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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7233781 | System and method for emergency notification content delivery A method for disseminating emergency notification content from an emergency originating source. The method comprising: delivering the emergency notification content from the emergency originating source to at least one transmitting party; selecting a subset of users... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228555 | System and method for delivering targeted advertisements using multiple presentation streams A system and method for delivering channels of presentation streams carrying targeted advertisements in a television service network environment. The system includes a generator for generating a set of presentation streams for each of programming channels, each of t... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7228558 | Address assignment in digital transmission system A method of transmission of digital information in a digital broadcast system including a central transmission station and one or more decoders, the central station transmitting at least one transport stream comprising a stream of packets encapsulating data tables o... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7228560 | Performing server side interactive television A method for providing enhanced programming to an entertainment module where the display of the enhanced programming is prepared remotely from the entertainment module. The method includes a step for analyzing a programming transmission stream deliverable to an ente... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227583 | Digital TV method for switching channel automatically A digital TV and a method of switching a channel automatically thereof provides a viewer with advance notice of an automatic channel switch using linkage descriptor information on HD broadcasting. Providing the viewer with notice of the switched channel reduces view... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225456 | Gateway screen for interactive television A gateway screen for interactive television includes a television content panel and an internet content panel. The gateway screen is displayed by an interactive television (ITV), e.g., when the ITV is turned on. The gateway screen allows a user to quickly and easily... | 05/29/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7222155 | Synchronous updating of dynamic interactive applications An automation server interfaces with broadcast scheduling systems of various types to automatically synchronize the behavior of interactive applications relative to various broadcast programs, such as television shows and commercials, so as to maintain the appropria... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7219367 | Backup communication modes Systems and methods for implementing a communication mode for a communication terminal are provided. An embodiment of a method for implementing a communication mode includes receiving a first type of data over a first type of communication channel, determining that ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7219173 | System for video processing control and scheduling wherein commands are unaffected by signal interrupts and schedule commands are transmitted at precise time A method, apparatus, computer medium, and other embodiments for synchronizing control of one or more devices at predetermined times are described. A host scheduler loads a to-do list of predetermined events and corresponding time-tags into memory and broadcasts sche... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7218901 | Automatic frequency control of multiple channels An architecture for providing high-speed access over frequency-division multiplexed (FDM) channels allows transmission of ethernet frames and/or other data across a cable transmission network or other form of FDM transport. The architecture involves downstream and u... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213255 | Set-top preview program Disclosed is a system for generating a graphics window that is capable of emulating enhanced video from a combined video and interactive content stream. The set-top emulator can randomly access the combined video and interactive content stream to provide an easy man... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209900 | 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 ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7203953 | Method and apparatus for two-way internet access over a CATV network with channel tracking Internet access is provided over a digital cable television system using Internet protocol (IP) over MPEG digital video. Simultaneous Internet access and TV viewing is provided by an IP over MPEG-2 video system with channel tracking. Whenever a video channel change ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200807 | System and process for object rendering on thin client platforms A system for processing an object specified by an object specifying language such as HTML, JAVA or other languages relying on relative positioning, that require a rendering program utilizing a minimum set of resources, translates the code for use in a target device ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200321 | Method and apparatus for creating an expanded functionality digital video disc A method and apparatus for creating an expanded functionality digital video disc (DVD) creates an enhanced DVD with index tables for the program streams on the DVD. Index tables point to key locations in an MPEG program stream with each entry in the index table set ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200611 | TV program database Before a programming guide is created, a unique code is assigned to each TV program that can be identified in the programming guide. Prior to the creation of the programming guide, a viewer selects the unique code corresponding to the TV show that the viewer would l... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197720 | Interactive inventor's menus within a software computer and video display system An interactive menu apparatus and method within a software computer video display system for creating inventions or prospects for inventions, via the juxtaposition of concepts or words, defined from word paths or sets displayed on the menu, from one to six simulated... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7196718 | Method and apparatus for transmission of digital image to destination associated with voice call participant A method and apparatus for transmitting a digital image correlated with a phone number to a destination after placing a voice call with the phone number. The method involves (i) maintaining data that correlates phone numbers with digital images, (ii) placing a voice... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197715 | System and method to provide customized graphical user interfaces via an interactive video casting network A graphical user interface (GUI) for an interactive video casting network can be provided that is capable of being customized per element or as a scene of one channel or universally on all channels. For example, a user can select a desired appearance (e.g., a skin o... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7193163 | Handheld electronic scale with background digital animation on display screen The hand held scale of the present invention comprises a rectangular casing with a weighing platform, for supporting items to be weighed, a display screen, for displaying the weight of the objects and to view the animation sequences. There are a series of digital an... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194001 | Time division multiplexing over broadband modulation method and apparatus A packet switch router that processes downstream digital information to provide dedicated bandwidth to each subscriber destination on a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) network. The router includes a network module that terminates a network connection, a switch that forwards... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194757 | Method and apparatus for push and pull distribution of multimedia The present specification discloses a multimedia distribution system and method. The system and method has a producer workstation, a delivery server, a high-bandwidth one-way satellite transmission system, a terrestrial two-way communication system (including use of... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194032 | Circuit and method for modifying a region of an encoded image A video processing circuit includes a processor that receives an encoded image having first and second regions, decodes the first region of the image, modifies the decoded first region, and re-encodes the modified first region. Such a circuit allows one to modify a ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194754 | Method and system to defer transactions conducted via interactive television A viewer can initiate and then defer a transaction conducted via an interactive television system. The transaction can involve obtaining information or ordering goods or services available from a network, such as the Internet, that is accessible via the interactive ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194563 | Disk driver cluster management of time shift buffer 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... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194756 | Systems and methods for provisioning a host device for enhanced services in a cable system Flexible systems and methods are disclosed that may be used for provisioning, configuring, and controlling a host embodied in a cable set top box or other digital device attached to a digital communication network, such as cable distribution network. An enhanced ser... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191391 | Form processing device, and form processing method and program There is provided a format processing method for overlaying data of a file located on an Internet server onto a predetermined field in a form. In particular, there is provided a form processing method for reading a field data file storing data to be overlaid onto a ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188353 | System for presenting synchronized HTML documents in digital television receivers A method and apparatus is provided for synchronizing display of HTML documents to the audio/video content of a digital television program. Documents are authored with a structure for receiving a presentation time stamp value. After the packetized data representing t... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7188307 | Access system A character string is extracted from an image photographed by a camera. It is determined whether or not the extracted character string includes an address on a network. Software for accessing the address runs. Accordingly, a user can easily access a desired address ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7185282 | Interface device for an integrated television-based broadband home health system An integrated home health system includes a television-based patient station, a first provider station for providing telemedicine or other healthcare services to a patient located at the patient station, a second provider station for providing caregiver services to ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7185353 | System and method for delivering statistically scheduled advertisements A system and method for scheduling advertisements in a television service network environment. An ad scheduler prepares an ad insertion schedule based on channel change statistical information and avail time information. The scheduler evaluates the statistical infor... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184652 | Digital video recording/reproduction apparatus and program therefor There is provided a digital video recording/reproduction apparatus which can precisely perform a reproduction process while preventing noise generation even when a program has been recorded in overwriting fashion, such being realized by detecting a discontinuous por... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181759 | System and method for providing interactivity for end-users over digital broadcast channels A system and method for allowing an end-user to interact with a system in order to execute an application. Multiple application packets are broadcast to a plurality of end-users, such that the upstream transmission of data from end-users is greatly reduced. Each end... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181010 | Apparatus for entitling remote client devices A server in a subscriber television network receives service instances from a headend of the subscriber television network. The server is adapted to encrypt according to an encryption scheme and re-transmit service instances to a client-receiver. The server reformat... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181683 | Method of summarizing markup-type documents automatically A method of summarizing markup-type documents is provided to automatically summarize the documents more quickly as well as being suitable for providing a user with a reliable document quality through true summary to the documents. This method includes the steps of p... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7178161 | Method and apparatus for creating a connection speed detecting movie and rich media player customization on the fly A master movie and player are created on the fly. The master movie is created based on characteristics of a movie or other asset to be viewed by the player. The player is constructed from a template having rudimentary player capabilities for a predetermined connecti... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174140 | RF system integrated with RF switch and RF modulation An RF system integrated with an RF switching unit and an RF modulator unit. In accordance with the present invention, it is provided the RF system including a plurality of antenna, an RF unit and a digital tuner and demodulator unit, includes a plurality of RF input... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7174373 | Self-contained demonstration node in a satellite based content delivery system An edge node of an Internet broadcast system that may be used to provide demonstrations. The edge node includes satellite receiving hardware that displays in real time a video or audio stream. The edge node can be packaged in a single portable enclosure to enable de... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7174127 | Data communications systems and methods using different wireless links for inbound and outbound data A hybrid satellite communications system provides communications, particularly Internet access, to computer users. The hybrid satellite communications system includes a satellite system and a terrestrial communications system. The satellite system includes two trans... | 02/06/2007 |
