1. A television receiver device, comprising:
an interface configured to receive audio video (AV) program content and tuning information;
a processor programmed to:
tune to a designated program;
present an option to tune to the designated program with either a censored or uncensored version of audio;
upon receipt of an instruction to tune to the designated program with uncensored audio, tune to a substitute audio stream identified with a secondary packet identifier, where the substitute audio stream substitutes uncensored segments of audio for censored segments of audio.
2. The television receiver device according to claim 1, where the uncensored segments of audio are identified within system information as a separate program having the secondary packet identifier.
3. The television receiver device according to claim 1, where a portion of the tuning information is received in an Enhanced Binary Interchange Format (EBIF) app.
4. The television receiver device according to claim 3, where the EBIF app is received as data forming a part of the designated program.
5. The television receiver device according to claim 3, where the EBIF app programs the tuning of the television receiver device to receive the uncensored segments of audio.
6. The television receiver device according to claim 3, where the EBIF app programs tuning of the television receiver to a packet identifier contained within the EBIF app.
7. The television receiver device according to claim 3, where the EBIF app programs tuning of the television receiver to a packet identifier designated within system information.
8. The television receiver device according to claim 1, where the option to tune to an uncensored version of the audio is made in advance of tuning by use of an opt-in selection forming a part of the television receiver device setup.
9. A television receiver device, comprising:
an interface configured to receive audio video (AV) program content and tuning information;
a processor programmed to:
tune to a designated program;
receive and execute an Enhanced Binary Exchange Format (EBIF) app;
under control of the EBIF app, present an option to tune to the designated program with either a censored or uncensored version of audio;
upon receipt of an instruction to tune to the designated program with uncensored audio, tune to a substitute audio stream identified with a secondary packet identifier, where the substitute audio stream substitutes uncensored segments of audio for censored segments of audio.
10. The television receiver device according to claim 9, where the uncensored segments of audio are identified within system information as a separate program having the secondary packet identifier.
11. The television receiver device according to claim 9, where a portion of the tuning information is received in an EBIF app.
12. The television receiver device according to claim 9, where the EBIF app is received as data forming a part of the designated program.
13. The television receiver device according to claim 9, where the EBIF app programs the tuning of the television receiver device to receive the uncensored segments of audio.
14. The television receiver device according to claim 9, where the EBIF app programs tuning of the television receiver to a packet identifier contained within the EBIF app.
15. The television receiver device according to claim 9, where the EBIF app programs tuning of the television receiver to a packet identifier designated within system information.
16. A television receiver device, comprising:
an interface configured to receive audio video (AV) program content and tuning information;
a processor programmed to:
tune to a designated program;
receive and execute an Enhanced Binary Exchange Format (EBIF) app;
under control of the EBIF app, tuning to the designated program with either a censored or uncensored version of audio;
upon receipt of an instruction to tune to the designated program with uncensored audio, tune to a substitute audio stream identified with a secondary packet identifier, where the substitute audio stream substitutes uncensored segments of audio for censored segments of audio; and
where the EBIF app programs the tuning of the television receiver device to receive the uncensored segments of audio.
17. The television receiver device according to claim 16, where the uncensored segments of audio are identified within system information as a separate program having the secondary packet identifier.
18. The television receiver device according to claim 16, where a portion of the tuning information is received in an EBIF app.
19. The television receiver device according to claim 16, where the EBIF app is received as data forming a part of the designated program.
20. The television receiver device according to claim 16, where the EBIF app programs tuning of the television receiver to a packet identifier contained within the EBIF app.
21. The television receiver device according to claim 16, where the EBIF app programs tuning of the television receiver to a packet identifier designated within system information.
22. The television receiver device according to claim 16, where the instruction to tune to an uncensored version of the audio is made in advance of tuning by use of an opt-in selection forming a part of the television receiver device setup.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1-32. (canceled)
33. A process for preparing a compound of formula (XVII) starting from an intermediate (XIV), followed by cyclization to obtain an intermediate (XV), followed by hydrolysis to the macrocyclic acid (XVI); followed by coupling with cyclopropylsulfonylamide in an amide forming reaction, thus obtaining the end product (XVII), as outlined in the following reaction scheme:
and wherein the compound of formula (XIV) is prepared by a process starting from an intermediate (XI), which is hydrolysed to the acid (XII), which in turn is coupled with the cyclopropylamino acid ester (XIII) to obtain the desired end product (XIV), as outlined in the following reaction scheme:
wherein R is C1-4alkyl, and R1, independently from R, is also C1-4alkyl.
34. The process according to claim 33, wherein the compound of formula (XI) is reacted with an alkali metal hydroxide, to obtain compound of formula (XII), or its alkali metal salt.
35. The process according to claim 33, wherein the compound of formula (XII) or a salt thereof, is further reacted with the compound of formula (XIII), or a salt thereof, and an amide-coupling agent, to obtain compound of formula (XIV).
36. A process according to claim 33, wherein the compound of formula (XIV) is prepared by a process for preparing a compound of formula (XI), or a salt thereof, starting from a hydroxycyclopentyl bis-ester of formula (Va), by either
(a) reacting the hydroxycyclopentyl bis-ester of formula (Va) with a thiazolyl substituted quinolinol (VIII) in an ether forming reaction, thus obtaining a quinolinyloxycyclopentyl bis-ester of formula (IX), wherein the ester group that is in cis position vis-\xe0-vis the ether group in the quinolinyloxy-cyclopentyl bis-ester of formula (IX) is selectively cleaved to a mono carboxylic acid (X), which in turn is coupled with an alkenylamine in an amide forming reaction, thus obtaining the desired product of formula (XI); or
(b) selectively converting the hydroxycyclopentyl bis-ester of formula (Va) to the mono carboxylic acid (VI), which in turn is coupled with an alkenylamine in an amide forming reaction to obtain hydroxycyclopentylamide (VII), which in turn is reacted with a thiazolyl substituted quinolinol (VIII), thus obtaining the desired product of formula (XI);
as outlined in the following reaction scheme,
wherein R1 represents C1-4alkyl:
which intermediate (XI) is hydrolyzed to the acid (XII), which in turn is coupled with the cyclopropylamino acid ester (XIII) to obtain the desired end product (XIV), as outlined in the following reaction scheme:
wherein R is C1-4alkyl, and R1, independently from R, is also C1-4alkyl.
37. A process according to claim 33, wherein the compound of formula (XIV) is prepared by a process comprising a process for preparing intermediate (Va), starting from 4-oxo-cyclopentyl-1,2-bis-carboxylic acid (I), by reducing the keto function to an alcohol, thus obtaining 4-hydroxy-cyclopentyl-1,2-bis-carboxylic acid (II), which in turn is cyclized to the bicyclic lactone (III), wherein the carboxylic acid group in the bicyclic lactone (III) is esterified with benzyl alcohol thus obtaining the lactone benzyl ester (IV), wherein the lactone is opened and the thus formed carboxylic acid group is esterified with a C1-4alkanol thus yielding the hydroxycyclopentyl bis-ester of formula (V), which in turn is resolved in stereoisomers (Vb) and (Va); as outlined in the following reaction scheme, wherein R1 represents C1-4alkyl:
followed by either
(a) reacting the hydroxycyclopentyl bis-ester of formula (Va) with a thiazolyl substituted quinolinol (VIII) in an ether forming reaction, thus obtaining a quinolinyloxycyclopentyl bis-ester of formula (IX), wherein the ester group that is in cis position vis-\xe0-vis the ether group in the quinolinyloxy-cyclopentyl bis-ester of formula (IX) is selectively cleaved to a mono carboxylic acid (X), which in turn is coupled with an alkenylamine in an amide forming reaction, thus obtaining the desired product of formula (XI); or
(b) selectively converting the hydroxycyclopentyl bis-ester of formula (Va) to the mono carboxylic acid (VI), which in turn is coupled with an alkenylamine in an amide forming reaction to obtain hydroxycyclopentylamide (VII), which in turn is reacted with a thiazolyl substituted quinolinol (VIII), thus obtaining the desired product of formula (XI); as outlined in the following reaction scheme, wherein R1 represents C1-4alkyl:
which intermediate (XI) is hydrolyzed to the acid (XII), which in turn is coupled with the cyclopropylamino acid ester (XIII) to obtain the desired end product (XIV), as outlined in the following reaction scheme:
wherein R is C1-4alkyl, and R1, independently from R1 is also C1-4alkyl.
38. The process according to claim 36, wherein the compound of formula (IX) or of formula (XI) is obtained by reacting the compound of formula (Va), respectively of formula (VII), with the compound of formula (VIII), in the presence of an azodicarboxylate of formula R\u2032OOC\u2014N\u2550N\u2014COOR\u2032, a phosphine of formula R\u20333P, and an organic solvent; wherein
R\u2032 represents ethyl or isopropyl or t-butyl;
R\u2033 represents, each independently, phenyl, 2-pyridyl, 3-pyridyl or 4-pyridyl.
39. The process according to claim 36, wherein the compound of formula (VII) or of formula (XI) is obtained by reacting compound of formula (VI), respectively compound of formula (X), with N-methylhex-5-enylamine (NMHA) and an amide-coupling agent in a reaction-inert solvent.
40. The process according to claim 39 wherein the amide-coupling agent is selected from EEDQ, IIDQ, EDCI, DCC, or 1,3-diisopropylcarbodiimide.
41. The process according to claim 36, wherein the compound of formula (VI) or the compound of formula (X) is obtained by reacting the compound of formula (Va), respectively compound (IX), with a reducing agent, in a reaction-inert solvent.
42. The process of claim 41, wherein the reducing agent is hydrogen in the presence of a metal catalyst, or wherein the reducing agent is formic acid or a salt thereof, a mixture of formic acid and a salt thereof, triethylsilane, t-butyldimethylsilane, phenylsilane, or poly(methylhydrosiloxane)optionally in the presence of a base.
43. The process according to claim 42, wherein the reducing agent is hydrogen in the presence of a metal catalyst.
44. The process according to claim 43, wherein the catalyst is selected from palladium on charcoal, palladium hydroxide on charcoal, palladium acetate, or palladium chloride.
45. The process according to claim 42, wherein the base is a triC1-4alkylamine.
46. The process according to claim 41 wherein the organic solvent is selected from THF, MeTHF, acetic acid, toluene, or any mixture thereof.
47. The process according to claim 37, wherein the compound of formula (Va) is obtained by separating the mixture (V) by a chiral separation.
48. The process according to claim 47, wherein the chiral separation is by chiral column chromatography.
49. The process according to claim 37, wherein the compound of formula (V) is obtained by reacting compound of formula (IV) with C1-4alkanol and an acid catalyst.
50. The process according to claim 37, wherein the compound of formula (IV) is obtained by reacting compound of formula (III) with benzyl alcohol; in the presence of a coupling agent; or in the presence of an C1-4alkylchloroformate of the formula ClCOOR\u2033, wherein R\u2033 is C1-4alkyl, such as methyl, ethyl, 1-propyl, 1-butyl, 2-butyl, and an organic base.
51. The process according to claim 50, wherein the coupling agent is selected from EDCI, DCC, and diisopropylcarbodiimide.
52. The process according to claim 37, wherein the compound of formula (III), or a salt thereof, is obtained by reacting compound of formula (II) or a salt thereof, with a C1-4alkylchloroformate of the formula ClCOOR\u2033, wherein R\u2033 is as defined in claim 18; in the presence of an organic base.
53. The process according to claim 37, wherein the compound of formula (II) is obtained by reacting compound of formula (I) with hydrogen in the presence of a metal catalyst, optionally in the presence of a base.
54. The process according to claim 53, wherein the catalyst is selected from rhodium on charcoal, rhodium on alumina, platinum on charcoal, or platinum on alumina.
55. The process according to claim 52 wherein the base is selected from sodium hydroxide, alumina, and a triC1-4alkylamine.
56. The process according to claim 33, wherein R1 is methyl.
57. The process according to claim 33, wherein R is ethyl.