Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
725104000 | Pay-per-view | 22 |
20080201750 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING SERVICE MANAGEMENT - A method for managing a service includes: receiving a request from a user; obtaining a service management strategy taking the features of the user as manage conditions and determining the manage measure for a service according to the features of the user requesting the service and the service management strategy. A system for managing a service which includes a UE and a network-side device is also provided. An apparatus for managing a service is further provided. With the present invention, a service may be carried out according to the features of a user. | 08-21-2008 |
20080307473 | Virtual worlds pay-per-view - A pay per view program is provided in a virtual world such that users can share the experience of viewing the same pay per view program simultaneously through a virtual world interface. By providing pay per view programs in a virtual world, users of the virtual world can be exposed to a shared common experience, and can interact in the virtual world while experiencing the pay per view program. | 12-11-2008 |
20080307474 | Connectivity for consumer electronics products - There is provided a method for use by a consumer electronics product (CEP) for communicating information with a CEP service provider. The method comprises providing a request by a CEP device to a CEP local communication device for a local area connection; detecting a local-area-enabled communication device by the CEP local communication device in response to the request; establishing a local area connection with the local-area-enabled communication device after the detecting; causing the local-area-enabled communication device to establish a wide area connection with the CEP service provider; providing the information to the CEP service provider via the local area connection and the wide area connection. In one aspect, the CEP may be a set top box. Further, the local area connection may be based on one of a bluetooth connection or an 802.11 connection. | 12-11-2008 |
20090007201 | Jitter Introduction In A Data Transmission System - Disclosed is a transmission system comprising a transmitter, at least one receiver and a data network coupling the transmitter and the receiver, whereby the at least one receiver comprises a dejitter mechanism. The transmitter comprises jitter means for introducing jitter into data on the network, and the dejitter mechanism is provided with a jitter control input for controlling an extent of dejitter. In pay per view applications this provides a means for gradually controlling the video and audio quality at the customers' premises. | 01-01-2009 |
20090019501 | CONTENT LICENSING AND CONDITIONAL ACCESS USING A MOBILE DEVICE - Techniques and tools are described which provide control access mechanisms for contents made available by a service provider to a user. The user, after a registration process, uses a mobile application on a mobile device to generate a one-time content key. The content key is input into a set-top box which validates the key and provides access to the protected content. The mobile application allows for password protection for the user, as well as a recharging ability when its one-time content keys are exhausted. | 01-15-2009 |
20090031373 | BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND PAY PROGRAM PROVIDING SYSTEM - A broadcast receiving apparatus receives a broadcast signal containing video image information representing a video image, pay program identifying information indicating whether or not the video image is a pay program video image, and address information indicating a predetermined communications server, the broadcast signal containing the video image information, the pay program identifying information, and the address information in a predetermined format. The broadcast receiving apparatus has: a display portion displaying the video image; a pay program judging portion judging whether or not the video image information is pay program video image information based on the pay program identifying information; and a recording portion recording the video image information. If the pay program judging portion judges that the video image information is pay program video image information, the recording portion records the address information in addition to the video image information. A pay program providing system includes the broadcast receiving apparatus. Thus, provided are the broadcast receiving apparatus and the pay program providing system that, without hampering collection of a viewing fee, make it easy for a viewer to record a pay program without the need for making a subscription agreement or the like in advance. | 01-29-2009 |
20090031374 | BROADCAST PROGRAM PURCHASE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BROADCAST-ENABLED MOBILE DEVICE - A broadcast program purchase method and apparatus for a broadcast-enabled mobile device are provided for efficiently managing purchased tokens by using a smartcard. In the broadcast program purchase method one or more tokens are acquired for use in purchasing a pay broadcast program and the one or more tokens are stored in a smartcard coupled to the mobile device. The broadcast program purchase apparatus includes a radio communication unit for transmitting a token acquisition request message and a program purchase request message to a billing server and for receiving one or more tokens from the billing server, a smartcard unit for storing the one or more tokens received from the billing server, and a control unit for controlling transmission of the program purchase request message using at least one of the one or more tokens through the radio communication unit. | 01-29-2009 |
20090070837 | Method and System for Forming a Countdown Clock Channel Output - A system and method includes an automation system and a scheduling system generating a schedule having a countdown time for a countdown clock assembly and communicating the schedule to an automation system. The system also includes a content repository storing promotional content and a clock background in the content repository. The automation system retrieves the promotional content and the clock background from the content repository, stores the promotional content and the clock background, forms a countdown clock assembly from the promotional content and the clock background and inserts the countdown clock assembly into a channel signal. | 03-12-2009 |
20090083814 | Apparatus and method for outputting video Imagrs, and purchasing system - The video input unit inputs video data. The reference data input unit inputs a plurality of reference data relating to the video data. The extraction condition determining unit determines, from the identification information of the plurality of reference data, an item of identification information in correspondence with a period of time elapsed after receipt of an output request. The reference data extracting unit extracts the reference data having the determined identification information. The analyzing unit calculates the level of similarity between the frames in the input video data and the reference data, and extracts frames whose level of similarity is greater than a first threshold value. The video generating unit generates output video data that includes the extracted frames. The output unit outputs the generated output video data. | 03-26-2009 |
20090178093 | Content Rental System - A content rental system includes one data store for storing rental content. The content rental system also includes a content server for transferring content to one viewing device based upon a received request. The content server is further configured to authorize the transfer of the content from the viewing device to another viewing device. | 07-09-2009 |
20090222868 | SERVICE FOR PROVIDING SHARED MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - A multimedia content delivery resource suitable for supporting a video on demand service to a plurality of users substantially simultaneously. The multimedia content delivery resource includes a reception interface for receiving a video content item selection signal associated with a primary subscriber; and a subscriber selection signal indicative of a secondary subscriber associated with the primary subscriber; a shared video module operable to identify a selected video content item associated with the video content item selection signal and define recipients of the identified video content item based at least in part on the subscriber selection signal; and a transmission interface operable to transmit the identified video content item substantially simultaneously to the defined recipients. | 09-03-2009 |
20090249412 | MANAGING ACQUISITION OF FEE BASED VIDEOS - Purchasing PPV movies and events can be quite expensive for a viewer particularly when multiple PPV videos are purchased. Functionality can be implemented in a video recording device to search for less expensive alternatives for acquiring selected PPV content and other fee based videos. Automatically searching for lower fees and other lower-cost sources of a PPV video removes the tedium of manually checking for fee decreases for the selected PPV video and allows for more cost effective video recording. | 10-01-2009 |
20100017831 | Pay-Per-View Sharing - One embodiment takes the form of a method and apparatus for sharing a purchased pay-per-view (PPV) event over a plurality of set-top boxes (STB). Thus, a PPV event purchased through one STB may be viewed through every STB associated with the customer ID number of the purchaser, including an STB located in a separate location from the PPV purchaser. The customer information used to locate the STBs associated with the customer ID may be retrieved from a database or may be provided by a billing site. Providing for the purchaser to view the PPV event on several STBs may allow the customer of the PPV service maximum access to the purchased PPV event. | 01-21-2010 |
20100023980 | Information Processing Apparatus, Terminal Apparatus, and Program - An information processing apparatus includes a content purchase history storage unit in which a content purchase history for each user is stored, a metadata storage unit in which metadata of a plurality of contents is stored, and a metadata retrieval unit to retrieve, upon reception of a metadata retrieval request that is sent from a terminal apparatus of the user via a network and includes information for identifying a user and a retrieval condition, metadata of a content that meets the retrieval condition from the metadata storage unit, judge whether the content retrieved has already been purchased based on the content purchase history of the user that is stored in the content purchase history storage unit, and send a retrieval result of the metadata of the content that includes a judgment result to the terminal apparatus via the network as a metadata retrieval response. | 01-28-2010 |
20100138884 | INTERACTIVE MEDIA CONTENT DELIVERY USING ENHANCED WIRELESS BACKCHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS - Systems and methods are provided for granting access rights to specific media processing equipment. Such access rights may be provided to specific media processing equipment using an interactive wireless device as a backchannel. The interactive wireless device may be operative to retrieve, from an entitlement key source, an entitlement key corresponding to programming of interest and provide that entitlement key to the media processing equipment, thereby enabling the media processing equipment to access the programming of interest. | 06-03-2010 |
20100263003 | VIEWING AND PURCHASING PROGRAMMING IN OTHER FORMATS - A method according to the present disclosure comprises displaying a program in a first format on a first television channel to a user and automatically displaying a message to the user indicating that the program is available in a second format on a second television channel. The message may be displayed on the first television channel while the program in the first format is being displayed. Additionally, the automatic displaying of the message may be unprompted by the user. In certain embodiments, the user may be provided the option to purchase the program in the second format if the second format is not within the user's subscription. | 10-14-2010 |
20110277002 | ENABLEMENT OF PREMIUM CONTENT FOR INTERNET VIDEO CLIENT - A device is enabled to display Internet TV by accessing a management server and receiving back from the server a user token and a service list of predefined content servers. A user can select a content server on the service list which causes the device to upload its user token to the management server, which in turn sends back the network path to the content server along with a content server-user-unique service token (SUIT) that the device uses to access the content on the content server, in some embodiments on per-title PPV access, per-content category PPV access, or per-service PPV access. | 11-10-2011 |
20110277003 | ENABLEMENT OF PREMIUM CONTENT FOR INTERNET VIDEO CLIENT - A device is enabled to display Internet TV by accessing a management server and receiving back from the server a user token and a service list of predefined content servers. A user can select a content server on the service list which causes the device to upload its user token to the management server, which in turn sends back the network path to the content server along with a content server-user-unique service token (SUIT) that the device uses to access the content on the content server, in some embodiments on per-title PPV access, per-content category PPV access, or per-service PPV access. | 11-10-2011 |
20120072960 | Method and system for pause ads - A system and method for placing ads on a client-side video replay system during a pause mode. | 03-22-2012 |
20120174172 | Method, System and Device for Real-Time Control of PPV (Pay Per View) Service - A method and a system for real-time control of a Pay per View (PPV) service are disclosed in the present invention. The method includes: an Internet protocol television service control function (IPTV SCF) entity confirming that there is a PPV program that is not subscribed by a user on a current live channel according to a live session establishment request sent from a user terminal; and the IPTV SCF entity notifying the user terminal to subscribe the PPV program that is not subscribed. A device for real-time control of PPV service is also disclosed in the present invention. With the present invention, the users are enabled to subscribe and view the PPV program in real time, thereby improving the user's experience. | 07-05-2012 |
20130042284 | PAY-PER-VIEW PORTAL - A method and system that provides customers a pay-per-view portal, accessible via a television service, a mobile service, or an Internet service. The pay-per-view portal permits customers to search for pay-per-view programs and provide search results that include related content to pay-per-view programs including related videos, articles, biographical summaries, stats on players or fighters, and images. The pay-per-view portal provides personalized pay-per-view program recommendations, pay-per-view calendars, and sub-portals directed to categories or sub-categories of pay-per-view programs. The pay-per-view portal also provides the ordering and purchasing of pay-per-view programs days, weeks, or months in advance of the airing of the pay-per-view programs. | 02-14-2013 |
20140304752 | METHOD TO IDENTIFY AT LEAST ONE CONTENT WITHIN A DATA STREAM - A method to identify content within a data stream, comprising: capturing a data stream, analysing and filtering the data stream by isolating a test stream of the data stream and disabling the other sub-streams, applying the test stream to the application so as to produce an output, applying the output to a comparator, the comparator receiving a reference and determining by the comparator a distance between the application output and the reference, if the distance is below a predefined level, repeating the isolating step with a new test stream selected among the previous test stream, the new test stream being a subset of the previous test stream, if that the distance is above or equal a second predefined level, repeating the isolating step by selecting a different test stream from the data stream not already applied to the application. | 10-09-2014 |