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7627886 Systems and methods for displaying video streams  
Displaying a video stream when constrained by system memory and connection bandwidth. When the resources and/or memory of a client are insufficient to decode and process a video stream, the client...
7620964 Recommended program search device and recommended program search method  
A recommended program search device includes a viewing history information acquiring block which acquires a viewing channel and a viewing time by the user for each area corresponding to a time...
7603414 System, method and computer program product for collaborative background music among portable communication devices  
A system, method and computer program product for enabling a plurality of users engaged in real-time voice communications over a wireless communications link to collaboratively select one or more...
7602819 Demultiplexing devices and process for at least two transport streams and a corresponding digital stream  
The invention is related to a demultiplexing device and process for at least two transport streams. The demultiplexing device comprises at least one merging unit, receiving at least two of the...
7596799 System and method of communicating video content  
A system and method of communicating video content is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes communicating a selection of a channel from a set-top box device to at least one...
7581239 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 DVD data streams in response to one or more input...
7574727 Intelligent digital audiovisual playback system  
Payment-based audiovisual playback system characterized by comprising a microprocessor device associated with a payment device primarily including means for storing, inter alia, in digital format...
7568213 Method for providing episodic media content  
A personalized media service provides, e.g., user customization of radio channel selections, immediate availability of multiple preprogrammed and/or customized channels, the ability to intersperse...
7568212 Digital broadcasting receiver  
There is provided a digital broadcasting receiver capable of making channel selection without making a user conscious of the difference between a physical channel number and a virtual channel...
7565675 Scheduled retrieval, storage and access of media data  
A system and method automates a scheduled retrieval, storage, and access of media data. Media data is retrieved from an external source and downloaded to an end user media device storage for...
7559079 Realtime service system using the interactive data communication and method thereof  
The present invention relates to a real-time service system and method using an interactive data communication for implementing a high quality real time interactive service of a DVD class for...
7551832 Application management and interface for cluster control of time shift buffer  
An interfacing system enables an application client to interface with a device driver in a client device with persistent storage. In some preferred embodiments, the interfacing system includes a...
7551736 Physical layer header scrambling in satellite broadcast systems  
Methods and apparatuses for minimizing co-channel interference in communications systems are disclosed. A method in accordance with the present invention comprises scrambling a first header of the...
7548565 Method and apparatus for fast metadata generation, delivery and access for live broadcast program  
Techniques for fast indexing of live video broadcasts are provided which incorporate both efficient manual processing and automatic indexing steps to generate semantically meaningful and...
7546626 Information providing system, information processing apparatus, and method  
A data providing system is capable of providing metadata or supplementary data generated in a predetermined area to a different area. Metadata related to broadcast programs are transmitted from a...
7536704 Method and apparatus automatic pause and resume of playback for a popup on interactive TV  
A method and apparatus providing display of content and automatic pause of the display. The method and apparatus exists in a client device and/or ahead-end or network operator. Event are assigned a...
7530090 System for transmitting programs to client terminals  
A system ( 100 ) has a collection of programs on a central storage device ( 112 ). The system ( 100 ) supplies a particular program to a plurality of client terminals ( 104, 106 ) in a...
7523479 Dynamically changing communication modes  
Systems and methods for implementing a communication mode for a communication terminal are provided. An embodiment of a method for implementing a communication mode includes receiving a plurality...
7523145 System for managing data in a distributed computing system  
A method and mechanism for managing data in a distributed computing system. A television system is configured to convey audio/video/interactive data to receiving devices. Data conveyed to the...
7516471 Detector for digital television signal  
A DTV signal detector detects DTV signals received by a receiver on a selected DTV channel in a Digital Television System. The DTV detector includes a first DTV signal detector that detects a first...
7515662 Method for compensating for gain ripple and group delay characteristics of filter and receiving circuit embodying the same  
Embodiments of methods and apparatuses can compensate gain ripple and/or group delay characteristics of at least one filter, a receiving circuit embodying a filter, or a communication system having...
7502587 Method and device for band translation  
A band translation method and device for selecting two or more desired frequency bands of data and bandstacking the two or more desired frequency bands of data into a single output.
7502473 Process for managing the handling of conditional access data by at least two decoders  
One embodiment of the invention relates to a management method for conditional access data processing by at least three decoders associated to a subscriber. These decoders include...
7499462 System, method and apparatus for wireless delivery of content from a generalized content source to a generalized content sink  
A system, method and apparatus for implementing a wireless point-to-point interface that securely and robustly delivers digital content from a generalized content source to a generalized content...
7496665 Personal access and control of media peripherals on a media exchange network  
Methods are disclosed for indirectly monitoring and controlling at least one media peripheral device in a media exchange network by accessing a media management system (MMS) via a first media...
7496647 Personal inter-home media exchange network  
A system and method support the exchange of media between friends, family members, and 3 rd party media providers over a closed and secure media exchange network. The media may include, for...
7487364 Method to store encrypted data  
The objective of the present invention is to propose a method to prevent that the decryption of a keys file of a group of data stored in a storing unit (DB) of a decoder (STB), the latter...
7486869 System and method for controlling a digital video recorder on a cable network  
A system and method for controlling a digital video recorder on a cable network. Signaling associated with the answering or initiation of a digital telephone call by a digital telephone subscriber...
7483985 Media search engine for a personal media network  
A system providing search functionality supporting the exchange and consumption of media is disclosed. The searching of media on storage belonging to any of a pre-defined group of users of a...
7480495 CATV tuner and one-chip IC used therein  
A CATV tuner includes a metallic housing having first through fourth partitioned chambers. In the first through fourth partitioned chambers, a data circuit, an input filter circuit, a first mixer...
7464397 Streaming content receiving apparatus and playback apparatus with stopping of reception of second streaming data during period in which first streaming program is selected  
A receiving apparatus includes a receiver that receives a signal for playing back a program, a storage device that stores the signal received by the receiver, and a controller that, during a period...
7461396 System and method for providing a secure environment for performing conditional access functions for a set top box  
A system and method are provided for decrypting a selected program. The system and method can receive at least one authorization message and at least one control message associated with a selected...
7461393 Broadcast receiver, control method therefor, and program  
A broadcast receiver includes an input unit, a receiving unit, a control unit, a main memory, a demultiplexer unit, and a decoding unit. When a user switches on or resets the main power by...
7460832 Methods and apparatuses for minimizing co-channel interference  
Methods and apparatuses for minimizing co-channel interference in communications systems are disclosed. A method in accordance with the present invention comprises scrambling a first frame using a...
7448062 Seamless playback of multiple clips of media data across a data network  
A software architecture and control protocol that provides seamless playback of multiple clips of media data across a data network. Conventional server-based data network architecture where...
7436914 Methods and apparatus for providing television signals  
A method for providing television signals is disclosed including the steps of: receiving signals utilizing a first antenna and a second antenna; generating a first signal quality indicator...
7424731 Home digital audiovisual information recording and playback system  
A digital home audiovisual Information recording and playback apparatus includes a microprocessor associated, through a digital interface, with a display, through another interface with sound...
7424535 Management of multimedia display content in a media exchange network  
A system and method for managing multimedia display content in a communication network is disclosed. An embodiment of the present invention may support the selection, scheduling, and delivery of...
7424534 Common media consumption across multiple media processing systems via single user control  
A system and method for the management of common consumption of media in a media exchange network is disclosed. Various embodiments of the present invention provide for control by a first user at a...
7424279 Method for enhancing in real-time the playback of an audio broadcast signal  
A method is provided for enhancing in real-time the playback of a broadcast data signal. The method comprises the steps of: (a) receiving a broadcast data signal at a player device; (b) storing the...
7423982 Adaptive communication modes  
Systems and methods for implementing a communication mode for a communication terminal are provided. An embodiment of a method for implementing a communication mode includes receiving a message...
7412209 Shifted channel characteristics for mitigating co-channel interference  
Methods and apparatuses for minimizing co-channel interference in communications systems are disclosed. A method in accordance with the present invention comprises shifting a characteristic of the...
7409146 Digital recording device capable of converting and recording resolution of image data of digital television broadcast and recording method therefor  
In a digital recording device, image data recorded in a recording portion has its resolution decreased to be recorded in the recording portion when it is determined that the digital recording...
7406248 Digital image retrieval and storage  
The present invention relates to the retrieval and storage of image data captured using a digital image acquisition device such as a still camera, a video camera or a scanning device, and of image...
7386871 Program guide system with real-time data sources  
A program guide system is provided in which an interactive television program guide that is implemented at least partially on user television equipment receives program listings data and real-time...
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...
7383209 System and method for automatic access of a remote computer over a network  
A system and method for using identification codes found on ordinary articles of commerce to access remote computers on a network. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a computer is...
7379548 Virtual smart card device, method and system  
A system and a method for secure transmission of protected content to a subscriber, without requiring a smart card or other renewable security element to be in physical proximity of the recipient...
7376476 Methods for changing time intervals of the occurrence of audio information from local and remote sites  
A method of processing audio information for broadcast to an audience can include changing first audio information from occurring in a first time interval to occurring in a second time interval to...
7334251 Management of television advertising  
A method for providing television advertising includes receiving user input for selecting an advertising parameter and providing a user with an advertisement corresponding to the advertising...
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