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7624410 |
Program guide application interface system
A program guide system is provided that supports a program guide application and multiple non-guide applications. The program guide system has a program guide application interface that allows the...
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7609940 |
Display device and method for recording and replaying broadcasting program therein
A method for selectively recording or replaying partial scenes of a broadcasting program includes the steps of: receiving a broadcasting program and a corresponding supplementary information;...
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7607150 |
Information providing device and method
The present invention relates to an information providing apparatus and an information providing apparatus. Information for indexes is obtained through a network, and information screens are...
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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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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...
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7600245 |
System and methods for subscribers to view, select and otherwise customize delivery of programming over a communication system
A program source is linked to event information, which is coupled via a broadcast programming communication system to a number of subscribers. Each of the subscribers to the broadcast communication...
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7600243 |
User interface methods and systems for device-independent media transactions
Methods, systems, techniques, and computer-readable media for device-independent media transactions, such as the transaction, acquisition, presentation, and publication of media, are provided....
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7596797 |
Client terminal for providing a subscription to a bundle of channels from a program guide
A client terminal connectable to a video distribution system (VDS) and a display device. The VDS provides program guide information to create a program guide that includes program guide entries for...
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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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7590995 |
EPG display apparatus, EPG display method, medium, and program
In the case when EPG data of multiple channels is displayed on a display, if the data is attempted to be downsized uniformly and displayed, information of each displayed program is displayed...
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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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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...
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7571453 |
Apparatus and method for constrained selection of favorite channels
An interactive program guide system is provided in which an interactive program guide offers a user access to content from multiple available media types. The program guide system allows the...
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7568213 |
Method for providing episodic media content
A personalized media service provides, e.g., user customization of radio channel selections, immediate availability of multiple preprogrammed and/or customized channels, the ability to intersperse...
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7567983 |
Customer feedback reporting
Systems and methods are disclosed for reporting customer feedback. The disclosed systems and methods may include extracting data in response to content selections by the customer, wherein the...
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7562376 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, broadcast system, storage medium, and computer program
An information processing apparatus has the capability of making a registration for timer-controlled automatic viewing/recording not only in units of programs but also in units of sub-programs. The...
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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...
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7539472 |
Type-ahead keypad input for an input device
Type-ahead keypad input is described. In an embodiment, keypad inputs that are entered as characters of a search term on a keypad of an input device, such as a television remote control, are...
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7530087 |
System for displaying programming guide information
A method is provided for displaying programming information. A video comprising a plurality of frames is displayed on a portion of a display. A first panel is displayed in response to a first...
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7519627 |
Method for automatic deletion scheduling of the plurality of files in multi-user a digital playback system
One embodiment relates generally to managing files. A plurality of users is identified for a digital device. A file on the digital device is identified for access by the plurality of users. A user...
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7512964 |
System and method for archiving multiple downloaded recordable media content
A recordable media content archiving system in a subscriber network. The recordable media content archiving system comprises, among other elements, a memory for storing recordable media content...
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7506352 |
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...
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7503003 |
Electronic programming guide
An electronic programming guide (“EPG”) in accordance with the invention provides pictograms and/or logos, to indicate to a television viewer the television programs being displayed on a...
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7502430 |
Coherent averaging for measuring traveling wave tube amplifier nonlinearity
A method and system provide the ability to measure a transmission performance characteristic. A signal is received and demodulated. An ideal signal is generated from the demodulated signal. The...
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7502429 |
Equalization for traveling wave tube amplifier nonlinearity measurements
A method and system provide the ability to measure a transmission performance characteristic. A signal is received and equalized. The equalized signal is demodulated and an ideal signal is...
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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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7493643 |
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...
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7490775 |
Intelligent identification of multimedia content for synchronization
An intelligent synchronization tool ensures access to desired content in a manner that automatically keeps the content current on the portable media device. A variation threshold or user-specified...
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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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7487000 |
Navigation screen system and method for remote control
A system and method to provide navigation screens during remote control of devices. A matrix is used to relate button depression and navigation screen to a particular activity. Generic buttons on...
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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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7467186 |
Interactive method of communicating information to users over a communication network
The invention concerns an interactive method for communicating data to users ( 1 ) of a communication network ( 3 ). Each user ( 1 ) is provided with a computer equipment ( 2 ) connected to the...
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7457583 |
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...
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7444663 |
Menuing system for controlling content delivery within a video distribution system
A menuing system for a video distribution system provides an interactive display to allow a user to select and control the delivery of program material. A central host computer processes initial...
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7440999 |
Imprint client statistical filtering
A method, system, API and computer product for adapting reverse data channel (RDC) utilization by selectively restricting the reporting of statistics data from client devices using a client-side...
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7437750 |
Data transceiving system and method therefor
An object is to perform retrial processing according to the allowable volume on communication lines made available at response information receiving equipment. A broadcast unit 140 , when...
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7437749 |
Interactive subscription television terminal
A system for providing interactive services in a subscription television system includes a system controller for controlling the interactive services, a video signal source for transmitting a video...
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7434246 |
Systems and methods for automatic personalizing of channel favorites in a set top box
A set top box for use in interactive television systems includes a generation engine and a display engine. The generation engine automatically stores channel favorites in a channel favorites table....
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7426637 |
Method and system for controlled media sharing in a network
A method for controlling media sharing among a plurality of nodes in a network. The present method is comprised of availing to the network an instance of media content for sharing among the...
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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...
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7418672 |
Integrated content guide for interactive selection of content and services on personal computer systems with multiple sources and multiple media presentation
A integrated content guide for multiple sources is provided with hyper-text type links to allow for the selection of various programs. The hyper-text links are provided for a transmitted and then...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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