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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8087059 | System and method for recording and time-shifting programming in a television distribution system with limited content retention Various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide methods and systems to record broadcast programming for at least one television channel for a period of time, wherein the recording is performed upstream from subscribers in a television distribution system... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8069466 | Advanced digital TV system A system for displaying electronic program guide information about a plurality of video items on a screen, the system including a display module to display a plurality of pages layering into the screen, each of the pages including a plurality of graphical panels ass... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8060912 | Content reproduction device and control method thereof A mobile phone, which is capable of reproducing a broadcast program supplied through a broadcast wave and stored programs stored in a program data storage, is provided with (i) a program ID extraction section that obtains a broadcast program ID for identifying a sup... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8051456 | Method of storing broadcasting program and mobile communication terminal using the same A broadcasting program storing method of a mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication terminal using the same are disclosed. The method includes according to an embodiment allocating and storing a presently receiving broadcasting stream to and in at le... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046817 | Content reproducing apparatus, method, and medium A content reproduction method is provided. First, a broadcast program having a program content is received and electronic program guide data including program information on the broadcast program is received. Then, a content corresponding to the program content of t... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8028322 | Method and apparatus for network content download and recording Methods and apparatus for providing content to users of a network that can be selectively recorded via the user's equipment. In an exemplary embodiment, the network comprises a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) network, and on-demand (OD) sessions are used to provide high-spe... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7966639 | Digital broadcast receiver and digital broadcast content processing method A digital broadcast receiver and data broadcast content processing method are disclosed. The method uses Program Associated Data (PAD) and includes receiving PAD-based broadcast contents; selecting one of the PAD-based broadcast contents to be stored; storing the se... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7908635 | System and method for internet access to a personal television service A communication system and a family of methods for remote access to personal television service are disclosed. According to this invention, a remote personal TV service center provides centralized program guide information. A user may access to the personal TV servi... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7908636 | Memory card handling for enhancing interactive television services An interactive television system is operable to receive television signals and data for implementing interactive television services. At least some of the interactive television data received is stored on a removable, non-volatile memory, such as a memory card or st... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7890989 | Automated context-sensitive updating on content in an audiovisual storage system Automated context-sensitive updating of content in an audiovisual (AV) storage system is disclosed. A media storage device for storing a multimedia signal includes a storage medium, such as a dedicated hard drive, a processor, and memory. The storage medium is coupl... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7849492 | Receiving accumulating apparatus, sending apparatus, broadcasting system, receive accumulating method, sending method, broadcasting method, program and medium A broadcasting system comprises a transmission apparatus, which multiplexes stream-format data based on a stream transmission protocol and file-format data based on a file transmission protocol with each other and sends them as a single stream, and receiving apparat... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7827585 | Electronic program guide with digital storage An interactive television program guide system with digital storage is provided. The program guide gives users the ability to store information associated with recorded programs in a directory in the digital storage device thereby providing easy access to program in... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7818775 | System and method for recording and time-shifting programming in a television distribution system with limited content retention Various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide methods and systems to record broadcast programming for at least one television channel for a period of time, wherein the recording is performed upstream from subscribers in a television distribution system... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7810130 | Method and apparatus of power management for moving image-streaming content Provided is a receiving apparatus for receiving streaming contents which is capable of receiving contents at a higher speed. The receiving apparatus receives and accumulates the streaming contents periodically during a power off state or while other contents are bei... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7784083 | Receiving/generating section information for multimedia contents based on level of performance A home server including a contents storage unit storing contents, a control unit acquiring first section information from an information supply apparatus, a generating unit generating second section information, and a section information storage unit storing pieces ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7784082 | 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 ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7647618 | Video distribution system The invention relates to video distribution systems and, more particularly, to a system that blanket transmits video/audio content such as movies (for example, via satellite downlink transmission) to each customer's recording, storage and playback system. Customers ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7565679 | Method for processing video data designed for display on a screen and device therefor The invention concerns a method for processing audio-visual broadcasts to display a summary thereof. The method comprises a prior step which consists in recording an audio-visual broadcast, and a step which consists in searching within the recorded broadcasts slow-m... | 07/21/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7391964 | Information recording apparatus and information recording method An information recording apparatus includes a recording medium receiver to receive a recording medium whereon information may be recorded by the apparatus and a non-volatile memory to store management information about the recording medium provided in the recording ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7386874 | 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... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7379654 | Programmable video recorder backing store for non-byte stream formats The buffer of a programmable video recorder includes a backing store having a plurality of discrete temporary files that are configured to store non-byte streamed data, such as ASF data. The data stream includes a number of data samples that are each assigned a time... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7370343 | Electronic program guide with blackout features An interactive television program guide for supporting programming blackouts is provided. In some embodiments, the interactive television program guide may unschedule the reminding and recording of blacked-out programs that have been scheduled by a user for remindin... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7359615 | Method and device for ensuring storage time for digital broadcast When a digitized broadcast is recorded in a storage medium, a required capacity of the storage medium is firstly calculated on the basis of a bit-rate of digitized broadcast data and a recording time which is known in advance. If the remaining capacity of the storag... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349946 | Information processing system The system includes a computer for transmitting news information and a computer communicably connected to the computer for receiving the news information. The computer outputs the content of the news information as voice in an order predetermined based upon the cont... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343347 | Electronic media player with metadata based control and method of operating the same A method and apparatus is described that prevents viewing or other type of playback of unauthorized copies of media files, whether received through a network or retrieved from a magnetic or optical disc. The apparatus uses data in a metadata field that forms a part ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342488 | System and method for providing home awareness A system and method for providing home awareness are disclosed. In one embodiment, a sensor is associated with a household amenity. In response to the occurrence of an event, a wireless signal is transmitted to a monitoring unit which, in turn, superimposes a text m... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337462 | System and method for providing timing data for programming events A video production facility system may produce closed caption data that includes text data and timing data. The system may receive script data for a video program. The system may then determine identifiers for individual programming events that make up the program. ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337244 | Data transfer apparatus, storage device control apparatus and control method using storage device control apparatus A data transfer apparatus includes a memory having first and second queues for storing data transfer information that includes information specifying a first memory area and information specifying a second memory area, a first processor which registers the data tran... | 02/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7320025 | Systems and methods for providing a broadcast entertainment service and an on-demand entertainment service The present invention provides systems and methods for, in some cases, supplementing a broadcast media service with an on-demand and personalized media service. ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7320137 | Method and system for distributing personalized editions of media programs using bookmarks An editing device accesses a media program and a user of the editing device designates points of interest within the media program. Bookmarks are generated for the designated points of interest. The bookmarks are transmitted via a network from the editing device to ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7313808 | Browsing continuous multimedia content A program distribution system includes a plurality of set-top boxes that receive broadcast programming and segmentation data from content and information providers. The segmentation information indicates portions of programs that are to be included in skimmed or con... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308476 | Method and system for participant automatic re-invite and updating during conferencing A method for conferencing may include monitoring a status of participants in a conference and recording the conference in response to at least one participant being disconnected or exiting the conference. Another embodiment of the present invention may also include ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7293066 | Methods and apparatus supporting access to stored data A data processing device, such as a television set top box, receives user-selected content data from a remote source over a network in response to user initiated content selection information. The data processing device stores the user-selected content data (e.g., r... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7293280 | Skimming continuous multimedia content A program distribution system includes a plurality of set-top boxes that receive broadcast programming and segmentation data from content and information providers. The segmentation information indicates portions of programs that are to be included in skimmed or con... | 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 |
| 7289166 | Information processing apparatus and method of displaying remaining battery capacity of the information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus has a battery portion which supplies power, a remaining capacity detecting portion which detects a remaining capacity of the battery portion, a remaining time computing portion which computes a remaining time during which processi... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287106 | Regulating real-time data capture rates to match processor-bound data consumption rates Subject matter to regulate real-time data capture rates to match processor-bounded data consumption operations is described. In one aspect, a computing device receives data from a data source at a real time rate. The data is associated with an object of a particular... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286955 | Ship proximity measurement display system including the remotely viewable billboard and bridge display with data communication and attachment framing This invention allows personnel located on two different structures, such as two ships, to continually monitor the separation distance between the two structures, with all of the necessary equipment being located on only one of the structures. This is accomplished u... | 10/23/2007 |
