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8155498 |
System and method for indexing commercials in a video presentation
Systems and methods for providing enhanced navigation of stored digital video content based upon an event index. Includes generation and storage of an event index, as well as navigation based on...
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8151302 |
Broadcasting system and receiving apparatus
The broadcast station 1 provides the digital contents to be put on the air with the attributive information of the digital contents thereof. The selective information showing the user's taste is...
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8139924 |
System and method for digital content retrieval
Flexibility with respect to access and enjoyment of time shifted content in a content distribution network is provided, especially with regard to content not present on a DVR. A DVR accesses a...
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8065696 |
Control-based content pricing
In an implementation of control-based content pricing, a content server distributes media content to a client device in response to a request from the client device to receive the media content. A...
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8060901 |
Information providing method and information providing system
A terminal can play back song or video information in real time without downloading it, and thus restrictions on the hardware of the terminal are reduced and a large amount of music can be listened...
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8046787 |
Method and system for the storage, viewing management, and delivery of targeted advertising
A method for managing television advertisements. The method includes determining if a subscriber has reached a minimum level of advertisement viewing and curtailing the service level of the...
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8024752 |
Method and apparatus for permitting unconfirmed viewing time with addressable pay TV
A method for managing access to a signal representative of an event of a service provider by permitting a subscriber of the service provider to view an event for which the subscriber is not...
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8001560 |
Method for providing subscripton-on-demand services
A method for providing subscription-on-demand services for video-on-demand programs within an interactive information distribution system. The method includes associating a plurality of...
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7949604 |
Information providing system, and information processing apparatus and method
This invention relates to an information providing system which is designed to be able to realize secondary utilization of broadcasting contents, along with copyright of the broadcasting contents...
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7937731 |
System and method for evaluating callback functionality in a satellite television network
A combination of new hardware at the subscriber site, hardware and services at the satellite broadcasting center and new installation procedures provide a cost-effective approach for verifying...
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7925882 |
Data application method
Data application method enabling evaluations to be properly received while content is being protected, enabling content users to use only what they want to use in the amount they want to use it,...
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7882515 |
Device and process for acquiring files by accumulation of points and associated products
The present invention relates to a device and a process for acquiring files by accumulation of points. The device is designed for a user of a receiver of data of a communication network, able to...
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RE42053 |
Server apparatus, subscriber apparatus and information on demand system
An information on demand system provides a user of a terminal (subscriber) information through a network such as CATV such that the user pays an adequate charge to a server (information provider)....
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7844624 |
Information delivery system, information delivery method, information delivery server, content delivery server and client terminal
The information delivery system is configured with a media database 1009 which stores media data, a sequence information database 1008 which stores sequence information for specifying the address...
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7707069 |
Supply of digital audio and video products
A server for a merchant computer system, the server comprising: a file store for storing a range of audio/video products in respective product files; a dialogue unit having a network connection and...
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7676825 |
Method for transmitting audi-visual programs proposed by users, terminal and server
The present invention concerns a method of receiving audiovisual programs transmitted to terminals. The users of the terminals choose a program from a catalogue and make a proposition to a server...
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7657843 |
Menu promotions user interface
If a plurality of menu items in a menu includes a particular menu item that leads to a content item that is to be promoted when displaying the menu, a promotion for the content item is displayed...
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7603103 |
Banded billing and associated invoice generation for communication service
An improved billing system for communication service is disclosed. A printed and/or online invoice will be generated for a subscriber's account and will be structured to include a visual gauge that...
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7546617 |
Credit based media presentation
A method for monitoring and controlling the presentation of electronic media according to a credit-based scheme. “Debit-bearing” media may include video, audio, interactive software, etc. “Cr...
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7484656 |
Apparatus, system, and method for correlating a cost of media service to advertising exposure
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for correlating a cost of receiving media to a user's exposure to advertising. A media display system including a media recorder detects and reports...
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7475244 |
Wireless communication device, portable terminal, communication control program and communication system
A wireless communication device, comprising: a wireless communication unit which communicates with other communication device located at a prescribed range; a first identification information...
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7389522 |
Device and method for receiving information and device and method for transmitting information
The present invention makes viewers surely view commercial programs. When a commercial program is broadcasted and displayed on a display (7A), a viewer is requested a response. The viewer operates...
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7367039 |
System and method for evaluating callback functionality in a satellite television network
A combination of new hardware at the subscriber site, hardware and services at the satellite broadcasting center and new installation procedures provide a cost-effective approach for verifying...
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7343614 |
Program delivery system for VOD
A novel network manager for use with a cable television system headend capable of monitoring and managing headend components and set top terminals in a television delivery system. The invention...
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7340759 |
Systems and methods for adaptive pricing in a digital broadband delivery system
Methods and systems are provided for dynamically pricing viewing options in a digital broadband communication network by receiving bandwidth allocation information from a bandwidth allocation...
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7310810 |
Broadcasting apparatus and method, receiving apparatus and method, and medium
To compensate a failure in downloading of music piece data. For example, when a viewer instructs purchase of a music pieceC to an IRD at a timing t0 during the sixth transmission of music piece...
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7243364 |
Interactive entertainment network system and method for customizing operation thereof according to viewer preferences
An interactive entertainment network system has a video-on-demand (VOD) application which allows viewers to create their own customized lists of preferred video content programs, such as movies,...
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7155736 |
Image transmission apparatus, image transmission system, and communication apparatus
An image transmission apparatus for processing hierarchically encoded image information includes an accounting unit for performing accounting processing in correspondence with the resolution of the...
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7080042 |
Method of and a system for distributing digital contents
In a digital content distribution method to distribute digital contents via a network, distribution of a digital content is instructed according to a distribution schedule, the digital content is...
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7039940 |
Method and system for distributing video content over a network
Content with a plurality of treatments, in the form of a movie, video, text, animation, music, etc., is stored on a network, each treatment having a storyline connection with all the other...
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7010801 |
Video on demand system with parameter-controlled bandwidth deallocation
The present invention provides a method for an interactive media services system to provide media to a user through an interactive media services client device. The client device is coupled to a...
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7010500 |
On-line subscription method
A system and a method of providing on-line subscription services from a subscription server to a user of a mobile terminal through the Internet. The subscription server receives from the mobile...
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6892387 |
System and method for compensating viewer for viewing of designated channel with reduction of telephone charges
Disclosed is a system for compensating a viewer for viewing of a designated channel with reduction of telephone charges. The system comprises a signal input port to which image signals from a...
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6888443 |
Information system for public transportation and corresponding communication method
An information system for vehicles (35) includes a plurality of contactless transceivers (31-32) oriented in the direction of the passengers (36) that allow a data transfer at close range, with a...
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6802077 |
Method for a pay-per-view referral
A method for a PPV referral that provides to a subscriber the time, date, and channel of the next showing of a PPV event if the subscriber tries to purchase the PPV event after the purchase window...
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6671879 |
Method and apparatus for pay-per-view system
A method and system that provides a single multipurpose PPV channel that a subscriber tunes for all PPV services. From the subscriber's perspective, the program guide, previews, advertising,...
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6606745 |
Method and system for communicating advertising and entertainment content and gathering consumer information
An effective, entertaining and rewarding way to advertise. Transforms advertising from something Consumers avoid to a drawing card that attracts the Consumers. Communicates Consumer Rewarded...
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6434746 |
Accounting in an image transmission system based on a transmission mode and an accounting mode based on the transmission mode
There is disclosed an image transmission system for transmitting MPEG data through a transmission path, capable of setting frames for the MPEG data to be transmitted, according to the traffic in...
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6401243 |
Two-way information transmission system, two-way information transmission method, and subscriber terminal
A subscriber terminal ms sends the demand including at least information for identifying the demand subscriber terminal and information for identifying the requested information to the information...
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6335737 |
Video display and selection on a graphical interface
A graphical depiction of a carousel containing the icons or windows is provided for convenient presentation and manipulation on a screen of multiple windows, icons or TV broadcasts. These icons or...
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6157377 |
Method and apparatus for purchasing upgraded media features for programming transmissions
The present invention provides an improved method and apparatus for purchasing media features for programming transmissions. A selection is sent to a server system to buy an upgraded media feature...
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6057872 |
Digital coupons for pay televisions
Digital coupons are selectively transmitted in a communication network to subscriber terminals for promotional purposes. Subscribers automatically receive coupon credits when they meet the...
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6020912 |
Video-on-demand system
A video-on-demand system comprises a server station and a user station. The server is adapted to transmit a selected television signal with operating data defining a selected one of various...
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5917537 |
Level 1 gateway for video dial tone networks
In advanced digital networks for providing selective point-to-point communications between subscribers terminals and broadband server equipment operated by a plurality of independent information...
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5909238 |
Image transmission system with billing based on the kind of MPEG frame transmitted
There is disclosed an image transmission system for transmitting MPEG data through a transmission path, capable of setting frames for the MPEG data to be transmitted, according to the traffic in...
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5850218 |
Inter-active program guide with default selection control
A system and method are provided for providing a full service cable television system. The cable system incorporates a digital and analog transmission architecture capable of delivering a high...
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5838314 |
Digital video services system with optional interactive advertisement capabilities
An interactive video services system for enabling store and forward distribution of digitized video programming is disclosed. In accordance with a feature of the present invention, encoded and...
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5790172 |
Server apparatus, subscriber apparatus and information on demand system
An information on demand system provides a user of a terminal (subscriber) information through a network such as CATV such that the user pays an adequate charge to a server (information provider)....
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5699104 |
Broadcast channel lock system
A broadcasting channel lock system including a broadcasting device for transmitting a broadcasting signal via one or more of a plurality of channels, and a receiving device for receiving the...
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5691915 |
Data transmission device
When the terminal 5 requests a partial access of a desired karaoke song to the center 3 in S380, only the climactic passage data of the karaoke song is transmitted from the center 3 to the terminal...
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