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7610586 Resource manager for clients in an information distribution system  
A method for processing a resource allocation request associated with an application running at a set top box, by identifying all resources required to complete the resource allocation request and...
7610013 Wireless audio for entertainment systems  
A set top box comprises a signal receiver that includes a front end that receives broadband signals, and a tuner that tunes a channel including audio and video signals. A signal demodulator...
7607162 Broadcasting receiver  
Discloses is a broadcasting receiver including: a receiver; a broadcast program output unit; a channel storage unit to store a physical channel correlated to a first virtual channel, the first...
7603694 Virtual channel table data structure, transport stream discrimination method, and digital broadcast receiver  
The present invention provides a virtual channel table (VCT) data structure, transport stream discrimination method, and digital broadcast receiver, by which streams transferred within a channel...
7603686 Information processing method and apparatus and recording medium  
An information processing apparatus in which television channel setting processing and provider setting processing can be completed expeditiously. The information processing apparatus has the...
7602846 Efficiently distributing video using a hybrid network that uses existing infrastructure  
A method and apparatus for transporting a video program in compressed form from a source location to a second location. The method comprises receiving at an intermediate location a first compressed...
7602819 Demultiplexing devices and process for at least two transport streams and a corresponding digital stream  
The invention is related to a demultiplexing device and process for at least two transport streams. The demultiplexing device comprises at least one merging unit, receiving at least two of the...
7596801 Single wire return device in a fiber to the home system  
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing reverse signals from a plurality of DHCTs to a downstream modulator that is located in the headend facility. The present invention includes a single...
7594251 Apparatus and method of managing reception state of data in digital broadcasting system  
An apparatus and method of managing a reception state of data in a digital broadcasting system has monitoring functions of a cable network, a broadcasting channel and received data realized for a...
7594248 Method for identifying extender text table of electronic program guide in digital TV  
A digital television (DTV) receiver and a decoding method, are discussed. According to an embodiment, the DTV receiver includes: a receiving unit for receiving a digital broadcasting signal...
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...
7580361 Network system, information processor and electronic apparatus  
In the present network system, a printer 10 periodically transmits an update request at different timings respectively to an apparatus management PC 30 and to a directory service 50 which are...
7577337 Audio/video data recording/reproducing device and method, and audio/video data reproducing device and method  
An audio/video data recording/reproducing device is provided that allows all video and audio signals, which can be displayed by a display of the audio/video data recording/reproducing device...
7568212 Digital broadcasting receiver  
There is provided a digital broadcasting receiver capable of making channel selection without making a user conscious of the difference between a physical channel number and a virtual channel...
7568207 Cable drop monitor with upstream signalling  
A time slot is provided for each terminal unit or cable drop of a signal distribution system in a repeated sequence to communicate detected conditions “upstream”. The time slots are defined in...
7559079 Realtime service system using the interactive data communication and method thereof  
The present invention relates to a real-time service system and method using an interactive data communication for implementing a high quality real time interactive service of a DVD class for...
7548565 Method and apparatus for fast metadata generation, delivery and access for live broadcast program  
Techniques for fast indexing of live video broadcasts are provided which incorporate both efficient manual processing and automatic indexing steps to generate semantically meaningful and...
7546618 Lower-power standby mode for consumer electronics  
A conditional access device is provided. The conditional access device typically includes conditional access decryption, interface, timing and control logic. The conditional access decryption logic...
7545935 Networked multimedia overlay system  
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing encrypted downstream signals to a plurality of receiver devices 130, 135, 140 , where the devices 130, 135, 140 may have different decryption...
7538621 Broadband integrated tuner  
A broadband integrated receiver for receiving input signals and outputting composite video and audio signals is disclosed. The receiver employs an up-conversion mixer and a down-conversion mixer in...
7536708 System and method for context-based searching and control of an integrated communications center  
A context-based search system ( 3800 ) for control of a digital personal media stream manager ( 102 ), for example, to control the programming of a video recording device ( 114 ). Such a system may...
7536707 Visual communications system and method of controlling the same  
A visual communications system and a method of controlling the same for pausing the screens of two terminals at quite the same image. Video communications terminals receive the same channel in...
7533401 Digital data processing from multiple streams of data  
The invention relates to a system and method for the generation of television channels and which allows the generation of the same by the processing and selection of designated packets of data from...
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...
7523479 Dynamically changing 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 plurality...
7516471 Detector for digital television signal  
A DTV signal detector detects DTV signals received by a receiver on a selected DTV channel in a Digital Television System. The DTV detector includes a first DTV signal detector that detects a first...
7515662 Method for compensating for gain ripple and group delay characteristics of filter and receiving circuit embodying the same  
Embodiments of methods and apparatuses can compensate gain ripple and/or group delay characteristics of at least one filter, a receiving circuit embodying a filter, or a communication system having...
7502587 Method and device for band translation  
A band translation method and device for selecting two or more desired frequency bands of data and bandstacking the two or more desired frequency bands of data into a single output.
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...
7499462 System, method and apparatus for wireless delivery of content from a generalized content source to a generalized content sink  
A system, method and apparatus for implementing a wireless point-to-point interface that securely and robustly delivers digital content from a generalized content source to a generalized content...
7493637 Device for transmission of signal units  
The present invention relates to an arrangement ( 1 ) for transmission of signal units to at least one receiver ( 3 ), comprising a receiving means being arranged to receive a number of signal...
7490344 System and method for seamless switching  
A method of preparing data streams to facilitate seamless switching by a switching device to produce an output data stream without any switching artifacts. Bi-directional switching between any...
7487534 Application programming interface (API) for accessing and managing resources in digital television receiver  
An application programming interface (API) for managing resources in a Digital Television (DTV) Receiver/Terminal. The API provides a uniform mechanism for gaining/controlling access to resources,...
7484236 Service gateway for interactive television  
A service gateway provides a proxy between a client protocol and a plurality of standard communication protocols. The service gateway provides asymmetrical routing, data compression and encryption...
7469414 Fast and reliable data carrier detection by a cable modem in a cable television plant  
Apparatus, methods, and computer program products for detecting or locating a viable data carrier in a downstream channel by a cable modem. Potential channels for data carriers can be eliminated...
7461393 Broadcast receiver, control method therefor, and program  
A broadcast receiver includes an input unit, a receiving unit, a control unit, a main memory, a demultiplexer unit, and a decoding unit. When a user switches on or resets the main power by...
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...
7430595 Information processing apparatus and method, information processing system using the same, and recording medium and program used therewith  
An information processing apparatus includes a music file storage unit and a transport processor. The music file storage unit stores a music file, PC-use additional information that can be...
7409702 Auxiliary program association table  
A method of identifying programs in a digital video communication system, consistent with certain embodiment of the present invention involve generating an auxiliary program association table (PAT)...
7406706 Method and system for devices efficiently sharing information regarding the content of a digital television bit-stream  
A method and system for efficiently allowing a controller device to receive information from a tuner device regarding the content of a digital television bit-stream. The present invention first...
7401348 Television tuning device screen saver advertising  
Television tuning device screen saver advertising is disclosed. The television tuning device that is connectable to the Internet. While the user has his or her device connected to the Internet,...
7389523 Method and system for inserting a new channel into a list of preferred channels  
A first set of channels is provided. The first set of channels is selected based on a predetermined criteria related to a viewing preference of a viewer. A first channel not selected based on the...
7383567 Method and system for creating a subset of programming channels  
The invention concerns a method ( 200 ) and system ( 100 ) for creating a subset of channels with programming from a plurality of channels and can include the steps of: receiving ( 210 ) a...
7380263 Apparatus and method for use in television channel mapping  
A method, apparatus, and system are provided for use in performing a limited channel mapping. In some embodiments a method can select an input of a plurality of inputs, select a single modulation...
7362999 Method and system for customized music delivery  
A system and method for customized music delivery to a vehicle including determining a playlist 200 , storing the playlist on a server 202 , selecting content corresponding to the playlist 204 ,...
7336925 Graphical indication of a proximately located device  
A system for displaying a graphical indication of a proximately located device is disclosed. When a mobile terminal (e.g., a mobile telephone) equipped with short-range communications (e.g.,...
7334248 Conditional access filter as for a packet video signal inverse transport system  
A method and an apparatus for processing a packetized transport stream that determines whether a sequence of transport packets are received in a proper sequence and whether an error is present in a...
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...
7293277 Remote control unit for intelligent digital audiovisual reproduction systems  
The invention relates to a remote control unit for intelligent digital audiovisual reproduction systems, comprising storage means, payment means, a sound control circuit, display means and a metal...
7269842 Time shifting enhanced television triggers  
Enhanced television broadcasts including triggers with expires attributes may be utilized in a variety of situations where the expires attribute may adversely affect the utilization of the trigger....