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7624416 Identifying events of interest within video content  
Instant messages sent by a viewer of a video while the video is perceivable to the viewer may be monitored. An event of interest occurring in the video may be identified based on the monitored...
7624153 Allocation of resources to deliver media content using a combination of static and dynamic resources  
A strategy is described for allocating resources of an operations center to provide a collection of channels. The strategy uses static resources to provide relatively popular channels and dynamic...
7613365 Video summarization system and the method thereof  
The present invention discloses a video summarization system and the method thereof. A similarity computing apparatus computes the similarity between each frame to obtain multiple similarity...
7610604 Intelligent MPEG media storage, execution, and presentation system using network storage system  
A resource manager transforms the MPEG7 descriptors into an active and composite storage, processing, and presentation component in a storage area network (e.g. iSCSI). The active component can...
7587735 Multimedia-data transmission system, apparatus and method  
In a system for transmitting multimedia data including video data, audio data, graphic data, text data and the like via a network, sets of media data are stored in a plurality of servers in a...
7584490 System and method for delivering statistically scheduled advertisements  
A system and method for scheduling advertisements in a television service network environment. An ad scheduler prepares an ad insertion schedule based on channel change statistical information and...
7581036 Offline caching of control transactions for storage devices  
A system and method using hardware and software components enable a storage module to collect and maintain control transaction data (e.g., directives/events) when a storage device of the module is...
7577980 Bit-rate constrained trick play through stream switching and adaptive streaming  
A system for bit-rate stream playout at preset speeds including a regular playout speed and other than the regular playout speed includes multiple streams encoded at a same bit-rate (R) but at a...
7574721 Apparatus and method to generate and access broadcast information  
The system enables listeners and viewers of a broadcast to access additional information associated with a broadcast. Listeners and viewers utilize a user device to connect to a database containing...
7574513 Controllable track-skipping  
A method, system, and computer program product allow users to skip and/or to fast-forward through media items such as songs, while limiting the extent to which skipping is allowed in order to...
7546626 Information providing system, information processing apparatus, and method  
A data providing system is capable of providing metadata or supplementary data generated in a predetermined area to a different area. Metadata related to broadcast programs are transmitted from a...
7542568 Encryption device a decrypting device a secret key generation device a copyright protection system and a cipher communication device  
An encryption device, a decrypting device, a secret key generation device, a copyright protection system and a cipher communication device including: a CRL memory unit memorizing a CRL, a device...
7526787 Method to remotely provide television broadcast recording services to broadcast television service subscribers  
A system and method for remotely recording television programs using a remote redundant recording system in case of local DVR system failure. The system and method enables a subscriber station to...
7526784 Delivery of navigation data for playback of audio and video content  
In accordance with the present invention a filtering process is based on the output side of a multimedia decoder. A navigator, located at a server system, monitors the current play position of...
7518657 Method and system for the automatic collection and transmission of closed caption text  
A system for the automatic collection of closed caption text wherein broadcast source of closed caption text are received by a tuner, then decoded and a text handler writes text files. A remote...
7512969 System and method for detecting and reporting cable network devices with duplicate media access control addresses  
The detection of devices with duplicate media access controller (MAC) addresses in a cable network. A cable network device (CND) having a MAC address is connected by the cable network to a cable...
7502546 Method and apparatus for digitally recording and synchronously retrieving a plurality of video signals  
A method and apparatus for connecting a plurality of digital video recorders to a plurality of video transmitters via first transmission lines and for connecting the plurality of digital video...
7500260 Motion video indexing mechanism for athlete recruiting architecture  
An athlete recruiting architecture is disclosed. The athlete recruiting system allows a recruiting entity, such as a school, to search for and find athletes that satisfy recruiting entity-specified...
7487533 Digital television translator with PSIP update  
A digital television translator includes a digital television receiver for receiving a first digital television signal at a first frequency and generating a digital transport stream from the first...
7463586 Data transfer device to transfer repeat data from an upper station to a lower station  
A data transfer apparatus receives from an upper station a data stream that includes a plurality of types of repeat data, each type of repeat data being repeatedly transmitted by the upper station,...
7454776 System and method for supplying supplemental audio information for broadcast television programs  
An apparatus, method, and program for providing supplemental information related to a broadcast television program. Through a telephone or electronic network interface, a caller can request...
7451467 Content/service handling and delivery  
An enhanced playback method including receiving real time content from source links connected to a sources, simultaneously storing the real time content as stored content using a fault tolerant and...
7447917 Obfuscated state store for rights management system and the like  
A state store having state information therein is stored on a computing device. Information at least nearly unique to the computing device is obtained, and a number of locations at which at least a...
7444593 Disk space management and clip remainder during edit operations  
The method of storing a time based stream of information to generate a presentation is provided for in which a processing system is used. The methods provide for deleting a selected time based...
7437053 Digital video recorder, method of driving the video recorder and program  
A digital video recorder writes data on a selected one of a first storage medium and a second storage medium. The recorder includes an abnormal state detector for detecting any abnormal event that...
7434242 Multiple content supplier video asset scheduling  
An apparatus and method for allocating management functions within an interactive information distribution system between service providers and content providers whereby content providers lease...
7421729 Generation and insertion of indicators using an address signal applied to a database  
Disclosed is a system for inserting indicators, such as tags and markers, in a video stream. The tags and markers can be inserted automatically using a database, or manually using an operator input...
7421726 Method of seamlessly replacing disc-based video streams with memory-based video streams in a video-on-demand system  
In a video-on-demand system, disc-based video streams are seamlessly replaced with memory-based video streams. This is achieved by first switching each disc-based video stream to a mixed video...
7418480 Medical imaging data streaming  
A system and method for streaming unprocessed medical image data from a medical imaging system to a remote terminal is provided. A medical imaging system acquires medical image data, generates...
7415528 Apparatus and method for transmitting hierarchically multimedia data TS to prevent jitter of timing information and for recovering the multimedia data TS  
An apparatus and a method for transmitting multimedia transport stream hierarchically and recovering the multimedia transmission stream are disclosed. The apparatus includes: an input matching unit...
7404010 Methods and apparatus for integrating services for accessing the world wide web  
Web pages retrieved by a browser core are translated into user interface component definitions and page information. The definitions and page information are transmitted to a user device which...
7386193 Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing system and program thereof  
Notification of upload of a fixed point observation image to a server. A response program captures a fixed point observation image upon controlling a camera through a camera control program. An...
7380266 Transmission method and apparatus for optical fiber television network  
A method and apparatus by which television service is provided to the home via a two-way fiber optic link. The television set transmits to the central office the channel or channels being watched....
7375657 Method and system for performing streaming of encoded data  
A computer readable medium encoded with a computer program for performing streaming of character-based data from a storage system is provided. The computer program comprises code for fetching a...
7369743 Enhanced personal video recorder  
The present invention is directed to a system, software system and method for effectively managing multimedia broadcast presentations. Effective multimedia broadcast data management offers users...
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...
7360236 Data reception apparatus, data communication apparatus, information presentation apparatus, television control apparatus, data reception method, data communication method, information presentation method, and television control method  
A memory stores data supplied to each of a plurality of users via a communication network. A verification unit identifies a user. A reading unit reads data supplied to the user identified by the...
7356831 Method for the distribution of audio-visual information and a system for the distribution of audio-visual information  
The technology herein relates to a jukebox system, including a server that stores a master library of audiovisual selections. The system includes a plurality of jukeboxes, each of which is operable...
7340765 Archiving and viewing sports events via Internet  
Self-help or do-it-yourself productions of collegiate athletic contests are generated by the originating institution, and the recorded production is sent by overnight courier to a central digital...
7340764 Data transmission system  
A transmission control unit ( 12 ) of a transmitting station ( 10 ) specifies usable plural transmission paths ( 20 ). A data supply unit ( 11 ) transfers movie contents file encoded by MPEG 4 to...
7328448 Advertisement distribution system for distributing targeted advertisements in television systems  
Providing refreshed advertisements to subscriber equipment 210 , such as a set-top box. A “client” application runs on the subscriber equipment 210 and includes a queue 404 for storing...
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...
7299487 Control program, for a co-processor in a video-on-demand system, which uses transmission control lists to send video data packets with respective subgroups of internet protocol headers  
A control program for a co-processor in a video-on-demand system directs the co-processor to perform the steps of: a) obtain a transmission control list, from an external source, which identifies a...
7299486 Control program, for a supervisor processor in a video-on-demand system, which builds subgroups of internet protocol headers and transmission control lists  
A control program for a supervisor processor in a video-on-demand system directs the supervisor processor to perform the steps of: a) transfer a group of video data packets, from an externally...
7290058 Video mail server with reduced frame loss  
A video mail server comprises a video call signaling module coupled to an internet protocol network for establishing a first internet protocol channel with a caller remote internet video device to...
7284258 Apparatus and system for providing program-related information, and program-related information providing method  
A simple program-related information providing apparatus provides information related to a program to be broadcast to a user while the user is watching the program. The program-related information...
7278153 Content propagation in interactive television  
A process of propagates viewing assets on a system of video storages. The process includes copying a missing portion of a replica of a selected viewing asset onto a target video server. The act of...
7272846 System and method for detecting and reporting cable modems with duplicate media access control addresses  
The detection of devices with duplicate media access controller (MAC) addresses in a cable network. A cable modem (CM) having a MAC address is connected by the cable network to a cable modem...
7272844 Lodging entertainment system with guest-selected time shifting  
A lodging entertainment system provides a variety of products and services, including free television, pay-per-view movies, video games, guest services, and guest-selected recording of television...
7268823 Method and system for the automatic collection and conditioning of closed caption text originating from multiple geographic locations, and resulting databases produced thereby  
There is provided a system for the automatic collection and conditioning of closed caption texts originating from multiple geographic locations, comprising: (1) at least one remote capture client...
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