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| 8181209 | Methods and apparatus for providing video on demand and network PVR functions using IP streaming Methods and apparatus for supporting on-demand content services, using conventional non-IP based VOD servers are described. The methods and apparatus of the present invention, through the use of a protocol converter and/or a content redirector, can be used to enable... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8171519 | Video broadcasting method, apparatus, and system A video broadcasting method includes assigning channels to a video content based on a total number of channels usable for broadcasting the video contents and a playback time of the video content, calculating a broadcast start time interval of the channels assigned t... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166508 | Content rental system A content rental system includes one data store for storing rental content. The content rental system also includes a content server for transferring content to one viewing device based upon a received request. The content server is further configured to authorize t... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8122479 | Methods and apparatus for providing virtual content over a network Methods and apparatus for selecting, purchasing and delivering content to users of a network so that the user has “virtual” ownership of and access to the content, thereby obviating the need for physical media (e.g., DVDs or CDs). In an exemplary embodiment, the... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8087056 | Operating method of contents on demand system A method of effectively operating a Content-On-Demand (COD) system is disclosed. Requests for content are received from COD clients. If the requested content exists in a COD server and the content is content for one-to-one transmission, a session is set up between t... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8079053 | System and method of deferring multimedia content delivery Systems and methods of deferred multimedia content delivery are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes receiving a request from a first customer premises equipment (CPE) device to receive multimedia content. The method also includes selecti... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074247 | Visual improvement of video stream transitions Four techniques which result in the visual improvement of transitions between video streams with a same packet identifier (PID). All four techniques are applicable in the situation where the stream transition is between two streams that utilize the same PID. Retaini... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8065708 | Method for reducing latency in an interactive information distribution system A method and apparatus for reducing latency caused by information server processing of subscriber request wherein a plurality of content streams defined by a playlist are sequentially provided to a subscriber in a substantially seamless manner and wherein the playli... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8046810 | Method and apparatus for delivering subscription service content to roaming users A subscriber or other user is provided with access to a subscription service of a signal distribution system at a roaming location remote from a home location of the user. The home and remote locations are serviced by respective first and second head ends of the sys... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046809 | Multicast services control system and method A multicast services control system is provided for Internet protocol television transport. The system includes a service distribution platform, at least one service concentration platform, and at least one set-top box. The service distribution platform has a multic... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042139 | Method for configuring broadcast components of a broadcast system including a compression control system A method and system for configuring broadcast components includes a broadcast operation channel management system (BMS) forming a bit rate allocation chart and a compression control system storing a stream map having a channel lineup. The BMS retrieves the channel l... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8037506 | Movie studio-based network distribution system and method Digital content files containing entertainment media such as movies, TV shows, and the like are distributed from at least one content source primarily responsible for the original creation of the media to subscribers over a network system. The content source is conn... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032913 | Event booking mechanism A mechanism for booking events comprising an event broker, one or more event managers and one or more action handlers. In one embodiment, the event broker is configured to register a plurality of event bookings, each of which identifies an event and a corresponding ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8028319 | Passive video caching for edge aggregation devices Techniques for delivering video on demand (VOD) channel content via streaming from a first edge aggregation device are provided. The first edge aggregation device receives the VOD channel content from a VOD server, and the streaming VOD channel content from the firs... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8010986 | Synchronization and automation in an ITV environment A synchronization mechanism embeds synchronization triggers into a television signal or stream at regular intervals. The triggers include an accurate representation of the time in which the triggers were embedded. A receiving device decodes the triggers and synchron... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7996874 | Pausing one or more ads, one or more ad groups, and/or one or more ad campaigns Helping advertisers by simplifying the management of interactive advertising. Such simplification can by achieved by allowing an advertiser to pause the serving of an ad, or some grouping of ads. The pausing may continue for a predetermined time period, until a spec... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7992178 | Downloading file reception process Process for receiving files sent by a central server to an audiovisual data reproduction system, managed by an operating system and linked to the server, by means of a data transfer link, characterised in that the process comprises: | 08/02/2011 |
| 7975282 | Distributed cache algorithms and system for time-shifted, and live, peer-to-peer video streaming Systems, devices and methods for supporting live and time-shifted video streaming via distributed caching of portions of video streams shared in peer-to-peer portions of systems. ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7962943 | Video picture information delivering apparatus and receiving apparatus A video picture information delivering apparatus delivers moving pictures according to a request from a terminal device. The apparatus comprises a determining unit for determining whether or not a predetermined particular picture is included in some of moving pictur... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7941824 | Methods, systems and computer program products for providing a media file to a designated set-top box Methods of providing a media file include receiving the media file and an identification of a destination set-top box for the media file at a server device. The received media file is transmitted from the server device to the identified set-top box in an Internet pr... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7917934 | Method and apparatus for providing subscription-on-demand services for an interactive information distribution system A method and apparatus for providing subscription-on-demand (SOD) services for a interactive information distribution system, where a consumer may subscribe to packages of on-demand programs for a single price and view the programs in the subscribed package at any t... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7908628 | Video and digital multimedia aggregator content coding and formatting A video and digital multimedia aggregator includes a content decoder, coder (codec) and formatter. The codec formatter receives coding and formatting requests that characterize input source content and desired output target content. Data conveyed about the source an... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904931 | Efficient software bitstream rate generator for video server An apparatus and a method for constraining the delivery rate of a plurality of bitstreams, such as MPEG bitstreams using a single software process. ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7900231 | System for capture and selective playback of broadcast programs An apparatus for storing broadcast programs for future transmission to subscribers comprising means for receiving a broadcast channel data stream which comprises a plurality of sequential programs and, a data storage means, wherein, video and audio data relating to ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7900232 | Broadcast system, and its distribution device and terminal device A broadcast signal received by a broadcast signal reception unit is separated into program contents and program information by a broadcast signal separation unit. The separated program contents is converted into Internet Protocol (IP) packets by a contents transmiss... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7890986 | System and method for reducing channel change time Presented herein are system(s) and method(s) for reducing channel change time. In one embodiment, there is presented a method for transmitting data. The method comprises receiving a request for video data from a client; transmitting a transaction header to the clien... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7873978 | 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... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7870590 | System and method for fast start-up of live multicast streams transmitted over a packet network A system for multicast streaming of programs over a packet network includes a node having a processor that conditions a video bitstream such that packets containing an I-frame are located near program specific information (PSI) packets, the processor marking a rando... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7865926 | System for interactively distributing information services An interactive information distribution system includes service provider equipment for generating an information stream that is coupled to an information channel and transmitted to subscriber equipment. The service provider also generates a command signal that is co... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7836475 | Video access A media content instance is provided for display. A plurality of first images are identified associated with locations within a first segment of a media content instance according to a first offset that is one of: a time interval and a number of frames. The first im... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7827582 | Program guide system with video-on-demand browsing An interactive television program guide system is provided in which a viewer may direct a television to simultaneously display a selected television program and a program guide display. A viewer may use the program guide display to browse available video-on-demand (... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7818773 | Audio and video transmission and receiving system A system of distributing video and/or audio information employs digital signal processing to achieve high rates of data compression. The compressed and encoded audio and/or video information is sent over standard telephone, cable or satellite broadcast channels to a... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7784079 | Video on demand transaction server A method of and apparatus for efficiently providing video on demand services to a cable television subscriber. The provider system consists of two major subsystems. The first subsystem, called a video server, streams video to video on demand subscribers through the ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7779445 | Interactive television systems with digital video recording and adjustable reminders An interactive television system is provided in which an interactive television application is used to support network-based or local personal video recorder capabilities. A user may use this application to view lists of program listings. The user may select a progr... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7770198 | Transparent caching of repeated video content in a network Techniques are described for detection of repeated video content to reduce an amount of high bandwidth traffic transmitted across a network from a video source device to remote subscriber devices. In particular, the invention relates to a first intermediate device c... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7752647 | Video data packing Systems and methods for rearranging valid data within a block of data for transmission along a data path are described herein. By utilizing previously unused bits in data words, the valid data can be transmitted in fewer clock cycles, thereby increasing the availabi... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7739716 | Network AV system While a client reproduces a moving picture, and fast-forward reproducing is carried out in the process of reproducing a moving picture based on a frame, the client transmits a search request to a server. The server searches for the frame of I picture based on a cond... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7730512 | Audio and video transmission and receiving system A system of distributing video and/or audio information employs digital signal processing to achieve high rates of data compression. The compressed and encoded audio and/or video information is sent over standard telephone, cable or satellite broadcast channels to a... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7712121 | Method and system for controlling a processing of video data The application describes a method and system for controlling a processing of video data such that the video data may be transmitted over a connection in a communication network, where the connection employs a plurality of protocol layers. The processing of video da... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7703118 | Delivery of feedback information to scheduling service to determine optimum broadcast times based upon client platform tuner contention Delivery of feedback information to a scheduling service to determine optimum broadcast times based upon client platform tuner contention is described. A usage pattern of an electronic media device is recorded. The usage pattern is communicated to a scheduling serve... | 04/20/2010 |
