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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8191095 | Backup communication modes Systems and methods for implementing a communication mode for a communication terminal are provided. An embodiment of a method for implementing a communication mode includes receiving a first type of data over a first type of communication channel, determining that ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8181204 | Linking to video information A system enables dynamic linking between a variety of video formats including television broadcasts, web pages, and video displays which are stored on magnetic or optical media. Each frame of the video information is identified together with a plurality of locations... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8127332 | System and method for dynamically transmitting program system information from television network to stations using information embedded in an HDTV signal A system for dynamically transmitting recent program system information from a television network to an affiliate station using information embedded in an HDTV signal includes a program data server configured to provide current program system information protocol (P... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8112777 | Method of controlling and apparatus of receiving mobile service data A data transmission system for minimizing the number of errors during Tx/Rx times of mobile service data under mobile environments, and a data processing method for the same are disclosed. The system additionally codes mobile service data, and transmits the resultan... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8073314 | Recording device for recording broadcasted information A recording apparatus is provided that includes a broadcast signal receiving means for receiving a broadcast signal transmitted from a broadcasting station and a setting means for setting at least a broadcasting time period and a broadcasting station. The recording ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8037497 | Fast channel switching method and apparatus for digital broadcast receiver A fast channel switching method and apparatus for a digital broadcast receiver that can reduce a channel switching delay caused by limitations in real time broadcasting systems is provided. A fast channel switching method of the present invention includes simultaneo... | 10/11/2011 |
| RE42838 | Apparatus and method for providing, retrieving, and using data guide information supplied in a digital vestigial sideband signal A device for provisioning, retrieving, and using data guide information transmitted in a digital broadcast signal is disclosed. A receiver receives the digital broadcast signal which includes digital television programming packets multiplexed with data packets and t... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7992173 | Reception device A receiver that provides continuous scrolling when a program guide is displayed and scrolled in a channel direction, even if displayed content extends across transponders. Front-end circuits, and a memory circuit that accumulates received data are provided. An OSD c... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7992172 | Method and systems for multicast using multiple transport streams A system for delivering interactive program guide (IPG) includes a number of encoding units, at least one transport stream generator, and a session manager. The encoding units encode a number of IPG pages and generate a number of (e.g., guide, video, audio, and data... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7984470 | Digital television signal, digital television receiver, and method of processing digital television signal A digital television (DTV) signal for use in a DTV receiver includes an extended text table (ETT) which includes a header and a message body. The header includes a table identification extension field which serves to establish uniqueness of the ETT, and the message ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7962939 | Differentiated PSIP table update interval technology An apparatus, method and data structure for generating at least one table in a broadcast environment, are provided. The apparatus includes a generator to generate an event information table (EIT) and an extended text table (ETT). The ETT has program guide informatio... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7950036 | Differentiated PSIP table update interval technology An apparatus, method and data structure for generating at least one table in a broadcast environment, are provided. The apparatus includes a generator to generate an event information table (EIT) and an extended text table (ETT). The ETT has program guide informatio... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7950035 | Differentiated PSIP table update interval technology An apparatus, method and data structure for generating at least one table in a broadcast environment, are provided. The apparatus includes a generator to generate an event information table (EIT) and an extended text table (ETT). The ETT has program guide informatio... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7934238 | Digital television signal, digital television receiver, and method of processing digital television signal A digital television (DTV) signal for use in a DTV receiver includes an extended text table (ETT) which includes a header and a message body. The header includes a table identification extension field which serves to establish uniqueness of the ETT, and the message ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7934237 | Digital television signal, digital television receiver, and method of processing digital television signal A digital television (DTV) signal for use in a DTV receiver includes an extended text table (ETT) which includes a header and a message body. The header includes a table identification extension field which serves to establish uniqueness of the ETT, and the message ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7917928 | Digital television signal, digital television receiver, and method of processing digital television signal A digital television (DTV) signal for use in a DTV receiver includes an extended text table (ETT) which includes a header and a message body. The header includes a table identification extension field which serves to establish uniqueness of the ETT, and the message ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7904926 | Digital television signal, digital television receiver, and method of processing digital television signal A digital television (DTV) signal for use in a DTV receiver includes an extended text table (ETT) which includes a header and a message body. The header includes a table identification extension field which serves to establish uniqueness of the ETT, and the message ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7895627 | Pre-fragmentation of data destined for low resource clients Program data for use in electronic program guides is fragmented in advance of delivery to a low resource client. In the described implementation, the program data is fragmented into equal size fragments. The size of each fragment is selected to guarantee that the da... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7886323 | Method and apparatus of providing and receiving video services in digital audio broadcasting (DAB) system There are provided a method and apparatus for providing and receiving a video service in digital audio broadcasting (DAB). The video service providing method includes: storing information related to encoding of a provided video service stream and information related... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7882527 | Digital television signal, digital television receiver, and method of processing digital television signal A digital television (DTV) signal for use in a DTV receiver includes an extended text table (ETT) which includes a header and a message body. The header includes a table identification extension field which serves to establish uniqueness of the ETT, and the message ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7870586 | Digital television signal, digital television receiver, and method of processing digital television signal A digital television (DTV) signal for use in a DTV receiver includes an extended text table (ETT) which includes a header and a message body. The header includes a table identification extension field which serves to establish uniqueness of the ETT, and the message ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7865923 | Information receiving apparatus and control method thereof A channel selection order to receive, from each channel, program data corresponding to a designated partial period is determined based on the start timing of the reception and the receiving timing of each of N program data received for each channel. A channel is sel... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7853975 | Digital television signal, digital television receiver, and method of processing digital television signal A digital television (DTV) signal for use in a DTV receiver includes an extended text table (ETT) which includes a header and a message body. The header includes a table identification extension field which serves to establish uniqueness of the ETT, and the message ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7853976 | Method for identifying extender text table of electronic program guide in digital TV A digital television (DTV) receiver and a decoding method are discussed. According to an embodiment, the DTV receiver includes: a receiving unit for receiving a digital broadcasting signal including a plurality of extended text tables (ETTs) that appear in transport... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7849484 | Method for identifying extender text table of electronic program guide in digital TV A digital television (DTV) receiver and a decoding method are discussed. According to an embodiment, the DTV receiver includes: a receiving unit for receiving a digital broadcasting signal including a plurality of extended text tables (ETTs) that appear in transport... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7836468 | Differentiated PSIP table update interval technology An apparatus, method and data structure for generating at least one table in a broadcast environment, are provided. The apparatus includes a generator to generate an event information table (EIT) and an extended text table (ETT). The ETT has program guide informatio... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7836469 | Differentiated PSIP table update interval technology An apparatus, method and data structure for generating at least one table in a broadcast environment, are provided. The apparatus includes a generator to generate an event information table (EIT) and an extended text table (ETT). The ETT has program guide informatio... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7818769 | Methods and apparatus for implementing dynamic program guides on mobile devices Mechanisms are provided for allowing a mobile device to dynamically obtain program guide data. A mobile device having the capability of playing media streams is configurable to dynamically request program guide structure information followed by program guide content... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7774813 | Apparatus and method for checking for broadcasting schedule overlap in broadcasting system A broadcasting system includes a broadcasting server which checks for overlap in a broadcasting schedule. The broadcasting server performs an operation on a first bit map corresponding to service time information of each program on each of at least one channel and a... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7765572 | Method for identifying extender text table of electronic program guide in digital TV A digital television (DTV) receiver and a decoding method are discussed. According to an embodiment, the DTV receiver includes: a receiving unit for receiving a digital broadcasting signal including a plurality of extended text tables (ETTs) that appear in transport... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7761894 | Differentiated PSIP table update interval technology An apparatus, method and data structure for generating at least one table in a broadcast environment, are provided. The apparatus includes a generator to generate an event information table (EIT) and an extended text table (ETT). The ETT has program guide informatio... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7761896 | Differentiated PSIP table update interval technology An apparatus, method and data structure for generating at least one table in a broadcast environment, are provided. The apparatus includes a generator to generate an event information table (EIT) and an extended text table (ETT). The ETT has program guide informatio... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7761895 | Differentiated PSIP table update interval technology An apparatus, method and data structure for generating at least one table in a broadcast environment, are provided. The apparatus includes a generator to generate an event information table (EIT) and an extended text table (ETT). The ETT has program guide informatio... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7757257 | Differentiated PSIP table update interval technology An apparatus, method and data structure for generating at least one table in a broadcast environment, are provided. The apparatus includes a generator to generate an event information table (EIT) and an extended text table (ETT). The ETT has program guide informatio... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7757256 | Differentiated PSIP table update interval technology An apparatus, method and data structure for generating at least one table in a broadcast environment, are provided. The apparatus includes a generator to generate an event information table (EIT) and an extended text table (ETT). The ETT has program guide informatio... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7752644 | Method and apparatus of providing and receiving video services in digital audio broadcasting (DAB) system There are provided a method and apparatus for providing and receiving a video service in digital audio broadcasting (DAB). The video service providing method includes: storing information related to encoding of a provided video service stream and information related... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7752646 | Method for identifying extender text table of electronic program guide in digital TV A digital television (DTV) receiver and a decoding method are discussed. According to an embodiment, the DTV receiver includes: a receiving unit for receiving a digital broadcasting signal including a plurality of extended text tables (ETTs) that appear in transport... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7752645 | Method for identifying extender text table of electronic program guide in digital TV A digital television (DTV) receiver and a decoding method are discussed. According to an embodiment, the DTV receiver includes: a receiving unit for receiving a digital broadcasting signal including a plurality of extended text tables (ETTs) that appear in transport... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7743397 | Digital television signal, digital television receiver, and method of processing digital television signal A digital television (DTV) signal for use in a DTV receiver includes an extended text table (ETT) which includes a header and a message body. The header includes a table identification extension field which serves to establish uniqueness of the ETT, and the message ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7707607 | Method and apparatus of providing and receiving video services in digital audio broadcasting (DAB) system There are provided a method and apparatus for providing and receiving a video service in digital audio broadcasting (DAB). The video service providing method includes: storing information related to encoding of a provided video service stream and information related... | 04/27/2010 |
