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8127324 Audiovisual reproduction system  
Audiovisual reproduction system comprising a central unit managing a sound control circuit, and a telecommunications modem connected to a distribution network controlled by a host server, through a...
8045544 Method and system for operating a communication service portal  
A method of providing communication service, includes receiving user identification information and first communication service criteria. The user identification information identifies a user,...
8046787 Method and system for the storage, viewing management, and delivery of targeted advertising  
A method for managing television advertisements. The method includes determining if a subscriber has reached a minimum level of advertisement viewing and curtailing the service level of the...
8028318 Remote control unit for activating and deactivating means for payment and for displaying payment status  
The invention relates to a remote control unit for intelligent digital audiovisual reproduction systems, comprising storage means, payment means, a sound control circuit, display means and a metal...
8010976 Card-based and independent server-based billing and authorization system in a media exchange network  
Systems and methods of billing and authentication of a communication device in a communication network are provided. In one embodiment, the system may comprise, for example, at least one...
7930703 System and method for providing access to multimedia content via a serial connection  
The present disclosure is directed to a system and method of multimedia access. In an embodiment, an authorization signal can be received from a multimedia distribution system at a multimedia...
7924395 Method and system for delivering digital cinema content concurrently to both a retail exhibitor and remote theater  
A method for delivering digital cinema concurrently to a retail exhibitor and a remote theater that includes forming a digital cinema right-to-distribute contract between a content owner and a...
7921440 Method and system for managing television viewing habits  
Methods and systems for monitoring and budgeting television viewing in order to influence and manage television-viewing habits in a manner that promotes self-monitoring. Example embodiments provide...
7913276 Data-providing system, transmission server, data terminal, apparatus, authoring apparatus and data-providing method  
A data-providing system comprising a first data-transmitting section (control unit 1), a control section (control unit 3), and a second data-transmitting section (control unit 3). The first...
7844548 Techniques and systems for electronic submission of media for network-based distribution  
Methods and systems for submitting media to a media distribution site are disclosed. The submission of media to the media distribution site is able to be performed by numerous submitters in a...
7779444 System and method for video on request  
A video on request (“VOR”) system is disclosed. The VOR system includes a producer having a location device for providing location data and a video recording device. The VOR system also inc...
7778879 Process for ordering a selection in advance, digital system and jukebox for embodiment of the process  
This invention relates to a process for ordering a selection in advance, characterized in that it includes a step in which a menu is displayed followed by a selection in this menu, to make specific...
7747241 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...
7735106 Method for providing subscription-on-demand services  
A method for providing subscription-on-demand services for video-on-demand programs within an interactive information distribution system. The method includes associating a plurality of...
7707599 Customer support services via a cable services network  
Methods and systems provide customer support services through interactive television sessions via a cable services network. Cable services customers may pay bills or enroll in automatic bill...
7676825 Method for transmitting audi-visual programs proposed by users, terminal and server  
The present invention concerns a method of receiving audiovisual programs transmitted to terminals. The users of the terminals choose a program from a catalogue and make a proposition to a server...
7650510 Method and apparatus for in-line serial data encryption  
A method and apparatus for real-time in-line encryption of data transmitted over a serial channel from a source device to a target device. An encryption unit includes logic configured to receive...
7631361 Content reproduction system  
A content reproduction system that allow the user to rent or purchase any desired contents for reproduction without depending on a predetermined type of information of the user. The content...
7631323 Method of sharing an item rental account  
An account in an item rental service is shared with others using computer-implemented profiles, subject to computer-enforced constraints. In one embodiment, a method provides for establishing a...
7603103 Banded billing and associated invoice generation for communication service  
An improved billing system for communication service is disclosed. A printed and/or online invoice will be generated for a subscriber's account and will be structured to include a visual gauge that...
7562049 Payment system and method for data broadcasted from a remote location to vehicles  
The present invention is directed to a payment system and method for chargeable data that is broadcasted from a remote location. The payment system and method includes a Web site, the remote...
7546617 Credit based media presentation  
A method for monitoring and controlling the presentation of electronic media according to a credit-based scheme. “Debit-bearing” media may include video, audio, interactive software, etc. “Cr...
7539860 Single use user IDS  
An access verifier may act as an intermediary to allow users to receive single use user IDs while protecting their anonymity. The access verifier has some relationship with the user that allows the...
7519681 Systems, methods, and media for discovering remote user interface applications over a network  
Systems, methods, and media for a client device discovering remote user interface applications over a network are disclosed. Embodiments may include a remote user interface client of the client...
7496941 Stored program pay-per-play  
A stored program pay-per-play system includes a high-capacity storage medium facilitating compilation of video, audio or other programs at a subscriber's site. While the recording of such programs...
7484656 Apparatus, system, and method for correlating a cost of media service to advertising exposure  
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for correlating a cost of receiving media to a user's exposure to advertising. A media display system including a media recorder detects and reports...
7448057 Audiovisual reproduction system  
Audiovisual reproduction system comprising a central unit managing a sound control circuit, and a telecommunications modem connected to a distribution network controlled by a host server, through a...
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...
7346917 Trusted transactional set-top box  
A set top box (STB) includes a trusted transactional cache and associated transactional protocol and enables e-commerce transactions to be securely committed to a remote server extremely quickly...
7243364 Interactive entertainment network system and method for customizing operation thereof according to viewer preferences  
An interactive entertainment network system has a video-on-demand (VOD) application which allows viewers to create their own customized lists of preferred video content programs, such as movies,...
7231650 Method of geographically and financially expanding the business potential and commercial fall-out of local live event performances such as rock and musical concerts and the like  
A novel method of geographically and financially expanding the business potential and commercial fall-out of local live event performances, such as local rock or other music concerts and the like,...
7134131 Digital broadcast program billing  
A method and a system for selecting and ordering broadcast programs uses an electronic program guide that may be broadcast to subscribers or posted on an Internet web site. The system allows...
7134134 Electronic program guide hardware card  
An electronic program guide (EPG) hardware card is disclosed. The card is insertable into a television tuning device having EPG capability. A non-volatile memory, such as flash memory, is situated...
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...
7058607 Contents distribution method and system  
The object of the present invention is to provide contents distribution method and system which can readily distribute digital contents, can prevent unfairness such as copying and falsifying...
7051350 Method of operating an apparatus intended to permit access to services  
Certain providers, notably of television programs, subsidize the receivers and want to avoid that these apparatuses can also be used for the services offered by other providers. On the other hand,...
7003789 Television commerce payments  
A method, system, and computer readable code for extending payment protocols to include information related to the television context of commercial activity between a consumer using a television...
6892387 System and method for compensating viewer for viewing of designated channel with reduction of telephone charges  
Disclosed is a system for compensating a viewer for viewing of a designated channel with reduction of telephone charges. The system comprises a signal input port to which image signals from a...
6836764 Tiered interest rate revolving credit system and method  
A method and a system for operating a revolving credit program utilizing a table of tiered interest rates in which one of the interest rates is applied as a finance charge to a remaining...
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...
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...
6738752 Information distributing apparatus and information distributing method, information receiving apparatus and information receiving met  
An information distributing apparatus and method wherein value standards of content information to be distributed to a user exhibit different usage values distinguished by a trait of the content...
6684400 Method and apparatus for providing dynamic pricing services for an interactive information distribution system  
A method and apparatus for providing subscription-on-demand (SOD) services for a interactive information distribution system, where a consumer may subscribe to packages of on-demand programs for a...
6658663 Business model for leasing storage on a digital recorder  
The available amount of storage space of a fixed HDD on a CE device is adjustable via a data network. The consumer can upgrade the device via a third party service that remotely control's the HDD's...
6637027 System and method for controlling access to broadcast services  
A multimedia system is described that is capable of presenting multimedia segments including television broadcasts, radio broadcasts, stored video information, stored audio information, and Web...
6546555 System for hypervideo filtering based on end-user payment interest and capability  
A system for selling digital video information over a communications network such as the Internet basically includes a filtering server and a service administration system. The filtering server...
6434746 Accounting in an image transmission system based on a transmission mode and an accounting mode based on the transmission mode  
There is disclosed an image transmission system for transmitting MPEG data through a transmission path, capable of setting frames for the MPEG data to be transmitted, according to the traffic in...
6405369 Smart card chaining in pay television systems  
A pay television system including a pay television network and a subscriber unit which receives pay television transmissions via the pay television network and displays the pay television...
6314573 Method and apparatus for providing subscription-on-demand services for an interactive information distribution system  
A method and apparatus for providing subscription-on-demand (SOD) services for a interactive information distribution system, where a consumer may subscribe to packages of on-demand programs for a...
6286139 Internet-based video ordering system and method  
A system and method for ordering video content through the Internet. The system includes a customer interface accessible to a customer, at which the customer obtains information about video content...
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