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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...
7379721 Radio station preference translational mapping  
A user's media preferences can be obtained and stored for later use in setting up a currently-available media device. The media device inputs are programmed based on the media device's capabilities...
7373122 Reproduction device information setting method, and information setting program  
A setting information transmission means 1 c transmits setting information (area information) concerning broadcast reception of a reproducing apparatus 1 itself and set by a user, to an...
7362952 Personal digital assistant apparatus  
A personal digital assistant (PDA) apparatus and a recording and reproduction apparatus improved in convenience in use by reflecting the viewing situation in the PDA into the recording and...
7356341 Scheduling communications in a wireless network  
Systems and techniques are disclosed relating to wireless communications. The systems and techniques involve wireless communications wherein a module or communications device is configured to...
7356304 Subscription expiration notification date  
A system and method for providing subscription service notification at a mobile digital radio device is described. The method includes determining a digital radio subscription service expiration...
7353016 Call intercept methods, such as for customer self-support on a mobile device  
A method for intercepting calls from a remote or mobile device for customer self-support detects when users or subscribers dial one or more predetermined numbers. If the number corresponds to one...
7340258 Mobile phone combined with satellite radio capability  
A wireless telephony network provides satellite radio program information and content, in addition to conventional wireless telephony services, to eligible mobile stations of the wireless telephony...
7340212 Method and system for delivery of location-specific data using digital satellite broadcast  
A method and system for location-specific delivery of digital satellite broadcast data comprising determining a current service location, selecting a satellite radio band based on the...
7336925 Graphical indication of a proximately located device  
A system for displaying a graphical indication of a proximately located device is disclosed. When a mobile terminal (e.g., a mobile telephone) equipped with short-range communications (e.g.,...
7328004 Advertising system using radio communication between advertiser and consumer  
Advertisement system and method of advertising by using one or more advertiser devices, which each corresponds to an advertisement which is perceptible by a user of a consumer device. The...
7310496 Broadcast receiver  
In digital broadcast systems, it is common to broadcast besides main services additional services like news services. Typically, these additional services are regularly updated and broadcasted by a...
7295804 System of receiving signals with isofrequency retransmission  
The present invention concerns a system of receiving signals comprising a retransmission base to amplify signals captured at a point in a domestic environment and retransmit them at the same...
7263469 Multiple RF signal switching apparatus  
An RF multiple switching apparatus, such as one included in or coupled to a broadcast satellite signal receiver, having a plurality of multiple RF signal input ports for receiving respective ones...
7242903 Digital receiver with aural interface  
A digital audio receiver particularly beneficial to the sight-impaired and controlled by the broadcaster has means for separating and storing audio clips transmitted by the broadcaster to be...
7231176 Methods and system for retrieving music information from wireless telecommunication devices  
A real-time music information retrieval system and methods for providing desired music information via text message to radio or television stations listeners through wireless communication devices....
7224935 Telematics application for implementation in conjunction with a satellite broadcast delivery system  
A method of showing approval or disapproval of an item overheard on an audio system. The method includes sending an item via radio waves to an audio system, listening to the item on the audio...
7221903 Communications terminal device allowing content reception and voice communication  
In a terminal, a content reproduction section reproduces a video signal and an audio signal from a received transport stream. A telephony processing section performs processing necessary for voice...
7206591 Toneless telemetry in a wireless system  
The present invention is directed to indoor/outdoor wireless communication systems and methods. Communications between an indoor unit and outdoor unit do not require telemetry tones. The input DC...
7200357 Automotive storage and playback device and method for using the same  
An automotive storage and playback device and method for using the same are described. The automotive storage and playback device is capable of being detachably coupled to an automobile. The device...
7177638 Aircraft in-flight entertainment system including digital radio service and associated methods  
An aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system includes a headend unit, and a plurality of seat electronic boxes (SEBs) spaced throughout the aircraft. The headend unit includes a digital...
7177592 Wireless communication system with split spot beam payload  
A wireless communication system includes multiple wireless communication platforms carrying reflectors for providing spot beams. By using multiple platforms, the payload can be split. Each platform...
7177590 System and method for implementing a retransmission bridge  
A method of and apparatus for implementing a radio retransmission bridge is disclosed. The method and apparatus includes devices and operations for creating a retransmission bridge software object...
7177589 Satellite entertainment receiver system  
A satellite entertainment receiver system for receiving satellite broadcasts. The system includes a receiver for receiving the satellite broadcasts, a tuner for tuning the receiver to a satellite...
7174126 Technique for effectively accessing programming listing information in an entertainment delivery system  
In a broadband communications system, e.g., a cable system, programming content can be readily reserved and accessed for viewing using an interactive program guide, a network home graphic user...
7158800 Method and system for limiting content diffusion to local receivers  
Content is distributed from a source to a sink only if the sink is within a predetemined distance from a source. In one embodiment, a control signal is sent over a limited range channel to the sink...
7158753 Wireless communications system and method  
This invention discloses a method and a system for communicating with a user including wirelessly broadcasting content which is accessible to a multiplicity of users and which includes at least...
7149471 Portable cellular phone  
Music data stored in a data card 101 is input into a portable cellular phone 110 , and also a plurality of pieces of application software ( 131, 133 ) suitable for a music data format defined in...
7149470 Direct broadcast receiver utilizing LNB in cascade  
A direct broadcast system receiving a plurality of broadcast signals within a direct broadcast receiver having an outdoor unit (ODU) is provided. The ODU includes a first low noise block (LNB) and...
7146130 Wireless local access network system detection and selection  
Method and apparatus for detection and selection of Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) service. A cellular network may provide an advertisement for a WLAN, such as in an overhead signaling message....
7130633 Method and system for establishing communication to a mobile module  
The current invention provides a method and system for establishing communication to a mobile module. A plurality of call signals is initiated into the mobile module from a plurality of remote...
7130576 Signal selector and combiner for broadband content distribution  
In a satellite receiving system, program channels are selected from one or more broadband signals and combined with other selected channels and transmitted from a first unit, for example an outdoor...
7113741 Optimized method of transmitting multimedia content  
An optimized method for the transmission of multimedia contents between a multimedia content transmitter and a multimedia content receiver in a mobile radio network transmitting a multimedia...
7113739 Digital broadcast receiver  
A digital broadcast receiver (mobile's receiver terminal) 1 for receiving a digital broadcast signal DS carrying many contents and also outputting the content based on thus received digital...
7110720 Local area internet radio receiver/transmitter  
In accordance with the invention, radio program content or other audio communications and music are transmitted as digital information through the Internet to an Internet radio receiver/transmitter...
7103311 System and method for dynamically configuring a cellular radio network topology based on content demand  
A broadband digital broadcast 1 network is described in which the cellular topology is dynamically configurable to maintain spectral efficiency. The reconfiguration of the topology occurs in...
7099622 Controlling channel switching in a UMTS network  
In a UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN), a method of switching from a current common channel to a dedicated channel for a UE. The method comprises estimating the round trip delay for...
7088952 APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING PROGRAM INFORMATION, COMMUNICATING SYSTEM, METHOD OF TRANSMITTING PROGRAM INFORMATION, METHOD OF INSTRUCTING PROGRAM RECORDING OPERATION, AND METHOD OF INSTRUCTING PROGRAM PURCHASING OPERATION  
Program guide information of the program to be broadcast by the broadcast station 1 is reserved in the EPG server 15 of the center station 11. The EPG server 15 retrieves for each user, the...
7085529 Method and apparatus for determining a direct-to-home satellite receiver multi-switch type  
The system and method described herein is used to determine the type of multi-switch connected to a direct-to-home satellite integrated receiver/decoder. The system looks for a predetermined marker...
7079863 Digital broadcasting receiving apparatus  
A digital broadcasting receiving apparatus has a fixed unit and a portable unit removably attached to the fixed unit. The fixed unit includes a tuner portion, a first memory, an audio decoder...
7076202 System and method for providing an electronic program guide of live and cached radio programs accessible to a mobile device  
An electronic program guide for the radio (radio EPG) depicts radio programs available via the Internet or analog transmission. The radio EPG displays the programming available for a plurality of...
7062222 Initiating a wireless connection to a broadcast program  
A method and system for users to select and participate in call-in broadcast programs are disclosed. A user speaks a station name into a mobile device, providing an indication that the request is...
7010263 System and method for distributing music and data  
A system and method for distributing music and data. The music or data is first transmitted to a consumer via a satellite radio network. The system includes a satellite radio receiver for the user...
6993290 Portable personal radio system and method  
An information handling system includes a content database for storing content, a receiver for receiving information relating to a subscriber personal profile including subscriber content...
6975836 Data broadcasting system, receiving terminal device, contents providing server, and contents providing method  
A data broadcasting system of the present invention transmits contents used in a program and presentation control data specifying the manner of presentation of each content, in multiplex by...
6968154 Avoidance of interference between items of electrical apparatus  
The invention relates to the simultaneous operation of items of electrical apparatus, such as but not exclusively, a broadcast data receiver and a DECT telephone system. A problem with this type of...
6965770 Dynamic content delivery responsive to user requests  
A method and system for establishing a dynamic content delivery system (DCDS) is disclosed. In one embodiment, a Bluetooth enabled mobile communications unit is used to communicate with a server in...
6963725 Information communication terminal apparatus  
An information communication terminal apparatus which is capable of performing search processing or preset processing for received services within a short period of time. There is provided an...
6961549 Method for recording an audio broadcast by user preference  
A method for recording an audio broadcast by user preference has been developed. The method includes recording an audio broadcast and then converting the broadcast to text. The text is then scanned...
6937870 Wireless interactive transaction system  
A method and system for enabling automatic or semi-automatic interactive responses to electronic queries using audio-band coded data as the query medium and wireless data communications as the...
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