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8438592 |
Dynamic live content promoter for digital broadcast TV
Methods and devices for alerting users to live programming on digital television broadcast receiver devices provide an on-screen object revealing a content item broadcast in an overhead flow...
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8429684 |
Methods and apparatuses for determining preferred content using a temporal metadata table
A broadcast system, method and apparatus providing content on demand. Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatuses for rating content to be broadcast or to be broadcast...
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8429691 |
Computational recommendation engine
A computational recommendation engine is described. In embodiment(s), identifiers of ranked programs can be distributed to television client devices, and then a viewing vector from each of the...
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8424052 |
Systems and methods for automated extraction of closed captions in real time or near real-time and tagging of streaming data for advertisements
System and methods for finding and accessing desired audio content from audio content sources, including means and methods for extracting captions from a broadcast; aggregating the captions in a...
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8418195 |
Advertising insertion for a video-on-demand system
A video advertising insertion system is comprised of a processing system, interface, and video advertising. The video advertising insertion system receives a video stream carrying selected video...
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8387083 |
Monitoring media content channels
Monitoring one or more media content channels is disclosed. Monitoring includes receiving one or more search criteria associated with desired media content, receiving channel data associated with...
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8381241 |
Methods and apparatus to maintain audience privacy while determining viewing of video-on-demand programs
Methods and apparatus to maintain audience privacy while determining viewing of video-on-demand (VOD) programs are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein comprises obtaining subscriber...
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8359609 |
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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8325276 |
System and method for real-time video content sharing with synchronization via closed-caption metadata
Various disclosed embodiments included systems and methods which allow two persons in different locations to enjoy a synchronized and shared viewing experience of original content that has been...
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8316390 |
Method for advertisers to sponsor broadcasts without commercials
A system and method that allows content to be broadcast without commercial interruption, yet lets the company or companies that sponsor the broadcast to offer advertisements and discounts and...
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8301458 |
Dynamic inventory distribution system
Embodiments include systems and methods of delivery DVDs, games, other electronically or computer readable media, or other high value items through the mail or via any other delivery service for...
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8302131 |
Method of processing non-real time service and broadcast receiver
A method of receiving and processing a Non-Real Time (NRT) service and a broadcast receiver are disclosed herein. A method of processing a Non-Real Time (NRT) service in a broadcast receiver...
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8286202 |
Systems and methods for memorializing a viewers viewing experience with captured viewer images
Systems and methods of memorializing a viewer's viewing experience are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment presents a movie to the viewer, detects an occurrence of one of a plurality of event...
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8266646 |
Cooperative system for measuring electronic media
A cooperative electronic media measurement system is disclosed that measures the electronic media usage of one or more individuals by a media research entity. The media research entity defines at...
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8255938 |
Signature-based program identification apparatus and methods for use with digital broadcast systems
Signature-based program identification apparatus and methods for use with digital audio and/or video systems are disclosed. The disclosed systems and methods develop signatures of digital audio...
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8245252 |
System, method, and computer program product for selective replacement of objectionable program content with less-objectionable content
A system, method, and computer program product is provided for the selective replacement of objectionable content in a program with less-objectionable material. The selective replacement of...
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8245263 |
System and method for managing conditional access blackout events in a video data distribution system
A computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed by a computer configure blackout event data indicating at least one event criterion data for selecting client devices subject...
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8239908 |
System and method for verifying a conditional access blackout in a video data distribution system
A system is disclosed for verifying an occurrence of a blackout event in a data distribution system, the system including but not limited to a processor in data communication with a computer...
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8225342 |
Methods and apparatus to collect audience information associated with a media presentation
Methods and apparatus to collect audience information associated with a media presentation are described herein. In an example method, a first media metering device associated with a media...
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8218821 |
Video preprocessing of image information for character recognition
An apparatus processes video signals containing video information related to a scene which may contain a vehicle license plate. The apparatus includes a video camera having a video imaging device...
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8214854 |
Method and system for facilitating analysis of audience ratings data for content
There is provided a method for use by a content processing device for facilitating the analysis of audience ratings data for content. In one embodiment, content is received from a source. Then, the...
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8209713 |
Television advertisement monitoring system
The present invention discloses systems for monitoring advertisements. A system for monitoring advertisements in a broadcast television channel in accordance with the present invention comprises a...
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8205223 |
Method and video device for accessing information
A method and video device are disclosed for accessing information. In an embodiment of the present invention, part of data included in a title, being played, read from a storage medium or extracted...
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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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8181196 |
Simulcast resolution in content matching systems
An audience measurement system generates signatures of unknown pieces of content viewed by panel members, and generates reference signatures of known pieces of content. The signatures of the...
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8161512 |
Method for processing targeting descriptor in non-real-time receiver
A method of receiving a broadcast signal including a Non-Real-Time (NRT) Receiver Targeting service is disclosed herein. A method of receiving a broadcast signal including a Non-Real-Time (NRT)...
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8161513 |
Method for receiving a broadcast signal and broadcast receiver
A method of receiving a broadcast signal including a Non-Real-Time (NRT) service and a broadcast receiver are disclosed herein. A method of receiving a broadcast signal including an NRT service,...
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8161504 |
Systems and methods for memorializing a viewer's viewing experience with captured viewer images
Systems and methods of memorializing a viewer's viewing experience are disclosed. An exemplary embodiment presents a program stream to the viewer, detects an occurrence of one of a plurality of...
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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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8122465 |
Watermarking to set video usage permissions
A digital watermark in video includes a plural-bit payload that sets different permissions governing usage of the video. One bit, for example, may flag whether fast-forwarding of the video is...
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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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8108900 |
Drift compensator for a tuning device
An apparatus coupled to, or integrated with, a tuner. This apparatus, which may be referred to herein as a “compensator,” may operate to adjust a frequency of the tuner to counteract drift or err...
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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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8090016 |
Activity normalization for video encoding
The invention facilitates the normalization of activity normalization parameters to be used to select the proper quantization value for encoded video data that directly influences the Human Visual...
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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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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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8065700 |
Methods and apparatus for identifying audio/video content using temporal signal characteristics
Methods and apparatus for identifying audio/video content using temporal characteristics of a signal are disclosed. The disclosed apparatus and methods receive a signature associated with...
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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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8032904 |
Confirming video transmissions
In an interactive broadcasting system, television programming may be broadcast with interleaved web content information. The progress in broadcasting the web content information over one or more...
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8020180 |
Digital video signature apparatus and methods for use with video program identification systems
Digital video signature apparatus and methods for use with video program identification systems are disclosed. The disclosed apparatus and methods identify a video program using a sequence of...
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8001116 |
Video player for exhibiting content of video signals with content linking to information sources
A method and apparatus for retrieving information relevant to tracked objects appearing in a display of a video signal is disclosed. The method is performed by a viewing computer having stored...
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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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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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7941816 |
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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7929599 |
Accelerated video encoding
A video encoding acceleration service to increase one or more of the speed and quality of video encoding is described. The service acts as an intermediary between an arbitrary video encoder...
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7917925 |
Method and apparatus for automatically extracting data identifying a broadcast A/V program
Broadcast receiving devices usually have access to an electronic program schedule or EPG. Since often the same audio/video program is broadcasted more than once within a short time range on the...
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7908616 |
Measuring audience viewership of online live broadcast
Method and apparatus for measuring an audience viewership of an online live broadcast are provided. Code information included in live broadcast data is received from the encoding server or the...
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7908133 |
Gathering research data
Methods and systems are provided for gathering research data. Frequency domain data is received or produced, a signature is extracted from the frequency domain data and an ancillary code is read...
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7793318 |
Digital video signature apparatus and methods for use with video program identification systems
Digital video signature apparatus and methods for use with video program identification systems are disclosed. The disclosed apparatus and methods identify a video program using a sequence of...
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7783889 |
Methods and apparatus for generating signatures
Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for media monitoring are disclosed. In particular, the example methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture generate digital spectral signatures...
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