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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120131628 | SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL ENABLED SET-TOP DEVICE Controlling delivery of media content at a network server is disclosed. A request for media channel guide information from a remote subscriber device is received. Media channel guide information is sent to the remote subscriber device in response to the request. A reque... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120072963 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MESSAGE NOTIFICATION AND ACCESS VIA A VIDEO DISTRIBUTION NETWORK A method includes receiving, via an internet protocol television network, a broadcast signal comprising video content at a device. The device is associated with a person. The method includes receiving, via the internet protocol television network, a message notification... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120030726 | DYNAMIC VIDEO CONTENT APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS A media control player includes a central processing unit, a graphics processing unit, an audio/video input, an audio/video output, a memory device, and a media control player housing. The media control player to receives broadcast content from a broadcast source and pr... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120023528 | STATE-BASED RECOVERY SYSTEM A method including receiving a request from another device to provide television content; sending a response that includes the television content; storing state information associated with the television content, wherein the state information includes an identifier of t... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120017253 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICES USING A SERVICES GATEWAY A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server having a controller operable to provide media content to a gateway for presentation on a plurality of display devices without using a set top box, provide a selection of av... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110296485 | VIDEO STREAMING A video sequence is to be transmitted at a selectable quality from a server over a network. A network control protocol operates in response to a control parameter to allocate to the server a share of available transmission capacity in proportion to the value of the cont... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110296484 | AUDIO AND VIDEO TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION IN BUSINESS AND ENTERTAINMENT ENVIRONMENTS Transmitters convert audio and/or video signals into wireless communication signals. Smart phones, personal data assistants and/or other audio/video electronic devices are programmed to detect the wireless communications signals and display them to users. A user selects... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110277005 | GEOGRAPHIC INTERNET ASSET FILTERING FOR INTERNET VIDEO CLIENT A device is enabled to display Internet TV by accessing a management server with a secret unique ID and receiving back from the server, assuming the ID is approved, a user token and a service list of content servers with knowledge of the user token. A user can select a ... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110277008 | TECHNIQUE FOR PROVIDING UNINTERRUPTED SWITCHED DIGITAL VIDEO SERVICE A request is received from a subscriber of a video content network offering a switched digital video service. The request is to establish a new switched digital video session within a service group of the video content network. The service group includes both preferred ... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110267464 | REMOTE TELEMETRY AND VIDEO This invention concerns remote telemetry and video. In a first aspect, the invention is a remote telemetry and video support platform for communicating with at least one remote mobile telemetry video monitoring installation, and with users. The platform stores a profile... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110265138 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SERVICE DISCOVERY INFORMATION IN MULTIMEDIA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND FILE STRUCTURE FOR THE SAME A method and apparatus are provided for transmitting service discovery information in a multimedia transmission system. Service discovery information, including service access information for reception of a service, is generated. The service discovery information is tra... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110252454 | INFORMATION PROVISIONING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROVISIONING METHOD Information provisioning includes acquiring one of an audio and a video elementary stream of content that is composed of a plurality of segments, and actual data of metadata that includes information related to the content. The metadata is divided into metadata processi... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110239264 | MOVING-PICTURE IMAGE DATA-DISTRIBUTION METHOD The present invention relates to a moving-picture image data-distribution method that suppresses increases in processing loads at respective information terminals without being affected by an uneven distribution status of processing loads that changes over time or by a ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110231884 | ROUTING OF DATA INCLUDING MULTIMEDIA BETWEEN ELECTRONIC DEVICES Rerouting apparatus for rerouting data including multimedia data. The apparatus is for association with electronic equipment and allows for routing the data to a device regarded as the most convenient for playing the media. The apparatus comprises an announcer device fo... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110228769 | Controller Providing Gradual Transition of Multiple Terminals from Unicast Transmission A controller in a video headend or other transmission element of a signal distribution system is operative to detect a condition in which unicast transmissions of a given content stream to a plurality of terminals meet a specified threshold. The controller starts a mult... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110225618 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING WIRELESS LOCAL AREA MULTIMEDIA BROADCASTING The present invention discloses a method and system for supporting wireless local area multimedia broadcast, and the method comprises: sweeping frequencies in an area where wireless local multimedia broadcast will be performed to determine the transmitting power and the... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110214150 | Imprint Client Statistical Filtering A method, system API and computer product for adapting reverse data channel (RDC) utilization by selectively restricting the reporting of statistics data from client devices using a client-side filter adapted in response to configuration data from a file or other source... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110209189 | SERVER FOR PRESENTING INTERACTIVE CONTENT SYNCHRONIZED TO TIME-BASED MEDIA Where multiple client devices are synchronized to multiple, asynchronous instances of a time-based media presentation such as live and time-shifted views of a television broadcast, interactive content can be delivered to each one of the various devices at a particular t... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110202966 | SIGNALING MECHANISMS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENABLING, TRANSMITTING AND MAINTAINING INTERACTIVITY FEATURES ON MOBILE DEVICES IN A MOBILE BROADCAST COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Systems, apparatus and methods provide an automatic capability for generating interactivity event applications for execution on receiver devices within a broadcast network based upon interactivity event application data, information and sequence logic. Interactivity eve... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110202967 | Apparatus and Method to Broadcast Layered Audio and Video Over Live Streaming Activities Systems and methods for creating customized, personalized broadcasting content, and for broadcasting the created content are disclosed. A computer automated system comprised of a memory coupled to a processing unit includes means to receive audio and video data of an ev... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110202956 | DISPOSITION OF VIDEO ALERTS AND INTEGRATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE INTO A LOCAL SERVICE DOMAIN A handset or other end device in a local service domain receives video service notifications. The video service notifications can provide information to a user of the end device about a video service (e.g., a television program or a movie) available within a local netwo... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110167464 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BROADCASTING SERVICES IN DIGITAL VIDEO BROADCASTING SYSTEM An apparatus and method for providing signaling information using inband transmission in a digital video broadcasting system where a frame for transmitting broadcasting data according to a ground-wave broadcasting service and broadcasting data according to a mobile broa... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110162005 | COMPUTER-CONTROLLED VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM A computer-controlled video entertainment system providing user-related input data to said system. The invention provides an rich input sensor device having direct access to an IP-based network, in particular to the Internet, for transmitting sensor signals or data deri... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110162003 | BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING A PERSONALIZED BROADCASTING SERVICE IN THE SAME A broadcasting system where user's participation is allowed, additional information personalized for each of users/local areas/time is inserted into an AV and the AV including the additional information provides a user and a method of providing a personalized broadcasti... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110138433 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BROADCASTING VIDEO WITH A SECONDARY AUDIO SOURCE Embodiments of the disclosed invention include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for providing a video source with a secondary audio source. For example, in one embodiment, a content provider receives a broadcast signal that includes a video component a... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110138434 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A DIGITAL TV CONVERTER WITH IPTV CAPABILITIES A video content system and method that includes a video server connected to a public communication network and a video content network, and a computing device connected to the video content network and a video display device. The computing device establishes a communica... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110126252 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING MEDIA PROGRAMS A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computing device, including a controller to: transmit a client program having a graphical user interface (GUI) to a media device operating in an interactive television (iTV) netwo... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110126241 | System and Method for Layered Delivery of Media Content Quality A method in a server for providing various Internet Protocol television signal qualities involves an IPTV signal having a first signal quality that is transmitted over a first network connection to a first device. A request to receive the IPTV signal over a second netwo... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110126253 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A SOCIAL NETWORK A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller to collect one or more user-generated comments from each of a plurality of computing devices, detect a correlation in the one or more user-generated com... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110122834 | VIRTUAL HOME CHANNEL FOR MOBILE BROADCAST NETWORKS Methods and systems simplify discovery and handoff for multi-frequency broadcast receiver devices, such as mobile TV devices, by providing a virtual home channel that is not dependent on a single frequency network upper layer. The methods and systems may be used in conj... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110119725 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING MEDIA PROGRAMS A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computing device, including a controller to: transmit a client program having a graphical user interface (GUI) to a media device operating in an interactive television (iTV) netwo... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110113454 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING USER GENERATED CONTENT A television provider receives content from a plurality of users. The user generated content is aggregated and scheduled for broadcast across a channel of the television provider. The user generated content is then broadcast at the scheduled time for reception by commun... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110107379 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PACKETIZED CONTENT DELIVERY OVER A CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK Methods and apparatus for delivery of packetized content (e.g., video, audio, data, etc.) over a content delivery network. In one embodiment, the content is packetized using an Internet Protocol (IP), and delivered by a service provider over both managed and unmanaged n... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110099583 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM A digital broadcasting system and a method for processing data in the same are disclosed. A method for controlling a digital television (DTV) located in one independent space among a plurality of independent spaces physically separated from one another is disclosed. The... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110088075 | System and method for distributing auxiliary data embedded in video data A system and method for distributing auxiliary data embedded in video data includes a content source that embeds the auxiliary data into the video data. The content source then encodes the video data together with the auxiliary data to create a distribution multiplex in... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110088076 | System and Method for Media Adaptation A system and method for media adaptation are provided. A method for providing media to an electronic device includes receiving a request for a media with a set of characteristics, and determining if the media with the set of characteristics resides in a media storage. T... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110082735 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MERCHANDISING TRANSACTIONS VIA IMAGE MATCHING IN A CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM Methods and devices enable users of still or video image content to indicate objects within images in order to obtain more information regarding products of interest. Selected portions of an image or coordinates within the image may be included in a product query messag... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110053623 | HFC BANDING FOR A VIRTUAL SERVICE GROUP Embodiments may be disclosed herein that provide systems, devices, and methods of creating and using virtual service groups on HFC networks. One such embodiment is a system comprising: a headend in communication with a plurality of consumer premises devices; contiguous ... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110030002 | ADM ENABLED OITF, SUPPORTING IPTV INFRASTRUCTURE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS A system and method for the automated discovery of advertisement decision services and advertisement management services employs an advertisement application server which receives the address of an advertisement management service from an IPTV Controller during the regi... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110023075 | RECORDING/REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD OF VIDEO SERVER AND RECORDING/REPRODUCTION APPARATUS According to one embodiment, a recording/reproduction apparatus includes a power source controller. The power source controller includes a determination unit, a stand-by mode execution unit, and a pause mode execution unit. The determination unit determines whether or n... | 01/27/2011 |
