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| 8191092 | Method and system for replacing/obscuring titles and descriptions of recorded content A method and system for replacing and obscuring titles and/or descriptions pertaining to individual pieces of recorded content. In one embodiment, the method enables a user, such as a parent, to rename titles and replace descriptions for selected pieces of content, ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8141114 | Content ratings and recommendations Content ratings and recommendations is described. In an embodiment, a ratings service compiles ratings of programs for a rating system that is associated with a group of viewers, where a viewer of the group establishes the rating system, and where at least some of t... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8095954 | System and method for providing custom channel arrangements in a programming guide A method includes associating a first channel identifier of an electronic programming guide with a first multimedia channel from a first content source and associating a second channel identifier of the electronic programming guide with a second multimedia channel f... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8042135 | Method of controlling EPG receiver and EPG receiver using the same A method of controlling an apparatus for receiving an electronic program guide (EPG), and an EPG receiver using the same, enable preferred broadcast programs to be displayed and viewed using a reserved recording function, without performing specific searching or pla... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8028315 | Systems and methods for using an interactive television program guide to access fantasy sports contests Systems and methods for using an interactive television program guide application to access fantasy sports contests are presented. In some embodiments of the present invention, the interactive television program guide application may display information indicating t... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8010979 | Electronic program guide using markup language An interactive television program guide is provided. Program guide display elements are arranged and styled using markup language documents. These markup language documents may also indicate and select program guide functions. The program guide interprets the markup... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7908620 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, broadcast system, storage medium, and computer program An information processing apparatus has the capability of making a registration for timer-controlled automatic viewing/recording not only in units of programs but also in units of sub-programs. The information processing apparatus includes a display control unit for... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7865921 | Apparatus for recording/reproducing digital broadcast and method of browsing record information thereof An apparatus for recording/reproducing a digital broadcast and method thereof are disclosed, by which a user is provided with record information for the corresponding program and by which a data structure enabling an implicative representation of a recorded broadcas... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7861268 | Method of processing broadcast signal in television receiver and television receiver using the same A method of processing a broadcast signal in a television receiver and a television receiver using the same are provided, by which contiguous packets of a transport stream can be selectively blocked in reproduction. The television receiver includes a decoder for dec... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7827575 | TV apparatus, its control method, network TV system and computer program Even when a user leaves from a TV apparatus or enjoys audio-visual contents by another reached TV apparatus, the user can enjoy the left audio-visual contents without being embarrassed in operating the reached TV apparatus. A configuration is set up by having leavin... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7788690 | Receiving apparatus and method Upon reproducing a TV program, it is a common practice to display video data sent from a broadcast station as it is, and the display pattern (layout) is not effectively changed (e.g., an object in video data is erased, or the object size is changed). A program ID fr... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7748018 | Arranging channel indicators in a television schedule system Screen for a user interface of a television schedule system and process consists of an array of irregular cells, which vary in length, corresponding to different television program lengths of one half hour to one-and-one half hours or more. The array is arranged as ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7600244 | Method for extracting program and apparatus for extracting program This method facilitates an operation of selecting one program from among a plurality of programs, each having the substantially same content without placing burden on the user, and in particular, an operation of extracting an upward compatible program. The method re... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7434246 | Systems and methods for automatic personalizing of channel favorites in a set top box A set top box for use in interactive television systems includes a generation engine and a display engine. The generation engine automatically stores channel favorites in a channel favorites table. The generation engine may include cumulative viewing time for each c... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7415717 | Information receiver and information receiving method A broadcasting system, receiving device, and method that allows the viewer to set conditions for the display of commercials (CMs) with broadcast programs. A broadcasting device transmits the programs and CMs via separate channels. A receiving device receives the sep... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7403968 | Method of generating user profile based on user preference and multimedia data browsing system using the same The present invention relates to a method for generating a user profile in indexing/browsing of multimedia data and a multimedia browsing method using the same. The multimedia data browsing method is characterized in that: (a) constructing a user profile by incorpor... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7386806 | Scaling and layout methods and systems for handling one-to-many objects Systems and methods according to the present invention provide layout structures and methods for user interfaces. ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386874 | Video on demand methods and systems An entertainment head-end provides broadcast programming, video-on-demand services, and HTML-based interactive programming through a distribution network to client terminals in subscribers' homes. A number of different features are provided, including novel user int... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7380260 | Focused navigation interface for a PC media center and extension device Within a personal computer media center, a user interface module generates graphical commands representing a user interface. A network interface then sends the graphical commands via a home network to a media center extension, where a display interface renders the g... | 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 |
| 7373651 | Metadata structure for providing access to EPG features from within broadcast advertisements A data structure stored on computer readable media is presented comprising one or more data tags, each data tag used to provide information regarding a broadcast advertisement. Also provided are one or more electronic program guide action tags, each electronic progr... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370276 | Interface for collecting user preferences Various techniques are disclosed for accepting preference information from a user, where the preference information is specific to content elements within a media asset, and the preference information is collected while the user is viewing a display of the media ass... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370016 | Music distribution systems Music is blanket transmitted (for example, via satellite downlink transmission) to each customer's user station where selected music files are recorded. Customers preselect from a list of available music in advance using an interactive screen selector, and pay only ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369744 | Signal receiving apparatus and signal recording method A signal receiving apparatus includes a tuner (102) for selecting a broadcasting station or a program, which becomes a reception subject, a program recording/playing circuit (202) for recording a received signal of the reception subject, and a control ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369750 | Managing record events Systems, methods, and computer program products for managing and prioritizing record events. A priority manager includes an event list that lists scheduled record events. Each event in the event list has a priority that is different from the other events in the even... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360230 | Overlay management A method of personalizing a broadcast channel, comprising: receiving an input from a user (110); and personalizing the broadcast channel; and transmitting the personalized broadcast channel to the user using a compressed video transport method. Preferably, co... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349552 | Connected audio and other media objects Media objects are transformed into active, connected objects via identifiers embedded into them or their containers. In the context of a user's playback experience, a decoding process extracts the identifier from a media object and possibly additional context inform... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7340483 | System and method of copying a media resource The present invention provides a system, method, and computer readable medium for retrieving full media resources in an online environment by manipulating media resource summaries. Media resource summary copy requests are intercepted and instructions to retrieve a c... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337458 | Content recommendation device with user feedback A content recommendation device is provided, including a selection engine selects content items from a content item pool and generates a selection list including the selected content items, wherein said selection engine selects the content items from a content item ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334251 | Management of television advertising A method for providing television advertising includes receiving user input for selecting an advertising parameter and providing a user with an advertisement corresponding to the advertising parameter. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330635 | Storage-type broadcast service system and reception storage unit The object of the invention is to assure storage of data in information delivery services using storage media and providing services that promises the viewer's convenience. Receiving/storage apparatus (11) according to the invention holds exclusive sto... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7318104 | User profile information data structure based on user preference and multimedia data browsing system using the same The present invention relates to an user profile information data structure for browsing of multimedia data and a multimedia browsing method using the same. The multimedia data browsing method is characterized in that: (a) multimedia data contains a contents ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313805 | Content navigator graphical user interface system and method In a system and method for enabling a user to simultaneously display a set of selectable categories, a set of channels related to a selected category, and individual content associated with a selected channel, of potential interest to the user. The system includes a... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313806 | Method and apparatus for channel surfing through multiple sources based on user-definable preferences A method and apparatus for channel surfing through multiple sources based on user-definable preferences includes accessing a user-definable preferences list that identifies a plurality of channels from a plurality of different sources. One of the plurality of identi... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313143 | Method for diversity site group operations in air/ground communications Shortcomings in conventional Very High Frequency (VHF) Digital Link Mode 3 (VDL-3) communication techniques for implementing air/ground (A/G) diversity site group (DSG) communication are identified and resolved. Beacon schedules are used to coordinate the use of VDL... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310082 | Computer display having display direction control A display has a display part displaying an image signal, an image signal processor providing the image signal to the display part, a pen sensor sensing at least two locations on a main body of the pen positioned on the display part and generating a first pen sensor ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310771 | Method and computer-readable medium for providing page and table formatting services A computer-implemented method and computer-readable medium are provided for providing page and table layout services. According to the method, a layout manager program provides layout services to client application programs. The layout manager receives requests from... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310807 | System and method for local video distribution A system and method are disclosed for facilitating local video distribution. A method incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include linking a plurality of users with associated carrier frequencies. The associated frequencies may be given approximatel... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7304997 | Reception system for replacing transport packets A reception system has a receiving section which receives a transport stream transmitted from a transmission system that produces and transmits the transport stream, the transport stream being produced by multiplexing compression coded contents of a program, and ele... | 12/04/2007 |
