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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185928 | System and method for adaptive backoff A system and method for providing adaptive backoff including one or more transmitters configured to transmit a first data request to a media module at a scheduled time, poll the media module to determine accessibility of the media module, and transmit a second data ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181215 | System and method for providing video program information or video program content to a user In a system for broadcasting video programs to a user including a display, a system and method for providing program information or a copy of at least a portion of a program to the user. In one embodiment, a controller receives an input signal representing a request... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176524 | System and method for wireless communication of video data having partial data compression A system and method for wireless communication of video data are disclosed. One embodiment of the system transmits partially compressed video data from a transmitter to a receiver over a wireless channel. The transmitter is configured to send a plurality of groups o... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8156532 | Video program creation system, table providing device, terminal device, terminal processing method, program, recording medium A video program production system of efficiently and flexibly producing a video program. For viewing, a composition table providing apparatus provides each terminal with composition table data in which items required for the production of the video program are arran... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151312 | Point-reading device and method for obtaining the network audio/video files A point-reading device for obtaining network audio/video files includes an image reading unit for obtaining image codes including information codes representing audio/video target files. A digital processing unit connected with the image reading unit receives the im... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146127 | Apparatus and method for providing data for a carousel An apparatus and method of providing data for a carousel from which iTV pages may be obtained including defining a plurality of information templates, each information template specifying content for an iTV page, defining a plurality of presentation templates, each ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8146129 | Apparatus and method for providing video content and supplemental information to a client over a switched digital video content-based network Video content is transmitted from a head end, over a switched digital video content-based network, to a client. The head end obtains a first group of program streams and sends to the client only a subset of the program streams selected by subscribers in a neighborho... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8146128 | Download execution apparatus There is provided a download execution apparatus that can prevent, at least, sudden interruption of the viewing or recording by a user when a program is downloaded. An AM includes a download source determination unit which compares current tuning information and a f... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8132221 | Methods, computer program products, and systems for packaging livecast electronic content for distribution Packaging live broadcast electronic content for delivery on a content delivery network is provided. A first live program broadcast on a first channel is scheduled for delivery on a livecast channel, and a second live program broadcast on a second channel is schedule... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8099757 | Methods and apparatus for revenue-optimized delivery of content in a network Methods and apparatus for optimizing the distribution and delivery of multimedia or other content within a content-based network. In one embodiment, the network comprises a broadcast switched cable television network, which utilizes a Network optimization controller... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095957 | Dependent data stream transmission procedure A method for the transmission of data flows; data flows, server, terminal, method for reception and use corresponding thereto. The invention relates to a method for the transmission of at least one flow of data towards at least one terminal, said flow or flows being... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095956 | Method and system for providing interactive programming A method for providing interactive programming over a broadband network. A service provider provides a private data packet including the provider's address that is inserted between frames of a transmission that is broadcast over the broadband network. The interactiv... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8087058 | HDTV subscriber verification A system for providing television (TV) service including high definition television (HDTV) service, and for providing verification that a subscriber has connected an HDTV to the system includes a TV service provider headend and a set top box (STB). The HDTV may have... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8069465 | Devices, systems, and methods for managing multimedia traffic across a common wireless communication network Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for managing multimedia traffic across a common wireless communication network. Embodiments may include content devices, end point devices, a network node, and a wireless dongle. The network node and the wireless dongle ma... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8046815 | Optical network for bi-directional wireless communication A method for transmitting video data to the users via a network in a transcoder of an image processing system including a storage media having a predetermined amount of storage area is disclosed. The method includes the steps of storing in the storage media, the vid... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8024766 | System and method for distributing network-based personal video A personal video service manager can store one or more personal video assets on a server. A personal video asset can include a recording of a broadcast stream of a broadcast asset or an asset that has been pre-authored in a personal video asset format. Upon receivin... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8015588 | Method of managing auxiliary programs and a corresponding receiver and system A method of managing auxiliary programs broadcast with main programs in a digital data stream, wherein the method is implemented by a receiver, involving receiving several digital data streams including the aforementioned digital data stream, detecting data identify... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8001578 | System and method for a master scheduler A system and method for associating and controlling multimedia supporting events with a primary event. The events are translated into tasks and sent to media servers for execution at a predetermined time by being further translated into media specific tasks to contr... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7984473 | System and method for the coordination of short-term cyclic data and ephemeral content in a broadcast stream A system and method allowing a broadcaster to deliver short-term cyclic data along with the main content of the broadcast stream, synchronized with that main content, and for allowing users to have access to that information for longer periods than a typical data br... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7958536 | Video transmission system with timing based on a global clock and methods for use therewith A video transmission system includes a network module that receives network global positioning system (GPS) signals and that transmits a video signal to a remote device that includes time stamps that are based on the network GPS data. A remote device receives the vi... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7934243 | Digital broadcasting system and data processing method A digital broadcasting system and a data processing method are disclosed. A time zone identifier is inserted into program table information of a broadcasting signal and the broadcasting signal is transmitted/received. The digital broadcasting system can calculate a ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7934244 | Digital broadcasting system and data processing method A digital broadcasting system for transmitting/receiving a digital broadcasting signal and a data processing method are disclosed. A program table information has an identifier identifying mobile service data and main service data in a broadcasting signal. The progr... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7926083 | Process and adaptive and progressive system for the secured distribution of fixed pictures coded in wavelets A process for secured distribution of digital fixed pictures in the form of streams comprising sequences of data each containing a part of information of the picture comprising: modifying the original stream by modifying at least a part of the data sequences to prod... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7913284 | Method and apparatus for capturing mobile multimedia signals A current mobile multimedia signal time slice is captured using a mobile MM receiver in response to a current mobile multimedia stream-identifying command input. The current mobile multimedia signal time slice contains at least one portion of a currently selected mo... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908633 | PMCP extension metadata, data stream generating device, digital data broadcasting emission system and digital data broadcasting emission method thereof Provided are a data server, which is added to a digital broadcast emitting system to emit data broadcasting based on the Programming Metadata Communication Protocol (PMCP), a conventional international specification defined to secure inter-operability between device... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7890988 | Technique for delivering entertainment programming content including interactive features in a communications network In delivering an entertainment program over a communications network, e.g., a cable TV network, interactive application data for realizing interactive features in the entertainment program are interjected into the program stream carrying the entertainment program on... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7886328 | Protocol and system for broadcasting audiovisual programs from a server The invention concerns a protocol for broadcasting to a terminal (T) audio-visual materials (PG) from an audio-visual server, comprising a signalling source (SS) and an audio-visual source (SAV). The protocol consists, via an IP network, in acquiring (A) a descripti... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7856649 | Signal processing apparatus and methods A unified system of programming communication. The system encompasses the prior art (television, radio, broadcast hardcopy, computer communications, etc.) and new user specific mass media. Within the unified system, parallel processing computer systems, each having ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7827584 | Method and system for adaptive transmission of smoothed data over wireless channels A method and system that reduces the impact of packet loss on video data quality. Packet selection is performed by the method and system to selectively drop low priority packets so that the overall quality of the received video data may be improved. In one exemplary... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7823182 | Method and system for adaptive transmission of smoothed data over wireless channels A method and system that reduces the impact of packet loss on video data quality. Packet selection is performed by the method and system to selectively drop low priority packets so that the overall quality of the received video data may be improved. In one exemplary... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7802288 | Video aspect ratio manipulation According to the invention, a video distribution system is disclosed. The video distribution system distributes a video program in a first aspect ratio and includes information to convert the first aspect ratio to a second aspect ratio. Included in the video distrib... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7770201 | Interactive entertainment and information system using television set-top box An interactive entertainment and information system using a television set-top box, wherein pages of information are periodically provided to the set-top box for user interaction therewith. The pages include associated meta-data defining active locations on each pag... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7730513 | 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... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7669223 | Apparatus and method for packaging programs in a television program delivery system An apparatus and a method provide optimum packaging of programs for delivery over a television program delivery system. The apparatus includes a central processor unit (CPU) that is used to select program categories and identify external and internal programs. For p... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7665117 | System and method for a master scheduler A system and method for associating and controlling multimedia supporting events with a primary event. The events are translated into tasks and sent to media servers for execution at a predetermined time by being further translated into media specific tasks to contr... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7624418 | Apparatus and method for receiving broadcasting data in digital video broadcasting receiver Disclosed is an apparatus and method for receiving broadcasting data in a digital video broadcasting receiver using Digital Video Broadcasting-Handhelds (DVB-H), the method including detecting section headers carrying broadcasting service information from a received... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7584497 | Strategies for scheduling bandwidth-consuming media events Scheduling functionality is described for resolving conflicts in the schedules of respective client devices, where the schedules are used to govern the recordation of media programs by the respective client devices. The client devices use virtual tuner functionality... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7568215 | Information distribution system An object of the invention is to variously edit an image recorded in an image recording/viewing system in an image distribution system enabling a recorded image to be viewed using a mobile communication terminal via a fixed communication network or mobile network, s... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7506356 | Skimming continuous multimedia content A program distribution system includes a plurality of set-top boxes that receive broadcast programming and segmentation data from content and information providers. The segmentation information indicates portions of programs that are to be included in skimmed or con... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7487533 | Digital television translator with PSIP update A digital television translator includes a digital television receiver for receiving a first digital television signal at a first frequency and generating a digital transport stream from the first digital television signal. The digital transport stream can include o... | 02/03/2009 |
