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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181195 | Anonymous aggregated data collection An anonymous aggregated data collection system aggregates media access information in an anonymous data collection component without associating the media access information with any one particular client device. The anonymous data collection component further preve... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8181194 | Cooperative system for measuring electronic media A media measurement system uses media handlers to obtain information from presented media for collection by research data collection agents and dispatch to a controller. The controller registers media for measurement. One or more research data collection agents are ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8104054 | Methods, systems, and devices for bandwidth conservation Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for conserving bandwidth. A user's bandwidth consumption is monitored and compared to a threshold value. When the user's bandwidth consumption equals or exceeds the threshold value, then behavior is incentivized that reduc... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099749 | Viewer data collection system and method for use in a direct broadcast satellite television network A system and method for collecting viewership data. The inventive system (10) is adapted to receive a signal having multiple channels of program content and associated channel identification information. The system (10) is adapted to parse the program ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8087041 | Estimating reach and frequency of advertisements Estimating the reach and device frequency of a proposed advertising campaign based on the probability that advertising content delivery devices (e.g., a television set top box, radio) were used to deliver advertising content (e.g. television ad, radio ad) during spe... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8079042 | Dynamic IPTV group profile creation and management An IPTV group profile is dynamically generated based on individual IPTV user profiles, whenever a user joins or leaves a shared IPTV session at an IPTV Terminal Function (ITF). The IPTV group profile may be implemented as a modification to the IPTV user profile of e... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8001561 | System and method for automatically rating video content System and method for automatically rating the content of video media based on video operations performed on a media device and in reference to a plurality of rating rules are provided. Usage of the media device is continuously monitored and user actions with respec... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7958525 | Demand broadcast channels and channel programming based on user viewing history, profiling, and requests A system and method for scheduling media for consumption via a demand broadcast channel based upon notifications received during user consumption of media. An embodiment of the present invention may employ notifications generated when users select media for consumpt... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7958524 | Method and system for detecting and preventing unauthorized signal usage in a content delivery network A method and system for controlling unauthorized signal usage in a content delivery network, such as a television network, is described. The method and system acquires at least two signal usage records for a receiver of the content, evaluates the at least two signal... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7950030 | TV remote control signal log An interceptor detects command signals from a TV remote control and logs the signals. The signals can be correlated not just to channel number but also to programs by accessing a program/channel database. A log of channels/programs that have been viewed by, e.g., a ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7934227 | Methods and systems for capturing commands Methods and systems capture user commands. A user command is received at a viewer's appliance. A determination is made whether the user command is automatically locally stored in memory of the viewer appliance. A look-up is performed when the user command is not aut... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7882514 | Display device on/off detection methods and apparatus Display device ON/OFF detection methods and apparatus are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein to determine whether a presentation device is ON or OFF comprises determining a plurality of metrics based on monitoring at least one output of the presentation d... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7865917 | Security enhanced tiered subscription broadcast system A broadcast system is disclosed that allows a broadcaster to provide multiple levels of subscription services. Subscribers have the option of listening to fewer (or no) commercials if they pay a higher fee, or listening to more commercials if they pay a lower (or no... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7856643 | Apparatus and method for operating a multi-unit storage facility A system and method of operating a multi-user storage facility is provided. For each distinct user of the storage facility, the distinct user is associated with at least one storage unit of the facility. Video monitoring of the at least one storage unit is provided ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7802276 | Systems, methods and products for assessing subscriber content access Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for reporting a subscriber's content access selections to marketers. One such method stores when content is provided to a subscriber and when that content is displayed by the subscriber. The method then reports when the c... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7793317 | System and method of managing video streams to a set top box A method of managing video streams is disclosed and includes monitoring the power to a display device coupled to a set top box. Also, the method includes determining whether the display device is in a low power mode and requesting that a content provider turn off a ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7779435 | Methods and apparatus to export tuning data collected in a receiving device Methods and apparatus to export tuning data collected in a receiving device are disclosed. An example method of collecting audience measurement data comprises collecting tuning data within a receiving device, and modulating an LED associated with the receiving devic... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7770193 | Apparatus and method for calculating audience rating using interactive television The present invention discloses an apparatus and a method for calculating audience rating on a designated content based on user history record for an interactive television, in which the interactive television is able to provide user-oriented services by receiving t... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7730507 | Broadcast receiving apparatus and starting method thereof For providing a broadcast receiving apparatus and a method for staring thereof, suppressing electric power consumption therein, under waiting condition, irrespective of mounting a constituent part requiring a long time for starting up, according to the present inven... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7712114 | Methods and apparatus to monitor audio/visual content from various sources Methods and apparatus to monitor audio/visual content from various sources are disclosed. An example method to monitor media content provided by a selected one of a plurality of media content sources for presentation by an information presenting device disclosed her... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7694317 | CATV transmission line monitoring system, method, and program When a failure detection server calculates a measurement average value at every predetermined time with respect to measured values collected in the past, and collects measured values from cable modems, the server sets a failure determination threshold value by addin... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7644424 | Location detector for digital cable television appliances A method of auditing operation of a cable television appliance consistent with certain embodiments involves detecting an event that triggers an audit; generating a fingerprint value, wherein the fingerprint value is function of the cable television network character... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7620964 | Recommended program search device and recommended program search method A recommended program search device includes a viewing history information acquiring block which acquires a viewing channel and a viewing time by the user for each area corresponding to a time division and stores viewing history information including the viewing cha... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7607147 | Interactive service device metering systems A metering system meters usage of on-line and off-line services by way of interactive service devices. Interactive service devices may include personal computers and non-personal-computers. Non-personal-computers may include network computers, gaming devices, Intern... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7444655 | Anonymous aggregated data collection An anonymous aggregated data collection system aggregates media access information in an anonymous data collection component without associating the media access information with any one particular client device. The anonymous data collection component further preve... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441260 | Television program recommender with automatic identification of changing viewer preferences A television program recommender is disclosed that automatically identifies changes in viewing preferences. Once changing viewing preferences are identified, the disclosed television programming recommender can (i) adapt the generated television program recommendati... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7434246 | Systems and methods for automatic personalizing of channel favorites in a set top box A set top box for use in interactive television systems includes a generation engine and a display engine. The generation engine automatically stores channel favorites in a channel favorites table. The generation engine may include cumulative viewing time for each c... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7421723 | Detection of media links in broadcast signals A detection apparatus includes a tuner tuned to the program and a meter coupled to the tuner and arranged to detect content ancillary information from the program tuned by the tuner. The content ancillary information may be a media link, closed captioning informatio... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7395395 | Methods, systems, and storage mediums for monitoring consumption of storage space and relocating content contained in the storage when a predetermined condition is met Exemplary embodiments relate to methods, systems, and storage mediums for managing content storage and selection activities. The method includes monitoring consumption of storage space with respect to storage capacity in at least one content device receiving content... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7373414 | Multi-media system and method for simultaneously delivering multi-media data to multiple destinations A multimedia system and method that provides easy universal text searching for non-technical users, is disclosed. A configuration of the multimedia system and method of the present invention also facilitates content delivery through multiple, independent, simultaneo... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370342 | Method and apparatus for delivery of targeted video programming A system residing preferably in a television set-top box monitors the television watching habits of one or more viewers and creates one or more profiles for each viewers descriptive of various characteristics of each viewers, including television watching preference... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363643 | Real-time audience monitoring, content rating, and content enhancing A method, system, and computer-readable medium for collecting usage information in real-time for a computing device receiving digital content for presentation, such as to enable various types of real-time content modifications or content-related service enhancement.... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360231 | System for obtaining data regarding customer use of interactive television A system and method for obtaining data regarding customer use of interactive television, where application servers residing at a broadcast center include application programs that provide customers with a graphical user interface. Customers may retrieve the applicat... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359006 | Audio module supporting audio signature A system and method embed an audio signature in a video frame. An audio signature is generated from one bit a buffer input data. Two registers store an audio signature and reference count. According to an embodiment, the audio signature is generated left/right (L/R)... | 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 |
| 7353272 | Method and system for internet performance monitoring and analysis including user interface and periodic information measurement and collection A method for Internet performance monitoring and analysis includes, by at least one data collection agent (DCA), a DCA being a computer operating on the Internet and configured with software that is controlled remotely from another location on the Internet, responsi... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350223 | Multi-media data automatic delivery system A system for delivering contents includes a center system which delivers the contents, a plurality of terminal systems which receive the contents from the center system and displays the contents, and communication lines connecting the center system to the plurality ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343354 | Method for determining demand and pricing of advertising time in the media industry The present invention utilizes customer/user generated data and market available data to provide a framework and guidance for a seller to price advertising time and space for programs offered by a media outlet, and to project future demand for advertising time and s... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7327506 | Correction circuit A correction circuit for correcting pixel signals, comprising: a first memory for storing signals obtained by executing decimation process; a calculating circuit for calculating a correction value based on an output from the first memory; a seco... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7305357 | Method and system for providing and controlling delivery of content on-demand over a cable television network and a data network A system and method for delivering content on-demand by way of a cable network are disclosed. Provision of such content is controlled over a data network. Advantageously, a user interface at a conventional computing device may be used to order content and to control... | 12/04/2007 |
