Announcement of program synchronized triggered declarative objects

摘要

A method consistent with certain implementations involves delivering a triggered declarative object (TDO) to a television receiver device that carries out a programmed routine when user activated and includes an announcement definition that announces presence of the TDO to the at the announcement time; and the TDO including data that defines a time of display of an announcement and a location on a video display for display of the announcement of the TDO. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
pre-delivering a triggered declarative object (TDO) to a television receiver device, the TDO including a programmed routine script that is executed when user activated; the TDO including
an announcement definition that defines an announcement that announces to the user, presence of the TDO at an announcement time,an icon or animation that is used in the announcement andtiming data that defines a time during which the TDO is user activatable and a screen location for display of at least a portion of an image in the TDO; delivering one or more trigger objects associated with the TDO to the television receiver device, the trigger objects including metadata that defines: the announcement time that defines at least one time at which the announcement of the TDO is to be made, and a screen location for the announcement; announcing the presence of the TDO to the user when both the announcement time is reached and the TDO remains user activatable according to the timing data; receiving a signal from a user by activation of a remote controller command responsive to the announcement indicating that the user wishes to interact with the TDO; and responsive to the signal from the user, launching the TDO.