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5990890 |
System for data entry and navigation in a user interface
The present invention includes a method and apparatus for providing quick access to menu and selection items of a user interface using an input device having a limited capability. For example, a...
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5986636 |
Method and apparatus of modifying display aspect and position on a monitor
A method of modifying the display aspect and the display position as the display mode of a computer system changes. In this present invention, a plurality of display parameter sets are previously...
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5986635 |
Processor for converting pixel number of video signal and display apparatus using the same
A video signal processor which includes a circuit for converting the number of lines in a digitized video signal, a circuit for generating a display dot clock, a circuit for outputting analog pixel...
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5984512 |
Method for storing video information
An MPEG video decompression method and apparatus utilizing a plurality of stages interconnected by a two-wire interface arranged as a pipeline processing machine. Control tokens and DATA Tokens...
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5983236 |
Method and system for providing a multimedia presentation
The invention comprises a method and apparatus for the distribution, processing, and display of combinations of audio, video, still images, and text which are represented by binary data files. The...
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5977963 |
Transmission of displacement information in a web television
A web television includes a monitor, a communication bus, an internet module, a tuner, and a television controller. The internet module is coupled to the communication bus, and is arranged to...
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5973684 |
Digital entertainment terminal providing dynamic execution in video dial tone networks
Apparatus and method for selectively executing a resident terminal application and an information provider-specific application stored in a digital entertainment terminal adapted to decode...
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5973681 |
Interactive data communication system with unidirectionally transmitted broadcast wave
A transmitting apparatus for an interactive communication system using a broadcast wave, which includes a first storage unit, a second storage unit, and a transmitting unit. The first storage unit...
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5956025 |
Remote with 3D organized GUI for a home entertainment system
A remote control device for a home entertainment system has a GUI with touch screen functionality. The visible part of the GUI is hierarchically organized in several control levels. All levels have...
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5956482 |
Multimedia information service access
Real time delivery of multimedia information accessed either through the Internet, or otherwise, simultaneously, or sequentially time delayed to one more users, is enabled by delivering the...
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5949411 |
Remote interactive multimedia preview and data collection kiosk system
A system for previewing movies, videos, music, and other events, has a host data processing network connected via modem with one or more media companies and with one or more remote kiosks to...
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5943046 |
Systems and methods for the distribution of multimedia information
A method for transferring multimedia information in a system including a primary site 101 and at least one satellite site 102 coupled to the primary site 101 by a transmission medium 103....
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5940072 |
Graphics decompression using system ROM indexing in TV set top box
A graphics data decompression arrangement in a TV set top box that includes a system ROM for storing graphics data broken down into tiles, each of which is identified by a unique index number. The...
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5915094 |
Disk access method for delivering multimedia and video information on demand over wide area networks
A method and apparatus for delivering multimedia video data from a server (host processor) to a plurality of clients connected to a communications network. More specifically, with this invention,...
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5909548 |
Apparatus for alerting human operator to status conditions of intelligent video information management system
A video data storage apparatus simultaneously records a plurality of streams of video images each generated by a respective video camera. The apparatus includes a housing having a front panel, a...
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5907320 |
Time-based method of human-computer interaction for controlling storage and retrieval of multimedia information
This invention provides a new, time-based method for controlling the storage and retrieval of multi-media information by the successive selection of the values of their attributes. In accordance...
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5905865 |
Apparatus and method of automatically accessing on-line services in response to broadcast of on-line addresses
A method and apparatus is provided for connecting a computer to electronic addresses in sync with an audio/video broadcast. Simultaneously with the broadcasting of audio/video programming, an...
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5898441 |
Method and apparatus for integrating video capture and monitor
A method and apparatus for processing video data including multiple frames of image data in a first format. This method and apparatus include storing the video data in a first memory location, and...
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5896128 |
System and method for associating multimedia objects for use in a video conferencing system
A video conferencing system and method that uses a central multimedia bridge to combine multimedia signals from a plurality of conference participants into a single composite signal for each...
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5892535 |
Flexible, configurable, hierarchical system for distributing programming
A flexible and configurable system for distributing media (or programming) to one or more distribution networks. The system includes a media server, at least one server interface unit, a first...
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5884096 |
Interconnection system for viewing and controlling remotely connected computers with on-screen video overlay for controlling of the interconnection switch
A computerized switching system for coupling a workstation to a remotely located computer. A signal conditioning unit receives keyboard and mouse signals generated by a workstation and generates a...
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5884028 |
System for the management of multiple time-critical data streams
A networked computer system for storing and presenting multimedia data distributes that data among multiple storage devices of the system. The system includes a plurality of computers, each of...
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5872565 |
Real-time video processing system
A video processing system includes but structure, signal flow, and components to process and combine audio and video signals with improved power, cost-effectiveness, and flexibility. The system...
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5872784 |
High speed single chip digital video network apparatus
A remote connection digital processing device with network capability includes on a single chip asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network protocol processing system interconnection circuits and...
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5867208 |
Encoding system and method for scrolling encoded MPEG stills in an interactive television application
A system and method for scrolling in a picture which is larger than MPEG standard in length or width or both in a video system, such as an interactive television system. In the preferred...
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5856811 |
Visual display and helmet assembly
A visual display and helmet assembly is configured to function in the presence of a harsh environment, e.g., high wind, vibration and shock and strong ambient light. The visual display preferably...
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5848239 |
Variable-speed communication and reproduction system
A variable-speed communication and reproduction system consists of a server and a client device, and comprises a variable-speed data supplier for supplying a requested data set at a play speed...
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5838336 |
Method and system for displaying images on a display device
The present invention provides an improved method and system for displaying images on a display screen. It includes a display screen, an on-screen memory, a cursor memory, and a display processor....
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5832287 |
Wideband on-demand video distribution system and method
A system and method for distributing video or audio or other interactive program information to multiple users includes master files of such program information that can be selectively distributed...
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5832231 |
Method and system for preloading interactive multimedia applications
A method is disclosed for preloading prefetch data of a multimedia application at a client station in an interactive network. The method begins with the step of transmitting a first signal from a...
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5826024 |
Multimedia information distributing system
A multimedia information distributing system for accumulating multimedia title data to supply title data in accordance with a demand from a client. The multimedia information distributing system is...
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5819156 |
PC/TV usage tracking and reporting device
A TV/PC convergence device, operable in a television mode, a computer mode and a combination television/computer mode, includes a display, a computer and a tracking device. The display receives and...
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5818935 |
Internet enhanced video system
A system for accessing the Internet based on an Internet information pointer encoded in a video signal. The system includes a video display adapted to display a video portion of the video signal....
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5812931 |
Two-way interactive television system incorporating pager transmitter and receiver for conducting messaging with information provider
A system for two-way communication between a television viewer operating a remote control unit to control a television and a television signal or other information provider located at a central...
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5796945 |
Idle time multimedia viewer method and apparatus for collecting and displaying information according to user defined indicia
An apparatus for collecting a series of image collections for display on a video terminal at a user-selected time and sequence, with the series of image collections selected according to a...
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5790115 |
System for character entry on a display screen
In association with an interactive television system, a system for displaying a control object in which characters may be entered or edited via a character spin dial. Each character and empty space...
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5760847 |
Processing moving image data based on an arbitrarily designated frame
Input encoded moving image data constituted by a plurality of frames including image data for at least one frame which is encoded by an intra-frame mode and image data encoded by an inter-frame...
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5748196 |
Implementing branching operations at processing intersections in interactive applications
One or more streams of signals (e.g., audio/video sequences) are associated with the different possible processing paths of processing intersections of an interactive computer application. For...
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5745713 |
Movie-based facility for launching application programs or services
A movie-based facility for launching applications or services. A launchpad or pallet of icons is provided to a user. The launchpad is part of a graphical user interface. Each icon has a display...
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5737740 |
Apparatus and method for processing electronic documents
A system is disclosed for the processing of electronic documents wherein the hardcopy of an original document is placed on an x-y digitizer. The original document is then written upon with a...
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5736977 |
Video real estate information service
Apparatus and a method for providing real estate agents, persons relocating to another home or acquiring an interest in a property, and providers of home insurance, with an audio-visual...
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5734589 |
Digital entertainment terminal with channel mapping
Dynamic programming of a digital entertainment terminal (DET) facilitates operation of the terminal to offer a variety of functionally different broadband services. The terminal includes a network...
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5734853 |
Set top terminal for cable television delivery systems
A viewer interface for a television program delivery system is described. The innovation relates to methods and devices for viewer pathways to television programs. Specifically, the interface...
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5734413 |
Transaction based interactive television system
An interactive television system where interactive information is inserted in the vertical blanking interval of a standard television signal or some other appropriate medium. The signal is received...
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5732231 |
Funeral home display monitor apparatus
An apparatus located in a funeral establishment for displaying information about a deceased person whose visitation is or was in the funeral establishment. The apparatus includes a terminal display...
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5724567 |
System for directing relevance-ranked data objects to computer users
An information access system stores items of information in an unstructured global database. When a user requests access to the system, the system delivers to that user an identification of only...
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5719786 |
Digital media data stream network management system
A computer-based media data processor for controlling transmission of digitized media data in a packet switching network. When the processor receives a request from a network client node for...
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5717869 |
Computer controlled display system using a timeline to control playback of temporal data representing collaborative activities
A system for capturing and controlling access to concurrently recorded timestreams of a session. A session is of a collaborative activity such as a meeting. Timestreams of the session are captured...
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5717879 |
System for the capture and replay of temporal data representing collaborative activities
A system for the capture and playback of temporal data representing a collaborative activity such as a meeting. Such temporal data is captured by one or more capture devices (e.g. audio recordings...
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5710600 |
Portable apparatus for real time video display of location and for playing back audio program material
A composite electronic apparatus consisting of a video and audio signal processing portion including image displaying circuits for displaying images based on a video signal and sound reproducing...
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