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7412714 Network delivery data transmitting method, network delivery data receiving method, network delivery data transmitting system, and network delivery data receiving system  
The present invention is intended to provide network delivery data transmitting methods and receiving methods which allow the selection of content data as desired by user. In a data transmitting...
7412703 Low cost, highly accurate video server bit-rate compensation  
A method, apparatus and system for adaptably distributing video server processes among processing elements within a video server such that video server operation may be adapted in a manner...
7401351 System and method for video navigation and client side indexing  
A system is provided where a number of representative video snapshots are displayed on a timeline indicating a position to jump to in a video using control buttons, such as fast forward, reverse,...
7398543 Method for broadcasting multimedia signals towards a plurality of terminals  
The invention regards a method for broadcasting multimedia signals towards a plurality of terminals as a data flow comprising successive packets, being organised into sessions, a session comprising...
7386879 Broadcast network with interactive services  
In an interactive broadcast system signals transmitted by a service provider ( 30 ) are passed via a gateway ( 12 ) to a subscriber terminal ( 2 ). In order to gain access to services, the...
7386873 System and method for provisioning a single physical drop to accomodate multiple devices  
A method and system for allowing a plurality of devices at a physical drop to receive access to video and/or data services from a plurality of video/data service providers in a digital broadband...
7373653 Channel merging method for VOD system  
A channel merging method for a VOD system, said method comprises the steps of: in response to requests from a plurality of clients for a video program, establishing a root channel (S 1 ) and at...
7370342 Method and apparatus for delivery of targeted video programming  
A system residing preferably in a television set-top box monitors the television watching habits of one or more viewers and creates one or more profiles for each viewers descriptive of various...
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...
7360236 Data reception apparatus, data communication apparatus, information presentation apparatus, television control apparatus, data reception method, data communication method, information presentation method, and television control method  
A memory stores data supplied to each of a plurality of users via a communication network. A verification unit identifies a user. A reading unit reads data supplied to the user identified by the...
7352952 System and method for improved video editing  
There is provided herein an invention that utilizes a themed template which is designed to assist novice video editors quickly compose a complete video work which memorializes a particular familiar...
7349986 Method for data distribution  
Stream data is transmitted from a distribution server to a client without any loss of data. The capacity of a reception buffer to be prepared at the client can be made small and the network...
7343618 Video content transmitting system and method  
A video content transmitting system is provided in which a video content transmitting server among a plurality of servers is automatically determined as to which server can establish a network...
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...
7340764 Data transmission system  
A transmission control unit ( 12 ) of a transmitting station ( 10 ) specifies usable plural transmission paths ( 20 ). A data supply unit ( 11 ) transfers movie contents file encoded by MPEG 4 to...
7310809 Scalable pay-by-time technique for secure multicast distribution of streaming content  
A method for receiving information content from an information distribution system, wherein the information content is divided into a plurality of content portions, the method comprising:...
7301944 Media file distribution with adaptive transmission protocols  
A server/client media file distribution system is provided in which the server system is adapted to receive transmission requests from clients, status information from a network, and protocol...
7299488 System and method for provisioning a single physical broadband drop to accommodate multiple specific devices  
A method and system for provisioning a specific device to receive video and/or data services from a plurality of service providers at a physical drop in a digital broadband network serviced by a...
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...
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...
7281035 Server reservation method, reservation control apparatus and program storage medium  
To allow many users to efficiently use functions of a processing server that performs predetermined processing, via a network and also prevent a time during which an user can use the processing...
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...
7269839 Data distribution apparatus and method, and data distribution system  
A special playback controller receives a special playback request from a user. A data storage unit stores data. In response to the special playback request received by the special playback...
7269662 Method for data distribution  
Stream data is transmitted from a distribution server to a client without any loss of data. The capacity of a reception buffer to be prepared at the client can be made small and the network...
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...
7254635 Apparatus and method for producing and managing data for optimizing the delivery of multimedia content  
A managing apparatus for managing data necessary for providing a content is disclosed, that includes a reserving element for reserving a delivery resource for each content, a storing element for...
7246367 Synchronized service provision in a communications network  
The invention relates to the synchronized playback of video and/or audio recordings in terminals of a communications network. A server stores recordings including timing markers, each of which...
7246366 System and method for automatically determining service groups in a subscriber network  
A decoder checks a table within its received input signal and tunes to at least one of the listed frequencies to determine its associated service group within a subscriber television system. The...
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,...
7231653 Method for delivering transport stream data  
According to one embodiment, a system is disclosed. The system includes a transmission device that converts a transport stream in to a transport stream file (TSF), a transmission medium coupled to...
7228557 Broadcast program information processing apparatus  
A broadcast program information processing apparatus is provided which is capable of smoothly downloading broadcast program information to a plurality of broadcast program information receiving...
7225459 Method and system for dynamically adjusting video bit rates  
A system and method for dynamically adjusting the bit rate of a data transmission. A sending endpoint transmits data, such as video conferencing data across a network to a receiving endpoint. The...
7197758 Method and apparatus for indexing video programs  
A television program is received that includes an index that identifies multiple television program segments contained in the television program. The index of program segments is displayed to a...
7191243 Scheduling and multiplexing data for broadcast transmission over multiple streams  
Methods, systems, and computer program products for generating a data stream for broadcast to one or more client systems. A source identifier identifies where the data for the data stream may be...
7174561 MPEG dual-channel decoder data and control protocols for real-time video streaming  
A system for producing multiple concurrent real-time video streams from stored MPEG video clips includes a video server and at least one MPEG decoder array. The decoder array has multiple decoder...
7155735 System and method for the broadcast dissemination of time-ordered data  
A stream of time-ordered data, such as a movie, is divided into multiple fragments of equal length, which are repetitively transmitted at different respective repetition rates. The fragments are...
7150017 System and method for scheduling digital information transmission and retransmission on a network during time slots  
The present invention is a computer system for delivering digital information over a network. A request receiving process receives a request for transmitting digital information after a start time...
7146631 Content providing system and terminal used therein  
A system interrelating a program to be broadcast with a CM stored on a network 5 is implemented. The CMs (second contents) stored on the network 5 are each assigned a URL, while the program...
7146627 Method and apparatus for delivery of targeted video programming  
A system residing preferably in a television set-top box monitors the television watching habits of one or more viewers and creates one or more profiles for each viewers descriptive of various...
7139858 Server for synchronization control, channel driver and method of linking channels  
A server for carrying out synchronization control, includes (a) at least one event receiver for receiving an event, (b) a memory storing therein distribution schedule information including a...
7134133 Method, system, and software for creating and utilizing broadcast electronic program guide templates  
A method, system and software for broadcasting, receiving, providing and/or configuring an electronic program guide (EPG). A broadcast station broadcasts a template to a system where program...
7127736 Content processing apparatus and content processing method for digest information based on input of a content user  
Value-added information is created based on favorite information of a content user. The content is processed according to the generated value-added information. Favorite data indicating operations,...
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;...
7100192 Method of and an apparatus for controlling a web server, a web server control program, and a storage medium on which the web server control program is stored  
A WEB server includes a control unit for HTTP server, a table of addresses of VOD servers, and a table of identifiers of video data. The control unit accesses these tables, in response to a request...
7093274 Apparatus and method for accommodating fast change of digital streaming sources and formats  
A home video server system includes a source control library and a streaming library. A stream controller is connected between the source control library and the streaming library. Moreover, a...
7089577 Process for supplying video-on-demand and other requested programs and services from a headend  
A system for providing video-on-demand service, broadband internet access and other broadband services over T-carrier systems including a pull multiplexer cherrypicker at the head end is disclosed....
7080401 Virtual channel table for a broadcast protocol and method of broadcasting and receiving broadcast signals using the same  
A virtual channel table for broadcasting protocol and a method for broadcasting by using the virtual channel table includes identification information identifying and permitting discrimination of...
7080399 Network control system, and controller, target and consumer for use in the network control system  
A network control system which transmits mass data efficiently, speedily, and reliably, and which includes a controller that can easily decide what a target has transmitted. The controller and the...
7080394 System and method for capturing video frames for focused navigation within a user interface  
A video frame is captured from a television broadcast on each of a plurality of channels. The captured video frames are provided to a display interface, which successively displays the captured...
7073191 Streaming a single media track to multiple clients  
A system and method are provided for streaming a media track to multiple clients using a single copy of the track's metadata, rather than making separate copies of the metadata for each stream. A...
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