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| 20120030725 | CONTENTS URL NOTIFICATION SYSTEM A contents URL notification system is configured to notify users of contents URLs using TV sets. In the contents URL notification system, a server computer of a content provider transmits information related to the contents URL (URL information) to a client computer via... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120011556 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING BROADCASTING SERVICE A method for providing a broadcasting service containing contents includes: generating contents representations metadata for describing possible representations of the contents; and outputting the contents representations metadata, wherein the contents representations m... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110055885 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INTERACTIVE LOOK-AND-FEEL IN A DIGITAL BROADCAST VIA AN X Y PROTOCOL A system for providing an interactive look-and-feel in a digital video broadcast via an X-Y protocol is provided. At a head-end, video information is digitized and associated with private data, such as event identifications, X-Y coordinates, link event identification an... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20100313216 | Integration of television advertising with internet shopping For integration of televising advertising with Internet shopping, a link to a web page intended for ordering of advertised product is multiplexed with a stream of video data. At the receiving side, a processor embedded in a set-top box with a USB port detects the link a... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100154007 | EMBEDDED VIDEO ADVERTISING METHOD AND SYSTEM A method of associating primary content in a broadcast video program with secondary content information not shown in the program is provided. A broadcastable video program of primary content is provided on a machine-readable medium, the program having successive image f... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100086283 | Systems and methods for updating video content with linked tagging information A system and method associates relevant additional information with a video stream, whether live or pre-recorded. The system creates a spot within the video that is linked to the additional information. When a particular action occurs in relation to the spot, the additi... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20090205005 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEPTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL CONTENT Disclosed is a method of providing additional content in a digital broadcast reception apparatus, the method including receiving a locator of additional content from a broadcast server while a user watches a broadcast program, receiving an instruction to insert the addi... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090172744 | Method of enhancing media content and a media enhancement system A media enhancement system and method, the system including a media player structured to deliver a media selection to a user and an enhancement registry associated with the media selection and including time data and/or other data associated with the media selection and... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090144775 | CLIENT AND SERVER SYSTEM An internet on-demand system for television presents internet content and traditional television programming as part of a single coherent interface. The system includes a server and a client capable of providing a dynamic graphical user interface. The system can display... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090119700 | TELEVISION RECEIVER AND METHOD OF OPERATING A SERVER There is provided a television receiver which comprises a browser for accessing a web site via the internet. The television receiver is arranged to download data represented by the Wireless Markup Language (WML). The television receiver processes the data to output a si... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090007207 | HARDWARE-IMPLEMENTED HANDLING OF BACK-TO-BACK AND PARALLEL TIME SLICES IN A VIDEO BROADCASTING RECEIVER A hardware-implemented video broadcasting receiver is described that is capable handling back-to-back and parallel time slices in an efficient manner, thereby providing improved receiver performance. In one implementation, the hardware-implemented video broadcasting rec... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080282303 | DETECTION OF MEDIA LINKS IN BROADCAST SIGNALS A detection apparatus includes a tuner tuned to the program and a meter coupled to the tuner and arranged to detect content ancillary information from the program tuned by the tuner. The content ancillary information may be a media link, closed captioning information, o... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080216139 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING VIDEO OVER A NETWORK A user can create a video segment or employ an existing video segment, and then share it over a computer network. The user provides an indication that one or more particular video segments are to be shared over the network. The video segment(s) is/are then automatically... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080216140 | SHARING A STREAMING VIDEO A video segment can be shared over a computer network by first receiving the video segment at a receiving computer on the network. The receiving computer assures that the video segment is in a streaming video format, and creates at least one identification tag for the v... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080196075 | Capture of configuration and service provider data via OCR In one embodiment, a method of obtaining information associated with a television access device used in a television reception system, wherein the method is carried out in a control device that does not have direct access to the configuration information of the access d... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080163326 | Portable Video Hard-Disk Drive (pVHDD) System Pre-recorded video library (PVL) is much more difficult to realize than other pre-recorded multimedia library (PML). Among the existing, mature mobile mass storages, portable HDD (with 1″ 07/03/2008 | |
| 20080104627 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RANKING MEDIA A system and method for ranking media. Embodiments enable presenting media in a first venue, obtaining feedback from at least one user and providing an indication whether to present the media in a second venue. The media may be audio, video, and/or text or any combinati... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080098450 | Dual display apparatus and methodology for broadcast, cable television and IPTV A set top box (“STB”) apparatus configurable for handling broadcast, cable television and Internet protocol television (“IPTV”) formats by multiple operators via a single flexible operating system is provided. The set top box is enabled to receive and run differ... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20080098442 | Delivering Individualized Content Over a Broadcast Network In various embodiments, a unidirectional broadcast network is utilized to provide digital content to users in a manner that allows users' computing devices to maintain synchrony with personal, relevant information. In at least some embodiments, the broadcast network uti... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20080098436 | Top recording events list for media device In one embodiment, a method comprises extracting future event recording selections scheduled on a plurality of media devices. Each of the plurality of media devices is coupled through a private access network to a service provider and includes a digital video recorder. ... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20080092187 | CATV system, management device, cable modem and program A cable modem of a CATV system includes an address monitoring unit and a proxy requesting unit. The address monitoring unit monitors an address of at least one set top box connected to the cable modem based on a content of transmission sent to the cable modem from the s... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080092189 | Web video distribution system for e-commerce, information-based or services websites A method of presenting video content to clients of an e-commerce, information-based or services website is provided enabling their website designers or providers to benefit from the vastly growing amount of video content on the Internet and automate the integration of a... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080092202 | Portable golf spectator information system A system for conveying viewer-selected information to viewers of a golf tournament includes a group of external input signals, a command facility, and a remote device able to convey viewer-selected information to the viewer. The external signals are from a group that in... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080092172 | Method and apparatus for a zooming feature for mobile video service The new zooming feature of the present invention applies to video service on mobile phones. The feature offers more interaction between the end user and the video server and it provides more interesting viewing. It has the potential to become a service differentiator fo... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080066107 | Using Viewing Signals in Targeted Video Advertising At a client, a video is received. The video includes one or more advertisement slots. The video is played back to a user. During the playback of the video, an impending advertisement slot is detected. One or more advertisements are requested for placement in the adverti... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080066126 | System and method of distributing multimedia content The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for enhanced multimedia distribution. The method can include displaying a multimedia selection at a display device coupled to a first receiver of a video distribution system, where the multimedia selection is det... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080066131 | Authoring system for IPTV network In an embodiment, a system and method permit an IPTV subscriber to display on a channel of an IPTV network video data from a subscriber video database. The system may include, in addition to the IPTV network and the subscriber database, an IPTV server and an IPTV set to... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080066130 | Methods, systems and computer program products for providing a media file to a designated set-top box Methods of providing a media file include receiving the media file and an identification of a destination set-top box for the media file at a server device. The received media file is transmitted from the server device to the identified set-top box in an Internet protoc... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080059986 | Online video/chat applications Presenting video over one or more computer networks includes obtaining permission to distribute video from an owner of rights in the video, charging a flat fee for presentation of the video, where the flat fee being is on a maximum number of users who are permitted to v... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080060026 | IPTV subscriber and security management A method and apparatus is disclosed for security-management of IP TV subscribers across a network comprising: receiving and storing at an access network element, a plurality of requests to connect to one or more multicast groups from a plurality of ports; retrieving, th... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080060037 | WEB-ENHANCED TELEVISION EXPERIENCE A television (TV) broadcast signal is received and routed to a TV display. An audio data stream or ancillary data stream in the TV broadcast, (such as closed-captioning), is scanned to determine if a uniform resource locator (URL) is included in the TV broadcast. If a U... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080052751 | Personal Monitoring and Information Apparatus The present invention relates to portable video decoder devices that are used by sporting enthusiasts to monitor and access real time information concerning a sporting event. The present invention comprises a receiver which includes a touch screen display, keypad, audio... | 02/28/2008 |
| 20080046956 | USER CONTROL FOR DISPLAYING TAGS ASSOCIATED WITH ITEMS IN A VIDEO PLAYBACK A user control, such as a television remote control device, allows a user to selectively display tags during a video program. The tags provide information about items that are visible in scenes in the video. The tags can identify the brand name, item name, location wher... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080046946 | Locally originated IPTV programming In an embodiment, a third party video content database is coupled to an IPTV network. The IPTV network includes a plurality of set top boxes (STBs). The third party video content database is mapped to the IPTV network via an IP address of the third party content databas... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080046945 | Television system having internet web browsing capability A television system for providing standard television programming and Internet browsing includes a television set for viewing digital and/or analog programming and includes a memory storage device and an integral embedded web browser for displaying data received from an... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080046916 | Personalized assistance with setup of a media-playing set A system and corresponding method for providing personalized assistance to users with setup of their respective media-playing sets provides a computing device remote from each set hosting a web page interface for prompting each user to create an individual account and t... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080022297 | System and method of sharing private content The present disclosure is directed to a system and method of sharing private content. In a particular embodiment, the method includes receiving a designation of a share location from which private content of a first user of an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) system ... | 01/24/2008 |
| 20080022340 | REDUNDANT STREAM ALIGNMENT IN IP DATACASTING OVER DVB-H A real-time program transmission system and method may receive a signal from a content source, and generate two different data streams. One stream may be of a higher quality than the other. The two streams may then be inserted into time slice frames, such that a single ... | 01/24/2008 |
| 20080022341 | Video integration Techniques for Internet Protocol (IP) video integration within a home viewing network are provided. Locally acquired IP video content is assigned a channel on a television (TV). The assigned channel is associated with a same source input of the TV that includes other ch... | 01/24/2008 |
| 20080016540 | System and method for a video content service monitoring & provisioning architecture According to one example embodiment there is provided a computer program executable on a computing platform to at least in part analyze data at least in part obtained from one or more data sources of an Internet-protocol television (IPTV) network, wherein the data provi... | 01/17/2008 |
