Alcatel Lucent

Alcatel

Provenance Asset Group LLC

Koen Handekyn

Marc Bruno Frieda Godon

Lieven Leopold Albertine Trappeniers

Arjen Hendrikse

Michel Diane Cyriel Van Ackere

Paul Mathilde Frans Kennis

Rony Alfons Maria Baekeland

Sigurd Van Broeck

Michel Van Ackere

Marc Godon

Jan Alfons Albert Bouwen

Toon Coppens

Jan Lode Mia Moons

Hendrik Eugène Irène Nicolas Dacquin

Michaël Frederic François Albert Brackx

Jan Bouwen

Hendrik Eugene Irene Nicolas Dacquin

Paul Kennis

A multimedia distribution system or interactive digital television broadcast system (iDTV) comprising several content providers (CP: CP, CP) broadcasting channels of video signals to a user (TV, STB) via a content selector (CS). The broadcast system comprises a user behavior analyzer (UBA) with quantitative behavior classifier (E(w)) able to analyze and to classify the quantitative consumption behavior of the user, and with a qualitative behavior classifier (F(x)) having as output classified user behaviors and prediction on future behaviors of the user. The classifiers are coupled to an opportunities selector (G(y)) that also receives information from additional content providers (ACP: ACP, ACP, ACP). Under control of the opportunities selector G(y), additional content, e.g. advertisements, meta-information, iTV applications, trailers, . . . is send to a multimedia data combiner (H(z)) whereby the additional content is published, e.g. by mixing or by an overlay operation on/ over the selected channel. As a result, the end-user gets his broadcast channel adapted with the content that was selected based on his consumption behavior. The role of the qualitative behavior classifier classifying and predicting the user consumption behaviors is different from the role of the opportunities selector defining, predicting and classifying windows of opportunities to publish/add content from additional content providers; and the interface (I) between them has an important role as business-to-business (B2B) interface.

Multimedia distribution system with user behavior analyzer

The present invention discloses a method of relaying traffic from a source application (-) to a targeted destination in a communications network (). The method comprises the steps of providing a first and at least one second network adapter, each providing access to a network () having a plurality of destinations. Furthermore, a first routing table, which defines a first default destination associated with the first network adapter, is provided. Traffic from the source (-) to the targeted destination is relayed using one of the network adapters (). According to one aspect of the invention, at least one second routing table defining at least one second default destination is provided. Each second network adapter is individually associated with one second default destination. The step of relaying includes the step of selecting one of the first and second routing tables ().

Method of relaying traffic from a source to a targeted destination in a communications network and corresponding equipment

The present invention relates to a method for managing electronic information and related devices where electronic information is forwarded from at least one electronic information source of a plurality of electronic information sources towards at least one terminal of at least one corresponding user of a plurality of terminals of corresponding users through a communications network. The at least one electronic information source of the plurality of electronic information sources sends electronic information towards the at least one terminal of at least one corresponding user. The terminal of a first user and terminals of users related to this first user send their electronic information preferences towards a community interest management module. The community interest management module subsequently determines community information preferences based on the information preferences of the first user and based on the information preferences of the users related to the first user.

Method for managing electronic information, the related user terminal and the related information source

The present invention relates to an object perception method, for use by a perceiving device that is adapted to perceive at least one object in an environment comprising a plurality of objects. Each object of the plurality of objects is adapted to provision meta-information characterizing the corresponding object. The perceiving device includes at least one object of the plurality of objects in a selection by varying a perspective of the object perceiving device. The perceiving device perceives this at least one object of the plurality of objects included in the selection and captures a representation of the at least one object included in said selection in a snapshot. The perceiving device further perceives meta-information corresponding to the at least one object in the selection and additionally the meta-information corresponding to the objects of said plurality of objects not included in the selection. The perceiving device then captures in the snapshot additionally to the representation of the at least one object included in the selection, the meta-information corresponding to the at least one object in the selection, said meta-information corresponding to said objects not included in said selection.

Object perception method and a related perceiving device

A method for waking up a plurality of sleeping devices. Each sleeping device is coupled to a waking device over a communications network and is adapted to provide a service feature to the waking device upon a request for the service feature from the waking device. The waking device sends a request for service to a network element of the communications network, which is always on. The network element receives the request for service, determines which features are requested by the waking device, and wakes up the sleeping devices that provide these requested features.

Method for waking up a sleeping device, a related network element and a related waking device and a related sleeping device

The present invention relates to a method for waking up a sleeping device. The sleeping device being coupled to a waking device over a communications network. The sleeping device is adapted to provide a service in an awake state, to the waking device at request for service of the waking device. This method, first, comprises the step of sending the request for service by the waking device in direction of the sleeping device. The communications network additionally comprises a Network Element which is always on, and being coupled to the communications network. The method further comprises the steps of the Network Element intercepting the request for service destined to the sleeping device and the step of the Network Element at intercepting of the request for service, generating a request to wake up the sleeping device and determine a substitute service to the waking device until the sleeping device is awake. The Network Element then sends the request to wake up to the sleeping device and provisions a substitute service, to the waking device until the sleeping device is awake.

Method for waking up a sleeping device, a related network element and a related waking device

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