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8180906 |
Dynamically optimizing delivery of multimedia content over a network
Communication device capabilities may change during an established multimedia session due to connection of a peripheral device. For example, a user listens to an Internet radio service on a mobile...
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8156534 |
Seamless digital channel changing
Seamless channel changing in a digital-television-based entertainment network can be implemented, for example, by providing an intra frame to a client device upon a change to a new channel even...
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8146126 |
Request for information related to broadcast network content
A request for information (RFI) system is provided for use in communications networks including broadcast networks and the internet. In one implementation, a viewer of a cable television network...
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8144854 |
Conference bridge which detects control information embedded in audio information to prioritize operations
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and devices for improved audio, video, and data conferencing. The present invention provides a conferencing system comprising a plurality of endpoints...
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8146123 |
System to provide set top box configuration for content on demand
A content on demand system includes logic to compose set top box configuration information into an audio and/or video stream format, and to communicate the configuration information to a plurality...
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8140702 |
System and method of maximizing utility in media delivery network
A method is provided for maximizing utility of a media delivery network having a media source, a first media adaptor, a second media adaptor and a media renderer. The media source can provide data...
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8132218 |
Access/edge node supporting multiple video streaming services using a single request protocol
An access/edge network node (300) according to the invention includes a single proxy function (301) to terminate on the subscriber side a single requesting protocol for a plurality of streaming...
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8117279 |
System and method for detecting customer premise equipment behind a router on a data-over-cable system
A system and method permits a network management agent executing on a customer premise equipment (CPE) component to determine whether a router is coupled between the CPE component and the cable...
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8090864 |
Media exchange network supporting varying media guide based on viewing filters
Systems having a user interface comprising a filtered view of media available for consumption are disclosed. An embodiment of the present invention may provide a first user with a view that enables...
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8087059 |
System and method for recording and time-shifting programming in a television distribution system with limited content retention
Various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide methods and systems to record broadcast programming for at least one television channel for a period of time, wherein the recording is...
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8079056 |
Synchronizing a media center on a correct channel
A media center and an audio visual (AV) unit may be remotely synchronized on the same remodulation channel. A system may include a media center connected to an audio visual (AV) unit; and a remote...
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8077771 |
Moving-image distributing apparatus, moving-image distributing system, and computer product
A moving-image-data acquiring unit acquires, when a failure occurs in other moving-image distributing apparatus, a plurality of moving-image data transmitted from a part of the encoders to the...
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8065711 |
Chaincast method and system for broadcasting information to multiple systems within the internet
A method and system for performing chaincast communication to multiple communication systems within a system of coupled electronic devices. In one implementation the electronic devices can be...
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8060624 |
Initiating a communication session from a presence enabled media host device
A presence enabled media host device is provided for accessing presence information associated with a number of communication endpoints and requesting the initiation of a communication session with...
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8050283 |
Network router apparatus and method
An improved network router apparatus and associated network architecture is disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, the router apparatus is adapted to interface between an external network (such as...
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8032077 |
Wireless communication device
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless communication device including: a cable port to which an external device is connected; a reading unit that reads...
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8032916 |
Single master clock control of Ethernet data transfer over both a cable TV return path and an Ethernet forward path
An optical signal return path system analog RF signals are sampled using a master clock frequency, and combined with digital data such as Ethernet data at a cable node. The cable node sends the...
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8031870 |
Conditional access system for each transmitter in single frequency network, and a method thereof
The conditional access system in a single frequency network in a digital broadcasting system includes a main broadcasting system transmitting encoded broadcasting signals including a data stream...
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8010983 |
Method and apparatus for enabling switched video service on a host media server
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed to enable switched video service on a host media server using a component within the media server to relay messages between a set of one or more tuners coupled...
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7987003 |
Network media appliance system and method
A network media appliance, comprising at least one packet data network interface, adapted for communicating data packets with a data network according to an Internet Protocol; a media data...
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7987490 |
System and method to acquire, aggregate, manage, and distribute media
A media content manager residing at a user premises having a tuner coupled to at least one media source operable to selectively receive at least one media stream of at least one type of media...
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7984474 |
Method and apparatus for a digitized CATV network for bundled services
A cost-efficient digital CATV network to improve signal quality, provide reliability, and offer the ability to meet demands for interactive services is described. Analog or digital video downstream...
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7979885 |
Real time bit rate switching for internet protocol television
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for delivering television programming to a subscriber. In one aspect the method includes receiving one or more channels of program...
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7970932 |
View-upload decoupled peer-to-peer video distribution systems and methods
View-upload decoupled (“VUD”) peer-to-peer (P2P) video distribution is provided, in which each peer is assigned to one or more channels to upload, with the assignments made independent of what the...
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7966078 |
Network media appliance system and method
A network media appliance, comprising at least one packet data network interface, adapted for communicating data packets with a data network according to an Internet Protocol; a media data...
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7958525 |
Demand broadcast channels and channel programming based on user viewing history, profiling, and requests
A system and method for scheduling media for consumption via a demand broadcast channel based upon notifications received during user consumption of media. An embodiment of the present invention...
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7945936 |
Multicasting system, client device, upper router controller, method of displaying content and computer program
A multicasting system includes a delivery server for multicasting a content via at least one upper router and a plurality of lower routers, a plurality of client devices for playing the content...
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7940694 |
Intelligent filtering of redundant data streams within computer networks
The principles of the invention allow an intermediate device, such as a router, to intelligently filter redundant data streams provided by one or more hosts. In the event of a network disturbance,...
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7912098 |
System, method, and device using a singly encapsulated bundle and a tagger for re-encapsulation
The invention provides for systems, methods, and a transport re-encapsulator/tagger for delivering streaming media to customer premises equipment. A digital streaming media system broadcasts...
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7904187 |
Internet appliance system and method
An Internet appliance, comprising, within a single housing, packet data network interfaces, adapted for communicating with the Internet and a local area network, at least one data interface...
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7895351 |
Information recording/reproducing system, information recording/reproducing apparatus and information recording/reproducing method
An information recording/reproducing system has a data storage device that stores a data stream with a predetermined data format and an information recording/reproducing apparatus, which is...
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7881289 |
Method and apparatus for porting telephone numbers of endpoint devices
The present invention enables a capability for automatically porting the telephone number of the original VoIP endpoint device to the user's new VoIP endpoint device by re-associating the original...
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7882531 |
Multicasting system and multicasting method
A multicasting system includes a delivery server for multicasting a content via at least one upper router and a plurality of lower routers, a plurality of client devices for playing the content...
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7876757 |
Router-assisted fast processing of packet termination in host
A last router in the route of a packet determines when a packet is at the last hop prior to reaching its destination, based on information conveyed in the routing table that the destination is a...
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7861270 |
Method and system for controlling a back-up receiver and encoder in a local collection facility from a remote facility
A system and method suitable for processing television signals includes a local collection facility that has a primary receiver and a primary encoder forming a broadcast signal in response to a...
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7853648 |
System and method for providing interactive images
A visual server system (10) includes a server (12) having a graphics application (20). The graphics application (20) generates image content and position information. The server (12) streams the...
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7849137 |
Interactive contribution widget
A system and a method for facilitating interactions between users such as social interactions across computer networks such as the Internet are disclosed. In one embodiment herein, a plurality of...
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7840072 |
Method and system for pattern matching
Pattern matching can be achieved by considering only the position numbers of a source pattern and a target pattern within ordered sequences of possible source patterns and target patterns...
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7836196 |
Media exchange network supporting varying media guide based on viewing filters
Systems having a user interface comprising a filtered view of media available for consumption are disclosed. An embodiment of the present invention may provide a first user with a view that enables...
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7831730 |
Proxy apparatus and method for streaming media information and for increasing the quality of stored media information
A proxy apparatus and method for streaming media information via at least one network and for building-up a good quality version of the media information. When a user device communicates with the...
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7826705 |
Parking device for fiber distribution hub
There is provided a fiber distribution hub with a panel assembly that includes one or more selectively removable parking devices. The parking devices are adapted to selectively receive one or more...
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7823183 |
Methods, systems and computer program products for providing internet protocol television communication services
A method of providing communications services to customer premise equipment (CPE) coupled to a television. The method includes operating a network element as a communications terminal server, the...
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7818775 |
System and method for recording and time-shifting programming in a television distribution system with limited content retention
Various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide methods and systems to record broadcast programming for at least one television channel for a period of time, wherein the recording is...
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7814519 |
Providing and receiving on-demand assets using a pool of assets containing unavailable assets
A method for providing assets includes providing information to a user regarding at least one asset from a pool of assets, where the pool of assets includes a subset of available assets and a...
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7804888 |
Voice modem protocol for uninterrupted data connection
A back-up solution is presented for a DSL modem that guarantees essentially uninterrupted data connections in the event of a failure in the DSL connection. When a DSL data connection fails, e.g.,...
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7802287 |
Method and system for generating geographic visual displays of broadband network data
A hybrid fiber coax (HFC) network management method and system for use in a broadband network having a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) network provided with network elements operable for communicating...
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RE41708 |
System and method for user-server telecommunication in accordance with performance capabilities of a controller
A user terminal exchanges information with a server through a transmission medium. A coupling unit couples the user terminal to the transmission medium in accordance with information from the...
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7793328 |
Gateway power synchronization
A system for receiving network video includes a remote control with a power control input. A video receiver, controlled by the remote control, powers up or powers down based on a control signal...
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7784071 |
Method and apparatus for linking a plurality of user devices to a service location
A method for enabling at least one of a plurality of user devices to provide a service flow is described. In one example, a code is transmitted to a home identification device (HID) to be combined...
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7764595 |
Area and power efficient architectures of time deinterleaver for ISDB-T receivers
A method and apparatus for de-interleaving interleaved data in a deinterleaver memory in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) based Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting...
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