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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8099754 | Multimedia marketing and distribution system A central server having a computer readable storage media for storing multimedia material, such as motion pictures and television programming, in digital format is connected to a communications network such as the Internet. Exhibitors, such as theaters and televisio... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8087055 | Apparatus, and associated method, for facilitating distribution of recorded content Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating formation of content streams formed of content for distribution to content consumers. A request detector detects indications of demand for content. Selection of what content to be included in a content stream is ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8037504 | Video on demand system with selectable options of configurable random-access control The present invention provides a method for an interactive media services system to provide media to a user through an interactive media services client device. The client device is coupled to a programmable media services server device. The method includes the step... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8037505 | System and method for providing popular TV shows on demand Various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide methods and systems to automatically identify popular television programs based on the viewing of broadcast television programs by at least some of the subscribers of a television distribution system. One o... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8024761 | Method and apparatus of load sharing and fault tolerance in an interactive video distribution system A method and apparatus for load sharing and increasing fault tolerance at a head-end of an interactive information distribution system during a subscriber's video session. A primary head-end controller processes video session data to manage the distribution of strea... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7996873 | Remote management system for at least one audiovisual information reproduction device System for remote management of at least one audiovisual information reproduction device comprising a host server (10) connected to each audiovisual information reproduction device (100.1 to 100.n), the host server (10) comprising ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7971222 | Interactive television systems with digital video recording and adjustable reminders An interactive television system is provided in which an interactive television application is used to support network-based or local personal video recorder capabilities. A user may use this application to view lists of program listings. The user may select a progr... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7934241 | Video on demand system with selectable options of configurable random-access control The present invention provides a method for an interactive media services system to provide media to a user through an interactive media services client device. The client device is coupled to a programmable media services server device. The method includes the step... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7810123 | Method and system for interactive multimedia A high capacity interactive multimedia system is provided that can deliver large number of concurrent video on demand and high speed data streams in an integrated fashion to a plurality of subscribers located at one or more subscriber sites. A video server module in... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7793326 | Video and digital multimedia aggregator The present invention utilizes an aggregator for searching, packaging and delivering content. The aggregator processes requests, searches, provides search results and acquires content. The aggregator, operating in a communications network, includes a request and res... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7784078 | Information processing system, information processing device and method, recording medium, and program The present invention relates to an information processing system, information processing apparatus and method, recording medium and program, adapted to exchange picture-recording schedule information between the terminals. A user apparatus 3-2 registe... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7690021 | Combining multiple simultaneous source cinema to multiple exhibitor receivers An apparatus and method for combining multiple simultaneous sources to multiple exhibitor receivers in a secure manner is disclosed. An exemplary system includes a plurality of live event sites each producing and transmitting a live video source. A live event direct... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7627887 | System and method for multicasting packets in a subscriber network An apparatus in a digital network receives digital packets, such as MPEG packets, included in at least one input transport stream and outputs a plurality of modulated output transport streams. The apparatus determines whether the input transport streams include pack... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7574725 | Multimedia marketing and distribution system A central server having a computer readable storage media for storing multimedia material, such as motion pictures and television programming, in digital format is connected to a communications network such as the Internet. Exhibitors, such as theaters and televisio... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7444662 | Video file server cache management using movie ratings for reservation of memory and bandwidth resources Access to movies ranging from very popular movies to unpopular movies is managed by configuring sets of data movers for associated movie rankings, reserving data mover local cache resources for the most popular movies, reserving a certain number of streams for popul... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7434242 | Multiple content supplier video asset scheduling An apparatus and method for allocating management functions within an interactive information distribution system between service providers and content providers whereby content providers lease respective portions of available resources within the service provider a... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433577 | Method and apparatus for reproducing television broadcast program digest An apparatus for reproducing a television broadcast program digest which stores a broadcast signal indicative of contents of at least one television broadcast program and guide data of the at least one television broadcast program. The apparatus pre-stores a period ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7424535 | Management of multimedia display content in a media exchange network A system and method for managing multimedia display content in a communication network is disclosed. An embodiment of the present invention may support the selection, scheduling, and delivery of media from a set top box at a first location to a multimedia display at... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424534 | Common media consumption across multiple media processing systems via single user control A system and method for the management of common consumption of media in a media exchange network is disclosed. Various embodiments of the present invention provide for control by a first user at a first location in a media exchange network of the simultaneous consu... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7415526 | Data-providing system, transmission server, data terminal apparatus and data-providing method A data-providing system comprising a transmission/reproduction control (control 2) section 100A and a program-organizing control (control 3) section 100B. The transmission/reproduction control (control 2) section 100A transm... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7409446 | Information-provision method and information-provision device for structuralized documents stored in different devices connected to a network The object of the present invention is to provide a method and device for using network and computer resources effectively. Resources are spread out on network 3. Spread abroad herein are: structuralized documents d1, d2 on server 1a | 08/05/2008 |
| 7404201 | Data distribution server A copy computer includes a storage device which stores a copy of contents from a distribution computer and a module which creates a copy of updated contents based on a copy request and which sends a copy of contents requested by a search computer to a distribution r... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403935 | Training, inference and user interface for guiding the caching of media content on local stores The present invention is related to caching data by employing probabilistic predictive techniques. The invention has particular application to multimedia systems for providing local storage of a subset of available viewing selections by assigning a value to a select... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7395395 | Methods, systems, and storage mediums for monitoring consumption of storage space and relocating content contained in the storage when a predetermined condition is met Exemplary embodiments relate to methods, systems, and storage mediums for managing content storage and selection activities. The method includes monitoring consumption of storage space with respect to storage capacity in at least one content device receiving content... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7389181 | Apparatus and method for producing video drive-by data corresponding to a geographic location A system and method of providing video drive-by data is provided to enable a street level view of a neighborhood surrounding a selected geographic location. The system includes a video and data server farm incorporation at least one video storage server that stores ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386273 | Receiving apparatus A decision portion decides whether a tuner can receive real-time broadcast content delivered from a server apparatus. If the real-time broadcast content can be received, a control portion controls the tuner so that it may receive the delivered real-time broadcast co... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7376829 | Terminal, data distribution system comprising such a terminal and method of re-transmitting digital data A terminal for receiving and re-transmitting information, comprises a first network adapter for receiving a primary data stream in which the information has been encoded, encrypted according to a key scheme from a primary transmitter through a first network in a fir... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376153 | Interactive streaming media production tool using communication optimization The invention provides interactive streaming mixed media production. A mixed media content creation tool includes a resource-computation element that computes the likely resource load to be imposed on a server, communication link, and client device, when sent by the... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373653 | Channel merging method for VOD system A channel merging method for a VOD system, said method comprises the steps of: in response to requests from a plurality of clients for a video program, establishing a root channel (S1) and at least one sub-channel (S11), said root channel (S1) b... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372872 | System and method for monitoring upstream and downstream transmissions in cable modern system A network monitor includes means for monitoring downstream traffic from a cable modem termination system (CMTS) to a cable modem (CM), means for monitoring upstream traffic from the CM to the CMTS, and means for identifying a data format used by the CMTS and the CM ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373414 | Multi-media system and method for simultaneously delivering multi-media data to multiple destinations A multimedia system and method that provides easy universal text searching for non-technical users, is disclosed. A configuration of the multimedia system and method of the present invention also facilitates content delivery through multiple, independent, simultaneo... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370342 | Method and apparatus for delivery of targeted video programming A system residing preferably in a television set-top box monitors the television watching habits of one or more viewers and creates one or more profiles for each viewers descriptive of various characteristics of each viewers, including television watching preference... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370343 | Electronic program guide with blackout features An interactive television program guide for supporting programming blackouts is provided. In some embodiments, the interactive television program guide may unschedule the reminding and recording of blacked-out programs that have been scheduled by a user for remindin... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367043 | System and method for generating metadata for programming events Metadata for a programming event may be generated by receiving descriptive information and timing information for the programming event and analyzing this information to determine category goodness of fit scores for the programming event corresponding to categories ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363646 | Video on demand methods and systems An entertainment head-end provides broadcast programming, video-on-demand services, and HTML-based interactive programming through a distribution network to client terminals in subscribers' homes. A number of different features are provided, including novel user int... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360233 | Broadcast carousel system access for remote home communication terminal Systems and methods are disclosed for providing objects to a remote digital home communication terminal (remote DHCT) via a gateway device located at a customer premises. One such method, among others, includes receiving a message from a remote DHCT requesting a car... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356241 | Data recording and/or reproducing apparatus A data recording and/or reproducing apparatus for recording, reproducing or editing of video and audio data includes an input processing unit, having an input processing control portion for controlling data inputting to a recording medium, an output processing contr... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7343614 | Program delivery system for VOD A novel network manager for use with a cable television system headend capable of monitoring and managing headend components and set top terminals in a television delivery system. The invention relates to methods and apparatus that manage and coordinate the receptio... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340263 | Methods and apparatus for displaying textual data embedded in broadcast media signals According to embodiments of the present invention, a broadcast media signal is received at a broadcast media receiver. The broadcast media signal includes textual data. The textual data is extracted and is transmitted over a wireless coupling to a wireless terminal.... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336886 | Method for playback flow control A method for playing data in a playback apparatus is disclosed. The method includes playing the data stored in storing media installed in the playback apparatus with a playback acceleration. ... | 02/26/2008 |
