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US20120254906 |
MOVIE RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM AND MOVIE RECOMMENDATION METHOD
It is provided a movie recommendation system comprising a log holding unit a movie information input unit including a movie basic information input unit and a movie extended information input unit,...
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US20110214153 |
HOSPITAL TV/MONITOR DISPLAY CONTROL WITH HIERARCHICAL ACCESS CONTROL
An interactive communication system (400) includes a plurality of in-room video communications system (1250) each including an audio microphone (460), a video camera (440), an audio speaker (470),...
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US20110053491 |
TAGGING OF BROADCAST CONTENT USING A PORTABLE MEDIA DEVICE CONTROLLED BY AN ACCESSORY
Track-identifying information can be collected from a broadcast using a portable media device capable of receiving broadcast content in combination with an accessory capable of communicating user...
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US20110214144 |
VIDEO-ENABLED COMMUNITY BUILDING
A system and method that provide media content owners the capability to achieve community building goals by exploiting video processing capabilities using rich, interactive and compelling media...
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US20110035780 |
IPTV Session Management
A session management involves registering at least one IPTV application (54) in a registration table (170) so that the registration table (170) comprises at least a respective identifier of the...
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US20120072946 |
CUSTOMIZED BARKER CHANNELS FOR VIEWERS OF A CABLE SYSTEM
A barker management system provides customized barker channels to a viewer, where the barker management system may be integrated into a VOD service. In one embodiment, the headend is informed when...
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US20120102515 |
METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MONITOR AUDIO/VISUAL CONTENT FROM VARIOUS SOURCES
Methods and apparatus to monitor audio/visual content from various sources are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein comprises determining first information based on a video signal...
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US20110134203 |
MEDICAL VIDEO CALL DISTRIBUTOR
A central switch is linked to at least one field video station (FVS) and at least one remote specialist video station (SVS) via a communication network, typically the Internet. Each FVS station...
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US20100319014 |
Multimedia Mobile Personalization System
A multimedia mobile personalization system allows a user to record and play multimedia content on a set top box at a location other than his home using the user's preferences from his home DVR.
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US20120317599 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
A system and method for sending emergency communications. An indicator of an emergency is received through a set-top box. A location associated with the emergency is determined. A message...
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US20050229231 |
Converter-assisted video encoder
A system may include a decoder, an encoder, and a storage device. The decoder may decode encoded video information having a first format into intermediate video information. The decoder may also...
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US20100333160 |
SEGMENTATION OF MULTICAST DISTRIBUTED SERVICES
The present invention relates to methods and arrangements to optimize bandwidth usage in a Multicast Services Control System (MSCS) for digital information transport. The system comprises a service...
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US20060156361 |
Remote viewing system
A remote viewing system is disclosed for providing video and/or audio surveillance of an entry or doorway of a building. The system is provided within the panels of the entry or doorway door. A...
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US20110119720 |
Set Top Box With Capability to Support User Identification
A method for performing a service action on a particular set top box based on a particular private identifier associated with the particular set top box is disclosed. At a database associated with...
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US20130080218 |
CUSTOMIZED CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM
A method includes receiving an access code at one or more server computers from a user device that is associated with a user. In response to receiving the access code at the one or more server...
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US20120023522 |
TARGETED IMPRESSION MODEL FOR BROADCAST NETWORK ASSET DELIVERY
Systems and methods are presented for insertion of assets into a stream of content (e.g., audio and/or video programming). Such assets may be targeted to network users separate from the surrounding...
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US20060200842 |
Picture-in-picture (PIP) alerts
Strategies are described for detecting events that match pre-established criteria based on a consumer profile, formulating picture-in-picture (PIP) alerts based on the matching events, and...
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US20110099570 |
Cable Diagnostic and Monitoring System
A cable television method for a cable television network involves sending a polling message to a modem forming a part of a television set top box from a cable television headend via a cable...
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US20110205329 |
Video Conferencing Utilizing A Cable Set-Top Box
Video conferencing using a set-top box in a cable television services system is provided. A video call may be received over a network connection from a calling party device at a receiving set-top...
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US20080115178 |
CUSTOMER CONFIGURABLE VIDEO RICH NAVIGATION (VRN)
A method and system of supporting customer configurable video rich navigation (CC-VRN). The CC-VRN associated with facilitating customer selection of video or other contents streams for...
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US20130061278 |
Method and System for Implementing Interaction between Set-Top Box (STB) and Home Gateway
The present invention provides a Set-Top Box, a home gateway, and a method and a system for implementing interaction between the Set-Top Box and the home gateway, and the method comprises: the...
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US20120131608 |
Remote Healthcare Services Over Internet Protocol Television
A particular method includes communicating a media stream in response to receiving a channel change request (e.g., a request to view an interactive health channel) from a first device associated...
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US20050183132 |
Digital closed circuit television system
A digital closed circuit television system is disclosed enabling high-definition digital video and other information to be transmitted over standard co-axial cable as well as including...
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US20110093908 |
REQUESTING EMERGENCY SERVICES VIA REMOTE CONTROL
A method and system for contacting emergency service providers may allow using a remote control (RC) at a multimedia content distribution network (MCDN) client location. An MCDN user may use the...
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US20060259933 |
Integrated mobile surveillance system
A mobile video surveillance apparatus comprises a single equipment chassis and enclosure within a motor vehicle, and plural video cameras mounted on the motor vehicle; the chassis incorporating a...
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US20110231867 |
SYSTEM AND METHODOLOGY FOR DISTRIBUTED DELIVERY OF ONLINE CONTENT IN RESPONSE TO CLIENT SELECTIONS FROM AN ONLINE CATALOG
A system and methodology for distributed delivery of online content in response to client selections from an online catalog is described. In one embodiment, for example, a system of the present...
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US20090083787 |
Pivotable Events Timeline
A pivotable events timeline is described. In embodiment(s), a pivotable events timeline can include event indicators of events associated with television media content. The event indicators can be...
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US20110099569 |
Cable Diagnostic and Monitoring System
A cable television diagnostic method for a cable television network consistent with certain embodiments involves sending a polling message to a plurality of modems forming a part of a plurality of...
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US20100315227 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION OF A LOCATION THROUGH A SET-TOP BOX
A system and method for determining a location of a set-top box. An indicator of an emergency is received through the set-top box. The location of the set-top box is determined utilizing global...
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US20120297416 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING TRANSACTIONS OVER A TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
Lotteries and other games of chance are provided to a user via a telecommunications system, such as internet, television or a cellular or wireless network. A similar user experience is provided via...
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US20110197221 |
AD SELECTION BASED ON PROMOTIONAL COUPON REDEMPTION
A cable service provider system provides a subscriber of a cable system access to a program in response to the subscriber entering a coupon code, where the program would otherwise not be viewable,...
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US20090037964 |
SYSTEM FOR ALLOCATING MASS STORAGE FOR VIDEO-ON-DEMAND ASSETS
The Video-on-Demand Asset Mass Storage System provides the capability to determine the current Asset Multiplicity of each Distinct Asset, including identical Distinct Asset copies, and provides the...
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US20100319021 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH A SET-TOP BOX
A system and method for sending an emergency communication from a set-top box. A user and location of the user is associated with the set-top box. An indicator of an emergency is received through...
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US20120144434 |
Hospitality Set-Top to Television Interface
A set top box interface 10 for one or more televisions permits the one or more televisions to directly control one or more associated set top boxes so that the each television may provide an...
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US20130074116 |
System and Method of Message Notification and Access via a Video Distribution Network
A method includes receiving video content via an access network of a video distribution network at a set-top box device associated with a subscriber. One or more communication devices are...
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US20110197217 |
CONTROLLING ACCESS
Methods and system for controlling access to viewable content on an individual title basis. In one embodiment, the method enables a user, such as a parent, to assign passwords to individual titles,...
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US20110197235 |
SATELLITE BROADCAST RECEIVING AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
The present invention provides a satellite broadcast receiving and distribution system that will permit for the transmission of vertical and horizontal or left-hand circular and right-hand circular...
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US20130074120 |
PROVISIONING AN EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM (EAS) MESSAGE SERVICE TO USER DEVICES
A system is configured to receive, from a user device, a request for video content; obtain the video content in response to the request; process the video content to generate one or more first...
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US20080069155 |
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALOG CHANNEL REUSE IN A CABLE SYSTEM
A system and method is disclosed allowing a cable network provider to dynamically allocate a network resource, in the form of channel bandwidth, for conveying either analog or digital assets....
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US20120330738 |
System and Methods for Purchasing Services
A service provider system enables a subscriber to purchase services over a network from a service provider for the benefit of third parties located in different locations. The service provider...
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US20110302615 |
WIRELESS MESSAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
A messaging system for selectively performing an action on information, for remote retrieval of messages, for performing action on information at different times, for selective paging, for...
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US20110072456 |
System and Method for Substituting Broadband Delivered Advertisements for Expired Advertisements
An Internet Protocol television (IPTV) system includes an advertising module adapted to read metadata information associated with an advertising item included within a content item recorded on a...
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US20110030004 |
System and Method for Providing Advertisement Based on Speech Recognition
This invention relates to a system and method for providing dedicated television advertisements based on speech recognition of telephone conversations. The home user makes telephone calls using a...
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US20110154381 |
WIRELESS ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
An entertainment delivery system including a delivery station configured for receiving an order for entertainment content from a telephone, the telephone being configured to receive entertainment...
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US20110161995 |
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A BEST PRICE FOR MULTIMEDIA CONTENT
A method and system for determining a best price to rent a multimedia content being offered for viewing by at least one service provider to a plurality of users through a communication network is...
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US20120210345 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING A FREQUENTLY-ACCESSED SERVICE OR ASSET LIST ON A SECOND DISPLAY
Apparatus and methods are provided to implement a technique for using a second display with a content playback device. In one implementation, this feature provides users a frequently-accessed...
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US20120240180 |
SET-TOP BOX, EARPHONE, AND MULTIMEDIA PLAYING METHOD
A set-top box receives a multimedia program from a headend server. The multimedia program includes a video content and a plurality of corresponding audio contents each corresponding to a sign. The...
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US20100071017 |
Distributing video assets
Video assets (501) are distributed to browsing clients (106) to (108) from a server (104). Source video clips are received from an originator (101) and assembled into a contiguous video asset. The...
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US20090328125 |
VIDEO FINGERPRINT SYSTEMS AND METHODS
A method that provides identification information for a portion of a video stream includes receiving a video stream, wherein the video stream includes one or more successive video scenes, wherein...
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US20100299691 |
System and Method for Personalization of Television Content Provided by a Set-Top Box Based on a User's Context and Uniquifiers
A method for personalization of television content comprises determining if input information respective of the television content matches one or more uniquifiers of a user of a set-top box (STB),...
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