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7401286 Electronic book electronic links  
An electronic book selection and delivery system distributes text to subscribers. The system includes the ability to use electronic links as well as a system for creating electronic links between...
7398541 Electronic television program guide schedule system and method  
Systems and methods are provided for displaying promotional information on a display on which program listings information is displayed. In some embodiments, the promotional information and the...
7336788 Electronic book secure communication with home subsystem  
The invention, an electronic book selection and delivery system, is a new way to distribute books and other textual information to bookstores, libraries and consumers. The primary components of the...
7299501 Electronic book selection and delivery system having encryption and security features  
The invention, an electronic book selection and delivery system, is a new way to distribute books and other textual information to bookstores, libraries and consumers. The primary components of the...
7278152 Video pedestal network  
An architecture for distributing digital information to subscriber units wherein selection from among multiple digital services is accomplished by transmitting a tuning command from a subscriber...
7269841 Digital cable headend for cable television delivery system  
Several cable headend configurations that utilize digital technology are disclosed. The present invention provides greater capability and flexibility than existing cable headends. Specifically, a...
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,...
7240289 Graphical user interface for displaying and navigating in a directed graph structure  
An intuitive graphical user interface is based upon a geographic map structure, and includes a system for controlling remote external electronic devices. In the defined graphical user interface,...
7225455 Electronic television program guide schedule system and method  
Systems and methods are provided for using an electronic program guide application to access a non-program guide application. The electronic program guide application provides a program guide...
7207055 Bandwidth allocation for a television program delivery system  
This invention is a method of allocating bandwidth for a television program delivery system. This method selects specific programs from a plurality of programs, allocates the selected programs to a...
7073187 Menu-driven television program access system and method  
A menu-driven television program access system and method provide a menu structure that allows subscribers to select and view television programming and other services. The menu structure lists...
7017178 Audio program reception terminal for television delivery system  
The invention relates to apparatus and methods for upgrading a set top terminal for use with a cable television program delivery system. A hardware upgrade or expansion card is connected to a set...
7013478 Method and apparatus for interactive program suggestion  
A method and an apparatus suggests programs for viewing by a subscriber. Terminals installed at a subscriber's home and at central locations, such as bookstores, video rental stores and libraries,...
7000243 Allocating computer resources within a video distribution system  
A method and system for video distribution among a plurality of users uses a host computing device that allocates tasks among a number of audiovisual serving devices. A user can select between...
6738983 Video pedestal network  
An architecture for distributing digital information to subscriber units wherein selection from among multiple digital services is accomplished by transmitting a tuning command from a subscriber...
6738978 Method and apparatus for targeted advertising  
A novel network controller for use with a digital cable headend capable of monitoring and controlling set top terminals in a television program delivery system is described. The invention relates...
6728967 Electronic television program guide schedule system and method  
Systems and methods are provided for using an interactive television program guide to display video for a user on a display on which program listings information is displayed. Program listings...
6594826 Video pedestal network  
An architecture for distributing digital information to subscriber units wherein selection from among multiple digital services is accomplished by transmitting a tuning command from a subscriber...
6574798 System and controller for control and distribution of audio and video signals  
The object of the invention is to provide a system and controller for distribution of audio/video signals on a pay-for-use basis, to a customer in a controlled environment such as a motel, hotel,...
6539548 Operations center for a television program packaging and delivery system  
An Operations Center for television entertainment systems that provide television programming to consumer homes is disclosed. The Operations Center organizes and packages television programming and...
6526577 Enhanced interactive program guide  
An interactive television program guide system and method in which functions that have not been provided before by other interactive television program guide systems is provided. The interactive...
6463585 Targeted advertisement using television delivery systems  
A novel multiple channel architecture is designed to allow targeted advertising directed to television terminals connected to an operations center or a cable headend. Program channels carry...
6373528 Electronic television program guide schedule system and method  
An electronic program schedule system which includes a receiver for receiving broadcast, satellite or cablecast television programs for a plurality of television channels and a tuner for tuning a...
6344861 Graphical user interface for displaying and manipulating objects  
An intuitive graphical user interface is based upon a geographic map structure, and includes a system for controlling remote external electronic devices. In the defined graphical user interface,...
6331877 Electronic television program guide schedule system and method  
An electronic program schedule system which includes a receiver for receiving broadcast, satellite or cablecast television programs for a plurality of television channels and a tuner for tuning a...
6266816 Tunable pass filter cable television control  
A cable television control apparatus includes a television channel access controller connected at a node of a cable television network between the network and at least one subscriber household. All...
6181335 Card for a set top terminal  
An apparatus for upgrading a viewer interface for a television program delivery system (200) is described. The invention relates to methods and devices for viewer pathways to television programs...
6160989 Network controller for cable television delivery systems  
A novel network controller for use with a digital cable headend capable of monitoring and controlling set top terminals in a television program delivery system is described. The invention relates...
6154209 Graphical user interface with method and apparatus for interfacing to remote devices  
An intuitive graphical user interface is based upon a geographic map structure, and includes a system for controlling remote external electronic devices. In the defined graphical user interface,...
6130726 Program guide on a remote control display  
A remote control for operating a consumer electronic device. The remote control device may comprise a housing providing a mounting for a visual display and a keyboard including a plurality of keys;...
6119135 Method for passively browsing the internet using images extracted from web pages  
A technique is provided for passively browsing the Internet or an intranet by displaying images from web pages on a user's display screen. The user can select an image by clicking on it using a...
6108695 Method and apparatus for providing analog output and managing channels on a multiple channel digital media server  
A method and apparatus for providing analog output and managing channels on a multiple channel digital media server are provided. A mapping is established between a number of converter channels and...
6052554 Television program delivery system  
An expanded television program delivery system is described which allows viewers to select television and audio program choices from a series of menus. The primary components of the system include...
6012089 Multi-media communication terminal capable of performing special reproducing modes  
In a multi-media communication terminal apparatus, when a slow reproducing operation is commenced, a supply of video data transmitted via a communication line is stopped. A video data decoding unit...
5995106 Graphical user interface for displaying and navigating in a directed graph structure  
An intuitive graphical user interface is based upon a geographic map structure, and includes a system for controlling remote external electronic devices. In the defined graphical user interface,...
5986690 Electronic book selection and delivery system  
The invention, an electronic book selection and delivery system, is a new way to distribute books and other textual information to bookstores, libraries and consumers. The primary components of the...
5905942 Multiple dwelling unit interactive audio/video distribution system  
An audio/video distribution system for a multiple dwelling unit such as an apartment building provides programming which is selectable by a subscriber through the interactive use of on-screen...
5899582 Movie-on-demand disk storage loop architecture  
A digital video storage system, suitable for use within a movie-on-demand (MOD) system, includes a plurality of disk drive storage devices; the disk drives being connected together serially to form...
5884284 Telecommunication user account management system and method  
The present invention is an integrated computerized system and method of telecommunication user account management. The invention creates, maintains, processes and analyzes data regarding...
5828845 Interrupt-based system  
An apparatus and method provide an interrupt-based add-on service for use in a service subscription system having a central service provider and at least one subscriber unit. The interrupt-based...
5828403 Method and system for selecting and receiving digitally transmitted signals at a plurality of television receivers  
A method and system for broadcasting at least one of a plurality of digitally encoded signals transmitted by a network provider to a plurality of user programmable devices disposed in a single...
5826167 Bi-directional cable television system including a UHF filter  
A cable television system employs two-way communication between a headend and at least one subscriber terminal. The two-way communication is provided by having separate frequency bands for each...
5826102 Network arrangement for development delivery and presentation of multimedia applications using timelines to integrate multimedia objects and program objects  
A network arrangement for the delivery and presentation of multimedia applications includes one or more file servers, containing multimedia assets and program objects connected to the network. A...
5818511 Full service network  
A digital switching network is described which accommodates a full range of broadband and narrowband digital technologies, including video, wideband data, narrowband data, video on demand and...
5812928 Cable television control apparatus and method with channel access controller at node of network including channel filtering system  
A cable television control apparatus includes a television channel access controller connected at a node of a cable television network between the network and at least one subscriber household. All...
5793410 Video pedestal network  
An architecture for distributing digital information to subscriber units wherein selection from among multiple digital services is accomplished by transmitting a tuning command from a subscriber...
5778135 Real-time edit control for video program material  
A system and method for editing program material provide viewers with real-time editing control. Digital program material are divided into relatively short segments and each of these segments are...
5724646 Fixed video-on-demand  
A system, method and apparatus for Video-on-demand (VOD) satisfying the desire of `surfers`. The process entails a server operating in a standard Near-Video-on-demand (NVOD) mode, whereby it...
5721829 System for automatic pause/resume of content delivered on a channel in response to switching to and from that channel and resuming so that a portion of the content is repeated  
The interactive entertainment network system has a headend connected to multiple user interface units in individual homes via a distribution network. The user interface units are operable in a...
5696906 Telecommunicaion user account management system and method  
The present is an integrated computerized system and method of telecommunication user account management. The invention creates, maintains, processes and analyzes data regarding individual users...
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