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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8104063 | Information storage apparatus, its control method, and storage medium An information storage apparatus for processing a plurality of broadcast contents, where each content is subject to a respective use condition, includes a storage unit for storing such contents, a control unit configured to manage a respective recording reservation ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099755 | Systems and methods for controlling the encoding of a media stream Systems and methods are described for providing a media stream transmitted from an encoding system to a remotely-located media player. The media stream is encoded according to an encoding parameter. Data is gathered about a transmit buffer within the encoding system... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8091109 | Set-top box-based TV streaming and redirecting A method for redirecting video content includes receiving a video signal at the set-top box and decoding the video signal to produce unrendered video data. The unrendered video data is encoded and provided to the remote device via a wide area network. By encoding un... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8091110 | Client-server based interactive television program guide system with remote server recording An interactive television program guide system is provided. An interactive television program guide provides users with an opportunity to select programs for recording on a remote media server. Programs may also be recorded on a local media server. The program guide... | 01/03/2012 |
| RE42905 | System for information on demand The present invention provides a system for serving information data such as video data to one or more users, comprising: one or more storage medium units for storing data of said information data; one or more end devices for receipt of said information data by the ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8051454 | Personal media broadcasting system with output buffer A personal media broadcasting system enables video distribution over a computer network and allows a user to view and control media sources over a computer network from a remote location. A personal broadcaster receives an input from one or more types of media sourc... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8051453 | System and method for presenting content on a wireless mobile computing device using a buffer A handheld electronic device for use at a venue hosting a live sporting event, having a receiver for receiving a wireless RF transmission conveying a plurality of video streams derived from video cameras filming the live sporting event, a display and a user interfac... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8042140 | Buffering content on a handheld electronic device A handheld device receives a wireless RF transmission that includes multiple video streams and buffers all video streams or selected video streams based on an identification of video streams to buffer. The device might also buffer all or selected audio streams or ot... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7996875 | Adaptive timeshift service An adaptive timeshift service is described. In embodiment(s), television content can be distributed from a live content server to television client devices, and the television content that is distributed from the live content server can be recorded at a timeshift se... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7937736 | Media content rebroadcast Media content rebroadcast is described. In embodiments, requests for a missing data segment of television media content are received from client devices that determine the missing data segment has not been received. The requests from the client devices can be priori... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7921446 | Fast-start streaming and buffering of streaming content for personal media player A personal media broadcasting system enables video distribution over a computer network and allows a user to view and control media sources over a computer network from a remote location. A personal broadcaster receives an input from one or more types of media sourc... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7913283 | 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... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7810124 | Robust mode staggercasting fast channel change A method and apparatus for staggercasting a plurality of content representative signals includes encoding a first and a corresponding second signal representing each of the plurality of content representative signals. A composite signal is generated comprising the p... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7805745 | Media content rebroadcast Media content rebroadcast is described. In embodiment(s), a content distributor broadcasts television media content to client devices, and caches the television media content that is broadcast. A client device can receive the television media content and then reques... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7770199 | Media playing A fast access storage device, e.g., a disc, stores initial portions of many movies. A tape library stores many tapes, for the remainder of each movie. A controller controls drives for the disc and tape so the remainder of a particular movie is read from the tape aft... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7743399 | Network-based service to provide on-demand video summaries of television programs A network-based device allows customers to receive television programming and to view summaries of the programming. A method of providing the summaries comprises: dividing a received program into program segments each identified by index marks, summarizing each prog... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7707614 | Personal media broadcasting system with output buffer A personal media broadcasting system enables video distribution over a computer network and allows a user to view and control media sources over a computer network from a remote location. A personal broadcaster receives an input from one or more types of media sourc... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7681223 | Audio/video reproducing system, audio/video device therein, and audio/video reproducing method therewith An audio/video reproducing system, an audio/video device therein, and an audio/video reproducing method therewith are provided that allow appreciation of a great deal of audio or video using a recording medium with a small capacity. A server writes only a par... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7681222 | Method of reducing disc workload in a video-on-demand system by seamlessly replacing memory-based video streams with disc-based video streams, and visa-versa In a video-on-demand system, memory-based video streams are seamlessly replaced with disc-based video streams. This is achieved by first switching each memory-based video stream to a mixed video stream; and later, switching each mixed video stream to a disc-based vi... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7681224 | Method and system for transmitting data of moving picture, and apparatus for delivering and receiving data of moving picture In the transmission of a moving picture, when the user switches video sources (for example, switches channels or starts reproducing a recorded program), the selected video source can be swiftly started to display. Immediately after a delivery apparatus makes a video... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7665113 | Rate adaptive video transmission and synchronization system The present invention, in particular embodiments, is directed to methods, apparatuses and systems directed to rate adaptive video transmission. In a particular implementation, the present invention provides a video server that delivers video frames received from a v... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7647614 | Fast-start streaming and buffering of streaming content for personal media player A personal media broadcasting system enables video distribution over a computer network and allows a user to view and control media sources over a computer network from a remote location. A personal broadcaster receives an input from one or more types of media sourc... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7610605 | Method and apparatus for conversion and distribution of data utilizing trick-play requests and meta-data information A data distribution system includes a server apparatus and a decoding terminal. In the server apparatus, the access unit information of data to be transmitted is read from a data storage unit in accordance with a trick play request. The access unit information is co... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7443883 | Method and system of providing customer premise equipment code A method and system for providing customer premise equipment (CPE) code to one or more pieces of CPE in a cable system having a national code repository (NCR) in communication with a number of headend units, wherein the headend units deliver code received from the N... | 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 |
| 7424730 | Multimedia presentation latency minimization Systems and methods for presenting time-varying multimedia content are described. In one aspect, a lower quality data stream for an initial portion of the multimedia content is received. The lower quality data stream is received at a rate faster than a real-time pla... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421726 | Method of seamlessly replacing disc-based video streams with memory-based video streams in a video-on-demand system In a video-on-demand system, disc-based video streams are seamlessly replaced with memory-based video streams. This is achieved by first switching each disc-based video stream to a mixed video stream; and later, switching each mixed video stream to a memory-based vi... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7383564 | 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... | 06/03/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7366402 | Method and apparatus of recording a high definition digital television broadcast signal The present invention relates to a method and apparatus of recording a directly-received digital television broadcast signal. This method demodulates a received high definition digital television broadcast signal, extracts transport stream belonging to a chosen chan... | 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 |
| 7363096 | Digital audio signal filtering mechanism and method Essentially all of the processing parameters which control processing of a source audio signal to produce an encoded audio signal are stored in an audio processing profile. Multiple audio processing profiles are stored in a processing profile database such that spec... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359616 | Service providing apparatus, service providing method, receiving terminal apparatus, receiving method, and service providing system A service providing apparatus for providing an editing environment for video data recorded on a record medium that is sent is disclosed, that includes a part for creating index pictures using the video data that is sent and transmitting the created index pictures fr... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359620 | Information transmitting method, information processing method and apparatus, and information recording and reproducing method and apparatus For example, in case of distributing contents by BS broadcast and recording a transmitted TS stream into a storage device, even if the stream has been encrypted, a trick play can be easily performed. A start marker packet and an end marker packet are sent just befor... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359981 | Video proxy server A video proxy server capable of streaming video data after a seek position in quick response to a request from a terminal while caching the video data without any loss. When the video proxy server receives a seek playback request while executing a video reading and ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7333711 | Data distribution apparatus and method, and data distribution system A special playback request made by a user is input into a special playback controller. Transmission data to be transmitted to a decoding terminal based on the special playback request and insertion data to be transmitted together with the transmission data are read ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7318107 | System and method for automatic stream fail-over A method is described comprising: maintaining a plurality of data relating to client streaming connections across a plurality of servers; and assigning a particular client streaming connection to a first server upon detecting that a second server previously serving ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7318196 | User interface for presenting media information A user interface and methods for using a user interface for controlling processing of time-based media files. In one exemplary method, a graphical representation of a time line for a time-based media is displayed along with a graphical representation of a current ti... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7299487 | Control program, for a co-processor in a video-on-demand system, which uses transmission control lists to send video data packets with respective subgroups of internet protocol headers A control program for a co-processor in a video-on-demand system directs the co-processor to perform the steps of: a) obtain a transmission control list, from an external source, which identifies a group of several video data packets and a respective subgroup of int... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7299486 | Control program, for a supervisor processor in a video-on-demand system, which builds subgroups of internet protocol headers and transmission control lists A control program for a supervisor processor in a video-on-demand system directs the supervisor processor to perform the steps of: a) transfer a group of video data packets, from an externally stored complete video into a memory for the supervisor processor; b) buil... | 11/20/2007 |
