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7624416 |
Identifying events of interest within video content
Instant messages sent by a viewer of a video while the video is perceivable to the viewer may be monitored. An event of interest occurring in the video may be identified based on the monitored...
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7620964 |
Recommended program search device and recommended program search method
A recommended program search device includes a viewing history information acquiring block which acquires a viewing channel and a viewing time by the user for each area corresponding to a time...
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7617512 |
Personal preferred viewing using electronic program guide
A method and system for implementing a preferred viewing library of programs are disclosed. Electronic program guide data is searched for a program satisfying a criterion, and a determination is...
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7617508 |
Methods and systems for collaborative capture of television viewer generated clickstreams
Methods and systems provide clickstream captures at both local and remote components by receiving user commands generated by the viewer locally where at least some of those commands are then sent...
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7614065 |
System and method for verifying content displayed on an electronic visual display
A system and method for providing multiple levels of verification of content displayed on an electronic display. A verification code signal representative of a verification code may be displayed...
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7614064 |
Determining program boundaries through viewing behavior
Program boundaries are determined through viewing behavior. More specifically, edge and/or commercial boundaries of programs may be determined by monitoring viewing behavior of different video...
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7613630 |
System and method for editing existing footage to generate and distribute advertising content to retail locations
A system and method for displaying content at a business establishment. The system includes a local network in communication with a content delivery system. The local network includes an electronic...
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7607148 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring an information distribution system
Techniques to monitor operation of an information distribution system and delivery of programming, guide data, and other information by the system. These techniques may be used for diagnostics,...
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7607147 |
Interactive service device metering systems
A metering system meters usage of on-line and off-line services by way of interactive service devices. Interactive service devices may include personal computers and non-personal-computers....
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7603682 |
Digest video browsing based on collaborative information
A computer implemented method determines interest in video portions. A media stream including frames, and a composite rating counter including interest levels are retrieved. Each interest level...
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7599987 |
Information processing device for obtaining high-quality content
An information processing apparatus which allows high-quality contents to be easily obtained. A WWW browser section sends search request information which includes a keyword for web pages, input by...
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7594242 |
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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7590991 |
Method and apparatus for determining channel to which a TV or VCR is tuned
Method and apparatus to determine the channel to which a TV tuner is tuned from a return loss ratio measurement circuit in a set top decoder. The method comprises generating a plurality of probe...
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7587732 |
Portable multi-purpose audience measurement system
As disclosed herein, media metering functionality may be imparted to a panelists device that was not previously capable of media metering. According to one example, a method of providing a...
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7587728 |
Methods and apparatus to monitor reception of programs and content by broadcast receivers
Methods and apparatus to monitor reception of programs and content by broadcast receivers are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein to monitor reception of a broadcast program by a...
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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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7584484 |
Methods and apparatus for collecting media consumption data based on usage information
Methods and apparatus for collecting media consumption data based on usage information of a media delivery device are disclosed. In an example method, media information is received by a portable...
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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...
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7548531 |
Poll scheduling for periodic traffic sources
An apparatus and method for polling stations that transmit periodic traffic streams are disclosed. The illustrative embodiment polls the station in accordance with a polling schedule that is...
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7516472 |
Using broadcast television as a portal for video on demand solicitation
Systems and methods are described for using broadcast television systems as an implicit portal for solicitation of video on demand programs. A viewing device is monitored for the occurrence of a...
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7478414 |
Method and apparatus for alerting a television viewers to the programs other viewers are watching
Described are methods and apparatus that allow viewers to access timely data showing what other viewers are watching at (or near) a given moment. Thus, for example, a viewer could tune in, find out...
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7471987 |
Determining location of an audience member having a portable media monitor
Systems, methods and devices for gathering data concerning media usage by predetermined audience members. An audience measurement code in acoustic energy produced by a media receiver is detected by...
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7448058 |
Method for enabling a television user to control operation of application programs on a programmable television controller
A television user selectively configures one or more control options pertaining to usage monitoring, and a compliance means ensures that the operation of application programs on the television...
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7444655 |
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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7441260 |
Television program recommender with automatic identification of changing viewer preferences
A television program recommender is disclosed that automatically identifies changes in viewing preferences. Once changing viewing preferences are identified, the disclosed television programming...
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7434246 |
Systems and methods for automatic personalizing of channel favorites in a set top box
A set top box for use in interactive television systems includes a generation engine and a display engine. The generation engine automatically stores channel favorites in a channel favorites table....
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7421723 |
Detection of media links in broadcast signals
A detection apparatus includes a tuner tuned to the program and a meter coupled to the tuner and arranged to detect content ancillary information from the program tuned by the tuner. The content...
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7395395 |
Methods, systems, and storage mediums for monitoring consumption of storage space and relocating content contained in the storage when a predetermined condition is met
Exemplary embodiments relate to methods, systems, and storage mediums for managing content storage and selection activities. The method includes monitoring consumption of storage space with respect...
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7363643 |
Real-time audience monitoring, content rating, and content enhancing
A method, system, and computer-readable medium for collecting usage information in real-time for a computing device receiving digital content for presentation, such as to enable various types of...
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7360231 |
System for obtaining data regarding customer use of interactive television
A system and method for obtaining data regarding customer use of interactive television, where application servers residing at a broadcast center include application programs that provide customers...
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7350223 |
Multi-media data automatic delivery system
A system for delivering contents includes a center system which delivers the contents, a plurality of terminal systems which receive the contents from the center system and displays the contents,...
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7284256 |
Method and system to maintain relative statistics for creating automatically a list of favorites
A method and system are disclosed in which a tuning event is detected. Relative statistics are maintained on one or more items related to the tuning event. A list of favorites is created...
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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....
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7260823 |
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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7236941 |
Event invalidation method
The invention concerns a computerized method of invalidating set-top box events. The method may include monitoring set-top box events, storing the set-top box events in a first array, calculating a...
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7197472 |
Market data acquisition system
A system and method for using inverse mathematical principles in the analysis of compatible datasets so that correlations and trends within and between said datasets can be uncovered. The present...
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7194421 |
Content attribute impact invalidation method
The invention concerns a method of determining the effect of content attributes on content ratings. The method may include obtaining content attributes, recording set-top box events as content is...
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7188355 |
Television program recommendation system
The present invention relates to a television system ( 50 ) and a method for automatically suggesting suitable programs to a viewer from a large number of available programs. The system ( 50 )...
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7151540 |
Audience attention and response evaluation
An automated method of and system for collecting and displaying audience recognition information concerning a video presentation, comprising: displaying a video presentation to a plurality of...
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7150030 |
Subscriber characterization system
A subscriber characterization system is presented in which the subscriber's selections are monitored, including monitoring of the time duration programming is watched, the volume at which the...
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7140032 |
System and method for establishing TV channel
A system and method for automatically establishing TV channels, based on time/date/geographic location/location of the TV within the home either entered manually or using a locater system such as GPS.
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7139723 |
Privacy compliant multiple dataset correlation system
A system and method for using inverse mathematical principles in the analysis of compatible datasets so that correlations and trends within and between said datasets can be uncovered. The present...
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7103903 |
Interactive television broadcast system
An interactive television broadcast system comprises a source for broadcasting a plurality of television channels and data. A plurality of remote receiving units, each include a tuner to enable the...
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7086075 |
Method and system for managing timed responses to A/V events in television programming
A method for providing an incentive for a viewer to watch and react to audio/video programming. The method includes prompting the viewer during a television programming stream to provide an...
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7069571 |
Automated retirement of interactive applications using retirement instructions for events and program states
A method and apparatus facilitate the retirement of interactive applications in a manner associated with an external event and a program state of the interactive application. A broadcaster...
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7062272 |
Method and apparatus to track count of broadcast content recipients in a wireless telephone network
A base station ( 110 ) in a wireless communications network ( 100 ) counts mobile stations ( 114 ) receiving broadcast content via multi-user channel. The base station broadcasts ( 608 ) a...
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7051352 |
Adaptive TV program recommender
A system for recommending television programs makes use of probabilistic calculations and a viewer profile to create a recommendation. The probabilistic calculations preferably are in the form of...
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7051351 |
System and method of inserting advertisements into an information retrieval system display
Systems and methods for selecting and inserting advertisements in an information document displayed to a user, wherein the selection is based at least in part on television programming viewed by...
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7047548 |
Recall of previous program channel
An apparatus, program product and method for recalling a previous program channel of interest from a current program channel, where the channel of interest is determined by the amount of time a...
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7043745 |
System and method for reproducing a video session using accelerated frame recording
A system for recording a video session includes a video server and a client coupled to the video server using a communication path. The video server communicates a start record command. The client...
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