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7246318 Application programming interface for utilizing multimedia data  
A computing system, which is in communication with a multimedia source and that includes at least one application for processing multimedia content from the multimedia source, includes an...
7246169 Content distribution reservation method, content distribution method, reservation management device, and program  
To allow a distributor to take into account the capacity of content distribution targets or service fee when making a reservation for live distribution of content. In a content supply system 100 ,...
7243156 Information distribution method and system  
A method and system for integrating plural disparate information sources into a single stream of information using middleware. Data received from real-time sources (e.g., stock quotes) is given...
7243341 Scripting language for processing typed structured data  
A method and apparatus for encoding/decoding between interchange format data and structured data utilizes a scripting language. The structure of the data can be controlled by the sequence of...
7240358 Methods and apparatus for scheduling, serving, receiving media-on demand for clients, servers arranged according to constraints on resources  
A media object is scheduled for transmission between a server and a client. The media object is partitioned into segments of blocks, wherein each block is a unit of media for which a client will...
7240120 Universal decoder for use in a network media player  
A media player coupled to a network contains a processor, non-volatile memory, volatile memory, a driver, and input and output ports. The media player receives a media file over the network that...
7240121 Content providing apparatus and content providing method  
The present invention is applied to the distribution of music and videos via the Internet. Single stream content is divided into a plurality of parts A to D in a time-series manner, and a first...
7240350 System and method for providing communications to processes  
A system and method provides communications to processes, handles transmissions of communications received from processes, and allows other manipulations of transmissions upon request by processes...
7240040 Method of generating of DFA state machine that groups transitions into classes in order to conserve memory  
A method for generating look-up tables for a high speed multi-bit Real-time Deterministic Finite state Automaton (hereinafter RDFA). The method begins with a DFA generated in accordance with the...
7239412 True print preview method and apparatus  
A computer/printer system and method which includes and involves a screen-display device with a display screen, and wherein requests for a document print preview results in the direct and accurate...
7237033 Duplicating switch for streaming data units to a terminal  
Streaming to a terminal by using a duplicating switch to receive a stream of data units, using the duplicating switch to store content from the stream, using the duplicating switch to generate a...
7237269 Method and system for secure activation of web clipping applications  
The invention disclosed is a method and system for the secure activation of web clipping applications upon a portable information device (PID). In an embodiment of the invention, the method first...
7237039 Method and apparatus for compressing a stream  
An apparatus and method, in a data network to compress headers of packets that carry media information having an RTP TS which cannot be linearly extrapolated from the RTP SN.
7237254 Seamless switching between different playback speeds of time-scale modified data streams  
In a network environment, multimedia content is streamed from a server computer to a client computer via the network. A user of the client computer can alter the speed at which the multimedia...
7237222 Protocol for controlling an execution process on a destination computer from a source computer  
A data protocol permitting a source computer to initiate execution of an execution process on a destination computer uses XML data in which different complex data types correspond to different...
7237017 Micronode in a satellite based content delivery system  
A small edge node in an internet broadcasting system that receives satellite delivered content, redelivers the content to a last mile internet service provider, and performs other edge node...
7237131 Transaction-based power management in a computer system  
A method and an apparatus for power management in a computer system have been disclosed. One embodiment of the method includes monitoring transactions over an interconnect coupling a chipset device...
7234003 Method and apparatus to facilitate direct transfer of data between a data device and a network connection  
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates transferring data between a data device and a data terminal across a network. The system initializes itself by...
7231454 Multimedia data relay system, multimedia data relay apparatus, and multimedia data relay method  
In this invention, relay processing is executed for multimedia data input from a server without using any storage device. A plurality of processing units that execute the same processing are...
7231453 Temporal drift correction  
Temporal drift correction may be provided in a real-time audio communication system by measuring a size of a receiving data buffer and comparing that size to a predetermined nominal data buffer...
7228550 System and method for making communication streams available to processes executing under control of an operating system but without the intervention of the operating system  
A system and method provides communications to processes, handles transmissions of communications received from processes, and allows other manipulations of transmissions upon request by processes...
7228562 Stream server apparatus, program, and NAS device  
A stream server that includes a first interface for transmitting and receiving packets to and from a client apparatus belonging to a particular network without involvement of a firewall apparatus...
7228341 Method and system for electronically distributing, displaying and controlling advertising and other communicative media  
A method for facilitating the electronic scheduling for playback of a variety of media such as music or video is disclosed. In the described system, discrete items of content (such as music or...
7228356 IGMP expedited leave triggered by MAC address  
Method and apparatus for improving channel changing or channel surfing functionality in IGMP supported services.
7225271 System and method for recognizing application-specific flows and assigning them to queues  
A system assigns network traffic flows to appropriate queues and/or queue servicing algorithms based upon one or more flow parameters contained in reservation requests associated with the traffic...
7225228 Efficient binary content distribution using propagating messages  
A method and system allows any peer to efficiently distribute content to all other peers in a peer group using existing propagation mechanisms. According to the invention, binary contents are...
7222163 System and method for hosting of video content over a network  
A system and method that provide a hosted application and associated services for encoding, indexing, publishing and searching video media to content owners on a public network. The system and...
7222088 Service system  
A server system for providing services from servers to clients can provide prompt responses and various services with small-scale server apparatuses. Data transmission between the servers and the...
7222183 Authorized units music distribution system  
Systems for distributing music to a plurality of customers via the Internet provide each customer with a uniquely identified proprietary device for receiving, playing and recording music. A music...
7222185 Methods and apparatus for distributing content within a content delivery system  
A system controller selects a transmission mode for content distribution based upon the relative popularity of the content within the content distribution system. The system controller receives a...
7216165 Steaming media quality assessment system  
A streaming media assessment system comprises assessment servers, media clients, data collection points, helper agents, and report servers. An assessment tool is downloaded or otherwise installed...
7216178 System and method for distributing music to customers over the internet using uniquely identified proprietary devices  
Systems for distributing music to a plurality of customers via the Internet provide each customer with a uniquely identified proprietary device for receiving, playing and recording music. A music...
7212498 Measurement of quality of service  
A method of measuring quality of service includes receiving, from a content server, a transmission of a first media stream and comparing that first media stream with a second media stream that...
7212622 Call routing system  
A networking system includes telephone switches and data network gateways for routing calls either over the public telephone network or over the packet switched data network. A router examines...
7209946 Negotiated wireless peripheral security systems  
Methods, apparatus, and business techniques are disclosed for use in mobile network communication systems. A mobile unit such as a smart phone is preferably equipped with a wireless local area...
7209972 High speed data transfer mechanism  
A storage and data management system establishes a data transfer pipeline between an application and a storage media using a source data mover and a destination data mover. The data movers are...
7206811 System and method for facilitating real-time collaborating by collapsing a queue for a slow client  
A system and method for facilitating real-time collaboration. A real-time collaboration server comprises a number of communication modules for handling communications with individual clients. An...
7206854 Seamless arbitrary data insertion for streaming media  
An arrangement for inserting advertisement media into a streaming multimedia file destined for an end-user uses a caching inserter including a first cache for storing a loaded advertisement file...
7203194 Method and system for encoding wide striped cells  
A system and method for encoding wide striped cells that carry packets of data across stripes. The method encodes an initial block of a first wide striped cell is encoded with initial cell encoding...
7203759 System and method for receiving multi-media messages  
A system and method of delivering a multi-media message to a recipient is disclosed. The multi-media message is created by a sender and contains a talking entity for delivering a sender message. A...
7203763 Server cluster interconnection using network processor  
A server farm formed by a plurality of computer systems joined together by a network processor which transfers data exchanged with an external network supported by the server farm at a data rate...
7203757 Device, method and program for protocol translation  
A protocol translation device realizes the merit of communications via the T/TCP protocol even if only one of devices in communication is compatible with T/TCP. The protocol translation device...
7203758 System and method for selective insertion of content into streaming media  
Method and system for server side insertion of rich content into a media stream uses an insertion plugin to redirect users' requests for streaming media through a server, and operates on either...
7200669 Method and system for delivering large amounts of data with interactivity in an on-demand system  
A method and system for delivering data over a network to a large number of clients, which may be suitable for building large-scale Video-on-Demand (VOD) systems. In current VOD systems, the client...
7200679 Creating distributed proxy configurations  
Server-to-user delivery of a data stream associated with a service provided by the server is effectuated by selecting the server and, automatically and without manual intervention, providing in a...
7200855 Method and apparatus of multiplexing a plurality of channels in a multimedia system  
A method and apparatus for multiplexing a plurality of channels within a multimedia system includes processing that begins by receiving a plurality of channels from a multimedia source. The...
7200670 MPEG flow identification for IP networks  
The payloads of IP packets are checked to actually determine if a packet contains MPEG-2 video rather than using predefined streams or priority levels that are assumed to contain such information...
7200575 Managing access to digital content  
Systems and methods of managing access to digital content are described. In one aspect, a novel digital content access management system enables users to register previously owned digital content...
7197557 Method and system for evaluating quality of service for streaming audio and video  
A system for measuring performance of streaming media sent from a server over a network. The system includes a data acquisition agent connected to the network and operable to send a request for...
7197570 System and method to send predicted application streamlets to a client device  
A method and system for streaming software applications to a client uses an application server having a library with the application files stored therein. A streaming manager is configured to send...