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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8175442 | Program recording completion A program recording completion system automatically completes an incomplete program recording of a program. A recording application creates a program recording completion event corresponding to the incomplete program recording which includes program information to a... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171513 | Electronic program guide information display method and apparatus, and broadcasting receiver thereof Provided are a method and apparatus for displaying electronic program guide (EPG) information so that a broadcast program can be searched for even when the size of each display region of an EPG information screen, which displays program information, is small or redu... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166503 | Systems and methods for providing multiple video streams per audio stream A system and method for providing multiple video presentations per audio program. In one aspect, the method comprises (a) assigning a first packet identifier (PID) to a first elementary stream, wherein the first elementary stream comprises video packets correspondin... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8156523 | System and method of providing television program sharing service Disclosed is a system and method of providing a TV program sharing service that enables sharing of a TV program among EPG-based TV sets and/or set top boxes, and thus enables recording of the already broadcast program whenever a user desires to do so. The system inc... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151300 | Smart audio guide system and method A smart audio guide system for use in conjunction with an interactive content distribution system is disclosed. The smart audio guide system includes a recommendation engine for providing a customized viewing-recommendations list for a viewer subsystem based upon th... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146117 | Program guide system with real-time data sources A program guide system is provided in which an interactive television program guide that is implemented at least partially on user television equipment receives program listings data and real-time data such as sports scores, news data, and the like. The real-time da... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139921 | Program recording reservation system and remote controller A program recording reservation system includes a recording apparatus including a recorder for recording a broadcast program; and a remote controller for making a recording reservation for the recording apparatus. A content management section is provided for managin... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8091104 | Method and apparatus for storing broadcast program A method and apparatus for storing a broadcast program are provided. The apparatus includes: a signal processing unit which generates an audio/video (A/V) file, an application file, and a first electronic program guide (EPG) file by appropriately processing a plural... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087047 | Systems and methods for providing remote access to interactive media guidance applications Methods and systems for remotely accessing user equipment implementing an interactive media guidance application are provided. In particular, a method includes the steps of receiving user equipment identification information and receiving a user request from a user ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8087046 | User interface for television schedule system Screen (10) for a user interface of a television schedule system and process consists of an array (24) of irregular cells (26), which vary in length, corresponding to different television program lengths of one half hour to one-and-one half hour... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8069460 | User interface for television schedule system Screen (10) for a user interface of a television schedule system and process consists of an array (24) of irregular cells (26), which vary in length, corresponding to different television program lengths of one half hour to one-and-one half hour... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8051447 | Condensed program guide for media content access systems and methods An exemplary system includes a media content processing subsystem configured to provide a program guide including a matrix of cells associated with a plurality of media content instances, and a condensed program guide including a condensed matrix of a subset of the ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8051446 | Method of creating a semantic video summary using information from secondary sources Creating semantic summaries and abstractions of video requires high level knowledge of the domain of the video. Obtaining this high level information without human intervention is problematic. A method of producing video summaries and abstractions is provided where ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8037493 | Modular remote control and user interfaces Techniques are described to customize the functional capabilities of a remote control device with one or more modular hardware components. In an implementation, a modular hardware component coupled to a remote control device is identified. A user interface is config... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032906 | Method and system for providing a program guide and multiple video streams using slice-based encoding Methods for slice-based encoding of program guides and user interfaces are disclosed. The program guides include multiple video streams for picture-in-picture and other applications. A method for encoding the program guide includes encoding a first set of slices for... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032907 | System to syncronize and access broadcast information The system enables listeners and viewers of a broadcast to access additional information associated with a broadcast. Listeners and viewers utilize a user device to connect to a database containing program descriptions (e.g. audio, text, video or combination thereof... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8028313 | Linear program guide for media content access systems and methods In one of many possible embodiments, a system includes a media content processing subsystem configured to provide at least a portion of a linear program guide to a display for presentation to a user. The linear program guide includes a list of media content carriers... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8024754 | Content processing device, content processing method, control program, and storage medium To add new additional content to the reproduction schedule on the basis of reference content scheduled in a time slot in the reproduction schedule, a digital television in accordance with the present invention includes: an additional content extracting section for i... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8015580 | Customizing virtual channels in a discovery interface A unified discovery interface presents broadcast discovery data relating to broadcast content available via a broadcast channel and non-broadcast discovery data relating to non-broadcasting content available via a virtual channel of the unified discovery interface. ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8006264 | Interactive television program guide with passive content A hybrid passive-interactive program guide is generated by combining the features of an interactive program guide with the passive video portion of a passive program guide. The interactive guide may replace passive listings with interactive listings, replace passive... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8001566 | Digital TV and control method of the same A digital broadcasting receiving apparatus which receives broadcasting signals corresponding to a plurality of channels, the digital broadcasting receiving apparatus including: a first tuner that tunes one of the broadcasting signals; and a controller that controls ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8001565 | Methods and apparatus to conditionally authorize content delivery at receivers in pay delivery systems Methods and apparatus to conditionally authorize content delivery at receivers in pay delivery systems are disclosed. An example receiver station includes a receiver interface to receive a broadcast signal, and a controller to, for a selected program, generate an au... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8001564 | Electronic program guide with digital storage directory An interactive television program guide system with digital storage is provided. The program guide gives users the ability to store information associated with recorded programs in a directory in the digital storage device thereby providing easy access to program in... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7992170 | Apparatus for providing electronic program guide information in a digital multimedia broadcast receiving terminal and a method therefor Disclosed is a method for providing Electronic Program Guide (EPG) information in a digital multimedia broadcast receiving terminal, which includes causing the digital multimedia broadcast receiving terminal to convert the EPG information of a broadcast channel prev... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7987480 | Interactive electronic television program guide with database configurability An interactive television program guide system is provided in which an interactive television program guide is implemented on user television equipment containing a memory. The system allocates the memory among different categories of program guide data used by the ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7987481 | Receiving apparatus and receiving method A receiving apparatus according to the present invention includes a receiving unit for receiving television broadcasts and a communication unit for receiving streaming broadcasts via a network. A guide information producing unit produces guide information for displa... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7974962 | Search engine for a video recorder The present invention is directed to a search engine for a video recorder. One embodiment of the present invention operates in an environment that includes one or more set-top boxes connected to or integrated within one or more output devices. The set-top boxes are ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974087 | Cartridge type hard disk drive and image forming apparatus A cartridge type HDD unit 20 is mounted on the outside of a back plate panel 2 of an exterior cover rear portion in an image forming apparatus 1. An HDD main body is detachably attachable into a unit case 21. When the HDD main body is att... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971216 | Method of displaying broadcast channel information and broadcast receiver implementing the same A method of displaying broadcast channel information on a broadcast terminal. The method includes touching a pointer at a first position on a touch screen of the broadcast terminal and then dragging the pointer to a second position on the touch screen, and displayin... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7950033 | Utilization of relational metadata in a television system A method and mechanism for delivering and processing relational metadata in a television system. A client is configured to receive a broadcast signal and relational metadata which corresponds to received programming. The received relational metadata includes informa... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7917926 | Information descriptor and extended information descriptor data structures for digital television signals According to an aspect, there is provided a digital television (DTV) data stream including program and system information protocol (PSIP) data associated with content of the DTV data stream, the PSIP data including a virtual channel table (VCT) and an event informat... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7917925 | Method and apparatus for automatically extracting data identifying a broadcast A/V program Broadcast receiving devices usually have access to an electronic program schedule or EPG. Since often the same audio/video program is broadcasted more than once within a short time range on the same channel, or simultaneously on another channel, a method is provided... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912824 | Processes and systems for enhancing an electronic program guide displaying particular timeslot associated with first channel and the link is not associated with other timeslots A process of displaying program information on a viewing screen may include: providing an electronic programming guide, the electronic program guide divided into timeslots containing program information; displaying program information from the displayed timeslots on... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7913279 | Global listings format (GLF) for multimedia programming content and electronic program guide (EPG) information An exemplary global listings format (GLF) is metadata for electronically transferring multimedia programming content and electronic program guide information. The GLF metadata specifies a self-referential data structure having a self-consistency mechanism comprising... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7895622 | Client-server based interactive television program guide system with remote server recording An interactive television program guide system is provided. An interactive television program guide provides users with an opportunity to select programs for recording on a remote media server. Programs may also be recorded on a local media server. The program guide... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7890974 | EPG generation apparatus, and EPG generation method An electronic program guide (EPG) generation apparatus that generates an EPG, the apparatus comprising: an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding each program to be displayed in the EPG; a first determination unit configured to dete... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7890973 | Information processing apparatus and control method therefor An information processing apparatus which, in addition to displaying an electronic program guide in a display screen, uses URL information in order to display web pages when there is URL information associated with the programs displayed in the electronic program gu... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7885971 | Methods and systems for generating electronic program guides Various embodiments provide ways to collect, organize, and process metadata associated with particular instances of media content. Metadata can be collected from a variety of metadata providers and organized in individual content folders that can be provided to vari... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7882074 | Video contents recording apparatus and method of managing data storage medium included therein A video contents recording apparatus and a method of managing a data storage medium include: a data storage medium in which a plurality of contents are recorded; and a controller displaying a list of contents to be deleted generated from the contents recorded in the... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7882521 | EPG providing apparatus with a channel table and method thereof Provided are an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) providing apparatus and method. The EPG providing apparatus includes a receiver receiving EPG channel information from a broadcast receiver, a channel table showing entire broadcast channel information, and a display de... | 02/01/2011 |
