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7634785 DVR-based targeted advertising  
DVR-based targeted advertising is described. In an embodiment, a targeted advertisement system includes a DVR, an advertisement data store, and an advertisement manager. The DVR records media...
7620294 Systems and methods for playing digital video in reverse and fast forward modes  
Replaying a compressed digital video stream in fast-forward and reverse modes at varied playback rates. An index of intercoded frames, those frames not dependant on other frames for generation, is...
7610605 Method and apparatus for conversion and distribution of data utilizing trick-play requests and meta-data information  
A data distribution system includes a server apparatus and a decoding terminal. In the server apparatus, the access unit information of data to be transmitted is read from a data storage unit in...
7607157 Near video-on-demand signal receiver  
A video signal receiver receives a plurality of video channels simultaneously carrying, offset by a transmission interval, a single video program, selects one channel from which to obtain the...
7603026 Information processing method and information processing apparatus  
This invention provides an information processing method and apparatus, which can set all extent sizes of data divisionally recorded on a disk to be equal to or larger than the minimum recording...
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...
7594004 System, computer product and method for event monitoring with data centre  
A system, computer product and method for monitoring and disseminating data form a plurality of electronic devices via the Internet is provided. The plurality of electronic devices, or further...
7593326 Method and apparatus for managing bandwidth requirements for video on demand services  
A method for managing bandwidth for transmitting the content of a video to users requesting the content. The total time duration T of the video is divided into N consecutive sessions. A unicast or...
7580416 System for data stream processing  
A method for processing a data stream including receiving a transport stream (TS), storing at least a portion of the TS, the at least a portion of the TS having a beginning and including a...
7570867 Systems and methods for playing digital video in reverse and fast forward modes  
Replaying a compressed digital video stream in fast-forward and reverse modes at varied playback rates. An index of intercoded frames, those frames not dependant on other frames for generation, is...
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...
7529277 Separating device and method and signal receiving device and method  
A separating device and method and a signal receiving device and method are presented. The separating device and method receive plural data streams and then separate and extract at least a portion...
7519982 Efficient delivery of interactive program guide using demand-cast  
Techniques to efficiently deliver interactive program guide (IPG). In one aspect, if an IPG page is requested by a viewer and not already transmitted, only the guide portion for the requested page...
7493644 Method, apparatus, and system for video fast forward functionality in a mobile phone  
This present invention includes a method and an apparatus for receiving motion video, a method and a system for transmitting motion video, and software to implement the methods and to program the...
7484656 Apparatus, system, and method for correlating a cost of media service to advertising exposure  
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for correlating a cost of receiving media to a user's exposure to advertising. A media display system including a media recorder detects and reports...
7367061 Systems, methods, and a storage medium for storing and securely transmitting digital media data  
Systems, methods, and a storage medium for storing and securely transmitting digital media data in a networked system are provided. The method includes determining an amount of memory for storing...
7313808 Browsing continuous multimedia content  
A program distribution system includes a plurality of set-top boxes that receive broadcast programming and segmentation data from content and information providers. The segmentation information...
7308003 System and method for re-multiplexing multiple video streams  
A multimedia packet re-multiplexer system having a plurality of multimedia sources, each multimedia source sending incoming multimedia packets, each packet having a header which includes a packet...
7308476 Method and system for participant automatic re-invite and updating during conferencing  
A method for conferencing may include monitoring a status of participants in a conference and recording the conference in response to at least one participant being disconnected or exiting the...
7293279 Advanced set top terminal having a program pause feature with voice-to-text conversion  
A system for automatically pausing a video program in response to detection of the occurrence of a audio communications event or triggering event. In response to an incoming phone call, message,...
7293278 On-demand digital asset management and distribution method and system  
A content distribution network includes a central content management system that acquires digital assets for distribution over the network to on-demand serving locations for on-demand delivery to...
7246367 Synchronized service provision in a communications network  
The invention relates to the synchronized playback of video and/or audio recordings in terminals of a communications network. A server stores recordings including timing markers, each of which...
7243364 Interactive entertainment network system and method for customizing operation thereof according to viewer preferences  
An interactive entertainment network system has a video-on-demand (VOD) application which allows viewers to create their own customized lists of preferred video content programs, such as movies,...
7240359 Programming distribution system  
A method is provided for distributing programming. A first set of programs is transmitted in real time according to a schedule of programming. A second set of programs is stored on a server, with...
7228559 Programming distribution and notification system  
A method is provided for distributing programming. A first set of programs is transmitted in real time according to a schedule of programming. A second set of programs is stored on a server, each...
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...
7127735 Video-on-demand system and video viewing assisting method  
A video-on-demand (VOD) system and method which efficiently enables a user to resume viewing of a video program from an interrupted position is disclosed. The present invention allows the user to...
7114173 Technique for synchronizing deliveries of information and entertainment in a communications network  
In a broadband communications system, e.g., a cable system, a broadcast program stream is transmitted to broadcast programming content, and the broadcast program stream is recorded in a headend of...
7106749 System for data stream processing  
A method for processing a data stream including receiving a transport stream (TS), storing at least a portion of the TS, the at least a portion of the TS having a beginning and including a...
7072401 Digital TV system with PVR function and method for making stream jump therein  
Digital TV system with a PVR function and method for making a stream jump therein, wherein, upon reception of a stream jump order from a user, searching the storage medium for a target GOP the...
7069575 System for interactively distributing information services  
In an interactive information distribution system that utilizes open sessions to provide requested information to users, a method for sharing the use of open sessions between a plurality of set top...
7020892 Time-shifted video signal processing  
A time-shifted video method has a real-time mode during which real-time video frames are delivered for display. In a time-shifted mode, time-shifted video frames are delivered for display. The...
6993788 Method and system for manipulating broadcast signals  
A method and system for manipulating a broadcast signal utilizes a sliding-window time range multicast or a buffered storage queue at the headend. Multiple streams are available to the end user,...
6993786 Client/server multimedia presentation system  
A method of presenting, at a client terminal, a video program stored in a server linked with the client terminal via transmission path of a limited transmission band width. Each frame of the video...
6993787 Providing VCR functionality for data-centered video multicast  
The client application provides VCR functionality in a data-centered video multicast network ( 36 ) through active prefetching of the fragments from broadcast channels. The player ( 10 ) has a user...
6988278 Process and system for video on demand  
For providing video-on-demand (VOD) a set comprising a plurality of N video programs at staggered time intervals is repeatedly transmitting from a VOD server to a network for access by a view box...
6973667 Method and system for providing time-shifted delivery of live media programs  
Improved approaches for delivering media programs to viewers (e.g., subscribers) are disclosed. The media programs are typically broadcast in accordance with a schedule. The media program can be...
6970640 Systems and methods for playing digital video in reverse and fast forward modes  
Replaying a compressed digital video stream in fast-forward and reverse modes at varied playback rates. An index of interceded frames, those frames not dependant on other frames for generation, is...
6912431 Method and apparatus for indicating states of electronic devices  
An electronic device operation method and apparatus. A current state of a device such as TVs or VCRs is indicated as a graphic moving picture of a familiar character shape. Pictures containing an...
6832385 Television schedule system  
An electronic program guide displays televsion program listings in a time and channel guide format on a monitor screen. A cursor is provided for display on the monitor screen to selectively...
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...
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...
6751802 Method of transmitting and receiving compressed television signals  
The invention relates to the transmission of MPEG encoded television signals from a Video-On-Demand server ( 1 ) to a receiver ( 2 ) via a network ( 3 ). Non-linear playback functions such as...
6738980 Methods and systems for video streaming with VCR functionality  
Methods and systems for providing a video stream from a server to a client over a network include a memory for storing a forward-encoded bit-stream and a reverse-encoded bit-stream for a video...
6732158 VCR webification  
An apparatus, method and service model are disclosed which simplify conventional methods for schedule recordings of television programs and enable users to control recording equipment from any...
6609253 Method and system for providing interactive media VCR control  
A method and system for providing flexible subscriber VCR control of an interactive media system that limits the consumption of bandwidth capacity, the method comprising establishing a viewing time...
6510554 Method for generating information sub-streams for FF/REW applications  
A method and apparatus for processing an information stream comprising a plurality of compressed information frames to produce an information sub-stream having a reduced number of information...
6496980 Method of providing replay on demand for streaming digital multimedia  
High quality replay of a streaming multimedia video segment on demand is provided. The multimedia segment may be transmitted as a stream by a server system and received by a client system over a...
6144796 Video data system  
Apparatus 10 for providing a plurality of output video signals for near video on demand transmission, said apparatus 10 comprising: a control unit 30 connected to a primary video data storage unit...
5990881 Near video-on-demand signal receiver  
A video signal receiver receives a plurality of video channels simultaneously carrying, offset by a transmission interval, a single video program, selects one channel from which to obtain the...
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