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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151309 | Audio/video and data signal redistribution system A system for redistributing a multiple input audio/video and data signals having a redistributing device equipped to receive signals in a multiple formats and redistribute a selected signal to a user's premises over conductors, preferably existing twisted-pair telep... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8127334 | Audio/video and data signal redistribution system A system for redistributing a multiple input audio/video and data signals having a redistributing device equipped to receive signals in a multiple formats and redistribute a selected signal to a user's premises over conductors, preferably existing twisted-pair telep... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7992180 | Image displaying apparatus and method Provided is an apparatus and method for displaying images, which enables a selected image to be displayed in full screen mode or slide show mode on the TV receiver, while images stored in the recording medium are being displayed on the remote controller. The apparat... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7363646 | 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... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7352803 | Apparatus and method for communicating voice and data between a customer premises and a central office Systems and methods are provided for communicating data over a subscriber loop using a modem. One such method includes: transmitting data on the loop in a first frequency band; sensing an indication that simultaneous transmission on the loop in a POTS frequency band... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7268823 | Method and system for the automatic collection and conditioning of closed caption text originating from multiple geographic locations, and resulting databases produced thereby There is provided a system for the automatic collection and conditioning of closed caption texts originating from multiple geographic locations, comprising: (1) at least one remote capture client means having a tuner to receive one or more television signals, a deco... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264546 | Interactive wagering system with promotions An interactive wagering system is provided that promotes wagering to users at user equipment. The user equipment may be based on a set-top box and television, a personal computer, a cellular telephone with a display, or other such devices. Wagering may be promoted b... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7202884 | Surveillance method and system The present invention is directed to a low-cost, remotely accessible surveillance method and system easily adaptable for personal or small-entity use. In one example embodiment, a request for image data is delivered via a first communications system, such as a telep... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7194758 | Digital broadcast system and its component devices that provide services in accordance with a broadcast watched by viewers A digital broadcast system includes a receiving device, one or more communication devices, and a broadcast station device. The receiving device includes a receiver for receiving a digitally broadcast program; a presentor for presenting the program received by the re... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7181758 | Information distribution and processing system An information distribution and processing system contains a sender and a plurality of processing units. The sender delivers a set of digital data, without receiving a request signal, to the plurality of processor units. The set of digital data contains a first set ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7170546 | Television system distributing a dynamically varying number of concurrent video presentations over a single television channel A system for providing, in a television system, the combination, transmission, and reception of multiple video presentations over a single channel of a television distribution system. Presentations may be concurrently broadcast for viewing by many users, as well as ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7142619 | Long subscriber loops using automatic gain control mid-span extender unit Systems and methods are described for long subscriber loops using automatic gain control. A method includes extending a digital subscriber loop including: producing an output signal in a first direction from a variable gain amplifier at a mid-span extender unit resp... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7095450 | Method and apparatus for generating a display signal Apparatus for interactively generating a display signal. The apparatus comprises: a receiver (2) for receiving a broadcast signal (15), the broadcast signal comprising a plurality of datastreams each including image data defining a background object ( | 08/22/2006 |
| 7054376 | High data rate ethernet transport facility over digital subscriber lines A facility transport system for transporting high speed Ethernet data over digital subscriber lines. The system, referred to as 100BaseS, is capable of transmitting 100 Mbps Ethernet over existing copper infrastructure up to distances of approximately 400 meters. Th... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7020103 | Broadband communication system using point and shoot approach A broadband communication network uses a point and shoot approach for data transmission. A broadband information signal is transmitted from a transmitting station to a receiving station. The information signal is divided into a series of data packets, each including... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016362 | System for and method of implementing wireless neighborhood area networks A communications system that receives information (e.g., TCP/IP-compatible audio, video, and data applications) from a high-speed wide-area network (e.g., an existing cable, DSL, or satellite network) and communicates at least a portion of the information to a wirel... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7009657 | Method and system for the automatic collection and conditioning of closed caption text originating from multiple geographic locations There is provided a system for the automatic collection and conditioning of closed caption texts originating from multiple geographic locations, comprising: (1) at least one remote capture client means having a tuner to receive one or more television signals, a deco... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6993011 | User communication hub for use with an analog phone line The invention is a residential communication hub for a communication system that provides communications services to an end-user. The residential hub is connected to the communications system over a DSL connection. The residential hub converts voice traffic to ATM f... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6993788 | Method and system for manipulating broadcast signals A method and system for manipulating a broadcast signal utilizes a sliding-window time range multicast or a buffered storage queue at the headend. Multiple streams are available to the end user, which each stream originating from a corresponding different playback p... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6957220 | System, method and article of manufacture for tracking and supporting the distribution of content electronically A content tracking system consists of a multi-level distributor network including a primary level distributor and a second level distributor for distributing content embodied in a storage medium. A server is included for receiving a tracking identifier that is incor... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6941154 | Telecommunication method A telecommunication method and a receiving apparatus for enabling the telecommunication method. A telecommunications mobile device comprises an identification card, a radio receiver, and/or a television receiver, wherein the identification card is capable of identif... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6931062 | Decoding system and method for proper interpolation for motion compensation The present invention can complement and benefit virtually any method utilizing motion compensation to decode an inputted digital video data stream by determining a likely local nature of reference frame data area in the video data stream and then applying proper in... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6772436 | Interactive audio conferencing system A system enabling television viewers to participate in an audio conference from audio-enabled remote control devices that are equipped with microphones and speakers without requiring the viewer to “dial in” as in a conventional conference call. The system determ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6766527 | CATV system, CATV distributor, processing terminal, and receiver In a processing terminal, operational request information inputted from an operational request unit is transmitted as additional information to a communication unit of a CATV distributor. In the CATV distributor, the additional information is received in the communi... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6738981 | General access system The present invention discloses a general access system for access to communication services, such as telecommunication, data communication and distribution of TV and radio. The access system comprises a connectivity network, a number of access adapters connected to... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6467090 | Method and system for provisioning a single physical broadband drop to accommodate multiple devices A method and system for allowing a plurality of devices at a physical drop to receive access to video and/or data services from a plurality of video/data service providers in a digital broadband network serviced by a telecommunication services provider ut... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6438596 | Video on demand system that presents users with a selection list of proposed videos for which server and network resources are available to immediately serve the selected video A video on demand system includes one or more hybrid fiber coax access networks connecting set top units to corresponding head end units. The head end unit for an access network is connected to an asynchronous transfer mode wide area network (ATM WAN). A ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6389004 | Broadband service distribution method and device A method for distributing broadband services which essentially provides for separating the broadband front end of a receiver from the rest of the circuit and placing it in the fiber node or in the utility closets of a building with connection to the coaxi... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6347215 | Information distribution and processing system An information distribution and processing system contains a remote site, a sender and a plurality of processing units. The remote site contains a first set of digital data and one or more communication channel for receiving a request from the processing ... | 02/12/2002 |
| 5960036 | Apparatus and method for auto-configuring a communication system A communications system 10 having an Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) transceiver (24) is provided which may be configured either as a central office or a remote terminal in a system. The transceiver (24) operates in a listen/report idle state to... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5940738 | Video pedestal network An architecture for distributing digital information to subscriber units wherein selection from among multiple digital services is accomplished by transmitting a tuning command from a subscriber unit to an intermediate interface. The intermediate interfac... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5930493 | Multimedia server system and method for communicating multimedia information A multimedia server system and a method for communicating multimedia programming to distantly situated media control systems are disclosed. The multimedia server system includes a mass storage library for storing a plurality of multimedia programs. A mult... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5905523 | Interactive system An interactive system, comprising a local controller (8) operable to control data flow to and from at least two local handsets (11,22) for generating data. The local controller (8) includes a memory (28) for storing data and a processor. A central control... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5892767 | Systems and method for multicasting a video stream and communications network employing the same For use in a communications network having a source and destination endpoint that employs a video transmission protocol in which the destination endpoint of a video stream receives a release command from the source endpoint of the video stream to begin di... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5841979 | Enhanced delivery of audio data A system for selection by a user and delivery to the user of selected audio data files at a delivery rate of 2-100 times the delivery rate for normal, audibly perceptible playback of an audio data file. The user registers the user's selection of audio mat... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5818911 | Information communication system and transmitting and terminal apparatus for the same An information communication system that includes a transmitter, a communication network and at least one terminal apparatus connected with the transmitter through the communication network. The transmitter transmits information to be offered to users. Th... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5812778 | Service for transmitting a video signal on demand via an ISDN link To provide an interactive video service, a system is disclosed comprising a video server (VOD), an integrated services digital network (ISDN), and customer premises equipment (END) with a video telephone (TEL). The video server (VOD) has a memory (MEMO) i... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5790174 | PSTN architecture for video-on-demand services A public switched telephone network (PSTN) provides digital video signals from a video information provider to one or more of a plurality of subscriber premises. A subscriber uses either a standard telephone instrument over the PSTN or a dedicated control... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5781625 | System and apparatus for generating within the premises a dial tone for enhanced phone services A system and apparatus includes a premises phone connected to a phone network along a first communication channel. A dial tone controller generates within the premises a dial tone along a second communication channel to a switch and to the premises phone.... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5748493 | Level 1 Gateway for video dial tone networks In advanced digital networks for providing selective point-to-point communications between subscribers terminals and broadband server equipment operated by a plurality of independent information service providers, routing through the network is controlled... | 05/05/1998 |
