2 results about "Interactive television" patented technology

An interactive television program guide system with digital storage is provided. The program guide gives users the ability to store information associated with recorded programs in a directory in the digital storage device thereby providing easy access to program information. The program guide may also provide a global media library for indicating the programs stored on removable storage media used with the program guide. The guide may also allow the user to manage and maintain a user media library to do the same. Non-time-sensitive data associated with recorded programs may be stored in a way that allows the user to interact with the data on playback as if the program were being originally aired. The program guide also allows the user to define “super-programs” for playback of a sequence of stored programs or program segments.

The invention discloses a method and a device for generating interaction information of an interaction television system, for attracting users to participate into the watching and interaction of a video played on a television during the video playing process of the television. The method comprises the steps of: obtaining an interaction information model, and configuring the interaction information on the interaction information model. According to the method and the device, the interaction information is quickly generated, and the interaction information is configured onto the content of the television video, so that the user watching the television video can utilize a mobile terminal to obtain the interaction information of the television video, so as to attract the user through the interaction information to participate into the watching and interaction of the video played on the television during the video playing process of the television, thus improving the audience rating of television programs, and increasing participation interaction and visual experience of the user.