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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7594250 | Method and system of program transmission optimization using a redundant transmission sequence A system and method of optimizing transmission of a program to multiple users over a distribution system, with particular application to video-on-demand for a CATV network. The system includes, at a head end of the CATV network a scheduling and routing computer for ... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7443883 | Method and system of providing customer premise equipment code A method and system for providing customer premise equipment (CPE) code to one or more pieces of CPE in a cable system having a national code repository (NCR) in communication with a number of headend units, wherein the headend units deliver code received from the N... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7424534 | Common media consumption across multiple media processing systems via single user control A system and method for the management of common consumption of media in a media exchange network is disclosed. Various embodiments of the present invention provide for control by a first user at a first location in a media exchange network of the simultaneous consu... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424535 | Management of multimedia display content in a media exchange network A system and method for managing multimedia display content in a communication network is disclosed. An embodiment of the present invention may support the selection, scheduling, and delivery of media from a set top box at a first location to a multimedia display at... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7373653 | Channel merging method for VOD system A channel merging method for a VOD system, said method comprises the steps of: in response to requests from a plurality of clients for a video program, establishing a root channel (S1) and at least one sub-channel (S11), said root channel (S1) b... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367043 | System and method for generating metadata for programming events Metadata for a programming event may be generated by receiving descriptive information and timing information for the programming event and analyzing this information to determine category goodness of fit scores for the programming event corresponding to categories ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7328353 | Content distribution system In a content distribution system, a recording-management system makes a storing section of a first terminal device store a predetermined content stored in a content-storing section of a distribution device obligatorily. Under this condition, when a second terminal d... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7308003 | System and method for re-multiplexing multiple video streams A multimedia packet re-multiplexer system having a plurality of multimedia sources, each multimedia source sending incoming multimedia packets, each packet having a header which includes a packet identifier (PID) to determine the packet type. The system includes an ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7278152 | Video pedestal network An architecture for distributing digital information to subscriber units wherein selection from among multiple digital services is accomplished by transmitting a tuning command from a subscriber unit to an intermediate interface. The intermediate interface selects t... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7248148 | Power line coupling device and method of using the same The invention provides a method and a device for communicating a signal over a power line. One embodiment may comprise a length of power cable that comprises a center conductor substantially surrounded by an insulator. A concentric conductor is disposed external to ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246369 | Broadband video distribution system using segments A method and apparatus to segment video data files within a video distribution system to facilitate the transfer of the video data files from a file server computing system to client computing system within a video distribution system. The data files are fragmented ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240355 | Subscriber characterization system with filters A subscriber characterization system with filters in which the subscriber's selections are monitored, including monitoring of the time duration programming is watched, the volume at which the programming is listened to, and any available information regarding the ty... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7240358 | Methods and apparatus for scheduling, serving, receiving media-on demand for clients, servers arranged according to constraints on resources A media object is scheduled for transmission between a server and a client. The media object is partitioned into segments of blocks, wherein each block is a unit of media for which a client will wait to receive an entire block before playing out the block, and where... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7222354 | Dynamic composition at the set-top box A method for displaying on a viewer information processing system with an interface to a display (a device for rendering audio and video), a set of multimedia segments to form a multimedia presentation. The method comprising the steps of receiving the play-list, whe... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7222336 | Method of compiling bytecode to native code A method of compiling byte code into native code disclosed together with a server (100) and a receiving terminal (101) for the same. The method comprises the steps of transmitting byte code files containing byte code from a server to a receiving termin... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7213156 | Contents data transmission/reception system, contents data transmitter, contents data receiver and contents data transmission/reception method An object of the invention is to prevent original high quality contents data from being illegally obtained by extracting encryption breaking information from data transmitted through a single signal line for connecting two apparatuses and by using the encryption bre... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7181431 | Interactive information services system and associated method for facilitating purchasing transactions A method and system are provided to permit a network operator to capture transaction data relating to transactions between a subscriber and a service provider that are conducted via a communications network established by the network operator, such as a cable televi... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7170922 | Transmission timing control device, digital roll-off filter, and mobile radio terminal for digital radio communication In a mobile radio terminal at transmission timing control device, transmit data spread-modulated is delayed by a timing control portion with a timing of reception as a reference by a predetermined period of time having based on a unit time corresponding to a chip cl... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7171677 | Broadcast storing and displaying apparatus and video apparatus A broadcast storing and displaying apparatus including a network, a network management apparatus for managing the network, and plural types of video apparatuses connected to the network, wherein each of the plural types of video apparatuses transmits the state there... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7158538 | Transmitting apparatus, transmitting method, receiving apparatus, receiving method, and transmitting and receiving system The present invention provides a transmitting apparatus, a transmitting method, a receiving apparatus, a receiving method, and a transmitting and receiving system that allow the maximum waiting time for the beginning of a content to be shortened in a near-on-demand ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154418 | Apparatus and method for encoding digital data A method for encoding digital data includes the step of: encoding the digital data to a corresponding digital signal sequence by a digital signal encoder (110) according to an encoding rule, which can be transmitted through the single digital circuit (12 | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150017 | System and method for scheduling digital information transmission and retransmission on a network during time slots The present invention is a computer system for delivering digital information over a network. A request receiving process receives a request for transmitting digital information after a start time and before an end time. The digital information has a number of packe... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7143132 | Distributing files from a single server to multiple clients via cyclical multicasting A method and system are disclosed for reliably distributing file data from a single server to multiple client computers using a cyclical multicast approach. By “cyclical,” it is meant that data is distributed repeatedly onto the network at a certain period. The ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7143431 | Method for reduced bandwidth for on-demand data streaming using mini-clusters An improvement on dynamic skyscraper delivery of continuous media programs, such as video, divides the channels used for the delivery of the video into leading and trailing groups. A cluster defining on transmission of a program can then be broken into mini-clusters... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7115919 | Storage system for content distribution A processing system comprises a primary storage system and a plurality of secondary storage systems. The primary storage system is managed by a contents manager that keeps a file system used to make file level I/O accesses to a controller that translates the file ac... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7110714 | Television commerce system with program identifiers A commerce control network is provided for obtaining product information and for purchasing products through a two-way interactive broadcast distribution system, such as a cable or satellite television system. The network includes advanced television set top boxes t... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7096487 | Apparatus and method for combining realtime and non-realtime encoded content Methods for slice-based encoding of program guides and user interfaces. The program guides include multiple video streams for picture-in-picture and other applications. A method for encoding the program guide includes encoding a first set of slices for each of a plu... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7089577 | Process for supplying video-on-demand and other requested programs and services from a headend A system for providing video-on-demand service, broadband internet access and other broadband services over T-carrier systems including a pull multiplexer cherrypicker at the head end is disclosed. The pull multiplexer receives upstream requests and cull out MPEG or... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7065778 | Method and system for providing media from remote locations to a viewer One embodiment of the present invention enables a user to utilize a personalized video recorder (PVR) to order and receive specific television shows that are unavailable from his or her television content provider. Specifically, the PVR is coupled to the Internet su... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7058965 | Multiplexing structures for delivery of interactive program guide Multiplexing structures presented overcome problems and disadvantages in the delivery of an interactive program guide. An apparatus for forming a multiplexed transport stream to deliver an interactive program guide includes: an encoder and packetizer adapted (i) to ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7047307 | Method and apparatus for broadcasting media objects with guaranteed quality of service A method and apparatus for broadcasting media objects for such bandwidth-intensive applications as Media on Demand (MoD) or Video on Demand (VoD) employ a novel StairCase Broadcast (SCB) scheme. A media server in accordance with one example of the invention includes... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7039065 | Telecommunications rack including shelves with nonredundant backplanes used redundantly A telecommunications rack has one or more shelves connected to a narrowband network and to a broadband network for serving a plurality of subscribers. Line termination and network termination equipment are interconnected by a bus internal to the shelf for providing ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039938 | Selective encryption for video on demand A video on demand (VOD) method, consistent with the invention involves storing multiple selective encrypted VOD content on a VOD server; receiving an order for the VOD content specifying delivery to a target decoder; determining what CA encryption system is associat... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6993788 | Method and system for manipulating broadcast signals A method and system for manipulating a broadcast signal utilizes a sliding-window time range multicast or a buffered storage queue at the headend. Multiple streams are available to the end user, which each stream originating from a corresponding different playback p... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6988278 | Process and system for video on demand For providing video-on-demand (VOD) a set comprising a plurality of N video programs at staggered time intervals is repeatedly transmitting from a VOD server to a network for access by a view box of an user; responsive to a request for access to a selected program b... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6964061 | Squeezable rebroadcast files A method of providing rebroadcast programming includes encoding a rebroadcast program, specifying a preferred play time, and providing a broadcast that fits the preferred play time. The encoding of the rebroadcast program can use a replay plan which prioritizes port... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6959327 | System and method for dispatching and scheduling network transmissions with feedback A computer dispatcher connected to one or more respective network buffers has stored file lists that identify one or more of the files in the database that are to be transmitted over networks connected to the respective network buffer. A scheduler(s) schedule one or... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6947068 | Videoconferencing method and system for connecting a host with a plurality of participants An improved videoconferencing system and method are provided for connecting a host to a plurality of participants. Unlike other videoconferencing methods and systems, the videoconferencing system and method of these preferred embodiments allow each of the parties of... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6938268 | Video stream sharing A method and apparatus to allow multiple users to share a common stream of video information while providing each user the ability to have video-motion-control without interrupting the video program material viewed by the remaining users sharing the stream of video ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6857132 | Head end multiplexer to select and transmit video-on-demand and other requested programs and services A system for providing video-on-demand service, broadband internet access and other broadband services over T-carrier systems including a pull multiplexer cherrypicker at the head end is disclosed. The pull multiplexer receives upstream requests and cull out MPEG or... | 02/15/2005 |
