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| 20120023519 | Services Gateway Video-on-Demand Service A services gateway includes a processor configured to send a request for a video-on-demand content, receive a first content stream from a video-on-demand content server, and process the first content stream to retrieve the video-on-demand content. The first content stre... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120008912 | TIME-SHIFT BUFFER A method and system is disclosed for time-shifted access to media content. The time-shifted access may be facilitate with a time-shift buffer and the use of time-shift buffers to mark periods in time from which time-shifted access is to be begin according to triggering ... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110099592 | DIGITAL CONTENT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DIGITAL VIDEO RECEIVER A digital content processing apparatus and method of a digital video receiver is provided for controlling playback speed of digital content. The method includes receiving content data from a content provision server; buffering the received content data; demultiplexing t... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20100333151 | CROSS PLATFORM ENTERTAINMENT ARCHITECTURE A broadcast video platform that includes a first communications interface, a second communications interface, and a decoder. The first communications interface is coupled to a broadcast-based user equipment device and is configured to receive a request for a video item ... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100319041 | INTERACTIVE TELEVISION SYSTEMS WITH DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDING AND ADJUSTABLE REMINDERS An interactive television system is provided in which an interactive television application is used to support network-based or local personal video recorder capabilities. A user may use this application to view lists of program listings. The user may select a program l... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100319042 | MEDIA CONTENT REBROADCAST Media content rebroadcast is described. In embodiments, requests for a missing data segment of television media content are received from client devices that determine the missing data segment has not been received. The requests from the client devices can be prioritize... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100242072 | NETWORK-BASED SERVICE TO PROVIDE ON-DEMAND VIDEO SUMMARIES OF TELEVISION PROGRAMS A network-based device allows customers to receive television programming and to view summaries of the programming. A method of providing the summaries comprises: dividing a received program into program segments each identified by index marks, summarizing each program ... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100131995 | Reducing Unicast Session Duration with Restart TV A first portion of programming aired prior to a first time is obtained via a unicast session with a server, the first portion including previously aired programming. When the programming data being sent via the unicast session catches up to a multicast broadcast of the ... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100115566 | Fast Channel Change Request Processing A fast channel change request is processed in a signal distribution system comprising a network element coupled between a user interface device and a fast channel change server. The network element detects a fast channel change request sent from the user interface devic... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20090300692 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO STREAMING AND DISPLAY For display of, at a user device, a region of interest within video images and associated applications. In a particular example embodiment, a streaming video source provides streaming data to a user device, with the streaming data being representative of a sequence of i... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090265743 | VIDEO ON DEMAND CONTROL METHOD, CLIENT DEVICE AND SWITCHING CONTROL APPARATUS The present invention discloses a VOD control method, a client device, and a switching control apparatus, relating to a media playing technology. The method includes: receiving VOD commands from a user; selecting and joining a multicast/broadcast channel with the playin... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090144781 | AUDIO-ON-DEMAND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM An audio-on-demand communication system provides real-time playback of audio data transferred via telephone lines or other communication links. One or more audio servers include memory banks which store compressed audio data. At the request of a user at a subscriber PC,... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20080313683 | MOVING IMAGE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, MOVING IMAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT USED FOR COMMUNICATION OF MOVING IMAGE A communication processor sets a storage request signal to be effective when it is judged that a packet cannot be transmitted and sets the storage request signal to be ineffective when it is judged that the packet can be transmitted. A data processor makes a buffer memo... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080244667 | BANDWIDTH SENSITIVE SWITCHED DIGITAL VIDEO CONTENT DELIVERY Systems and methods are disclosed for enabling a switched digital video (SDV) server to prioritize SDV programs. More specifically, SDV programs carried on an RF carrier frequency are given priorities in the event of unavailable bandwidth. In this manner, the SDV server... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080148324 | Admitting a Data File Into a Channel In a method for admitting a new data file into a channel, a request for admission of the new data file into the channel is received. It is determined as to whether at least a minimum number of bits of at least one current data file has been transferred to the receiver. ... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080060039 | Apparatus and method of storing broadcasting service Provided are an apparatus and method of storing a broadcasting service. The apparatus and method are capable of moving or copying a broadcasting service stored in a storage device to another storage device and using the moved or copied broadcasting service. The apparatu... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20070226767 | MANAGING TIME SHIFT BUFFERS Systems and methods are provided for managing a time-shift buffer (TSB) that is used for buffering video presentations. One such method includes receiving user input identifying a storage capacity for the TSB and modifying a storage capacity of the TSB such that it is a... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070204312 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FAST CHANNEL CHANGE IN A COMUNICATION DEVICE A stream request is generated based on the stream address of a corresponding program selected from an electronic program guide that associates programs with corresponding IP multicast stream addresses by a subscriber/user device. The stream request is sent from the subs... | 08/30/2007 |
| 20070192812 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STREAMING DIGITAL VIDEO CONTENT TO A CLIENT IN A DIGITAL VIDEO NETWORK A technique for streaming digital video content to a client involves providing a new stream of digital video content to the client using forward error correction (FEC) for a limited initial period and then ending the use of FEC after the limited initial period has ended... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070130597 | Network based instant replay and time shifted playback A circular buffer in a video delivery server tracks a second copy of a live video stream to provide instant replay capability. When an end-user initiates the instant replay function, the circular buffer is copied to an instant-replay buffer, from which a replay of the v... | 06/07/2007 |
| 20070124781 | Networked content storage Embodiments of the invention provide networked storage of content, which can be used to allow the enhanced provision of real-time and/or on-demand content (such as video content, audio content, etc.) to a subscriber. Merely by way of example, in an aspect of some embodi... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070124754 | Video server based program delivery system and method A program delivery system includes a video server that records a plurality of server contents and outputs the server contents, a video switcher which selectively switches between server contents and live contents, and delivers the switched contents as an on-air video im... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070101378 | Redundant transmission of programmes A compression system 110 compresses a programme into a first and second sequence of corresponding blocks. A transmission system 120 transmits blocks of the second sequence according to a predetermined real-time delivery schedule. The transmission system tr... | 05/03/2007 |
| 20070083901 | System and method for customized program scheduling The present invention provides a user improved flexibility and convenience in selecting and receiving programming content utilizing a VOD or switched video architecture. Accordingly, the invention includes a system and method of delivering a linear programming feed to a... | 04/12/2007 |
| 20070074266 | Methods and device for data alignment with time domain boundary Apparatus and methods of using content information for encoding multimedia data are described. A method of processing multimedia data includes obtaining content information of multimedia data, and encoding the multimedia data so as to align a data boundary with a frame ... | 03/29/2007 |
| 20070056001 | Dual channel video and audio data for DBS receivers A DBS system requires a clear view of the southern sky to operate without interruption. During line-of-sight satellite blockages, the audio content of DBS programs is lost. The present invention provides a technique in which a continuous media track (e.g., audio and/or ... | 03/08/2007 |
| 20070039033 | Networked personal video recorder with shared resource and distributed content A networked personal video recorder with shared resource and distributed content is provided. In one example, a method is provided for managing personal video recorders in a network. The method includes receiving a user defined recording task, recognizing each personal ... | 02/15/2007 |
| 20070033623 | Method and apparatus for providing continuous programming on a broadcast channel A method and apparatus for automatically providing continuous programming on a broadcast channel. The method and apparatus detect the occurrence of an event, selects content to use as the continuity programming in view of at least one characteristic of the event, and tr... | 02/08/2007 |
| 20070028274 | Technique for addressing frame loss in a video stream A technique for addressing frame loss in a video system includes a number of steps. Initially, a first video stream and a second video stream are received. The first and second video streams each include related video information having a plurality of video frames. At l... | 02/01/2007 |
| 20070006271 | Techniques for shuffling video information An apparatus, system, method, and article for shuffling video information are described. The apparatus may include a media processing node to receive video information. The media processing node may include a shuffling module to shuffle the video information according t... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20070006270 | Timely recovery for media on demand streaming For a media on demand (MoD) session where content is streaming from a first content server to a media agent, a server manager operates to minimize or eliminate the impact of a failure affecting the streamed content. The server manager will monitor at least the first con... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20060294555 | Method and system for video on demand (VOD) servers to cache content A method and system of enabling VOD systems efficiently caching contents (video programs) on its edge servers or user premises equipment. A new user interface and a new VOD system component are introduced. The new user interface allows viewers to specify not only the na... | 12/28/2006 |
| 20060288392 | Frame scattering for video scrubbing Disclosed is a method of retrieving video frames over a network for subsequent display. A user interaction (303) with a timeline (202) represented by a client (103) coupled to the network (105) is detected. From the detected interaction, a re... | 12/21/2006 |
| 20060282869 | DISK DRIVER CLUSTER MANAGEMENT OF TIME SHIFT BUFER WITH FILE ALLOCATION TABLE STRUCTURE A file allocation system for a hard disk drive includes a memory with driver logic and a processor configured with the driver logic to receive a request to allocate hard disk space of a defined size for a buffer file. In some embodiments, the processor is configured wit... | 12/14/2006 |
| 20060277582 | System and associated terminal, method and computer program product for directional channel browsing of broadcast content A system for providing broadcast content includes at least one content source for broadcasting content, and at least one terminal. The terminal can receive and consume content for a selected channel x, which is one in a set of ordered channels of broadcast content. The ... | 12/07/2006 |
| 20060277581 | Local entity and a method for providing media streams A method for providing media streams from a local entity to multiple end users devices, the method includes:(i) receiving, at a local entity, multiple input media streams; (ii) processing a first media stream to facilitate trick play modes of said first media stream; an... | 12/07/2006 |
| 20060271978 | Electronic apparatus, image control method and image control program An electronic apparatus includes: a communication unit that receives a stream of video data transmitted through a computer network; a buffer unit that sequentially accumulating the video data received by the communication unit as input data and sequentially outputs the ... | 11/30/2006 |
| 20060271979 | Method and apparatus for controlling time-scale modification during multi-media broadcasts One embodiment of the present invention is a method for broadcasting information to a client device, which device utilizes presentation rates to present information at various presentation rates, and which method includes: (a) broadcasting information; and (b) broadcast... | 11/30/2006 |
| 20060242672 | DATA SCHEDULING A method of scheduling a series of data files, preferably digital movie files provided in encrypted form for transmission to hotels, for transmission by a predetermined transmission channel in a predetermined time period according to one aspect of the invention includes... | 10/26/2006 |
| 20060230176 | Methods and apparatus for decreasing streaming latencies for IPTV Streaming latency in an internet protocol television (IPTV) system is decreased by providing a separate source of the selected A/V content to the user that is immediately available to the user when the user requests the A/V content, and that can be used until the reques... | 10/12/2006 |
