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7610604 |
Intelligent MPEG media storage, execution, and presentation system using network storage system
A resource manager transforms the MPEG7 descriptors into an active and composite storage, processing, and presentation component in a storage area network (e.g. iSCSI). The active component can...
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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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7523451 |
Method for processing updated application data in headend or terminal of digital data broadcasting system
Provided is a method for processing updated data of an application in a headend or a subscriber's terminal of a digital data broadcasting system. The method of the present research forms updated...
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7478164 |
Methods and apparatus for pacing delivery of streaming media data
A computer system having a memory for providing streaming media in one of a plurality of streaming media protocols includes a first plurality of interfaces configured to initiate reading of packet...
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7444662 |
Video file server cache management using movie ratings for reservation of memory and bandwidth resources
Access to movies ranging from very popular movies to unpopular movies is managed by configuring sets of data movers for associated movie rankings, reserving data mover local cache resources for the...
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7443883 |
Method and system of providing customer premise equipment code
A method and system for providing customer premise equipment (CPE) code to one or more pieces of CPE in a cable system having a national code repository (NCR) in communication with a number of...
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7433577 |
Method and apparatus for reproducing television broadcast program digest
An apparatus for reproducing a television broadcast program digest which stores a broadcast signal indicative of contents of at least one television broadcast program and guide data of the at least...
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7406631 |
Method and apparatus for dynamic performance evaluation of data storage systems
Improved approaches for evaluating performance of data storage systems used with computers are disclosed. The performance evaluation of the data storage systems utilizes dynamic performance...
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7404201 |
Data distribution server
A copy computer includes a storage device which stores a copy of contents from a distribution computer and a module which creates a copy of updated contents based on a copy request and which sends...
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7395395 |
Methods, systems, and storage mediums for monitoring consumption of storage space and relocating content contained in the storage when a predetermined condition is met
Exemplary embodiments relate to methods, systems, and storage mediums for managing content storage and selection activities. The method includes monitoring consumption of storage space with respect...
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7386871 |
Program guide system with real-time data sources
A program guide system is provided in which an interactive television program guide that is implemented at least partially on user television equipment receives program listings data and real-time...
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7367061 |
Systems, methods, and a storage medium for storing and securely transmitting digital media data
Systems, methods, and a storage medium for storing and securely transmitting digital media data in a networked system are provided. The method includes determining an amount of memory for storing...
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7363096 |
Digital audio signal filtering mechanism and method
Essentially all of the processing parameters which control processing of a source audio signal to produce an encoded audio signal are stored in an audio processing profile. Multiple audio...
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7356831 |
Method for the distribution of audio-visual information and a system for the distribution of audio-visual information
The technology herein relates to a jukebox system, including a server that stores a master library of audiovisual selections. The system includes a plurality of jukeboxes, each of which is operable...
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7340765 |
Archiving and viewing sports events via Internet
Self-help or do-it-yourself productions of collegiate athletic contests are generated by the originating institution, and the recorded production is sent by overnight courier to a central digital...
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RE40107 |
Video/audio transmission system and method
The invention is a data pipeline system which synchronizes the display of digitized audio and video data regardless of the speed at which the data was recorded on its linear medium. To do this, the...
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7299487 |
Control program, for a co-processor in a video-on-demand system, which uses transmission control lists to send video data packets with respective subgroups of internet protocol headers
A control program for a co-processor in a video-on-demand system directs the co-processor to perform the steps of: a) obtain a transmission control list, from an external source, which identifies a...
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7299486 |
Control program, for a supervisor processor in a video-on-demand system, which builds subgroups of internet protocol headers and transmission control lists
A control program for a supervisor processor in a video-on-demand system directs the supervisor processor to perform the steps of: a) transfer a group of video data packets, from an externally...
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7280662 |
Time-shifting data in digital radio system
A satellite-based digital audio radio (SDAR) receiver is configured to temporarily store data that may be transmitted to the SDAR receiver at a time inconvenient to the subscriber. A memory...
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7278153 |
Content propagation in interactive television
A process of propagates viewing assets on a system of video storages. The process includes copying a missing portion of a replica of a selected viewing asset onto a target video server. The act of...
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7272844 |
Lodging entertainment system with guest-selected time shifting
A lodging entertainment system provides a variety of products and services, including free television, pay-per-view movies, video games, guest services, and guest-selected recording of television...
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7269840 |
Method of measuring goodness of a module schedule for a carousel
A method of determining a goodness metric of a module schedule. The module schedule comprises a plurality of modules, at least one of which exhibits multiple instances, that are arranged within the...
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7263714 |
Providing content interruptions
Content which users may wish to receive may be distributed with interrupting content such that the use of the content on the user's receiver may be interrupted and replaced with the interrupting...
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7191462 |
System for transmitting video images over a computer network to a remote receiver
A method of and apparatus for transmitting video images allows a viewer to receive at a receiving display device, all or a selected portion of a video stream of frames, in a storage-efficient...
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7188357 |
Video-on demand video server disk/memory streaming selection methodology
A method of and apparatus for efficiently managing video programming services by a provider of video on demand services in response to requests from cable television subscribers. The system is...
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7155531 |
Storage methods and apparatus for streaming media data
A cache memory configured to store media data to be output as a media stream includes a session data file configured to store properties of the media stream, wherein the properties may include...
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7146633 |
Digital broadcast receiving device
A receiving unit 101 repeatedly receives a transport stream, and a specifying unit 102 specifies a purchase state. A restoring unit 103 generates a first audio-digital (AV) signal and...
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7134053 |
Method and apparatus for dynamic performance evaluation of data storage systems
Improved approaches for evaluating performance of data storage systems used with computers are disclosed. The performance evaluation of the data storage systems utilizes dynamic performance...
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7124194 |
Audiovisual distribution system for playing an audiovisual piece among a plurality of audiovisual devices connected to a central server through a network
Audiovisual reproduction system triggered by payment from a user, developed around a microprocessor device, said system comprising memory containing, in compressed digital form, audio and visual...
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7103906 |
User controlled multi-device media-on-demand system
A method for providing configurable access to media in a media-on-demand system also can include delivering the media to a first client device in a format compatible with the first client device;...
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7080218 |
Real-time shared disk system for computer clusters
A clustered computer system includes a shared data storage system, preferably a virtual shared disk (VSD) memory system, to which the computers in the cluster write data and from which the...
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7079176 |
Digital interactive system for providing full interactivity with live programming events
The present invention relates to an interactive digital system enabling viewers full and active participation in experiencing a live broadcast event. Particularly, the presentation of the live...
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7076666 |
Hard disk drive authentication for personal video recorder
A PVR is selectively granted access to a hard disk drive. The HDD generates a random number, encrypts it with a key known to the PVR, and sends it to the PVR, which decrypts the number and...
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7065782 |
Digital broadcasting system, digital broadcasting apparatus, and receiver apparatus for digital broadcasts
A data transmission apparatus has a multiplexing unit that cyclically multiplexes presentation information and navigation information stored in a transmission data storage unit according to control...
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7055165 |
Method and apparatus for periodically delivering an optimal batch broadcast schedule based on distributed client feedback
A method and system for periodically deriving an optimal batch broadcast schedule based on client demand feedback data from a distributed set of broadcast clients. The broadcast system includes an...
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7039938 |
Selective encryption for video on demand
A video on demand (VOD) method, consistent with the invention involves storing multiple selective encrypted VOD content on a VOD server; receiving an order for the VOD content specifying delivery...
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7039674 |
Method of changing program of network node remote from network management system
A program-changing method for a network having at least two nodes that include a first and a second predetermined node, each network node having a program, includes a network management system...
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7028329 |
Remote accessible programming
A local user issues recording instructions via the Internet to a remote computing device. The remote recording device records broadcast programs available to it according to the received recording...
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7024679 |
Local near video on demand storage
The invention relates to delivering a program to an individual business or residence. In one embodiment, a process for pre-storing a portion of a program distributed on a plurality of distribution...
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7020891 |
Internet domain and time index based video email system
A device is provided that includes a first processor connected to a communications channel device. The communications device is capable of receiving and transmitting information to a...
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7010720 |
Data reception system capable of replacing recording medium
A reception apparatus records a content distributed from a content distribution apparatus on a hard disk. Following an instruction from a viewer, the reception apparatus reproduces the content. The...
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6981274 |
Store and play of broadcast data from a multiplex data stream
The present invention provides for selectively storing broadcast data from a multiplex data stream required for later play, while also maintaining synchronicity of the broadcast. A processing...
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6973666 |
Method of moving video data thru a video-on-demand system which avoids paging by an operating system
Video data is moved thru a video-on-demand system by the following steps: a) segregating, from an operating system program, a hidden section of a random-access semiconductor memory which cannot be...
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6961801 |
Method and apparatus for accessing video data in memory across flow-controlled interconnects
Command data may be embedded in the data transmitted over an interconnect between video devices to specify memory addresses in a destination device. Using an embedded address allows...
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6938268 |
Video stream sharing
A method and apparatus to allow multiple users to share a common stream of video information while providing each user the ability to have video-motion-control without interrupting the video...
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6848117 |
Video-on-demand system capable of performing a high-speed playback at a correct speed
A video server apparatus is provided with a stream control section which determines a keyframe readout interval and a keyframe playback interval that satisfy a playback speed designated by a...
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6829781 |
Network-based service to provide on-demand video summaries of television programs
A network-based device allows customers to receive television programming and to view summaries of the programming. A method of providing the summaries comprises: dividing a received program into...
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6789105 |
Multiple-editor authoring of multimedia documents including real-time video and time-insensitive media
A system and method for employing multiple editors in the creation of self-presenting multimedia documents that include real-time video and time-insensitive media such as graphics and text. The...
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6785768 |
Computer system and process for transferring streams of data between multiple storage units and multiple applications in a scalable and reliable manner
Multiple applications request data from multiple storage units over a computer network. The data is divided into segments and each segment is distributed randomly on one of several storage units,...
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6748508 |
Method and apparatus for buffering in multi-node, data distribution architectures
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for buffering in multi-node data distribution architectures. One embodiment of the present invention groups data items into frames and stores...
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