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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120072965 | RECEPTION APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND BROADCASTING SYSTEM Disclosed herein is a reception apparatus for receiving AV content, including: a receiver configured to trigger information for controlling processing associated with an application program to be executed in conjugation with a progress of the AV content; a holder config... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120023194 | APPLICATION LAUNCHER SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES An exemplary method includes detecting a request to launch an application on a device, accessing metadata associated with the application over a network, using the metadata to determine whether sufficient resources are available to launch the application on the device, ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110214152 | Application Execution System for Digital Television, Apparatus for Application Execution for Digital Television and Method to Implement Said System The present invention refers to a system for executing applications, wherein said system is organized by layers and is designed to be used in an open broadcasting television system (land or satellite), and said system is capable of allowing the execution of applications... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110197251 | RECORDING EXTENSION OF DELAYED MEDIA CONTENT Presented herein is a method of extending a recording in a media content receiver of a media event that is delayed. In the method, a recording of media content is begun at an expected start time for the media event based on a recording timer, wherein the recording timer... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110163927 | AMPLIFIED ANTENNA HAVING SMART ANTENNA INTERFACE An amplified antenna includes an antenna element configured to receive over-the-air television broadcast signals and an amplification circuit for amplifying those received signals. The amplified signal is transmitted via an RF output terminal through an RF cable to a se... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110167468 | METHOD OF PROCESSING APPLICATION IN DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER CONNECTED WITH INTERACTIVE NETWORK AND THE DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER A digital broadcast receiver is disclosed. The method of processing an application in a digital broadcast receiver connected with an interactive network includes receiving, from a broadcast network, broadcast audio/video (A/V) content and application information table (... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110126257 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TUNING A SET-TOP BOX REMOTELY VIA A SOCIAL NETWORK A system and method for controlling a set-top box through a social network. Access is granted to control the set-top box to one or more contacts of a user. The one or more contacts being associated with one or more social networks. Access to control the set-top box is g... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110113450 | ENHANCED TELEVISION EXTENSION A method may include receiving an enhanced television (ETV) application in a video client over a first data path and executing the ETV application in the video client. In one embodiment, the ETV application may include an enhanced television binary interchange format (E... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110113463 | Build Profile for a Set-Top Box One embodiment of the present disclosure takes the form of a method for generating a profile of a build program for one or more set-top box platforms supported by a satellite distribution system. The one or more build profiles may maintain information about the one or m... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110113464 | SET-TOP BOX AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING MONITORING QUALITY THEREOF A set-top box includes a receiving unit, a processing unit, a transmitting unit, and a capturing unit. The receiving unit is adapted to receive an external signal from an external signal source. The processing unit is adapted to improve the quality of the video signal i... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110113465 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING SET-TOP BOX IN DOWNLOAD CONDITIONAL ACCESS SYSTEM A set-top box identification method and system for identifying the set-top box which is currently connected to a Downloadable Conditional Access System (DCAS) based on set-top box manufacturer and/or set-top box model are provided. The set-top box identification method ... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110107389 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF SET-TOP BOX MEMORY MONITORING A system and method for monitoring set-top box memory is presented. In one exemplary embodiment, the system and method for monitoring set-top box memory may comprise receiving memory data of a set-top box at a central computing device, monitoring the memory data of the ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110083158 | AUDIO/VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD The preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a system and method for programming and/or charging one or more audio/video devices such that the audio/video devices will be programmed and charged to receive transmitted audio and video signals associated with... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110078757 | PROVISIONING A SET-TOP BOX A method of provisioning a set-top box (STB) with a provisioning server is disclosed. In the method, a provisioning request is received from a STB, where the provisioning request includes a provisioning stream identifier, an authorization server identifier, and a STB ad... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110072481 | INTEGRATED RECEIVING DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR PREVENTING THE INTEGRATED RECEIVING DEVICE FROM HAVING INSUFFICIENT MEMORY An integrated receiving device (IRD) and a method for preventing the IRD from having insufficient memory are provided. The IRD connects to a headend via a CATV network. The IRD acquires attributes of an application from the headend, and analyzes the attributes to obtain... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110055889 | Dynamic Application Loader for Set Top Box Set top boxes (STBs) in a cable system are configured on a box-by-box basis to facilitate beta and trial testing of new or updated services. STBs are assigned to deployment groups identified by a deployment group identifier. Features configurations including hierarchies... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110032424 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GRAPHICALLY ANNOTATING DISPLAYS PRODUCED IN A TELEVISION RECEIVER Systems, devices and methods provide for graphically annotating television images received and presented by a set top box (STB) or other television receiver. A pallette of available illustration tools is presented on the display in conjunction with the television image ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030027 | TELEVISION TRANSMITTER, TELEVISION TRANSMITTING METHOD, TELEVISION RECEIVER AND TELEVISION RECEIVING METHOD A TV transmitter, a TV transmitting method, a TV receiver and a TV receiving method allowing users to find and choose desired programs through the use of a program guide displayed by graphical user interface (GUI). The TV transmitter comprises a signal generation unit f... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20100333158 | Analysis of Packet-Based Video Content A system for receiving and decoding packet-based video signals, and method of operation and computer program product for such system are disclosed. The system receives a packet-based data stream encoding a video or television signal. The content is analysed in accordanc... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100313223 | User Selection of Software Components in a Television Set-Top Box A method for allowing user selection of interactive video software components in a television STB operatively coupled to a video content network includes the steps of: affording the user a selection of interactive video software components to run on the set-top box; and... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100299695 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO REMOTELY MANAGE AND AUDIT SET TOP BOX RESOURCES A system and method for determining the resources available or used in a remote device is disclosed. The system can be used to determine whether the remote device is using expected resources as originally configured or to determine whether resources are available to sup... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100289954 | PROVIDING AUDIO SIGNALS USING A NETWORK BACK-CHANNEL A method for providing audio portions of broadcast television signals is disclosed. A television signal is buffered by a multimedia client. In response to a user request, audio data may be obtained from a service provider and sent back to the multimedia client using a n... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100287582 | AUTO DISCOVERY AND AUTO PROVISIONING OF SET TOP BOXES A system and method for the automatic discovery and provisioning of a video set top box within an IPTV network is provided. When first connected to a residential gateway, the set top box requests the address information of the residential gateway. The set top box then s... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100242077 | TV search A device consistent with certain embodiments has a television receiver and an Internet Protocol television (IPTV) receiver. A decoder decodes television programming from either of the television receiver or the IPTV receiver. A programmed processor(s) retrieves metadata... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100235864 | DIFFERENTIATED PSIP TABLE UPDATE INTERVAL TECHNOLOGY An apparatus, method and data structure for generating at least one table in a broadcast environment, are provided. The apparatus includes a generator to generate an event information table (EIT) and an extended text table (ETT). The ETT has program guide information fo... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100235875 | IPTV Devices and Methods Adapted for Such Devices Methods and apparatus for enabling upgrading of a television (TV) device that is connectable to an internet protocol TV (IPTV) system including an operator system and a TV manufacturer system are described. The upgrading is based on a token object and verifies a request... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100223642 | PROGRAM GUIDE SYSTEM WITH REAL-TIME DATA SOURCES A program guide system is provided in which an interactive television program guide that is implemented at least partially on user television equipment receives program listings data and real-time data such as sports scores, news data, and the like. The real-time data m... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100157171 | DIGITAL INTERCONNECT OF ENTERTAINMENT EQUIPMENT IN THE HOME A method for configuring a controlling device to command functional operations of at least one controllable appliance. The method includes the steps of receiving at the controlling device from the at least one controllable appliance, via a first communication channel, d... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100154009 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DOWNLOADING SOFTWARE IMAGES TO A MOBILE DEVICE AND TO A HOME NETWORKED DEVICE TO IMPLEMENT COMPATIBLE SERVICES A method is provided for downloading software to first and second devices. A request is received for a service that is to be implemented on the first and second devices and which is to be interoperable between the first and second devices. An identification of the first... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100138891 | METHOD OF DOWNLOADING AND UPDATING APPLICATIONS IN A TELEVISION RECEIVER/DECODER HOUSING In order to maximize the availability of a television receiver/decoder housing, the invention enables the download of updates while said housing is being used. In order to do so, when the housing detects that an update is available, the housing allocates itself a portio... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100138875 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED INTERACTIVE TELEVISION PROCESSING A method and system for providing an electronic shopping environment including a server and one or more set-top boxes in communication with the server. In an exemplary embodiment, the server stores product information relating to a plurality of products classified in a ... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100115540 | System and Method to Enable Access to Broadband Services A provisioning system includes a services management system operable to enable a set-top box device configured to receive broadband services at a first network location to access one or more of the broadband services at a second network location. The first network locat... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100100920 | DATA APPLICATION PROVIDING SERVER, BROADCASTING SERVER AND RECEIVER FOR DYNAMICALLY PROCESSING DATA APPLICATION AND DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME A data application providing server, a broadcasting server and a receiver for dynamically processing a data application and a digital broadcasting system including the same are disclosed wherein a data of a minimum quantity required for executing a data application is r... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100083337 | Multipurpose television module A method of processing a boot sequence for a processor forming a part of a module apparatus involves interrogating a host television device to determine if the host television device requires use of an application execution engine residing on the module apparatus; recei... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100071020 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING SOFTWARE FOR A HOST DEVICE IN A CABLE SYSTEM Flexible systems and methods are disclosed that may be used for provisioning, configuring, and controlling a host embodied in a cable set top box or other digital device attached to a digital communication network, such as cable distribution network. An enhanced service... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100058421 | Methods and Apparatus for Updating Digital Television Firmware Systems and methods for using broadcast bandwidth for updating firmware of digital televisions may include identifying a portion of unused bandwidth corresponding to a television station; selecting at least one update module, the update module comprising an update to fi... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20090293098 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PRODUCTS FOR SEARCHING FOR UNSCHEDULED PROGRAMS AND RELATED PROCESSING Systems, methods and computer products for DVR searching, scheduling and recording for unscheduled programs and programs outside an electronic programming guide. Exemplary embodiments include an unscheduled program searching, scheduling, and recording method, including ... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090265736 | BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND FIRMWARE UPGRADE METHOD THEREOF Provided are a broadcast receiving apparatus and a firmware upgrade method thereof The firmware upgrade method includes receiving firmware which is transmitted from headend equipment through an Ethernet and upgrading the firmware in the broadcast receiving apparatus. Th... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090254936 | Set Top Box With Firewall A set top box with a firewall is disclosed. The set top box uses two separate ports to communicate with two respective communications networks. The first port communicates with the first network to receive programming information and the second port communicates with th... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090228908 | Portable Media Device and Method for Presenting Viewing Content During Travel A portable media device for use in cooperation with passenger entertainment systems installed in vehicles, such as automobiles and aircraft, and methods for manufacturing and using same. The portable media device is configured to communicate with one or more content sou... | 09/10/2009 |
