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8184132 |
Electronic display device medium and screen display control method used for electronic display medium
When an electronic book is activated, a video image obtaining section starts taking face images of a user. Next, an analysis section analyzes the face images of the user taken by the video image...
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8181201 |
Enhanced electronic program guides
A method and system for rating programs, the method including, receiving a sample of viewing logs from a plurality of set top boxes (STBs), determining, from the sample of viewing logs, at least...
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8181195 |
Anonymous aggregated data collection
An anonymous aggregated data collection system aggregates media access information in an anonymous data collection component without associating the media access information with any one particular...
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8176518 |
Systems and methods for providing fantasy sports contests based on subevents
Fantasy sports contests based on segments of a single sports event. A segment or subevent may be a portion of a single sports event. The users choose a roster of selections to form an fantasy...
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8175950 |
Systems and methods for determining bids for placing advertisements
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for determining a bid value for placing an advertisement onto advertising space available through an electronic marketplace. A method is used for...
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8171507 |
Using network server to establish TV setting
TV settings such as brightness can be established by sending from a TV signals from an ambient light sensor to a network server, with the network server establishing settings such as brightness in...
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8156517 |
Methods and apparatus to enforce a power off state of an audience measurement device during shipping
Methods and apparatus to enforce a power off state of an audience measurement device during shipping of the device are disclosed herein. An example portable audience measurement device includes a...
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8131676 |
Updating media-location data for media-playing entities
This document describes tools capable of updating media-location data for media-playing entities. These tools allow a developer of an application to use data binding to update media-location data...
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8131314 |
Socially based station navigation
A method of socially-based station navigation can include receiving station selection information from each of a plurality of mobile nodes within a mobile ad-hoc network, wherein station selection...
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8122491 |
Techniques for physical presence detection for a communications device
Techniques are provided for determining a physical presence setting. First information is received indicating whether a physical token of a user is detected with respect to a device associated with...
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8122488 |
Media file distribution system and method
A file distribution method and system for distributing media files to authorized recipients. The method and system exploit the advantages of peer-to-peer file distribution protocols, such as...
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8116453 |
Gaming console-specific user authentication
Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for user authentication required for conducting online financial institution transactions. The disclosed embodiments leverage the...
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8112511 |
Network resource monitoring and measurement system and method
A method and system for analyzing and measuring multiple sources of data over a communications network (18) so as to ascertain information or usage of one or more resources, such as resource...
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8108886 |
Receiving apparatus and receiving method, broadcasting apparatus and broadcasting method, information processing apparatus and information processing method, bidirectional communication system and bidirectional communication method, and providing medium
When the user of a receiving apparatus presses a notice button provided for a remote controller to indicate the preference concerning the person or thing appearing on the screen of the program...
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8104054 |
Methods, systems, and devices for bandwidth conservation
Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for conserving bandwidth. A user's bandwidth consumption is monitored and compared to a threshold value. When the user's bandwidth consumption equals or...
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8099748 |
System and method for distribution of picture objects
A system and a suitable method for distribution of picture objects which are stored with assigned picture object information in a picture object database. In a media center of the system, user...
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8091100 |
Prompting of audience member identification
An audience measurement system determines the likelihood that an audience member is in the audience of a receiver during a particular day part. If the audience member is not likely to be in the...
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8091104 |
Method and apparatus for storing broadcast program
A method and apparatus for storing a broadcast program are provided. The apparatus includes: a signal processing unit which generates an audio/video (A/V) file, an application file, and a first...
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8091102 |
Methods and systems that motivate tuning to a transmission channel for a time period
Systems and methods are provided for motivating a user to watch a television channel for a predetermined period of time and enabling access to a media asset related to a program provided on the...
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8065697 |
Methods and apparatus to determine audience viewing of recorded programs
Methods and apparatus to determine audience viewing of recorded programs are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein comprises displaying a previously recorded program on a display,...
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8065698 |
Methods, systems, and computer program products for obtaining consumer information over a communications network
Default media services are provided to a multi-user multimedia device over a communications network responsive to identification of the multi-user multimedia device. Additional media services are...
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8051444 |
Targeted television advertisements selected on the basis of an online user profile and presented with television programs or channels related to that profile
In an automatic, computer-implemented method, a selected television advertisement is presented automatically in association with a television program or channel. A relationship is identified...
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8044792 |
System and method for controlling remote sensors
A system and method for controlling one or more remote sensors includes wirelessly communicating with the sensors, monitoring operation of each one of the sensors, and causing any one of the...
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8046798 |
Profiling and identification of television viewers
Profiling a television viewer by monitoring and processing, locally at a television viewing environment, the viewer's interactivity (e.g., via a remote control unit) with the television viewing...
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8041025 |
Systems and arrangements for controlling modes of audio devices based on user selectable parameters
Methods and arrangements for controlling modes of audio devices according to user selectable features are disclosed. The system can receive a user selection for an alternate mode for audio device....
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8023882 |
Portable audience measurement architectures and methods for portable audience measurement
Portable audience measurement architectures and methods for portable audience measurement are disclosed. A disclosed system contains a plurality of portable measurement devices configured to...
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8024420 |
Content delivery apparatus and system
A mental and physical condition analyzer analyzes the mental and physical condition of a user based upon measurement data transmitted in association with a delivery request from a terminal and...
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8020183 |
Audiovisual management system
A system for structuring usage history for audiovisual materials.
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8015249 |
Mitigating data usage in messaging applications
Data usage of a messaging application is mitigated based on a location of the application on the display screen or a mode of a device. If the location of the application is in the foreground of the...
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8001561 |
System and method for automatically rating video content
System and method for automatically rating the content of video media based on video operations performed on a media device and in reference to a plurality of rating rules are provided. Usage of...
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7987477 |
Technique for identifying favorite program channels for receiving entertainment programming content over a communications network
A favorites list of program channels which a cable TV user likely prefers is generated automatically from which the user may select a program channel to watch. Each program channel in the favorites...
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7950029 |
Method for interactive television using foveal properties of the eyes of individual and grouped users and for protecting video information against the unauthorized access, dissemination and use thereof
A method of interactive television providing for generating, transforming or displaying video information taking into account individual peculiarities of the user's eye and individual peculiarities...
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7941564 |
Synchronous updating of dynamic interactive applications
An automation server interfaces with broadcast scheduling systems of various types to automatically synchronize the behavior of interactive applications relative to various broadcast programs, such...
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7937724 |
Advertising content tracking for an entertainment device
Systems and methods of processing data from a plurality of entertainment devices are provided. The method may include: receiving user interaction information, said user interaction information...
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7926073 |
Methods and apparatus for indirect illumination in electronic media rating systems
Methods and apparatus for indirect illumination in electronic media rating systems are disclosed. A disclosed example method to detect an audience member includes reflecting non-visible light off...
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7908617 |
Broadcast receiving system responsive to ambient conditions
A broadcast receiving system incorporating an echo canceling means automatically initiates recording of the broadcast and also controls the sound volume by taking into account the viewer's...
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7899938 |
Integrated medical sensor and messaging system and method
Internet-based software and associated database provide group analysis overlay to monitor client-server web traffic and provide direct marketing to client group. Client car, patient, office or...
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7900229 |
Convergence of interactive television and wireless technologies
A system and method for utilizing user profiles in an interactive television system. An interactive television system includes a broadcast station, a set-top box, and a remote mobile or fixed unit....
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7882514 |
Display device on/off detection methods and apparatus
Display device ON/OFF detection methods and apparatus are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein to determine whether a presentation device is ON or OFF comprises determining a plurality of...
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7865915 |
Content discovery and differential advertising in video distribution networks
A method and apparatus for monitoring use patterns or services available information in video distribution networks. A network termination unit receives the video content through a port,...
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7861259 |
Interactive television tracking system
An interactive television system tailoring delivery of interactive content. The system includes a request processing engine accepting user interactions with an interactive television (ITV)...
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7831725 |
Data structure and method for initiating a flow over an extended channel
A method included a receiving a request that includes information that defines a service type and information that can identify the request for this service type, wherein the request is required in...
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7814509 |
Receiving apparatus, receiving method, storage medium, and program
A receiving apparatus receives a broadcast program in a manner convenient for users depending on the content of the broadcast program. A tuner selects a broadcast program that matches the...
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7805739 |
Methods and apparatus for indirect illumination in electronic media rating systems
Methods and apparatus for indirect illumination in electronic media rating systems are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes reflecting infrared light off of a room ceiling to indirectly...
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7797186 |
Method and system for gathering and recording real-time market survey and other data from radio listeners and television viewers utilizing telephones including wireless cell phones
The invention records real-time radio and television listener data utilizing automated, interactive questions and radio and television broadcast audio segments recorded by telephone, including...
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7779444 |
System and method for video on request
A video on request (“VOR”) system is disclosed. The VOR system includes a producer having a location device for providing location data and a video recording device. The VOR system also inc...
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7765564 |
Audio based methods and apparatus for detecting a channel change event
Methods and apparatus for detecting a channel change event are disclosed. The disclosed methods and apparatus detect a channel change event by monitoring an audio signal of an information...
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7739705 |
Methods and apparatus for using location information to manage spillover in an audience monitoring system
Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for using location information to manage spillover in an audience monitoring system are disclosed. In particular, the example methods, apparatus, and...
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7730509 |
Asset delivery reporting in a broadcast network
A system and method is provided for use in connection with delivering content that is targeted to users of a broadcast network. In order to select content that is targeted to users of the broadcast...
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7730505 |
Stream reproducing device
A stream reproducing device performing automatic viewing of a non-viewed period of a stream. The stream reproducing device comprises a camera a person detecting unit detecting the viewer based on...
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