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| 8191096 | Control device and method for channel searching in image display device Provided are a system and a method for channel searching in an image display device. When there are requests for channel searching and setting with respect to a broadcasting signal received through a signal receiving unit, image or audio data set by a user are outpu... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8170395 | Methods and systems for handling montage video data Video data may be extremely useful in online property commerce. However, the current methods of handling this video data fail to provide users of the data with effective and convenient ways of consolidating footage from multiple videos or portions thereof and convey... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8136139 | Receiving over-the-air licenses to high-quality media content A method, system, and medium are provided for enabling playback of licensed media content. The depicted embodiments provide a method to enable users to play a high-quality media file on a computing device. More specifically, the method provides a method to authentic... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132218 | Access/edge node supporting multiple video streaming services using a single request protocol An access/edge network node (300) according to the invention includes a single proxy function (301) to terminate on the subscriber side a single requesting protocol for a plurality of streaming video services. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8091108 | Meta data enhanced television programming A variety of meta data based enhancements to media content viewing are described, including making meta data corresponding to media content available for user searching and using meta data to identify highlight portions of the media content so that only the highligh... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087054 | Automated event content processing method and system A method for organizing event content in the form of electronic signals is provided. In accordance with this method an event profile is determined. The event content is obtained and the event content is organized based upon the event profile. ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8060908 | Consumer access systems and methods for providing same Apparatus and methods for providing enhanced consumer access to information sources and controllable entities. An Access device can be a stand alone device such as a DVD player in which the DVD disk contains the back-end information network. Other Access devices obt... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8046808 | Communication of TV-Anytime CRIDs A method of creating an audio-video stream comprises multiplexing a video component, an audio component, a content reference identifier, and a semantic data packet containing information on the relationship between the video component and the content reference ident... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8037501 | Methods for entertainment-programming distribution Methods for entertainment-programming distribution are provided. A set of entertainment programs is transmitted in real time over a public network for display on user computers in communication with the public network and identified as subscribers to the set of ente... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8020185 | System and method for retrieving digital multimedia content from a network node A scheme for retrieving digital multimedia content from a network node. A message is provided to the network node by a client application executing on a digital multimedia device, wherein the message includes a multidimensional pointer to a depository of digital mul... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8015583 | Method and system for pricing a programming event viewed by subscriber group A method and apparatus for group billing purchasers of transmitted programming events is provided. In one embodiment, a subscriber group includes two or more individual subscribers who receive programming from a programming provider. The individual subscribers perio... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8015584 | Delivering interactive content to a remote subscriber A method for interactive delivery of multimedia content includes accepting interactive multimedia content encoded in a multiplexed data stream, the stream includes segments that at least some include control data for presentation of the content. The method also incl... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010984 | Redirection of streaming content Redirection of streaming content is described. In an implementation, a method includes receiving a request at a client from another client, wherein the request is to redirect on-demand content being streamed from a head end to the other client and includes a bookmar... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8006273 | Updating download options for unavailable media content A method provides download options for purchasable recordable media (PRM). The method includes storing a download option associated with a PRM content instance, updating the option, and transmitting the option to a digital home communication terminal. The option inc... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7987155 | Network extensible reconfigurable media appliance Extensible reconfigurable media appliance for security and entertainment captures images digitally for storage. Digital effects and filters are applied to incoming video stream on-the-fly or to video data stored in memory. Digital effects and filters are dynamically... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7966635 | Updating download options for unavailable media content A method provides download options for purchasable recordable media (PRM). The method includes storing a download option associated with a PRM content instance, updating the option, and transmitting the option to a digital home communication terminal. The option inc... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7950039 | Multimedia data transmitting apparatus and multimedia data receiving apparatus To provide, in a multimedia content server which stores multimedia data and transmits the stored multimedia data to a terminal, a technique which allows the terminal to properly detect and process version up of section data even when random access for trick play, an... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945935 | System and method for selecting, capturing, and distributing customized event recordings A system that enables an event or moments within an event to be captured and provided in a record that preserves at least some aspects of the participant's perspective of the event. In particular, the present invention involves centralized recording of the event in ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7934239 | Method and system to daisy-chain access to video resources A method and system to control at least one video resource daisy-chain access system. A first embodiment is a method to operate a video resource daisy-chain access system. The method includes requesting from a coordinator access instructions to receive a broadcast s... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930723 | Downloading previously aired programs using peer-to-peer networking Downloading previously aired programs using peer-to-peer networking includes, in certain aspects, sending a request identifying a previously aired program to a computing device. A list of a plurality of client devices that may have at least a portion of the previous... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7904930 | Broadcast content delivery systems and methods In an implementation of broadcast content delivery, content is broadcast to television-based client devices via a broadcast communication link. The content can be generated for display to include a user-selectable control to initiate a request for additional content... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7904929 | Log entries Log entries are described that are stored in a log during a log session. In one implementation, a content provider includes a plurality of content servers. Each content server includes a processor and memory that is configured to maintain an application and a log fo... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7853979 | Method and system for uneven distribution of data A method to transmit streamed information at a wireless tele- and data communication network by transmitting streamed high prioritized information via a secure medium, whereas low prioritized data are transmitted over a standard channel. The method combines two tech... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7814519 | Providing and receiving on-demand assets using a pool of assets containing unavailable assets A method for providing assets includes providing information to a user regarding at least one asset from a pool of assets, where the pool of assets includes a subset of available assets and a subset of unavailable assets, and then receiving a user's request for an a... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7809680 | Contents distribution system with integrated recording rights control A content distribution system that includes a distributing apparatus that stores content which is distributable to a recipient apparatus. At least some of the content which is designated by the recipient apparatus is distributed by a streaming technique. During dist... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7784077 | Network-extensible reconfigurable media appliance Extensible reconfigurable media appliance for security and entertainment captures images digitally for storage. Digital effects and filters are applied to incoming video stream on-the-fly or to video data stored in memory. Digital effects and filters are dynamically... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7774817 | Meta data enhanced television programming A variety of meta data based enhancements to media content viewing are described, including making meta data corresponding to media content available for user searching and using meta data to identify highlight portions of the media content so that only the highligh... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7765573 | IP-based scheduling and control of digital video content delivery An audiovisual system is provided for a facility having a facility distribution system with a plurality of channels receivable throughout the facility. A plurality of digital media storage devices store digital content files and each reproduce a respective digital c... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7761899 | Systems and methods for packaging, distributing and managing assets in digital cable systems Assets, such as content and related data are packaged, transmitted, received and managed in a digital cable television system to standardize the distribution of content and services from a content/service provider to subscribers in the system. The standardized forma... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7690018 | Data processing apparatus and method A device information analysis circuit 108 analyzes type and capability of reception terminal, and in accordance with the result of analysis, a scene/object conversion circuit 1002 refers to object description data 103 and scene description data ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7681219 | Interactive job channel Interactive job channel is described. In an embodiment, a viewer having a television-based client device can register an employment profile with a content provider. Employment-related media content can then be associated with the viewer according to the employment p... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7676825 | Method for transmitting audi-visual programs proposed by users, terminal and server The present invention concerns a method of receiving audiovisual programs transmitted to terminals. The users of the terminals choose a program from a catalogue and make a proposition to a server to download it to their terminals. The proposition is accompanied by a... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7653927 | System and method for selecting a pay per view program to be transmitted to a program receiver The present invention may be regarded as personal video recorder and a method of selecting a pay per view program to be transmitted to a personal video recorder having a program receiver. A schedule of pay per view programs is obtained. Each of the pay per view prog... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7634796 | Method and apparatus providing process independence within a heterogeneous information distribution system A method and apparatus for adapting the delivery of assets and/or content to set top terminals within a heterogeneous information distribution system based on graphics and/or processing capability of set top terminals receiving the assets and/or content. ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7574724 | Viewer selection of programs to be subsequently delivered Television users may record abstracts of programs that they desire and program providers may access the recorded program abstracts from time to time so as to provide the program content that matches the requested program. In one embodiment, the user may select a TV ... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7568213 | Method for providing episodic media content A personalized media service provides, e.g., user customization of radio channel selections, immediate availability of multiple preprogrammed and/or customized channels, the ability to intersperse different types of content including periodically refreshed informati... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7526788 | Graphic user interface alternate download options for unavailable PRM content A media system provides improved availability of purchasable recordable media content downloaded from a remote server. The media system preferably includes a memory with logic and a processor configured with the logic to provide a download option to a user. The proc... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7444664 | Multi-view video format Interactive multi-view video presents new types of video capture systems, video formats, video compression algorithms, and services. Many video cameras are allocated to capture an event from various related locations and directions. The captured videos and any assoc... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7433581 | Interactive video playback A system for interactive video playback includes a store for holding a set of video streams and an input device for obtaining a set of action inputs. The system includes a video processor that generates the interactive video playback by switching among the video str... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430222 | Media stream splicer An implementation is described herein, which facilitates a fast channel change by receiving and decoding a unicast acquisition media stream that corresponds to a soon-to-be-requested target multicast media stream. It does this before requesting the target multicast ... | 09/30/2008 |
