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6829656 |
Tuner FCM for HAVi architecture
A tuner component module within a home network based on the HAVI standard, i.e. a tuner FCM, according to the present invention includes the funtionality to provide the capability of the tuner...
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6789106 |
Selective capture and storage of A/V objects in an interactive multimedia system
A method and structure that allows a user who has access to an audio/visual object to cause an interactive control element of an interactive multimedia system to grab and store off for future...
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6785901 |
Altering locks on programming content
The present invention provides systems and methods for flexible locking and unlocking programming content. Programming content and the content of the programming content is often described by...
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6772436 |
Interactive audio conferencing system
A system enabling television viewers to participate in an audio conference from audio-enabled remote control devices that are equipped with microphones and speakers without requiring the viewer to...
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6769130 |
System, method and article of manufacture for late synchronization during the execution of a multimedia event on a plurality of client computers
A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for delayed synchronization of an event on a plurality of client apparatuses. First, a plurality of client apparatuses are connected via a...
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6766527 |
CATV system, CATV distributor, processing terminal, and receiver
In a processing terminal, operational request information inputted from an operational request unit is transmitted as additional information to a communication unit of a CATV distributor. In the...
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6754347 |
Input/output unit, input/output method, and receiving unit
A switching portion of an IRD supplies a non-descrambled TS (transport stream) received from a front end portion or a descrambled TS received from a descrambler to a DVCR connected to an IEEE 1394...
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6751803 |
Signal distribution circuit
Received digital CATV signals are branched by a directional coupler into signals flowing in a through direction and signals flowing in a branch direction. The signals output from the directional...
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6694518 |
Method and apparatus for carrying data across high definition analog component video interfaces
A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for generating a video signal having an auxiliary data payload complying with a data payload protocol selectable from at least two available data payload...
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6598228 |
Method and apparatus for controlling time-scale modification during multi-media broadcasts
An embodiment of the present invention is a method for presentation of information received from a broadcaster which comprises the steps of: (a) receiving broadcast information; (b) receiving...
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6564382 |
Method for playing multimedia applications
The present invention relates to a method of playing a set of multimedia applications (A), each multimedia application including a list of tasks (TTD). The method includes the steps of creating a...
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6557173 |
Portable electronic book viewer
A portable electronic book viewer receives electronic text and graphic files, or electronic books, by connection to a television program delivery system. The electronic books may provided as...
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6553568 |
Methods and systems for service level agreement enforcement on a data-over cable system
Methods and system for service level agreement enforcement on a data-over-cable system. One or more service level agreements are created including one or more class-of-service or quality-of-service...
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6493876 |
System and method for providing a full service television system
A system and method are provided for providing a full service cable television system. The cable system incorporates a digital and analog transmission architecture capable of delivering a high...
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6493877 |
Digital data distribution system having a reduced end station memory requirement
A digital data distribution system that comprises a broadcasting station and an end station. The broadcasting station broadcasts a broadcast signal repetitively modulated with a digital information...
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6487391 |
Method and apparatus for selectively receiving a satellite broadcast signal or a cable television signal
The present invention provides an improved receiver capable of receiving either a satellite broadcast signal or a cable TV signal associated with a TV. The inventive receiver comprises a first BPF...
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6434748 |
Method and apparatus for providing VCR-like “trick mode” functions for viewing distributed video data
An apparatus for providing VCR-like “trick mode” functions, such as pause, fast-forward, and rewind, in a distributed, video-on-demand program environment. Trick modes are supported by locally...
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6341375 |
Video on demand DVD system
An apparatus comprising a drive server, a control server and one or more decoder devices. The drive server may be configured to present one or more compressed data streams in response to one or...
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6321382 |
System for resolving channel selection in a multi-channel convergence system
An architecture for convergence systems is disclosed. The architecture includes a hardware component providing a convergence environment. A channel map services component includes a listing of...
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6298482 |
System for two-way digital multimedia broadcast and interactive services
A system is presented for two-way digital multimedia broadcast services, enabling a variety of interactive and other applications. These applications include: navigation from one video program to...
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6292943 |
Power control method for set top box
A power control method for a set top box is disclosed. The method includes a first step for setting a time reserving and recording function for recording a broadcasting signal received from a set...
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6285685 |
Apparatus and method for providing PC communication and internet service by using settop box
An apparatus and method for supporting a PC communication and internet service while supporting D-CATV and VOD services by using a settop box connected to a network for D-CATV and VOD services,...
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6263504 |
Data delivery system, data receiving apparatus, and storage medium for video programs
In an NVOD system, a data storage unit is provided in a receiving apparatus, whereby a video program can be provided with an instantaneous response equivalent to the VOD system. Namely, the data of...
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6249532 |
Interactive chargeable communication system with billing system therefor
A billing system for use in a chargeable program broadcasting is capable of reliably billing a subscriber for program reception while preventing unauthorized reception thereof. A receiving terminal...
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6237146 |
System and method of bidirectional digital video communication over a cable
In accordance with the present invention, a cable system allows bidirectional digital communication between a plurality of subscriber Digital Video Home Terminals each located at a different...
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6157809 |
Broadcasting system, broadcast receiving unit, and recording medium used in the broadcasting system
The present invention provides a broadcasting system which includes a broadcasting unit for broadcasting program information, a reception unit for receiving the program information broadcast by the...
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6157770 |
Moving picture data reproduction controlling system and method for reproducing moving picture data having block elements and minimum elements each with headers
Moving picture data is supplied from a server to a system processing portion through a communication processing portion, a bus, and a line processing portion. Alternatively, the moving picture data...
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6157377 |
Method and apparatus for purchasing upgraded media features for programming transmissions
The present invention provides an improved method and apparatus for purchasing media features for programming transmissions. A selection is sent to a server system to buy an upgraded media feature...
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6124878 |
Optimum bandwidth utilization in a shared cable system data channel
A full service network (FSN) provides three communication channels that end between a headend and each set-top within the FSN, namely (1) forward-application-transport (FAT) channels that supply...
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6057832 |
Method and apparatus for video-on-demand with fast play capability
A method and apparatus for processing a coded data stream of video information (e.g., video-on-demand) for selective display according to a Normal PLAY Mode or a Fast PLAY Mode, by splitting the...
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6046760 |
Set top board for video on demand service and a computer system mounting the same
A set top board which is mounted within a personal computer in the form of a card, such as a video card and a communications card, includes: a networking part for communicating with a service...
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5987501 |
Multimedia system having server for retrieving media data as indicated in the list provided by a client computer
The problems of latency, flow control and data loss, and data movement within a client system memory are solved in a distributed multimedia system so as to enable real-time transmission of...
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5905847 |
Client-server system with parity storage
A client-server system which improves efficiency of each server by distributing loads to a plurality of servers having a plurality of storages for sequentially storing data which are distributed in...
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5883661 |
Output switching for load levelling across multiple service areas
A television information system for distributing television information services, including interactive service, to subscribers divided among a plurality of service areas. A system manager receives...
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5877756 |
Terminal device for a video-on-demand system having a hotkey function and a method thereof
A terminal device in a video-on-demand system is provided. The terminal device is connected to a server via a network, and information screens are displayed by the terminal device in accordance...
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5873022 |
Method of receiving compressed video signals using a latency buffer during pause and resume
The invention relates to the reception of MPEG encoded television signals from a Video-On-Demand server (1) via a network (3). Non-linear playback functions such as `pause` and `resume` require a...
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5864682 |
Method and apparatus for frame accurate access of digital audio-visual information
A method and apparatus for use in a digital video delivery system is provided. A digital representation of an audio-visual work, such as an MPEG file, is parsed to produce a tag file. The tag file...
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5818911 |
Information communication system and transmitting and terminal apparatus for the same
An information communication system that includes a transmitter, a communication network and at least one terminal apparatus connected with the transmitter through the communication network. The...
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5818439 |
Video viewing assisting method and a video playback system therefor
In order to provided information for helping a viewing user remember the contents of past viewing of a video program, in an easy-to-comprehend form and in as small an information amount as...
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5815194 |
Video-on-demand system
In order to serve, to each of a plurality of client terminals, programs and data for selecting a video service while considering the memory capacity of the client terminals, client terminals of a...
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5805154 |
Integrated broadcast application with broadcast portion having option display for access to on demand portion
An interactive integrated application, having a broadcast portion and an on-demand portion, is provided to a user station via a communication network. The broadcast portion of the application is...
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5793411 |
Video-on-demand system
A video-on-demand system is comprised of a source station which transmits video signals of different channels on an optical transmission line to a number of subscriber terminals in accordance with...
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5790172 |
Server apparatus, subscriber apparatus and information on demand system
An information on demand system provides a user of a terminal (subscriber) information through a network such as CATV such that the user pays an adequate charge to a server (information provider)....
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5751282 |
System and method for calling video on demand using an electronic programming guide
An interactive television system has a centrally located head end server coupled to service multiple, remotely located set-top boxes. Each set-top box runs an electronic programming guide that...
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5745710 |
Graphical user interface for selection of audiovisual programming
An improved graphical user interface for displaying and selecting video programs, such as video on demand, includes a video on demand server coupled to a communication medium. A plurality of settop...
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5724646 |
Fixed video-on-demand
A system, method and apparatus for Video-on-demand (VOD) satisfying the desire of `surfers`. The process entails a server operating in a standard Near-Video-on-demand (NVOD) mode, whereby it...
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5721815 |
Media-on-demand communication system and method employing direct access storage device
A method and apparatus for effectuating transmission, reception, and processing of source program signals representative of a multimedia program between a remote multimedia server and a plurality...
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5721829 |
System for automatic pause/resume of content delivered on a channel in response to switching to and from that channel and resuming so that a portion of the content is repeated
The interactive entertainment network system has a headend connected to multiple user interface units in individual homes via a distribution network. The user interface units are operable in a...
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5719641 |
VOD reception with demodulation and quantization held during carrier switching to produce a video signal before the carrier switching
Supplied with carrier and channel selection signals in a VOD receiver from a remote control data processor from a remote control switch, a switching control circuit produces demodulation and...
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5712906 |
Communications systems supporting shared multimedia session
A public switched telephone network for providing information from a multimedia information server to any one of a plurality of subscriber premises, comprises a central office receiving multimedia...
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