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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7784069 | Selecting divergent storylines using branching techniques Divergent storylines for media such as movies are selected using branching techniques. Enhancing the “replay value” of a movie may be accomplished by introducing many logical branches in the action and plot during the movie. Consequently, repeat viewing is encou... | 08/24/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7398301 | Method and apparatus for facilitating distributed delivery of content across a computer network One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates receiving content at a client from one or more servers that can potentially provide the content. The client starts by sending a request for the content to a directory server. In response to t... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7398291 | Method, system and program product for providing a status of a transaction with an application on a server Under the present invention, polling code is generated on a server and sent to a client in response to a transaction request received on the server from the client. The polling code includes a set of parameters such as a delay time and a polling count. After expirat... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7296285 | Multiple item user preference information data structure and method for providing multi-media information A user preference information data structure which is capable of classifying and setting user's preference information regarding multimedia contents with multiple items to thereby provide users with user's request-based whole or partial multi-media information, and ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7151540 | Audience attention and response evaluation An automated method of and system for collecting and displaying audience recognition information concerning a video presentation, comprising: displaying a video presentation to a plurality of subjects; inquiring of each of the subjects by computer means whether each... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7010592 | Method for collecting statistical traffic data As shown in FIG. 2, when the SYN segment is detected, the amount of transmitted segment from the side which sent the detected SYN segment is obtained by counting the continuously detected DATA segments for collecting the traffic in a certain direction where i... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7003790 | Broadcast-program selection history information acquisition apparatus and its method In a broadcast-program selection history information acquisition apparatus and its method, the totalization side can easily totalize selection history information. To acquire the selection history information of a broadcast program selected out of broadcast programs... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6980542 | Poll scheduling for periodic uplink and downlink traffic An apparatus and method for polling stations that transmit and receive periodic traffic streams are disclosed. The illustrative embodiment determines when to transmit a frame comprising a data payload and a poll to a station based on (i) the temporal period and temp... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6954718 | Method and apparatus for comparing actual use data with contract data One or more embodiments of the invention provide a method, apparatus, system, and article of manufacture for monitoring an exhibition system in a digital cinema system. Exhibition information of an exhibitor system in a digital cinema system is obtained. Such exhibi... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6941573 | Television distribution system for signal substitution A cable television distribution system in which the head end substitutes different channels for a plurality of separated geographic zones. The head end creates a plurality of channel spectrums and transmits the spectrums on distribution trunks such that a different ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6888457 | Monitoring of user response to performances A portable apparatus for monitoring the reaction of a user to a performance contains one or more sensors for detecting an indirect user response to the performance and a user interface enabling the user to provide a direct user response to the performance. A process... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6718551 | Method and system for providing targeted advertisements A method and system for providing targeted advertisements over a networked media delivery system, especially interactive television networks, the system comprising tracking and storing viewer selections, analyzing the selections, and delivering targeted advertisemen... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6704929 | Tracking viewing behavior of a home entertainment system Systems and methods for providing and tracking viewing behavior of home entertainment systems. A viewer event such as tuning to a selected television channel, occurs at a home entertainment system. The event is coupled with information describing the prog... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6202210 | Method and system for collecting data over a 1394 network to support analysis of consumer behavior, marketing and customer support A data collection system for use with a home AV network. The home AV network includes a plurality of consumer electronic devices communicatively coupled via an IEEE 1394 based network. A receiver device is included in the plurality of devices. The receive... | 03/13/2001 |
| 5842199 | System, method and article of manufacture for using receiver operating curves to evaluate predictive utility An electronic information system is provided for determining predictive utility of prediction techniques in ascertaining which items are valued. The information system includes an input mechanism for obtaining a set of measurements of actual value of item... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5752159 | Method for automatically collecting and delivering application event data in an interactive network A method is disclosed for automatically collecting and delivering multimedia application event data in an interactive network. The interactive network includes a server and a plurality of client stations. In operation, an event of a multimedia application... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5289271 | Cable television-usage system A cable-television usage system that enables subscribers to be charged based upon their actual usage of the cable channels offered. The system is compatible with current cable equipment and methods. It can be installed outside of the subscribers dwelling ... | 02/22/1994 |
| 4652915 | Method for polling headphones of a passive TV audience meter system A method for polling headphones of a passive tv audience meter system. Tv audience members wear headphones by which they may receive the audio portion of the tv programs. The headphones are enabled to receive the audio for a short time by periodic polls t... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4558358 | Cable network monitoring system for CATV system A CATV system includes terminal units with which two-way data communication with a central terminal is possible. A cable network monitoring system is capable of assisting in the location of faults by sending data such as the received signal strength at va... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4475121 | Polling pattern generator for CATV system A polling pattern generator system for use in a CATV system including a polling pattern generator and a passive data monitor. The polling pattern generator periodically generates polling pattern signals each of which has a specific address code for callin... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4408345 | Remote line monitoring method and device for CATV system A remote line monitoring device and method for a CATV system in which a center facility is connected to plural terminal units through cables of the system to transmit television signals to subscribers' homes. A plurality of monitoring terminal units are p... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4385314 | Polling pattern generator for CATV system A polling pattern generator system for use in a CATV system including a polling pattern generator and a passive data monitor. The polling pattern generator periodically generates polling pattern signals each of which has a specific address code for callin... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4365267 | Passive data monitor for use with polling pattern generator in CATV system A polling pattern generator system for use in a CATV system including a polling pattern generator and a passive data monitor. The polling pattern generator periodically generates polling pattern signals each of which has a specific address code for callin... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4361903 | Data transmission process in a CATV system In a bidirectional CATV system, terminal devices at individual subscriber locations are arranged in sets, with each terminal device in a set being coupled to an intermediate polling processor which includes means for storing status data as to each of the ... | 11/30/1982 |
