comfortable Homestay
This is a budget homestay and uncle received very nicely even though we reached there in the midnight 1 clock. He is very enegetic and the food he served was very tasty. We enjoyed the trip lot. The only problem here is the rooms are very old. Thank you uncle.
Superb Hospitality
This homestay is worth the money. especially Mr. Uthaiah, you and your hospitality are superb. Care given is awesome and we had good food...
at his age he is still an young boy......
Wonderful experience
This is a budget homestay with basic facilities, but there are no words to describe the amazing hospitality of Mr.Uthaiah. We went as a group of 6 people and were greeted warmly by uncle. He provided us two rooms and made sure we were comfortable. He made sure that we did not have any issues during our 1 day stay at coorg.He also arranged for a jeep to take us to Mandalpatti hills. The food served here is so good that we ate all the yummy idlis and dosas he served us. This place is a true example of a HOMESTAY. Will definitely stay here if we get a chance to go to coorg again. Highly recommended and thanks to uncle for the wonderful service.
Very good hospitality by uncle
Coorg was my first solo vacation and thanks to the Uncle who made it worth it. I stayed just for one day, but arrived very early in the morning (at 3.30, had informed him about reaching at 5). Uncle picked up my call at such wee hours and spoke to Autowala to drop me safely at homestay. He greeted me with a smile and showed me a room, which was supposed to be a temporary arrangement for few hours. The small room was decent but old and could be maintained in a better way. But uncle wins all hearts through his hospitability and caring nature. He arranged an awesome driver for me and patched me up with another couple. That way it was not too expensive and I even had company. All in all the home stay was worth it for a budget stay at Coorg. I only had breakfast once, and dosa and chai was yummyyy. Would like to visit again.
Warm welcome in Madikeri
Uncle(The owner) is very warm and friendly. Try to get the room on the terrace. Has a beautiful view of the mountains and sunrise. The rooms are a little old and could be a little cleaner. However, in terms of hospitality, uncle tries to leave no stone unturned. Rooms are economical and the food is good and the town in not too far.
Pleasant stay at Coorg
We had been to Coorg on May 4th and stayed there for 3 days at Abbi Homestay. Our stay there was wonderful, comfortable and we got to eat some yummy Coorgi food at very a nominal cost. All thanks to Uttaiah uncle and his hospitality. The room was clean, economical and worth every penny. Uncle made us feel at home and was always willing to help us and his warm nature won our heart. My kids enjoyed playing with his pet dog.We would love to visit again.
Comfortable place to stay
We 5 members went first time to Coorg. We really enjoyed the entire trip, especially Mr.Uthaiah uncle service. Room was comfortable, and food given by him is like as home made. We feel that it\'s better to give concession in rate if we are coming as a group more then 5.
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This is a good place for people who are looking for an economic home stay in Coorg. Very good hospitality and good food for reasonable rate. Parking is available. Overall it was a good experience.
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We were a group of 9 people who visited Abbi Home stay on 6th Feb for 4 Nights 5 Days. Abbi Home-stay offers a very warm, home-like and a natural ambiance overlooking lush green hills and mountains.
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I booked this hotel for one night while in town with some family visiting the area. I didn't have a reservation but the desk staff found me a room for a good price. The desk staff were all friendly and eager to make you feel they welcomed you to their hotel.
While the hotel did have some worn looking areas, overall is was fine and no one should rule it out for this reason alone. It may be an older hotel, plus it's a Red Roof Inn, not the Hilton.
The shower had good pressure and plenty of hot water. The room had coffee plus all supplies needed. There was free wi-fi in the hotel and the indoor pool and hot tub were open 24 hours a day! They also serve a free breakfast, but I missed it from sleeping too late.
Pool towels are available at the front desk, so get them before you get wet and have to walk through the cold lobby while dripping.
The location is good and there's lots to do around the area. You're within walking distance to mini-golf, restaurants, and shops all without having to cross the street.