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Al Gore ; The basis for the later misquote by US Republicans that Gore had "invented" the Internet. Gore was the leading political champion of the modern-day Internet.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181217 | Monitoring presentation timestamps Techniques to monitor presentation timestamps for content are described, which may be used to render content at a client. In an implementation, content is received having timestamps that define expected timing for output of the content at a client. The timestamps ma... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8166512 | Digital broadcast terminal equipped with broadcast program information roaming function and roaming method using the same A mobile communication terminal equipped with a broadcast program information roaming function and a roaming method for use in the same are disclosed. The mobile communication terminal equipped with a broadcast program information roaming function includes: a Radio ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166513 | TV receiver using cable card for abstracting open cable application platform (OCAP) messages to and from the head end A TV receiver such as a set-top box has an Open Cable Application Platform (OCAP) programming interface that communicates with interactive digital video applications such as pay-per-view applications to enable a viewer to communicate requests, purchase orders, and t... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8151314 | System and method for providing mobile traffic information in an internet protocol system A system comprises a server operable to deliver an Internet Protocol Television stream to a set-top box, and operable to retrieve an image from a first traffic camera. Upon receipt of a request from the set-top box, the image is sent to a wireless device. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8095958 | System and method for location-appropriate service listings Systems and methods applicable, for example, in the provision of service listings, channel listings, and/or the like. The location of a device may, for example, be determined, and one or more service parameters corresponding, for instance, to the location may, for e... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8082571 | Methods, apparatus, and program products to close interaction loops for social tv One aspect of the disclosed technology determines at least one content extent within an experiential data stream respective to at least one commentary clip, extracts at least one portion of said experiential data stream responsive to the at least one content extent,... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8074251 | Limited social TV apparatus One aspect of the disclosed technology is a limited social television system that provides a light-weight process that allows multiple audience members to close the loop of interaction and create a compelling feeling of “shared experience” on the part of the res... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8074250 | High frequency tuner A tuner for receiving a satellite broadcast signal via an antenna means, said tuner being coupled to a control unit. The tuner is characterized in that it comprises a standard bilateral digital interface for transmitting a base-band signal obtained from the received... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8028321 | Broadcast signal receiving apparatus A broadcast signal receiving apparatus 1 can display channel map information of receivable channels on a screen of a monitor display apparatus when a user desires. The broadcast signal receiving apparatus 1 comprises a channel map information updater (... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8020189 | Fast adaptive channel converting method and apparatus, and computer readable recording medium for executing the fast adaptive channel converting method A fast adaptive channel converting method and apparatus, and a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program to execute the fast adaptive channel converting method. The fast adaptive channel converting method includes generating adjacent chann... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7950043 | Digital broadcast system, receiving apparatus and transmitting apparatus The receiving apparatus of the present invention includes: a reception unit which receives a broadcast; an output unit which outputs a service included in the received broadcast; an execution unit which executes an application program included in the received broadc... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7950042 | Fast switching between time division multiplexed (TDM) channels A system and method of reducing a channel switching delay in TDM mobile television systems comprises transmitting a sequence of data bursts associated with channels for reception on a RF channel bandwidth received on a mobile television receiver; switching between a... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7913285 | Apparatus and method for interfacing between set-top box and point of deployment for pay-per-view service A method for providing pay-per-view service while observing an OpenCable standard in realization of bi-directional digital cable broadcasting includes a method for interfacing between a set-top box and a point of deployment (POD), the method comprising the steps of:... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7865928 | System and method of audio/video streaming A system and method of audio/video streaming in which a server transmits over a network an audio/video stream to a client device. The client device is able to send command data to the server causing the server to provide a change in content of the audio/video stream... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7849064 | Application programming interface combining asset listings A system, method and API for processing and providing a unified list of the content offerings of multiple content sources. ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7844994 | System and method for persistent storage of common user information for interactive television using a centrally located repository For interactive television subscribers, a system (10) and method for persistent storage of common information relating to a user (25) required by multiple disparate iTV applications to be shared among said applications to ease the burden of data entry ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7765577 | Turbo coding for upstream and downstream transmission in cable systems A method of transmitting data in a cable modem system includes the steps of encoding the data using forward error correction. The data is then encoded with Turbo encoding. The data is then sent to a modulation scheme. The data is then transmitted over a cable channe... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7653929 | Power management apparatus, systems, and methods An apparatus and a system, as well as a method and article, may operate to adjust the rate of a clock to be coupled to a processor, such as a video stream processor, according to a previously communicated data rate associated with a data stream selected from a numbe... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7607162 | Broadcasting receiver Discloses is a broadcasting receiver including: a receiver; a broadcast program output unit; a channel storage unit to store a physical channel correlated to a first virtual channel, the first virtual channel being composed of a first main channel number and a first... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7536707 | Visual communications system and method of controlling the same A visual communications system and a method of controlling the same for pausing the screens of two terminals at quite the same image. Video communications terminals receive the same channel in their respective broadcast program receiving units. A first video communi... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7487534 | Application programming interface (API) for accessing and managing resources in digital television receiver An application programming interface (API) for managing resources in a Digital Television (DTV) Receiver/Terminal. The API provides a uniform mechanism for gaining/controlling access to resources, managing multiple resources of the same type, and accessing the indiv... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7461393 | Broadcast receiver, control method therefor, and program A broadcast receiver includes an input unit, a receiving unit, a control unit, a main memory, a demultiplexer unit, and a decoding unit. When a user switches on or resets the main power by operating the input unit, an operation signal (main-power switching-on signal... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7437749 | Interactive subscription television terminal A system for providing interactive services in a subscription television system includes a system controller for controlling the interactive services, a video signal source for transmitting a video signal and a subscriber terminal for receiving a downstream transact... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7430595 | Information processing apparatus and method, information processing system using the same, and recording medium and program used therewith An information processing apparatus includes a music file storage unit and a transport processor. The music file storage unit stores a music file, PC-use additional information that can be displayed by a personal computer, and PD-use additional information that can ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7426558 | Method and system for controlling and auditing content/service systems An improved interactive network system is provided that allows the Network Operator to control the transfer of information to and from the network end users, the system preferably using triggers or markers embedded within the programming broadcast to users via the n... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7409702 | Auxiliary program association table A method of identifying programs in a digital video communication system, consistent with certain embodiment of the present invention involve generating an auxiliary program association table (PAT) and an auxiliary program map table (PMT), wherein the auxiliary PAT ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406706 | Method and system for devices efficiently sharing information regarding the content of a digital television bit-stream A method and system for efficiently allowing a controller device to receive information from a tuner device regarding the content of a digital television bit-stream. The present invention first receives a digital television bit-stream at a tuner device. The digital ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7401348 | Television tuning device screen saver advertising Television tuning device screen saver advertising is disclosed. The television tuning device that is connectable to the Internet. While the user has his or her device connected to the Internet, advertising information may be cached. When the device enters a screen s... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7389523 | Method and system for inserting a new channel into a list of preferred channels A first set of channels is provided. The first set of channels is selected based on a predetermined criteria related to a viewing preference of a viewer. A first channel not selected based on the predetermined criteria related to the viewing preference of the viewer... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7383567 | Method and system for creating a subset of programming channels The invention concerns a method (200) and system (100) for creating a subset of channels with programming from a plurality of channels and can include the steps of: receiving (210) a plurality of channels, wherein the plurality of channels compr... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7380263 | Apparatus and method for use in television channel mapping A method, apparatus, and system are provided for use in performing a limited channel mapping. In some embodiments a method can select an input of a plurality of inputs, select a single modulation scheme of a plurality modulation schemes delivered through the selecte... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7372457 | Method for adjusting resolution and refresh rate of display monitor of computer system A method for adjusting a resolution and refresh rate of a display monitor (2) of a computer system includes the steps of: providing a portable recording device (3) recording an auto-run application; connecting the portable recording device to a compute... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367039 | System and method for evaluating callback functionality in a satellite television network A combination of new hardware at the subscriber site, hardware and services at the satellite broadcasting center and new installation procedures provide a cost-effective approach for verifying “callback” functionality. The required test and monitoring hardware m... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7367040 | View restriction method, view restriction setting method, receiver, and device and programs for setting view restriction A view restriction method surely blocks a program voluntarily designated by a viewer from view. When a restricted program is designated by the viewer (step S1), receiver identification information for identifying a receiver of a viewer is associated with the ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366151 | Hierarchical data collection network supporting packetized voice communications among wireless terminals and telephones A packet-based, hierarchical communication system, arranged in a spanning tree configuration, is described in which wired and wireless communication networks exhibiting substantially different characteristics are employed in an overall scheme to link portable or mob... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363002 | Method using a set-top box communicating between a remote data network and a wireless communication network Disclosed are methods and systems for connecting a set-top box (STB) to the Internet over existing and future wireless networks, combining television with wireless Internet access. A conventional television is used in combination with a STB that has a wireless or wi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363575 | Method and system for TERC4 decoding using minimum distance rule in high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) specifications Certain embodiments of the invention provide a method and system for TERC4 decoding using minimum distance rule. A plurality of bits may be received that may indicate addresses of samples of data. A lookup table may be generated based on the received plurality of bi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362999 | Method and system for customized music delivery A system and method for customized music delivery to a vehicle including determining a playlist 200, storing the playlist on a server 202, selecting content corresponding to the playlist 204, transmitting the content to the vehicle by satellite ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7352407 | Digital photo frame device This invention provides a digital photo frame device, wherein a buffer unit temporarily stores TV signals to be displayed or processed, a compression/decompression engine is coupled to the buffer unit for compressing TV signals into an image file or decompressing an... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352386 | Method and apparatus for recovering a three-dimensional scene from two-dimensional images A method and apparatus for recovering a three-dimensional (3D) scene from two-dimensional (2D) images. A sequence of images is divided into a number of smaller segments and a 3D reconstruction is performed on each segment individually. All the reconstructed segments... | 04/01/2008 |
