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...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161513 | Method for receiving a broadcast signal and broadcast receiver A method of receiving a broadcast signal including a Non-Real-Time (NRT) service and a broadcast receiver are disclosed herein. A method of receiving a broadcast signal including an NRT service, the method comprises receiving a broadcast signal including first signa... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161512 | Method for processing targeting descriptor in non-real-time receiver A method of receiving a broadcast signal including a Non-Real-Time (NRT) Receiver Targeting service is disclosed herein. A method of receiving a broadcast signal including a Non-Real-Time (NRT) Receiver Targeting service, the method comprises receiving broadcast sig... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8151306 | Remote control for wireless control of system including home gateway and headend, either or both of which have digital video recording functionality A system for wireless remote control of a gateway and ordering or invocation of services provided by a headend. The remote control includes a video display and user input device or keyboard and can decompress and display compressed streaming video in some embodiment... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8132215 | Apparatus for receiving broadcast signal A broadcast signal receiving apparatus, which is capable of simultaneously processing a plurality of transport streams in an appropriate manner, is comprised of: a pre-processing unit 1202 that determines and extracts a piece of viewing-related data from each... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8079049 | System and method for inserting sync bytes into transport packets The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for inserting sync bytes into a video transport stream. More specifically, there is provided a method comprising determining a parsing procedure supported by a first set top box, appending a first transport pac... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8024759 | Backwards-compatible frequency translation module for satellite video delivery A frequency translation module for delivering satellite signals to Integrated Receiver Decoders (IRDs). The module comprises at least one input for receiving polarized satellite signals, wherein at least one input is coupled to at least one low noise block amplifier... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7937732 | Network fraud prevention via registration and verification An apparatus for controlling fraud in a satellite signal delivery system. An apparatus in accordance with the present invention comprises a receive antenna for receiving at least one satellite signal, and a module, coupled to the receive antenna, for selectively del... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7861271 | Baseband video signaling for set-top box local loop connection An apparatus comprising a transmodulator unit. The transmodulator unit generally comprises (i) a first input configured to receive a baseband video signal, (ii) a second input configured to receive a first encoded data signal and (iii) an output configured to presen... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7788694 | Multiple dwelling unit satellite television delivery system Systems for delivering satellite signals to multiple dwelling units (MDUs). A system in accordance with the present invention comprises an antenna for receiving the satellite signals, a conversion unit, coupled to the antenna, for stacking the satellite signals onto... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7533402 | Satellite set-top box decoder for simultaneously servicing multiple independent programs for display on independent display device An integrated receiver with dual channel transport stream decoding and delivery substantially implemented on a single CMOS integrated circuit is described. A receiver front end provides multiple time-base clocks for two transport streams. Transport processor circuit... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7533401 | Digital data processing from multiple streams of data The invention relates to a system and method for the generation of television channels and which allows the generation of the same by the processing and selection of designated packets of data from multiple data transport streams, which each transport stream includi... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7426187 | False sync code protection (FSP) decoding by software This invention describes a false sync code protection (FSP) decoding technique by software for removing padding binary numbers from video data signals in electronic devices such as camera-phones. These padding binary numbers (e.g., a byte 101001012) are e... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7373414 | Multi-media system and method for simultaneously delivering multi-media data to multiple destinations A multimedia system and method that provides easy universal text searching for non-technical users, is disclosed. A configuration of the multimedia system and method of the present invention also facilitates content delivery through multiple, independent, simultaneo... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7352991 | Satellite signal distribution systems Various configurations and equipment are described for providing satellite television programming from multiple satellite antennas to receivers, particularly to receivers located in apartments within a multiple-dwelling unit and having one or more satellite televisi... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7334248 | Conditional access filter as for a packet video signal inverse transport system A method and an apparatus for processing a packetized transport stream that determines whether a sequence of transport packets are received in a proper sequence and whether an error is present in a particular transport packet. The method includes the steps of determ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7319849 | Radio-frequency tuner with differential converter A system for tuning a radio-frequency signal includes a first input path, a second input path, a common reference generator, a selector, a mixer, and a filter. The first input path and the second input path propagate a first single-ended input signal and a second si... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317894 | Satellite digital radio broadcast receiver A satellite digital radio broadcast receiver has an integrated circuit including a first reception series for processing a satellite wave signal from a satellite and a second reception series for processing a ground wave signal from a repeater in order to receive bo... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7305699 | Method and apparatus for generating carousels An apparatus for generating one or more carousels. A carousel includes a plurality of modules, at least one of which exhibits multiple instances, that are arranged in a module schedule. The apparatus may create, through multiple iterations, two or more module schedu... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304689 | Single chip tuner for multi receiver applications Tuners are adapted to accept a received signal input and provide both a desired tuner output and the received signal as an output. Accordingly, a single tuner circuit, preferably an integrated circuit, may be cascaded to provide a multiple tuner configuration. Any n... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7286795 | System and method for effective reception and transmission of satellite signals The present invention relates to a system and method for terrestrial transmission of RF signals comprising: an antenna, where said antenna includes an active device and a passive device and a decoder. The passive device receives RF signals and passes the signals to ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283784 | Broadcast data receiver apparatus and method for controlling power supply Broadcast data receiver apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a broadcast data receiver (BDR) connected to at least one LNB. The BDR provides a power supply to allow operation of the LNB. At least two analogue to digital converter sampling points are provide... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7269842 | Time shifting enhanced television triggers Enhanced television broadcasts including triggers with expires attributes may be utilized in a variety of situations where the expires attribute may adversely affect the utilization of the trigger. For example, in situations where the broadcast is recorded, playback... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263713 | Television signal distributor apparatus, receiver apparatus, television signal transmission system and method In a television signal transmission system, CS broadcasting signals received via a master antenna are converted into intermediate frequency signals in an LNB (Low Noise Block Down Converter). The CS intermediate frequency signals then undergo conversion of the modul... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7240357 | Simultaneous tuning of multiple satellite frequencies A system and method for receiving services is presented. The system comprises a first splitter having an input, a first output and a slaved output receiving a first signal at the input having a single polarization including a first service and a slaved service, wher... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7225458 | Method and apparatus for ensuring reception of conditional access information in multi-tuner receivers A method and apparatus for receiving conditional access information (CAI) on one or more of a plurality of tuners while the user is selecting different channels is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of receiving the CAI on a first tuner tuned to a first chann... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7224837 | Digital video broadcasting A method is provided for transmitting a plurality of informational video programs over a single digital transport stream to a plurality of receivers, wherein the receivers are operative to select from the transport stream data identified with any given program and t... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7151572 | Apparatus and method for processing predetermined program data An information-processing device receives and processes predetermined program data. The information-processing device includes an extracting unit for extracting image data and audio data of a program selected by a user, an obtaining unit for obtaining information re... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149470 | Direct broadcast receiver utilizing LNB in cascade A direct broadcast system receiving a plurality of broadcast signals within a direct broadcast receiver having an outdoor unit (ODU) is provided. The ODU includes a first low noise block (LNB) and a second LNB. The first LNB has a housing and amplifies a first broad... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7143132 | Distributing files from a single server to multiple clients via cyclical multicasting A method and system are disclosed for reliably distributing file data from a single server to multiple client computers using a cyclical multicast approach. By “cyclical,” it is meant that data is distributed repeatedly onto the network at a certain period. The ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7130576 | Signal selector and combiner for broadband content distribution In a satellite receiving system, program channels are selected from one or more broadband signals and combined with other selected channels and transmitted from a first unit, for example an outdoor unit, to a second unit, for example a gateway, server, or set-top bo... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7120253 | Method and system for protecting video data A key protected data stream and an encryption key are received at a gateway device. The gateway devices unprotects the data stream based upon the encryption key. The unprotected received data is modified by the gateway to generate a modified data. The modified data ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113973 | Digital broadcasting receiver for a digital broadcasting system To provide a device capable of determining a delivery destination of an event automatically without requiring choosing operation of an operator. An event entered through an event input means 4 is given to a delivery destination determining means 6 whic... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7113974 | Digital broadcast receiver for a digital broadcasting system To provide a device capable of determining a delivery destination of an event automatically without requiring choosing operation of an operator. An event entered through an event input means 4 is given to a delivery destination determining means 6 whic... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7111040 | Digital broadcast receiver for a digital broadcasting system To provide a device capable of determining a delivery destination of an event automatically without requiring choosing operation of an operator. An event entered through an event input means 4 is given to a delivery destination determining means 6 whic... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7111041 | Digital broadcast receiver for a digital broadcasting system To provide a device capable of determining a delivery destination of an event automatically without requiring choosing operation of an operator. An event entered through an event input means 4 is given to a delivery destination determining means 6 whic... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7099951 | Method and apparatus for multimedia system A method and apparatus for providing multimedia services to a local area network includes processing that begins by receiving a plurality of channels from at least one multimedia source. The processing continues by receiving selection requests from at least one clie... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7089283 | Method and apparatus for sending an event in a digital broadcasting system To provide a device capable of determining a delivery destination of an event automatically without requiring choosing operation of an operator. An event entered through an event input means 4 is given to a delivery destination determining means 6 whic... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7085529 | Method and apparatus for determining a direct-to-home satellite receiver multi-switch type The system and method described herein is used to determine the type of multi-switch connected to a direct-to-home satellite integrated receiver/decoder. The system looks for a predetermined marker pattern on the first port of a multi-switch using a first type of co... | 08/01/2006 |
| RE39202 | Digital video converter box for subscriber/home with multiple television sets A digital video conversion system housing multiple converter chains of units in a single main box chassis. A preferred embodiment uses only a single conditional access unit to authorize decryption of premium channels in response to a smartcard. The conversion system... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7055041 | Controlled use of devices A method for selectively controlling the operation of a device for authenticating a user. The user may have a multifunction smart card that is capable of downloading and executing programs, based upon personal and authentication account data, which is selectably sto... | 05/30/2006 |
