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7610552 |
Three dimensional light electronic programming guide
A method and apparatus of displaying an Electronic Programming Guide (EPG). In one embodiment, an EPG is displayed in a three dimensional virtual mesh, in which independent objects representing...
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7584482 |
System and method for authenticating transactions
A system and method for authenticating document processing transactions wherein the transaction is rejected if the user is not within a selected geographical region. A transaction request is first...
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7424307 |
Loss of page synchronization
Systems and methods for maintaining data stream synchronization are provided. A system comprises one or more radio head interface modules and a call processing software module each adapted to...
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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...
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7386514 |
Method and mechanism for vending digital content
An Internet Box Office (IBO) system and technique vends digital content via a computer network, such as the Internet. The IBO system comprises a viewing system that cooperates with a Digital Rights...
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7367061 |
Systems, methods, and a storage medium for storing and securely transmitting digital media data
Systems, methods, and a storage medium for storing and securely transmitting digital media data in a networked system are provided. The method includes determining an amount of memory for storing...
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7366495 |
Prepaid reservation-based rating system
A billing system comprising servers, routers, and processors programmed to provide reservation based prepaid billing is disclosed. The billing system is also programmed to concurrently process...
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RE39376 |
System for accessing amenities through a public telephone network
An amenity accessing system is provided that includes an access telephone ( 10 ) with a plurality of access keys. The telephone includes a line powered card reader ( 62 ) that interfaces with a CPU...
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7080042 |
Method of and a system for distributing digital contents
In a digital content distribution method to distribute digital contents via a network, distribution of a digital content is instructed according to a distribution schedule, the digital content is...
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7043231 |
System, method and apparatus for polling telecommunications nodes for real-time information
A system, method, and apparatus for facilitating information interexchange between a telecommunications network serving a wireless communications device and an information service provider. A...
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7039938 |
Selective encryption for video on demand
A video on demand (VOD) method, consistent with the invention involves storing multiple selective encrypted VOD content on a VOD server; receiving an order for the VOD content specifying delivery...
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6985586 |
Distributed information and storage system
The aim of the present invention is to propose a method that allows the reduction of the bandwidth needs in a structure that implements an operating center and a plurality of user units, ensuring...
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6810525 |
Impulse pay per use method and system for data and multimedia services
A method and system are provided for impulse purchasing of services over a communication network, such as a cable or satellite television network. Such services can include games or information...
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6802077 |
Method for a pay-per-view referral
A method for a PPV referral that provides to a subscriber the time, date, and channel of the next showing of a PPV event if the subscriber tries to purchase the PPV event after the purchase window...
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6240401 |
System and method for movie transaction processing
A system and method for tracking and processing transactions for such purposes as creating billing record and detecting possible fraudulent activities. The system and method relates to processing...
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6198498 |
Dual forward and reverse test points for amplifiers
A communication system (100) processes forward signals generated by headend equipment (105) and reverse signals generated by subscriber equipment (135). A communication medium (110, 120), such as...
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5917537 |
Level 1 gateway for video dial tone networks
In advanced digital networks for providing selective point-to-point communications between subscribers terminals and broadband server equipment operated by a plurality of independent information...
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5798785 |
Terminal for suggesting programs offered on a television program delivery system
A novel reprogrammable set top terminal for a television program delivery system which suggests programs for viewing is described. The invention relates to methods and apparatus for reprogramming...
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5712903 |
Split intelligent peripheral for broadband and narrowband services
An Intelligent Peripheral (IP) is used in combination with both narrowband type services (e.g., voice mail) and broadband type services (e.g., video transmission) and may provide protocol...
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5701152 |
Arrangement for billing interactive communication services
Only one or only a few channels are sent at a time from curbside circuitry located in a curbside box, via a link such as either a coaxial or a fiber cable, into a customer's home TV set or personal...
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5505901 |
CATV pay per view interdiction system method and apparatus
Off-premises cable television pay per view apparatus is coupled between first and second diplexers of off-premises subscriber service providing equipment. The diplexers separate the transmission...
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4792849 |
Digital interactive communication system
The present invention relates to a digital interactive communication system accessible to a plurality of subscribers who can select by means of their touch-tone telephones any of a plurality of...
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4792848 |
Cable television impulse pay per view system
A cable television system is disclosed wherein a subscriber can select a program to view at the last minute and pay for only those programs that are viewed. The system includes a plurality of...
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4768087 |
Education utility
A system for distributing educational information in digital form to a plurality of schools simultaneously transmits the information via a satellite (15) to FM stations (18) which retransmit to...
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4686564 |
Communication data processing device of cable television system
An external control unit for a CATV system has a CPU and a RAM with many kinds of memory maps. Reference data to be stored in the memory maps is transmitted from a central station. When a...
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4361903 |
Data transmission process in a CATV system
In a bidirectional CATV system, terminal devices at individual subscriber locations are arranged in sets, with each terminal device in a set being coupled to an intermediate polling processor which...
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4361851 |
System for remote monitoring and data transmission over non-dedicated telephone lines
A system, consisting of a plurality of Remote Monitoring Units and a Central Computer, for automatically monitoring the selection of a Program Source made by a Subscriber. Each Remote Monitoring...
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4323921 |
System for transmitting information provided with means for controlling access to the information transmitted
A system for transmitting information between an emitting center and receiving stations, comprising: a subscription administration center generating a plurality of subscriber's keys C i changing...
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4035838 |
Cable distribution system for wide-band message signals
A cable-TV system comprises a relay station linked by several HF cables with a distribution center feeding several subscriber stations via two-wire local lines, each HF cable carrying a respective...
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3914534 |
Methods and apparatus for scrambling and unscrambling premium television channels
A subscriber television system is disclosed having a central unit coupled by way of a plurality of video channels and a plurality of intermediate processors to individual subscriber locations. The...
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3236941 |
Subscription television system with wired audio distribution
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3050712 |
Wired program distribution system
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