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7631333 Digital broadcast receiving apparatus  
Provided is a digital broadcast receiving apparatus that enables real-time viewing of information about a program of a current channel and a next program to be broadcast, and that can deal with a...
7631334 Information processing device, information processing method and medium  
Any of the AV devices or the users of a network system to which the present invention is applied can input detailed information on a recording reservation and provide the remaining AV devices and...
7627889 Remotely accessing and programming a set top box  
Systems and methods for remotely programming a set top box and for remotely scheduling an event on a set top box. A set top box includes a server that allows an access device to access the set top...
7623757 Remote control device for recording/reproducing apparatus and video signal recording/reproducing apparatus  
It aims to make it possible to simultaneously record and reproduce a video signal and improve convenience of operation. A video recording/reproducing apparatus capable of recording an image into a...
7617512 Personal preferred viewing using electronic program guide  
A method and system for implementing a preferred viewing library of programs are disclosed. Electronic program guide data is searched for a program satisfying a criterion, and a determination is...
7614066 Use of multiple embedded messages in program signal streams  
A method of generating a program signal stream comprises creating a sequence of serial programs that include a first event and a second, later occurring event and inserting a plurality of messages...
7606872 System and method for integrated, multiple-remote controlled computer media server  
A system and method providing a media server system are disclosed. A software module for storage on a computer and operable by the computer is provided to receive a media request for a media...
7606255 Selectively receiving broadcast data according to one of multiple data configurations  
A client device selectively receives broadcast data according to any one of multiple data configurations. A broadcast data server enables broadcast of multiple data configurations by maintaining...
7603684 Program guide system with video-on-demand browsing  
An interactive television program guide system is provided in which a viewer may direct a television to simultaneously display a selected television program and a program guide display. A viewer...
7603688 Cycling of recording states for program selections during video recording conflict resolutions  
The present invention generally relates to conflict management resolution. Typically systems for resolving conflicts between television programs with coinciding broadcast schedules use preferences,...
7600246 Method and apparatus for analyzing program data  
A system identifies a television program selected to be recorded. The identified television program has a scheduled start time and is associated with a program series. A program guide is searched...
7600244 Method for extracting program and apparatus for extracting program  
This method facilitates an operation of selecting one program from among a plurality of programs, each having the substantially same content without placing burden on the user, and in particular,...
7581238 Program episodes recording  
A client device for a television-based entertainment system receives a viewer request to record episodes of a program and generates an episode record chart that designates a start time to record...
7559074 Program processing apparatus, program processing system, and program  
A program processing apparatus and system is disclosed by which an electronic program guide can be used to confirm a condition of each program readily and perform various operations for a program....
7559073 Identifying ancillary information associated with an audio/video program  
A system communicates video information including television content associated with a plurality of channels and ancillary information. Information may be transmitted with the ancillary information...
7543319 Presenting notifications in response to viewer-initiated actions  
Notification data is received and stored at a client device. A notice represented by the notification data is then displayed to the television viewer when a channel change event is detected. The...
7543320 Television schedule system and method of operation for multiple program occurrences  
An improved television guide system. According to one embodiment of the invention, television guide information is provided that includes multiple occurrences of a single show. The guide system of...
7536704 Method and apparatus automatic pause and resume of playback for a popup on interactive TV  
A method and apparatus providing display of content and automatic pause of the display. The method and apparatus exists in a client device and/or ahead-end or network operator. Event are assigned a...
7529462 Memory control method for a personal video recording system  
The invention relates to a PVR system ( 100 ) making choices to store or remove certain programs in or from a memory ( 102 ) in order to create space for new programs to be stored in the memory....
7526787 Method to remotely provide television broadcast recording services to broadcast television service subscribers  
A system and method for remotely recording television programs using a remote redundant recording system in case of local DVR system failure. The system and method enables a subscriber station to...
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...
7512314 Recording/editing apparatus, recording/editing method, computer program product, and server for editing record contents  
A recording/editing apparatus is provided with an operation inputting device. A user uses this operation inputting device to input record-reservation information, a delete condition to delete...
7506811 Data processing device, method thereof, program thereof, and recording medium recording the program  
A processing section ( 250 ) of a recording/reproducing device ( 200 ) acquires content data of a content set by a user, and acquires program-linked data which links with content-main-data, from...
7506351 Receiving apparatus, program notifying method, recording medium, and program with determination of whether or not it is suitable for user to view program in real time  
In a receiving apparatus which has an agent function of retrieving user's favorite programs, if there is a program, among the favorite programs, which should be viewed in real time, a user is...
7493646 Interactive television systems with digital video recording and adjustable reminders  
An interactive television system is provided in which an interactive television application is used to support network-based or local personal video recorder capabilities. A user may use this...
7475417 Program selection mechanism governed by rate of program consumption  
Improved methods and arrangements are provided for use in: selecting candidate television and multimedia programs for recording; recording the candidate programs; viewing the recorded programs; and...
7464393 Method and interface for linking terms in an electronic message to program information  
A method and interface for linking terms in an electronic message to program information, are provided. The method of linking terms in an electronic mesage to program information in an electronic...
7450818 Apparatus for recording data, method for recording data and television program receiver  
By using program information, the amount of which to be transmitted is not fixed, and related information which is related to the expected amount of the main information, an area for recording main...
7426332 Video recording apparatus  
A video recording apparatus includes: a recording and reproducing unit that records and reproduces a program onto and from a recording medium; a program reserving unit that provides a reservation...
7426331 Method and system for programming recordings through SMS-CB transmission and programming terminal equipment  
The method for programming recordings is applied to a recorder device containing a videogram medium and connected to a programming terminal equipment unit located in an area covered by one or more...
7421724 Systems and methods for displaying information regions in an interactive electronic program guide  
A system and method for displaying an electronic program schedule guide is provided. The system has areas for displaying program schedule information. In addition, the system also has areas that...
7415189 Auto title frames generation method and apparatus  
A method and apparatus that provides a user a capability to create a title frame for recording when the user records a broadcasted program onto a recording device, using program data received from...
7398542 Program recording and viewing reservation system and method thereof  
A method for reserving recording and viewing a broadcast program on a display screen includes the steps of extracting a broadcast program timetable; simultaneously displaying the broadcast program...
7385884 Apparatus and method for recording reservation information into a removable storage medium  
A recording and reproducing apparatus for recording a program including video and/or audio information on a removable recording medium includes an interface, a recording unit, a reproducing unit,...
7383563 Automatic channel switching  
A system allows a user to select prompts during the viewing of video transmission on a first channel about events that may have occurred in the course of a transmission on a second channel. The...
7369750 Managing record events  
Systems, methods, and computer program products for managing and prioritizing record events. A priority manager includes an event list that lists scheduled record events. Each event in the event...
7370343 Electronic program guide with blackout 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...
7367041 Information compressing and recording device  
When TV images are inputted as video data through a channel selected by the first inputting means, the video information including audio information is compressively encoded at a specified...
7356246 Method and system for extending recording  
A digital video recorder (DVR) is user-configurable to start recording before a scheduled start of a program. The DVR displays an electronic program guide having a graphical indicator that the DVR...
7343085 Automatic broadcast program recorder  
A recorder capable of automatically recording a broadcast program without presetting recording of each program is disclosed. According to the automatic broadcast program recorder, keywords...
7340762 Method and apparatus for broadcasting, viewing, reserving and/or delayed viewing of digital television programs  
Methods and apparatus are provided for a digital television service where a Preview Program is transmitted along with associated Broadcast Scheduling Information (BSI) so that a viewer can easily...
7325244 Displaying a program guide responsive to electronic program guide data and program recording indicators  
A video component is disclosed for displaying a program guide on a monitor. The video component comprises an interface for receiving Electronic Program Guide (EPG) data, and a component controller...
7322038 Program guide system for recording television programs  
An interactive program guide system is provided. The system facilitates recording of programs selected from the program guide. The system handles the recording and viewing of pay programs,...
7319455 Portable information terminal apparatus, information processing method, computer-program storage medium, and computer-program  
Disclosed herein are a portable information terminal apparatus, an information processing method, a computer-program storage medium, and a computer-program. In a portable information terminal...
7316026 Receiving apparatus and receiving method, and storage medium  
A signal receiving apparatus according to the present invention includes receiving unit for receiving a television broadcast, instruction unit for instructing change of a receiving channel of the...
7305692 Scheduling the recording of television programs  
A television receiving system displays an advertisement for a future television program. If the future television program is identified as recordable, the system also displays an option to set a...
7299483 System and method for determining and notifying users of the expected time-channel for a television series  
Methods, algorithms, database structures, and reports for informing consumers of changes in times and channels at which episodes of a television (TV) series are aired on television each week. Based...
7283180 Computer system and method for storing TV signals therein  
A computer comprises: a central processing unit (CPU) driving an operating system (OS); a television (TV) receiver part for receiving external television signals; a storage unit for storing the...
7284258 Apparatus and system for providing program-related information, and program-related information providing method  
A simple program-related information providing apparatus provides information related to a program to be broadcast to a user while the user is watching the program. The program-related information...
7281261 Remotely accessing and programming a set top box  
Systems and methods for remotely programming a set top box and for remotely scheduling an event on a set top box. A set top box includes a server that allows an access device to access the set top...
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