Cisco Technology, Inc.

Nds Corporation

Stuart P Ashby

James Geoffrey Walker

Ian R Shelton

Neil Cormican

Michael B Costello

Nicholas Ashton Hall

Nicholas Thexton

Ronnie Israel Dan

Rahul Chakkara

Colin John Davies

Simon John Parnall

David John White

Andrew Valentine

Yuliang Li

Chris Mills

Ronnie Dan

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving content metadata related to content items provided by a content provider; retrieving additional metadata from one or more external sources, the additional metadata including language variations of the content metadata; storing the content metadata with the additional metadata in a storage device, wherein the content metadata is stored in association with the additional metadata; receiving a search request from a user, the search request including one or more search terms expressed in a first language variation; identifying, among the content metadata or the additional metadata, relevant metadata matching the one or more search terms; identifying additional relevant metadata stored in association with the relevant metadata, the additional relevant metadata including language variations of the relevant metadata; and adding one or more additional search terms to the search request, the one or more additional search terms corresponding to the additional relevant metadata.

Extra rich content MetaData generator

A method of controlling revelation of one or more metadata items is disclosed. Each of the one or more metadata items is associated with one or more parts of an audio-visual data stream (). The method comprises: for a given one or more parts () of the audio-visual data stream (), revealing one or more metadata items () associated with the given one or more parts () of the audio-visual data stream () only after the given one or more parts () of the audio-visual data stream () have been accessed.

Controlled metadata revelation

An interactive method includes receiving background video including a multiplicity of video frames, at least one of the multiplicity of video frames include a plurality of sub-pictures, each of the plurality of sub-pictures representing an alternative background (), and switching between a first sub-picture of the plurality of sub-pictures and a second sub-picture of the plurality of sub-pictures ().

Apparatus and methods for handling interactive applications in broadcast networks

An interactive method includes receiving, at a display device, background video including a multiplicity of video frames, at least one of the multiplicity of video frames including a plurality of sub-pictures, each of the plurality of sub-pictures representing an alternative background, and switching, at the display device, between a first sub-picture of the plurality of sub-pictures and a second sub-picture of the plurality of sub-pictures. Related apparatus and methods are also disclosed.

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Warfield, United Kingdom

Stuart P Ashby