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7634296 |
Set top box with mobile phone interface
A set top box includes a mobile phone receiving bay disposed in a housing of the set top box. The receiving bay includes a device connector coupled to circuitry in the set top box and a receiving...
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7631036 |
Communication method, communication device, and program
To further correctly obtain related information about contents being received from a server. A communication apparatus 1 successively transmits request information that requests related...
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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...
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7631329 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method and a medium
In a television broadcasting system intended to present information pertaining to a main broadcast program to viewers, a ground-wave broadcast station produces and broadcasts the main program in...
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7607158 |
Electronic information item selection for trade and traded item control delivery system
The objective of this invention is to provide a solution that enable real, delayed or relayed time trade and delivery of time-tagged electronic information items from/among same or different...
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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...
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7600239 |
Method of automatic execution receiving station
A method and system are provided which allow for automatic execution of applications on a receiving station ( 109 ). As applications may provide their own interface, this interferes with the...
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7594246 |
System and method for focused navigation within a user interface
A sequence of cards is stored that graphically represents available options within an information system. In response to a single user action, the sequence of cards is successively displayed within...
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7584491 |
System and method for managing interactive programming and advertisements in interactive broadcast systems
A system and method for managing interactive program and commercial content includes an interactive enabling device which is coupled for receiving a broadcast stream containing interactive program...
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7555196 |
Methods and systems for synchronizing timecodes when sending indices to client devices
Methods and systems for indexing programs are described. In accordance with one embodiment, program data associated with a program recorded on a first entertainment system is processed sufficient...
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7546252 |
Approach for managing rental items across a plurality of distribution locations
An “inventory free” approach for managing rental items across a plurality of distribution locations includes sending at least some rental items that are not needed by two or more distribution...
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7536358 |
Information service method, data terminal unit, data transmitting and receiving apparatus, and data transmitting apparatus
Program data and information associated with at least a consumer commodity that appears in a program of the program data are synchronously transmitted. The program data and the information...
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7503059 |
Method of enhancing media content and a media enhancement system
A media enhancement system and method, the system including a media player structured to deliver a media selection to a user and an enhancement registry associated with the media selection and...
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7499995 |
Managing permission for accessing third party applications on a telecommunications network
A method and system are presented that controls which TPAs are authorized to access user data and execute services provided by a service delivery platform in a telecommunications network. The...
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7490133 |
Context-sensitive content level semantic information propagation system and method
A sharer can share an application object with a viewer over a communication network. An application can register information relating to the application object with a content manager. A listener...
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7487112 |
System, method, and computer program product for providing location based services and mobile e-commerce
A system, method, apparatus and computer program product for providing location based functions and mobile e-commerce comprising a central processing unit including a processor, a storage device,...
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7487529 |
Electronic program guide system with advertising messages in pop-ups
In one embodiment, informational messages about the program or channel to which a television receiver is tuned and advertising messages are displayed simultaneously with the current television...
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7478417 |
Broadcast system and method for browsing the web
The present invention provides a method and apparatus to browse the Web without using a web browser. The application server in a transmitting unit converts a web page transmitted from the Internet...
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7461012 |
Method and apparatus for simplified e-commerce shopping via home shopping terminals
In a method and apparatus for connecting an e-shopping facility such as an e-concierge station or an e-service or an e-merchandise provider including a custom software, with an e-shopping...
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7456902 |
Method and system for identifying addressing data within a television presentation
Characters represented within a frame of a television presentation are identified. A pattern formed by a subset of the characters is identified if the pattern is indicative of an addressing datum....
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7433833 |
Information service method for purchasing utilizing a remote control
Program data and information associated with at least a consumer commodity that appears in a program of the program data are synchronously transmitted. The program data and the information...
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7428503 |
Methods and systems for providing product and services upgrades and work order status in a cable services network
Methods and systems are provided for allowing a cable services customer to efficiently order desired products and services through an automated self-provisioning process provided through an...
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7421728 |
Interactive television receiver unit browser that waits to send requests
In interactive television, a broadcaster may broadcast triggers to a great many receiver units prompting the receiver units to attempt to send requests to a single destination on the Internet at...
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7396281 |
Participant interaction with entertainment in real and virtual environments
A system of interaction between an electronic theme park experience and live theme park interaction and activity earns rewards. The interaction permits for rewards earned in the electronic theme...
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7389253 |
Television broadcast receiver comprising a processor to provide an interactive services interface
A receiver for television signals is arranged to receive video signals comprising video data and information data. The receiver is arranged to respond to viewer operation of a control device. The...
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7367042 |
Method and apparatus for hyperlinking in a television broadcast
A system and method of adding hyperlinked information to a television broadcast. The broadcast material is analyzed and one or more regions within a frame are identified. Additional information can...
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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...
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7343617 |
Method and apparatus for interaction with hyperlinks in a television broadcast
A system and method of adding hyperlinked information to a television broadcast in which an interactive content icon is used. The broadcast material is analyzed and one or more regions within a...
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7336801 |
System and method for obtaining image-based products from a digital motion picture source
Image-based products are obtained from a digital motion picture source by utilizing a content playing and display system for (a) displaying a sequence of motion picture image frames from a digital...
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7293276 |
Interactive television program guide for recording enhanced video content
Interactive television systems and methods are provided for enhancing program guide content using recording and alert features for video related to promotions, advertisements, and other selectable...
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7283782 |
Method and apparatus for switching between shared and individual channels to provide broadcast content services in a wireless telephone network
A wireless communications network ( 100 ) includes various base stations ( 110 ) and subscriber-stations ( 114 ). The base stations each provide ( 602 ) broadcast content services to...
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7269837 |
Interactive television advertising method
A method of providing advertising from a central database server connected to a global computer network to distributed sites via interactive television. A representative icon is presented to a...
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7266835 |
Method and apparatus for secure transactions in an interactive television ticker
A user can perform secure transactions via an interactive television ticker. While viewing an advertisement scrolling in the ticker, the user can select that advertisement to initiate an on-line...
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7249367 |
Method and apparatus for switching between multiple programs by interacting with a hyperlinked television broadcast
A system and method of adding hyperlinked information to a television broadcast. The broadcast material is analyzed and one or more regions within a frame are identified. Additional information can...
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7237252 |
Method and apparatus to invoke a shopping ticker
A shopping ticker can be invoked when the viewer presses a BUY button on a remote control while a television program is being shown. The television program, which can be a commercial, may not...
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7234155 |
Automating commerce on a broadcast programming distribution network
A broadcast programming network device includes a tuner capable of being tuned to any one of multiple broadcast video programming reception channels. When tuned to a particular channel, the...
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7194754 |
Method and system to defer transactions conducted via interactive television
A viewer can initiate and then defer a transaction conducted via an interactive television system. The transaction can involve obtaining information or ordering goods or services available from a...
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7181431 |
Interactive information services system and associated method for facilitating purchasing transactions
A method and system are provided to permit a network operator to capture transaction data relating to transactions between a subscriber and a service provider that are conducted via a...
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7174560 |
Method of synchronizing events with a digital television audio-visual program
A method and apparatus for synchronizing an event produced at a digital television receiver with an instant of a transmitted video, audio, or data element of a digital television program is...
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7120924 |
Method and apparatus for receiving a hyperlinked television broadcast
A system and method of receiving information hyperlinked to a television broadcast. The broadcast material is analyzed and one or more regions within a frame are identified. Additional information...
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7117517 |
Method and apparatus for generating data structures for a hyperlinked television broadcast
A system and method of adding hyperlinked information to a television broadcast. The broadcast material is analyzed and one or more regions within a frame are identified. Additional information can...
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7107196 |
Model controller computer interface
A method and implementing computer system are provided in which an interface device is designed to provide an interface between a remote controller (RC) device for controlling the operation of a...
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7103908 |
Method and system to save context for deferred transaction via interactive television
A viewer can save content and context related to a transaction conducted via an interactive television system. The transaction can involve obtaining information or ordering goods/services available...
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7091968 |
Method and apparatus for encoding a user interface
A method and apparatus for combining video frame sequences with a video display of an interactive program guide (IPG). The apparatus comprises a plurality of compositors that combine background...
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7024381 |
Approach for renting items to customers
According to a computer-implemented approach for renting items to customers, customers specify what items to rent using item selection criteria separate from deciding when to receive the specified...
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7017178 |
Audio program reception terminal for television delivery system
The invention relates to apparatus and methods for upgrading a set top terminal for use with a cable television program delivery system. A hardware upgrade or expansion card is connected to a set...
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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...
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6934963 |
Interactive television program guide with passive content
A hybrid passive-interactive program guide is generated by combining the features of an interactive program guide with the passive video portion of a passive program guide. The interactive guide...
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6930788 |
Secure printing over cable network to home printer
Secure printing of print data from a client application residing on a data network to a set top box which has a printer, the set top box residing on a digital cable network which has a cable head...
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6871188 |
Method and arrangement for providing access to a consumer device
A method of and arrangement for providing access to a consumer device ( 101 ). A user can switch between multiple content providers. To switch, he calls up a set of representations ( 202-207 ) of...
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