Communications system, apparatus and method

Abstract

The present invention relates to a communications system (100), comprising: one or more communications networks (104); a plurality of content items accessible over said one or more communications networks; and a data store (110) of presentation configuration data for one or more of said plurality of content items for defining presentation of a content item corresponding to presentation configuration data. The present invention also relates to an apparatus and method.

1 - 29 . (canceled) 
     
     
         30 . A method of content item display management using a CPU and a software program, comprising:
 Storing presentation configuration data for one or more of a plurality of content items□ and   Defining representation of a content item in dependence on presentation configuration data corresponding to said content item.   
     
     
         31 . a method according to  claim 30 , further comprising defining representation of a content item in dependence on a state of the content item receiver and said presentation configuration data. 
     
     
         32 . a method according to  claim 31 , wherein said presentation configuration data comprises broadcast communications network display data for displaying indicia associated with said broadcast communications network. 
     
     
         33 . a method according to  claim 32 , further comprising using said content item owner configuration data usable in a content item receiver for displaying indicia associated with said content item owner. 
     
     
         34 . a method according to  claim 33 , wherein said presentation configuration data comprises original equipment manufacturer (oem) configuration data usable by a content item receiver for displaying indicia associated with the manufacturer of the content item receiver. 
     
     
         35 . A method according to  claim 34 , further comprising transmitting content item representation data to a content item receiver. 
     
     
         36 . A method according to  claim 35 , wherein a further one of said one or more communications network is a broadband network. 
     
     
         37 . A method according to  claim 36 , wherein a content item accessible over said broadband network comprises a broadband content item. 
     
     
         38 . A method according to  claim 37 , wherein presentation configuration data for said broadband content item comprises presentation configuration data usable by said content item receiver for displaying indicia associated with a source and/or originator of said broadband content item. 
     
     
         39 . A method according to  claim 30  further including the step of operating a content item receiver, the step of operating the content item receiver comprising receiving content item representation data and driving a display device to display indicia corresponding to said content item representation data. 
     
     
         40 . A method according to  claim 39 , further comprising driving a display device to reserve one or more regions of said display for indicia corresponding to respective content item representation data. 
     
     
         41 . A method according to  claim 40 , wherein said content item representation data corresponds to one or more of: a content provider; a content owner; a service provider; a broadcast network owner; and an OEM. 
     
     
         42 - 47 . (canceled)