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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120131603 | Network based digital information and entertainment storage and delivery system Live television broadcast and other information and entertainment programs, e.g., videos-on-demand (VOD), are provided to a user through a communications network, e.g., a cable network. A processing unit is employed at an headend of the communications network to respond... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120131604 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING TERMINAL PROVISIONING The present invention relates to a procedure and a method for provisioning technology which ensure an IPTV terminal's easy switch to IPTV enterprisers, and suggests terminal configuration procedures independent of IPTV enterprisers. The present invention includes termin... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120110613 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR TRANSFERRING CONTENT Apparatus and methods are provided for moving electronic content between devices. In one implementation, an content-transmitting apparatus may include a transmitting unit configured to transmit content to a content-receiving apparatus. The content-transmitting apparatus... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120084806 | Key Derivation for Secure Communications A security system is disclosed in which a device-specific key value is provided to a security processing device, and then used to derive additional derived keys for use in secured communications. In response to identifying a compromise of the derived keys, the system ca... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120084803 | MEDIA CONVERGENCE PLATFORM Device capabilities, media rights, and content are managed using a convergence platform to allow seamless consumption of content across disparate devices. Media content can be paused on one device having a particular set of capabilities and rights and resumed on a diffe... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120072945 | TRANSMITTING SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT DATA TO WIRELESS HAND HELD DEVICES OVER A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK A method and system for wirelessly providing venue-based data to one or more wireless hand held devices. Venue-based data can be acquired from one or more venues. The venue-based data can be authenticated and wirelessly transmitted to one or more hand held devices throu... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072944 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SEAMLESS VIEWING An approach is provided for presenting content seamlessly. Content is presented by one of a plurality of set-top boxes to a display for viewing by a user, wherein the plurality of set-top boxes are situated within a plurality of regions of a premise. The one set-top box... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120054787 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COORDINATING INTERACTIVE AND PASSIVE ADVERTISEMENT AND MERCHANDISING OPPORTUNITIES Systems and methods for providing enhanced advertising and merchandising opportunities are described. Advertisements may be provided for passive programming such as television programs, commercials, pay-per-view programs, passive video products, or other suitable passiv... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120047526 | System and Method for Mapping Audio and Video Streams from Audio/Video Source to Multiple Audio/Video Sinks System and method for mapping audio and video streams from an audio/video (AV) source to respective ones of a plurality of AV sinks. In accordance with one or more embodiments, the audio and video playback and content protection capabilities of each one of the AV sinks ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120042331 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTENT INITIATION Methods and systems for content initiation are described. In one embodiment, a content initiation request is received from an initiator device associated with an initiator. The content initiation request is associated with initiated content. The initiator associated wit... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120036524 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOCIAL NETWORKING USING AN INTERNET TELEVISION A system and method for social networking using an Internet television (TV) associated with an Internet TV set-top box are disclosed. In one embodiment, a user is allowed to register in a social network by creating a user profile using the Internet TV set-top box by a c... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120023518 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTING A PRESENTATION OF MEDIA CONTENT A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, identifying a stereoscopic preference from a user profile associated with a user of a viewing apparatus, receiving a stereoscopic media program, generating an adapted media program ... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120017233 | System and method to prevent manipulation of transmitted video data The aim of the invention is to provide a solution to ensure that the content sent by the IRD is the content effectively displayed on the screen. It is then proposed a system to prevent manipulation of transmitted video data comprising an In... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120017234 | Device-Specific Pre-Provisoining Access-Limiting for a Modem and a Consumer Premise Equipment Device A method of initializing, provisioning, and managing a cable modem and a customer premise equipment device includes, prior to receiving the configuration file for the cable modem, providing an equipment identification message containing a description of the customer pre... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120011534 | System and Method of Providing Media Content A method includes receiving, from a set-top box device, data that indicates selected media content from a list of available media content. The method includes locating one or more content sources for the selected media content. The method includes selecting a particular... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120011535 | WIRELESS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, RELAY DEVICE, WIRELESS SINK DEVICE, AND WIRELESS SOURCE DEVICE A wireless transmission system is provided that can minimize the control command transmission amount by operating a plurality of sink devices in conjunction with each other with respect to each group when performing a wireless AV transmission. The wireless transmission ... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120005703 | MULTI-VENDOR CONDITIONAL ACCESS SYSTEM The invention provides a smartcard, a head-end system and a conditional access system enabling incompatible receivers to be used in a vendor specific conditional access system. Hereto the smartcard stores an operation mode identifier, which is read upon insertion of the... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110321075 | DYNAMICALLY MODIFYING MEDIA CONTENT FOR PRESENTATION TO A GROUP AUDIENCE A computer implemented method dynamically modifies media content to be presented to a group of viewers. A plurality of content filters, each of which has multiple sub-components and is based on a member profile of a different member of a media viewing audience, is gener... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110321079 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTHORIZING ACCESS TO NETWORK SERVICES USING INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM SUBSCRIBER EQUIPMENT Systems and methods are described for authorizing access to network service based upon information obtained from a set-top box (STB) or other subscriber equipment associated with the user requesting access to the network service. The network service suitably contacts a ... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110314497 | METHOD OF INTEGRATING CONTENT ON GUEST DEVICE WITH HOSPITALITY MEDIA SYSTEM, AND HOSPITALITY MEDIA SYSTEM THEREOF A hospitality media system includes a media system controller and a plurality of media devices located in a plurality of rooms and coupled to the media system controller. Each room has one or more in-room media devices located therein for performing a media function. A ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110307912 | CARD-BASED AND INDEPENDENT SERVER-BASED BILLING AND AUTHORIZATION SYSTEM IN A MEDIA EXCHANGE NETWORK A system for communicating multimedia information in a communication network includes at least a first communication device deployed in a first geographic location and coupled to the communication network, and a card carrying information related to one or more user-defi... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110307914 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STORING PROGRAM EVENTS IN AN ENHANCED HISTORY BUFFER Enhanced history buffer systems and methods are operable to temporarily store program content for program events. An exemplary embodiment receives program content corresponding to each of the plurality of program events, generates a unique discrete program content file ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110302598 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTENT FILTERING IN A BROADBAND GATEWAY Aspects of a method and system for content filtering in a broadband gateway are provided. In this regard, a broadband gateway may be operable to determine whether to allow access to content based on attributes of the content and based on one or more of: which of a plura... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110283309 | Selective Content Presentation Engine Selective content presentation for the purpose of self-imposed censoring of content is implemented on an electronic device. The selective content presentation involves acquiring a content suppression preference for suppressing content presentation at an electronic devic... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110283310 | Media Processing Methods and Arrangements The present technology concerns cell phones and other portable devices, and more particularly concerns use of such devices in connection with media content (electronic and physical) and with other systems (e.g., televisions, digital video recorders, and electronic progr... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110271294 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING BROADCAST AUDIO/VIDEO WORKS AND FOR ENABLING A CONSUMER TO PURCHASE THE RECEIVED AUDIO/VDEO WORKS A system and method for purchasing broadcast audio and/or video (audio/video) works. According to one embodiment, the system includes a data stream processor that receives a broadcast audio/video data stream and produces from the broadcast audio/video data stream a firs... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110271296 | AUTOMATICALLY RECONFIGURABLE MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM WITH INTERCHANGEABLE PERSONALITY ADAPTERS A TV-set is equipped with HDMI and USB connections that allow it to display and run audio-video content from a variety of conventional consumer devices. The TV-set is further equipped to provide a secure HDMI-USB interface that will allow the transfer of licensed high d... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110265112 | REQUEST SIGNAL OF AN IMAGE PROGRAM ACCORDING TO SPECIFIC INPUT SOURCES BASED ON THE RECEIVED LIST TO THE EXTERNAL DISPLAY DEVICES A display device having a network function according to an exemplary embodiment is configured to include: a network interface unit that performs data communication with external displays through a network; and a controller that transmits access request signals to the ex... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110258658 | METHOD OF BROADCASTING DIGITAL CONTENT, NETWORK AND TERMINAL FOR IMPLEMENTING THAT METHOD A method of broadcasting digital content, a date being fixed for when this content is made accessible to a target audience, which method comprises:
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| 20110252439 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING MULTIMEDIA STREAMING SERVICE AND RELATED WIRELESS PACKET RELAY APPARATUS AND WIRELESS SET-TOP BOX A wireless packet relay apparatus is disclosed including: an RF module for receiving a streaming service request from a wireless set-top box; a network interface; and a processing circuit for performing a predetermined network connection authentication with the wireless... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110247031 | Methods and Systems for Application Rendering and Management on Internet Television Enabled Displays Computer implemented methods for managing communication between a display device and a remote server or services is provided. A remote server provides access to widget applications that are to be used on the display device. The method includes receiving a request from t... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110231870 | Play-out Control for a Media Data Stream A technique for controlling a play-out of a media data stream at a receiving device is provided. The media data stream comprises one or more programs, and each program comprises one or more program components. In a method implementation of the technique, a zone descript... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110231871 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR TARGET AREA FILTERING A method, apparatus, and system for target area filtering are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a target area and filtering time of service information; obtaining a location of a terminal at the filtering time; and executing target area filtering according to th... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110219395 | Pointing Capability and Associated User Interface Elements for Television User Interfaces Systems and methods according to the present invention provide a user interface for television control functionality.... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110209173 | CONTROLLING ACCESS TO USER-INTERACTIVE DISPLAYS INCLUDING DYNAMIC VIDEO MOSAIC ELEMENTS The present invention teaches a method of creating and presenting a user interface comprising a Dynamic Mosaic Extended Electronic Programming Guide (DMXEPG) using video, audio, special applications, and service dynamic metadata. The system enables television or digital... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110202951 | MULTIMEDIA TERMINAL DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF, AND PERSONAL PORTABLE DEVICE FOR PROVIDING WIRED/WIRELESS RETRANSMISSION SERVICE A personal portable terminal and an operating method of a multimedia terminal device are provided, and more particularly, a multimedia terminal device, an operating method of the multimedia terminal device, and a personal portable terminal are provided. The multimedia t... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110202952 | NETWORK FRAUD PREVENTION VIA REGISTRATION AND VERIFICATION An apparatus for controlling fraud in a satellite signal delivery system. An apparatus in accordance with the present invention comprises a receive antenna for receiving at least one satellite signal, and a module, coupled to the receive antenna, for selectively deliver... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110197216 | PROGRAMMING DISTRIBBUTION SYSTEM A method is provided for distributing programming. A first set of programs is transmitted in real time according to a schedule of programming. A second set of programs is stored on a server, with at least one of the first set of programs having a counterpart in the seco... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110191796 | Media Player-Based Authentication Computer-implemented method, computer program products and systems for authenticating a user to view content from at least one domain as authorized for viewing by a Multichannel Video Programming Distributor (MVPD). Receiving an MVPD identification. Loading and launchin... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110185378 | Systems For Rich Media Channel Distribution A media distribution system is presented. A channel producer can access a channel distribution portal to construct one or more channels of rich media content. Channels are defined by one or more media arrangement requirements including a schedule for presenting content,... | 07/28/2011 |
