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8185921 |
Parental control of displayed content using closed captioning
According to one embodiment, a method for blocking scenes with objectionable content comprises receiving incoming content, namely a scene of a program. Thereafter, using closed captioning...
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8181194 |
Cooperative system for measuring electronic media
A media measurement system uses media handlers to obtain information from presented media for collection by research data collection agents and dispatch to a controller. The controller registers...
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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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8181195 |
Anonymous aggregated data collection
An anonymous aggregated data collection system aggregates media access information in an anonymous data collection component without associating the media access information with any one particular...
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8175582 |
System and methods for delivering event-related multimedia content to wireless devices
A system for delivering to a wireless subscriber terminal multimedia content related to a spectator event comprises an event application server, a wireless network coupled to the event application...
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8161516 |
Fraud detection in a cable television
One or more of a topology location test and a distance test are applied to determine if a CPE device has moved in a cable plant. An indication of service fraud is provided if the CPE topology...
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8151291 |
Methods and apparatus to meter content exposure using closed caption information
Methods and apparatus to meter content exposure using closed caption information are disclosed. An example method comprises developing a keyword database of terms based on program guide descriptive...
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8146125 |
Computerized device and method for analyzing signals in a multimedia over coax alliance (MOCA) network and similar TDM / encrypted networks
The present invention relates to testing signals on a coaxial home network that carries a digital video signal. It has direct application to testing so-called Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA)...
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8132202 |
Methods and systems for providing targeted content
A method and system for providing targeted advertisements over a networked media delivery system, especially interactive television networks, the system comprising tracking and storing viewer...
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8132200 |
Intra-video ratings
A system and method is provided for receiving and displaying voting data with respect to online hosted videos. Viewers vote on portions within various videos stored in an online video hosting...
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8127325 |
Log processing to determine impression values using reliable durations
Set top box logs are received from a television provider and processed to identify channel tunes and channel tune times. The channel tunes and channel tune times of the log data can be compared to...
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8126423 |
E911 location reporting without PSAP support
A wireless communications device and network having the ability to detect when a call session with a public service access point (PSAP) has not transferred location information for the wireless...
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8122464 |
Methods and apparatus to monitor media content on a consumer network
Example methods and apparatus to monitor media content on a consumer network as described herein. An example metering system includes a metering device to monitor the consumption of media content...
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8112301 |
Using consumer purchase behavior for television targeting
In various embodiments, strategies, tools and techniques are provided for using consumer purchaser behavior for targeting delivery of content to consumers through television and other media. An...
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8108886 |
Receiving apparatus and receiving method, broadcasting apparatus and broadcasting method, information processing apparatus and information processing method, bidirectional communication system and bidirectional communication method, and providing medium
When the user of a receiving apparatus presses a notice button provided for a remote controller to indicate the preference concerning the person or thing appearing on the screen of the program...
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8108888 |
Methods and apparatus to monitor audio/visual content from various sources
Methods and apparatus to monitor audio/visual content from various sources are disclosed. An example method to monitor a media content presentation comprises determining whether an audio signal is...
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8107643 |
Apparatus and method of automatically compensating an audio volume in response to channel change
An apparatus and method of automatically compensating audio volume in response to a channel change. The method includes generating a gain value to adjust a level of an input audio signal by...
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8104054 |
Methods, systems, and devices for bandwidth conservation
Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for conserving bandwidth. A user's bandwidth consumption is monitored and compared to a threshold value. When the user's bandwidth consumption equals or...
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8099749 |
Viewer data collection system and method for use in a direct broadcast satellite television network
A system and method for collecting viewership data. The inventive system (10) is adapted to receive a signal having multiple channels of program content and associated channel identification...
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8095589 |
Clickstream analysis methods and systems
Methods and systems are provided herein for the analysis of clickstream data of online users. The analysis methods and systems allow for the creation of new offline business methods based on online...
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8091101 |
Channel tune dwell time log processing
Reporting data related to content processing devices, e.g., television devices, are processed to identify channel tunes and corresponding tune times of the content processing devices. Automatically...
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8091104 |
Method and apparatus for storing broadcast program
A method and apparatus for storing a broadcast program are provided. The apparatus includes: a signal processing unit which generates an audio/video (A/V) file, an application file, and a first...
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8091102 |
Methods and systems that motivate tuning to a transmission channel for a time period
Systems and methods are provided for motivating a user to watch a television channel for a predetermined period of time and enabling access to a media asset related to a program provided on the...
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8087041 |
Estimating reach and frequency of advertisements
Estimating the reach and device frequency of a proposed advertising campaign based on the probability that advertising content delivery devices (e.g., a television set top box, radio) were used to...
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8087042 |
Methods and apparatus to detect an internally generated signal mode of a local media playback device
Methods and apparatus to detect an internally generated signal mode of a local media playback device are disclosed. A disclosed method comprises tuning a harmonic frequency of a chrominance signal...
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8079042 |
Dynamic IPTV group profile creation and management
An IPTV group profile is dynamically generated based on individual IPTV user profiles, whenever a user joins or leaves a shared IPTV session at an IPTV Terminal Function (ITF). The IPTV group...
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8069348 |
Client digital program insertion in a conditional access module
Systems and methods are disclosed for inserting programs into broadcasted primary programs by a conditional access (CA) module that is inserted into a host device, such as a digital-ready...
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8069262 |
Method, system and apparatus for playing advertisements
Embodiments of the present invention provide method, system and apparatus for playing advertisements during buffering time in network living broadcasting. The method includes: obtaining, by a...
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8065703 |
Reporting of user equipment selected content delivery
A system and method is provided for use in connection with delivering content that is targeted to users of a broadcast network. In order to select content that is targeted to users of the broadcast...
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8060398 |
Using consumer purchase behavior for television targeting
In various embodiments, strategies, tools and techniques are provided for processing and analyzing data in an advertising measurement system accessible through a software-as-a-service model or a...
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8060901 |
Information providing method and information providing system
A terminal can play back song or video information in real time without downloading it, and thus restrictions on the hardware of the terminal are reduced and a large amount of music can be listened...
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8046798 |
Profiling and identification of television viewers
Profiling a television viewer by monitoring and processing, locally at a television viewing environment, the viewer's interactivity (e.g., via a remote control unit) with the television viewing...
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8037505 |
System and method for providing popular TV shows on demand
Various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide methods and systems to automatically identify popular television programs based on the viewing of broadcast television programs by at...
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8032477 |
Adaptive pattern recognition based controller apparatus and method and human-factored interface therefore
The need for a more-readily usable interface for programmable devices is widely recognized. The present invention relates to programmable sequencing devices, or, more particularly, the remote...
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8006258 |
Methods and apparatus for media source identification and time shifted media consumption measurements
Methods and apparatus for media source identification and time shifted media consumption measurements are disclosed. A disclosed method identifies a time shift associated with one of a plurality of...
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8006275 |
Network playback of video programming after customer premises service interruption
In an exemplary broadband video distribution network, an edge interface device at the customer premises detects a condition relating to an interruption of video service, e.g. a power outage at the...
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8001561 |
System and method for automatically rating video content
System and method for automatically rating the content of video media based on video operations performed on a media device and in reference to a plurality of rating rules are provided. Usage of...
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8000993 |
Using consumer purchase behavior for television targeting
In various embodiments, strategies, tools and techniques are provided for processing and analyzing data in an advertising measurement system accessible through a software-as-a-service model or a...
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RE42627 |
Encoding and decoding of information in audio signals
Systems and methods are provided for decoding a message symbol in an audio signal. This message symbol is represented by first and second code symbols displaced in time. Values representing the...
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7996862 |
Metadata mapping to support targeted advertising
A television server generates a metadata map that represents relationships among media content description data based on viewing patterns of multiple viewers. The television server sends the...
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7987477 |
Technique for identifying favorite program channels for receiving entertainment programming content over a communications network
A favorites list of program channels which a cable TV user likely prefers is generated automatically from which the user may select a program channel to watch. Each program channel in the favorites...
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7975150 |
Method and system for protecting queryable data
A system and method for protecting queryable data. Specifically, the method is implemented in a system for targeted data delivery. The method includes collecting user information about a user and...
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7962929 |
Using relevance to parse clickstreams and make recommendations
Disclosed are systems and methods for generating viewing recommendations in a television viewing personalization system, including parsing, in accordance with a set of stored processing rules, a...
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7958523 |
Method and system for protecting cable television subscriber-specific information allowing limited subset access
A television program ratings method and system includes transferring information associated with households from a cable provider to a ratings provider such that the ratings provider has access to...
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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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7958524 |
Method and system for detecting and preventing unauthorized signal usage in a content delivery network
A method and system for controlling unauthorized signal usage in a content delivery network, such as a television network, is described. The method and system acquires at least two signal usage...
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7958526 |
Source detection apparatus and method for audience measurement
A system identifies which of first and second signal sources is supplying a program signal to a monitored receiver. The first and second signal sources and the monitored receiver are located in a...
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7954120 |
Analysing viewing data to estimate audience participation
According to the present invention there is provided a method of analysis of the audience for channels selectable by a channel selector device for presentation on a presentation device, the channel...
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7950030 |
TV remote control signal log
An interceptor detects command signals from a TV remote control and logs the signals. The signals can be correlated not just to channel number but also to programs by accessing a program/channel...
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7945924 |
Detecting distribution of multimedia content
A system and method is disclosed for detecting distribution of multimedia content. The volume level of data traffic is monitored for a plurality of users to select any users with high-bandwidth...
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