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| 20120072967 | IMS SERVICE PROXY IN HiGA The present invention relates to a communication system (SYS), a gateway apparatus (HiGA) and a method for allowing services of a first type provided by a communication server (IMS-S) to be provided to terminal devices (T1, T2, . . . Tn . . . TN) of a home... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120042333 | Device and Method for Hierarchical Broadcasting A hierarchical broadcasting device and method are disclosed. In the hierarchical broadcasting method, a broadcast transmitting device may transmit lower layer broadcast data for an existing broadcast to a broadcast receiving device via a first communication network, and... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120005716 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO STATISTICAL MULTIPLEXING ADAPTING TO INTERNET PROTOCOL NETWORKS The present invention discloses methods and systems of statistical video multiplexing to improve the performance of video encoding by minimizing delay while achieving high video quality. The video encoders used in the system are capable of calculating the complexity of ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110317020 | System and Method to Detect a Fault in Transmission of a Stream of Media Data Corresponding to a Media Channel A particular method may include detecting at a first network device of a video distribution network a fault in transmission of a stream of media data with a media channel. The method also includes, in response to detecting the fault, transmitting a notification that inc... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110283334 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF SHARING CONTENTS THEREOF WITH OTHER DEVICES An electronic device includes a wireless communication unit wirelessly communicating with any of a plurality of external devices which each comprise a display, a display displaying content including specific content, an input unit receiving an input for selecting the sp... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110197252 | 16E1/T1 MEDIA GATEWAY An apparatus, method and system of a 16E1/T1 media gateway are disclosed. In one embodiment, a 16E1/T1 media gateway includes two set of 8E1/T1 interfaces connected through RJ45 connectors to create 16 E1/T1 interface in a media gateway equipment to run a multiple appli... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110138439 | Reception device, reception method, transmission device, and transmission method A receiving device includes a first data receiving unit to receive image data from an external device, with multiple channels, by differential signals, via a transfer path; a second data receiving unit to receive predetermined data from the external device, via a bi-dir... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110088077 | DOWNSTREAM BANDWIDTH CONDITIONING DEVICE A downstream bandwidth conditioning device includes a forward path. A coupler is connected within the forward path providing a secondary path. A tuner connected to the coupler is tunable based on an input from a microprocessor. The tuner provides a tuner output of a sel... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110023080 | CONTROLLED RATE VOD SERVER A distributed stream processing system including a plurality of storage devices, at least one of which is configured to process at least one segment of a data stream, thereby producing a changed segment of the data stream, and provide output of at least the changed segm... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100313236 | TECHNIQUES FOR UNGRADING SOFTWARE IN A VIDEO CONTENT NETWORK It is determined that a substantial portion of set-top terminals connected to a video content network require a software upgrade. In-band video bandwidth (e.g., video-on-demand or switched digital video) is allocated for the software upgrade. The software upgrade is bro... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100289894 | BROADCASTING SYSTEM, SENDING APPARATUS AND SENDING METHOD, RECEIVING APPARATUS AND RECEIVING METHOD, AND PROGRAM The present invention relates to a broadcasting system, a sending apparatus and a sending method, a receiving apparatus and a receiving method, and a program that make it possible to cause a user to feel a sense of realism, to display an image suitable for the preferenc... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100189028 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BROADCASTING DIGITAL SERVICES Method and system for broadcasting digital services comprising a plurality of receiver sets located in several regions and at least one broadcasting facility which rebroadcasts several services with region-specific contents in a single transport stream (TS) consisting o... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100146580 | MEDIA CONTENT REDUNDANT TRANSMISSION A premises based multimedia communication system includes a source device that produces multimedia content, a rendering device that presents the multimedia content, and a premises communication network coupling the source device to the rendering device. The source devic... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100138892 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDIA DISTRIBUTION A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server having a controller to maintain a delivery session with a set top box for streaming of media content thereto where the media content is multiple content from a plurality of... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100083339 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND APPARATUS A “program information constituent element table” is in common use at data transmitting locations, data relaying locations and data converting locations and plural programs are combined through high multiplexing to one MPEG-2 transport stream, thereby suppressing us... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100023994 | Network Interface Devices Network interface devices and methods are provided. A particular network interface device includes a first network interface adapted to terminate one or more communication lines and a second network interface to terminate at least one coaxial line. The network interface... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20090089855 | Systems and Methods for Communications Between Client Devices of a Broadcast System Systems and methods may provide for communication between a plurality of client devices of a broadcast system. The communication may be, for example, a recommendation of a program that is communicated from one subscriber to another subscriber or subscribers via their cl... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090025040 | INTERACTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, MULTIMEDIA CONTENT TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, MULTIMEDIA CONTENT RECEIVING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, SUB-CONTENT RECEIVING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING INTERACTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM, PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT TRANSMITTING DEVICE, PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT RECEIVING DEVICE, PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING SUB-CONTENT RECEVING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM In an interactive service system (70), a service provider has an AV content creating/transmitting device (72) for transmitting AV content and an AV content related service providing device (75) for receiving a message, and a service requester has an... | 01/22/2009 |
| 20080104659 | Prioritized real-time data transmission Real-time data is transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver. For each frame of the real-time data, portions of the frame are transmitted from the transmitter to the receiver within a time period allocated for transmission of the frame, in order from one or more highe... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080072275 | VIDEO APPARATUS HAVING EXTERIOR RECORDING FUNCTION AND INTERIOR TIME SHIFT FUNCTION AND BROADCAST PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF A video apparatus having an exterior recording function and an interior time shift function and a broadcast processing method thereof The video apparatus includes a memory which temporarily stores a broadcast of a certain time duration; an interface which is connected t... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20070129028 | Radio-frequency circuit realizing stable operation A television signal transmitter has an up-converter provided with a pre-amplifier and an impedance matching circuit subsequent to the pre-amplifier. The self-resonance frequency of an inductor included in the impedance matching circuit, which is connected in series to a... | 06/07/2007 |
| 20060271990 | Higher picture rate HD encoding and transmission with legacy HD backward compatibility Methods and systems for the efficient and non-redundant transmission of a single video program in multiple frame rates, optionally employing a combination of video coding standards, in a way that is backwards-compatible with legacy receivers only supportive of some subs... | 11/30/2006 |
| 20060253890 | System and method for providing terrestrial digital broadcasting service using single frequency network Provided is a system and method for terrestrial digital broadcasting service using a single frequency network without additional equipment. The system and method synchronizes input signals into transmitting stations by inserting a transmission synchronization signal int... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060218619 | Block artifacts detection A block artifacts detection device (100) for detecting block artifacts in a video signal is disclosed. The block artifacts detection device (100) comprises: computing means (102) for computing a gradient signal on basis of the video signal; establis... | 09/28/2006 |
| 20060170778 | Systems and methods that facilitate audio/video data transfer and editing A system that facilitates creation and transmission of video data comprises an interface component that receives broadcast quality digital video in a substantially uncompressed, editable format for utilization in a nonlinear video editing machine, the interface componen... | 08/03/2006 |
| 20060130113 | Method and apparatus for wideband distribution of content A method and apparatus to create and transmit transport multiplexes comprising one or more levels of service over a network. In one embodiment, the level of service comprises high definition (HD) content or programs, and the transmitted multiplexes are distributed over ... | 06/15/2006 |
| 20060130119 | Advanced parental control for digital content According to one embodiment, a method for replacing scenes of objectionable content comprises receiving incoming content, which includes main content and replacement content. The main content is the content originally intended as a scene of a program while the replaceme... | 06/15/2006 |
| 20060130115 | Method and apparatus of providing and receiving video services in digital audio broadcasting (DAB) system There are provided a method and apparatus for providing and receiving a video service in digital audio broadcasting (DAB). The video service providing method includes: storing information related to encoding of a provided video service stream and information related to ... | 06/15/2006 |
| 20060130114 | Data server for interactive data broadcasting service and interactive data broadcasting service providing method using the same Provided are a data server for interactive data broadcasting service and an interactive data broadcasting service providing method using the same. The present invention provides a data broadcasting service where users can participate in real-time by processing messages ... | 06/15/2006 |
| 20060069829 | Analog video signal transmission over twisted-pair wires A video transmitting system may be configured to transmit, over extended length twisted-pair cables, video signals encoded in the Y/C video space. The system may comprise a source of RGB computer video signals. A video transmitter may be operable to convert the RGB vide... | 03/30/2006 |
| 20060015928 | Multicast services control system and method A multicast services control system is provided for Internet protocol television transport. The system includes a service distribution platform, at least one service concentration platform, and at least one set-top box. The service distribution platform has a multicast ... | 01/19/2006 |
| 20050169314 | Method for the transmission and distribution of digital television signals A system for the end-to-end delivery of digital television signals. In a preferred embodiment a digital television signal is: received from production equipment, typically in HD format at approximately 1.4 gigabits per second (Gbps); the received signal is transmitted t... | 08/04/2005 |
| 20050149974 | Interactive reverse channel for direct broadcast satellite system A system and method is disclosed for providing a reverse channel to enable interactive communication between a DBS subscriber and DBS service provider. The addition of an interactive return channel overcomes the problems associated with existing audience measurement sys... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050144653 | Method of transmitting image data from standalone device A method of transmitting digital image signal data from a standalone device includes input image signals corresponding to views from outside the standalone device. Digital image signal data, corresponding to the input image signals, are output. The standalone device is ... | 06/30/2005 |
| 20050108769 | Method of sharing personal media using a digital recorder A method and apparatus for sharing personal media using a digital recorder transfers multimedia content via email to a digital video recorder. ... | 05/19/2005 |
| 20050086693 | Apparatus and method for use in television channel mapping A method, apparatus, and system are provided for use in performing a limited channel mapping. In some embodiments a method can select an input of a plurality of inputs, select a single modulation scheme of a plurality modulation schemes delivered through the selected in... | 04/21/2005 |
| 20050060759 | Encapsulated, streaming media automation and distribution system Disclosed are systems and methods for creating and distributing programming content carried by a digital streaming media to be a plurality of remote nodes located over a large geographic area to create customized broadcast quality programming at the remote nodes. At the... | 03/17/2005 |
| 20050060749 | Digital cable receiver A digital cable receiver, which has a simplified structure and can reduce the fabrication cost, is disclosed. The digital cable receiver includes an out-of-band (OOB) receiver receiving an out-of-band signal outputted from a cable head-end, a point of deployment (POD) i... | 03/17/2005 |
| 20050055729 | Video broadcasting with return channel A TV broadcasting system comprises: an outward broadcast link to reach each of a plurality of user receiver installations via satellite or via a terrestrial channel, and a return link from each of said plurality of users, said return channel being a terrestrial channel ... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050022248 | Optimization of a full duplex wideband communications system Systems and methods are disclosed for a full duplex wideband communications system for a local (e.g. in-home) coaxial network. The system employs a Frequency-division duplex (FDD) scheme that allows identical wideband modems to communicate with each other. To achieve th... | 01/27/2005 |
