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7320025 |
Systems and methods for providing a broadcast entertainment service and an on-demand entertainment service
The present invention provides systems and methods for, in some cases, supplementing a broadcast media service with an on-demand and personalized media service.
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7313809 |
Convergence-enabled DVD and web system
A system integrates a DVD system and a WWW web browser. Universal Resource Locator (URL) information corresponding to sites accessible by the browser are stored in fields within the DVD data. When...
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7310330 |
Apparatus for providing broadcasting channel information in internet protocol based digital broadcasting system and method thereof
In a digital broadcasting system comprising a server for retransmitting a digital broadcast on the basis of an Internet protocol (IP), a user terminal for receiving the digital broadcast on the...
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7310811 |
Interaction modalities for multimedia delivery and presentation
A method and apparatus for displaying received data, analyze the quality of the displayed data formulating a media-parameter suggestion for the encoder to alter the characteristics of data to be...
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7305469 |
Prioritization of third party access to an online commerce site
Providing prioritization of user online access to an online commerce site. Third party applications using API function calls to access an online commerce site are restricted to specific services by...
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7302697 |
Broadcast pause and resume for enhanced television
A broadcast pause and resume system may enable replay from a random access memory of video information received from a video distribution source such as cable, broadcast television or satellite...
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7302224 |
Communication system for rebroadcasting electronic content within local area network
A system of distributing electronic content has a network operations center generating a broadcast signal having digital electronic content. A communication backbone is coupled to the network...
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7296283 |
Two-tiered authorization and authentication for a cable data delivery system
Apparatus for a cable television subscriber to log onto a computer network with a modem over an upstream path using a USERID and password. The network validates the subscriber USERID and subscriber...
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7288712 |
Music station for producing visual images synchronously with music data codes
In order to make a tutor give a remote music lesson to a trainee, the audio-visual station transmits MIDI music data codes/time stamp data codes and click time data codes through a packet switching...
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7281260 |
Streaming media publishing system and method
A streaming media publishing system and method for use in delivering streaming media to personal computers. The streaming media publishing system and method preferably delivers streaming media...
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7272843 |
Broadcasting method and broadcast signal receiver apparatus
A broadcasting method and a broadcast signal receiving apparatus is provided wherein auxiliary information, such as video and audio data, for supplementing broadcast information presented through a...
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7263711 |
Terminating enhanced television broadcasts
An enhanced television broadcast system may enable the transmission and reception of a real-time event when a new program is about to begin. The real-time event may control access to enhancements...
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7257549 |
Systems and circuits for providing support for user transactions on a media exchange network
A system providing support for user transactions in a media exchange network is disclosed. An embodiment of the present invention may comprise a television display, storage, and a set top box, and...
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7257831 |
Program distribution system, method of program distribution, transmitter and receiver
A program distribution system enabling a user to easily buy a program includes a video server for storing a plurality of distributable programs, and a video on demand controller which receives a...
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7254825 |
Method and device with DVD and HTML control environments
A method and device with DVD and markup language control environments is described. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method includes controlling, in a first mode, a device,...
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7248581 |
Method and apparatus for injecting information assets into a content stream
A method and apparatus for transport encoded asset data and content data, multiplexing the transport encoded content data with a plurality of NULL transport packets to provide “place holder”...
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7243135 |
Method for finding an Internet or E-mail address
The invention is based on a method for finding an Internet or E-mail address. Internet or E-mail addresses are noted in the content of many teletext pages regardless of whether they contain...
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7242694 |
Use of group poll scheduling for broadband communication systems
A group poll mechanism (GPM) that schedules upstream bandwidth for cable modems by pointing a request opportunity normally reserved for a single service flow to more than one service flow....
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7239698 |
DOCSIS network interface device and methods and systems for using the same
A network interface device located at a customer's premises includes an external interface that receives a plurality of telecommunication services via a coaxial connection from a telecommunication...
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7219173 |
System for video processing control and scheduling wherein commands are unaffected by signal interrupts and schedule commands are transmitted at precise time
A method, apparatus, computer medium, and other embodiments for synchronizing control of one or more devices at predetermined times are described. A host scheduler loads a to-do list of...
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7219367 |
Backup 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 first type...
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7216170 |
Systems and methods to reference resources in a television-based entertainment system
The described implementations provide for referencing locally and remotely deployed resources in a television-based entertainment system. The entertainment system includes a content provider or...
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7207056 |
Remote task scheduling for a set top box
Systems and methods for remotely scheduling tasks that are transmitted to a set top box and implemented on the set top box. A task service includes a website that provides program guide data to...
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7206754 |
System for issuing short life coupons or other promotional devices
An improved short life coupon system which allows a television viewer to select discount or promotional coupons while viewing a television commercial. Coupon information relating to the commercial...
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7194754 |
Method and system to defer transactions conducted via interactive television
A viewer can initiate and then defer a transaction conducted via an interactive television system. The transaction can involve obtaining information or ordering goods or services available from a...
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7185354 |
Apparatus and method for confirming data broadcasting
The system of the present invention analyzes the content of digital broadcasting, generates an operational procedure for selecting selection items that can be controlled by a remote control, etc.,...
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7181758 |
Information distribution and processing system
An information distribution and processing system contains a sender and a plurality of processing units. The sender delivers a set of digital data, without receiving a request signal, to the...
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7174562 |
Interactive television triggers having connected content/disconnected content attribute
An interactive television system includes “connected” receiver units capable of establishing bi-directional connections to remote information stores, such as Web servers, and “disconnected”...
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7168087 |
Distributed publishing network
A system and method for distributing of various media content is described. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a device is coupled to a remote server through a network. The...
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7155734 |
Methods of operating a data broadcast service
A broadband data broadcast system that allows rich multimedia content to be delivered to a plurality of subscribers is disclosed. The broadband data broadcast system operates by multiplexing a...
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7152236 |
Integration of internet sources into an electronic program database list
A computerized system for integrating internet sources and television sources in a convergence system is disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, the system integrates both television...
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7150034 |
Method and apparatus for notifying users of filtered e-mail using a set top box
A software application that filters specific messages from an e-mail server is disclosed. A user specifies filtering criteria within the application, which then detects the arrival of an e-mail...
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7146629 |
Multi-user talking system and multi-user talking method
Out of viewers of the same content, multi-user talking service is provided to only viewers who wish to enjoy the content in a large number of people. Only when an address of a terminal 4, 5 that...
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7143428 |
Concurrent viewing of a video programming and of text communications concerning the video programming
A system in which a video signal, such as a television program, is received and displayed to a viewer. The system has a user-selectable chat option in which the viewer can enter text messages that...
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7127736 |
Content processing apparatus and content processing method for digest information based on input of a content user
Value-added information is created based on favorite information of a content user. The content is processed according to the generated value-added information. Favorite data indicating operations,...
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7120871 |
Enhanced video programming system and method utilizing a web page staging area
A web page staging area for construction of web pages hidden from view of the user. Once the web page is constructed, it is displayed to the user based upon timer event information or receipt of a...
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7117522 |
Television transmitter, television transmitting method, television receiver and television receiving method
A TV transmitter, a TV transmitting—method, a TV receiver and a TV receiving method allowing users to find and choose desired programs through the use of a program guide displayed by graphical...
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7107322 |
Master operating software system
A Master Operating Software System stored and/or run on a remote portion of a Split Personal Computer System, or a Multiple Computer System, such that remote users can operate such Master Operating...
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7107608 |
Remote task scheduling for a set top box
Systems and methods for remotely scheduling tasks that are transmitted to a set top box and implemented on the set top box. A task service includes a website that provides program guide data to...
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7103903 |
Interactive television broadcast system
An interactive television broadcast system comprises a source for broadcasting a plurality of television channels and data. A plurality of remote receiving units, each include a tuner to enable the...
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7100191 |
Distributed publishing network
A system and method for distributing of various media content is described. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a device is coupled to a remote server through a network. The...
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7093274 |
Apparatus and method for accommodating fast change of digital streaming sources and formats
A home video server system includes a source control library and a streaming library. A stream controller is connected between the source control library and the streaming library. Moreover, a...
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7084994 |
Home printing from internet sources
Internet-based printing to a home printer in which the print job is pre-rasterized at the cable head end and sent in rasterized format to the set top box. Because the print job is pre-rasterized at...
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7065780 |
Method and system for emulating and HTTP server through a broadcast carousel
In an interactive television system, an interactive television receiver can receives a carousel over a broadcast path. The broadcast server may run a carousel manager, and the carousel manager may...
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7065782 |
Digital broadcasting system, digital broadcasting apparatus, and receiver apparatus for digital broadcasts
A data transmission apparatus has a multiplexing unit that cyclically multiplexes presentation information and navigation information stored in a transmission data storage unit according to control...
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7058356 |
Telephone device with enhanced audio-visual features for interacting with nearby displays and display screens
A telephone device is used to establish two-way communication with a remotely located entity, or to transfer content from a display screen of the telephone device to a nearby display screen for...
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7051351 |
System and method of inserting advertisements into an information retrieval system display
Systems and methods for selecting and inserting advertisements in an information document displayed to a user, wherein the selection is based at least in part on television programming viewed by...
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7051357 |
Communicating ancillary information associated with a plurality of audio/video programs
A method and apparatus of communicating audio/video programs (e.g., television content associated with a plurality of channels) includes receiving the audio/video programs over a transport medium....
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7039928 |
Method and device for obtaining audience data on TV program
The TV program table data in the area where a viewer resides are received through the Internet or a broadcasting medium by using the TV set with an internet connection function at the viewer. While...
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7028330 |
Transferring information between an internet module and TV controller of a web TV
A web television includes a display, a tuner, an internet module, and a PIP module. The tuner is arranged to select television video for display on the display and to select television audio for...
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