Patent ID: 9043859
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G01R,G06Q,H04H,H04K,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of processing signals at a storage facility to enable automatic control of a presentation at a user station, said user station located within a facility and said user station being located remote from said storage facility, said user station for outputting said presentation to a user, said storage facility being a separate facility and not collocated with said user station, said storage facility for storing a television signal and having (1) a first input device for inputting a television signal containing television programming, (2) a second input device for inputting at least a first instruct signal, (3) a controller for selecting a time and a location, (4) a first communication device operatively connected to said first input device for communicating said television signal containing said television programming, (5) a second communication device operatively connected to said second input device for communicating said at least a first instruct signal, and (6) a storage device operatively connected to said first communication device and said second communication device for storing said television signal containing said television programming and said at least a first instruct signal, said user station having (A) a receiver for receiving said television signal containing said television programming, (B) a detector for detecting said at least a first instruct signal, (C) a computer operatively connected to said detector for storing user data and generating a personalized portion of said presentation automatically by processing said stored user data in response to said at least a first instruct signal, and (D) at least one output device operatively connected to said receiver and said computer for receiving (a) said television signal containing said television programming and (b) said personalized portion of said presentation and for presenting said presentation, said method comprising the steps of: inputting, from said first input device to said first communication device, said television signal containing said television programming, said television programming to be presented in a course of said presentation; communicating said television signal containing said television programming from said first communication device to said storage device; receiving and inputting, from said second input device to said second communication device, said at least a first instruct signal, said at least a first instruct signal being operative at said user station to instruct said computer at said user station to control said presentation automatically by causing said computer to generate said personalized portion of said presentation by processing said user data and communicate to said at least one output device at said user station said personalized portion of said presentation, said personalized portion of said presentation information to complete an incomplete portion of said television programming; selecting, at said controller: automatically communicating said at least a first instruct signal from said second communication device to said storage device at said selected time and to said selected location based on said step of selecting; and automatically storing said television signal containing said television programming and said at least a first instruct signal at said storage device concurrently, whereby said user station is enabled to control automatically said presentation whenever said storage device automatically outputs and communicates to said user station said television signal containing said television programming and said at least a first instruct signal, said at least one output device presenting said presentation comprising said television programming and said personalized portion of said presentation containing user specific information based on said stored user data.