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8181201 |
Enhanced electronic program guides
A method and system for rating programs, the method including, receiving a sample of viewing logs from a plurality of set top boxes (STBs), determining, from the sample of viewing logs, at least...
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8161519 |
Video multiplexer system providing low-latency VCR-like effects and program changes
An advanced multiplexer designed and optimized for next generation on-demand video distribution is described. Features and capabilities include low-latency client interactions, quality of service...
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8151310 |
Video delivery of oilfield data
A data delivering system comprises a video server receiving and processing oilfield data into a video delivery, and a network delivering the video delivery from the video server to at least one...
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8132224 |
Transmitting and receiving multimedia SMIL documents
An apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving multimedia broadcasting in order to provide multimedia broadcasting services and interactive broadcasting services are provided. An apparatus...
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8132204 |
System and method for enhanced video selection and categorization using metadata
Systems and methods for presenting video asset information to a viewer to assist the view in selecting a video asset for viewing is described. The video assets can be available from a plurality of...
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8104056 |
Video service blackout events
A method is disclosed that includes receiving a command to blackout a full screen version of content at a component of a multimedia content distribution system. The method includes updating a first...
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8099040 |
Personal audio player with wireless file sharing and radio recording and timeshifting
A portable MP3 player, which includes radio capability therein. The device includes a radio part which enables receiving radio, either over the airwaves, or via a network. The radio information can...
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8046808 |
Communication of TV-Anytime CRIDs
A method of creating an audio-video stream comprises multiplexing a video component, an audio component, a content reference identifier, and a semantic data packet containing information on the...
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8015588 |
Method of managing auxiliary programs and a corresponding receiver and system
A method of managing auxiliary programs broadcast with main programs in a digital data stream, wherein the method is implemented by a receiver, involving receiving several digital data streams...
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7983417 |
System and method for dynamically allocating stream identifiers in a multi-encryption transport system
The present invention is suitable for use in a multi-encrypted system that dynamically allocates stream identifiers in a secondary overlay stream depending upon the identifiers in a primary...
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7970132 |
Reduced hierarchy key management system and method
A controller receives an encrypted media stream (“EMS”) and an identifier indicative of a selected content key from a headend. The EMS is encrypted with an encryption key and can be decrypted wit...
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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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7949341 |
Method and system for mobile receiver antenna architecture for world band cellular and broadcasting services
A method for an antenna architecture that handles World band cellular and broadcast channels may be provided. The method may comprise receiving at a first radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC)...
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7934243 |
Digital broadcasting system and data processing method
A digital broadcasting system and a data processing method are disclosed. A time zone identifier is inserted into program table information of a broadcasting signal and the broadcasting signal is...
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7921448 |
Multicast media distribution system
The present invention provides for methods, systems, and devices for simultaneously receiving and processing multimedia asset packages transmitted by a plurality of multimedia content providers....
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7913286 |
System and method for describing presentation and behavior information in an ITV application
An ITV application definition language (ADL) used to generate ITV applications for different types of target platforms and devices. The ADL provides a plurality of core data structure types upon...
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7907634 |
Method and system of transporting multimedia signals
A method and system of transporting multimedia signals from a source 12 to customer equipment (CE) 14. The method and system being applicable to cable, telecommunications, and other systems where...
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7904933 |
Generating and managing DTV application signaling based on asset definition
An implementation is described herein that generally pertains to digital video television technology. At least one implementation, described herein, provides an asset definition framework for...
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7900236 |
Method and apparatus for modulating a video signal with data
A system for transmitting auxiliary data within a modulated video signal from a broadcast source to a hand-held device with a slot, the system comprising the broadcast source comprises means for...
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7890599 |
Pause and replay of media content through bookmarks on a server device
A method, apparatus, and system of pause and replay of media content through bookmarks on a server device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of a server device includes authenticating a...
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7881658 |
Method and apparatus for entertainment and information services delivered via mobile telecommunication devices
A method and system for entertainment and information services delivered via mobile telecommunication devices include a communication network, and a station communicatively linked to the...
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7856650 |
Signal processing apparatus and methods
A unified system of programming communication. The system encompasses the prior art (television, radio, broadcast hardcopy, computer communications, etc.) and new user specific mass media. Within...
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7814513 |
Video channel creation systems and methods
The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for generating one or more channels for the organization of content items. A method according to one embodiment comprises selecting a...
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7796940 |
Personal audio player with wireless filesharing and radio recording and timeshifting
A portable MP3 player, which includes radio capability therein. The device includes a radio part which enables receiving radio, either over the airwaves, or via a network. The radio information can...
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7796863 |
Apparatus and computer-readable program for generating volume image
Provided is a generating apparatus that generates a DVD-Video volume image, and a BD-ROM volume image, that each have: a digital stream, path information, and a jump table, where in the respective...
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7788686 |
Method of and apparatus for describing, promoting, publishing, aggregating, distributing and accessing live content information
An electronic program guide that assists a user to navigate through a variety of digital and analog feeds made available by digital television technology is provided. Features such as allowing the...
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7768547 |
Monitoring system and method thereof
A monitoring system including N cameras, a digital video recorder (DVR), a monitor, a remote controller, a receiver and a host is provided. N is a positive integer. The N cameras successively shoot...
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7765573 |
IP-based scheduling and control of digital video content delivery
An audiovisual system is provided for a facility having a facility distribution system with a plurality of channels receivable throughout the facility. A plurality of digital media storage devices...
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7761055 |
Extension device
An antenna (8), mounted to a roof (3) of a building (1), receives digital broadcast transmissions and feeds a signal through a cable (9) to a desk stand (2). The desk stand has an amplifier and a...
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7757261 |
Systems and methods for providing flexible provisioning architectures for a host in a cable system
Flexible systems and methods are disclosed that may be used for provisioning, configuring, and controlling a host embodied in a cable set top box or other digital device attached to a digital...
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7739712 |
Apparatus and system for delivering audio/video content to a remote receiver
A system for communicating content streams (e.g., voice, video, data) between a content server connected to a network and a remote electronic device. In one implementation, the network is a...
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7730513 |
Systems and methods for provisioning a host device for enhanced services in a cable system
Flexible systems and methods are disclosed that may be used for provisioning, configuring, and controlling a host embodied in a cable set top box or other digital device attached to a digital...
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7673321 |
Audio and video transmission and receiving system
A system of distributing video and/or audio information employs digital signal processing to achieve high rates of data compression. The compressed and encoded audio and/or video information is...
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7673318 |
Channel merging method for VOD system
A channel merging method for a VOD system, said method comprises the steps of: in response to requests from a plurality of clients for a video program, establishing a root channel (S1) and at least...
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7659922 |
Internet video surveillance camera system and method
The invention consists of a system and method for transferring video images from video sources to video receivers using a video server as an intermediary. The video server creates a list of all the...
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7661120 |
Automated transport stream apparatus and method
A mapping processor is configured to receive a current PAT from the input data stream, and to compare input program numbers in the current PAT to known program numbers in the stored format table....
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7653924 |
Digital video streaming over optical network
Systems and methods for carrying a serial digital video stream over an optical network such as an optical network employing SONET/SDH or G.709. For example, serial digital video data formatted in...
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7650624 |
Method and apparatus for modulating a video signal with data
A system for transmitting auxiliary data within a modulated video signal from a broadcast source to a hand-held device with a slot, the system comprising the broadcast source comprises means for...
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7640563 |
Describing media content in terms of degrees
A media classification system receives media content descriptions from one or more description providers. The media classification system generates a description of media content based on...
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7634787 |
Automatic control of broadcast and execution of interactive applications to maintain synchronous operation with broadcast programs
An automation server interfaces with broadcast scheduling systems of various types to automatically synchronize the behavior of interactive applications relative to various broadcast programs, such...
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7634788 |
Service provider side interactive program guide encoder
A method and apparatus for combining video frame sequences with a video display of an interactive program guide (IPG). The apparatus comprises a plurality of compositors that combine background...
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7627887 |
System and method for multicasting packets in a subscriber network
An apparatus in a digital network receives digital packets, such as MPEG packets, included in at least one input transport stream and outputs a plurality of modulated output transport streams. The...
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7614066 |
Use of multiple embedded messages in program signal streams
A method of generating a program signal stream comprises creating a sequence of serial programs that include a first event and a second, later occurring event and inserting a plurality of messages...
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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...
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7577982 |
Apparatus and method for encoding and decoding broadcast data in a digital broadcasting system
An apparatus and method for changing a channel in a digital broadcasting system are provided. The apparatus includes: a digital broadcast server for transmitting a multiplexed stream obtained by...
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7551843 |
Authoring system, program, and authoring method
In an authoring system of the invention, generation of volume configuration information for a DVD-Video is performed in parallel with generation of volume configuration information for a BD-ROM....
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7549175 |
Recording medium, recording method, recording apparatus, reproduction apparatus, data transmission method, and server device
A recording medium is applicable to information service system for receiving and transmitting information when a terminal device on the user's side accesses an administrative server, which is a...
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7533406 |
Systems and methods for generating a walled garden program for substantially optimized bandwidth delivery
Systems and methods for generating a walled garden program for substantially optimized bandwidth delivery are described. In particular, layers of data that are substantially similar across multiple...
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7523145 |
System for managing data in a distributed computing system
A method and mechanism for managing data in a distributed computing system. A television system is configured to convey audio/video/interactive data to receiving devices. Data conveyed to the...
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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...
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