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7395547 System and method for providing user-defined media presentations  
A media system including memory to store media information that characterizes the media and a processor configured by the memory to provide a user interface to enable a user to define a media...
7386221 Playback of interactive programs  
A method for playing back a program which includes one or more interactive applications. A program which is stored, either in the form of a data stream or as a set of files is played back from a...
7378984 Audio visual system  
On a display ( 100 ) end, maker codes and device codes are read from all STBs ( 110˜112 ) connected to the display ( 100 ) to create a connected-device table. When a user presses a button on a...
7373652 Server-centric search function in an interactive program guide  
Techniques for searching a program guide database. In accordance with a method, one or more search criteria (e.g., keywords) are received and a request for a search is then sent, along with the...
7373589 Keyword creation method and its apparatus  
A keyword creation method and its apparatus to simply create keywords in user's retrieving a desired item of information from a vast amount of information. The habitual situation characteristics...
7352952 System and method for improved video editing  
There is provided herein an invention that utilizes a themed template which is designed to assist novice video editors quickly compose a complete video work which memorializes a particular familiar...
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...
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...
7334250 User interface for interactive television systems  
An interactive television system displays a television program having an associated channel. The system also displays an interactive television mode indicator if the displayed television program...
7320134 System and method for cable operator control over enhanced programming  
A system and method are described for allowing cable operators to actively block, pass through, modify, append, filter, or replace triggers corresponding to various forms of enhanced content being...
7319806 Audiovisual system which uses metadata to allow user-initiated jumps from point to point within multiple audiovisual streams  
An audiovisual system receives audiovisual data and includes a system controller and a storage device to store at least a portion of the audiovisual data for later playback. The audiovisual system...
7305693 User interface for interactive television systems  
An interactive television system displays a television program having an associated channel. The system also displays an interactive television mode indicator if the displayed television program...
7284202 Interactive multi media user interface using affinity based categorization  
Computing devices capable of internetworking and receiving, storing and viewing programmed (scheduled) television and multimedia content provide a platform for access to a combination of Internet...
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...
7254823 Apparatus and method for constrained selection of favorite channels  
An interactive program guide system is provided in which an interactive program guide is implemented on user multi-media equipment of a user for displaying programming for a plurality of channels...
7240359 Programming distribution system  
A method is provided for distributing programming. A first set of programs is transmitted in real time according to a schedule of programming. A second set of programs is stored on a server, with...
7237253 User interface for interactive television systems  
An interactive television system displays a television program having an associated channel. The system also displays an interactive television mode indicator if the displayed television program...
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...
7231651 System and method for insertion and modification of advertisements  
Advertisements or commercials are integrated into an entertainment program or display by designating locations or fields in the entertainment program or display into which targeted advertisements...
7228559 Programming distribution and notification system  
A method is provided for distributing programming. A first set of programs is transmitted in real time according to a schedule of programming. A second set of programs is stored on a server, each...
7222163 System and method for hosting of video content over a network  
A system and method that provide a hosted application and associated services for encoding, indexing, publishing and searching video media to content owners on a public network. The system and...
7222155 Synchronous updating of dynamic interactive applications  
An automation server interfaces with broadcast scheduling systems of various types to automatically synchronize the behavior of interactive applications relative to various broadcast programs, such...
7188356 System for and method of transmitting and receiving program, center device, and terminal device  
A program transmitting/receiving system has a center device and a terminal device connected through a communication device to the center device. The center device has a program information memory,...
7188355 Television program recommendation system  
The present invention relates to a television system ( 50 ) and a method for automatically suggesting suitable programs to a viewer from a large number of available programs. The system ( 50 )...
7181757 Video summary description scheme and method and system of video summary description data generation for efficient overview and browsing  
A video summary description system for describing video summary by meta data to provide overview functionality that makes it feasible to understand the overall contents of the original video within...
7170546 Television system distributing a dynamically varying number of concurrent video presentations over a single television channel  
A system for providing, in a television system, the combination, transmission, and reception of multiple video presentations over a single channel of a television distribution system. Presentations...
7165266 Combining real-time and batch mode logical address links  
Systems and methods for displaying Internet content associated with television programming. Content associated with a program included in the television programming is automatically displayed by a...
7162728 System and method to provide audio enhancements and preferences for interactive television  
Audio enhancements can be provided for a shopping channel of an interactive television system. The audio enhancements allow a viewer of the shopping channel to customize the audio portion of the...
7134136 Transmit device and method thereof, record/play device and method thereof as well as recording system and media  
A transmit device and method, a record/play device and method, a record system as well as a media allowing selection of the ideal record media by the receiver. The EPG data generator of a transmit...
7124432 Transmit device and method thereof, record/play device and method thereof as well as recording system and media  
A transmit device and method, a record/play device and method, a record system as well as a media allowing selection of the ideal record media by the receiver. The EPG data generator of a transmit...
7124431 Transmit device and method thereof, record/play device and method thereof as well as recording system and media  
A transmit device and method, a record/play device and method, a record system as well as a media allowing selection of the ideal record media by the receiver. The EPG data generator of a transmit...
7117524 Transmit device and method thereof, record/play device and method thereof as well as recording system and media  
A transmit device and method, a record/play device and method, a record system as well as a media allowing selection of the ideal record media by the receiver. The EPG data generator of a transmit...
7117441 Grid-based system and method for interacting with electronic program guide grid  
An embodiment of the invention is a technique to navigate a user interface for program selection. Program information of a plurality of program cells is displayed in a visible window. The plurality...
7114170 Method and apparatus for providing interactive media presentation  
A method and system for presenting interactive and non-interactive media content to a client computer over a computer network. The system can combine discrete, continuous and interactive media into...
7093191 Video cataloger system with synchronized encoders  
One aspect of the invention is directed to a system and method for video cataloging. The video is cataloged according to predefined or user definable metadata. The metadata is used to index and...
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...
7073190 Interactive applications  
An interactive broadcast system comprising a plurality of user interfaces each comprising a local clock signal generator. Each user interface delivers interactive applications to a respective user...
7069571 Automated retirement of interactive applications using retirement instructions for events and program states  
A method and apparatus facilitate the retirement of interactive applications in a manner associated with an external event and a program state of the interactive application. A broadcaster...
7039936 Receiving system for digital broadcasting, data transmitting method in digital broadcasting receiving system, and receiving apparatus for digital broadcasting  
When data is transmitted by using a broadcasting channel of an IEEE1394 interface, it is enabled to cope with a case where undefined equipment is connected to an IEEE1394 bus. The IEEE1394...
7032176 Method and apparatus for providing a menu structure for an interactive information distribution system  
A method and apparatus for providing an interactive menu structure within an interactive information distribution system. The menu structure is embodied in a combination of software, which provides...
6990676 Locally stored content previews. Representative of programming content in an electronic programming guide through a graphic image accessed from the hard drive of a set top box  
An integrated DSS/WebTV receiver is communicatively connected to an Internet service provider, a DSS service provider, and (optionally) a local broadcast station to provide a display of DSS...
6970641 Playback of interactive programs  
A method for playing back a program which includes one or more interactive applications. A program which is stored, either in the form of a data stream or as a set of files is played back from a...
6968364 System and method to facilitate selection and programming of an associated audio/visual system  
A system and method to facilitate selection and programming of at least one of audio and visual program are disclosed. A first computer is operative to connect to a second computer for filtering...
6965593 High bandwidth broadcast system having localized multicast access to broadcast content  
A method and arrangement is provided for the multicasting of streaming digital content to a plurality of Internet users. Streaming digital audio, video or other digital data content that is to be...
6947048 Method for sharing a graphics display as a resource in an embedded system  
A system and method for managing graphics display associated with an embedded system where multiple application programs reside and the graphics display is accessible by the multiple application...
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...
6934510 Watching method of baseball using mobile communication means of motion picture  
A baseball game spectating method is composed of input means (score maker system) such as a mobile terminal capable of electronically inputting states of a baseball game successively, the step of...
6925610 Recommendation-based electronic program guide with multiple modes of operation  
A novel electronic program guide (EPG) and its associated method allows a viewer/user to navigate through a multitude of programs and locate a program or programs of interest using three...
6920641 Transmit device and method thereof, record/play device and method thereof as well as recording system and media  
A transmit device and method, a record/play device and method, a record system as well as a media allowing selection of the ideal record media by the receiver. The EPG data generator of a transmit...
6907458 Digital multi-room, multi-source entertainment and communications network  
A peer-to-peer network of devices connected together with data being streamed over a digital network. Network devices include one or more data communication units that are locatable in two or more...
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