Class 725/27 - Of specific channel

Subclass of Class 725 - Interactive video distribution systems
Definition: Subject matter comprising means or steps for controlling
No. of applications: 32
Last issue date: 05/24/2012

Application No.	Application Title	Issue Date
20120131605	HYBRID TUNER CONTROL A hybrid tuner, comprising multiple individual tuners having differing capabilities of receiving programs or channels of broadcast audio or video content, can be controlled by periodically determining the capabilities of each individual tuner to receive broadcast channe...	05/24/2012
20120011536	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO A SUBSCRIPTION BROADCAST CHANNEL ON DEMAND VIA A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK A request to provide access to a specified subscription broadcast channel during a specified period is received from a subscriber device. A first instruction to allow the subscriber device to access the specified subscription broadcast channel is transmitted to a second...	01/12/2012
20110258656	System and method for television application channel sync (TACS) There is provided a system and method for providing television application channel sync (TACS). There is provided a method comprising determining a channel presently tuned from a plurality of tunable channels, applying a plurality of business rules to the channel to pre...	10/20/2011
20110247032	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTELY INSTALLING AND UPDATING DIFFERENT SECURITY CLIENTS FOR BROADCASTING OR COMMUNICATION CHANNELS A method for installing different security clients for channels in a terminal in a conditional access system includes: searching one or more channels searchable in the terminal; requesting, for respective searched channels, security clients necessary for receiving pay p...	10/06/2011
20110209174	Programming and Content Recommendations Method and system for enabling users to perform self-service operations in interactive TV environments. In one embodiment, the method enables users to select and activate programming channels via a content receiving device, thereby eliminating the need for the users to ...	08/25/2011
20110154387	TELEVISION AUTHORIZING SYSTEM FOR PLAYING MEDIA CONTENT AND AUTHORIZING METHOD THEREOF A television authorizing system comprises a storage, a display, a communicating module, a content controlling module and an output module. The communicating module receives a broadcast signal. The content controlling module acquires a content label of selected program a...	06/23/2011
20110145853	System and Method for Selectively Receiving Required Satellite Television Channels A system includes a video-on-demand server and an authentication server. The video-on-demand server is configured to provide video-on-demand content through a broadband connection to a set-top box device. The authentication server is in communication with the video-on-d...	06/16/2011
20110093881	System Method and Apparatus for Portable Digital Identity Two-way digital media devices typically store digital identifying data that identify the user to providers of content and interactive data. In the case of a Web browser of a personal computer, the digital identity is stored in the form of a plurality of cookies that are...	04/21/2011
20110010733	AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF A CABLE TRAP Firmware is installed in a cable modem, enabling detection of the presence or absence of a cable trap in the feed of a customer location. Such a cable modem includes a trap-detection module and a trap-detection object. The trap-detection module is configured to determin...	01/13/2011
20100333129	View Confirmation For On-demand Multimedia Content A computer implemented method and system is provided for confirming that a viewer viewed multimedia content on a client device. A server provisioned with the multimedia content is provided. The viewer creates a viewer account and accesses the server by supplying the vie...	12/30/2010
20100306794	METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CHANNEL MANAGEMENT A channel management method is provided for use in a channel management device. The channel management method includes the following steps. First, a scan request is received. Also, a number of television channels are scanned to generate a first set of channel list. Next...	12/02/2010
20100269129	BROADCASTING PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME Disclosed are a broadcasting processing apparatus and a control method of the same. The broadcasting processing apparatus including: a broadcasting receiver which receives a broadcasting signal including contents and additional information about the contents; a conditio...	10/21/2010
20100131973	System and Method for Managing Entitlements to Data Over a Network A system and method for determining entitlement to content residing on a server. A subscriber computing device operated by a subscriber generates a request for access to a requested content residing on a content access provider server. The subscriber has an account with...	05/27/2010
20100083300	LICENSE UPDATE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RIGHT-PROTECTED BROADCAST CHANNEL A license update method and apparatus for a right-protected broadcast channel prevents interruption of the ongoing playback of the right-protected broadcast channel due to the expiration of the license without the user's awareness by controlling the license update timin...	04/01/2010
20090320057	ENHANCED PARENTAL CONTROL A parental control method, including receiving a channel selection command from a user to select from a plurality of channels for playing, each of the channels having a plurality of programming content, performing a parental control procedure prior to allowing playing o...	12/24/2009
20090300671	Controlling Access to Multimedia Content A disclosed access control application and an associated method for managing access to multimedia content include enabling an administrator, e.g., a parent, to create a user account for a user, e.g., a child, and a password and a profile for the user account. The method...	12/03/2009
20090249385	TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING BROADCASTING THEREIN An apparatus and method for previewing broadcasting data on a mobile terminal are provided. When a user selected broadcast channel is an authority-restricted channel, data associated with the selected broadcast channel is output according to a presence or non-presence o...	10/01/2009
20090204986	Method of performing parental control a channel and an IPTV receiver A method for performing parental control a channel for building a channel map in an internet protocol television (IPTV) receiver and the IPTV receiver thereof are provided. The method includes receiving a master service information (SI) table including a first element d...	08/13/2009
20090150673	Authentication of Entitlement Authorization in Conditional Access Systems A method for determining whether the terminal is authorized to receive the selected service is practiced in a terminal of a conditional access system in which a user selects a service, the selected service being associated with a frequency, the terminal having a tuner a...	06/11/2009
20090138905	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING PARENTAL CONTROL SETTINGS Parental control settings are provided to a display device by a user. In one embodiment, the display device generates a message, such as a consumer electronic control (CEC) message, which corresponds to the user-provided parental control settings. This message may then ...	05/28/2009
20090019469	DYNAMIC UPDATE OF CHANNEL FILTERING INFORMATION IN IPTV SYSTEMS Systems and methods according to the present invention address this need and others by updating the channel filtering information, e.g., whitelist, within the context of a streaming media system, e.g., an IMS-IPTV system. This updating of the channel filtering informati...	01/15/2009
20080307484	SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ENABLING DIGITAL VIDEO BROADCAST ACCESS WITHIN AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM A system and method of enabling digital video broadcast access within an information handling system is disclosed. In one form, a method of enabling access to digital video broadcasts can include enabling use of a digital video broadcast (DVB) service access module with...	12/11/2008
20070300252	User Interface Methods and Apparatus for Roaming Access to Subscription Services A subscriber or other user is provided with access to a subscription service of a signal distribution system at a roaming location remote from a home location of the user. The subscription service comprises a plurality of selectable channels available to the user at the...	12/27/2007
20070234394	Method and Apparatus for Switching Between Subchannels on a Single Radio Frequency Broadcast The present invention utilizes station preset buttons on a radio frequency receiver to allow the user to browse through the various subchannels included in a single station or channel. The preset buttons still have the standard function of having a frequency and subchan...	10/04/2007
20070055980	Method for the uninterrupted display of television programs with suppressed program segments A method for selectively suppressing undesired program segments from a broadcast television signal is provided. Program information is received from a service provider and includes program segment specific content rating information which is compared with stored user de...	03/08/2007
20060294547	System and method for forced commercial viewing A viewer's attention to televised advertisement (41, 43, 45) is encouraged by offering and providing the viewer (102) with a reward as an incentive to watch and/or interact with one or more commercial segments (41, 43, 45) of the broadcast. By provi...	12/28/2006
20060253875	Method for managing channel information in digital multimedia broadcast receiver A mobile terminal and method for managing channel information in a DMB receiver, are discussed. According to an embodiment, the method for managing channel information in a DMB device, includes managing, in the DMB device, channel information of each of different channe...	11/09/2006
20060190962	A/V parental lock apparatus and method Provided are an apparatus and method for restricting A/V listening and viewing using parental levels. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a parental level detected from a video signal is compared with a level set by a user, and previously buffered video...	08/24/2006
20060070095	Apparatus and method for preventing switching from a channel during an advertisement display An apparatus (270) and method is disclosed for preventing a viewer from switching from a channel when an advertisement is being displayed on the channel. The apparatus (270) and method comprises an advertisement controller (270) in a video playback ...	03/30/2006
20060031872	System and method for real-time displaying of blocked and locked out status of programs in electronic program guides A method for displaying electronic programming guide (EPG) information is disclosed. The method includes determining whether content to be delivered over a media stream is blocked, and, if so, indicating the blocked status on a grid of the electronic programming guide c...	02/09/2006
20050071873	Method and device for managing a list of services in a content transmission system The invention relates to a method of managing a list of services at the level of a receiver in a content transmission system comprising several distinct data streams, characterized by the step of: in case of detection of a new service, checking whether the stream has al...	03/31/2005
20050034149	Security device managed access to information In an information delivery system, a security device (SD) manages an access to information (INF). The security device (SD) is capable of providing a pointer (PO) which indicates a location (LO) from which additional data (ADA) may be obtained. The additional data (ADA) ...	02/10/2005

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Class 725/27 - Of specific channel