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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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