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7616869 Television receiver embedded with disc device and method for setting viewing limitation level thereof  
When a viewing limitation level is set from a receiver side, if the setting of the viewing limitation level is selected from a set-up screen, a TV side microcomputer displays an access code screen....
7607022 Configurable encryption/decryption for multiple services support  
A system to transmit a set of programs from a transmitter to a receiver is used to accommodate different levels of security used for each program. When a high level of security is necessary for...
7606465 Recording medium having data structure for managing reproduction of multiple title video data recorded thereon and recording and reproducing methods and apparatuses  
A navigation area of the recording medium stores navigation management information associated with each title of video data. The navigation management information indicates at least one...
7603559 Real-time signature embedding in video  
A method and system for embedding an authentication signature in an audio-visual signal such that only a part of an entire frame of the audio-visual signal is stored in a memory while the signature...
7594267 Stateful distributed event processing and adaptive security  
The invention provides method and apparatus for maintaining a networked computer system including first and second nodes and an event processing server, the method comprising the first and second...
7594251 Apparatus and method of managing reception state of data in digital broadcasting system  
An apparatus and method of managing a reception state of data in a digital broadcasting system has monitoring functions of a cable network, a broadcasting channel and received data realized for a...
7584493 Receiver card technology for a broadcast subscription video service  
An integrated plug-in card is configured to process subscription video programming. The card consists of multiple integrated technologies. A micro analog tuner/demodulator receives the subscription...
7577970 Multimedia content navigation and playback  
In accordance with the present invention, a filtering process is based on the output side of a multimedia decoder. A navigator monitors the current play position of the multimedia content and...
7574718 Television having program rating function and reporting method thereof  
A television having a program rating function according to a set-up value of a program rating set up by a user and a method for controlling the same. The television has: a judgment unit for judging...
7571491 Television receiver and electronic device  
In a television receiver having a decryption unit and a video display unit which are stored in one casing, copyright protection is given to an encrypted digital video signal or analog video signal....
7571451 Method and apparatus for performing session based conditional access  
A video-on-demand conditional access information distribution system includes establishing a session with a set top terminal by defining an in-band communications channel for transporting content...
7567671 Encryption method and apparatus for use in digital distribution system  
A method to securely distribute media content such as Audio or Video with associated media information as part of a media package, in a media distribution system. The media content is encrypted and...
7548620 Token provisioning  
A method for provisioning a device such as a token. The device issues a certificate request to a Certification Authority. The request includes a public cryptographic key uniquely associated with...
7546618 Lower-power standby mode for consumer electronics  
A conditional access device is provided. The conditional access device typically includes conditional access decryption, interface, timing and control logic. The conditional access decryption logic...
7543317 Service activation of set-top box functionality using broadcast conditional access system  
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to activate functionality in a set-top box. A feature authorization message is received in a set-top box. The feature...
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...
7540008 Secure clock  
Apparatus comprising a secure time element comprising a timing device that outputs to a plurality of delay devices, wherein the delay devices have characteristic delay times which are alterable as...
7530088 Topology based proximity validation for broadcast content  
A system and method of controlling redistribution of broadcast content within a personal area network using TSID-DMA mapping to localize devices, wherein some location-aware devices have the...
7530085 Method and system for control of broadcast content access  
A method for controlling access to content, including preventing access to content that corresponds to a blacked out event, until at least one of a time criterion and payment criterion is met....
7530084 Method and apparatus for synchronizing dynamic graphics  
An apparatus and a method for overlaying parts of a displayed presentation of a video by using graphic content rendered by a receiving device such as a set top box or television to complete a...
7526789 System for the transmission of audiovisual signals between source nodes and destination nodes  
A system for the transmission of audiovisual signals between at least one source node and at least one destination node comprises: at least one central switch to which at least one source node is...
7523477 Electronic program guide with blackout recording features  
An interactive television program guide for supporting programming blackouts is provided. In some embodiments, the interactive television program guide may unschedule the reminding and recording of...
7519627 Method for automatic deletion scheduling of the plurality of files in multi-user a digital playback system  
One embodiment relates generally to managing files. A plurality of users is identified for a digital device. A file on the digital device is identified for access by the plurality of users. A user...
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...
7515712 Mechanism and apparatus for encapsulation of entitlement authorization in conditional access system  
A method for determining whether the terminal is authorized to receive the selected service is practiced in a terminal of a conditional access system in which a user selects a service, the selected...
7512969 System and method for detecting and reporting cable network devices with duplicate media access control addresses  
The detection of devices with duplicate media access controller (MAC) addresses in a cable network. A cable network device (CND) having a MAC address is connected by the cable network to a cable...
7512963 Intelligent low-noise block down-converter  
Disclosed herein is an intelligent low-noise block down-converter (LNB) which is implemented to, only when an LNB ID contained therein is the same as an ID of a satellite receiver connected...
7509667 Broadband content jukebox with profile-based caching  
The present invention employs a cache for storing a large repository of digital media files (i.e., content) in a local hard drive of individual users, whereby a slower delivery mechanism can be...
7509430 Networked video delivery system for displaying data content and video content referenced by the data content  
The present invention relates to an information providing system, an information providing apparatus and a method thereof, and an information processing apparatus and a method thereof suppressing...
7505955 Information terminal and content storage/playback method  
An information terminal according to this invention includes a storage means having a first storage area which is accessible from an external terminal, and a second storage area which is...
7505592 Apparatus for entitling and transmitting service instances to remote client devices  
A server in a subscriber television network receives service instances from a headend of the subscriber television network. The server is adapted to encrypt according to an encryption scheme and...
7503055 Systems and methods for advertising television networks, channels, and programs  
The present invention allows control of the presentation of advertisements that are associated with television networks, channels, and programs, and enables a single broadcasting of each...
7502473 Process for managing the handling of conditional access data by at least two decoders  
One embodiment of the invention relates to a management method for conditional access data processing by at least three decoders associated to a subscriber. These decoders include...
7493638 Processing terminal, receiving terminal and received data processing system  
An IC card (processing terminal) divides a process into process blocks, and holds a time period required for processing each process block. A receiver (receiving terminal) notifies the IC card of a...
7493637 Device for transmission of signal units  
The present invention relates to an arrangement ( 1 ) for transmission of signal units to at least one receiver ( 3 ), comprising a receiving means being arranged to receive a number of signal...
7490340 Selectively de-scrambling media signals  
A user enters control settings into a content receiver whereby the control settings correspond to a particular viewer or a particular time-of-day. The content receiver receives a media signal and...
7457967 Hidden identification  
One or more embodiments of the invention provide a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for limiting unauthorized access to digital services. A hidden non-modifiable identification number...
7454018 Transfer of DVD decode key on a window by window basis to an attached device  
Disclosed is apparatus for processing an encrypted data stream within a computer system adapted to receive the encrypted data stream from a data storage device. A data output device is coupled to a...
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...
7444413 Authorization access controlled content exchange  
Authorization access controlled content exchange can be implemented, for example, in a multimedia content distribution environment when individual client devices are capable of storing content. A...
7430718 Configurable interface for template completion  
Systems, methods and graphical user interfaces for creating interactive television applications are provided. A template author creates a template application and assigns placeholder objects do...
7418599 Deterring theft of media recording devices by encrypting recorded media files  
Techniques are disclosed for deterring theft of media recording devices. Input received from a sensor, or some portion of the input, is encrypted prior to storing a media file. A decryption key...
7406702 Broadcasting method and broadcast receiver  
A broadcasting method and a broadcast receiver whereby contents are first distributed only for storage so that the stored contents are later played back in a time period predetermined by the...
7404082 System and method for providing authorized access to digital content  
Described herein are embodiments that provide an approach to cryptographic key management for a digital rights management (DRM) architecture that includes multiple levels of key management for...
7401232 Content playback apparatus method and program and key management apparatus and system  
A key management apparatus which can be used to encrypt/decrypt content data in a content playback device includes a storing unit for storing a secret key, a key information decrypting unit for...
7398544 Configurable cableCARD  
According to one embodiment of the invention, a configurable CableCARD adaptable for use by multiple conditional access (CA) providers. CableCARD comprises core logic configured to descramble...
7398301 Method and apparatus for facilitating distributed delivery of content across a computer network  
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates receiving content at a client from one or more servers that can potentially provide the content. The client starts by...
7395545 Method and apparatus for providing copy protection using a transmittal mode command  
A method and system of providing copy protection of video analog and digital signals and the like, wherein the signals are transmitted via a digital delivery network, and may comprise, for example,...
7383561 Conditional access system  
A conditional access system in which entitlement control messages (ECMs) containing the encryption keys used to encrypt a program transmission, are sent to a set-top box over a secure...
7380258 Systems and methods for controlling and managing programming content and portions thereof  
This document discloses systems and methods for enabling viewers to control and manage the presentation of programs based on specified types of rating categories and content attributes that the...
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