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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7953223 | Signal processing apparatus and methods A unified system of programming communication. The system encompasses the prior art (television, radio, broadcast hardcopy, computer communications, etc.) and new user specific mass media. Within the unified system, parallel processing computer systems, each having ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7940931 | Signal processing apparatus and methods A unified system of programming communication. The system encompasses the prior art (television, radio, broadcast hardcopy, computer communications, etc.) and new user specific mass media. Within the unified system, parallel processing computer systems, each having ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7889865 | Signal processing apparatus and methods A unified system of programming communication. The system encompasses the prior art (television, radio, broadcast hardcopy, computer communications, etc.) and new user specific mass media. Within the unified system, parallel processing computer systems, each having ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7864956 | Signal processing apparatus and methods A unified system of programming communication. The system encompasses the prior art (television, radio, broadcast hardcopy, computer communications, etc.) and new user specific mass media. Within the unified system, parallel processing computer systems, each having ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7860249 | Signal processing apparatus and methods A unified system of programming communication. The system encompasses the prior art (television, radio, broadcast hardcopy, computer communications, etc.) and new user specific mass media. Within the unified system, parallel processing computer systems, each having ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7801304 | Signal processing apparatus and methods A unified system of programming communication. The system encompasses the prior art (television, radio, broadcast hardcopy, computer communications, etc.) and new user specific mass media. Within the unified system, parallel processing computer systems, each having ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7769170 | Signal processing apparatus and methods A unified system of programming communication. The system encompasses the prior art (television, radio, broadcast hardcopy, computer communications, etc.) and new user specific mass media. Within the unified system, parallel processing computer systems, each having ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7760878 | Recording apparatus, playback apparatus, and privacy protecting method A recording or playback apparatus classifies privacy-related information such as information concerning an operation of an apparatus and information for identifying an operator into, e.g., an individual identification information category, playback contents informat... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7623662 | Default encryption and decryption An apparatus for default encryption of content for distribution, consistent with certain embodiments, has a conditional access system. A conditional access management system communicates with and manages the conditional access system. A memory stores default encrypt... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7620180 | Preparation of content for multiple conditional access methods in video on demand A method of processing content in a video on demand (VOD) system consistent with certain embodiments of the invention, wherein the content is identified by a first set of packet identifiers (PIDs), involves receiving content, the content having marked packets design... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7398548 | Method and apparatus for controlling a user's pc through a broadcast communication to archive information in the user's pc A method for allowing a consumer to access an advertiser's location over a global communication network. A normal broadcast program is broadcast to a class of consumers having a unique signal embedded therein, which unique signal embedded therein is associated with ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7386514 | Method and mechanism for vending digital content An Internet Box Office (IBO) system and technique vends digital content via a computer network, such as the Internet. The IBO system comprises a viewing system that cooperates with a Digital Rights Management system and various deployment enhancements within the Int... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7373521 | Semiconductor IC, information processing method, information processing device, and program storage medium A program supplied from a personal computer via an interface 31 is processed according to a program stored in a ROM 36, developed in a RAM 33, and executed by a CPU 32. Data resulted from the program execution is stored into a nonvolatile... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7366241 | Data reproduction apparatus and data reproduction method In a data transmission system, a server is provided with a data storage unit which holds plural video streams having different I-frame intervals, as coded data corresponding to the same video sequence, and a data transmission unit for transmitting a predetermined vi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363241 | Ticket booking and issuing system and method for the same A ticketing method that permits a plane ticket or the like to be easily obtained via an in-house system. A ticket booking service request is sent to a net server from a PC through a LAN. Then, an airline company selection screen is sent from the net server to the PC... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356145 | Arranging data ciphering in a wireless telecommunication system Arranging data ciphering in a telecommunication system comprising at least one wireless terminal, a wireless local area network and a public land mobile network. At least one first ciphering key according to the mobile network is calculated in the mobile network and... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349541 | Method and apparatus for controlling content consumption A method and apparatus is provided in which playable content is transmitted in response to a playable-content request; a key for the playable content is separately transmitted in response to a key request. Quality information about the playable content is used to ge... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346164 | Communication installation for collective data reception A communication installation for communal reception of digital television and/or of multimedia data, which receives a plurality of signals emanating from separate sources. The installation of the invention comprises a network linking a multiplicity of descrambler/de... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346163 | Dynamic composition of pre-encrypted video on demand content According to certain embodiments consistent with the present invention, a method of processing digital video content, wherein the digital video content comprises intra-coded frames and inter-coded frames, involves selecting a plurality of the intra-coded frames for ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7336784 | Multimedia decoder method and system with authentication and enhanced digital rights management (DRM) where each received signal is unique and where the missing signal is cached inside the storage memory of each receiver An audio/video distribution system with enhanced digital rights management. configured for use with a source of programming, a third party responsible for authorization, and an audio/video output device at a recipient location, includes a source encryptor and a rece... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330837 | Method for adapting a software product to an environment A method for adapting a software product to an environment is provided tat comprises providing the software product with a first portion of code including instructions for performing a predetermined function. At least one aspect of performing the predetermined funct... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328457 | Method and apparatus for preventing interception of input data to a software application A method and apparatus facilitates the prevention of interception of incoming data, such as keystroke data in the form of a message to an application, by inserting application generated random insertion data into a message stream. The random insertion data is relate... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324646 | Method and apparatus for film anti-piracy A method and apparatus is disclosed for introducing alterations or distortions in projected images. The distortions on the projected image are imperceptible to a human viewer. The distortions are recorded on recording devices and observable upon viewing the recorded... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321968 | Method and apparatus for encoding, transmitting and decoding a digital message A method and apparatus wherein, for a network protocol a message is encoded in a first computer unit upon employment of the encoding format of the network protocol, being encoded to form an encoded message. The encoded message is subjected to a cryptographic process... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319756 | Audio coding Coding of an audio signal (x) is provided where the coded bitstream (AS) comprises a parametric representation of the audio signal. One component of the parametric representation comprises tracks of linked sinusoidal components (CS) where subsequently linked compone... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317797 | Seamless switching between multiple pre-encrypted video files In a video on demand (VOD) system, methods and apparatus are provided for seamlessly switching back and forth between two pre-encrypted files having changing encryption keys. Such switching back and forth may be required when a VOD server stores both a “normal” ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313811 | Optical conversion device A residential gateway (RG) for distributing video, data and telephony services to multiple devices within a residence is disclosed. The RG receives signals from a telecommunications network, converts the signals to formats compatible with the multiple devices, and t... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305087 | Digital home network and method for creating and updating such a network The local digital network comprises: access devices, for receiving data originating from outside the network and transmitting them at a point of the network; and presentation devices for receiving the data flowing in the network and presenting them at a point of the... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7296283 | Two-tiered authorization and authentication for a cable data delivery system Apparatus for a cable television subscriber to log onto a computer network with a modem over an upstream path using a USERID and password. The network validates the subscriber USERID and subscriber password with a stored database of valid USERIDs and associated pass... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292691 | Progressive video refresh slice detection A selective encryption encoder and method of dual selective encryption and detection of intra-coded slices in video content. The selective encryption encoder has a packet identifier that identifies packets of at least one specified packet type, the at least one spec... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7293276 | Interactive television program guide for recording enhanced video content Interactive television systems and methods are provided for enhancing program guide content using recording and alert features for video related to promotions, advertisements, and other selectable displays presented in an interactive television application such as a... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7290274 | Context sensitive television menu A television menu system generates a television menu that is context sensitive based upon a service currently being provided to a user. In one implementation, a type of television service currently being viewed by a user determines whether particular menu items are ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7272227 | Delivery of data via omnidirectional digital transmission Delivery of audiovisual data may be accomplished using a satellite system. The user may have a set-top box connected to a satellite dish and a network connection. An operator server may receive a request for a title from the user via the network connection. The oper... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269675 | Method and device for monitoring a bus system and bus system A method and device for monitoring a bus system and bus system having at least two users, of which at least one is structured as an authorized user and monitors the data transmission on the bus system, an identifier being transmitted and the identifier being uniquel... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266681 | Network communications security agent One embodiment of an inventive networking environment includes clients called sending clients because they send network content through a network, and clients called receiving clients because they receive the network content from the sending clients through the netw... | 09/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7263187 | Batch mode session-based encryption of video on demand content A Video On Demand (VOD) method consistent with certain embodiments involves processing content to be delivered in a VOD method by selecting first portions of the content for encryption under a selective encryption system and selecting second portions of the content ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260829 | Terminal with multiple audio and video A novel advanced set top terminal capable of digital decompression, displaying picture-on-picture, outputting multiple video channels, outputting multiple audio signals, outputting multiple audio channels corresponding to a single video channel, and other advanced f... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257844 | System and method for enhanced piracy protection in a wireless personal communication device A key-sharing scheme is used to control distribution and use of video and audio content in personal digital assistants (PDAs) and other wireless devices. A private key is split into key-shares using a Blakley-Shamir key splitting technique and the key-shares are dis... | 08/14/2007 |
