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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,...
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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.
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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)...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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)...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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