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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8191102 | Method of transmitting interactive television A method (1) of transmitting interactive television, whereby interactive television applications are transmitted inside application-modules. These modules are transmitted in a broadcast stream. Recording systems cannot decide which modules are to be recorded. Theref... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8132224 | Transmitting and receiving multimedia SMIL documents An apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving multimedia broadcasting in order to provide multimedia broadcasting services and interactive broadcasting services are provided. An apparatus for receiving multimedia broadcasting includes a reference clock rece... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8112783 | Method of controlling ouput time and output priority of caption information and apparatus thereof An apparatus and a method of arbitrarily adjusting the output time of caption information included in a received multimedia transport stream for broadcasting, by user input. The method includes: receiving an input of a time value for adjusting the output time of cap... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8104065 | System to provide markers to affect rendering and navigation of content on demand A content on demand system includes logic to deliver at least one audio and/or video stream and to insert markers in the at least one stream, the markers indicating a position in the at least one stream, and logic to receive from a set top box a marker for an audio ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8024767 | Method and apparatus for receiving digital video signals A method and apparatus for storing a compressed video stream or an uncompressed video stream is disclosed. The uncompressed video stream may be ZOOM VIDEO data. The compressed video stream may be a TRANSPORT STREAM data from a High Definition Television (HDTV) broad... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7895634 | Data processing method, data processing apparatus, and program and data recording medium therefor An editing apparatus captures material data of audio and/or image data, edits the material data and generates main data. When an instruction to limit reproduction operation of the main data is made, the associated information including limitation information for lim... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7873982 | Method and apparatus for creating and viewing customized multimedia segments A system for creating and viewing customized multimedia segments allows a user to create event identification data from in-band data in a program stream. The in-band data is processed and compiled into event identification data associated with the content stream. Th... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7861278 | 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 |
| 7856651 | VSB communication system A VSB communication system comprises a VSB transmission system and a VSB reception system. The VSB transmission system multiplexes a coded MPEG data and a coded supplemental data having a null sequence inserted therein, with required multiplexing information include... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7827586 | 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 ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7818777 | 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 ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7814526 | 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 ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7805748 | 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 ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7752648 | Apparatus and methods for handling interactive applications in broadcast networks An interactive method includes receiving, at a display device, background video including a multiplicity of video frames, at least one of the multiplicity of video frames including a plurality of sub-pictures, each of the plurality of sub-pictures representing an al... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7725918 | Interactive television with embedded universal time codes An interactive television (ITV) system transmitting ITV content created and received by different ITV platforms via a single ITV stream. The system provides universal time codes which are embedded into the ITV stream. Each time code is associated with a program iden... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7712124 | VSB communication system A VSB communication system comprises a VSB transmission system and a VSB reception system. The VSB transmission system multiplexes a coded MPEG data and a coded supplemental data having a null sequence inserted therein, with required multiplexing information include... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7650623 | Method and system for facilitating interactive multimedia experiences A method configured for facilitating an interactive multimedia experiences comprising accessing a system-readable specification defining a multimedia experience configured for audience interaction and performing the multimedia experience in accordance with informati... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7587748 | Method and apparatus for retrieving data from a broadcast signal A broadcast signal is received that includes a data identifier that identifies data associated with the broadcast signal. The broadcast signal also includes the data associated with the broadcast signal encoded in the broadcast signal. The data associated with the b... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7546626 | Information providing system, information processing apparatus, and method A data providing system is capable of providing metadata or supplementary data generated in a predetermined area to a different area. Metadata related to broadcast programs are transmitted from a first broadcast receiver/recorder to a server via a network. The serve... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7493648 | Data transmission device, data receiving device, data transmitting method, data receiving method, recording device, playback device, recording method, and playback method A data transmission device transmits a data broadcast using a narrow unused broadcasting band in a digital broadcast, and to record the data broadcast, which has been received, on a receiving side so that the receiving side can play back the data broadcast after a d... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7448063 | Digital interactive system for providing full interactivity with live programming events The present invention relates to an interactive digital system enabling viewers full and active participation in experiencing a live broadcast event. Particularly, the presentation of the live event is personalized for the viewer through the provision of various opt... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444665 | Interactive television system An interactive television system is described. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7434245 | Electronic program guide system using images of reduced size to identify respective programs A technique for transmitting and receiving an electronic program guide which identifies programs that are to be transmitted. Electronic program guide (EPG) data includes image data representing images of reduced, less than normal, size to identify respective program... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7415718 | Receiving and processing vertical blanking interval data A system and method for receiving, processing, and storing electronic data transmitted in the vertical blanking interval of a video signal. The system provides a flexible mechanism for reading electronic data from video signals including those in National Television... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7386875 | Freezing live video frames with interactive links An embodiment of the present invention allows a user to maintain the display of a video frame containing one or more interactive links while also maintaining access to the links. Thus allowing the user to select and examine any desired links at his own pace. For one... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382729 | Video transmission of layered coded data A video transmission system, a video transmitting apparatus, a video receiving apparatus, and a video transmission method whereby, when a plurality of terminals whose characteristics differ receive video simultaneously, each terminal can receive video with quality a... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7370114 | Software downloading using a television broadcast channel A software distribution architecture having a television broadcast system as its infrastructure. Software from a software repository (1600) is mixed into a television broadcast system and transmitted into one or more selected channels at prescribed dates and ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367030 | Method and apparatus for signaling transmission code set in data broadcasting A client receiving a data stream via broadcasting is provided. The client includes a receiver which receives an object carousal that comprises data and a broadcast inter ORB protocol (BIOP) message, a processor which retrieves a transmission code set information fro... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366972 | Dynamically mediating multimedia content and devices A mediator having at least a ranking component, a listening component, and a control component, selectively controls a group of devices from a plurality of network devices in a network environment to reproduce multimedia content. The mediator correlates the multimed... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7367031 | Method and apparatus for signaling transmission code set in data broadcasting A server supporting structures of objects represented in various languages in a broadcast data stream is provided. The server includes a generator which generates an object carousal that comprises data and a broadcast inter ORB protocol (BIOP) message; a processor w... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7367042 | Method and apparatus for hyperlinking in a television broadcast A system and method of adding hyperlinked information to a television broadcast. The broadcast material is analyzed and one or more regions within a frame are identified. Additional information can be associated with a region, and can be transmitted in encoded form,... | 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 |
| 7363511 | Method for processing audiovisual information in an electronic device, a system, and an electronic device A method for processing audiovisual information in an electronic device comprises at least one control block for controlling the operation of the electronic device, and a memory. The audiovisual information is encrypted. The control block is provided with a protecte... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360232 | System and method to subscribe to channel URL addresses and to provide non-programming-related URL addresses in an interactive video casting system A remote device is capable to receive network address information, such as uniform resource locator (URL) addresses, and other supplemental content that are available along with television signal. A set top box coupled to a television receives the network address in... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7360234 | System, method, and computer program product for selective filtering of objectionable content from a program A system, method, and computer program product is provided for the selective filtering of objectionable content from a program. The selective filtering of objectionable content from a program is accomplished by applying an encoding process and a decoding process to ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356821 | Method and apparatus for signaling transmission code set in data broadcasting A method is provided for transmission and reception, by an object carousel, of an object including data and a message to reference the data. The method includes inserting into the message information regarding an encoding system used to encode character strings with... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356822 | Method and apparatus for signaling transmission code set in data broadcasting Provided is a system includes a transmitting device which transmits by an object carousel an object including a data and a message to reference the data, and a receiving device which receives the object, wherein the message is a broadcast inter ORB protocol (BIOP) m... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356829 | Receiving apparatus and method, transmitting apparatus and method, and transmission medium A receiving apparatus receives an image signal transmitted from a transmitting end. In the receiving apparatus, the received image signal is output to a display. Electronic program guide information (EPG) added to the received image signal is extracted. The display ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356024 | Communication apparatus and communication method A correlation memory section 105 stores a prescribed table in which each control data is grouped for each kind of it (for each message unit) to be correlated to each other. A control data synchronization section 104 successively accumulates input contr... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353518 | Method and apparatus for signaling transmission code set in data broadcasting A method of decoding character strings within a message to reference data is provided. The method includes receiving the message to reference the data transmitted by an object carousel, wherein the message is a broadcast inter ORB protocol (BIOP) message, determinin... | 04/01/2008 |
