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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8127324 | Audiovisual reproduction system Audiovisual reproduction system comprising a central unit managing a sound control circuit, and a telecommunications modem connected to a distribution network controlled by a host server, through a multitask operating system created around a tools and services libra... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8010976 | Card-based and independent server-based billing and authorization system in a media exchange network Systems and methods of billing and authentication of a communication device in a communication network are provided. In one embodiment, the system may comprise, for example, at least one communication device, a communication network, information content, and a card.... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7707599 | Customer support services via a cable services network Methods and systems provide customer support services through interactive television sessions via a cable services network. Cable services customers may pay bills or enroll in automatic bill payment via interactive television sessions. Information on pending work or... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7631323 | Method of sharing an item rental account An account in an item rental service is shared with others using computer-implemented profiles, subject to computer-enforced constraints. In one embodiment, a method provides for establishing a user account, wherein the user account is associated with an account own... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7496941 | Stored program pay-per-play A stored program pay-per-play system includes a high-capacity storage medium facilitating compilation of video, audio or other programs at a subscriber's site. While the recording of such programs may take place at any time preceding playback, billing occurs only wh... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7448057 | Audiovisual reproduction system Audiovisual reproduction system comprising a central unit managing a sound control circuit, and a telecommunications modem connected to a distribution network controlled by a host server, through a multitask operating system created around a tools and services libra... | 11/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7366495 | Prepaid reservation-based rating system A billing system comprising servers, routers, and processors programmed to provide reservation based prepaid billing is disclosed. The billing system is also programmed to concurrently process multiple billing events on a single, prepaid subscriber account. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363645 | Interactive electronic program guide for use with television delivery system An interactive electronic program guide is disclosed for use with a television delivery system. The guide is generated by a set top terminal that receives a television signal from an operations center and extracts from the signal individual programs for display on a... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357712 | Method and gaming device of operating a multiple round game that includes diminishing selection sets A method of controlling a gaming device is provided in which a set of a plurality of selections is displayed. The player is enabled to pick one of the selections. After one of the selections is picked by the player, an award is generated and provided from an award p... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353187 | Methods and systems for storing predetermined multimedia information An apparatus for storing predetermined multimedia information is provided. The apparatus includes a telephony messaging platform and first and second storage locations contained in the telephony messaging platform. The predetermined multimedia information is stored ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346917 | Trusted transactional set-top box A set top box (STB) includes a trusted transactional cache and associated transactional protocol and enables e-commerce transactions to be securely committed to a remote server extremely quickly and with little network overhead. The invention does away with the user... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7331857 | Gaming system A gaming system for use with a media player and one or more output devices, where the media player is configured to receive user signals, to read and execute information from a game medium, and to present portions of the information on the one or more output devices... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7292844 | Geographical web browser, methods, apparatus and systems A geographical web browser allows a user to navigate a network application such as the Word Wide Web by physically navigating in geographical coordinates. For example, a geographical web browser is implemented in a mobile unit such as a dashboard computer. The mobil... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7263710 | Medical diagnostic system with on-line real-time video training A central service facility is connected via a network and a uniform service interactive platform to a multiplicity of remotely located medical diagnostic systems. The interactive platform includes a video/audio plug-in application which can be used to access a libra... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7249147 | Combination compact disc recorder and player system The combination recorder and player system includes a recorder/player unit and a remote control unit. The recorder/player unit includes a recorder/player computer system and recorder/player software that is operable to cause the recorder/player to record, play, and ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243364 | Interactive entertainment network system and method for customizing operation thereof according to viewer preferences An interactive entertainment network system has a video-on-demand (VOD) application which allows viewers to create their own customized lists of preferred video content programs, such as movies, games, TV shows, and so forth. Viewers are permitted to select criteria... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7233781 | System and method for emergency notification content delivery A method for disseminating emergency notification content from an emergency originating source. The method comprising: delivering the emergency notification content from the emergency originating source to at least one transmitting party; selecting a subset of users... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231650 | Method of geographically and financially expanding the business potential and commercial fall-out of local live event performances such as rock and musical concerts and the like A novel method of geographically and financially expanding the business potential and commercial fall-out of local live event performances, such as local rock or other music concerts and the like, by enabling the live performance content simultaneously to be present... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228413 | Data transmitting/receiving method and its receiver A data transmitting/receiving method for charging the reception of pay data in units of a reception or in units of a group to which receivers belong with a high degree of freedom and its receiver. The transmission side allocates the same group identification number ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222183 | Authorized units music distribution system Systems for distributing music to a plurality of customers via the Internet provide each customer with a uniquely identified proprietary device for receiving, playing and recording music. A music server computer system is provided for distributing the music to the p... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216178 | System and method for distributing music to customers over the internet using uniquely identified proprietary devices Systems for distributing music to a plurality of customers via the Internet provide each customer with a uniquely identified proprietary device for receiving, playing and recording music. A music server computer system is provided for distributing the music to the p... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7209900 | 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 ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206892 | Method for managing recorded streams in a rewritable recording medium The present invention relates to a method for managing playlists of a rewritable recording medium in order to prevent unlimited playback or illegal edition of television broadcast programs or movies wherein copyright protection is required. The present invention ope... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200853 | Electronic information content distribution processing system, information distribution apparatus, information processing apparatus, and electronic information content distribution processing method A system is provided to distribute electronic information contents D0 containing advertisement to a user, and process advertisement information D2 at the user side. This system comprises an information distribution apparatus 19 for distributing ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194754 | Method and system to defer transactions conducted via interactive television A viewer can initiate and then defer a transaction conducted via an interactive television system. The transaction can involve obtaining information or ordering goods or services available from a network, such as the Internet, that is accessible via the interactive ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7155674 | Accessing television services A television system allows viewers to access a number of different groups of television content, or “service aggregates.” A portal interface for each group provides a direct means for the viewer to navigate between members of a service aggregate, without necessa... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7146631 | Content providing system and terminal used therein A system interrelating a program to be broadcast with a CM stored on a network 5 is implemented. The CMs (second contents) stored on the network 5 are each assigned a URL, while the program (first content) to be broadcast is embedded with tag informati... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7146007 | Secure conditional access port interface An apparatus and method thereof for providing a secure path for a digital signal in an intelligent transceiver such as a bi-directional set-top box. A digital signal (e.g., a broadcast signal or a signal received via a cable modem) is received by the intelligent tra... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7139813 | Timedependent hyperlink system in videocontent A time-dependent hyperlink is associated with a video of a content server. The time dependent link is cross-referenced with coordinates and time that it appears in the video. A user may select the time-dependent hyperlink by selecting the hyperlink when is displayed... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134134 | Electronic program guide hardware card An electronic program guide (EPG) hardware card is disclosed. The card is insertable into a television tuning device having EPG capability. A non-volatile memory, such as flash memory, is situated within a case of the hardware card, and has data stored thereon repre... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7134131 | Digital broadcast program billing A method and a system for selecting and ordering broadcast programs uses an electronic program guide that may be broadcast to subscribers or posted on an Internet web site. The system allows national broadcasters to provide one or more channels of pay-per-view or su... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7117516 | Method and system for providing a customized media list A method and system is described for providing a customized media list to a user over a data network. The method comprises providing a personalized data of the user to a computer system, generating a customized media list by the computer system for the user based on... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7113926 | Secure media on demand system whereby charge is determined in part from the periodicity of an encryption key An object of the invention is to provide a transmitting system of which data is difficult to be tapped and which is suitable for flexibly determining a watching and listening fee. In order to achieve the object, there is provided a combination of a transmitting meth... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7106906 | Moving image generation apparatus, moving image playback apparatus, their control method, and storage medium The invention generates moving image information obtained by compositing a moving image of a user and objects selected by the user, and provides the generated moving image information to the user. For instance, when the user has inserted a coin or coins into a devic... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7085377 | Information delivery in a multi-stream digital broadcasting system Audio or other information is delivered to a user via a multi-stream digital broadcasting system in a partially-encrypted form. The information is encoded and separated into multiple bitstreams, at least a subset of which are left unencrypted. Both the encrypted and... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7080042 | Method of and a system for distributing digital contents In a digital content distribution method to distribute digital contents via a network, distribution of a digital content is instructed according to a distribution schedule, the digital content is distributed according to the distribution schedule indicated, and a pa... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7068239 | Data processing method and system A data processing system and method in which, by way of example, a memory system is coupled to a video game program processing system. The video game program processing system has a predetermined address space for executing programs stored in a program memory portio... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7058964 | Flexible digital cable network architecture A digital cable network architecture and services method includes a cable medium and a plurality of hosts that include a receiver. A policy file store contains policy files having at least one of a service provider section, a consumer section, and a manufacturer sec... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7058607 | Contents distribution method and system The object of the present invention is to provide contents distribution method and system which can readily distribute digital contents, can prevent unfairness such as copying and falsifying accounting data and can also correspond to the payment of a small amount. T... | 06/06/2006 |
