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7617509 |
Method and system for automated monitoring of quality of service of digital video material distribution and play-out
Method and system aspects provide for automated monitoring of quality of service of digital video material being distributed and played. The aspects include embedding a signature in each frame of...
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7600250 |
Communicating ancillary information associated with a plurality of audio/video programs
A system includes a receiver and a communication interface. The receiver is adapted to tune to an audio/video portion over a transport medium. The communication interface is adapted to receive...
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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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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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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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7577841 |
Watermark placement in watermarking of time varying media signals
A method of placing a watermark in a video stream estimates motion between frames in the video stream, and computes a representative motion for a frame. Before embedding the watermark in that...
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7571450 |
System for and method of displaying information
A system ( 100 ) for displaying information on a display device ( 104 ) comprises; receiving means ( 202 ) for receiving services; user interface means ( 220 ) for making a user selection of a type...
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7540009 |
Use tagging in television programs for scene filtering and alerts
A method and system for using tagging in programming such as television programming, movie DVDs and streaming video, and establishing personalized tag alerts for objectionable programming. The...
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7516466 |
Method and apparatus for retrieving data from a broadcast signal
A broadcast signal is received that includes a data identifier that identifies data associated with the broadcast signal. The broadcast signal also includes the data associated with the broadcast...
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7502588 |
Dissemination system for satellite broadcasting
A dissemination system for satellite broadcasting comprises a satellite receiving antenna for receiving satellite signals, receivers for demodulating the signals received by the antenna, and a line...
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7502546 |
Method and apparatus for digitally recording and synchronously retrieving a plurality of video signals
A method and apparatus for connecting a plurality of digital video recorders to a plurality of video transmitters via first transmission lines and for connecting the plurality of digital video...
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7502513 |
Commercial detector with a start of active video detector
A method for classifying a first video type and a second video type in a digital video signal having a series of frames is disclosed. The method generally includes a first step of (A) reading a...
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7487364 |
Method to store encrypted data
The objective of the present invention is to propose a method to prevent that the decryption of a keys file of a group of data stored in a storing unit (DB) of a decoder (STB), the latter...
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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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7461392 |
System and method for identifying and segmenting repeating media objects embedded in a stream
An “object extractor” automatically identifies and segments repeating media objects in a media stream. “Objects” are any section of non-negligible duration, i.e., a song, video,...
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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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7210157 |
Apparatus and method of program classification using observed cues in the transcript information
A method for classification of a program includes receiving transcript information associated with the program, identifying at least one cue of a plurality of cues in the transcript information...
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7117513 |
Apparatus and method for detecting and correcting a corrupted broadcast time code
An apparatus and method for processing audience measurement data detects and corrects one or more corrupted time codes. The corrupted time codes are identified by calculating a first set of...
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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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7100182 |
Digital VSB transmission system
A digital VSB transmission system that is able to send supplemental data along with MPEG image/sound data is enclosed. The system initially encodes the supplemental data symbol to generate a parity...
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7089575 |
Method of using transcript information to identify and learn commercial portions of a program
Advertisers want to deliver their message in a relatively short period of time. This leads to the product name, company name and other identifying features being repeated frequently during a...
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7064796 |
Method and system for re-identifying broadcast segments using statistical profiles
A method and system for extracting segments from a broadcast television signal uses a mean display attribute value of pixels of each successive frame of a video component of the signal to identify...
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7043638 |
Material display
The invention relates to a data storage medium storing data material having a data replay order, the stored data material being associated with dummy data material stored on the medium at a...
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7039930 |
Television advertising automated billing system
Advertising is marked with a code in a way which makes it difficult to fool the system. The advertising is marked with a code at the time the advertising is produced. Then, when the advertising is...
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7006881 |
Media recording device with remote graphic user interface
An apparatus for processing digital media signals, comprising a digital processor for controlling the apparatus; a graphic user interface, having a wireless remote control providing a command input...
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6947573 |
Watermarking an information signal
A method and an arrangement for detecting a multi-bit watermark in a signal (e.g. a video image) are disclosed. Each bit of the multi-bit value is represented by an embedded watermark subpattern in...
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6775257 |
Packet-transmitting system
A packet-transmitting system comprising a transmitter and a receiver. In the transmitter, the packet-allocating circuit receives a stream of packets. The circuit allocates the packets having PIDs a...
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6766524 |
System and method for encouraging viewers to watch television programs
Described are methods and apparatus for encouraging viewers to pay attention to television programs, commercials in particular, by offering viewers some incentive to watch. In one embodiment,...
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6708335 |
Tracking viewing behavior of advertisements on a home entertainment system
Systems and methods for tracking viewing behavior of advertisements on home entertainment systems. A processing device associated with the home entertainment system determines that an advertisement...
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6700989 |
Device for generating, detecting, recording, and reproducing a watermarked moving image having a copy preventing capability and storage medium for storing program or the moving image
The present invention relates to a contrivance for inserting watermark information into a moving image. The watermark information indicative of the ownership of the copyright of the moving image is...
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6647548 |
Coded/non-coded program audience measurement system
An audience measurement system identifies a program which is broadcast from a signal source and to which a receiver is tuned. The audience measurement system includes a code reader for reading an...
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6570996 |
Watermarking an informational signal
A multi-bit watermark is detected in a signal (e.g. a video image) in which each bit of the multi-bit value is represented by an embedded watermark subpattern in the signal. The watermark is...
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6400408 |
Television signal processing device having a data block address memory for autonously determining television program information
A television signal processing device ( 12 ) for receiving and processing a television signal (F) and an information signal (I) which contains television program information (FPI) about future...
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6353929 |
Cooperative system for measuring electronic media
A cooperative electronic media measurement system is disclosed which uses media handlers to obtain information from, or otherwise obtain information about, presented media objects, including...
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6295092 |
System for analyzing television programs
A system that automatically captures one or more local news program broadcasts and separates the broadcasts into the individual news stories or segments. The system then compares the stories to...
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6279157 |
Program data transmission checking method and apparatus
To obtain unique identification data to be added to program data even if different encoders are used, identification data generated by adding serial data specific to an encoder to data (time code)...
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6241612 |
Voice communication during a multi-player game
Real-time synchronized voice communications during a multi-player game is disclosed. A server is connected to client computers, players. Players can speak into a microphone and have their voice...
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6202210 |
Method and system for collecting data over a 1394 network to support analysis of consumer behavior, marketing and customer support
A data collection system for use with a home AV network. The home AV network includes a plurality of consumer electronic devices communicatively coupled via an IEEE 1394 based network. A receiver...
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6184918 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring viewing of broadcast data
A method for monitoring viewing of broadcast data includes detecting a lead tag corresponding to a program in the broadcast data. The broadcast data is monitored for a tail tag corresponding to the...
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5896164 |
Video display apparatus
Video display apparatus e.g. for use in biofeedback or in diagnosis is described. Between an audiovisual reproduction unit such as a video cassette player and a television display, the invention...
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5889548 |
Television receiver use metering with separate program and sync detectors
An apparatus for acquiring a modified baseband video signal from a CRT of a receiver includes a capacitive pick-up disposed on an external surface of a housing of the receiver and adjacent to a...
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5801748 |
Apparatus for storing picture information displayed on a monitor
A device for storing picture information displayed on a television screen consists of a storage medium made of a photosensitive material which may be secured to the surface of the screen by an...
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5790169 |
Device for storing picture or code information displayed on a screen, carrier cards for such devices and method for the transmission of a code
A device for storing picture information, in particular a code displayed on a part of the area of a monitor comprising a storage medium of photosensitive material which can be secured on the...
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5737025 |
Co-channel transmission of program signals and ancillary signals
In the present invention, an ancillary code is added to a composite video signal in its active video portion. The ancillary code may be spread over several frequencies and summed at the output of a...
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5646675 |
System and method for monitoring video program material
Unique digital codes are encoded on a video signal, the codes are retrieved at receivers and precise information concerning the time of occurrence, length, nature and quality of a monitored...
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5608445 |
Method and device for data capture in television viewers research
A device for the monitoring of a video installation is disclosed which does not need any intervention into the video sets (television set (4), video recorders (2, 3)). Signal pulses are...
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5532732 |
Apparatus and methods for using compressed codes for monitoring television program viewing
An apparatus and method for television audience monitoring includes an apparatus and method for determining that a television is turned on. Compressed codes, each representative of, and compressed...
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5512933 |
Identifying a received programme stream
A system for identifying a program stream being displayed at a receiver location comprises means at a central station for measuring the relative luminance of a plurality of predetermined areas in...
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5495282 |
Monitoring system for TV, cable and VCR
In a system for monitoring use of a video monitoring system, RF signals are injected into a cable converter and a VCR in order to detect channels selected by the cable converter and VCR....
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5481294 |
Audience measurement system utilizing ancillary codes and passive signatures
An audience measurement system collects data representative of tuned programs rather than of tuned channels, and includes (i) a household metering apparatus which records ancillary codes or...
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