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7614073 |
Digital headend and full service network for distribution video and audio programming
A digital headend architecture and full service network are provided to selectively demodulate and decode a variety of digital and analog feeds into baseband signals or pass digital programming...
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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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7594254 |
System and method for transmitting files from a sender to a receiver in a television distribution network
A system and method for transmitting files from a sender to a receiver in a television distribution system, for example, a cable television distribution network, is provided. The files are...
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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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7577715 |
Content providing system, receiving device and method, recording medium and program
The present invention relates to a content providing system, a receiving apparatus and method, a storage medium, and a program, which enable to perform a variety of contents provisions. An...
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7555196 |
Methods and systems for synchronizing timecodes when sending indices to client devices
Methods and systems for indexing programs are described. In accordance with one embodiment, program data associated with a program recorded on a first entertainment system is processed sufficient...
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7548653 |
Digital video broadcasting
A method is provided for transmitting a plurality of informational video programs over a single digital transport stream to a plurality of receivers, wherein the receivers are operative to select...
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7533404 |
Apparatus and method for merging MPEG streams in a headend system
A headend system includes an apparatus. The apparatus comprises receives a plurality of separate MPEG input streams; merges the plurality of separate input streams, and outputs a merged stream that...
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7529415 |
Adaptive and progressive protection of fixed images encoded in wavelets
A process for secured distribution of fixed numerical images according to a nominal format resulting from numerical encoding in wavelets, represented by a original stream including a packet...
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7519265 |
Method and apparatus for making archival copies of audiovisual recordings
Recorded audiovisual programs are aggregated for archival storage on another storage medium, such as a DVD. As related programs are temporarily recorded on a DVR, the lengths of the programs are...
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7509502 |
Data processing apparatus and method for merging secure and non-secure data into an output data stream
The present invention provides a data processing apparatus and method for merging secure and non-secure data. The apparatus comprises at least one processor operable to execute a non-secure process...
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7490345 |
Upstream only linecard with front end multiplexer for CMTS
One or more upstream line cards each include a digital or analog multiplexer front end circuit for a Cable Modem Termination System. Each upstream line card has only upstream receivers and allows a...
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7474621 |
Broadcast system
A broadcast system BS includes a broadcast apparatus 1 and a reception apparatus 2 . The broadcast apparatus 1 first receives and stores therein a proxy request PR including at least an...
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7472410 |
Video transmission apparatus for connecting to a network
A video transmission apparatus for connecting to a network has a peripheral block including a video processing unit for generating compressed video data of video signals and a network control unit...
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7448064 |
Virtual channel table for a broadcast protocol and method of broadcasting and receiving broadcast signals using the same
A virtual channel table for broadcasting protocol and a method for broadcasting by using the virtual channel table includes identification information identifying and permitting discrimination of...
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7421729 |
Generation and insertion of indicators using an address signal applied to a database
Disclosed is a system for inserting indicators, such as tags and markers, in a video stream. The tags and markers can be inserted automatically using a database, or manually using an operator input...
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7386879 |
Broadcast network with interactive services
In an interactive broadcast system signals transmitted by a service provider ( 30 ) are passed via a gateway ( 12 ) to a subscriber terminal ( 2 ). In order to gain access to services, the...
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7373653 |
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 (S 1 ) and at...
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7370342 |
Method and apparatus for delivery of targeted video programming
A system residing preferably in a television set-top box monitors the television watching habits of one or more viewers and creates one or more profiles for each viewers descriptive of various...
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7360236 |
Data reception apparatus, data communication apparatus, information presentation apparatus, television control apparatus, data reception method, data communication method, information presentation method, and television control method
A memory stores data supplied to each of a plurality of users via a communication network. A verification unit identifies a user. A reading unit reads data supplied to the user identified by the...
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7360077 |
Production line boot sector lock
Hacking of a class of Set-Top Boxes known as Integrated Receiver-Decoders (IRDs) used to receive satellite broadcasts for display on television sets is prevented by use of connections to the...
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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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7346164 |
Communication installation for collective data reception
A communication installation for communal reception of digital television and/or of multimedia data, which receives a plurality of signals emanating from separate sources. The installation of the...
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7337463 |
Displaying heterogeneous video
Heterogeneous video may be independently encoded in a processor-based system and transmitted for display on a display device. In the display device, the independent video streams may be...
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7301908 |
Method and apparatus for rescheduling a communication system channel after a channel property change
Techniques for rescheduling one or more timing intervals associated with a channel of a communication system. Responsive to a detected change in a property of the channel, a rescheduling algorithm...
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7299487 |
Control program, for a co-processor in a video-on-demand system, which uses transmission control lists to send video data packets with respective subgroups of internet protocol headers
A control program for a co-processor in a video-on-demand system directs the co-processor to perform the steps of: a) obtain a transmission control list, from an external source, which identifies a...
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7296287 |
Image down-loading apparatus and system, and image down-loading method
A switching apparatus of a camera server switches to down-load advertisement for a predetermined period at predetermined intervals while down-loading an image sensed by a camera, in response to a...
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7237250 |
Promotion server using video on demand channel
Idle Video-On-Demand (VOD) channel capacity is used to deliver promotional content to selected set-top boxes (STBs) in a cable television network. Commercial segment cues are used to instruct a...
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7227583 |
Digital TV method for switching channel automatically
A digital TV and a method of switching a channel automatically thereof provides a viewer with advance notice of an automatic channel switch using linkage descriptor information on HD broadcasting....
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7210162 |
DVB-ASI signal inverting adapter and system
An inverting adapter is disclosed that inverts inverted DVB-ASI signals to produce an adapted DVB-ASI signal. This adapted DVB-ASI signal may be used by any DVB-ASI device. The inverting adapter...
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7209942 |
Information providing method and apparatus, and information reception apparatus
By moving image analysis, acoustic/speech analysis, or text analysis for multimedia information in a database, feature data representing the type of information is acquired, and the feature data is...
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7207057 |
System and method for collaborative, peer-to-peer creation, management & synchronous, multi-platform distribution of profile-specified media objects
In a television programming management system, contributors access television programming functionality of legacy systems using a web-based interface provided by a network operations center. The...
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7207055 |
Bandwidth allocation for a television program delivery system
This invention is a method of allocating bandwidth for a television program delivery system. This method selects specific programs from a plurality of programs, allocates the selected programs to a...
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7194756 |
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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7185354 |
Apparatus and method for confirming data broadcasting
The system of the present invention analyzes the content of digital broadcasting, generates an operational procedure for selecting selection items that can be controlled by a remote control, etc.,...
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7177520 |
System and method of timecode repair and synchronization in MPEG streams
A method, apparatus and article of manufacture is provided for processing a previously encoded MPEG video high-resolution (HR) file and corresponding proxy file, for frame accurate timecode repair...
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7150017 |
System and method for scheduling digital information transmission and retransmission on a network during time slots
The present invention is a computer system for delivering digital information over a network. A request receiving process receives a request for transmitting digital information after a start time...
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7139283 |
Robust techniques for optimal upstream communication between cable modem subscribers and a headend
A number of features for enhancing the performance of a cable transmission system in which data is transmitted between a cable modem termination system at a headend and a plurality of cable modems...
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7080399 |
Network control system, and controller, target and consumer for use in the network control system
A network control system which transmits mass data efficiently, speedily, and reliably, and which includes a controller that can easily decide what a target has transmitted. The controller and the...
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7065097 |
Program information transmission apparatus that transits program information at a constant rate through a cycle
A data reading control unit select packets to be transmitted so that the number of packets that are transmitted per unit time does not exceed the number of packets that can be transmitted per unit...
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7032239 |
Providing content description and connection information in digital broadcast networks
A system enables connection information and content description information to be separately transmitted from a broadcaster to a receiver. Thus, the description of the content may be provided to a...
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7032235 |
Recasting DVB video system to recast digital broadcasts
A central controller remotely controls and configures sets of receivers to receive programs in a broadcast signal and recast selected sets of programs to selected sets of media devices over a...
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7020892 |
Time-shifted video signal processing
A time-shifted video method has a real-time mode during which real-time video frames are delivered for display. In a time-shifted mode, time-shifted video frames are delivered for display. The...
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7020888 |
System and method for providing an omnimedia package
Disclosed is a system that permits a variable number of disparate streams of data to be packaged together as content into a single distinct program referred to as an omnimedia package. A framework...
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7017179 |
Data receiving apparatus and method
Different programs are broadcasted in a plurality of channels. A broadcast program which transmits same data in repetition is reserved in such programs to download the data. The GUI part 250...
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6959451 |
Transmission communications management
An interactive transmission system having a data management module that identifies at least one transmission characteristic of at least one transmitter module. The transmitter module transmits data...
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6954795 |
Transmission/reception system and method for data broadcast, and transmission apparatus for data broadcast
A transmission/reception system for data broadcast comprising: a transmission apparatus transmitting audiovisual stream data for a series of plural programs and plural data broadcasting contents...
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6951030 |
Data broadcast apparatus capable of stopping reproduction of broadcast data in reception apparatus when an event requiring to stop the reproduction of the broadcast data occurs
A data broadcast apparatus repeatedly broadcasts data using a carousel method, to a reception apparatus which stores the data into a memory and reproduces the data stored in the memory. A storing...
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6934966 |
System for capturing resources in broadcast and data communication in unification mode
A system is provided that can easily capture the same broadcast stream from an arbitrary application. An interface between application and a reception route selection mechanism describes in a...
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6934759 |
Method and apparatus for user-time-alignment for broadcast works
An embodiment of the present invention is a method for broadcasting information from a server to a client which includes the steps of: (a) broadcasting information at predetermined starting times;...
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