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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176514 | Expanded playlist for TV video player An Internet TV video guide shows thumbnails of video assets available from one or more providers, and one or more of the assets may represent a playlist with two or more associated video clips. When a viewer selects a playlist asset, the thumbnail is expanded to sho... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8151301 | IP TV queuing time/channel change operation An Internet based television program delivery server, communicatively coupled to a plurality of television source devices and a plurality of recipient devices, that receives a plurality of Internet protocol television programs, buffers them, converts recipient devic... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146118 | Recording medium having a data structure for managing reproduction of menu data and recording and reproducing apparatuses and methods The recording medium includes a data structure having a menu data area and a menu management area. The menu data area stores one or more thumbnail pictures as menu data. Each thumbnail picture is stored as a block of menu data. The menu management area stores menu m... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8127329 | Systems and methods for providing a scan Systems and methods for a video scan are provided. The scan may be dynamically interactive and a function of characteristics of the programs in the scan (e.g., commercial breaks or the end of a program approaching) The scan may simultaneously display multiple scan w... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8108896 | Method and system for providing interactive services using video on demand infrastructure A method for providing service to an end user, the method includes: converting images to multiple end user device readable pictures; receiving a request from an end user to display at least one image, wherein the request is conveyed over a TVOD infrastructure; and p... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108897 | Method and apparatus for displaying entertainment system data upon selection of a video data display A graphical user interface (GUI) includes a first window that displays video data of a first entertainment selection. A first area of the first window displays entertainment system data that corresponds to the first entertainment selection. The GUI includes a second... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8060905 | Television delivery system having interactive electronic program guide A television delivery system is disclosed having an operations center that packages programs, generates program control information, and sends the programs and control information to a subscriber. The system also includes a set top terminal associated with the subsc... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8056099 | Mosaic channel video stream with interactive services An interactive mosaic channel video stream with indicators as to the action on a given video stream. The interactive mosaic channel is displayed on a video monitor, with a plurality of individual video feeds being presented at a given time, comprising a plurality of... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8051448 | Method and apparatus for displaying entertainment system data upon selection of a video data display A graphical user interface (GUI) includes a first window that displays video data of a first entertainment selection. A first area of the first window displays entertainment system data that corresponds to the first entertainment selection. The GUI includes a second... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7996866 | Data broadcast method A system for providing requested data sets of broadcast data service transmitted as part of a broadcast signal, including a broadcast headend configured to receive a data request from a receiver, and configured to broadcast requested data sets to the receiver in res... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7979879 | Video contents display system, video contents display method, and program for the same A video contents display system has a contents information display section that allows pieces of contents information on a plurality of recorded video contents to be displayed along a time axis on a screen, and a video contents display section that displays the plur... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7890975 | Data broadcast method A system for providing a plurality of sets of broadcast data service transmitted as part of a broadcast signal, including a processor configured to periodically extract at least some of the plurality of sets of the broadcast data service from a broadcast carousel in... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7882523 | Video search assisting method, video search assisting device, and broadcast receiving apparatus An image retrieval assisting apparatus and method for retrieving a desired image program from a number of image programs, such as broadcast contents in a broadcast-contents-recording/reproducing apparatus or a broadcast receiving set. A classification criterion info... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7873972 | Method and apparatus for generating a mosaic style electronic program guide In one embodiment, there is provided a method for operating a decoder. The method comprises receiving, on a first channel, an electronic program guide data stream comprising multiple video streams which have been encoded and multiplexed for transmission on the first... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7853973 | Broadcast signal and apparatus and method of decoding the same A broadcast signal includes an information table (EIT) or an application information table (AIT) which includes a descriptor. The descriptor includes image data representative of a thumbnail image to be displayed within an electronic program guide (EPG). A decoder d... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7840979 | Graphical tile-based expansion cell guide A discovery interface facilitates the selection of available media content. Content-relevant graphical tiles are displayed in strips within the discovery interface. In this manner, a user can survey graphics associated with available content. When the discovery inte... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7831987 | Program selecting method A program selecting method includes the steps of: storing still pictures or motion pictures of specific scenes of a plurality of viewed programs selected in a predetermined period; presenting the pictures of the specific scenes corresponding to a plurality of progra... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7810118 | Digital broadcast receiving apparatus and method of displaying video data in electronic program guide with data length depending on TV program duration A digital broadcast receiving apparatus has a receiver to receive electronic program guide (EPG) data containing video data and character data associated with TV programs and a display controller to process the EPG data to display an EPG with at least the character ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7757253 | System and method for capturing video clips for focused navigation within a user interface A video clip is captured from a television broadcast on each of a plurality of channels. The captured video clips are provided to a display interface, which successively displays the captured video clips within a focus area of a user interface in response to an init... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7757252 | Navigation system for a multichannel digital television system The present invention provides a digital television system where access rights to a programme or channel are received analyzed by the decoder in determining whether to permit or prohibit full audio and visual access by the user to that programme or channel when disp... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7735103 | Method of providing broadcast, method of reproducing the same, terminal for the same, and system thereof A method of providing a broadcast, method of reproducing the same, terminal for the same, and system thereof are disclosed, by which recorded broadcast data can be summarized and reproduced according to contents or priority of the broadcast. The present invention in... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7716702 | Technique for delivering via a communications network data for image display with a desired aspect ratio A system and method are provided for delivering data including graphical components to user terminals through a communications network, e.g., a cable TV network. In one embodiment, multiple versions of a graphical component of a program guide, each formatted for a r... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7712117 | Multiple channel presenter An implementation of a technology, described herein, for multiple channel display on a multimedia presentation system. One implementation, described herein, simultaneously presents video content, audio-based content, and/or electronic program guide (EPG) data of mul... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7694320 | Summary frames in video According to the invention, channel surfers are aided by summary frames appearing on the screen along with the regular program. These summary frames are embedded in the broadcast and appear in a small window on the screen at some point in the future as the video is ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7685618 | Data broadcast method A technique for broadcasting a broadcast data service together with broadcast digital television data as part of a broadcast signal, the broadcast data service comprising a plurality of data portions including data portions having digital data in non-real time. The ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7644425 | Picture-in-picture mosaic The PIP system enables display of a mosaic of favorite channels in a Picture-in-Picture (PIP) format to a subscriber terminal. Picture-in-Picture support is efficiently provided by sending only I-Frames of the secondary video channel to the end-user. That is, any un... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7634788 | Service provider side interactive program guide encoder A method and apparatus for combining video frame sequences with a video display of an interactive program guide (IPG). The apparatus comprises a plurality of compositors that combine background information, video frame sequences and program guide graphics into a sin... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7607150 | Information providing device and method The present invention relates to an information providing apparatus and an information providing apparatus. Information for indexes is obtained through a network, and information screens are classified by this information to create a menu screen. In this manner, the... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7434245 | Electronic program guide system using images of reduced size to identify respective programs A technique for transmitting and receiving an electronic program guide which identifies programs that are to be transmitted. Electronic program guide (EPG) data includes image data representing images of reduced, less than normal, size to identify respective program... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7406655 | Method of describing multiple level digest segment information scheme for multimedia contents and apparatus for generating digest stream from described multiple level digest segment information scheme and method thereof The present invention is intended to provide multiple levels of digest streams for multimedia contents with small amount of additional storage using a multiple level digest segment information scheme. In the present invention, a multiple level digest segment informa... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7398541 | Electronic television program guide schedule system and method Systems and methods are provided for displaying promotional information on a display on which program listings information is displayed. In some embodiments, the promotional information and the program listings information may be displayed simultaneously with video ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7392467 | Method of describing multiple level digest segment information scheme for multimedia contents and apparatus for generating digest stream from described multiple level digest segment information scheme and method thereof The present invention is intended to provide multiple levels of digest streams for multimedia contents with small amount of additional storage using a multiple level digest segment information scheme. In the present invention, a multiple level digest segment informa... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7380261 | Method and apparatus for transmitting video and graphics in a compressed form An apparatus for compressing and transmitting both video and graphics portions of an interactive program guide (IPG). For an IPG that comprises a graphics portion and at least one video portion having audio associated with the video portion, the apparatus separately... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7373650 | Apparatuses and methods to enable the simultaneous viewing of multiple television channels and electronic program guide content A Digital Home Communication Terminal (DHCT) including a plurality of tuners, each of which can select one of a plurality of transmission channels provided by a Digital Broadband Delivery System (DBDS). The multiple tuners enable the DHCT to tune to a plurality of d... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373652 | Server-centric search function in an interactive program guide Techniques for searching a program guide database. In accordance with a method, one or more search criteria (e.g., keywords) are received and a request for a search is then sent, along with the search criteria, to a head end of an information distribution system. In... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370343 | Electronic program guide with blackout features An interactive television program guide for supporting programming blackouts is provided. In some embodiments, the interactive television program guide may unschedule the reminding and recording of blacked-out programs that have been scheduled by a user for remindin... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365803 | Method for marking label of external AV apparatus and apparatus using the same A method for marking a label of an external AV apparatus of the present invention includes displaying an external AV signal outputted from the external AV apparatus of the plurality of external AV apparatuses, and setting and displaying one label of an external AV s... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362956 | Apparatus for playing back a video content storage medium An apparatus is capable of playing back video content recorded on a DVD-Video disk without requiring the playing of a menu. A presentation sequence control unit of a non-video navigation manager extracts button commands for playing titles from a VMGM-PG for displayi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363645 | Interactive electronic program guide for use with television delivery system An interactive electronic program guide is disclosed for use with a television delivery system. The guide is generated by a set top terminal that receives a television signal from an operations center and extracts from the signal individual programs for display on a... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356828 | Receivers for television signals A receiver for television signals is arranged to receive video signals comprising video data and information data. The receiver is arranged to respond to viewer operation of a control device (28). The receiver includes a processor (23) for processing s... | 04/08/2008 |
