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