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7614072 Method for serving multimedia data on demand using dynamic channel and apparatus thereof  
A method of transmitting multimedia data on demand by using a dynamic channel and apparatus thereof are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes i) continuously transmitting the multimedia...
7607158 Electronic information item selection for trade and traded item control delivery system  
The objective of this invention is to provide a solution that enable real, delayed or relayed time trade and delivery of time-tagged electronic information items from/among same or different...
7606765 Television credit card system  
A credit card is used to purchase services, such as special pay-per-view television events, when the purchaser is located remote from his or her home base. When a subscriber is in a location remote...
7603690 Interactive television program guide system with pay program package promotion  
A system is provided that allows a user to select a pay program for purchase from a program guide. The program guide determines whether the selected program is part of a package of pay programs. If...
7565681 System and method for the broadcast dissemination of time-ordered data  
A stream of time-ordered data, such as a movie, is divided into multiple fragments of equal length, which are repetitively transmitted at different respective repetition rates. The fragments are...
7555767 TV program distribution system and TV broadcast signal receiving device for receiving a pay TV program distributed from the system  
A TV program distribution system comprises: a TV broadcast signal distribution device for distributing a scrambled pay TV program provided by a TV program provider; an auction management device for...
7546252 Approach for managing rental items across a plurality of distribution locations  
An “inventory free” approach for managing rental items across a plurality of distribution locations includes sending at least some rental items that are not needed by two or more distribution...
7530084 Method and apparatus for synchronizing dynamic graphics  
An apparatus and a method for overlaying parts of a displayed presentation of a video by using graphic content rendered by a receiving device such as a set top box or television to complete a...
7529415 Adaptive and progressive protection of fixed images encoded in wavelets  
A process for secured distribution of fixed numerical images according to a nominal format resulting from numerical encoding in wavelets, represented by a original stream including a packet...
7512964 System and method for archiving multiple downloaded recordable media content  
A recordable media content archiving system in a subscriber network. The recordable media content archiving system comprises, among other elements, a memory for storing recordable media content...
7509667 Broadband content jukebox with profile-based caching  
The present invention employs a cache for storing a large repository of digital media files (i.e., content) in a local hard drive of individual users, whereby a slower delivery mechanism can be...
7502453 Automated event ordering system and method  
A system for ordering events comprising a switch for receiving calls, the switch adapted to receive the caller's calling number and the called number; an interactive voice response unit for...
7454018 Transfer of DVD decode key on a window by window basis to an attached device  
Disclosed is apparatus for processing an encrypted data stream within a computer system adapted to receive the encrypted data stream from a data storage device. A data output device is coupled to a...
7437749 Interactive subscription television terminal  
A system for providing interactive services in a subscription television system includes a system controller for controlling the interactive services, a video signal source for transmitting a video...
7430752 Method for evaluating a bonus from authorized playbacks of a recording on a device other than a device used to make the recording  
In a “Pay per view” system ( 5 ), a playback device ( 1,2,3 ) of a user of the “Pay per view” system ( 5 ) obtains a playback authorization by an authorizing device ( 4 ) from a recording...
7395545 Method and apparatus for providing copy protection using a transmittal mode command  
A method and system of providing copy protection of video analog and digital signals and the like, wherein the signals are transmitted via a digital delivery network, and may comprise, for example,...
7389522 Device and method for receiving information and device and method for transmitting information  
The present invention makes viewers surely view commercial programs. When a commercial program is broadcasted and displayed on a display ( 7 A), a viewer is requested a response. The viewer...
7356708 Decryption semiconductor circuit  
A semiconductor integrated circuit having a plurality of selectable pathways inter-connected to data sources and data destinations; a cryptographic circuit connected to the selectable pathways to...
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...
7277870 Digital content distribution using web broadcasting services  
A method of securely receiving data on a user's system from a web broadcast infrastructure with a plurality of channels. The method comprising receiving promotional metadata from a first web...
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,...
7194758 Digital broadcast system and its component devices that provide services in accordance with a broadcast watched by viewers  
A digital broadcast system includes a receiving device, one or more communication devices, and a broadcast station device. The receiving device includes a receiver for receiving a digitally...
7143430 Method and apparatus for remote audiovisual signal recording service  
A method and apparatus for receiving requests for the remote storage of time schedule media programs from a client over the Internet and the delivery of such media programs in a specified streaming...
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...
7100188 Method and apparatus for controlling time-scale modification during multi-media broadcasts  
One embodiment of the present invention is a method for presenting broadcast information that comprises steps of: (a) receiving broadcast information; (b) receiving guidance information relating to...
7089577 Process for supplying video-on-demand and other requested programs and services from a headend  
A system for providing video-on-demand service, broadband internet access and other broadband services over T-carrier systems including a pull multiplexer cherrypicker at the head end is disclosed....
7089316 System and method for service development over content-specific sessions  
A system and method for deploying a resource over a content-specific session is provided. A client requests a resource from a service provider, such as an ISP. The service provider provisions the...
7069576 Interactive television program guide system with pay program package promotion  
A system is provided that allows a user to select a pay program for purchase from a program guide. The program guide determines whether the selected program is part of a package of pay programs. If...
7051353 Program guide display controller and television receiver  
A program-guide-display controlling apparatus for displaying a plurality of program guides on a display unit in a matrix form by using one of the ordinate and the abscissa as a channel number axis...
7024381 Approach for renting items to customers  
According to a computer-implemented approach for renting items to customers, customers specify what items to rent using item selection criteria separate from deciding when to receive the specified...
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...
6968018 Digital broadcast receiving apparatus, and a method for receiving digital broadcasts  
A receiving apparatus receives digital broadcast signals from a plurality of broadcasting companies in different receiving modes from each other at low cost. It is determined to what limited...
6810525 Impulse pay per use method and system for data and multimedia services  
A method and system are provided for impulse purchasing of services over a communication network, such as a cable or satellite television network. Such services can include games or information...
6802077 Method for a pay-per-view referral  
A method for a PPV referral that provides to a subscriber the time, date, and channel of the next showing of a PPV event if the subscriber tries to purchase the PPV event after the purchase window...
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...
6772433 Interactive program guide for designating information on an interactive program guide display  
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...
6701528 Virtual video on demand using multiple encrypted video segments  
A method and apparatus for providing a virtual video on demand services is disclosed. The method and apparatus disclose the storing of a segment of the video program in advance for VOD viewing at a...
6678641 System and method for searching selected content using sensory data  
The invention illustrates a system and method of searching for a specific segment within a stream of content data comprising: receiving a stream of sensory data corresponding with the stream of...
6671879 Method and apparatus for pay-per-view system  
A method and system that provides a single multipurpose PPV channel that a subscriber tunes for all PPV services. From the subscriber's perspective, the program guide, previews, advertising,...
6532589 Method and apparatus for providing a calendar-based planner in an electronic program guide for broadcast events  
A method and apparatus for providing a calendar-based on-screen planner in an electronic program guide for broadcast events are provided, wherein at least one electronic program guide is generated...
6530086 System and method for VDSL real time response to video programming  
An upstream signaling arrangement for a VDSL network is provided which uses a head end data carousal to send an IP address of a programming host computer to end user set top boxes. The IP address...
6381747 Method for controlling copy protection in digital video networks  
A method and system of providing copy protection of video analog and digital signals and the like, wherein the signals are transmitted via a digital delivery network, and may comprise, for example,...
6314572 Method and apparatus for providing subscription-on-demand services, dependent services and contingent services for an interactive information distribution system  
A method and apparatus for providing subscription-on-demand (SOD) services, dependent subscription services and contingent services for a interactive information distribution system, where a...
6243142 Method and apparatus for displaying time and program status in an electronic program guide  
A method and apparatus for displaying graphic images to indicate a status of programs in an electronic program guide are provided. A multiple channel broadcasting system generates an electronic...
6069672 Remote control for a receiver  
A cordless remote control for a receiver, more particularly for a television set, comprising a reader for a data medium, said data medium containing information for the activating the remote...
6067564 Pay broadcasting receiver apparatus  
A pay program broadcasting receiver apparatus that receives pay programs, in accordance with the present invention, has a device that stores a limit total viewing charge for a specified period of...
6057872 Digital coupons for pay televisions  
Digital coupons are selectively transmitted in a communication network to subscriber terminals for promotional purposes. Subscribers automatically receive coupon credits when they meet the...
6035037 System for processing a video signal via series-connected high speed signal processing smart cards  
A system processes a video signal that includes a plurality of signal components representing respective ones of a plurality of video programs such as various pay-TV programs. Each of the signal...
6016141 Interactive television program guide system with pay program package promotion  
A system is provided that allows a user to select a pay program for purchase from a program guide. The program guide determines whether the selected program is part of a package of pay programs. If...
5982445 Hypertext markup language protocol for television display and control  
Textual and graphical displays are provided on a television screen using a hypertext markup language (HTML). On-screen display devices allow a user to invoke hyperlinks to different pages of...
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