Interactive TV using Mobile Devices
(Assorted Related
Definitions)
3G
Bluetooth-enabled
TV Receiver
Cell TV
- (Mobile TV) - Viewing video using video-enabled iPods,
cell phones, video-enabled MP3 players, portable
media devices and other mobile video devices. Also
see Interactive TV using SMS.
Cross-carrier Mobile-phone Voting
Application (In terms of Interactive TV)
- When customers of more than one major mobile
phone carriers (the big four in the States are AT&T Wireless,
Nextel, Cingular, and Sprint,) can interact through their phones with a
TV program. Carriers might shun a show if their competition
is
allowed access to it also. This was more prevalent in the past. See Interactive TV using Mobile Devices.
Interactive TV using Mobile Devices
- (Mobile-phone Interactive TV
Applications, Cell Phone Centered Interactive
TV Programming) - This could be accessible through
video-enabled iPods, cell phones,
video-enabled MP3 players, portable
media devices and other mobile video devices. This Interactive TV
platform enables users
to interact with
programming via their phone's keypad and/or microphone, possibly
in the form of Short Message Service (SMS), Multimedia
Messaging System (MMS)
and/or IVR.
This can include voting, such as what video or commercial they should
play next. It can also include mobile-commerce (m-commerce.)
Interactive TV using SMS
– (SMS-based Interactive TV, SMS2TV,
SMS Text Messaging, Mobile
Interactive TV, Mobile-Phone-Based Interactive TV, WAP-based Voting
Application,
iTV Services for Wireless Devices, Synchronizing Mobile-phone Based
Applications with TV Programming, Wireless 2-screen Interactive TV,
Call TV,
SMS-2-TV, SMStv, Text Messaging, Text TV, Mobile Messaging Solutions.)
- (1)
Interaction using short messages, primarily text messages (such as
“instant messages”) with the network operator
and/or others who are using SMS-enabled devices,
primarily mobile phones. (2)
Where the
TV viewer sends out SMS messages from a non-mobile device, such as
their PC or TV system, to a mobile device such as a mobile phone. www.tmcsms.com/demo.aspx (3) Other forms of
interactivity directly involving SMS and TVs.
For
instance, when a poll or contest is offered by a TV show, viewers
might be able to interact with the show via SMS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_message_service
Location-based Services
MMS - (Multimedia
Messaging System) -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia_Messaging_System
Mobile Commerce
- (m-commerce) – The buying and selling of goods and services
through
wireless and handheld devices such as mobile/cellular phones,
laptop computers, portable
media devices (such as iPods), personal digital assistants,
(PDAs) etc. Also see:
searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid40_gci214590,00.html
www.mcommercetimes.com
Mobile Dating -
Finding dates using mobile communication devices.
http://www.2waytraffic.com/business/format/text_world.html
Mobile DVR - Being
able to operate a DVR
from a mobile device such as a telephone.
Mobile Entertainment
- www.mobileentertainmentforum.org
Mobile
Handset
Mobile
Phone and Data
Standards (on right of that webpage.)
Mobile
Streaming Regular Channels
Mobile TV
- (MoTV, Cell TV,
Portable TV, Mobile Applications, DVB-H Mobile TV)
- Viewing television (video) using video-enabled iPods, portable media
devices, cell phones,
video-enabled MP3 players, game players and other mobile video devices.
Research indicates that most people prefer to watch more lengthy shows
in a more comfortable setting such as the living room. This
demonstrates a "lean back" preference for TV viewing, but
leaves the door open for "lean forward" content produced especially for
PCs, mobile devices etc. Also see Interactive TV using SMS.
http://www.itvdictionary.com/index.php?ax=list&sub=32&cat_id=32
Personal Televisions
- Mobile televisions, such as in video-enabled cell phones.
Portable
Media Centers
Portable TV
- See Mobile
TV. The
Nintendo DS handheld
video-game machine can work as a portable TV. http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=1622630
SMS - (Short Message
Service) -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_message_service
SMS initiated Search Engine - A
search engine you interact with using SMS.
http://www.google.com/sms
Text TV - (Text Messaging) - See Interactive TV using SMS above.
TV-placeshifting
Windows Mobile-based Portable
Media Centers -
www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/portablemediacenter/default.mspx
Online Demonstrations of SMS:
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