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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185922 | Method and apparatus of verifying that requested content matches content to be downloaded A system and method for distributing requested content includes a content management system 12 and a device 14 such as a set top box that selects a selection corresponding to content in the content management system 12 and transmits a first mate... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179781 | Method and apparatus for encoding data for transmission in a communication system A method and apparatus for encoding data for transmission in a communication system provides increased efficiency in bandwidth utilization through higher data rates, lower error rates, lower power levels, and/or increased capacity. A set of orthogonal codes is parti... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175514 | Method and apparatus for providing preauthorization for a mobile receiving device to access wireless networks A mobile wireless system (10) includes a transmitter such as a satellite (18) that broadcasts wireless signals such as boundaries for wireless networks to a mobile receiving device (22). Mobile receiving device (22) may include an antenna... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170069 | Method and system for processing signals from a local collection facility at a signal processing facility A system and method for processing signal in a remote facility includes an IP network and a first local collection facility that includes a first plurality of receiving circuit modules receiving a first plurality of channel signals and generating a first plurality o... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165060 | Method and system for monitoring and switching between primary and back-up uplink signal processing circuits in a satellite communication system A system and method includes a first uplink signal processing circuit, a second uplink signal processing circuit and an IP network communicating the plurality of channel signals to the first uplink signal processing circuit to form a first output signal. A monitorin... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8155498 | System and method for indexing commercials in a video presentation Systems and methods for providing enhanced navigation of stored digital video content based upon an event index. Includes generation and storage of an event index, as well as navigation based on events in the event index. An example system is embodied in a digital v... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8140859 | Secure storage and replay of media programs using a hard-paired receiver and storage device A method and apparatus for storing and retrieving program material for subsequent replay is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of receiving a data stream comprising the program material encrypted according to a first encryption key, decrypting the program mat... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136007 | Adaptive error correction A system and method for adaptive error correction that optimizes bandwidth by taking into account expected, or predicted, interferences. The bandwidth used for error correction is applied judiciously based on the value of the content and the need to receive the cont... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134512 | Antenna peak strength finder Methods, apparatuses and systems for aligning an antenna reflector with satellites in a satellite configuration. A method in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention comprises aligning the reflector in tilt based on a geographic location of t... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132216 | Method and system for controlling a multi-terminal system A method and system for controlling a terminal includes a receiving unit in communication with the plurality of terminals receiving a command signal and converting the command signal to a serial port control signal. The receiving unit formats the serial port control... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130818 | Maximizing power and spectral efficiencies for layered and conventional modulations Methods and apparatuses for maximizing power and spectral efficiencies in a wireless communication system are disclosed. The invention is particularly useful for layered modulation applications because power levels for such applications are relatively high. A layere... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127328 | Method and system for real-time reconciliation for unused content A method and system includes a scheduling system generating a pre-break window and a post-break window and an automation system in communication with the scheduling system receiving a content signal and generating a deviation signal when an expected trigger for an i... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8126044 | Passive system and method to equalize distortion in an RF satellite chain A system and method for configuring an equalizer 48 for a transmission link includes a computer 82 that forms a mathematical model of an analog equalizer having a plurality of mathematical model filter stages. The computer 82 determines a desire... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122215 | Method and apparatus for verifying memory contents A system and method of verifying a content of a non-volatile reprogrammable memory communicatively coupled to a microprocessor is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of reading at least some of the data stored in the non-volatile reprogrammable memory, computi... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8112779 | Automatic reporting of antenna installation A method for validating antenna installation to a broadcast provider to ensure proper alignment of the antenna with the broadcast provider's satellite system. The feedback provided by the customer, the installer, and signal strength and quality information communica... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107626 | Method and system for enabling transfer of content between a storage device and a portable media player device A method and system for storing a file on a portable device includes a central location 100 generating a seed in response to a unique portable device identifier, a storage device 32 having an interface wherein the storage device 32 stores the se... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8106842 | Ka/Ku antenna alignment A method, apparatus and system for aligning an antenna reflector with satellites in a satellite configuration. A system in accordance with the present invention comprises an alignment mechanism, coupled to the reflector, wherein the alignment mechanism comprises adj... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103270 | Fixed cell communication system with reduced interference A communication system has a high altitude communication device that has an antenna for directing beams to a fixed cell pattern with a polarity of cells. A specific pattern of cells having the same communication resource is provided. Cells having the same resource m... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099749 | Viewer data collection system and method for use in a direct broadcast satellite television network A system and method for collecting viewership data. The inventive system (10) is adapted to receive a signal having multiple channels of program content and associated channel identification information. The system (10) is adapted to parse the program ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095466 | Methods and apparatus to conditionally authorize content delivery at content servers in pay delivery systems Methods and apparatus to conditionally authorize content delivery at content servers in pay delivery systems are disclosed. An example method comprises receiving an authorization for a program download, receiving a request to download the program from a receiver, wh... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8085774 | System and method for content filtering using static source routes A packet containing a request for content is initially received at a content filtering router. The packet comprises a destination Internet Protocol (IP) address of a content server that stores the content and a bogus IP address. It is ascertained that the destinatio... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085707 | Device and method for nodal multiple access into communications channels A nodal division multiple access technique for multiple access to a communications channel such as a satellite transponder. The present invention provides multiple access into a communications channel where each accessing site utilizes one signal from a composite am... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082572 | Method and apparatus for transmitting, receiving, and utilizing audio/visual signals and other information Information such as audio/visual signals, books, video games, etc. are broadcast via satellite and received in a set top box. When requested by a hand held computing device (HHCD), the information is transmitted by the set top box to the HHCD and stored in the HHCD.... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079043 | Service activation of set-top box functionality using broadcast conditional access system A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to activate functionality in a set-top box 500. A feature authorization message is received in a set-top box 500. The feature authorization message comprises one or more rules to be ev... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078493 | Method and system for pause ads A system and method for displaying ads on a client-side video replay system during a pause mode. The method may comprise determining that the video replay system should enter a pause mode, obtaining an ad, and displaying the ad on a display of the video replay syste... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077706 | Method and system for controlling redundancy of individual components of a remote facility system A remote facility and method for operating the same includes a signal processing system including a primary multiplexer multiplexing IP signals to form a multiplexed signal, a primary modulator a primary transport processing system forming a transport stream signal ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073955 | Method and apparatus for tuning used in a broadcast data system A method for tuning used in a broadcast data system having a receiving station with a memory, wherein the receiver station files data and real-time data is disclosed. The method includes storing the memory in a table having tuning information corresponding to a plur... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8072874 | Method and system for switching to an engineering signal processing system from a production signal processing system A system and method for transitioning to a back-up or engineering signal processing system includes a remote facility having multiplexers and a primary signal processing system generating a first output signal, an IP network, and a plurality of local collection faci... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8056099 | Mosaic channel video stream with interactive services An interactive mosaic channel video stream with indicators as to the action on a given video stream. The interactive mosaic channel is displayed on a video monitor, with a plurality of individual video feeds being presented at a given time, comprising a plurality of... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8046802 | Method and system for ordering and prioritizing the downloading of content from an interactive interface A method and system for ordering content includes a first device having an ordering interactive interface. The first device identifies a user account. The first device forms a content selection corresponding to the on-demand content from the interactive interface an... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046799 | Daypart based navigation paradigm A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for providing media program information to a user is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of accepting a command to provide a menu guide from a plurality of menu guides defining a media program... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8044872 | ODU alignment procedure using circularly polarized signals allocated to specific satellites A method and system for aligning an antenna reflector with satellites in a satellite configuration. A method in accordance with the present invention comprises pointing the reflector to an orbital slot used in the satellite configuration, wherein only one satellite ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042139 | Method for configuring broadcast components of a broadcast system including a compression control system A method and system for configuring broadcast components includes a broadcast operation channel management system (BMS) forming a bit rate allocation chart and a compression control system storing a stream map having a channel lineup. The BMS retrieves the channel l... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036592 | Device and method to improve integrated presentation of existing radio services and advanced multimedia services A method and apparatus for providing an integrated presentation of existing media program services and secondary media program services is described. The method comprises the steps of accepting a election of a secondary media program transmitted on a secondary media... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8025571 | Television interactive gaming having local storage of game portal The present invention relates to a system and method for interactive gaming comprising: a central broadcast center (10) transmitting signals over a first communications network; a gaming system (25) residing within the central broadcast center (10 | 09/27/2011 |
| 8024759 | Backwards-compatible frequency translation module for satellite video delivery A frequency translation module for delivering satellite signals to Integrated Receiver Decoders (IRDs). The module comprises at least one input for receiving polarized satellite signals, wherein at least one input is coupled to at least one low noise block amplifier... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8023888 | Blind identification of advanced modulation and coding modes Methods and apparatuses for acquiring and demodulating a data stream transmitted in a communication system. A method in accordance with the present invention comprises finding a boundary of a physical layer frame (PLFrame) in the data stream, finding a first 26 bits... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8023883 | Method and apparatus for controlling handoffs in a mobile system A method of operating a mobile device includes determining a location of the mobile device, determining a local market area for the mobile device in response to the location. The method further includes broadcasting a local market signal for a first network in a fir... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8019275 | Band upconverter approach to KA/KU signal distribution Method, apparatuses, and system for selectively stacking systems are disclosed. A system in accordance with the present invention comprises satellite signals broadcast in a first frequency band, that are downconverted to a first intermediate frequency (IF) band of s... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8015587 | System for monitoring direct broadcast wireless signals A system and method for monitoring direct broadcast satellite signals. In a most general embodiment, the invention (10) includes a mechanism (20) for receiving direct broadcast wireless signals encoded in accordance with a DSS transport protocol. The r... | 09/06/2011 |
