Method and apparatus for enabling user feedback from digital media content

摘要

An apparatus for enabling feedback from a recipient of media content includes a receiver that receives a content data stream, containing media content and embedded Meta-Data, and a decoder that decodes the content data stream to extract the media content and the Meta-Data. A playback signal dependent upon the extracted content is passed to a content playback device of the content recipient. A control device interface receives a signal from a local control device operated by the content recipient and a network interface provides the desired feedback by accessing a network in accordance with the Meta-Data and the signal from the local control device of the content recipient. The Meta-Data, which may be related to the content, is embedded in the encoded media content data sequence before the sequence is transmitted or at a later stage in the transmission network.

主权项

1. An apparatus for enabling feedback from a recipient of digital media content, the apparatus comprising:
a receiver operable to receive a content data stream containing media content and embedded Meta-Data; a decoder operable in a first mode to decode the content data stream to extract the media content and the Meta-Data and to pass a playback signal to a content playback device of the content recipient; a control device interface operable to receive a signal from a control device of the content recipient; and a network interface operable to provide feedback by accessing a network in accordance with the Meta-Data and the signal from the control device of the content recipient,where the embedded Meta-Data is time-synchronized with the media content, andwhere, upon receipt of the signal from the control device of the recipient, the decoder is operable in a second mode in which playback is paused and a user interface related to the media content is displayed on the content playback device to enable interaction between the control device of the content recipient and the control device interface.