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8443402 |
Terminating enhanced television broadcasts
An enhanced television broadcast system may enable the transmission and reception of a real-time event when a new program is about to begin. The real-time event may control access to enhancements...
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8436891 |
Hyperlinked 3D video inserts for interactive television
A viewer may directly interact with a 3D object that is virtually placed in a physical location in a video scene. Initially, the object appears as an integral part of the original video scene and...
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8433757 |
Centralized management of applications and desktop preferences without requiring configuration of clientside operating systems
A method, apparatus and system of centralized management of applications and desktop preferences without requiring configuration of client-side operating systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a...
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8434114 |
Electronic device, display system, display method, and program
An electronic device comprising: a content acquiring means capable of acquiring content acquired via a network or from inside of the electronic device, or generated inside of the electronic device;...
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8434108 |
Host computer with TV module and TV program displaying method
A host computer includes a first virtual machine, a second virtual machine, a host display, and a virtual machine monitor. The first virtual machine includes a television module and a first display...
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8418208 |
Electronic television program guide schedule system and method with remote product ordering
An electronic program schedule system with product ordering capability which includes a data processor for receiving program schedule information for a plurality of programs, and a user control...
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8418201 |
System and method for reproducing and displaying information
A vehicle entertainment system is described for reproducing and displaying information and control options. It comprises means for information reproduction (10) and user operating means for...
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8413206 |
Participating in television programs
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for enabling viewers to participate in a television program. In one aspect, a method includes...
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8407744 |
Snapshot recognition for TV
A system may include logic to provide a video program to a video display, logic to provide interactive content to indicate that a snapshot of the video program can be captured, and snapshot...
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8402494 |
Switching content
Displaying video on a video display device is disclosed. A first video stream from a first video streaming source is displayed on the display device. A second video stream from a second video...
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8402492 |
System for displaying via a network of an interactive movie
The present invention relates to a system for transferring an interactive walkthrough movie located at a server via a network and displaying the same at a user station, which comprises: (a) a...
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8392951 |
Information providing apparatus and method thereof
A mobile terminal including a communication unit configured to communicate with an external server associated with the mobile terminal; a display unit configured to display a video; and a...
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8387085 |
Methods and systems for tailoring an interactive game associated with a media content instance to a user
An exemplary method includes maintaining a user profile associated with a user of a media content access subsystem, presenting, by the media content access subsystem, a media content instance and...
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8375412 |
Universal set-top box
A set-top box may include a storage unit, input/output (I/O) unit configured to communicate with a network node of a service provider over a communications network, memory unit, and a processing...
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8374921 |
Interactive TV system and co-located transaction-ordering web server for online ordering of items of real-time availability from a set-top-box connected TV
An online ordering system for ordering of items of real time availability in inventory online employs An interactive TV system connected to a plurality of TV equipment units via a TV services...
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8359395 |
Service distribution apparatus and method
A service distribution apparatus and method are provided. The service distribution apparatus includes a service module that provides a plurality of separable services; a storage module that stores...
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8347338 |
Data referencing system
This application describes a method of referencing content in an application. The method comprises, for a content element, creating a reference to the content element and associating that reference...
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8341677 |
Interactive product / service listing
A computing device receives selection of television content from a device associated with a user, and collects metadata associated with the selected television content. The computing device also...
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8338685 |
Method and system for video and film recommendation
An artificial intelligence video analysis recommendation system and method is provided that allows video viewers to discover new videos and video producers to evaluate the potential success of a...
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8341238 |
Methods and systems for multiple-device session synchronization
Aspects of the present invention relate to systems and methods for session synchronization between multiple devices connected to a server system.
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8327404 |
Methods and systems for providing enhanced content associated with a media content instance available for purchase
An exemplary method includes presenting, by a media content delivery system, an advertisement for a media content instance that is accessible only at or after a scheduled release time, receiving,...
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8321896 |
Systems and methods for capturing and storing a product-related video frame
In one embodiment, the present invention is a t-commerce platform, which is linked to the content from a video signal that the user is currently watching. At some point during the broadcast of the...
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8312491 |
Distributed system for linking content of video signals to information sources
A system for product advertising through a telecommunication network is disclosed. The system comprises an advertising engine and an information depot. The advertising engine comprises an...
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8307390 |
Re-addressable alternate content
Providing re-addressable alternate video content to consumers during trickplay modes of operation. For example, providing first video content for standard playback to a consumer; receiving a first...
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8301648 |
Multimedia content search and recording scheduling system
Techniques described herein enable searching for multimedia content and for downloading or scheduling the recording of the multimedia content. The multimedia content may have been previously stored...
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8296797 |
Intelligent video summaries in information access
In a method for displaying video data within result presentations in information access or search systems, compressed thumbnails are computed for videos in a result page and applied to the result...
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8291457 |
Channel selection in a multimedia system
A method for a client module to provide a channel selection request in a multimedia system begins by receiving an input signal from a client. The method continues by interpreting the input signal...
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8276173 |
System and method for processing program including advertisements
A system and a method for processing a program with inserted advertisements are provided. The system includes a plurality of program subscriber apparatuses, an advertising time server and a...
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8275245 |
Replace content with like content to enhance program experience
A method and a system for replacement of programs on a video recorder based on preferences and size constraints of a video recorder. The video recorder compares recorded programs in the computer...
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8272011 |
Method and system for displaying advertisements between schedule listings
In one embodiment, the invention is a system and method for simultaneously displaying advertisements with an electronic program guide (EPG). The system displays television schedule information in...
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8264618 |
Remote control apparatus
A remote control apparatus for remotely operating an electronic device. The remote control apparatus including: an operation section having a plurality of operation keys; and a reader/writer...
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8261300 |
Method and apparatus for advertisement placement in a user dialog on a set-top box
Methods and apparatuses for presenting targeted advertisements to DVR users are described. After a DVR has finished playing a recorded television program, or in response to other specified events,...
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8261306 |
System for and method of shopping through television
A system and method for providing information to television viewers in order to assist them in shopping from an apparently conventional media, such as a television program, as well as making better...
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8245253 |
Displaying music information associated with a television program
Displaying music information associated with a television program is described. In one aspect, a television program is received that contains at least one music track. Information associated with...
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8239410 |
System and method for adaptive media playback based on destination
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer readable-media for adaptive media playback based on destination. The method for adaptive media playback comprises determining one or more...
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8239896 |
Integration of control data into digital broadcast content for access to ancillary information
Ancillary information associated with one or more images embedded in a digital broadcast data stream may be accessed by a digital broadcast receiving device. The device may include a receiver unit,...
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8205223 |
Method and video device for accessing information
A method and video device are disclosed for accessing information. In an embodiment of the present invention, part of data included in a title, being played, read from a storage medium or extracted...
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8201080 |
Systems and methods for augmenting audio/visual broadcasts with annotations to assist with perception and interpretation of broadcast content
Systems and methods are provided for augmenting audio/visual broadcasts (e.g., movies) with non-textual annotations that are designed to assist an individual to interpret or otherwise understand...
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8185923 |
System and method for selecting advertisements
A method for displaying interactive advertisements on a television having a controller connected thereto and configured for receiving input from a viewer of the television is disclosed. The...
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8181205 |
PVR channel and PVR IPG information
A system that maps media content information to an interactive program guide displayed on a screen includes, among other things, a memory with logic, and a processor configured with the logic to...
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8181212 |
Method of providing a frame-based object redirection overlay for a video stream
A method of providing a frame-based object redirection overlay for a video stream provided by a third-party content provider and hosted by a host provider that may or may not be the same as the...
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8166500 |
Systems and methods for generating interactive video content
The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for generating interactive content from video content. The method according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises...
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8161412 |
Systems, methods, and computer program products for providing interactive content
Exemplary embodiments include a system for providing interactive content including: an input for receiving a hot key signal related to interactive content, the hot key signal indicative of an...
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8156529 |
System and method for preprogrammed purchasing of television offered products
In one embodiment, the present invention is an improved interactive television system and method for t-commerce. The data for upcoming products is pre-loaded into the system's memory. When a...
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8150743 |
Method and apparatus for the identification of products displayed in media programs
A method and apparatus for the identification of products in a media program and making such products available for consumer purchase is presented. A consumer utilizes a “BeamBack” device to ini...
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8141116 |
Time management apparatus and time management method
According to one embodiment, a content playback apparatus includes a read module which reads information that is recorded in a recording medium, a clock module which is managed such that tampering...
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8140407 |
Method, system, and storage medium for substituting media preview items for suppressed media preview items
A user viewing a preview of a media title using a media player can elect to add that media title to a list for future use, such as a future rentals list maintained by a rental media provider. The...
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8135700 |
Content providing system, content providing apparatus and method, content distribution server, and content receiving terminal
A content providing system includes a content distribution server and a content receiving terminal connected to each other through a communication channel. The content receiving terminal includes...
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8135736 |
Content providing system, content providing apparatus and method, content distribution server, and content receiving terminal
A content providing system includes a content distribution server and a content receiving terminal connected to each other through a communication channel. The content receiving terminal includes...
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8132212 |
Enhanced television services
A method and system to permit TV viewers to interact with program content broadcast over a subscriber network, such as cable, satellite, internet, or cellular telephone. The details of the ability...
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