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US20090282491 Intelligent digital audiovisual playback system  
Payment-based audiovisual playback system characterized by comprising a microprocessor device associated with a payment device primarily including means for storing, inter alia, in digital format...
US20090282443 STREAMING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING KEY FRAME  
Provided is a streaming method and apparatus using key frames, the streaming method including: receiving from a key frame providing server a key frame table including metadata regarding a plurality...
US20090282098 Personal Inter-Home Media Exchange Network  
A system and method support the exchange of media between friends, family members, and 3 rd party media providers over a closed and secure media exchange network. The media may include, for...
US20090271833 METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH SUBSCRIPTION QUALITY OF SERVICE IN A VIDEO SYSTEM  
A method and apparatus for controlling access to a video system based on bandwidth consumption include processing that begins as the server monitors bandwidth utilization of connections within the...
US20090222867 Broadcast receiving apparatus, video storing apparatus, and multimedia delivering system  
An apparatus is provided which supplies cached data in a house which does not require a large-space storage device, is a broadcast receiving apparatus that is connected to a network and that...
US20090222866 Devices and/or Methods for Switching Between Program Sources  
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a method comprising: determining a second program corresponding to a received first program; recognizing an interruption of the first program; based on a...
US20090210915 Time-Based Digital Content Authorization  
Methods and apparatuses for time-based access to digital content are provided. Access to a set of digital content is provided for a predetermined period of time. During the predetermined period of...
US20090199249 SECONDARY VIDEO SUPPLEMENTS DURING VOD SERVICES  
A method for providing media to a user via an interactive media services client device coupled to a programmable media services server device includes receiving user input requesting on-screen...
US20090183213 PERSONAL TELEVISION CHANNEL AND SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF  
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media processor having a controller to transmit to a media source a request to access media content of a...
US20090180547 PROCESSING AND MANAGING PICTURES AT THE CONCATENATION OF TWO VIDEO STREAMS  
Systems and methods that receives a video stream in a transport stream, the first video stream comprising a plurality of compressed pictures, and that receives information in the video stream,...
US20090178090 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STREAMING DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT AND A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM  
The invention provides a method of streaming of digital media content made up of a stream of data frames, the method comprising: during playback in one mode of the digital media content,...
US20090178089 BROWSING AND VIEWING VIDEO ASSETS USING TV SET-TOP BOX  
Roughly described, a system and method for delivering video content to a user's client device in a video-on-demand (VOD) system, which includes providing a collection of video segments, the...
US20090172755 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOBILE MEDIA POINT-OF-SALE  
One embodiment may take the form of a method and a system for mobile media point-of-sale (POS). A mobile media-receiving device may receive, via a first network (e.g. a broadcasting network), a...
US20090158363 Management and Processing of Electronic Advertisement Information  
Systems and methods of presenting advertisements in a digital home communication terminal are disclosed. One such method comprises receiving electronic advertisement information (EAI), storing the...
US20090150923 Packetization of non-MPEG stream data in systems using advanced multi-stream POD interface  
Aspects of the present invention may be found in one or more systems and/or methods to encapsulate or packetize non-MPEG and MPEG data. The encapsulation or packetization allows both the non-MPEG...
US20090100480 Methods, systems, and products for distributing digital media  
Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for advanced distribution of digital media. A list of subscriber addresses to a new release of a digital media is retrieved at a server associated with...
US20090094639 TARGETED/ADDRESSABLE ADVERTISEMENT INSERTION  
A method and apparatus utilizing a fast channel change mechanism to insert targeted/addressable advertisements into video streams delivered to users.
US20090070836 SYSTEM TO PROVIDE INDEX AND METADATA FOR CONTENT ON DEMAND  
A content on demand system includes logic to compose information about multiple audio and/or video streams into an audio and/or video stream format, and logic to communicate the information about...
US20090064244 DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA IN THE DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM  
A digital broadcasting system and a data processing method are disclosed. A receiving system of the digital broadcasting system includes a baseband processor, a table handler, a FLUTE handler, and...
US20090055881 DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER  
There is provided a cable broadcast receiver for solving problems arising in the switching between execution of a download application and reproduction of video audio information from an external...
US20090055880 METHOD OF DISTRIBUTING VIDEO-ON-DEMAND OVER AN INTERNET PROTOCOL NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE  
The present invention provides a method of operating a set-top box that is coupled to a video display, the set-top box being configured for communication with a video content provider. One...
US20090049490 SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING MEDIA CONTENT  
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller element to receive a tout message associated with a media content...
US20090044243 Television Printing Device and Methods Thereof  
A set-top box (STB) of a television system receives web-based content, such as a web page, from a wide area network such as the Internet. The web-based content is provided to the STB for display....
US20090044234 VIDEO ON DEMAND SERVICE METHOD, VIDEO ON DEMAND RECEIVER, AND VIDEO ON DEMAND SERVER  
Provided are a video on demand (VOD) service method, a VOD receiver, and a VOD server. The VOD service method includes downloading a first content from a VOD server in a download-and-play mode,...
US20090044223 BROADCAST/VOD RECEIVER AND VIEWING MANAGEMENT METHOD  
According to one embodiment, a broadcast/VOD receiver comprises a broadcast reception processing unit which selectively receives broadcast signals and reproduces content of broadcast programs, a...
US20090031360 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING A SERVICE USING A WELCOME VIDEO  
A communication system 10 includes a service provider 12 used to provide content to a user device 14. The user device 14 is coupled to a network. A service is selected at the user device. A...
US20090019500 DOWNLOAD EXECUTION APPARATUS  
There is provided a download execution apparatus that can prevent, at least, sudden interruption of the viewing or recording by a user when a program is downloaded. An AM ( 1205 b ) includes a...
US20090007200 System and method of providing video content commentary  
A method of providing video content commentary is disclosed that includes sending video content to a first set-top box device at a first time, where the first set-top box device is associated with...
US20090007170 System and method for monitoring a real time event  
An apparatus includes a trigger module and a tuning module. The trigger module presents a notification on a display device in connection with an occurrence of a predetermined condition in a real...
US20080320542 Method and apparatus for programming a remote control using broadcast data  
A set top box 22 includes a communication module 102 receiving a remote control configuration database having a remote control associated therewith. The set top box 22 further includes a...
US20080320534 Method for creating a subscriber cable channel and set-top box for use therewith  
Media content is received from at least one external device that is coupled to a set-top box. Subscriber channel content is generated based on the media content. The subscriber channel content is...
US20080307471 DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEAMLESSLY PROVIDING BROADCASTING CONTENTS  
Disclosed is a digital broadcasting system and method for seamlessly providing digital broadcasting contents to a digital broadcasting terminal in a digital broadcasting mode. According to the...
US20080307470 CONTROL METHOD FOR AN INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE  
A count value of a clock for reproduction is stamped in a receive packet of a program A from a tuner as a first time stamp, and a first operation for synchronously reproducing the receive packet is...
US20080301736 Method, System and Apparatus for Conveying Personalized Content to a Viewer  
According to embodiments of the present invention a method, system and apparatus for conveying personalized content to a viewer is provided. A method for conveying personalized content comprises...
US20080282301 System and method of providing video content  
A method of providing video content includes receiving a channel change data packet from a set-top box device at a subscriber premise via a packet-based video distribution network. The channel...
US20080271097 System And Method For Receiving And Playing Network Television Programs  
The present invention discloses a system and method for receiving and playing network television programs. The system of the present invention comprises a program receiving unit, adapted to receive...
US20080271096 Methods and systems for interactive video transport over Ethernet networks  
The present invention provides methods and systems to remove the dependence on the IP layer (OSI layer three) in Video-on-Demand (VoD) transport networks. The present invention replaces the IP...
US20080263608 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING PROGRESSIVELY DOWNLOADED MEDIA PROGRAMS  
A system and method for presenting progressively downloaded media programs is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a Set-Top Box (STB)...
US20080263607 Downloading and Transfer of Audio or Video Data from Video Broadcasts  
A method for purchasing, downloading, and transferring audio and/or video data files through video broadcasts is disclosed. The user signals the set-top box of his video viewing system that he is...
US20080256581 Apparatus and Method for Interactive Multimedia Service in Access Network  
A system and method for providing an interactive multimedia service to a user in an access network are provided. The system includes a multimedia service providing server and a user terminal. The...
US20080244668 SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING MEDIA STATIONS  
A system and apparatus for searching media stations is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set-top box having a video processor...
US20080235742 CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND SERVER APPARATUS AND RECEIVING APPARATUS USED IN THIS CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM  
A server apparatus includes a memory which stores a management table relating content identification information for specifying the content and a trick play request and a trick play data, and a...
US20080229375 LOCALLY STORED VIDEO CONTENT HAVING A VIDEO RESOLUTION ASSOCIATED WITH REMOTE DEVICES  
The present invention is directed to systems and methods for forwarding locally stored video content that has a video resolution associated with receiving remote devices. More specifically, set top...
US20080222685 Karaoke system provided through an internet protocol television system  
Particular embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide methods and systems to support a karaoke system provided via a set-top box and internet protocol television system. An example...
US20080216136 METHODS AND APPARATUS SUPPORTING THE RECORDING OF MULTIPLE SIMULTANEOUSLY BROADCAST PROGRAMS COMMUNICATED USING THE SAME COMMUNICATIONS CHANNEL  
A user recovers and records multiple programs communicated simultaneously using a communications channel, e.g., QAM communications channel. The simultaneous communication may be by communicating,...
US20080201749 Method For Authentication On A Subscriber Terminal  
An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for performing authentication on a subscriber terminal in a digital television (DTV) network which comprises at least one subscriber...
US20080196071 Method and system to provide interactive television content  
Methods and systems for providing interactive television are provided. A method may include sending television content received from a content source to a user device. The method may also include...
US20080184321 Interactive program guide systems and processes  
Interactive program guide systems and related processes are provided which can automatically tune a television, or program a VCR, based on program selections made from program schedule information...
US20080168510 System and method of routing video data  
A method of routing video data includes receiving data from a Video on Demand (VoD) content source at a network management system, the data indicating a first set-top box device requesting VoD...
US20080168486 IPTV receiver and method for controlling contents viewing in the IPTV receiver  
A method for controlling contents viewing in an internet protocol television (IPTV) receiver, the method comprises receiving contents and service discovery information from a external server,...
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