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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8156516 | Virtualized federated role provisioning In various embodiments, techniques for virtualized federated role provisioning are provided. An entire policy and role provisioning environment is packaged in a first environment and sent to a second environment. The second environment authenticates and initiates th... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151290 | Television program database architecture The present invention provides a data structure for selection of products containing presentable programming as well as a computerized user-interactive system for facilitating allowing a user to select and be provided with deliverable entities including one or more ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8112301 | Using consumer purchase behavior for television targeting In various embodiments, strategies, tools and techniques are provided for using consumer purchaser behavior for targeting delivery of content to consumers through television and other media. An advertising measurement system, which may be accessible through a softwa... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8060398 | Using consumer purchase behavior for television targeting In various embodiments, strategies, tools and techniques are provided for processing and analyzing data in an advertising measurement system accessible through a software-as-a-service model or a client-downloaded computer program. The system may be configured to rec... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8000993 | Using consumer purchase behavior for television targeting In various embodiments, strategies, tools and techniques are provided for processing and analyzing data in an advertising measurement system accessible through a software-as-a-service model or a client-downloaded computer program. The system may be configured to rec... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996422 | System and method for adaptive media playback based on destination Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer readable-media for adaptive media playback based on destination. The method for adaptive media playback comprises determining one or more destinations, collecting media content that is relevant to or describes the ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7430752 | Method for evaluating a bonus from authorized playbacks of a recording on a device other than a device used to make the recording In a “Pay per view” system (5), a playback device (1,2,3) of a user of the “Pay per view” system (5) obtains a playback authorization by an authorizing device (4) from a recording carrier (13,14) before playback of a coded ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7389271 | Information processing apparatus and information processing method An information processing apparatus in which main information is stored in a first storage unit and subinformation associated with the main information is stored in a second storage unit. The user selects the sub-information to retrieve the corresponding main inform... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7370016 | Music distribution systems Music is blanket transmitted (for example, via satellite downlink transmission) to each customer's user station where selected music files are recorded. Customers preselect from a list of available music in advance using an interactive screen selector, and pay only ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366495 | Prepaid reservation-based rating system A billing system comprising servers, routers, and processors programmed to provide reservation based prepaid billing is disclosed. The billing system is also programmed to concurrently process multiple billing events on a single, prepaid subscriber account. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363511 | Method for processing audiovisual information in an electronic device, a system, and an electronic device A method for processing audiovisual information in an electronic device comprises at least one control block for controlling the operation of the electronic device, and a memory. The audiovisual information is encrypted. The control block is provided with a protecte... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356830 | Method and apparatus for linking a video segment to another segment or information source A given video segment is configured to include links to one or more other video segments or information sources. The given video segment is processed in a video processing system to determine an association between an object, entity, characterization or other featur... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353270 | Media and advertisement distribution and tracking system and method of operation thereof For use with a computer network, a media (perhaps music) and advertisement distribution and tracking system and a method of distributing and tracking media and advertisements. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a media server that distributes media to remot... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353171 | Methods and apparatus to operate an audience metering device with voice commands Methods and apparatus to operate an audience metering device with voice commands are described herein. In an example method, at least one of a television program audio signal or a voice command from an audience member is transduced into an audio input signal. Based ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353281 | Method and system for providing access to computer resources A method and computer system for providing access to computer resources on a computer system and includes generating a token containing encrypted user information including credit, authorization, and authentication information. A request is initiated to open an encr... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343420 | Data contents distribution system A data contents distribution system in which a contents distribution server puts contents and trial contents of the contents in question on a Web site on a network and a client side device of a user reproduces the trial contents to confirm the details of the content... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340765 | Archiving and viewing sports events via Internet Self-help or do-it-yourself productions of collegiate athletic contests are generated by the originating institution, and the recorded production is sent by overnight courier to a central digital clearing house. At the clearing house the contents of the recording ar... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337361 | Test harness for enterprise application integration environment A test harness is provided for fully testing an enterprise application integration (“EAI”) environment. The test harness is preferably used with a GUI-based test tool and includes a test controller, a message collector and a test validator. The test controller t... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333810 | Method and system for provisioning services in a telecommunications network The present invention is a telecommunication system, comprising of at least one base station connected to a telecommunication network, a plurality of subscriber stations each cooperating with the base station to establish a connection between a user device operably ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330828 | System and process for the production of a customer individualized print product A system and method for production of a printed product individualized for the customer, which offers the customer a selection of information content, depending on the variable payment (price) and the profile of interests thereof. Based on the price decision of the ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324961 | Video rental e-commerce solution A method and system for providing a business-to-business network service for applications used by service providers is disclosed. The method and system include providing a central application capable of communicating with at least two applications over a public netw... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7313804 | Broadcast program transmission/reception system, method for transmitting/receiving broadcast program, program that exemplifies the method for transmitting/receiving broadcast program, recording medium that is readable to a computer on which the program is recorded, pay broadcast program site, CM information management site, and viewer's terminal The broadcast program transmission/reception system includes a pay broadcast program site containing pay broadcast programs, multiple CM information management sites each of which stores multiple commercials, multiple viewer's terminals, and a commercial sponsor sit... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310810 | Broadcasting apparatus and method, receiving apparatus and method, and medium To compensate a failure in downloading of music piece data. For example, when a viewer instructs purchase of a music pieceC to an IRD at a timing t0 during the sixth transmission of music piece data, the music piece data to be transmitted for the seventh time... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310809 | Scalable pay-by-time technique for secure multicast distribution of streaming content A method for receiving information content from an information distribution system, wherein the information content is divided into a plurality of content portions, the method comprising: subscribing to a multicast group representing at least one content portion; an... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7302057 | Method and process for transmitting video content Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for transmitting content from a content collection site to a content monitoring site, including inserting a first digital signature into a first content segment collected by the content collection device, i... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7296218 | Instant note capture/presentation apparatus, system and method A live-presentation utterance-capture system includes a microphone accessible to a speaker at a live presentation; a voice-recognition mechanism configured linguistically to interpret a vocal utterance received at the microphone from the speaker; a database mechanis... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7296055 | Information providing system, information providing apparatus, information providing method, information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program Disclosed is an information providing system in which the information providing apparatus first receives a connection request from the first information processing apparatus. Upon receipt of the connection request, a check is made to see whether the information prov... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290207 | Systems and methods for providing multimedia information management A system facilitates the searching and retrieval of multimedia data items. The system receives data items from different types of media sources and identifies regions in the data items. The regions include document regions, section regions, and passage regions. Each... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287170 | Method and apparatus for power management using system and request tokens A power management control circuit and method thereof includes a power register that contains a number of request tokens for at least one power consumption module. The number of request tokens represents a power adjust level of the at least one power consumption mod... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286470 | Messaging system for a packet transport system and method of operation thereof A messaging system for facilitating communications between a master device and a slave device of a packet transport system, and a method of operation thereof. In one embodiment, the messaging system includes a channel level detector that reads a level of a first-in,... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280133 | System and method for queuing and presenting audio messages A system and method is disclosed for queuing and presenting audio messages in a communication system comprising an audio controller and audio message computer software. The audio controller receives overlapping audio messages that have portions that have been simult... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7281235 | Computer controlled system for modularizing the information technology structure of a business enterprise into a structure of holonic self-contained modules A system for facilitating the reorganization of the information technology of a business organization into a structure that is modular and, thus, interchangeable between business units within the enterprise, and particularly within World Wide Web enterprises involvi... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7272842 | Digital content delivery system transaction engine A system for delivering digital content on demand in a multiple unit environment includes a server local to the multiple unit environment. The server stores, in its memory, the digital content, and is capable of supporting multiple simultaneous asynchronous accesses... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272564 | Method and apparatus for multimodal communication with user control of delivery modality A method and apparatus for providing multimodal communication outputs information, such as retrieved content, in a first modality. An output modality change command is generated, such as via a multimodal user input interface, or other suitable mechanism. A multimoda... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7260623 | Remote services system communication module The invention relates to a remote services communication module which includes: a communication protocol and a communication encryption module. The communication protocol module provides support for an application level protocol used in a remote services system. The... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7251327 | Data transmission apparatus, data transmission method, and data recording medium A system control circuit 5 determines whether or not an external apparatus connected to an interface 14 is one that can store data, by transmitting data to the apparatus through the interface 14. It the system control circuit 5 determines... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7242988 | Adaptive pattern recognition based controller apparatus and method and human-factored interface therefore The need for a more-readily usable interface for programmable devices is widely recognized. The present invention relates to programmable sequencing devices, or, more particularly, the remote controls for consumer electronic devices. The present invention provides a... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7243364 | Interactive entertainment network system and method for customizing operation thereof according to viewer preferences An interactive entertainment network system has a video-on-demand (VOD) application which allows viewers to create their own customized lists of preferred video content programs, such as movies, games, TV shows, and so forth. Viewers are permitted to select criteria... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240109 | Remote services system service module interface The invention relates to an apparatus for interfacing between a plurality of service modules and a remote services system which includes a service module application program interface. The service module application program interface provides an interface between th... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7239661 | Media data processing apparatus and media data processing method A media data processing apparatus includes an input unit that inputs media data and intellectual property management data for managing intellectual property of the media data, a first encoding unit that encodes the media data, a second encoding unit that encodes the... | 07/03/2007 |
