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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8191100 | Method and terminal for providing IPTV to multiple IMS users A method and terminal for providing Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and other communication services to a group of users, such as a family, using an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network. A group private user identity is associated with a group public user ident... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8091111 | Methods and apparatus for recording and replaying sports broadcasts A system for replaying a broadcast sports event using a video on demand or personal video recording system. Metadata is created that subdivides the original broadcast into segments, and associates descriptive information with each segment. Playlists that specify an ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087057 | Television converter device including an internet protocol interface A television converter device is provided which includes a channel selector and an Internet Protocol (IP) interface. The channel selector is configured to receive multiple channels of television programming from at least one of a satellite, cable, and over-the-air b... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8074249 | Content storage control apparatus and control method therefor If there are program-related associated Web pages, a TV receiver 1000 acquires the content information of the associated Web pages from a Web server 2000 and stores it in a Web page storage unit 1006. The correspondence between the stored conten... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8074248 | System and method for providing video content associated with a source image to a television in a communication network A system and method for providing video content associated with a source image to a television that is part of a communication network is provided. At least a portion of the source image and the video content are displayed on the television. A request at a content d... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8024765 | Method and system for communicating media program information A method for communicating media program information is provided. The method includes receiving a content-augmented broadcast signal at a conventional broadcast receiver, the content-augmented broadcast signal having a program content and a program cookie relating t... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020187 | Identifying works, using a sub linear time search or a non exhaustive search, for initiating a work-based action, such as an action on the internet An electronic document, such as an image and a text file for example, may be associated with an action by (1) electronically extracting within a client device features from the electronic document work, (2) transmitting the extracted features from the client device ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8010988 | Using features extracted from an audio and/or video work to obtain information about the work Information about an audio or video file played on a device is provided by (a) extracting features from the audio or video file, (b) communicating the features to a database, and (c) receiving the information about the audio or video file from the database. The info... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8001576 | Information providing system, information processing apparatus and information processing method for transmitting sound and image data Disclosed is an information providing system which comprises: an information providing apparatus with elements for receiving a TV program, generating image data and sound data representing a received TV program, and transmitting the image data and sound data; and an... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996876 | Managed cooperative downloading of digital cinema content A method for distributing a digital motion picture to multiple theaters in a region via terrestrial wireless communication. The motion picture is divided into chunks, and the chunks are transmitted to particular initial seed theaters in the region. To facilitate the... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7971224 | Interactive television reception and transmitting processes and associated devices A method for activating several applications, where a received start up application determines whether a first application or a second application will be activated. The first application, which is received, along with the start up application, is activated if a fil... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7962947 | Content delivery proxy system and method A content delivery proxy system and method delivers content to an unsupported client device within a content delivery system by converting messages and data from the unsupported client device into content delivery system supported messages and data. Client log-in me... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7930624 | Editing time-based media with enhanced content Creation of a program with interactive content and time-based media would be improved by having several people working simultaneously on both the interactive content and the time-based media. The range of types of data that can be associated with the time-based medi... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7882533 | Digital television application protocol for interactive television A common communication language that can address all the applications running in a multitude of set top boxes (STBs) or client devices and application servers. The present invention, DATP protocol encapsulates a Meta language that provides a generic portable communi... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7873979 | Method and apparatus for javaTV xlets for analog broadcast channels One embodiment of the invention provides a method for receiving Java xlets including receiving an analog service identifier and utilizing the analog service identifier to perform a lookup into a lookup structure containing xlet addressing data. Xlet addressing data ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7844993 | Image processing apparatus, network system, and method of communication A plurality of image processing apparatuses and a management server are connected to an IP network. Upon receiving the IP address of an image processing apparatus, the management server assigns identification information corresponding to its IP address, for a predet... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7827583 | Web television having a two-way communication bus interconnecting a television controller and an internet module A web television includes a display, a tuner, an internet module, and a PIP module. The tuner is arranged to select television video for display on the display and to select television audio for display by a speaker of the web television. The internet module is arra... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7823181 | Web television having a two-way communication bus interconnecting a television controller and an internet module A web television includes a display, a tuner, an internet module, and a PIP module. The tuner is arranged to select television video for display on the display and to select television audio for display by a speaker of the web television. The internet module is arra... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7814523 | Apparatus and method for television viewer interest expression in advertiser goods and services A method for allowing television viewers to express their interest in goods or services advertised on television. The present invention is comprised of a Viewer Preference Program, a Viewer Interest Program, and a Viewer Expression Program. The Viewer Expression Pro... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7805746 | Optimized application on-the-wire format for construction, delivery and display of enhanced television content Enhanced television content is processed and displayed by the execution of computer-readable instructions formatted in a binary interchange format (BIF) of an enhanced television BIF (EBIF) application via user agent at a client by interpreting the computer-readable... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7797722 | System and method for content delivery Based on a user profile, content that is predicted to be desired by the user, including past episodes of a series that may have been missed by the user, is downloaded to the user's home system during periods of low bandwidth usage in the home system. A determination... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7793327 | Terminal device and method for using different services offered via a telecommunications network A terminal device for using different services offered via a telecommunications network includes at lest one receiving device for image and sound information, at least one transmitting device for data which is used to select the received image and sound information,... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7765575 | Combining real-time and batch mode logical address links Systems and methods for displaying Internet content associated with television programming. Content associated with a program included in the television programming is automatically displayed by a set top box. Before the broadcast of a program, listing information o... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7747464 | Motion picture theater and associated promotion A method of promoting and playing a motion picture at a theater in which the motion picture is not scheduled to begin at any particular time, the patron may visit the theater when convenient, and the motion picture begins a pre-determined period of time after the fi... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7721316 | TV and control method of the same The present invention relates to a TV and a control method of the same which is capable of displaying function information or an error checkup menu etc. of a TV in accordance with a request of a user, in particular to a TV in accordance with the present invention co... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7716710 | Managed cooperative downloading of digital cinema content A method for distributing a digital motion picture to multiple theaters in a region via terrestrial wireless communication. The motion picture is divided into chunks, and the chunks are transmitted to particular initial seed theaters in the region. To facilitate the... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7673320 | Information transmission/reception system and method and information processing method and apparatus for automatic detection of data for commercial messages It is targeted that CMs by e.g., television broadcast be detected automatically, an access site to detailed contents of a specified one of the CMs be acquired automatically, and connection be made automatically to the access site to enable accessing to the detailed ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7669221 | TV broadcast cooperative type data perusal apparatus, TV broadcast cooperative type data perusal method, and storage medium A TV broadcast cooperative type data perusal apparatus is provided that can establish connection to websites in which is provided information related to the subject matter of a program that is being broadcast, and can simply peruse the information related to the sub... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7669222 | Virtual tuner management Embodiments of virtual tuner management are described. A viewing system, for instance, may include a plurality of client devices that are configured to render content, such as television programs. The viewing system may pool the resources available from the client d... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7665115 | Integration of media playback components with an independent timing specification A software framework that allows seamless integration of generic media players into a web browser. A media player is a software module that implements specific interfaces; defines a playing state, such as playing, paused, or stopped; and associates with the playing ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7607161 | Cable receiver A cable receiver is disclosed that comprises a multimedia channel unit to receive a multimedia signal, and a multimedia processor to process the multimedia signal. The cable receiver further comprises a cable modem to perform data communication with an information p... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7600250 | Communicating ancillary information associated with a plurality of audio/video programs A system includes a receiver and a communication interface. The receiver is adapted to tune to an audio/video portion over a transport medium. The communication interface is adapted to receive announcement data associated with the tuned audio/video content directed ... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7568214 | Providing multiple levels of interactive television service using triggers and trigger filters An interactive television system includes “connected” receiver units capable of establishing bi-directional connections to remote information stores, such as Web servers, and “disconnected” receiver units unequipped to make such connections. The system suppo... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7533406 | Systems and methods for generating a walled garden program for substantially optimized bandwidth delivery Systems and methods for generating a walled garden program for substantially optimized bandwidth delivery are described. In particular, layers of data that are substantially similar across multiple pages of Web content are identified for subsequent reuse during tran... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7440675 | AV information reproducing system and a reproducing method applied to the same system In a system for reproducing AV information from a recording medium, such as a DVD, not only are usual titles reproduced, but also related information relevant to specific stream information is acquired easily by making use of resources on a computer network. In a re... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436792 | For-fee distribution of consumer-selected content items between different satellite radio service providers According to the invention, a subscriber to a first satellite radio service can be provided with an option to receive, over their current receiver unit, supplemental content, such as a particular show or channel, which is otherwise only available within a relevant j... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433581 | Interactive video playback A system for interactive video playback includes a store for holding a set of video streams and an input device for obtaining a set of action inputs. The system includes a video processor that generates the interactive video playback by switching among the video str... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7412169 | FTTH system for convergence of broadcasting and communication through switched broadcasting A fiber to the home FTTH network for convergence of broadcasting and communication is disclosed. The network includes: an OLT for receiving and converting a first predetermined number of broadcast signals and an Ethernet signal into a plurality of converted optical ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409702 | Auxiliary program association table A method of identifying programs in a digital video communication system, consistent with certain embodiment of the present invention involve generating an auxiliary program association table (PAT) and an auxiliary program map table (PMT), wherein the auxiliary PAT ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406530 | Method and system for restricting access to user resources A user's set top box (STB), or other client, executes a shell and has an application program interface (API) by which certain features of the client can be controlled. The client is in communication with a walled garden proxy server (WGPS), which controls access to ... | 07/29/2008 |
