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RE43394 Apparatus for connecting TV and computer  
An apparatus for connecting a computer and a TV is disclosed. The apparatus according to the present invention includes a TV coding unit for encoding various control signals such as a TV signal,...
8176058 Method and systems for managing playlists  
The present invention relates to a computerized method and systems for managing feeds so that a user's playlists may be automatically updated in accordance with a user's desired media preferences.
8171518 System and method for presenting progressively downloaded media programs  
A system and method for presenting progressively downloaded media programs is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a Set-Top Box (STB)...
8161515 Fast channel change handling of late multicast join  
In an internet protocol television (IPTV) system, fast channel change (FCC) transactions that experience late multicast joins are handled specially, thereby allowing the system to be provisioned...
8151313 Content delivery system and method  
A system for delivering content to users from a content provider, the system comprising a transmission system for transmitting content in a series of segments and a plurality of receivers for...
8136139 Receiving over-the-air licenses to high-quality media content  
A method, system, and medium are provided for enabling playback of licensed media content. The depicted embodiments provide a method to enable users to play a high-quality media file on a computing...
8122476 System and method for reducing interlace artifacts during trick mode playback  
A system and method for reducing interlace artifacts during trick mode playback of pre-encoded content. The system and method operate a decoder to receive a video signal, configured as frames, with...
8091104 Method and apparatus for storing broadcast program  
A method and apparatus for storing a broadcast program are provided. The apparatus includes: a signal processing unit which generates an audio/video (A/V) file, an application file, and a first...
8079053 System and method of deferring multimedia content delivery  
Systems and methods of deferred multimedia content delivery are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes receiving a request from a first customer premises equipment (CPE)...
8068519 Method and system to use, share and manage digital content by assigning MAC and IP adress to each device and peripheral  
The invention shows a method for connecting and sharing content over a plurality of devices, and over a plurality of networks public and private while respecting the content's Digital Rights by...
8069466 Advanced digital TV system  
A system for displaying electronic program guide information about a plurality of video items on a screen, the system including a display module to display a plurality of pages layering into the...
8060904 Dynamic load based ad insertion  
A system and method are provided for dynamically adjusting advertisement (“ad”) time for a multicast channel. In one embodiment, a variable ad insertion function operates to receive one or more mul...
8046805 Method for transmitting/receiving broadcasting signal and broadcasting signal receiver  
A method for transmitting/receiving a broadcasting signal and a broadcasting signal receiver are disclosed. An identifier of a burst period is obtained from program table information of the...
8028322 Method and apparatus for network content download and recording  
Methods and apparatus for providing content to users of a network that can be selectively recorded via the user's equipment. In an exemplary embodiment, the network comprises a hybrid fiber coax...
8023798 Recording apparatus, mobile receiver apparatus and data management method  
A recording apparatus receives, with respect to an identical program, high image quality digital broadcasting data and low image quality digital broadcasting data, records the high image quality...
8020186 Methods and systems for distributing on-demand programming  
Methods and systems are provided for distributing programming. A fixed linear programming schedule identifying an order of transmission for multiple programs is generated. The programs are...
8015584 Delivering interactive content to a remote subscriber  
A method for interactive delivery of multimedia content includes accepting interactive multimedia content encoded in a multiplexed data stream, the stream includes segments that at least some...
8010580 Information browser, method of controlling same, and program  
A meta-information-read unit, a display-cache unit, a pre-reading-cache unit, a display-state-management unit, an operation-input unit, a meta-information-pre-reading unit, and an...
8006274 Synchronized media experience  
A synchronized media experience is described. A media server identifies a group of two or more remote media entertainment systems through which user-controlled play of media content may be...
7996872 Method and apparatus for switching program streams using a variable speed program stream buffer coupled to a variable speed decoder  
Various embodiments for switching programs streams using a variable speed program stream buffer coupled to a variable speed decoder are described. In one or more embodiments, the variable speed...
7992179 System and method for selecting a pay per view program to be transmitted to a program receiver  
The present invention may be regarded as personal video recorder and a method of selecting a pay per view program to be transmitted to a personal video recorder having a program receiver. A...
7992178 Downloading file reception process  
Process for receiving files sent by a central server to an audiovisual data reproduction system, managed by an operating system and linked to the server, by means of a data transfer link,...
7950039 Multimedia data transmitting apparatus and multimedia data receiving apparatus  
To provide, in a multimedia content server which stores multimedia data and transmits the stored multimedia data to a terminal, a technique which allows the terminal to properly detect and process...
7941825 Efficient NVOD service method for various client environments and apparatus there-for  
An efficient near video on demand (NVOD) service for various client environments is provided. The NVOD service method for transmitting video data including moving pictures to a plurality of clients...
7937730 Recording control apparatus and control method thereof  
A recording control apparatus for controlling execution of recording in a recording apparatus, comprising, a channel selection acceptance unit configured to accept a channel selection from a user,...
7937735 Apparatus for the decoding of video data in first and second formats  
The invention relates to the generation of video displays on a display screen from video data which is received as an encoded MPEG stream of data and then decoded and processed to be displayed. In...
7926078 Virtual video on demand using multiple encrypted video segments  
A method and apparatus for providing a virtual video on demand services is disclosed. The method and apparatus disclose the storing of a segment of the video program in advance for VOD viewing at a...
7912454 Method and system for archiving data in real-time communications  
Consistent with an embodiment of the invention, a communication device enables real-time communications by generating a representation of an analog input signal that is suitable for communication...
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...
7870281 Content playback device, content playback method, computer-readable storage medium, and content playback system  
A content playback device has a processor, a memory, a data acquisition portion that acquires streaming data for content from a data transmission device, and a storage portion that stores the...
7865919 Proxy for video on demand server control  
A video on demand system includes a head-end coupled through a proxy server to plural client terminals. The proxy server performs (or cooperates with another component in performing) various...
7856648 Method for processing VOD data in mobile station  
Disclosed is a method for processing VOD data in a mobile station including a multimedia processor and an MSM for controlling the mobile station. The method comprises the steps of negotiating PPP...
7853979 Method and system for uneven distribution of data  
A method to transmit streamed information at a wireless tele- and data communication network by transmitting streamed high prioritized information via a secure medium, whereas low prioritized data...
7840977 Interactive media guidance system having multiple devices  
When selecting a television program for recording, a user may configure the delivery of the selected television program and associated data and interactive applications to different user equipment...
7827580 Dynamically adjustable electronic service guide  
Embodiments of the invention are directed to allocating mobile-terminal electronic-service-guide (ESG) memory for use in storing a dynamically adjustable ESG, determining a composition of a...
7827585 Electronic program guide with digital storage  
An interactive television program guide system with digital storage is provided. The program guide gives users the ability to store information associated with recorded programs in a directory in...
7823177 Electronic program guide with blackout features  
An interactive television program guide for supporting programming blackouts is provided. In some embodiments, the interactive television program guide may unschedule the reminding and recording of...
7810121 Technique for delivering network personal video recorder service and broadcast programming service over a communications network  
A resident application and a second application are provided in a set-top terminal to receive a TV broadcast service and network personal video recorder (NPVR) service, respectively. The resident...
7784078 Information processing system, information processing device and method, recording medium, and program  
The present invention relates to an information processing system, information processing apparatus and method, recording medium and program, adapted to exchange picture-recording schedule...
7779438 System for providing visible messages during PVR trick mode playback  
A method and system for embedding a message in compressed content comprising at least one key frame and at least one non-key frame, the method comprising embedding a message in the at least one key...
7748020 Receiving apparatus and method for processing interruptions in streaming broadcasts  
In order to maintain continuity before and after interruption of a streaming broadcast, a receiving apparatus according to the present invention includes: a reception unit which receives data on a...
7730512 Audio and video transmission and receiving system  
A system of distributing video and/or audio information employs digital signal processing to achieve high rates of data compression. The compressed and encoded audio and/or video information is...
7721313 Multi-DVR node communication  
Multi-DVR node communication is described. In an embodiment, television-based client devices are each a node of a multi-DVR system where the nodes are implemented for communication with each other....
7715693 Control apparatus and control method  
A control apparatus for controlling an event in accordance with the playback of playback data includes a playback processor performing playback processing on the playback data, an acquisition unit...
7716699 Control and playback of media over network link  
A home entertainment network transmits audio/video decrypted from a DVD over a network to a media receiver using a secure channel. The A/V data is re-encrypted in a second encryption format...
7698723 System and method for multimedia on demand services  
The exemplary embodiments describe systems and methods for multimedia-on-demand services. A multimedia-on-demand system includes a mass storage device that receives and stores multimedia content...
7693396 Recording/playback apparatus and recording/playback control method  
A designated program is recorded in a hard disk by a hard disk controller according to a program reservation database. A unique number is indicated at the head block of a video cassette tape for...
7689794 System and method for handling memory allocation failures through reserve allocation of event data  
Disclosed are systems and methods for reserve allocation of event data. A request event is received. The request event is associated with memory storing request event data. Memory for response...
7669219 Synchronized media experience  
A synchronized media experience is described. A media server identifies a group of two or more remote media entertainment systems through which user-controlled play of media content may be...
7664126 Data communication apparatus, intermittent communication method therefor, program describing the method and recording medium for recording the program  
A data communication method for a wireless communication terminal (101) that receives data transmitted intermittently from a transmitting side and plays the data in real time, includes: a step...
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