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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181213 | IP-based hometown TV program delivery system The present invention is to disclose an IP-based hometown TV program delivery system comprising at least one TV program provider for providing a plurality of channels of TV programs; and at least one agency at a server-end for providing a plurality of digital video ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8166511 | Mechanism for distributing content data The current invention provides a system for distributing content data to user locations. The content data preferably includes digital video data that is available on demand from a requesting location. A system server stores user accounts and generated customized pro... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8046814 | Systems and methods for formulating and delivering video having perishable information A system and method for dynamically formulating and delivering a video program that includes perishable information is provided. The system includes a video server that creates a video program using one or more recent video segments in combination with other video s... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042142 | Streaming video processing In one embodiment, a method includes accessing data identifying a video for processing and mapping an instruction graph to the video based on one or more predetermined criteria and the data identifying the video. The instruction graph describes a workflow for proces... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7992182 | Information provisioning apparatus and information provisioning method Information provisioning includes acquiring a data stream of content that is composed of a plurality of segments, and actual data of metadata that includes information related to the content and information related to the plurality of segments. The metadata is divid... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7954132 | Method for reducing channel change time of internet protocol television (IPTV) and IPTV service provision server for implementing the same The present invention provides a method for reducing channel change time of an IPTV and an IPTV service provision server for implementing the same, which comprise: determining the type of each of individual channels to be provided to a user and the number of additio... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7930726 | IPTV service system and method for efficient multicast of MPEG-TS Provided are an IPTV service system and a method thereof. The IPTV service system includes: a headend, a set-top box, and a plurality of multicast routers. The headend assigns a multicast group address for each channel and assigns a source address for each PID with ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7840988 | Front-end structure for access network line card A technique is described for facilitating communication in access networks such as cable networks. One aspect of the present invention is directed to an improved line card configuration which may be used to provide upstream channel “high availability” protection... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7836479 | Information provisioning apparatus and information provisioning method The present invention comprises a synchronization section for performing synchronization of an AV stream and metadata, and a capsulization section for capsulizing an AV stream and metadata every metadata unit, and by reconfiguring metadata unit by unit and capsulizi... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7788696 | Inferring information about media stream objects Information about media objects within media streams is inferred based on repeat instances of the media objects within the media streams. A system and methods enable the monitoring of one or more media streams and the identification of repeat instances of media obje... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7757261 | Systems and methods for providing flexible provisioning architectures for a host 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... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7743400 | Video data transmission/reception system in which compressed image data is transmitted from a transmission-side apparatus to a reception-side apparatus When transmission of on-demand video data interrupts transmission of broadcast video data from a distribution server 17 to a user terminal 18, the distribution server 17 transmits substitute I frame data to the terminal 18 after on-demand... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7673321 | Audio and video transmission and receiving system A system of distributing video and/or audio information employs digital signal processing to achieve high rates of data compression. The compressed and encoded audio and/or video information is sent over standard telephone, cable or satellite broadcast channels to a... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7665116 | Network architecture for real time delivery of video over lossy networks from remote locations A method for content delivery comprising transmitting content via a first network to a content aggregation point and transmitting the content from the content aggregation point via a second network to a receiver at the request of the receiver. A system for content d... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7624417 | Method and system for accessing media content via the internet A media storage and access system and methodology including a set-top box which receives and processes a plurality of signal sources and makes programming available locally through connected devices or via a data network such as a LAN, WAN, or the Internet. The syst... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7614073 | Digital headend and full service network for distribution video and audio programming A digital headend architecture and full service network are provided to selectively demodulate and decode a variety of digital and analog feeds into baseband signals or pass digital programming through the headend. In accordance with one embodiment, the head end is ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7577979 | System and method for synchronizing streaming content with enhancing content using pre-announced triggers A client-server architecture synchronizes streaming content with enhancing content via pre-announced triggers. The architecture includes server-based components to generate announcements containing information specifying how and when to receive upcoming triggers tha... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7565677 | Method and apparatus for managing a data carousel A data carousel contains multiple data files having a particular arrangement. These files are cyclically broadcast to a number of receivers of the data files. A procedure modifies the arrangement of data files based on information obtained from receivers of the data... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7434242 | Multiple content supplier video asset scheduling An apparatus and method for allocating management functions within an interactive information distribution system between service providers and content providers whereby content providers lease respective portions of available resources within the service provider a... | 10/07/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7400637 | Time slotted logical ring A Time Slotted Logical Ring protocol manages the flow of traffic in a duplex media including a cable distribution network with a head end, a local node, and a group of subscribers. The subscriber includes a cable modem which produces an HDLC serial interface which t... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7389527 | Cable modem system and method for supporting extended protocols A cable modem system and method is provided for supporting data transfer protocols that extend beyond standard protocols used in conventional data over cable systems. A cable modem in accordance with the invention determines, during registration, whether a CMTS with... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7383566 | Apparatus for providing information, information receiver and storage medium The present invention comprises a synchronization section for performing synchronization of an AV stream and metadata, and a capsulization section for capsulizing an AV stream and metadata every metadata unit, and by reconfiguring metadata unit by unit and capsulizi... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379548 | Virtual smart card device, method and system A system and a method for secure transmission of protected content to a subscriber, without requiring a smart card or other renewable security element to be in physical proximity of the recipient module of the subscriber, such as a set-top box for example. Therefore... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376153 | Interactive streaming media production tool using communication optimization The invention provides interactive streaming mixed media production. A mixed media content creation tool includes a resource-computation element that computes the likely resource load to be imposed on a server, communication link, and client device, when sent by the... | 05/20/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7363649 | Media content descriptions A media content description system receives media content descriptions from one or more metadata providers. The media content description system associates each media content description with the metadata provider that provided the description. The media content des... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363002 | Method using a set-top box communicating between a remote data network and a wireless communication network Disclosed are methods and systems for connecting a set-top box (STB) to the Internet over existing and future wireless networks, combining television with wireless Internet access. A conventional television is used in combination with a STB that has a wireless or wi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359276 | Multi-port system for communication between processing elements An aspect of the invention relates to communication between a first processing element and a second processing element. A first-in-first-out circuit (FIFO) includes a data input port, a data output port, an object-sent port, an object-end port, a memory, and control... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349630 | Hybrid WDM/TDM network architecture A method and apparatus for configuring a server/client network architecture. A server network device impresses an optical signal onto an optical link at a specified wavelength, where distinct wavelengths are associated with one or more of a plurality of client devic... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349430 | Addressing scheme implemented in access networks An improved addressing scheme is disclosed for use in access networks. According to a specific embodiment, upstream and/or downstream channels may be grouped together based upon logical associations rather than physical associations. Further, according to at least o... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346164 | Communication installation for collective data reception A communication installation for communal reception of digital television and/or of multimedia data, which receives a plurality of signals emanating from separate sources. The installation of the invention comprises a network linking a multiplicity of descrambler/de... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343614 | Program delivery system for VOD A novel network manager for use with a cable television system headend capable of monitoring and managing headend components and set top terminals in a television delivery system. The invention relates to methods and apparatus that manage and coordinate the receptio... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339956 | System and method for the synchronization and distribution of telephony timing information in a cable modem network A method for synchronizing clocks in a packet transport network. The method comprises, receiving an external network clock at a central packet network node and transmitting timing information to a plurality of packet network devices, the timing information based upo... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337462 | System and method for providing timing data for programming events A video production facility system may produce closed caption data that includes text data and timing data. The system may receive script data for a video program. The system may then determine identifiers for individual programming events that make up the program. ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334132 | Flexible and scalable architecture for transport processing A transport processor that can be used in a digital audio-video receiver system comprises a front end and a memory interface. The front end receives concurrently a plurality of transport streams, where two or more of the plurality of transport streams can have diffe... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7321769 | Method and apparatus for managing personal cache in a wireless network A method and apparatus for determining whether cache memory is available on a wireless network to store at least one user-selected electronic file. The cache memory may be provided to a user of a wireless device for a fee. If a user has cache memory available on the... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321602 | Apparatus and method for inserting null packet in digital broadcasting transmission system A null packet insertion apparatus including a null packet remover for removing an irregularly inserted null packet from an externally received video/audio transport stream; a null packet bit rate calculator for calculating a bit rate of the removed null packet; a GU... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321899 | Information processing apparatus and method, program, and recording medium Disclosed herein are an information processing apparatus and method, a program, and a recording medium, in which a content is recommended to each user on the basis of even the metadata that is assigned with no classification. A metadata analysis block resolves metad... | 01/22/2008 |
