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7644103 |
MediaDescription data structures for carrying descriptive content metadata and content acquisition data in multimedia systems
A MediaDescription data structure that includes both descriptive metadata, such as EPG information, about a multimedia content item and instructions for acquiring the content item is assigned to...
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7640352 |
Methods and systems for presentation of media obtained from a media stream
An implementation, as described herein, facilitates fast start-up of a new media stream while mitigating and in some implementations, avoiding temporal interruption (i.e., “stutter”) of the...
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7636933 |
Human factors-based video compression
Methods, systems and content have been developed for increasing the bandwidth available to a bandwidth-constrained medium for transmitting digital video content. The content that is to be...
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7634796 |
Method and apparatus providing process independence within a heterogeneous information distribution system
A method and apparatus for adapting the delivery of assets and/or content to set top terminals within a heterogeneous information distribution system based on graphics and/or processing capability...
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7634779 |
Interpretation of DVD assembly language programs in Java TV-based interactive digital television environments
Techniques for interpretation of DVD assembly language programs for television (TV) receivers operating in Java TV environments are provided. The techniques can be used to implement a Java-based...
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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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7624415 |
Techniques for optimizing use of channel bandwidth in on-demand content delivery systems
A system for optimizing bandwidth of a video-on-demand system is provided. According to one aspect of the system, upon receiving a request from a first subscriber for a program, the system delivers...
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7621814 |
Media enhanced gaming system
An integrated group of systems, processes, and controls that enable real-time/near real-time media (video and audio) enhancement and capabilities in a gaming environment. Media from a variety of...
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7624416 |
Identifying events of interest within video content
Instant messages sent by a viewer of a video while the video is perceivable to the viewer may be monitored. An event of interest occurring in the video may be identified based on the monitored...
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7617516 |
Methods and systems for providing video on demand over a communication network using managed quality of service, bandwidth allocation and/or user profiles
Methods for providing video on demand service from an Application Service Provider (“ASP”) to a user over a Regional/Access Network (“RAN”) are provided. A request for a video on demand...
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7617295 |
Systems and methods for providing a broadcast entertainment service and an on-demand entertainment service
The present invention provides systems and methods for, in some cases, supplementing a broadcast media service with an on-demand and personalized media service.
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7617233 |
Method, system, and computer program product for sharing information between hypertext markup language (HTML) forms using a cookie
The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for automatically sharing information between HTML forms using a cookie. A method in accordance with the present...
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7614069 |
Multi-device distributed digital video recording systems and methods
The present invention provides multi-device distributed digital video recording systems and methods. The present invention enables digital recording devices on a cable plant to share resources. A...
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7614064 |
Determining program boundaries through viewing behavior
Program boundaries are determined through viewing behavior. More specifically, edge and/or commercial boundaries of programs may be determined by monitoring viewing behavior of different video...
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7614072 |
Method for serving multimedia data on demand using dynamic channel and apparatus thereof
A method of transmitting multimedia data on demand by using a dynamic channel and apparatus thereof are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes i) continuously transmitting the multimedia...
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7610607 |
Chaincast method and system for broadcasting information to multiple systems within the internet
A method and system for performing chaincast communication to multiple communication systems within a system of coupled electronic devices. In one implementation the electronic devices can be...
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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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7603689 |
Fast start-up for digital video streams
Described herein is a technology facilitating the presentation of digital video streams. An implementation, described herein, reduces the effective start-up delay in the presentation of the first...
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7603690 |
Interactive television program guide system with pay program package promotion
A system is provided that allows a user to select a pay program for purchase from a program guide. The program guide determines whether the selected program is part of a package of pay programs. If...
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7596799 |
System and method of communicating video content
A system and method of communicating video content is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes communicating a selection of a channel from a set-top box device to at least one...
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7594250 |
Method and system of program transmission optimization using a redundant transmission sequence
A system and method of optimizing transmission of a program to multiple users over a distribution system, with particular application to video-on-demand for a CATV network. The system includes, at...
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7587735 |
Multimedia-data transmission system, apparatus and method
In a system for transmitting multimedia data including video data, audio data, graphic data, text data and the like via a network, sets of media data are stored in a plurality of servers in a...
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7587737 |
Fast start-up for digital video streams
Described herein is a technology facilitating the presentation of digital video streams. An implementation, described herein, reduces the effective start-up delay in the presentation of the first...
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7584324 |
Statistical based admission control technique using three random variable admission control
Admission of a new disk stream is based on the probability of overcommitting disk bandwidth based on parameters related to the disk. These fixed parameters are determined either by retrieval from...
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7577974 |
Movies channel
The present invention provides a movie channel to a user on a mobile device. Movie based content associated with a movie channel is automatically delivered and stored on a mobile electronic device...
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7571451 |
Method and apparatus for performing session based conditional access
A video-on-demand conditional access information distribution system includes establishing a session with a set top terminal by defining an in-band communications channel for transporting content...
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7559077 |
Video system for use where the network transfer rate is slower than the video display rate
A video system comprises a network interface, memory, video interface, and processing system. The network interface receives a network signal from a communication network wherein the network signal...
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7555767 |
TV program distribution system and TV broadcast signal receiving device for receiving a pay TV program distributed from the system
A TV program distribution system comprises: a TV broadcast signal distribution device for distributing a scrambled pay TV program provided by a TV program provider; an auction management device for...
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7546584 |
Method and system for remote software testing
Systems and methods for testing a computer program executing on a remote computer physically distant from a local computer are provided. The local and remote computers are connected via a network....
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7543319 |
Presenting notifications in response to viewer-initiated actions
Notification data is received and stored at a client device. A notice represented by the notification data is then displayed to the television viewer when a channel change event is detected. The...
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7540012 |
Video on demand configuring, controlling and maintaining
A method and system for providing multilevel information about video-on-demand services. The method comprises the steps of generating a display, on a computer display screen, of a tree having a...
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7533405 |
Nonlinear broadcast system
A nonlinear broadcast system with improved entire resource utilization efficiency gives priority to securing hardware resources for broadcast, for preventing broadcast accidents. A hardware...
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7530090 |
System for transmitting programs to client terminals
A system ( 100 ) has a collection of programs on a central storage device ( 112 ). The system ( 100 ) supplies a particular program to a plurality of client terminals ( 104, 106 ) in a...
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7529415 |
Adaptive and progressive protection of fixed images encoded in wavelets
A process for secured distribution of fixed numerical images according to a nominal format resulting from numerical encoding in wavelets, represented by a original stream including a packet...
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7529298 |
Picture transmission method, picture transmission method program, storage medium which stores picture transmission method program, and picture transmission apparatus
A picture transmission method is disclosed which involves encoding moving picture data and transmitting the encoded data. The picture transmission method includes the steps of encoding firstly the...
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7516472 |
Using broadcast television as a portal for video on demand solicitation
Systems and methods are described for using broadcast television systems as an implicit portal for solicitation of video on demand programs. A viewing device is monitored for the occurrence of a...
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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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7509667 |
Broadband content jukebox with profile-based caching
The present invention employs a cache for storing a large repository of digital media files (i.e., content) in a local hard drive of individual users, whereby a slower delivery mechanism can be...
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7506353 |
Apparatus and method for speed-change playback of digital TV
Disclosed is a speed-change playback apparatus of a digital TV which performs better fast forward and backward performances by analyzing a transport stream inputted at the time of a time shift...
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7499982 |
Information processing device, server connection method, program storage medium, and network system
In an information processing device, server connection method, program storage medium, and network system, a connection is made to a pre-appointed access point more easily. The present invention is...
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7496947 |
Cache device and method for generating a virtual radio or television broadcast
Method for generating a virtual radio or television broadcast by downloading data, including content, information, and advertising, in any order from a Web site on the Internet. The data is...
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7496945 |
Interactive program guide for bidirectional services
The present invention provides methods and systems for accessing services in a television system. In one embodiment, a DHCT presents a subscriber an EPG presentation containing a plurality of...
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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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7493647 |
Video on demand
An entertainment head-end provides broadcast programming, video-on-demand services, and HTML-based interactive programming through a distribution network to client terminals in subscribers' homes....
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7493646 |
Interactive television systems with digital video recording and adjustable reminders
An interactive television system is provided in which an interactive television application is used to support network-based or local personal video recorder capabilities. A user may use this...
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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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7474595 |
Method for preparing a multimedia stream
A method for preparing a first multimedia stream, for use with an environment comprising a repository for storing a plurality of tracks. Each track may be associated with at least one second...
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7472198 |
Media file format to support switching between multiple timeline-altered media streams
Media content is streamed from a server computer to a client computer. A media file format is used to store data for multiple timeline-altered streams that provides support for switching between...
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7464392 |
Viewing limit controls
A system for controlling the viewing of programs at a user location having one or more viewing devices. The system comprises a viewing control system, which is adapted to count a number of viewings...
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7464380 |
Efficient task management in symmetric multi-processor systems
A method of and apparatus for efficiently scheduling multiple instruction processors. The instruction processors are assigned to one of a plurality of clusters, such that the system ideally...
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