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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161509 | Television receiver and method for providing information to the same A television broadcasting device 1 transmits a television signal onto which control data for controlling a browser function of a television receiver 2 has been multiplexed. A television screen generating section 20 generates a television screen ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8151297 | System and method for distributing and broadcasting multimedia Multimedia distribution and broadcast systems and related processes are provided for transmitting multimedia contents and control information from a central uplink facility to a remote downlink via a satellite. The system is preferably implemented in order to genera... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8127328 | Method and system for real-time reconciliation for unused content A method and system includes a scheduling system generating a pre-break window and a post-break window and an automation system in communication with the scheduling system receiving a content signal and generating a deviation signal when an expected trigger for an i... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8112774 | On demand dynamic advertisement insertion in an internet protocol stream A computer implemented method, computer program product, and data processing system for managing advertisements in an Internet Protocol (IP) streaming environment by defining a viewership threshold, monitoring the Internet Protocol streaming environment, and respons... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108895 | Content selection based on signaling from customer premises equipment in a broadcast network Systems and methods are presented for insertion of assets into a stream of content (e.g., audio and/or video programming). Such assets may be targeted to network users separate from the surrounding content and deliveries thereof confirmed. Among other things, these ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8095950 | System and method for delivering audio and video content to remote facilities based upon input advertising content selections A computer-assisted method of preparing video and audio content for playback at a plurality of facilities. The method includes transferring the content from a central network computer to at least one remote playback system located in each of the facilities. The meth... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8087045 | Grouping advertisement subavails Method and system for creating one or more advertising avail sections (subavails) and thereupon aggregating the subavails to form one or more groups of subavails. The advertisement opportunities (avails) may be divided into sections (subavails) with each section bei... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8051445 | Advertisement insertion Advertisement insertion techniques are described. In an implementation, a network operator decrypts a stream of content received from a content provider at a first server. The decrypted stream of content is communicated to an advertisement splicer, which locates one... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046388 | Program additional data creating device, video program editing device, and video program data creating device An apparatus for producing program ancillary data pertinent to each scene of a picture program to be recorded includes a display control unit for demonstrating, on a display picture, an input form having, as an input item, the information pertinent to a scene as an ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042131 | Scheduling and presenting IPG ads in conjunction with programming ads in a television environment of application A method and system whereby conventional television advertisements (i.e., those delivered to viewers while they watch television programming) can be delivered in conjunction with and correlated with advertisements that are presented to viewers in the Interactive Pro... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8037492 | Method and system for video enhancement transport alteration Disclosed is a system for selective modification of transport data for enhanced video content. Video transport data is received in a video signal or an external source and a configurable processor uses criteria to selectively modify units of the video transport data... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7979877 | Advertising methods for advertising time slots and embedded objects Disclosed is a process for an advertising bidding system in which advertisers can bid on advertising time slots or enhanced ads that can be inserted in either prerecorded or live television programming. A high degree of flexibility is provided by allowing embedded a... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7962934 | Advertisement monitoring system An advertising monitoring system is presented in which subscriber selections including channel changes are monitored, and in which information regarding an advertisement is extracted from text related to the advertisement. The text related to the advertisement is in... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7930716 | Techniques for reinsertion of local market advertising in digital video from a bypass source A method and system for reinserting local content commercials in a digital video format into a customized event data stream. Local content commercials may be inserted at an on-site facility, a national network, a headend, or a local affiliate. Local content commerci... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7913277 | Metadata extraction and re-insertion and improved transcoding in digital media systems A system, module and method is provided for metadata extraction and re-insertion. A module has a first input for receiving a compressed digital media stream having metadata such as DPI cues or content related information contained therein and an output for providing... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7913276 | Data-providing system, transmission server, data terminal, apparatus, authoring apparatus and data-providing method A data-providing system comprising a first data-transmitting section (control unit 1), a control section (control unit 3), and a second data-transmitting section (control unit 3). The first data-transmitting section transmits a continuous stream... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908618 | System and method for monitoring and recovering the state of user participation in interactive broadcasts A system and method for managing interactive program and commercial content is disclosed. The system includes an interactive enabling device for receiving a broadcast stream containing interactive program and commercial triggers for retrieving interactive program an... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7865918 | Display apparatus, user terminal, distribution apparatus, control method thereof, computer program and storage medium There is provided a content distribution system configured by a distribution apparatus for storing content data, a display apparatus for displaying content data distributed from the distribution apparatus in accordance with a predetermined display schedule, and a us... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7823174 | Macro-block based content replacement by PID mapping A method and apparatus for content substitution, consistent with certain embodiments of the present invention involves receiving data representing one or more macroblocks of content, the data having at least first and second packet identifiers (PIDs) associated with... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7818765 | System for object retransmission without a continuous network connection in a digital media distributor system The present invention provides a system and computer readable medium for object retransmission in an asynchronous environment without a continuous network connection in a digital media distributor (DMD) system. The system and computer readable medium include receivi... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7802281 | Information providing apparatus and method, information receiving apparatus and method, lots-drawing system and method and medium The invention makes it possible to draw lots for a present in real time in association with a broadcast program. A broadcasting station broadcasts information relating to lot for a present that is associated with a broadcast program by superimposing it on a video si... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7788687 | Push advertising model using multiple digital streams A method and mechanism for selecting and conveying ads in an interactive television system. An ad stream is conveyed concurrently with a broadcast programming stream in an interactive television system. The ad stream includes multiple streams of ads wherein each str... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7739708 | System and method for revenue based advertisement placement The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for ranking one or more advertisements. The method of the present invention comprises retrieving a result set comprising one or more advertisements responsive to a request. A clickability score is calcula... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7690013 | Advertisement monitoring system An advertising monitoring system is presented in which subscriber selections including channel changes are monitored, and in which information regarding an advertisement is extracted from text related to the advertisement. The text related to the advertisement is in... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7653923 | Scheduling and presenting IPG ads in conjunction with programming ads in a television environment A method and system whereby conventional television advertisements (i.e., those delivered to viewers while they watch television programming) can be delivered in conjunction with and correlated with advertisements that are presented to viewers in the Interactive Pro... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7653924 | Digital video streaming over optical network Systems and methods for carrying a serial digital video stream over an optical network such as an optical network employing SONET/SDH or G.709. For example, serial digital video data formatted in accordance with ANSI/SMPTE 259 M-1997 may be carried. Also, a common i... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7634787 | Automatic control of broadcast and execution of interactive applications to maintain synchronous operation with broadcast programs An automation server interfaces with broadcast scheduling systems of various types to automatically synchronize the behavior of interactive applications relative to various broadcast programs, such as television shows and commercials, so as to maintain the appropria... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7600239 | Method of automatic execution receiving station A method and system are provided which allow for automatic execution of applications on a receiving station (109). As applications may provide their own interface, this interferes with the desired consistent interface a user has when “zapping” from channe... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7584491 | System and method for managing interactive programming and advertisements in interactive broadcast systems A system and method for managing interactive program and commercial content includes an interactive enabling device which is coupled for receiving a broadcast stream containing interactive program triggers and interactive commercial triggers for retrieving the inter... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7487526 | Method for object retransmission without a continuous network connection in a digital media distributor system The present invention provides a method for object retransmission in an asynchronous environment without a continuous network connection in a digital media distributor (DMD) system. The method includes receiving objects in a receiver from a central site, generating ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7380259 | System and method for integrating weather data into television broadcasts A system and method are provided for integrating data representing at least one weather parameter prevailing at at least a first geographic location into a television broadcast related to the first geographic location. An icon signal representing a weather parameter... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7373651 | Metadata structure for providing access to EPG features from within broadcast advertisements A data structure stored on computer readable media is presented comprising one or more data tags, each data tag used to provide information regarding a broadcast advertisement. Also provided are one or more electronic program guide action tags, each electronic progr... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370016 | Music distribution systems Music is blanket transmitted (for example, via satellite downlink transmission) to each customer's user station where selected music files are recorded. Customers preselect from a list of available music in advance using an interactive screen selector, and pay only ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370116 | Approach to minimize worst-case queuing delay for a switching communication system with transmission constraints An approach for minimizing queuing delay of packets is disclosed. M number of queues are configured to store packets. A memory stores a search order table that has table entries corresponding to the M queues. Specifically, the table entries store values that corresp... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7340760 | Advertisements in an end-user controlled playback environment This invention discloses a method for displaying advertisements transmitted to a user unit, the method includes receiving, at the user unit, at least one advertisement tagged with a delay tag indicating whether display of the at least one advertisement can be delaye... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337213 | Method and apparatus for managing messages in a messaging session A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing messages. In response to a request by an invitee to add a third party to a messaging session with a number of parties, a stealth invite is sent to the third party. If the stealth invite is accepted, message... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337455 | Method, apparatus, and program for evolving algorithms for detecting content in information streams A method for optimizing the performance of an algorithm for detecting predetermined content in a media information stream, and a program and apparatus that operate in accordance with the method. The algorithm is a function of a set of parameters. The method comprise... | 02/26/2008 |
