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7634797 Open cable set-top box diagnosing system and method thereof  
An open cable set-top box diagnosing system in which a point of deployment (POD), separated from a main circuit unit, having a newly defined interface is used to check an operation state of an open...
7627889 Remotely accessing and programming a set top box  
Systems and methods for remotely programming a set top box and for remotely scheduling an event on a set top box. A set top box includes a server that allows an access device to access the set top...
7620965 Information processing apparatus and method, information providing apparatus and method, and program storage medium  
An information processing apparatus and an information processing method are disclosed. A personal computer receives a program guide and displays it. Then, the personal computer sends information...
7607160 Open cable set-top box diagnosing system and method thereof  
An open cable set-top box diagnosing system in which a point of deployment (POD), separated from a main circuit unit, having a newly defined interface is used to check an operation state of an open...
7607159 Open cable set-top box diagnosing system and method thereof  
An open cable set-top box diagnosing system in which a point of deployment (POD), separated from a main circuit unit, having a newly defined interface is used to check an operation state of an open...
7603691 Open cable set-top box diagnosing system and method thereof  
An open cable set-top box diagnosing system in which a point of deployment (POD), separated from a main circuit unit, having a newly defined interface is used to check an operation state of an open...
7603692 Open cable set-top box diagnosing system and method thereof  
An open cable set-top box diagnosing system in which a point of deployment (POD), separated from a main circuit unit, having a newly defined interface is used to check an operation state of an open...
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...
7587746 Methods and apparatus for enabling and disabling cable modem receiver circuitry  
Methods and apparatus for disabling and enabling the receiver circuitry of a cable modem connected to a cable network headend are described. The cable network headend transmits a message to the...
7587742 Open cable set-top diagnosing system and method thereof  
An open cable set-top box diagnosing system in which a point of deployment (POD), separated from a main circuit unit, having a newly defined interface is used to check an operation state of an open...
7587744 Open cable set-top box diagnosing system and method thereof  
An open cable set-top box diagnosing system in which a point of deployment (POD), separated from a main circuit unit, having a newly defined interface is used to check an operation state of an open...
7587741 Open cable set-top box diagnosing system and method thereof  
An open cable set-top box diagnosing system in which a point of deployment (POD), separated from a main circuit unit, having a newly defined interface is used to check an operation state of an open...
7587743 Open cable set-top diagnosing system and method thereof  
An open cable set-top box diagnosing system in which a point of deployment (POD), separated from a main circuit unit, having a newly defined interface is used to check an operation state of an open...
7587739 Open cable set-top box diagnosing system and method thereof  
An open cable set-top box diagnosing system in which a point of deployment (POD), separated from a main circuit unit, having a newly defined interface is used to check an operation state of an open...
7587740 Open cable set-top box diagnosing system and method thereof  
An open cable set-top box diagnosing system in which a point of deployment (POD), separated from a main circuit unit, having a newly defined interface is used to check an operation state of an open...
7587745 Open cable set-top box diagnosing system and method thereof  
An open cable set-top box diagnosing system in which a point of deployment (POD), separated from a main circuit unit, having a newly defined interface is used to check an operation state of an open...
7581240 Open cable set-top box diagnosing system and method thereof  
An open cable set-top box diagnosing system in which a point of deployment (POD), separated from a main circuit unit, having a newly defined interface is used to check an operation state of an open...
7577977 Open cable set-top box diagnosing system and method thereof  
An open cable set-top box diagnosing system in which a point of deployment (POD), separated from a main circuit unit, having a newly defined interface is used to check an operation state of an open...
7577981 Updating embedded firmware in a video system  
An electronic device ( 18 ). The device comprises an analog ( 16 ) interface for receiving an analog waveform. The device also comprises an image screen ( 20 ) and circuitry ( 42 ) for at times...
7574729 Open cable set-top box diagnosing system and method thereof  
An open cable set-top box diagnosing system in which a point of deployment (POD), separated from a main circuit unit, having a newly defined interface is used to check an operation state of an open...
7574720 Data transmitting method, data transmitting system, data receiving method and receiving terminal  
In a method and system for transmitting and receiving data, specified data can be transmitted only to a specific receiving terminal by assigning unique terminal information to the receiving...
7574727 Intelligent digital audiovisual playback system  
Payment-based audiovisual playback system characterized by comprising a microprocessor device associated with a payment device primarily including means for storing, inter alia, in digital format...
7571457 Advanced set top terminal with electronic mailbox for cable television delivery systems  
A novel advanced set top terminal having electronic mail capable of digital decompression, menu generation, interactivity, and other advanced functional capabilities for use in a television program...
7571456 Downloading apparatus and method therof for digital broadcast receiver  
A downloading apparatus and method for a digital broadcast receiver which updates a control program of an associated microcontroller with a control program received in a broadcast signal. The...
7565678 Methods and devices for discouraging unauthorized modifications to set top boxes and to gateways  
Methods and devices are disclosed for discouraging unauthorized modifications to set top boxes and gateways. Resource information is received that describing the number of disk drives and/or the...
7559074 Program processing apparatus, program processing system, and program  
A program processing apparatus and system is disclosed by which an electronic program guide can be used to confirm a condition of each program readily and perform various operations for a program....
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...
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,...
7451460 Programming interface for configuring a television settop terminal  
A software interface ( 26 ) is provided to enable television settop middleware ( 14 ) and operating system (OS) software ( 16 ) to control and interact with core settop system software ( 20 ) in a...
7436811 Multicasting data method in a radio communication system  
The present invention provides a method for receiving broadcast data in a system where broadcast data is transmitted on a plurality of frequencies. A user device monitors ( 302 ) a first frequency...
7430753 Method to enable cooperative processing and resource sharing between set-top boxes, personal computers, and local devices  
A system and method enables a set-top box to share the processing, communications, and storage resources of another local device, such as a personal computer, other set-top box, or an electronic...
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...
7386871 Program guide system with real-time data sources  
A program guide system is provided in which an interactive television program guide that is implemented at least partially on user television equipment receives program listings data and real-time...
7376751 Automatic identification of a set-top box user to a network  
Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are disclosed for enabling a user of data services over a network to automatically register for such services by plugging in a set-top box, such as...
7356034 Terminal device, method for processing communication data inside the terminal device, and program for implementing the method  
A terminal device, includes: a device driver section for controlling an interface section that is connected to a network; a protocol stack section that is connected to the network via the device...
7305699 Method and apparatus for generating carousels  
An apparatus for generating one or more carousels. A carousel includes a plurality of modules, at least one of which exhibits multiple instances, that are arranged in a module schedule. The...
7281261 Remotely accessing and programming a set top box  
Systems and methods for remotely programming a set top box and for remotely scheduling an event on a set top box. A set top box includes a server that allows an access device to access the set top...
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....
7231653 Method for delivering transport stream data  
According to one embodiment, a system is disclosed. The system includes a transmission device that converts a transport stream in to a transport stream file (TSF), a transmission medium coupled to...
7200858 Data distribution system  
An interactive system for obtaining data for diagnostic purposes from a server having access to stores of said data wherein the server supplies the data and software to a data requesting user that...
7124428 Information providing system, information terminal device, information server device and information providing method  
An information providing system allows to intentionally modify the arrangement of clips to be reproduced from that of the first transmission. The program clips and the CM clips obtained by...
7120926 Method and system of identifying software and firmware objects available for download over a network such as a cable television system  
This method and system allow a subscriber to a cable television service to receiving a listing or menu of programming available for that subscriber's set-top terminal to upgrade or enhance the...
7086076 Method for changing channel information in digital TV receiver  
Method for changing channel information in a digital TV receiver which can deal with a channel cancellation/addition during broadcasting, including the steps of (1) determining a channel...
7069578 Settop cable television control device and method including bootloader software and code version table for maintaining and updating settop receiver operating system software  
A cable television settop receiver and method includes a software component and a frequency acquisition method for determining the ability of the operating system/control program in the settop...
7069574 System time clock capture for computer satellite receiver  
A method and system are provided for synchronizing a digital video system that includes a transmitter, a receiver, and a decoder. A transport packet is received from the transmitter. At the start...
7058964 Flexible digital cable network architecture  
A digital cable network architecture and services method includes a cable medium and a plurality of hosts that include a receiver. A policy file store contains policy files having at least one of a...
7051325 Apparatus and method for upgrading software  
An apparatus and method for upgrading a software, including a version comparing unit for comparing a version of a software code and a version of a previously installed software code to determine a...
7032236 Multimedia system for processing program guides and associated multimedia objects  
A program guide information data structure and processing system facilitates both decoding and selectable program guide generation by a decoder. A decoder acquires a directory of object files...
7028331 Content proxy method and apparatus for digital television environment  
The present invention describes and claims a new system and technique or method for decoupling the interpretation of broadcast content information from the display of this information. The...
7024683 System and method for adaptively interfacing different POD modules to a navigation device  
A method, system, and computer program product for adapting a navigation device to 5 operate with a plurality of different point of deployment (POD) modules that provide conditional access to...
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