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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185921 | Parental control of displayed content using closed captioning According to one embodiment, a method for blocking scenes with objectionable content comprises receiving incoming content, namely a scene of a program. Thereafter, using closed captioning information, a determination is made if the scene of the program includes obje... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8122465 | Watermarking to set video usage permissions A digital watermark in video includes a plural-bit payload that sets different permissions governing usage of the video. One bit, for example, may flag whether fast-forwarding of the video is permitted. Another may flag whether storage in non-encrypted form is permi... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8032904 | Confirming video transmissions In an interactive broadcasting system, television programming may be broadcast with interleaved web content information. The progress in broadcasting the web content information over one or more transports and over one or more channels within those transports, may b... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7707600 | Confirming video transmissions In an interactive broadcasting system, television programming may be broadcast with interleaved web content information. The progress in broadcasting the web content information over one or more transports and over one or more channels within those transports, may b... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7647605 | Coded/non-coded program audience measurement system An audience measurement system identifies a program which is broadcast from a signal source and to which a receiver is tuned. The audience measurement system includes a code reader for reading an ancillary code of the program to which the receiver is tuned, a channe... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7571450 | System for and method of displaying information A system (100) for displaying information on a display device (104) comprises; receiving means (202) for receiving services; user interface means (220) for making a user selection of a type of information to be displayed on the display de... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7516466 | Method and apparatus for retrieving data from a broadcast signal A broadcast signal is received that includes a data identifier that identifies data associated with the broadcast signal. The broadcast signal also includes the data associated with the broadcast signal encoded in the broadcast signal. The data associated with the b... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7421723 | Detection of media links in broadcast signals A detection apparatus includes a tuner tuned to the program and a meter coupled to the tuner and arranged to detect content ancillary information from the program tuned by the tuner. The content ancillary information may be a media link, closed captioning informatio... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7353284 | Synchronized transmission of audio and video data from a computer to a client via an interface A method for controlling data transmission between a computer and a video client via an interface, the method comprising: the computer polling the interface a first time to determine the size of the buffer on the interface; receiving a first buffer size value from t... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352708 | Method and apparatus for border node behavior on a full-duplex bus A method and apparatus relating to the behavior of border nodes within a high performance serial bus system is disclosed. A method for determining and communicating the existence of a hybrid bus is disclosed. A method for determining a path to a senior border... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353322 | System and method for providing dynamic configuration ROM using double image buffers A dynamic configuration ROM which may be updated while linked to the serial bus and with little or no risk of publishing inconsistent configuration ROM information to the other nodes on the bus. The dynamic configuration ROM comprises first and second configuration ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343313 | Method and apparatus for scheduling a meeting A method of and processing function for a resource for facilitating scheduling a meeting the method 200 including specifying 203 individuals to participate in the meeting and desired resources for facilitating the meeting; communicating 207 with... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343321 | Method of administering licensing of use of copyright works In a method an owner of copyright in a copyright work uses computer equipment to transmit digital signal containing information regarding the copyright work to physically remote computer equipment of a licensing administrator. The licensing administrator uses the co... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7330850 | Text mining system for web-based business intelligence applied to web site server logs A text mining system for collecting business intelligence about a client, as well as for identifying prospective customers of the client, for use in a lead generation system accessible by the client via the Internet. The text mining system has various components, in... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7317694 | Method and apparatus for border node behavior on a full-duplex bus A method is disclosed for determining and communicating the existence of a hybrid bus. The method comprises the acts of determining whether the node has a connection to a Legacy link layer; if the node determines that it has a connection to a Legacy link layer, then... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315861 | Text mining system for web-based business intelligence A text mining system for collecting business intelligence about a client, as well as for identifying prospective customers of the client, for use in a lead generation system accessible by the client via the Internet. The text mining system has various components, in... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7310808 | Method of and apparatus for supporting and enabling the selection and mixing of multiple streams of audio/video data from multiple sources within a receiving device allowing external control A method of and apparatus for supporting and enabling the selection and mixing of multiple input data streams from multiple sources within a receiving device allowing external control includes a receiving device, a control device and one or more source devices. The ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305550 | System and method for providing authentication and verification services in an enhanced media gateway A system and method for facilitating authentication or identification services including an authentication server configured to provide an authentication certificate to a user of a first client device for authentication or identification of a user of a second client... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302419 | Dynamic operator identification system and methods A system and method for dynamically determining the demographic identity of an individual operating a set-top box, is disclosed which may include monitoring set top-box events for a plurality of set-top boxes, correlating set-top box events with demographic characte... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302057 | Method and process for transmitting video content Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for transmitting content from a content collection site to a content monitoring site, including inserting a first digital signature into a first content segment collected by the content collection device, i... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7280490 | Method and apparatus for border node behavior on a full-duplex bus A method and apparatus relating to the behavior of border nodes within a high performance serial bus system is disclosed. A method is disclosed for determining a path to a senior border during the Self-ID process in a full-duplex communications system having at leas... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275090 | Log accumulation device with user accuracy setting means and pseudo-information generating means An information processing apparatus, such as might be associated with an in-home audio or video control device or a home appliance operated by a user, is provided with input allowing the user to set accuracy of a log of device operation history and/or to set a ratio... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7266617 | Method and apparatus for border node behavior on a full-duplex bus A method for determining and communicating the existence of a hybrid bus is disclosed. The method determines whether a connected node is a border node and forwards isochronous and asynchronous requests if the node is not a border node. If the node is a border node, ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263558 | Method and apparatus for providing additional information in response to an application server request A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing additional information, such as advertisements, to a client device via the response signal to an application (or web) server request. A client device is in communication with a server device, and sends a request for... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7249029 | Method of using a computerised administration system to administer licensing of use of copyright material The present invention relates to a method of using a computerised administration system to administer licensing of use of copyright material. The method comprises an administrator storing in a database of the computerised administration system information regarding ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7237135 | Cyclemaster synchronization in a distributed bridge A method of synchronizing cyclemasters over a distributed bridge is disclosed. The method comprises: a local portal sending a synchronization signal to a peer portal through a bridge fabric upon occurrence of a cycle synchronization event on the local portal; the pe... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7236941 | Event invalidation method The invention concerns a computerized method of invalidating set-top box events. The method may include monitoring set-top box events, storing the set-top box events in a first array, calculating a first trend in the first array of set-top box events, invalidating t... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7228305 | Rating system for streaming media playback system Embodiments of the invention include a rating system for media network resources. The rating system includes a database comprising a plurality of addresses to media network resources on a network. A network server module is coupleable to the plurality of terminals t... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7212979 | System and method for identifying desirable subscribers Systems and methods for identifying a desirable subscriber by utilizing past subscriber content choices as well as subscriber is described. In one embodiment of the present invention, a content-access information database and a subscriber attribute database are merg... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7210157 | Apparatus and method of program classification using observed cues in the transcript information A method for classification of a program includes receiving transcript information associated with the program, identifying at least one cue of a plurality of cues in the transcript information wherein each of the plurality of cues has associated therewith a type of... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7197472 | Market data acquisition system A system and method for using inverse mathematical principles in the analysis of compatible datasets so that correlations and trends within and between said datasets can be uncovered. The present invention is tailored to the analysis of datasets that are extremely l... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194564 | Method and apparatus for preventing loops in a full-duplex bus A method and apparatus is disclosed for preventing loops in a full-duplex bus. One method has the acts of: selecting at least two candidates to join said bus; establishing a dominant candidate from one of said at least two candidates; testing for loops in said bus; ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194421 | Content attribute impact invalidation method The invention concerns a method of determining the effect of content attributes on content ratings. The method may include obtaining content attributes, recording set-top box events as content is experienced without knowing individual-specific demographic informatio... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191266 | Method and apparatus for supporting and presenting multiple serial bus nodes using distinct configuration ROM images A method and apparatus for presenting a plurality of link devices as separate nodes within a single serial bus module by generating individual or a distinct configuration ROM image for each link device in the module. Each configuration ROM includes an entry for a di... | 03/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7152208 | Apparatus managing document distribution A document management apparatus having a constitution for periodically checking whether the attribute information in a document managed by a user conflicts with master information of the attribute information managed by a Personnel server or Enterprise-Department se... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7142692 | Reproduction equipment, reproduction equipment specifying equipment, reproduction equipment specifying system and methods and recording media for said equipment and system A reproduction equipment converts an identification code of the reproduction equipment into a plurality of signal sequences using a correspondence table and embeds the obtained plurality of signal sequences in AV signals as a digital watermark. A reproduction equipm... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7139723 | Privacy compliant multiple dataset correlation system A system and method for using inverse mathematical principles in the analysis of compatible datasets so that correlations and trends within and between said datasets can be uncovered. The present invention is tailored to the analysis of datasets that are extremely l... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7120629 | Prospects harvester system for providing contact data about customers of product or service offered by business enterprise extracting text documents selected from newsgroups, discussion forums, mailing lists, querying such data to provide customers who confirm to business profile data A system and method for providing profile data representing profiles of potential customers of a business enterprise. The system is based on an application service provider architecture, where the business enterprise accesses the profile data via the Internet using ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7117513 | Apparatus and method for detecting and correcting a corrupted broadcast time code An apparatus and method for processing audience measurement data detects and corrects one or more corrupted time codes. The corrupted time codes are identified by calculating a first set of intervals between a set of read times that may, but need not, be consecutive... | 10/03/2006 |
