Patent ID: 8676991
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for generating an interactivity event on a broadcast network, comprising: receiving interactivity information comprising interactivity sequence information, resources, templates and interactivity metadata from one or more content providers; assembling the received interactivity information into an application data package suitable for broadcast over a multimedia broadcast network; creating an interactivity catalog file including metadata for interactivity application data, resources and templates associated with interactivity events and available for reception from the broadcast network; scheduling the resources, templates and application data package and interactivity catalog file for broadcast at particular times; generating a first interactivity event signaling message comprising one or more of an event identifier, a version identifier, filtering criteria, event start time data, event validity duration data, a priority, application data information, resource information and template information to be used by a receiver device in executing the interactivity event; and broadcasting the generated first interactivity event signaling message on an overhead flow of a broadcast signal of the multimedia broadcast network.