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20080201751 | Wireless Media Transmission Systems and Methods - The present invention relates to a media transmission and reception system that is implemented, in the form of programs stored in a satellite device having a memory, an input mechanism for receiving commands from a user, and a transceiver capable of wirelessly accessing a network, and in a computing device having a memory and a transceiver capable of accessing a network. The program stored in the memory of the satellite device causes user commands to be processed, causes the satellite device to connect to the computing device through the network, and causes the satellite device to transmit command instructions, derived from the commands, to the computing device through the network. The program stored in the memory of the computing device causes the computing device to access media stored in a memory, causes the computing device to process the media, captures the processed media, compresses the media, and causes the computing device to transmit the compressed media to the satellite device. The media access, media processing, media compression, and media transmission occurs in real-time and in response to the command instructions. | 08-21-2008 |
20080209486 | System For Live Television Broadcasting From a Mobile Telephone - The invention relates to a system for live television broadcasting from a mobile telephone. The inventive system comprises: a mobile telephone ( | 08-28-2008 |
20080209487 | Remote control for video media servers - Systems and methods are described for remote control of a media server computer from a controller device, typically a laptop computer, where remote operation of the media server, including the selection of videos and other digital media may be performed from the controller while normal TV programming (cable, satellite, or broadcast) is viewed on the TV. Other embodiments describe background operations performed on the controller device, the media server, or both, such that new videos may be located on the web or locally on the LAN while a current video is playing on the media server and viewed on the TV. Methods are also described for more reliably establishing network connections between the controller and media server, and systems and methods are described for implementing a multi-video display on the media server where videos to be displayed on the media server are displayed on and selected by a controller device. | 08-28-2008 |
20080235744 | Digital broadcast transmission/reception system and digital broadcast transmission/reception method - A digital broadcast transmission/reception method and a digital broadcast transmission/reception system are disclosed. The digital broadcast transmission/reception method includes requesting connection information including information about a server storing contents guide information based on priorities, transmitting the connection information, receiving the connection information and accessing the server storing the priority-based contents guide information, using the connection information, and receiving the priority-based contents guide information from the accessed server. | 09-25-2008 |
20080244669 | Method and system for marking video signals for identification - An apparatus for generating an output signal includes a receiving system | 10-02-2008 |
20080244670 | System and Method for IPTV Service Prompting - The embodiment of the present invention discloses a system for IPTV service promoting. And the system includes: a first subsystem, for storing program information of each user; a second subsystem, for determining the program information needed to be prompted according to the program information stored in the first subsystem. The embodiment of the present invention also discloses a method for IPTV service promoting. According to the embodiment of the present invention, the user is timely prompted to get the IPTV program. | 10-02-2008 |
20080250466 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO SHARING - A method for video sharing, which realizes video sharing between an originating UE and a terminating UE when the terminating UE is not IMS core network registered. The method includes the following steps: an originating UE sends a video sharing request containing a URI of callee to an application server; the application server determines that the terminating UE of the callee is not IMS core network registered and notifies the terminating UE to register; the terminating UE activates a GPRS connection and registers with the IMS core network; the originating UE and the registered terminating UE set up a sharing session via the application server; the originating UE and the terminating UE share video information. A system and apparatus for practicing this method is also disclosed. | 10-09-2008 |
20080271098 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIDEO CONVERSATIONS - This disclosure describes methods and systems for viewing a collection of media objects, such as a video clip and associated responses (video, audio and text), in a seamless way. Provided with a media object and a series of responses and counter responses, a real time media combining methodology is coupled with a text and audio conversion process to generate a media stream, or downloadable media object, that contains the original media object and some or all of the associated responses. The media content is formatted into the stream so that ancillary content, like text associated with a particular video response, may also be displayed. Advertisements may be inserted into the stream between responses or overlaying some portion of the viewing area during rendering of the stream. | 10-30-2008 |
20080271099 | Content transmission apparatus, content reception apparatus, and content transmission/reception system - Disclosed herein is a content transmission apparatus connected to a content reception apparatus at a remote place via a network, the content transmission apparatus including: a broadcast signal reception section configured to receive a broadcast content on one or more channels; a recording/reproducing section configured to compress and record data of at least 24 hours of broadcast content on each channel, and reproduce the recorded compressed data; a communication section configured to transmit the compressed data to the content reception apparatus via the network; and a delay control section configured to control the recording/reproducing section to control a delay time between a broadcasting time of the content and a time at which the compressed data is transmitted. The delay time is set in accordance with time difference information indicating a time difference between places where the content transmission apparatus and the content reception apparatus are placed. | 10-30-2008 |
20080276291 | PRODUCING SPECIAL EFFECTS TO COMPLEMENT DISPLAYED VIDEO INFORMATION - A hierarchical publish/subscribe network is employed to produce and distribute special effects to users to complement displayed video information. A top level broker in the network receives a plurality of data streams corresponding to a respective plurality of primary special. A service provider makes a subscription request for one of said primary special effects and receives the corresponding selected data stream. The selected data stream is transformed into at least one further data stream, corresponding to a further special effect. The further data stream is published to a lower level broker associated with the service provider. In response to a user subscription request for the further special effect, the lower level broker publishes the further data stream to a user interface for presentation to the user in association with the displayed video information. | 11-06-2008 |
20080276292 | Releasing System, Releasing Method Of Internet Television And Internet Television Client - A releasing system and releasing method of Internet TV, an Internet TV client. The system includes a program releasing unit for releasing programs of an Internet TV channel; a switching information recording unit for recording and monitoring switching information of a channel, and issuing an activating instruction to the channel program switching unit according to monitored information; a channel program switching unit for receiving the activating instruction, and switching program source of the corresponding channel at the program releasing unit according to switching information of the channel. When the current time reaches the pre-determined time, operations such as switching, startup or tuning in a channel can be automatically performed, thus the system is more convenient for operating and stable in operation. | 11-06-2008 |
20080307475 | SHARING A STREAMING VIDEO - A video segment can be shared over a computer network by first receiving the video segment at a receiving computer on the network. The receiving computer assures that the video segment is in a streaming video format, and creates at least one identification tag for the video segment. The receiving computer also stores the video segment, and communicates the identification tag to another computer on the network. Upon subsequent receipt of that identification tag, the receiving computer streams the video segment to a destination computer on the network. | 12-11-2008 |
20080307476 | URL ACCESS METHOD AND MOBILE TERMINAL THEREOF - A method, mobile terminal and computer program product for automatically accessing a specific URL, and a mobile terminal thereof. The method comprises outputting a broadcasting screen by receiving a broadcasting signal; when the broadcasting screen is not displayed, automatically accessing a preset specific URL; displaying a broadcasting list including one or more URL lists; selecting one or more URLs included in each item of the broadcasting list; and accessing a web site or a server of the selected URL. | 12-11-2008 |
20080307477 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SERVER-SIDE FILTERING - Some embodiments of the invention are directed to, among other things, systems, computer readable media, methods and any other means for requesting information from a server. In some embodiments, a client generates a URL request that is provided to the server. The URL request includes a format identifier that is specific to the server's type. The format identifier is also associated with the data format of a video stored on the server that the user is interested in. The server may then provide data that is associated with the format identifier. | 12-11-2008 |
20080313686 | HANDHELD CAMCORDER ACCESSORY WITH PRE-PROGRAMMED WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS FOR SIMPLIFIED WEBCASTING AND HANDHELD CAMCORDER WITH BUILT-IN PRE-PROGRAMMED WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS FOR SIMPLIFIED WEBCASTING AND METHOD OF COMMERCIALLY SUPPLYING AND SUPPORTING SAME - A handheld camcorder or camcorder accessory and designated webpage combination is provided, wherein the camcorder records onto a designated medium and the camcorder or camcorder accessory has an integrated wireless transmitter and receiver unit, an integrated web browser, and wherein the camcorder or camcorder accessory is pre-programmed, by default, to allow for webcasting to the designated web page; and wherein the designated webpage is programmed to receive and display the video transmission from the camcorder. The handheld camcorder or camcorder accessory having wireless internet access allows for a pre-programmed, one button webcasting, whereby a user that is familiar only with the basic operation of the camcorder can effectively webcast. | 12-18-2008 |
20080320535 | Ip-Enabled Terminal for Combined Video-Based Entertainment and Communication Services - An IP-enabled terminal for combined video-based entertainment and communication services is provided. Hardware and software components are integrated into one terminal to support video-based communication and entertainment services. | 12-25-2008 |
20080320536 | System and Method for Providing Personalized Datat Broadcasting Service, User Terminal and Method for Using Personalized Data Broadcasting Service, and Data Broadcasting Application Structure Therefor - Provided is a system and method for providing a personalized data broadcasting service, a user terminal and method for using a personalized data broadcasting service, and a data broadcasting application structure therefor, to provide a desired broadcasting service to a viewer anytime and anywhere by using diverse terminals. The user terminal includes: a data broadcasting middleware for receiving unidirectional data broadcasting contents transmitted through a broadcasting network; a personalized broadcasting middleware for receiving bidirectional data broadcasting contents transmitted through a communication network; and a contents storing means for storing the unidirectional data broadcasting contents and the bidirectional data broadcasting contents, wherein the data broadcasting middleware executes the unidirectional data broadcasting contents and bidirectional data broadcasting contents. The present invention provides a fast and stable data broadcasting service through a communication-broadcasting integration personalized data broadcasting service. Also, it provides diverse data broadcasting services to each user through a targeting personalized data broadcasting service. | 12-25-2008 |
20090013361 | METHOD OF PROCESSING HYBRID SERVICE AND HYBRID DIGITAL CABLE RECEIVING APPARATUS - A method of processing a hybrid service and a hybrid digital cable receiving apparatus are provided. The hybrid digital cable receiving apparatus includes a transmitting/receiving unit for receiving a hybrid signal, an Internet protocol television (IPTV) service processing unit for processing data corresponding to an IPTV service that is included in the received hybrid signal, and a cable service processing unit for processing data corresponding to a cable broadcasting service that is included in the received hybrid signal. | 01-08-2009 |
20090019502 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GATHERING INFORMATION FROM USERS OF MOBILE AUDIOVISUAL BROADCAST CONTENT - A method of interactive broadcasting may include broadcasting audiovisual content for receipt by mobile electronic devices that are present within a communication range of a wireless access point. An information submission mechanism may be made available to the mobile electronic devices over the wireless access point. Users of the mobile electronic devices may submit information using the information submission mechanism to a server. The submitted information may be responsive to a request for user input related to the audiovisual content. | 01-15-2009 |
20090019503 | Enabling users of peer to peer clients to socially interact while viewing videos - Embodiments of the present invention pertain to enabling users of peer to peer clients to socially interact while viewing videos. According to one embodiment, a first client and a second client are physically remote from each other. A first video and a second video are for the same show but are in different formats. The first client accesses the first video and the second client accesses the second video. The users of the first client and the second client are enabled to socially interact with each other using peer to peer communications between the first client and the second client. | 01-15-2009 |
20090019504 | Method for Managing Multimedia Data and System for Operating The Same - A method for managing multimedia data includes receiving video data corresponding to a program, analyzing the video data for generating at least a sequence of streaming data corresponding to at least a predetermined content of the program, and outputting at least a sequence of streaming data to an electronic device via Internet, completely or selectively. | 01-15-2009 |
20090019505 | STREAMING VIDEO OVER MULTIPLE NETWORK INTERFACES - The preferred embodiments provide a system and/or method that exploits the presence of multiple interfaces to provide high quality video streaming (or real time streaming). The proposed solution includes three specific strategies 1) receiver buffer management, 2) selective re-transmission of packets and 3) dynamic load balancing across interfaces to achieve high quality video streaming across multiple interfaces. | 01-15-2009 |
20090019506 | Apparatus and method for reproducing digital content using network - An apparatus and a method for reproducing a digital content using a network capable of accessing a remote digital programming via the network such as Internet are disclosed. In accordance with the apparatus and the method, a remote digital programming such as a video/audio stream and a menu data is downloaded via the network to provide a user with contents that is not included in a storage medium at a time of manufacturing thereof. | 01-15-2009 |
20090031378 | MEDIA DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING BROADCAST PROGRAM - A media device and a method for transmitting broadcast programs are provided. The media device includes an external interface which is communicably connected to an external device, a broadcast receiving unit which receives a broadcast program, a storage unit which stores the broadcast program received by the broadcast receiving unit, and a control unit automatically transmits a certain broadcast program to the external device connected via the external interface if the certain broadcast program, which is previously selected by a user from among broadcast programs received by the broadcast receiving unit, is stored in the storage unit. Accordingly, the latest broadcast programs can be transmitted without the user identifying the broadcast programs and personally transmitting broadcast programs to the portable media player every time. | 01-29-2009 |
20090049492 | Network Architecture and Devices for Improving Performance of Hybrid Fiber Coax Cable Data Systems - Provided is a communications system including a first segment configured to (i) serve one or more end users and (ii) utilize analog signals modulated to carry digital data. The communications system also includes a second segment connectable to a headend, a protocol configured to control communication of data between the end users and the headend, and a first device configured to (i) connect the coaxial cable segment and the digital fiber-optic segment, the first device terminating the modulation and (ii) communicate over the digital fiber-optic segment to a second device. The second device is located at the headend and configured to perform other functions in accordance with the protocol. | 02-19-2009 |
20090064248 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MONITORING VIDEO DATA PACKET DELIVERY - Systems and methods of monitoring packet delivery are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes querying multiple network devices for performance metrics corresponding to video data packets sent from a video server. The network devices may include multicast branching points between the video server and the destination. A delivery failure may be identified based on the performance metrics, and a response to the delivery failure may be initiated. | 03-05-2009 |
20090064249 | DISTRIBUTION NETWORK AND METHOD - There is disclosed a distribution network and method. This is particularly advantageous because the network allows highlight clips to be generated and distributed quickly. Additionally, the highlights are more consistent because the user selects the event (from which the highlight is formed) from a list of possible event selections. This also has the advantage that there is the reduced likelihood of the individual generating the events missing any other incidents requiring highlighting. | 03-05-2009 |
20090064250 | TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSIGNING TRANSMISSION CHANNEL - A transmission terminal measures an error rate by periodically transmitting an error rate measuring packet to all transmission channels and all transmission paths. Content to be transmitted is classified, so that a transmission channel of the best transmission quality is assigned to content requiring real-timeness and a wide transmission bandwidth. According to the type of the content, a required communication protocol is selected to perform processing thereof. The transmission bandwidth for the content requiring a wide transmission bandwidth is assigned at a peak rate, while the transmission bandwidth for the content requiring a narrow transmission bandwidth is assigned at an average rate. | 03-05-2009 |
20090077601 | Method and system for providing image, video and audio data to remote users - A system and method of notifying a remote client of a sensor triggering event and providing data related to the sensor triggering event to the remote client. The method has the steps of receiving a first notification signal indicating that a sensor has been triggered; identifying a data recording device associated with the triggered sensor wherein the data recording device records video data; identifying a client device designated to receive the video data when the sensor has been triggered; transmitting to the client device a second notification signal indicating that the sensor has been triggered; receiving an acknowledgement signal from the client device; and transmitting the video data to the client device. | 03-19-2009 |
20090077602 | METHOD FOR USING SCHEDULED HYPERLINKS TO RECORD MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - A method of establishing communications with one or more devices located in an environment using a wireless communication device is disclosed. The wireless communication device comprises a short-range transceiver that is able to communicate with a short-range transceiver located in the environment. A communication is received from the short-range transceiver of the wireless communication device that includes a request to establish communications with one or more device located in the environment. A request is transmitted to an environment directory server to determine if a user associated with the wireless communication device has permission to access any of the devices in the environment. A response is received from the environment directory server in response to the request. A communication is made to the short-range transceiver of the wireless communication device indicating whether the device can communicate with any of the devices in the environment. | 03-19-2009 |
20090089848 | MOVING PICTURE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, SUBSCRIBER LINE TERMINATION DEVICE, MOVING PICTURE DISTRIBUTION METHOD, MOVING PICTURE DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention provides a moving picture distribution system, a subscriber line termination device, a moving picture distribution method, a moving picture distribution program, and a recording medium, that may sufficiently distribute moving picture data according to a link speed by an IP multicast manner. The moving picture distribution system includes a subscriber line termination device connected to a moving picture distribution network to perform a terminating process of a subscriber line; and an image reproduction device connected to the subscriber line termination device through a domestic termination device, wherein the subscriber line termination device selects a server according to a link speed with the domestic termination device and transmits moving picture data of a same content to the domestic termination device at the link speed by a multicast manner. | 04-02-2009 |
20090094653 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUS CONFERENCING AND INTERACTIVE DISPLAY AND CONTROL OF VIDEO OVER A DISTRIBUTED NETWORK - A video is played simultaneously at different nodes of a distributed network. The simultaneous playing is controlled through an intermediary server, which receives playback instructions from one or more of the different nodes and then sends simultaneous playback commands each of the different nodes in response to the playback instructions. The different nodes then play the video in accordance with the playback commands. | 04-09-2009 |
20090100483 | COMMON KEY FRAME CACHING FOR A REMOTE USER INTERFACE - Common key frames are provided to a client during initialization to provide more efficient remoting of user interface graphical information. By storing the common key frames at the client, the common key frames may be loaded quicker and more efficiently at the client without having to resend graphical information for each common key frame each time a common key frame is used to provide a new frame. Differences between a selected common key frame and the new frame are encoded as delta commands. A payload containing a common key frame command, which identifies a common key frame at the client, and delta commands which encode differences between the selected common key frame and new frame is sent to the client. The client receives the payload, sets a cached common key frame as the current frame, applies the delta commands to the selected common key frame, and renders the new frame. | 04-16-2009 |
20090100484 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING OUTPUT MULTIMEDIA STREAM FROM A PLURALITY OF USER PARTIALLY- OR FULLY-ANIMATED MULTIMEDIA STREAMS - A system for generating an output multimedia stream user multimedia streams each comprising partially- or fully-animated images that track the movement, orientation, and facial expression of respective users, a non-user multimedia stream (e.g., television broadcast), graphic elements, and video and audio effects. The system includes a multiplexer that generates a multiplexed stream from a plurality of user multimedia streams, a selector for selecting one or more user multimedia stream from the multiplexed stream, a multimedia director device for generating the output multimedia stream from the selected streams, non-user multimedia stream, and added graphics and video effects. The output multimedia stream may be sent to the user devices for generating an interactive experience, such as an online gaming experience. These systems may be organized in a hierarchical manner, whereby regional systems provide multimedia streams to a central system that generates an output stream from the regional streams. | 04-16-2009 |
20090113499 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AN ON-PREMISES DIGITAL MEDIA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for controlling an on-premises digital media distribution system is described. One embodiment places a device in a registration mode responsive to user input, the device being configured to decode and modulate received digital media content for distribution in analog format within a premises; receives in a wireless remote control unit a registration input from the user; transmits, responsive to the registration input, a registration message from the wireless remote control unit to the device, the registration message including a unique identifier associated with the wireless remote control unit; binds the wireless remote control unit to a media processing unit within the device such that the media processing unit responds to only those command messages subsequently received from the wireless remote control unit containing the unique identifier associated with the wireless remote control unit; and terminates the registration mode and resumes an operating mode in the device. | 04-30-2009 |
20090113500 | Secure implementation of network-based sensors - Sensing apparatus includes a network camera, which is configured to capture images of a scene and to output a sequence of data packets containing digitized video data responsively to the images. A one-way link is coupled to the network camera so as to transmit the data packets from the network camera to a packet communication network. | 04-30-2009 |
20090125953 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR MONITORING AN INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION (IPTV) NETWORK - Systems, methods and graphical user interfaces monitoring an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network are provided. A particular method includes receiving IPTV process data. The IPTV process data includes information about a plurality of processes executing at a plurality of servers of an IPTV distribution network. The method also includes analyzing the IPTV process data to determine process operational information. The process operational information is descriptive of the operation of at least a first process of the plurality of processes and operation of at least a second process of the plurality of processes. The method also includes generating a display based on the operational information. The display includes an aggregate display element representing the operation of the at least one first process and the operation of the at least one second process. | 05-14-2009 |
20090125954 | STREAMING VIDEO TRANSMISSION FROM PC TO REMOTE MONITOR - An apparatus and method to transfer streaming video from a personal computer to a remote monitor includes the personal computer reading a compressed streaming video data from a source, transmitting the compressed streaming video data to a remotely located Ethernet stream video converter, the Ethernet stream video converter decoding the compressed streaming video data and displaying the decoded streaming video data on a remote monitor connected to the Ethernet stream video converter. | 05-14-2009 |
20090133082 | AUDIO/VIDEO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An audio/video communication system includes a large number of nodes connected in a balanced binary tree structure. In constructing a group in a balanced binary tree structure, a root node performs the following process: if a left lower node connector of the root node is vacant, the root node connects a new node to the left lower node connector and increases left weight information by “1”; if the left lower node connector of the root node is occupied and if a right lower node connector of the root node is vacant, the root node connects a new node to the right lower node connector and increases right weight information by “1”; if both of the left lower node connector and the right lower node connector of the root node are occupied and if the left weight information of the root node is equal to or less than the right weight information of the root node, the root node sends a request for an addition of a new node to its left lower node and increases the left weight information by “1”; or if both of the left lower node connector and the right lower node connector of the root node are occupied and if the left weight information of the root node is greater than the right weight information of the root node, the root node sends a request for an addition of a new node to its right lower node and increases the right weight information by “1”. Accordingly, it is possible to provide an audio/video communication system that permits simultaneous communication among a large number of nodes and that performs flexible management of adding a new node to the system and removing a node from the system. | 05-21-2009 |
20090138924 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR TELEVISION DISPLAY OF WEB FEED CONTENT - A system and method are described that provide television content broadcast system subscribers with convenient access to aggregated web feed content. In one embodiment, a television content broadcast system ( | 05-28-2009 |
20090138925 | Content distribution system - The present invention is directed to systems and methods for distributing and managing media assets arranged as a collection of media content. In one preferred embodiment, the collection of media content is distributed to a storage location where it is accessible for viewing over a communications network by consumers for a selected interval of time. In another preferred embodiment, media content is downloaded to a client content database and made accessible for a selected interval of time by client software at the consumer's location. | 05-28-2009 |
20090138926 | Interactive Session Establishment Based on Initiation Failure Detection - Systems and methods for implementing a communication mode for a communication terminal are provided. An embodiment of a method for implementing a communication mode includes receiving a plurality of messages from a remotely located network control system and implementing one of a plurality of communication modes responsive to the plurality of messages. | 05-28-2009 |
20090144786 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING MEDIA CHANNEL SERVICES - Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing media channel services are disclosed. A method includes provisioning an Internet-Protocol (IP)-enabled media channel in response to a request to create a media channel account, which includes creating an account record for the media channel account, assigning a media device identifier to the account record, assigning a network address to the IP-based media channel, and storing the network address in the account record. The method also includes populating a storage system with editable and non-editable content. The editable content is received and controlled by a user of the media channel account via a media device, and the non-editable content is controlled by a network media services application. The method further includes creating and presenting a media channel page that includes the editable and non-editable content in response to a request by the user to initiate a session for the channel. | 06-04-2009 |
20090144787 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING FOR IPTV SERVICE RELAY DEVICES AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTING WITH DEVICES - Provided are method and apparatus for searching for a second device relaying at least one IPTV service included in the same residential network as a first device, wherein the searching is performed by the first device, and receiving the IPTV service provided from outside of the residential network through a found second device. | 06-04-2009 |
20090150949 | METHOD OF PROVIDING CONTINUOUS STREAMING SERVICE USING IPTV AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Provided are a method and an apparatus for providing a continuous streaming service using an Internet protocol television (IPTV). The method comprises: receiving a request for the streaming service to be provided continuously to a different terminal while the streaming service is being provided to one terminal; converting contents data that is being provided to the terminal into contents data which is to be provided to the different terminal based on subscription information and terminal information of the different terminal in response to the request from the different terminal; and providing the streaming service of the converted contents data continuously to the different terminal. Accordingly, the streaming service which is being provided to the terminal can be continuously provided to the different terminal in real-time. | 06-11-2009 |
20090150950 | Process and device for delivering a channel - A channel has a plurality of subchannels, and is sent to a media terminal through a network. The channel is sent over a single multicast tree of the network, where the multicast tree includes nodes. The media terminal sends an update message to a node in order to indicate subchannels the media terminal wishes to receive. The node selects indicated subchannels and sends only those subchannels to the media terminal. | 06-11-2009 |
20090158366 | Method for optimising the transmission of DVB-IP service information by partitioning into several multicast streams - The present invention relates to a broadcast server of service information data streams, comprising a first step consisting in partitioning at least one part of the service information between the different streams, and a second step consisting in broadcasting the partition from the first step on at least two separate streams to a plurality of terminals. | 06-18-2009 |
20090158367 | Intelligent video network protocol - Software capabilities of a video analytics device are obtained. The software of the video analytics device is configured. An output from the video analytics device is received. The output is sent to a user device. | 06-18-2009 |
20090178094 | Broadcasting receiver and method of transmitting / receiving broadcasting signal - A method of transmitting/receiving a broadcasting signal and a broadcasting receiver are disclosed. A rating region table (RRT) including a rating value identifier identifying rating information is stored, and, when broadcasting contents are received, the rating value identifier is obtained from a descriptor (or service discovery information) including the rating information of the contents. Then, the received broadcasting contents can be blocked according to the rating value identifier obtained from the descriptor and the rating value identifier of the RRT. Accordingly, although the RRT is changed, the broadcasting contents can be conveniently blocked using the unchanged rating value identifier. | 07-09-2009 |
20090178095 | MOBILE RECEIVING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND DEVICE FOR SELECTING MEDIA STREAMS being a Continuation of PCT International Application No. PCT/CN2007/070494, filed August 15, 2007 - A mobile receiving device includes: a first interface data processing unit, adapted to extract a first media stream signal from a first interface; a second interface data processing unit, adapted to extract a second media stream signal from a second interface; and a selector, adapted to select one of the first media stream signal and the second media stream signal for output. A mobile receiving method and device use a timestamp or a frame sequence number during the switching to maintain the continuity of frames and implement seamless switching, thus ensuring that the mobile receiving device can receive multimedia broadcast signals with better quality in the indoor or outdoor environment. | 07-09-2009 |
20090187957 | Delivery of Media Assets Having a Multi-Part Media File Format to Media Presentation Devices - Improved techniques and systems for electronic delivery of digital media asset files to electronic devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a media item can be stored in a multi-part media item file. The multi-part media item file for the media item can be delivered to a host device that can thereafter support a plurality of different media presentation devices that have different media presentation capabilities. The host device can distribute customized (or optimized) versions of the multi-part media item file to different media presentation devices. In one embodiment, the multi-part media item file can include at least a plurality of video streams. When the media item is to be presented by one of the media presentation devices, the media presentation device can decode the plurality of video streams from the multi-part media item file into decoded video frames and then combine the decoded video frames from the different streams for presentation of video of the media item. | 07-23-2009 |
20090193479 | Method and apparatus for automatically notifying a renter of digital content when the rental period has expired - Digital content contained on physical media rented to a customer who fails to return said media once the rental term has expired. Date information encoded onto the media or encoded within the content is used to determine that the rental period has expired. If the media containing the expired content is residing in a media player, the user is notified through a plurality of notification schemes. Customers of expired digital content can also be notified if the media player is connected to the internet even if the media containing the content is not currently residing in the media player. This invention solves several problems currently effecting content rental services and allows the rental services to conserve costs normally associated with notifying customers that their rental has expired. | 07-30-2009 |
20090193480 | BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES OVER CABLE NETWORKS - The present invention provides methods and systems for accessing services in a television system. In one embodiment, a DHCT presents a subscriber an EPG presentation containing a plurality of selectable bi-directional services that are purchasable for a period of time and rendered to a buying subscriber on an individualized basis as offered by the cable television system. The subscriber navigates an EPG menu presentation with an input device such as a remote control device and selects a purchasable service by choosing the visual representation that corresponds to the desired service. The DHCT receives the user input, translates the selected command into an executable program call that queries service availability and, if the service is available, initiates the selected bi-directional audiovisual service on a personalized session. | 07-30-2009 |
20090193481 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A BROADCAST TV - A method for realizing video live broadcast, includes: receiving a request for creating conversation from a user equipment, the request carrying indication information for identifying video live broadcast BTV service packet, the BTV packet includes several channel program with the same authentication attribute and the same accounting attribute; sending BTV service control information corresponding to BTV service packet to a network marginal equipment corresponding to the user equipment UE; creating the conversation between an IPTV server and the user equipment UE according to the request; sending the channel program that the UE need access to the UE according to the BTV service control information. Corresponding equipment and system also are provided. The invention can ensure flexible authentication and accounting capability, meanwhile it also ensure the user can switch channel quickly according to the present invention. | 07-30-2009 |
20090199253 | System and Method for Accessing Internet Via TV and PC Connecting Set and a TV Connecting Set - A system and method of television internet and interactive entertainment, as well as a computer PC box and a television TV box for realizing the television internet and interactive entertainment are provided. Via the computer interface module in the computer PC box and the television interface module in the television TV box, the computer and the television are connected, and the television internet and the interactive entertainment are realized. | 08-06-2009 |
20090205003 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAYING MEDIA OBTAINED VIA THE INTERNET ON A TELEVISION - Systems for browsing media that is accessible via the Internet are described. In many embodiments, the system includes a browsing application that identifies media within pages retrieved via the Internet by performing document analysis. The document analysis identifies pieces of media referenced by the page and, in a number of embodiments, also identifies pieces of media referenced by pages linked to by the original page. The identified pieces of media can be used to generate playlists that can then be played for a user via a television. In several embodiments, the browsing application is configured to render a playback page that shows pieces of media queued in a playlist and facilitates user navigation to other sites using a typical television remote control. One embodiment of the invention includes a server connected to a network, where the server hosts at least one page of information including embedded media, and a computing device connected to the network and to a display device, where the display device is configured to receive instructions from a remote control device. In addition, a browser application configures the computing device to retrieve a page hosted on the server, the browsing application further configures the computing device to perform page analysis, where page analysis includes identifying hyperlinks within the page, inspecting the hyperlinks to identify embedded media, and adding the embedded media to a playlist, and the browsing application further configures the computing device to generate a playback guide user interface in which the playlist of media is displayed, and to display the generated playback guide via the display device. | 08-13-2009 |
20090217332 | Sharing Video Recording Resources Over A Network - A method of sharing recording capability on a network, the network having a server supporting at least a recording DVR and a receiving DVR, the recording and receiving DVRs being in different households, the method comprising: (a) determining that the receiving DVR is unable to record the content at a certain time; and (b) identifying that the recording DVR is able to provide the receiving DVR with a recording of the content; (c) recording the content on the recording DVR at the certain time; and (d) transmitting the content from the recording DVR to the receiving DVR after the certain time. | 08-27-2009 |
20090217333 | Method and system for discovering vacant DTV channels using DHCP server location - A wireless client device (e.g. a WSD) discovers vacant DTV channels using location information acquired from a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server. In one aspect of the invention, a wireless client device discovers vacant DTV channels through direct communication with a local DHCP server and a remote primary user database server. In another aspect of the invention, a wireless client device discovers vacant DTV channels from an access device that communicates with a local DHCP server and a remote primary user database server. | 08-27-2009 |
20090222869 | ADDRESSING METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING DATA ON A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK, CORRESPONDING ADDRESS STRUCTURE SIGNAL, GATEWAY AND COMPUTER PROGRAMME - A method is provided for transforming a first transport level address into a second transport level address: the first address representing at least one digital data broadcasting service from at least one non-meshed broadcasting network and comprising data identifying the at least one digital data broadcasting service; the second address including a source field and/or a destination field in datagrams addressed to at least one communication network. The method includes the following steps: recovering data identifying the at least one digital data broadcasting service; inserting at least part of the identifying data in the second address of the datagrams. | 09-03-2009 |
20090222870 | PERSONALIZED VIDEO GENERATION - A personalised video generation system, including: (i) a digital asset manager for storing a video project file marked with references to content groups and content substitution rules; (ii) an editing tool for accessing the file and displaying content of the file grouped based on the groups, and generating an interface for substituting content across a video corresponding to the file, the interface adjusting the references for the digital asset manager; and (iii) a content generation engine for processing the file and the rules, based on personal data for intended recipients, to access content items and generating a plurality of video project files for rendering as corresponding videos for the recipients. The system can also include (iv) a distribution engine for communicating with a least one distribution gateway for a delivery platform; and (v) a least one render engine for receiving the video project files, causing rendering of the videos for a respective delivery platform, and forwarding the videos to the distribution engine for distribution of the videos for the respective delivery platform. | 09-03-2009 |
20090235320 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus with a display unit includes: a communication unit which communicates with a server that stores therein content organization information of a video content; an input unit through which a video signal contained in the video content is input; a processing unit which processes the video content; and a controller which controls the processing unit to display the video content based on the content organization information on the display unit. | 09-17-2009 |
20090235321 | TELEVISION CONTENT FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES - Television content from multiple sources is described. In embodiment(s), a television client device includes an interface to receive television media content in multiple streaming video formats. A television media service implemented in the television client device can process television media content when received in a first streaming video format, and render the television media content for display. In addition, the television media service can process additional television media content when received in a second streaming video format, and render the additional television media content for display. | 09-17-2009 |
20090241152 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RETRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A receiver unit demodulates a digital broadcast wave and reproduces an MPEG2 transport stream. When a contents change is detected in the MPEG2 transport stream, a network processor adds identification information to the frame corresponding to the MPEG2 transport stream of the contents change. The MPEG2 transport stream to which the identification information is added is accumulated in a storage unit. A network processor reads out the MPEG2 transport stream making use of the identification information and transmits it to the IP network through a switch. | 09-24-2009 |
20090249415 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SERVICES - A method for providing a service on a device. The method includes instantiating a service provider that provides the service, where the service provider implements a service provider interface (SPI) corresponding to the service and where the SPI is defined by a service provision framework for providing services to Xlets. The method further includes using the service by a first Xlet, where the first Xlet uses the service provider interface (SPI). | 10-01-2009 |
20090254957 | System and Method for Presenting Location Data for Broadcasted Media - System and method for providing location data associated with broadcasted media to a display device. In one embodiment, the method may include receiving broadcasted media data over a communication network connection, displaying the received media data on a display device and receiving location data associated with the broadcasted media data. The method may further include displaying a graphical representation of the location data on the display. | 10-08-2009 |
20090254958 | VIDEO SYSTEM - A network node apparatus is disclosed for the capture, storage and replay of video data at separate respective nodes of a communications network arranged to operably couple the node apparatus. The node apparatus may include a video capture node operable to capture video data and to transmit captured data via the communications network to a video storage node. The video storage node is arranged to store captured video data, and to transmit stored data via the communications network to a video replay node which renders an image therefrom. The video storage node transmits video data to the video replay node only if the content of a transmit buffer therein matches or exceeds a predetermined lower content value and the content of a receive buffer in the replay node does not exceed a predetermined upper content value. | 10-08-2009 |
20090260046 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR REDUNDANCY BACKUP OF VIDEO SERVICES - A method, apparatus and system for redundancy backup of video services are provided. The method includes: receiving a data stream from a video server; stopping delivering the data stream to an Internet Protocol (IP) network if determining that the data stream is abnormal; and triggering the IP network to change delivery of the data stream over to a redundant video server. With the method provided by the present disclosure, when the data stream played by the Near Video on Demand (nVOD) system is detected as abnormal, a route changeover can be completed so that the program stream of a redundant nVOD server is delivered to the IP network. | 10-15-2009 |
20090265746 | METHOD AND APPARATUS IN A MEDIA PLAYER - A method and arrangement for switching between a common media stream and a selective media stream of a media session received in a media player including a media buffer entity. Media frames of either a common media stream or a selective media stream are received and buffered in the media buffer entity. A switch at the media buffer entity is then controlled so that the output of the media buffer entity is changed from delivering common media frames to delivering selective media frames, or vice versa, upon detecting a stream switching trigger frame in the received media frames. | 10-22-2009 |
20090265747 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING WEB BASED SELF SERVICED VIDEO MONITORING AND SECURITY FEATURES FOR SYSTEMS COMPRISING IP VIDEO TERMINALS AND SERVERS - A video security system having a server and a video terminal device includes: at least one database for storing network and physical configuration information relating to the terminal device operable to remotely communicate with the server through a distributed network; and one or multiple storage servers for storing video data received from the terminal devices. | 10-22-2009 |
20090265748 | HANDHELD MULTIMEDIA RECEIVING AND SENDING DEVICES - A handheld multimedia device connect to the internet to obtain internet content and transmits formatted content, including internet content, to a display, such as a television. Thus, users of the multimedia device have a platform for watching internet television or movies, listening to internet music, and otherwise experiencing internet content without the need to connect a conventional computer to the television. Moreover, in some embodiments, multimedia device allows for seamless interaction with the internet by using the devices as a pointing device—users point the device where they desire a cursor to be on the screen. | 10-22-2009 |
20090282447 | Distributed diagnostics for internet video link - In one embodiment consistent with the invention, an Internet Ptotocol Television (IPTV) information collector device has an Internet interface for communication with an aggregator via the Internet and for communication with IPTV service providers. A processor functions to carry out a process of: conducting a query of an IPTV service and at least one IPTV channel supplied thereby; gathering quality of service (QOS) information from the at least one IPTV channel of the IPTV service as a result of the query; and reporting the QOS service to an aggregator device. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 11-12-2009 |
20090300695 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IDENTIFYING EVENTS SCHEDULED AT A MEDIA RECORDER - A system and method of identifying events scheduled at a media recorder. In a particular embodiment, a system to identify events scheduled at a media recorder is disclosed. The system includes an identification module to determine a time interval and an address and to identify one or more media content items scheduled for recording within the time interval. The system also includes a notification module to send a message to the address, the message including scheduling information related to the one or more media content items scheduled for recording within the time interval. | 12-03-2009 |
20090307735 | SPLIT PERSONAL COMPUTER SYSTEM - A cable television interface box for interconnecting a television display unit to a cable television connection. The cable television interface box includes a television accessory unit in communication with the television display unit and the cable television connection. The television accessory unit interfaces with a remote portion of a split personal computer system and outputs input data signals to the remote portion for performing input portions of personal computer tasks, and receives video signals from the remote portion indicative of video and output portions of personal computer tasks. | 12-10-2009 |
20090313668 | TIME-SHIFTED TRANSPORT OF MULTI-LATTICED VIDEO FOR RESILIENCY FROM BURST-ERROR EFFECTS - An apparatus for facilitating robust data transport. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a first mechanism for selecting plural lattices of an input video signal, processing plural decimated video signals, and time shifting corresponding portions of plural video streams in accordance with a second relative temporal order. A second mechanism changes an initial relative temporal order to the second relative temporal order. | 12-17-2009 |
20090313669 | Method of transmission of digital images and reception of transport packets - Method for transmission of images comprising: | 12-17-2009 |
20100005497 | Duplex enhanced quality video transmission over internet - A system for sending and receiving full motion, live, full duplex video of broadcast quality, with associated audio data, over the Internet. The system comprises software that ties together audio and video packets and transmits them as a smooth continuous stream of video and audio data. The system is capable of functioning over a secure peer-to-peer backbone. | 01-07-2010 |
20100005498 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PUBLISHING AND/OR SHARING MEDIA PRESENTATIONS OVER A NETWORK - In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, systems and methods for publishing and/or sharing media presentations over a network comprise communicating with a user and one or more distribution channels via the network, gathering media resources based on user input, creating a media presentation with the media resources based on user input, and publishing the media presentation by distributing the media presentation to the one or more distribution channels via the network. In one aspect, publishing comprises directly emailing the media presentation to one or more other users via the network. In another aspect, publishing comprises providing a link to one or more other users via the network for direct access to the media presentation. In still another aspect, publishing comprises obtaining and embedding source code for the media presentation in a web page associated with one or more of the distribution channels via the network. | 01-07-2010 |
20100005499 | Method, Apparatus, and Computer Program Product for Dynamic Bandwidth Management in An IP-Network - The present invention refers to a method, an apparatus and a computer program product for dynamic bandwidth management in an IP-network, wherein a channel identifier indicating a channel for a program content is detected (S | 01-07-2010 |
20100011398 | Method and System for Automatic IP TV Program Generation - According to this invention content can be uploaded by an upload device ( | 01-14-2010 |
20100011399 | VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS, VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD IN VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS - There are provided a video processing apparatus, a video processing system, and an information providing method in the video processing apparatus. The video processing apparatus includes: a communication part performing communication with a service providing server providing broadcasting services; a video processing part performing video processing with respect to the broadcasting services; an output part outputting information on the broadcasting services; and a controller controlling the communication part, the output part and the video processing part to transmit user information and viewing information with respect to the video processing apparatus to the service providing server, to receive recommendation information based on the user information and the viewing information from the service providing server, and to output the received recommendation information, respectively. | 01-14-2010 |
20100017832 | NETWORK DIGITAL TELEVISION MIDDLEWARE - A digital television middleware, comprising: an application program description information finding unit for requesting application program description information from a first network and a second network; an application program description information converting unit for converting the received application program description information for the second network into description information in a format of an application program information table (AIT) which can be used by the first network; and an AIT table buffering unit for buffering the converted description information so as to download the requested application program description information for the second network used by the first network. | 01-21-2010 |
20100023983 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING IPTV COMMUNICATION SERVICE - Provided are a method and apparatus for performing an internet protocol television (IPTV) communication service. The method includes: acquiring an application message providing the IPTV communication service from an external input with respect to a general-purpose web application by using plug-in application programming interfaces (APIs) of a web browser which are independent of an IPTV communication service provider; sending the application message to an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) gateway (IG) functional entity apparatus; and receiving a response message comprising a result of processing the application message as a response to the sending of the application message, from the IG functional entity apparatus. | 01-28-2010 |
20100037274 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING MEDIA CONTENT - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller to detect a selection of media content from a media content source, detect that the selected media content comprises a plurality of media content types, present a plurality of media content type options, each option corresponding to one of the plurality of media content types or combinations thereof, detect a selection from the plurality of media content type options, submit a request to a targeted communication device to accept or decline the selected media content according to the selected media content type option, retrieve one or more metadata pointers from the media content source for retrieving the selected media content responsive to receiving an acceptance from the targeted communication device, and store the one or more metadata pointers and the selected media content type option. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 02-11-2010 |
20100037275 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CACHE MEMORY SIZE AT A NETWORK NODE OF AN IPTV NETWORK - In an IPTV network, cache memory assigned to each DSLAM, Central Office (CO) or Intermediate Office (IO) can be determined by defining a network cost function having cache memory per DSLAM, cache memory per CO and cache memory per IO as decision variables. The network cost function can be minimized to determine the optimal cache memory size for the network. The network cost function can be subject to boundary constraints that the cache memory is between zero and a maximum cache memory size for each network node type, allowing the network cost function to be solved as a 3-ary tree. | 02-11-2010 |
20100043039 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATING MESSAGING WITH A TELEVISION - An application for a digital television platform includes a display, a television receiver operatively coupled to the display and a processor operatively coupled to both the display and to the television receiver. A memory and a non volatile storage medium is communicably coupled to the processor. A communication link is also communicably coupled to the processor and a communication event is detected signaling reception of a communication on the communication link. Responsive to the communication event, a set of instructions is executed by the processor, the set of instructions is configured to receive the communication and to process the communication with respect to a set of user preferences. | 02-18-2010 |
20100050221 | Image Delivery System with Image Quality Varying with Frame Rate - An image delivery system responds to limits of bandwidth by changing the resolution of the delivered image according to the frame rate required. For a motion picture image, the resolution is reduced in order to maintain the frame rate, and if the image is paused, a maximum image resolution is loaded instead during the time the image is not being updated. For immersive imaging systems, there is a similar adjustment of resolution according to frame rate and the bandwidth requirements, and the user is free to look around, either inside a motion picture at reduced resolution or a paused image at a higher resolution. This higher resolution is typically seen in a movable region of interest window extracted from the larger immersive image. | 02-25-2010 |
20100058410 | System and method for self management of a live web event - A system, method, and computer program for self management of a live web event is provided. In exemplary embodiments, an individual associated with a channel may schedule a web event. Upon scheduling, a user, such as one or more presenters, may be provided a management interface through which content may be prepared for the live web event during a self preparation process. In exemplary embodiments, the user may upload content (e.g., images such as slides) and generate content (e.g., polling questions and answers) autonomously. | 03-04-2010 |
20100058411 | SYSTEM AND METHOD SUPPORTING DYNAMIC DELIVERY OF PROGRAM TIME TABLES AND BROADCAST PROGRAMS - A broadcast service provider must transmit broadcast programs by dynamically reflecting real-time reconfiguration of broadcast timetables and broadcast programs of a plurality of broadcast program providers and the broadcast service provider. | 03-04-2010 |
20100058412 | METHOD FOR MIGRATING A VIDEO SESSION BETWEEN A FIXED MULTIMEDIA DEVICE AND A MOBILE MULTIMEDIA DEVICE - The invention relates to a method for migrating a video session between a migrating device ( | 03-04-2010 |
20100058413 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUDIO AND/OR VIDEO DATA FOR IPTV - A method for providing audio and/or video data for Internet Protocol Television includes receiving source material. Encoded source data is generated by encoding the source material in a target format. The encoded source data is transmitted to a memory that is configured to output the encoded source data. | 03-04-2010 |
20100064330 | Bidirectional signal transmission apparatus and method - The present invention relates a bidirectional signal transmission apparatus and method, wherein said apparatus comprises a processor unit connected in signal communication with an Ethernet, an RF modulation/demodulation unit, and an RF frequency conversion unit connected in signal communication with a coaxial cable network. The data signal input from the Ethernet is modulated into standard IEEE802.11 signal by means of said signal processing unit and RF modulation/demodulation unit, and then down-converted from 2.4 GHz or 5.8 GHz standard IEEE802.11 signal to a range of 500 MHz to 2000 MHz, and preferably to a range of 900 MHz to 1200 MHz. The bidirectional transmission apparatus further includes a frequency band selector for selecting different frequency bands so as to broaden the bandwidth of the signal and a real broad band data transmission is accomplished. | 03-11-2010 |
20100064331 | Hybrid Premium Terrestrial Television Service - A method for the provision of a hybrid premium television platform using terrestrial broadcasting. The system allows for enhanced services to subscribers using a terrestrial broadcast signal. The enhanced services are similar to those enjoyed by more expensive providers such as cable and satellite television providers. | 03-11-2010 |
20100071012 | System and method for determining a cache arrangement - In an IPTV network, one or more caches may be provided at the network nodes for storing video content in order to reduce bandwidth requirements. Video content titles may be stored in the cache in accordance with a calculated cache arrangement that minimizes the total incremental transport cost of the content traffic. | 03-18-2010 |
20100071013 | IDENTIFYING EVENTS OF INTEREST WITHIN VIDEO CONTENT - Instant messages sent by a viewer of a video while the video is perceivable to the viewer may be monitored. An event of interest occurring in the video may be identified based on the monitored instant messages. Metadata that describes the event of interest may be generated and assigned to the video. A request for video content associated with the video may be received from a user. An indexed collection of videos that includes the video may be searched for the requested video content. Based on the search, it may be determined that the video satisfies the user's request. The event of interest occurring in the video may be identified based on the metadata assigned to the video. User perception of a scene from the video that includes the event of interest may be enabled. | 03-18-2010 |
20100083324 | Synchronized Video Playback Among Multiple Users Across A Network - Synchronized video playback among multiple users across a network provides a fully social experience where people in different locations may be enabled to watch the same video in a “virtual living room.” The users may be represented graphically, as avatars, in front of the video, and may be enabled to use animations, text chat, and voice chat to interact with each other. Thus, a group of people may be enabled to share the experience of watching a video together as if they were in the same room, without being physically present together. | 04-01-2010 |
20100083325 | Closed-Loop Community Influenced Broadcast Media Generation - A broadcast system comprises a broadcast device, a receiving device, and a content management system. The broadcast device is configured to transmit media over-the-air to a first user device. The receiving device is configured to receive over a network from a second user device a user input regarding the media. The content management system is configured to evaluate the user input and to select media for the broadcast device to broadcast based on the evaluation. | 04-01-2010 |
20100083326 | SERVICE CONFIGURATION AND MANAGEMENT FOR FAST CHANNEL CHANGE AND RELIABLE DELIVERY OF MULTIMEDIA SERVICES - A data network comprising a node serving a local area, the node comprising an FCC/Retr (fast channel change/retransmission) server having a means for installing a location based FCC/Retr service profile, wherein the service profile is self-discovered by the module. Methods for configuring the profile are discussed. | 04-01-2010 |
20100083327 | TRANSFER DEVICE, TRANSFER METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A transfer device includes: a first network connection control section that controls connection to a first network enabling transfer of content data and/or control data using a first address assigned by a key device in the network; a second network connection control section that controls connection to a second network enabling transfer of content data and/or control data using a second address assigned by a device having a routing function; and an address table that stores the correspondence between the first address of devices on the first network connected via the first network connection control section and the second address of the devices on the second network connected via the second network connection control section. | 04-01-2010 |
20100083328 | CLIENT CONFIGURATION AND MANAGEMENT FOR FAST CHANNEL CHANGE OF MULTIMEDIA SERVICES - A method of configuring and managing a user equipment client in an IPTV network (or cable or Internet TV) is disclosed, comprising installing a personalised service profile at the UE which is representative of fast channel change/retransmission service configuration data or other data available to the UE by virtue of at least its location, the service profile including a list of channels available for FCC/Retr and, for each channel, the address from which that service is achievable. | 04-01-2010 |
20100088735 | Video Branching - In certain implementations, a method of displaying a branched chain of Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) video content involves providing a first stream of video content, the first stream of video content having a plurality of video features that appear during a plurality of associated time intervals in the first stream of video content; providing a collection of affiliate video streams related to the plurality of time intervals; providing a set of metadata that associates the time intervals with one of the plurality of affiliate video streams; playing the first stream of video content on an IPTV compatible player device to sequentially reveal the plurality of features of the first stream in their respective time relationships in the first stream via a display driven by the IPTV compatible player device; at the IPTV compatible player device, receiving a selection signal during the associated time interval that selects the video feature being displayed; upon receipt of the selection signal, the IPTV compatible player device accessing the metadata to identify a particular one of the collection of affiliate data streams that is associated with the time interval of the selected video feature; and the IPTV compatible player device ceasing to play the first stream of video content and beginning playing the associated one of the collection of affiliate data streams that is associated with the time interval of the selected feature; whereby, the viewer directly navigates from one stream of video content to an affiliate video. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 04-08-2010 |
20100095336 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING DVB-H SIGNAL HAVING DESIRED BIT RATE - A method of creating a DVB-H signal having a desired bit rate includes the steps of preparing a TS signal of DVB-H Standard in conformity to a first bit rate ( | 04-15-2010 |
20100100913 | Method for processing a channel request in an IPTV system - The present invention relates to a method for processing a channel change request in a television system operating according to the IP protocol. This method is implemented in a digital decoder of the subscriber and its purpose is to avoid overloading the access network in the case of burst zapping and avoid penalising the reactivity time of the system in the case of simple zapping. According to the invention, in the case of reception of a burst of channel change requests separated by a time interval less than the duration of the predetermined timeout (T | 04-22-2010 |
20100100914 | VIDEO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND VIDEO DISTRIBUTION METHOD - A video distribution system according to the present invention includes a user terminal, an SIP session controller, and a video distribution server. When the SIP session controller receives a request to establish a session, the SIP session controller establishes a session between the user terminal and the video distribution server, and controls a bandwidth controller to reserve a bandwidth for the distribution of video content in a communication path between the user terminal and the video distribution server. The video distribution server sends a bandwidth changing request for requesting the SIP session controller to change the bandwidth to reserve a bandwidth depending on a fraction of the bandwidth that is needed for distributing video content. In response to the bandwidth changing request, the SIP session controller further secures a bandwidth for the distribution of video content in the communication path between the user terminal and the video distribution server. | 04-22-2010 |
20100100915 | FAST-START STREAMING AND BUFFERING OF STREAMING CONTENT FOR PERSONAL MEDIA PLAYER - A personal media broadcasting system enables video distribution over a computer network and allows a user to view and control media sources over a computer network from a remote location. A personal broadcaster receives an input from one or more types of media sources, digitizes and compresses the content, and streams the compressed media over a computer network to a media player running on any of a wide range of client devices for viewing the media. The system may allow the user to issue control commands (e.g., “channel up”) from the media player to the broadcaster, causing the source device to execute the commands. The broadcaster and the media player may employ several techniques for buffering, transmitting, and viewing the content to improve the user's experience. | 04-22-2010 |
20100107203 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING DYNAMIC WEBPAGES IN A MEDIA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an Internet Protocol Television system having a controller to create a template defining a format of presentation of an webpage or HTML page using an iTV or IPTV application system, receive a request for the page from a subscriber of the iTV or IPTV system. The system can access application system subscriber data for the subscriber and a presentation of the page is dynamically adapted according to the application system subscriber data. In one alternative at, the page can be dynamically adapted by changing in content or by changing a look and feel of an HTML page or webpage. In another alternative, the webpage or HTML page can be dynamically adapted by modifying graphic user interface elements based on the application system subscriber data. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 04-29-2010 |
20100107204 | DYNAMIC IPTV GROUP PROFILE CREATION AND MANAGEMENT - An IPTV group profile is dynamically generated based on individual IPTV user profiles, whenever a user joins or leaves a shared IPTV session at an IPTV Terminal Function (ITF). The IPTV group profile may be implemented as a modification to the IPTV user profile of each user. In one embodiment, a “group” branch includes the additional access privileges and/or restrictions from the IPTV user profiles of other group members. The modified IPTV user profiles of users in the group are placed on a network entity such as an XDM Server (XDMS), to which the ITF subscribes via XCAP. As users join or leave a shared IPTV session at an ITF, the IPTV-AS updates the IPTV user profiles on the XDMS, which notifies the ITF of the changes. Each user's IPTV user profile at the ITF thus reflects group access privileges, preferences and restrictions for the duration of the shared IPTV session. | 04-29-2010 |
20100107205 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RESUMING, TRANSFERRING OR COPYING A MULTIMEDIA SESSION - Methods and systems for resuming, transferring or copying an IMS session associated with a first terminal or user at a second terminal in e.g., a same household are described. If a session is to be transferred, resource reservations associated with establishing a second IMS session for the transfer can be bypassed by informing the IMS system, either explicitly or implicitly, of the relationship between the terminals involved in the transfer. A controller can select a content server to support the resumed session and coordinate session identities associated with the selection. | 04-29-2010 |
20100107206 | COMBINED BROADCAST AND BACKCHANNEL DELIVERY OF STREAMING CONTENT - Streaming content may be delivered through a combination of broadcast and a backchannel. Related apparatus and methods for receiving and distributing streaming content are described. A receiving device may receive a packet of information in the form of a broadcast signal from a broadcast source. The packet of information may contain one or more streamlets and a table of contents associated with the streamlets. A desired streamlet may be selected from the packet of information and presented with a display. A remainder of a data stream associated with the streamlet may be requested and received from via a backchannel while the desired streamlet is being presented. The remaining data stream may then be presented with the display. | 04-29-2010 |
20100125886 | NETWORK DIAGNOSTICS - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a controller to automatically check lower level layer test results of an IPTV or iTV network, automatically retrieve inventory data from an inventory system, automatically retrieve a Layer 4 data from a live router by executing a show Class of Service (COS) interface command, automatically compare a COS value with a value from the inventory system to determine a mismatch, and automatically create an alert if the mismatch exists. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 05-20-2010 |
20100131997 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MEDIA INTEGRATION AND DISPLAY - The invention, according to at least one embodiment, broadly contemplates systems, methods and apparatuses for preparing media from a plurality of media sources for display. The media sources include, but are not limited to, component media sources and related media sources. Identification of media is supported, as is the selective combined display of media from the plurality of media sources utilizing an instruction set allowing for the selective modification of the plurality of media. | 05-27-2010 |
20100138885 | Prioritized Retransmission of Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) Packets - A method and system for improved error resiliency in Internet protocol Television (IPTV) are provided. Received media stream is encoded in a real-time protocol. The RTP media stream is then reordered in a homogeneous arrangement (e.g., video packets together, audio packets together) such that each RTP packet, which contains video contains data from a single video frame. Furthermore, each RTP packet contains a RTP header extension, which specifies the priority of the data. Audio frame and intra-coded frames (I-frames) are marked as highest priority frames, predictably coded frames (P-frames) are marked as high priority frames, bidirectionally coded frames (B-frames) are marked as lower priority frames with anything else occupying the lowest priority. The media stream is forwarded to the plurality of users, in accordance with the priority of each packet. A subscriber's device requests retransmission of any missing packets. | 06-03-2010 |
20100146570 | WEB SERVICE GATEWAY FOR IPTV SERVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A Web service gateway for an IPTV service is provided. The Web service gateway for an IPTV service includes: an IPTV request notification processor for transmitting, when IPTV service progress information is transmitted from an IPTV network, IPTV request notification corresponding to the progress information to a content provider server; an IPTV service request processor for controlling, when a request for an IPTV service is transmitted from the content provider server, the IPTV network so that the requested IPTV service is transmitted to an IPTV terminal; an information request processor for receiving, when information related to the IPTV service is requested from the content provider server, information requested from the IPTV network and transmitting the information to the content provider server; and an execution request processor for transmitting, when an execution request related to the IPTV service is transmitted from the content provider server, the execution request to the IPTV network. Therefore, by using a Web-based content provider, various IPTV services can be provided. | 06-10-2010 |
20100146571 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DATA PROCESSING, AND SYSTEM COMPRISING THE DEVICE - A data processing method has a first system provide first program information and the first program information is also provided for at least one first terminal. Second program information is determined on the basis of the first program information, the second program information is provided for a second system. The second system has at least one function for providing the second program information for at least one second terminal. Furthermore, a device is provided for performing the method and a system with such a device. | 06-10-2010 |
20100154012 | TELEVISION BOOKMARKING WITH MULTIPLATFORM DISTRIBUTION - A system includes a content processing device in communication with a control device, the content processing device is configured to receive multi-media content from a network, and create a bookmark representing at least a portion of the multi-media content upon receiving a signal from the control device. | 06-17-2010 |
20100154013 | Method and Arrangement for Improved Channel Switching - In a method of providing a channel/client status register to enable improved channel switching in an Internet Protocol network with a plurality of client nodes each capable of receiving video sessions over a plurality of channels from at least one video provider system, initially arranging S | 06-17-2010 |
20100162333 | READY ACCESS TO UNIFORM RESOURCE IDENTIFIERS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH TELEVISION CONTENT - The present invention provides a technique for making uniform resource identifiers (URIs) that are associated with television content that has been viewed by a viewer readily accessible to that viewer. Television content that is being viewed at any given time is monitored, and URIs that are associated with television content that has been viewed are automatically identified without human intervention and subsequently made available to the viewer via a content service. The content service may be a web server that is accessible by the viewer via a browser application running on the viewer's communication terminal. The viewer may access the content service to retrieve the URIs, which may be used to retrieve web content associated with television content from an appropriate web server via the communication terminal. | 06-24-2010 |
20100162334 | Method for receiving a broadcast signal - A method of receiving a broadcast signal including a Non-Real-Time (NRT) service and a broadcast receiver are disclosed herein. A method of receiving a broadcast signal including a Non-Real-Time (NRT) service, the method comprises receiving a broadcast signal including an NRT content and NRT service guide information, the NRT service guide information including a content fragment, identifying a File Delivery over Unidirectional Transport (FLUTE) session delivering the NRT content from the broadcast signal, detecting a first content identification information from a File Description Table (FDT) of the FLUTE session, and detecting a second content identification information of the content fragment matched with the first content identification information. | 06-24-2010 |
20100175096 | TRANSMISSION METHOD, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD, RECEPTION APPARATUS OF DIGITAL BROADCASTING SIGNAL AND TRANSMISSION FRAME-FORM THEREOF - The present invention relates to a transmission method, a transmission apparatus, a reception method, and a reception apparatus of a digital broadcasting signal that can add frame header information to a front portion of a transmission frame in a transmission system for digital broadcasting to thereby determine a different transmission mode, modulation level, hierarchical modulation, error correction code, and the like for each temporally different transmission frame, and a transmission frame structure thereof. The transmission frame structure includes a frame header containing multiplexing information of the transmission frame, and a frame body containing data information associated with a service provided by the transmission frame. Also, the frame header may include a frame synchronization signal unit including synchronization signal information for extracting a start position of the transmission frame and a frame information unit including multiplexing information of data contained in the transmission frame. The multiplexing information denotes information associated with a transmission mode, a modulation level, a hierarchical modulation, and an error correction code of the data contained in the transmission frame. | 07-08-2010 |
20100175097 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING IP NETWORK TO CONNECT A TELEVISION AND A COMPUTER TO PROCESS INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT - A system and a method for interactive entertainment with a television and a computer connected by the IP network are provided. The system includes a computer, a TV set and an IP network, and particularly a computer PC box and a television TV box. The display output interface and the communication interface of the computer are connected to the computer PC box. The computer PC box communicates with the television TV box via the IP network. The audio-video signal of the television TV box is outputted to the TV set. Other input/output devices on the TV side are connected into the system via a corresponding interface of the television TV box. The communication medium adopted for the IP network can be selected from the group consisting of a category 5 cable, a power line, wirelessness or a fiber. The present invention, establishing the IP network by making use of the existing domestic local area network, the indoor power line or the wireless communication, realizes two-way transmission of the audio-video signal and the control signal between a computer and a TV set inside a house, and greatly facilitates arrangement of the domestic on-line entertainment system with a computer as the center. | 07-08-2010 |
20100175098 | TV-CENTRIC SYSTEM - A TV has a TV processor and a display presenting a map showing the topology of the home network of which the TV is a part. Upon initial energization the TV discovers network devices in the home, uploads this information to an Internet server, which in turn sends back to the TV necessary information for configuring the network, without any user interaction to configure network devices. | 07-08-2010 |
20100186056 | Lecture Capture and Broadcast System - An end-to-end lecture broadcast system (LBS) is described. The LBS system typically comprises three modules: a schedule module, a capture module and a transmission module. The schedule module is comprised of a scheduler that is implemented as a software add-on on the lecture host's computing device, a schedule server, and a schedule agent component in the uploading peer to provide for channel based management. The capture module is comprised of a video camera for capturing video content, one or more microphones for capturing audio content, and a VGA signal capture for capturing presentation materials. The transmission module is comprised of an uploading peer and a web server. The uploading peer is responsible for transmitting video/audio content to the Internet/intranet using peer-to-peer (P2P) streaming technology. The web server is responsible for the delivery of captured presentation materials and for ensuring the synchronous play back of video/audio content and presentation materials. | 07-22-2010 |
20100192190 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEDIA ADAPTION - A method includes receiving a media request for a target device. The signaling information may be received from the target device and a media server. At least one attribute of the target device and the media server may be identified using the signaling information. At least one attribute of the target device and the media server may be evaluated against a service level objective to select a media format. The service level objective may include consideration of the target device and available bandwidth over a provider network. The media may be provided in the selected media format over the provider network to the target device. | 07-29-2010 |
20100199320 | MULTIMODAL ESCALATION TO ENDPOINTS IN ENHANCED COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Subscribers and endpoints of enhanced multimodal communication systems are enabled to direct call requests and escalations during an existing conversation based on capabilities of endpoints. A list of communication mode/endpoint identifiers are exchanged when a conversation is established, enabling the endpoints to direct requests to for particular communication modes to endpoints capable of facilitating the communication mode at any point during the conversation. Additional capabilities/endpoints are added to the list through updates during the conversation. | 08-05-2010 |
20100205642 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING A SESSION ACROSS DOMAINS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS - A system and method for transferring a session between IPTV Control Servers, or between IMS subscriptions, allows the IPTV Control Servers involved in the transfer to connect to each other and facilitate a transfer of session transfer information. This session transfer information allows the recipient of the transfer to connect to the same content distribution network and resume the session using the same content servers where appropriate. | 08-12-2010 |
20100229210 | REAL-TIME MULTI-MEDIA STREAMING BANDWIDTH MANAGEMENT - A multi-media method, system and apparatus are provided to optimize a network bandwidth and enhanced video experience. Each of a plurality of environmental views are encoded and the encoded multi-media streams are subsequently transcoded in accordance with respective encoding characteristics. The resulting video streams are then provided to a user for selecting preferred views. The user's multi-media preferential attributes are determined from the viewer's feedback. In response to the viewers' feedback, a video manager communicates to the cameras/encoders encoding characteristics and to the transcoders transcoding characteristics associated with corresponding encoded multi-media streams. A transport processor encodes for transport each of a plurality of the transcoded video streams and communicate towards viewers the transcoded video streams. | 09-09-2010 |
20100229211 | FAST CHANNEL CHANGE SYSTEM USING MULTIPLE MULTICASTS IN IPTV NETWORK AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a fast channel change apparatus based on multiple multicasts communication in an IPTV network, and a method thereof. In the fast channel change system, after separately generating at least one multicast stream obtained by applying different time delays respectively to original multicast stream to be broadcast, a channel server dynamically analyzes information regarding the at least one multicast stream. After querying the channel server for information regarding an optimal multicast stream and receiving the response to the query, a user terminal joins a multicast group on the optimal multicast stream through a router. After a predetermined time is elapsed, the user terminal joins a multicast group of the original multicast stream. Thus, it is possible to easily and inexpensively embody a fast channel change function network based on multiple multicasts communication in an IPTV network. | 09-09-2010 |
20100229212 | METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR SHARING INFORMATION IN IPTV SERVICE SYSTEM - A method and a terminal for sharing information in an IPTV service system are disclosed herein. A method includes generating a recommendation email which carries a mailbox identifier of the recommendation recipient and an index of the recommended content and sending the recommendation email according to the mailbox identifier. Another method includes sending an email receiving request according to a preset recommendation receiving policy, receiving an email, judging whether the received email is a recommendation email and, if the received email is a recommendation email, resolving the recommendation email to obtain information about recommended content, and obtaining media stream data of the recommended content according to the information about the recommended content. The embodiments of the present disclosure implement the information sharing service without deploying any IM subsyste, thus reducing the cost. | 09-09-2010 |
20100235872 | VIDEO QUALITY AND AUDIO QUALITY ADJUSTMENT - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media processor having a controller to allocate between a video and audio quality in an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) presentation and to utilize a resultant bandwidth as a result of allocation to enhance an audio or video quality in the IPTV presentation in response to a user selection among levels of video quality and audio quality. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 09-16-2010 |
20100235873 | VIDEO SERVER APPARATUS - A video server apparatus includes an interface unit configured to receive a video data file, memory units configured to store data files received by the interface unit, a line concentrator configured to receive the data files retrieved from the memory units and packetized, decoders configured to decode a packetized data file transmitted from the line concentrator and to output video data, a switch configured to switch signal paths between the line concentrator and the decoders, a data transmission controller configured to control data transmission by packet transmission over a standardized general-purpose local area network among the interface unit, the memory units, the line concentrator, the switch, and the decoders, and a timing controller configured to generate time slots for the memory units and causes a packetized data file to be transmitted from at least one of the memory units within a corresponding time slot to the line concentrator. | 09-16-2010 |
20100235874 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED INTERACTIVE TELEVISION PROCESSING - A method and system for providing a transactional environment including a server and one or more set-top boxes in communication with the server. The server stores product information data, which is updated in the server as soon as the product information data changes. The set-top boxes receive the product information data as well as navigable displays in a single transmission, which guide a user through a product ordering process on his or her television. The user may navigate and complete the ordering process in a real-time basis using a television remote control. The product information, e.g., available inventory, is updated as soon as the product information changes, and the set-top boxes replaces outdated navigable page data on a real-time basis. | 09-16-2010 |
20100242075 | Method and Device for Wireless Transmissions of Internet Protocol TV - The invention relates to a method for transmitting a television data stream via a wireless network connection. The method comprises receiving at least one television data stream via the User Datagram Protocol (UDP); converting the at least one UDP television data stream into a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) data stream; and transmitting the TCP data stream via the wireless network connection over a point-to-point link. | 09-23-2010 |
20100242076 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROGRAMMING VIDEO RECORDERS - The invention relates to a method for programming video recorders ( | 09-23-2010 |
20100263005 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EGNAGING INTERACTIVE WEB CONTENT - The present invention engages interactive web content across a plurality of communication platforms including receiving an initiation request for viewing interactive web content across a first communication platform and determining profile information regarding a user's narrowcast identification information. If the profile information does not include the identification information, the method and system includes receiving the identification information directly from the user and beginning the interactive web content including distributing a video feed providing a video display to the user across the first communication platform. When the interactive web content reaches a first engagement point, generating a narrowcast communication directly to the user via a second communication platform based on the narrowcast identification information. In response to the narrowcast communication, the method and system includes receiving a first response from the user via the second communication platform and maintaining the interactive video display to the first user. | 10-14-2010 |
20100263006 | NETWORK AV DEVICE AND AV NETWORK SYSTEM - A digital TV in accordance with the present invention searches for a server in step S | 10-14-2010 |
20100293583 | LOAD CONTROL FOR A TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A method for distribution of media content | 11-18-2010 |
20100293584 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR INSTANT MULTI-CHANNEL VIDEO CONTENT BROWSING IN DIGITAL VIDEO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS - Techniques for delivery and presentation/display of audio-visual signals over electronic communications network channels are disclosed herein. In an exemplary embodiment, a video server for an IPTV system is disclosed. The system includes a video extractor/transporter (shortly referred to as video extractor) for extracting encoded audio-visual signals from at least one video source, and distributing the signals over the electronic communications network channels. The system also includes control logic which can receive control messages from receivers and invoke the video extractor to extract audio-visual signals therefrom. | 11-18-2010 |
20100293585 | FILE CONTENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - The present invention discloses file content distribution method, device and system, wherein, the method includes: a content preparing means selecting one or more content location and distribution global controlling means, and sending a file content distributing requests to the selected content location and distribution global controlling means; after receiving the file content distributing request, the content location and distribution global controlling means selecting one or more content delivery and storage controlling means according to a predetermined distributing strategy, and transmitting the file content distributing requests to the selected content delivery and storage controlling means; after receiving the file content distributing request, the content delivery and storage controlling means selecting one or more content delivering and storing means according to the predetermined distributing strategy, and transmitting the file content distributing request to the selected content delivering and storing means; and after receiving the file content distributing request, the content delivering and storing means establishing a link to the content preparing means and distributing file content. | 11-18-2010 |
20100299714 | PERSONALIZED CONTENT IN A UNIDIRECTIONAL BROADCAST STREAM - User input associated with a user object can be received at a first computing environment connected to a bidirectional network. The user input can specify content from one or more source computing environments connected to the bidirectional network and can request that the content be included in a channel of a unidirectional broadcast stream. The content can be compiled into a bundle that is formatted to be included in the broadcast stream, and the bundle can be transmitted for inclusion in the broadcast stream. | 11-25-2010 |
20100306809 | METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING A FILE CONTENT OF AN INTERACTIVE NETWORK TELEVISION SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a distributing method for a file content of an interactive network television system, including the following steps: a content preparation function module transmitting a distributing request of a file content to a content distribution and position control function module; the content distribution and position control function module producing a distributing task based on a distributing strategy after it receives the distributing request of the content preparation function module; after selecting the content delivery and storage function module, the content distribution and position control function module forwarding the file content distributing request from the content preparation function module to the content delivery and storage function module; and based on the response of the content delivery and storage function module transmitted by the content distribution and position control function module, the content preparation function module transmits the file content to the content delivery and storage function module. The respective parts of the interactive network television system, enhanced by the present invention, become less costly, more reliable and more expansible, and thus the core competence of the IPTV system is improved. | 12-02-2010 |
20100306810 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FORMAT SELECTION FOR NETWORK OPTIMIZATION - Method and apparatus for optimizing network bandwidth utilization by delivering to users only the minimum number of programs required by service provider policies. In one embodiment, the method comprises switching some users from lower quality versions of programs to higher quality versions of the same programs, and removing those lower quality versions of programs from a given service group. In another embodiment, some users are switched from higher quality versions of programs to lower quality versions of those same programs, and the higher quality versions of programs removed from a given service group. | 12-02-2010 |
20100325677 | TV Network-Based Ethernet Data Transmission Method and Physical Layer Transmission Apparatus - Embodiments of the present invention provide a television, TV, network based Ethernet data transmission method and a physical layer, PHY, transmission apparatus. The method includes: determining in advance data transmission speed according to bidirectional frequency spectrum width reserved in a TV network; setting working speed of transmitting and receiving of a PHY transmission apparatus according to the determined data transmission speed to make the working speed match the data transmission speed; receiving and transmitting, by the PHY transmission apparatus, data with the transmission speed; performing, by the PHY transmission apparatus, speed matching for the data according to speed of a Media Access Control, MAC, layer interface; receiving and transmitting, by the MAC layer interface, the data after completing the speed matching. The PHY transmission apparatus includes: a transmitting unit, a receiving unit and a variable speed control unit. | 12-23-2010 |
20100333158 | Analysis of Packet-Based Video Content - A system for receiving and decoding packet-based video signals, and method of operation and computer program product for such system are disclosed. The system receives a packet-based data stream encoding a video or television signal. The content is analysed in accordance with user-editable rules to find matches between conditions specified in the rules and corresponding actions to be taken. On detection of a match with the received content, a corresponding action is implemented by issuing a command to control a component which is under the control of said receiving and decoding system. | 12-30-2010 |
20110016500 | METHOD FOR BROADCASTING CUSTOMISED INFORMATION ON AN IPTV NETWORK AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD - A method for broadcasting personalized information, for a determined type of information, within a television-over-IP network, which method comprises:
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20110030022 | System and Method of Collecting Video Content Information - Aggregated information is accessed on a computing device. The aggregated information includes video content information associated with video content and related end destination information. The aggregated information is further processed to render at least a portion of the aggregated information on a publically-accessible information medium. Thus, published content is generated. | 02-03-2011 |
20110047583 | INTEGRATED WIRELESS MOBILEMEDIA SYSTEM - An integrated wireless MobileMedia system is provided. One embodiment includes a wireless media system for distributing media content, the wireless media system including; a base unit that includes: (1) a WWAN modem for receiving the media content over a WWAN network; (2) a router in communication with the WWAN modem; and (3) a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting the media content to one or more wireless receivers, wherein a first wireless receiver is configured to wirelessly receive the media content from the transmitter and push the media content to a video device. In some embodiments, the wireless media system further includes a TV tuner device for receiving live video content. Another embodiment is a method for distributing media content using a base station with a WWAN modem, a router, a controller, and a transmitter, the method including: receiving, over a WWAN network, the media content at a WWAN modem; transmitting, by way of the router, the media content from the WWAN modem to the controller; coordinating, using the controller, the delivery of the media content to one or more wireless receivers; and transmitting the media content to a first wireless receiver. | 02-24-2011 |
20110061084 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING CHANNEL CHANGE RESPONSE TIMES FOR IPTV - The invention includes a method and apparatus for improving a channel change response time. A method includes propagating a plurality of media streams toward at least one user terminal using a respective plurality of multicast groups and propagating a meta channel toward the at least one user terminal for conveying information adapted for use in selecting one of the media streams in a manner tending to improve the channel change response time. The media streams include an original media stream conveying media content and at least one auxiliary media stream, generated from the original media stream, where each of the at least one auxiliary media stream conveys the media content of the original media stream, where each of the at least one auxiliary media stream is offset in time with respect to the original media stream. The information conveyed by the meta channel is associated with the media streams. A user device may receive the meta channel information and select one of the media streams using the meta channel information in response to a channel change request from the user terminal, or a network device may select one of the media streams for a user terminal in response to a channel change request from the user terminal. | 03-10-2011 |
20110067075 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A MEDIA DEVICE - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a mobile device having a controller to detect a location of a user by detecting at least one of a network associated with the user and a location of the mobile device, wherein the location of the user includes a media processor, transmit a request for an audio command intended for the media processor to a server on a communications network after detecting the location of the user, wherein the audio command is transmitted by the server to the media processor, detect an audio signal emitted from the media processor, wherein the audio signal is caused by the audio command, and determine an identity of the media processor by associating the detected audio signal with the media processor. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 03-17-2011 |
20110067076 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTI-DISPLAY OF WEB FEED CONTENT - A system displays web feed content on television. A web feed content aggregation system retrieves syndicated web feed content on a web subscription basis, wherein the web feed content aggregation system includes a library that is organized in a web genre tree format including a root node branching to at least one website node, and cataloged by website classes, feed categories and topics. A television content broadcast system broadcasts television content on a television subscription basis. The web feed content aggregation system and the television content broadcast system are interfaced as a function of an account association between a web feed content aggregation subscription account and a television content broadcast subscription account. The system facilitates user management of a television display of the web feed content as a function of the account association of the web feed content aggregation subscription account and the television content broadcast subscription account. | 03-17-2011 |
20110078753 | System and method for providing media content enhancement - There are provided systems and methods for providing media content enhancement. A system for providing enhancement of media content displayed by a presentation unit of the system comprises the presentation unit configured to receive and display the media content, and a content enhancement module stored in a memory of the presentation unit. The presentation unit also includes a processor configured to control the content enhancement module to enhance the media content. A method for use by the content enhancement module comprises reading a context data received by the presentation unit, the context data describing a media content provided for display by the presentation unit, processing the context data to identify the media content, requesting an enhancement data corresponding to the media content, and executing instructions received in the enhancement data to enhance the media content displayed by the presentation unit. | 03-31-2011 |
20110083154 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION FOR RECORDING CONTENT - An approach is provided for utilizing dynamic bandwidth allocation for recording content. A recording manager generates a request for bandwidth for a future recording of a programming content to be delivered to a set-top box. The recording manager then receives a response indicating a dynamic bandwidth allocation for the future recording and schedules the future recording of the programming content based on the dynamic bandwidth allocation. | 04-07-2011 |
20110088070 | ACCESSING REMOTE VIDEO DEVICES - A control server receives a local input to control a remote video device and sends an indication of the local input to the remote video device to control, access, or operate the remote video device. Video data indicative of images provided by the remote video device in response to the local input are relayed to the control server by the remote video device or associated components. A plurality of remote video devices can be simultaneously controlled, accessed, or operated. Control code sets for remote video devices are mapped to a local interface control set. Local input is translated to a remote video device command based on such mappings. | 04-14-2011 |
20110088071 | SYSTEM OF PROVIDING DATA FOR ENTERTAINING PRESENTATIONS TO AT LEAST ONE AUDIENCE - The present invention relates to a system and to a method for providing data for entertaining presentations to at least one audience, such as data for video and audio presentations in cinemas, theater rooms or the like. In particular data for computer-based entertainment such as so-called theater gaming shall be provided. The system of the invention comprises: at least one content server providing content data, the data representing at least content information for a video presentation to be displayed to the audience; and at least one computing server computing output data from said content data, the output data representing at least a video signal for controlling a display device. The computing serves can be part of the Internet to form an “Online Gaming Server Cloud” or can be installed at the locations of each cinema to form “Local Gaming Server Clouds”. | 04-14-2011 |
20110088072 | Distributed Diagnostics for Internet Video Link - In one embodiment consistent with the invention a method of quality of service (QOS) data aggregation and service management for Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) involves receiving data from a plurality of DDRIVL collector devices representing QOS service for sets of IPTV content providers assigned to each collector device, with each collector device being in a separate specified region of Internet service; evaluating from a geographic and interconnection perspective the data from the plurality of collector devices to isolate IPTV receivers located in areas where problems with IPTV service is likely to be occurring; and populating the isolated IPTV receivers with channel set tuning information that either excludes or flags the channels that may be having problems with IPTV service. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 04-14-2011 |
20110107382 | System and Method for Interacting with Social Networking in an Internet Protocol Television System - In an Internet protocol television network, a set-top box includes a social network interface module and a remote control interface module. The social network interface module receives a first selection of a content item from the remote control interface module, and receives a second selection of a comment from the remote control interface module. The social network interface module also posts the second selection on a social network system. | 05-05-2011 |
20110107383 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CELEBRITY DISPLAY OF WEB FEED CONTENT - A system displays web feed content on television. A web feed content aggregation system retrieves syndicated web feed content on a web subscription basis, wherein the web feed content aggregation system includes a library that is organized in a web genre tree format including a root node branching to at least one website node, and cataloged by website classes, feed categories and topics. A television content broadcast system broadcasts television content on a television subscription basis. The web feed content aggregation system and the television content broadcast system are interfaced as a function of an account association between a web feed content aggregation subscription account and a television content broadcast subscription account. The system makes additional content available to the user based on content they are watching, have saved for later viewing, have scheduled for future recording, or have searched for. | 05-05-2011 |
20110113457 | DISTRIBUTED PLATFORM OF TELEVISION BROADCASTING SYSTEM STRUCTURE BASED ON INTERNET PROTOCOL NETWORK - A distributed interne protocol television network system is provided which can expand its bandwidth and support an unlimited number of content and program providers because encrypted and packetized video is streamed by the content and program providers directly to the end user through a broadband network and not through a network operations center that is part of the system. The video will appear to the end user as if it came from the network operating center but it does not. The network operating center has a management function that requires less bandwidth. The distributed network structure will include broad-caster servers supplied to each of the content or program providers and acting in cooperation with management software in the network operating center that supports operation of the network. | 05-12-2011 |
20110119720 | Set Top Box With Capability to Support User Identification - A method for performing a service action on a particular set top box based on a particular private identifier associated with the particular set top box is disclosed. At a database associated with a service provider, a user record is created. The user record includes a public identifier and a private identifier for each set top box that is available to the user. The public identifier for a particular set top box is accessible by the user and may be used to determine the private identifier for the particular set top box. | 05-19-2011 |
20110119721 | PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYER DEVICE MANAGEMENT - A method and system for distributing multimedia content includes a unified storefront (USF) application providing access portals to a multimedia content distribution network, including an Internet-protocol television access portal, a web access portal and a mobile access portal. The USF application may further communicate with a media agent to access a portable media player (PMP), allowing multimedia content to be sent to the PMP from any of the access portals. | 05-19-2011 |
20110126249 | System and method for time shifting delivery of media content - A subscriber unit is provided to receive a streaming feed of the media selection from first source upon determining that a broadcast time of the program selection falls within a current broadcasting time slot. The subscriber unit is configured to receive a streaming feed of a media selection from a second source where it is determined that the media selection falls within a time slot that has already elapsed. | 05-26-2011 |
20110126250 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCOUNT-BASED STORAGE AND PLAYBACK OF REMOTELY RECORDED VIDEO DATA - A user interacts with a data storage service which enables one or more feeds from video and or web cameras to be streamed to the data storage service. The data storage service then provides storage and/or playback services to the subscriber (e.g., for a monthly fee or a usage fee). Once the video streams have been established between at least one camera and the data storage facility, the user may access the recorded data from any one of several sources, such as a world wide web browser or a cellular phone). The interface may provide a matrix of displays such that the user can see multiple areas or multiple parts of the same area simultaneously. | 05-26-2011 |
20110131621 | Tiered service resell mechanism for IPTV - A media backend server deployed within an IPTV system and operated by a hosting operator enables tiered reselling of IPTV services to a hosted operator. The media backend server receives a web service call for a plurality of media content from a branch server operated by the hosted operator. The media backend server proxies the web service call to a head end server to retrieve media metadata for at least a portion of the media content. In addition, the media backend server provides filtered media metadata corresponding to media content purchased by the hosted operator from the hosting operator to the branch server. | 06-02-2011 |
20110131622 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMMEDIATE DISPLAY OF MULTICAST IPTV OVER A BANDWIDTH CONSTRAINED NETWORK - In a packet based multicast video streaming network, a method for minimizing delay in displaying video on a TV set in response to a viewer changing the channel is disclosed. For each live multicast video stream, one or more reference frames and corresponding compressed frames are temporarily stored in a memory in anticipation of the viewer switching to that particular program. When the viewer changes channels, the previously stored reference and compressed frames are immediately read from the memory and rendered for display on the TV. This eliminates the need to wait for the next available reference frame. In other words, this eliminates a temporary blank TV screen each time the channel is changed. Certain compressed frames are dropped and blank frames can be inserted in order to catch up to and synchronize with the live video broadcast. The particular frames to be dropped and the number of blank frames to be inserted is a function of the bandwidth limitation imposed by the last mile of the network. | 06-02-2011 |
20110138431 | POLICIES FOR CONTENT DOWNLOADING AND CONTENT UPLOADING - Methods and arrangements for setting up a policy for downloading of IPTV media content from a Content Server ( | 06-09-2011 |
20110138432 | Media Bookmarks - Specific instances in time, e.g., scenes, in a program or other media content can be marked in an unambiguous manner. A scene's marking information, which can be called a bookmark, is preferably stored in communication network as a part of a user's service profile. With such a bookmark, a user can, among other things, resume watching a program from the bookmarked point onwards on the same or a different media device, and send the bookmark to others, e.g., as a link in chat or other social networking interactions, so that they can watch the program from or around the bookmarked scene (provided, of course, that they have rights to access that content). | 06-09-2011 |
20110154420 | Data Feed Resource Reservation System - An embodiment of a method includes receiving a subscription request specifying one or more destination sites to receive a video feed and respective times at which to deliver the video feed to each of the one or more destination sites over a terrestrial network, wherein respective delivery times are within a publication time range in which the video feed will be available, and configuring available resources to deliver the requested video feed to the one or more destination sites at the respective times. | 06-23-2011 |
20110154421 | METHOD FOR DECIDING RADIO BEARER OF MOBILE IPTV SYSTEM - In a mobile IPTV system, a multicast coordination entity (MCE) acquires information for radio resource allocation for satisfying all terminals through a counting procedure, and determines a radio bearer by considering a share of usage anticipation subcarrier for respective identifiers of contents. A scheduling subject is variable by a characteristic of the determined radio bearer. | 06-23-2011 |
20110154422 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MULTI-TERMINAL CONTEXT-BASED CUSTOMIZED BROADCASTING SERVICE IN NETWORK - A system and method for providing a broadcasting service in a multi terminal context in an IP based network are provided. A subscriber of a customized convergence broadcasting service organizes a personal program log, and a broadcast server provides a broadcasting service to the subscriber according to the personal program log. In order for the subscriber to receive broadcasting services using various types of heterogeneous terminals, a service control server controls customized convergence broadcasting services according to information about the status of each terminal possessed by the subscriber and a degree of preference to a terminal preferred by the subscriber among the terminals. | 06-23-2011 |
20110154423 | SPLIT PERSONAL COMPUTER SYSTEM - A cable television interface box for interconnecting a television display unit to a cable television connection. The cable television interface box includes a television accessory unit in communication with the television display unit and the cable television connection. The television accessory unit interfaces with a remote portion of a split personal computer system and outputs input data signals to the remote portion for performing input portions of personal computer tasks, and receives video signals from the remote portion indicative of video and output portions of personal computer tasks. | 06-23-2011 |
20110162022 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR PUSHING INFORMATION BASED ON INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION - The present invention provides a method, device and system for pushing information based on Internet Protocol Television (IPTV). In this method, the IPTV serving control functions initiatively send a session initiation request of broadcasting information to the user equipment. After receiving the session initiation request, the user equipment determines to accept broadcasting the information, interacts with the transport processing functions, joins the multicast channel of the information, and receives the multicast stream sent by transport processing functions to broadcast the information. | 06-30-2011 |
20110173670 | METHOD FOR REDUCING CHANNEL CHANGE TIME OF INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION (IPTV) AND IPTV SERVICE PROVISION SERVER FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - The present invention provides a method for reducing channel change time of an IPTV and an IPTV service provision server for implementing the same, which comprise: determining the type of each of individual channels to be provided to a user and the number of additional intraframes required to be inserted into video data to be provided via the channels; inserting the additional intraframes corresponding to the determined number into the video data; encoding the video data; and transmitting the encoded video data to a first router or a second router according to the determined channel type, before receiving a channel request signal from the user. | 07-14-2011 |
20110179460 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IPTV NODE RECOVERY - A system and method for failure recovery for a node in an IPTV network makes use of the ability of an IMS Gateway, an Open IPTV Terminal Function, and an IPTV Control Server to provide each other with information about a session to be recovered in a manner which allows the control session state to be reconstructed without impacting the user's viewing experience. | 07-21-2011 |
20110179461 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OITF RECOVERY - A system and method for failure recovery for a node in an IPTV network makes use of the ability of an IMS Gateway, an Open IPTV Terminal Function, and an IPTV Control Server to provide each other with information about a session to be recovered in a manner which allows the control session state to be reconstructed without impacting the user's viewing experience. | 07-21-2011 |
20110185393 | FAST-START STREAMING AND BUFFERING OF STREAMING CONTENT FOR PERSONAL MEDIA PLAYER - Systems and methods allow playback of a media stream received via a network. The media stream is received and stored in a buffer prior to playback. Responsive to receiving the user command to change the content of the media stream, the buffer is flushed prior to receiving the changed content in the media stream. | 07-28-2011 |
20110191812 | Video Download Mechanism for Transferring Large Data - A content delivery system stores large content as frames of video that can be served by content servers already optimized for streaming video. Instead of storing image tiles in separate files, the system treats each tile as a frame of a video and stores the tiles in a video format. This allows transfer of large data from a publisher to a content server by transferring a single file or a small handful of files (rather than thousands or millions of files). Web servers such as MICROSOFT Internet Information Server (IIS) include smooth streaming support that can return individual images as video frames as though the images were stored in separate files. Thus, the content delivery system provides easier management of large data for publishers while continuing to provide a smooth experience consuming the data for clients. | 08-04-2011 |
20110197242 | UNIVERSAL METHODS AND DEVICE FOR HAND-HELD PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES - A method and system for auxiliary data detection. Data is received on a hand-held device from a display of a signal on a monitor. The signal is visually displayed on the monitor at a frequency. A modulated video signal is received on the hand-held device from a display device. The modulated video signal contains auxiliary data modulated within a video signal in a substantially invisible way. The modulated video signal is demodulated to obtain the auxiliary data. At least one of the data or the auxiliary data is processed to identify a promotional opportunity available through the hand-held device. The user of the hand-held device is notified of availability of the promotional opportunity through the hand-held device. | 08-11-2011 |
20110209187 | System and Method for Optimization of Network Delivery of Streaming Data - A system and method for optimizing network delivery of streaming data is provided. Streaming delivery of data using point-to-point transmitters and broadcast transmitters can be dynamically controlled to maximize the usage of network resources. Current usage of respective systems can be analyzed, as can projected usage be analyzed. Network resources can be reallocated, and connecting devices can be redirected as needed to maintain high efficiency of allocated resources. | 08-25-2011 |
20110219411 | BANDWIDTH CONSERVATION - A request to establish a switched digital video session with high-definition content is received from a subscriber of a video content network offering a switched digital video service. A determination is made that the subscriber only has capability of viewing standard definition content. Responsive to the request and the determination, the subscriber, in the session, is provided a signal with a standard definition version of the requested high-definition content. An exemplary switched digital video control apparatus and an exemplary system are also disclosed. | 09-08-2011 |
20110219412 | Emulated Television Tuner - Television tuner emulation techniques are described. In an implementation, a television tuner is emulated through execution of software on a processing system by a computing device, the emulated television tuner includes functionality to obtain television content over an Internet Protocol (IP) based network. The functionality of the emulated television tuner is exposed to one or more applications that are executed by the computing device such that the application is not aware that the television tuner is emulated through execution of the software. | 09-08-2011 |
20110219413 | CAPTURING AND SHARING MEDIA CONTENT - A media device allows users to watch and capture portions from a media stream. Users may then share the captured media content with other users. In one embodiment, the media device receives a media stream, plays the media stream, and caches a portion of the media stream as it is being played. A user can define a media clip by selecting its boundaries in the cached portion of the media stream. The media device creates the media clip based on the user's input and enables the user to transmit the media clip to another system, such as a community website for sharing it with other users. | 09-08-2011 |
20110219414 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR SWITCHING CHANNELS - A method, an apparatus and a system for switching channels are disclosed. The method includes: buffering a multicast Internet Protocol (IP) packet of a live channel; receiving a channel switching request sent by a client for switching to the live channel, and pushing the buffered multicast IP packet to the client; and judging whether the pushed multicast IP packet is synchronous to a real-time multicast IP packet of the live channel; and stopping pushing the buffered multicast IP packet to the client and sending the real-time multicast IP packet to the client if the pushed multicast IP packet is synchronous to the real-time multicast IP packet. The embodiments of the present invention involve no modification of the user terminal and improve the universal applicability and extensibility of the channel switching solution. | 09-08-2011 |
20110219415 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECEIVING BROADCASTING PROGRAM - Provided is a broadcasting receiving method and device. The method detects the time of a televised broadcasting program, and provides the broadcasting program to the user from the start thereof. More specifically, the method requests transmission of the broadcasting program before a first time through the second network at the first time of the broadcasting program before a first time through the second network at the first time of the broadcasting program received through the first network, and stores the broadcasting program received through the first network at the first time. The broadcasting program, which was broadcasted before the first time, received through the second network from the first time to the second time is displayed and the stored broadcasting program after the second time is displayed. | 09-08-2011 |
20110225617 | COLLABORATIVE RECORDING NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD - Collaborative video recording method that allows a plurality of networked digital video recorder (DVR) devices to distribute the tasks of receiving and storing digital video content data. To do this, the invention defines a new type of point-to-point (P2P) overlay network, termed a “Fair Use P2P network” designed to facilitate networking among those DVR devices that have legally equivalent access to the same video program content. Here DVR devices will seek out peer DVR devices on the Fair Use P2P overlay network, and advertise their capabilities. A user's DVR, upon determining that its own resources to record the desired program are overly limited, will contact other DVR devices request remote recording and storage services. To view, the user's DVR sends messages to the one or more remote DVR units requesting playback of the stored program data. This data will then be streamed back to the user and replayed. | 09-15-2011 |
20110239260 | AV DEVICE, SERVER, OPERATION SYSTEM FOR AV DEVICE, AND OPERATION PROGRAM FOR AV DEVICE - Without using a gateway, an AV device is controlled as intended by an operator without causing a conflict between an operation by a user and an operation by the operator. An AV device operable via a network includes: an operation-instruction receiving section | 09-29-2011 |
20110239261 | MOTION IMAGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, MOTION IMAGE DISTRIBUTION METHOD, SERVER FOR MOTION IMAGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND USER TERMINAL FOR MOTION IMAGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A motion image distribution system includes a server and a use terminal. The server generates a feature quantity table CHT | 09-29-2011 |
20110239262 | CHANNEL SWITCHING METHOD, CHANNEL SWITCHING DEVICE, AND CHANNEL SWITCHING SYSTEM - A channel switching method, a channel switching device, and a channel switching system are provided. The method includes that: a network buffer apparatus determines whether a buffered video stream burst in unicast is synchronous with a channel video stream pushed by a network node to a client in multicast; notifies the client of sending a request for joining a multicast group, so as to implement fast channel switching; and dynamically adjusts the speed of pushing the video stream in unicast, so that the number of concurrent connections of the client and the channel switching efficiency are increased, and the deployment and operation cost of an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) system is decreased. In this case, the channel switching scheme achieves universality and expandability, and the level of user experience is improved. | 09-29-2011 |
20110247043 | Real Time Bit Rate Switching for Internet Protocol Television - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for delivering television programming to a subscriber. In one aspect the method includes receiving one or more channels of program content, and encoding each channel a plurality of times, each time at a different rate producing multiple rate encoded signals for each channel. The method can further include transmitting the multiple rate encoded signals to a central office over a network, determining an available bandwidth of a downstream link to a subscriber and a current bit rate available for transmission to the subscriber. The method can further include selecting a best available bit rate from the multiple rate encoded signals for a requested channel and transmitting the selected rate encoded signal to the subscriber. | 10-06-2011 |
20110258673 | SERVICE INFORMATION PROVISION APPARATUS AND SERVICE INFORMATION ACQUISITION APPARATUS - A service information provision apparatus is provided with a data service information table configured from a service discovery information table showing association of specific information of a service provider and service discovery information as service content information provided by the service provider, and a service offer information table showing association of the service discovery information of the service discovery information table and data contents corresponding to the service discovery information. | 10-20-2011 |
20110258674 | CHANNEL SWITCHING METHOD, CHANNEL SWITCHING DEVICE, AND CHANNEL SWITCHING SYSTEM - A channel switching method, a channel switching device, and a channel switching system are provided. The method includes that: a network buffer apparatus determines whether a buffered video stream burst in unicast is synchronous with a channel video stream pushed by a network node to a client in multicast; notifies the client of sending a request for joining a multicast group, so as to implement fast channel switching; and dynamically adjusts the speed of pushing the video stream in unicast, so that the number of concurrent connections of the client and the channel switching efficiency are increased, and the deployment and operation cost of an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) system is decreased. In this case, the channel switching scheme achieves universality and expandability, and the level of user experience is improved. | 10-20-2011 |
20110258675 | SYNCHRONIZED TRANSMISSION OF AUDIO AND VIDEO DATA FROM A COMPUTER TO A CLIENT VIA AN INTERFACE - A method for controlling data transmission between a computer and a video client via an interface, the method comprising: the computer polling the interface a first time to determine the size of the buffer on the interface; receiving a first buffer size value from the interface; sending a plurality of frames of video and audio data to the buffer on the interface such that a delay period exists between the sending of each frame; the computer polling the interface a second time to determine buffer size after the frames are sent to the interface; receiving a second buffer size value from the interface; and modifying the amount of time between the transmission of frames. | 10-20-2011 |
20110265134 | Switchable multi-channel data transcoding and transrating system - A video transport stream over IP (TS/IP) server system comprises a set of video server blocks. A video server block comprises a pair of codecs and a primary FPGA, the codecs based on a fully programmable high speed DSP processor. The video server block further comprises a pair of VioIP engines for translating transport streams into IP packet streams. The video TS/IP server can perform transcoding, transrating and statistical multiplexing functions between ingress and egress transport streams. The video TS/IP server can ingress or egress HD-SDI and DVB-ASI data streams to or from an IP network via TS/IP. A host subsystem is embedded in a stand-alone embodiment. Multiple video TS/IP servers can be hosted by a PC in a PC host embodiment. | 10-27-2011 |
20110271313 | Multi-Mode Modem - A modem system may include modems that have multiple upstream transmitters for transmitting signals upstream in a communication network. In some embodiments herein, one or more of those upstream transmitters may be retasked to transmit downstream signals for reception at devices within a modem's premises. The downstream signal may be modulated differently from its original modulation as received by the modem, and may be modulated in a manner that can be received by legacy components on the premises, such as analog televisions. | 11-03-2011 |
20110271314 | Web-Based Video Broadcasting System Having Multiple Channels - A video broadcast system comprising a web page having a web page address and being in communication with a host system to permit users and a content providers to access the host system. The host system is programmed to permit the content provider to register at least one channel and associate the channel with the content provider, selectively upload to the host system a video file and associate the video file with the channel, and associate a link source address with the channel, wherein the link source address is different from the web page address. The host system is further programmed to permit the content provider to determine which of the channels registered with the host system are accessible by the user accessing the host system from the link source address. | 11-03-2011 |
20110271315 | System, Method, and Computer Readable Recording Medium for Providing Two-Way Service in Digital Cable Broadcasting Environment - The present invention relates to system, method, and computer readable recording medium for providing two-way service in a digital cable broadcasting environment. One embodiment of the invention provides a system for providing a two-way service in a digital cable broadcasting environment, comprising: a ubiquitous server that generates contents to provide two-way service in a digital cable broadcasting system; a ubiquitous network manager that monitors the usage volume in a cable network and manages the transmission of the contents generated by the ubiquitous server; and a QAM system that sends the contents generated by the ubiquitous server as digital cable broadcasting signals, so that the contents can be received at a receiver terminal where a flexible browser is driven. | 11-03-2011 |
20110277005 | GEOGRAPHIC INTERNET ASSET FILTERING FOR INTERNET VIDEO CLIENT - A device is enabled to display Internet TV by accessing a management server with a secret unique ID and receiving back from the server, assuming the ID is approved, a user token and a service list of content servers with knowledge of the user token. A user can select a content server which causes the device to upload its user token and in response receive a content list from the content server, from which content can be selected for display. Neither list may be modified by the device and the device can access only content on a content list. The service list may be tailored for the geographic location of the device. | 11-10-2011 |
20110277006 | 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 |
20110277007 | EMBEDDED BROWSER-BASED PLAYBACK METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A BACKGROUND SOUND AND KEY NOTE - A method and system for playing background music and key tone based on an embedded browser, and a digital television receiving terminal. The method comprises: analyzing and downloading web data, intercepting protocol registration events, and sending a background music start command when the background music need to be played; analyzing transport stream (TS) data pushed by a server, obtaining data required for playing the background music, and playing the background music; and receiving a key operation command from a user, analyzing the TS data pushed by the server when playing the background music, obtaining data required for playing key tone, and playing the key tone instructed in in the key operation command. With the preceding method, system and digital television receiving terminal, defects in concurrently playing multi-channel audio data are overcome and the background music and key tone can be played concurrently. | 11-10-2011 |
20110289539 | Multimedia content production and distribution platform - A system for producing and distributing multimedia content. The inventive system includes a camera at a remote shooting location for generating a video feed, a first mechanism for distributing the video feed to a plurality of viewers, a second mechanism for receiving inputs regarding a content of the video feed from the viewers, and a third mechanism for creating the video feed in accordance with the viewer inputs. In an illustrative embodiment, the system includes a distribution server for transmitting the video feed and a web server adapted to receive the viewer inputs and in accordance therewith generate a control signal or message to create the desired content indicated by the viewer inputs. In a particular embodiment, the viewer inputs are used to control the camera filming the video feed, either automatically via electronic control signals or via a text message, web pop-up, or other notification to the camera operator. | 11-24-2011 |
20110289540 | IMAGE QUALITY ESTIMATION APPARATUS AND IMAGE QUALITY ESTIMATION METHOD - An image quality estimation apparatus is provided that solves the problem of the need for a large-capacity memory. An FEC packet analysis unit ( | 11-24-2011 |
20110296476 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A SOCIAL MASHUP IN A CONTENT PROVIDER ENVIRONMENT - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for providing a social mashup in a content provider environment. In particular embodiments, the systems and methods provide a mashup that may be published for viewing by a plurality of subscribers of the content provider and may allow for content to be posted by various subscribers. | 12-01-2011 |
20110296477 | NETWORK MANAGEMENT - A system and method are disclosed for managing networks. Devices in a neighborhood may communicate with a termination server (TS) at a local office. The devices may also communicate locally with one another using a second, localized network. As an alternative to obtaining network communication and initialization data from the TS, the devices may consult with devices on the local network to determine if such devices have the initialization data available for use. Through the local network, the devices may also share tuning resources with one another, so that neighboring devices may use each others' resources to render or record additional content when their own resources are otherwise unavailable. | 12-01-2011 |
20110296478 | DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SERVICE INSERTION DURING CONTENT DISPLAY - A system, device and method for service insertion during a video display. A client device detects a video request input, and in response, selects and initiates an advanced service asset while the player buffers the requested video data. The output of the player is displayed in a background field while the media display data of the advanced service asset is displayed in a foreground field. The player display data may be brought to the foreground after a preset time or when the player is ready to display the requested video. | 12-01-2011 |
20110296479 | Video Processor and Video Processing Method - In one embodiment, there is provided a video processor that includes: an access module configured to access a Web site on internet; an analyzing module configured to analyze information about the Web site so as to calculate processing load for displaying the Web site; and a display controller configured to switch between a first display mode and a second display mode depending on the processing load, wherein only the Web site is displayed in the first display mode, and wherein both the Web site and a certain image are displayed together in the second display mode. | 12-01-2011 |
20110296480 | SYSTEM, TERMINAL, SERVER AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING RICH APPLICATION BASED MULTI-SCREEN IPTV SERVICE - A system, terminal, server, and method for providing a rich application-based multi-screen IPTV service are disclosed. The system for providing a rich application-based multi-screen IPTV service includes: an IPTV system providing an IPTV service to two or more terminals; and a multi-screen management server supporting a multi-screen service of the IPTV service provided by the IPTV system by interworking with a multi-screen management module provided in the terminals. | 12-01-2011 |
20110296481 | PREMISES GATEWAY APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR USE IN A CONTENT-BASED NETWORK - Apparatus and methods for premises gateway functions that integrate or unify functions typically distributed across multiple devices within a content-based network. In one embodiment, the out-of-band (OOB) signaling functionality normally provided in each of a set-top-box (STB) and digital video recorder (DVR) are unified into a common OOB (e.g., DOCSIS) capable premises gateway device, thereby obviating OOB tuners and related components from each device. In another variant, the premises gateway is adapted for all-IP operation, such as for use with IP-based computers and IP set-top boxes, etc. Fully unified variants are also disclosed, wherein the DVR and/or STB functions are physically integrated within the premises gateway. | 12-01-2011 |
20110296482 | Method and System for Establishing Digital Media Streams - Methods in an access node for establishing digital media streams between a media server and terminals in a customer premises network are provided. The method includes receiving, from the terminal, a request for establishing a first digital media stream by joining an already established digital media stream; determining transmission resources allocated to the customer premises network; comparing a sum of transmission resources required for the first digital media stream and the already established digital media streams between the media server and the customer premises network with the transmission resources allocated to the customer premises network; and establishing a digital substitution media stream replacing the first digital media stream. The digital substitution media stream is adapted to provide the same content as the first media stream but further adapted to require less transmission resources, so that the sum of transmission resources required for the digital substitution media stream and the already established digital media streams does not exceed the transmission resources allocated to the customer premises network. The substitution media stream is established by joining an already established digital media stream that requires less transmission resources. | 12-01-2011 |
20110302618 | FRAGMENTED FILE STRUCTURE FOR LIVE MEDIA STREAM DELIVERY - Media files such as MPEG-4 files are fragmented to allow for media and live media creation and delivery. A MPEG-4 standard description box includes synchronization information, end of file information, and chapter information to provide signaling information for near live playback of fragments. Playback can begin upon receiving a first MPEG-4 file fragment. A second MPEG-4 file fragment can be requested using information included in the first MPEG-4 file fragment. | 12-08-2011 |
20110321106 | TRANSMITTER, RECEIVER, COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION METHOD AND RECEPTION METHOD - To reduce the time required for communication of a video image data, as well as to prevent deterioration of image quality caused by compression and decompression. A clock control means | 12-29-2011 |
20120011555 | Watch new released movies online synchronizing with new released movies shown in cinemas - A new way of watching new released movies at home or on the road through personal computers and TV is invented. With this invention people can choose and watch any new released movie in any cinema in the city, metro area, and other cities in the state or even out of the state. | 01-12-2012 |
20120017251 | Method and device for reducing interruption time of internet protocol television multicast stream - The present invention discloses a method for reducing interruption time of an internet protocol television multicast stream, comprising the steps of: after the kernel of a home access gateway is restarted, detecting whether the network port connected to the access equipment side is started; when started, sending an Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) query command to the access equipment through the network port; then establishing a multicast forwarding table which is from the home access gateway to the access equipment according to the identification information of the access equipment which responds to the internet group management protocol query command, and then reporting the multicast forwarding table to an internet group management protocol multicast source. The present invention further discloses a device for implementing the method above. The present invention can reduce the interruption time of the internet protocol television multicast stream, improve the Quality of Service (QoS) of the IPTV system, and be implemented simply. | 01-19-2012 |
20120023532 | SERVING FROM A THIRD PARTY SERVER TO A CONTROL DEVICE A WEB PAGE USEFUL FOR CONTROLLING AN IPTV CLIENT WITH NON-PUBLIC ADDRESS - An IPTV may be controlled in part by a second user consumer electronic (CE) device using a web page served from a third party server even though the third party server cannot function as a proxy to the IPTV. | 01-26-2012 |
20120023533 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERY OF INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION SERVICE - A method and apparatus for delivery of internet protocol television (IPTV) service are provided. The method may include receiving an IPTV unicast video stream of a select video content from an IPTV server associated with a third party IPTV service provider at a proxy server within a core network associated with an internet access provider, converting the select video content from the IPTV unicast video stream to an IPTV multicast video stream at the proxy server, and sending the IPTV multicast video stream of the select video content from the proxy server to each of multiple subscribers of the third party IPTV service provider at a respective subscriber device associated with the corresponding multiple subscriber via the core network using a multicast IP addressing scheme. The apparatus may include a proxy server with a third party IPTV interface module, a conversion module, and a subscriber interface module. | 01-26-2012 |
20120023534 | ORGANIZING SOCIAL ACTIVITY INFORMATION ON A SITE - A system and method for organizing social activity information on a website is disclosed. The system comprises a feed serving module and a presentation module. The feed serving module is configured to receive one or more user inputs for one or more activities associated with the social activity information. The feed serving module aggregates the social activity information based at least in part on the one or more user inputs to form aggregated social activity information. The presentation module is communicatively coupled to the feed serving module and is configured to receive the aggregated social activity information from the feed serving module. The presentation module generates a graphic associated with the aggregated social activity information and sends the graphic to a client. | 01-26-2012 |
20120036544 | Signaling Attributes for Network-Streamed Video Data - In one example, an apparatus for signaling information for video data includes a processor configured to receive video data for two or more views of a scene, form a representation comprising a subset of the two or more views, and send, to a client device, as a part of a manifest of the representation, information indicative of a maximum number of views in the representation that can be targeted for output. An apparatus for receiving information for video data may receive the manifest including the information indicating the maximum number of views and request at least a portion of the video data of the representation based at least in part on a maximum number of views that can be output by the apparatus and the information indicative of the maximum number of views in the representation that can be targeted for output. | 02-09-2012 |
20120036545 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING ADDRESS OF VIDEO TRANSMISSION MANAGEMENT SERVER - A method, a system and an apparatus for obtaining an address of a video transmission management server are disclosed. The method includes: sending a request for obtaining location information of the video transmission management server to a host parameter configuration server, where the video transmission management server is an ARQ server, a FCC server or a FEC server, or any combination thereof, and the host parameter configuration server is a DHCP server or a PPP server; and receiving a response returned by the host parameter configuration server, and obtaining the location information of the video transmission management server. In this way, the interaction procedure is simplified and the user experience is improved. | 02-09-2012 |
20120042349 | BROADCAST/DIGITAL NETWORK SWITCHOVER SYSTEM AND METHOD - A technique is provided for the parallel communication of digital content via broadcast channels and two-way data communications channels. Mobile devices may receive the digital content by the broadcast channels, and depending upon user preferences, signal quality, signal strength and other factors, coordinated switchover may be made from reception and playback of the content from a broadcast channel to reception and content from a two-way data communications channel. | 02-16-2012 |
20120042350 | Systems and Methods for Processing Media Content Requests - A method for processing media content requests includes receiving, at a multimedia distribution computing device, a request for a media stream to be provided to a media device. The method includes determining, at the multimedia distribution computing device, whether media content of the media stream is for time-shifted viewing. The method includes sending a unicast transmission including at least a portion of the media content to the media device when the media content is not determined to be for time-shifted viewing. The method includes joining the media device to a multicast group associated with the media stream without sending the unicast transmission to the media device when the media content is determined to be for time-shifted viewing. | 02-16-2012 |
20120066732 | System And Method Of Presenting An Interactive Video Package - The present invention is a system and method by which a user can request specific media be sent to one of a number of different media display devices which the user owns or operates in real time. The display device, and thus the type of data stream supplied to the device, may be changed as often as desired by the user without loss of data transfer or video picture. The system automatically adapts to the display device to provide the best quality picture available for display on the particular device. | 03-15-2012 |
20120072961 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT OF A CONTINUOUS BROADCAST SESSION OF A POSTED DIRECT VIDEO STREAM - A process and an associated system for management of a live streaming session posted directly on terminals connected to a communications network, the process includes stages of:
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20120079545 | EFFICIENT BANDWIDTH UTILIZATION - A method including providing content to one or more customer premises equipment (CPEs); receiving a content request for content from a requesting CPE; determining whether the content is already being delivered to at least one of the one or more CPEs; selecting a primary CPE to satisfy the content request when it is determined that the content is already being delivered to the at least one of the one or more CPEs; providing a network address of the primary CPE to the requesting CPE; and providing the content from the primary CPE to the requesting CPE. | 03-29-2012 |
20120084825 | PROVISIONING AN ENHANCED TELEVISION (ETV) APPLICATION - A method includes detecting, from an Enhanced Television (ETV) Integrated Signaling Stream (EISS), an indication that an ETV application is available to be downloaded; downloading, in response to the indication, the ETV application from a video stream identified by the indication, where the ETV application does not conform to an ETV Binary Interchange Format (EBIF) standard; detecting, from the EISS, another indication that the ETV application is to be started; executing, in response to the other indication, the ETV application to generate an ETV page, where the ETV page includes information that is not permitted by the EBIF standard; and displaying the ETV page on a video display device to enables a user to interact with the ETV page. | 04-05-2012 |
20120084826 | Channel switching processing method, system, and related devices - A channel switching processing method, system, and related devices are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a switching server, a channel switching request sent by a receiving end; and when the switching server determines that current switching resource information does not meet a switching condition according to the channel switching request, performing, by the switching server, an exception handling procedure, and sending channel switching instruction information to the receiving end, in which the channel switching instruction information is configured to instruct the receiving end to perform a channel switching operation corresponding to the channel switching instruction information. A channel switching processing system and related devices are also provided. Therefore, the channel switching efficiency may be effectively improved. | 04-05-2012 |
20120117604 | USER PROFILING - A method, in a communications network, of collecting profile data related to at least a first type of service a user is supplied with and making that data available to at least a second different type of service the user is supplied with over the network. | 05-10-2012 |
20120124630 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEDIA CONSUMPTION - Methods and apparatus for increasing media consumption are disclosed. The present invention can provide viewers increased access to content of interest across various platforms, such as online articles, online audio and video clips, and television and radio broadcasts. In an embodiment, an individual viewing content online, such as a news article, is given a link. The link provides the viewer access to a list of content related to the article being viewed. The related content is not limited to the platform related content across, and allows the user to view the content, automatically set the content to be recorded by a digital video recorder, or reserve the content for future viewing. Accordingly, by providing the user with convenient access to content across platforms, based on their interests, they are more given media content they are more likely to enjoy. Accordingly, viewership of this content will increase, through this connection of individuals with content that aligns with their interests. | 05-17-2012 |
20120124631 | Content upload method and content delivery function entity - The present disclosure discloses a method for uplinking contents and a content delivery function entity. The method is used for uploading the contents or uplinking a media stream generated by a UE to one or more CDN nodes of CDN, and comprises the following steps: after receiving a session initiation request for uploading contents or uplinking a media stream, allocating by a CDN control function entity one or more CDN nodes, and sending a session request to a cluster control function entity of the CDN node; selecting, by the cluster control function entity which receives the session request, a content delivery function entity, establishing a session for uploading the contents or uplinking the media stream between itself and the selected content delivery function entity, and returning session acknowledgement information to the CDN control function entity; and returning, by the CDN control function entity, the received acknowledgement information to a user equipment; uploading the contents or uplinking the media stream according to the acknowledgement information by the user equipment to each content delivery function entity selected by the cluster control function entity. According to the present disclosure, the content delivery network in the next generation network can support user-generated contents. | 05-17-2012 |
20120131625 | Multistream Placeshifting - Disclosure is directed to managing more than one placeshifting transmission at a target device. The target device may be configured to receive a first video from a first placeshifting source and a second video from a second placeshifting source. The target device may additionally be configured to simultaneously output the first and second video on an output device, using various display screen configurations such as picture-in-picture, split screen, windows, and so. The first and second placeshifting sources may be content receivers having integrated placeshifting functions or may be content receivers provided in association with stand-alone placeshifting devices. A dual-tuner content receiver may also provide both the first and second placeshifting sources to the target device. | 05-24-2012 |
20120131626 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR DELIVERING AND RECEIVING DATA - Methods, apparatus and systems are provided that enable a user of a computing device to alter, augment or replace broadcast transmitted content destined for or received in the computing device with on-line content from the internet. In some implementations an application program, purchasable or otherwise downloadable from the internet (e.g., from an application store), facilitates in the computing device the manipulation of broadcast transmitted content that changes the manner in which content from a broadcast transmission source (e.g., television or cable transmission sources) is presented by the computing device absent the intervention of the application program. In one implementation an application program downloaded from the internet to the computing device alters the presentation of broadcast transmitted content by substituting broadcast advertising with non-advertising content from the internet. | 05-24-2012 |
20120131627 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES TO REDUCE CHANGE LATENCY IN PLACESHIFTED MEDIA STREAMS USING PREDICTIVE SECONDARY STREAMING - Systems, methods and devices are provided to reduce change latency and/or to provide a picture-in-picture (PIP) feature within a placeshifted media stream. As the viewer receives a primary stream containing selected programming, secondary programming that is likely to be of interest to the user is predicted. A secondary stream containing the predicted content is obtained at the same time as the primary stream selected by the user. The secondary stream may be of lower quality than the primary stream to preserve network bandwidth. If the user subsequently selects the predicted secondary content, the previously-obtained content can be quickly provided as an output to the display. Alternately, the primary and secondary streams may be simultaneously output to the display in PIP or another manner. | 05-24-2012 |
20120144442 | RESIDENTIAL GATEWAY AND METHOD FOR REDUCING CHANNEL ZAPPING TIME - A method for reducing channel zapping time is executed by a residential gateway. The method comprises predicting the next channel the client device will request and storing the most recent I-frames of each channel adjacent to the current channel in the same frequency band into a buffer. While a current channel is tuned by one tuner, using the other tuner for locking onto the frequency of the predicted channel if the predicted channel and the current channel are not in the same frequency band. If the prediction is correct, the total channel zapping time is reduced by saving tuner locking time. If the predicted channel and the current channel are in the same frequency band and the prediction is correct, the total channel zapping time is reduced by presenting the stored I-frame immediately. | 06-07-2012 |
20120151539 | Pre-Buffering Audio Streams - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for identifying and pre-buffering audio/video stream pairs. The method includes the steps of predictively identifying for pre-buffering at least one audio/video stream pair that may be selected for playback by a user subsequent to a currently playing audio/video stream pair, computing a first rate for pre-buffering an audio portion of the at least one audio/video stream pair and a second rate for pre-buffering a video portion of the at least one audio/video stream pair, downloading the audio portion at the first rate and downloading the video portion at the second rate, and storing the downloaded audio portion and the downloaded video portion in a content buffer. | 06-14-2012 |
20120151540 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRIORITIZATION OF DATA FOR INTELLIGENT DISCARD IN A COMMUNICATION NEWWORK - Systems and methods for optimizing system performance of capacity and spectrum constrained, multiple-access communication systems by selectively discarding packets are provided. The systems and methods provided herein can drive changes in the communication system using control responses. One such control responses includes the optimal discard (also referred to herein as “intelligent discard”) of network packets under capacity constrained conditions. Some embodiments provide an interactive response by selectively discarding packets to enhance perceived and actual system throughput, other embodiments provide a reactive response by selectively discarding data packets based on their relative impact to service quality to mitigate oversubscription, others provide a proactive response by discarding packets based on predicted oversubscription, and others provide a combination thereof. | 06-14-2012 |
20120151541 | SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE AND METHOD FOR COMPOSING AND DIRECTING PARTICIPANT EXPERIENCES - The present invention contemplates providing an experience platform within a CDN, as well as sentio or experience codecs, and experience agents for supporting the experience platform. The experience platform may be provided by a service provider to enable an experience provider to compose and direct a participant experience. The service provider monetizes the experience by charging the experience provider and/or the participants for services. Alternatively, the experience platform may be provided by the CDN, either as an integrated component of the CDN, or a supplemental complimentary aspect. The participant experience can involve one or more experience participants. The experience provider can create an experience with a variety of dimensions and features. As will be appreciated, the following description provides one paradigm for understanding the multi-dimensional experience available to the participants. There are many suitable ways of describing, characterizing and implementing the experience platform contemplated herein. | 06-14-2012 |
20120151542 | Bandwidth Sharing and Statistical Multiplexing between Video and Data Streams - Systems and methods can provide bandwidth sharing and statistical multiplexing between video and data streams. In some implementations, such systems and methods can associate and allocate input data streams to enable prioritization logic and parameters. Such systems and methods can multiplex on a per-packet basis and/or over a transmission interval T. The multiplexing function can then combines with varying optimization methods such as bandwidth sharing, statistical multiplexing, channel bonding, and rate shaping, thereby increasing efficiency while maintaining quality of service (QoS) and quality of experience (QoE). | 06-14-2012 |
20120159560 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING AND COLLECTING INTERNET-BASED VIDEO SERVICE QUALITY INFORMATION - Video content information of video content is received by a first computing device. The video content is received from web sites and the video content information includes one or more of a video identifier, an identity of the web sites, and an identity of an internet service provider related to accessing the one or more web sites. End destination information associated with a reception instance of the video content is received. The end destination information includes experience information that, at least in part, includes information relating to a quality of the received video content and a location of an end destination associated with the reception instance of the video content. The video content information and the end destination information are selectively aggregated by another device to generate aggregated information. The video content information includes at least a portion of the information of the quality of the reception instance. | 06-21-2012 |
20120159561 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING IP-BASED VIDEO, MOBILE & REMOTE QUALITY INFORMATION - Video content information associated with video content is received, by at least a first computing device, wherein the video content is delivered utilizing internet protocol. End destination information associated with a reception instance of the video content is received, by at least the first computing device, wherein the end destination information includes experience information that, at least in part, includes information relating to a quality of the reception instance of the video content and a location of an end destination associated with the reception instance of the video content. At least a portion of the video content information and at least a portion of the end destination information, which includes at least a portion of the information relating to the quality of the reception instance of the video content, is selectively aggregated, by at least the second computing device, to generate aggregated information. | 06-21-2012 |
20120167153 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING BROADCAST SERVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING BROADCAST SERVICE - Disclosed are a system for providing a broadcast service and a method for providing a broadcast service. An example of the method for providing a broadcast service includes receiving a broadcast signal including broadcast contents and side information to provide the broadcast contents; reading out at least one of objects from question data that is input regarding the broadcast contents and primarily analyzing the read-out object to read out a subject of the question data; searching a social media site and collecting social media data relating to the subject from the searched social media site; secondarily analyzing the social media data and the side information in the broadcast signal on the basis of the subject; and configuring answer data corresponding to the subject using the analysis result and providing the answer data, and provides information which is extended and varied in real time. | 06-28-2012 |
20120167154 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE TO MULTIPLE SCREEN DEVICES - A system for providing a social network service to multiple screen devices is disclosed. The system includes an integrated address book generating unit configured to generate an integrated address book based on contact information stored in at least one of the multiple screen devices or contact information stored in an accessible server, a personal page providing unit configured to provide a personal page to at least one of the multiple screen devices, a message managing unit configured to display a message, which has been transmitted from at least one of the multiple screen devices, on other screen devices of the multiple screen devices, and a personal content managing unit configured to display content, which has been uploaded from at least one of the multiple screen devices, on other screen devices of the multiple screen devices. | 06-28-2012 |
20120167155 | METHOD FOR PROVISIONING A MULTIMEDIA SERVICE - The present invention relates to a method for provisioning a multimedia service to a multimedia rendering device RD by a multi media application server. The multimedia application server is coupled to the rendering device over a communication network, The method of the present invention further comprises the step of determining at least one additional multimedia service associated with the multimedia service provisioned by the multimedia application server to the rendering device and the subsequent step of selecting an additional multimedia service of the at least one additional multimedia service by a communications device associated with the multimedia service provisioned to the rendering device or selected by the rendering device. | 06-28-2012 |
20120167156 | MODULAR ARCHITECTURE HAVING REUSABLE FRONT END FOR PROCESSING DIGITAL VIDEO DATA - A device is described that includes an encoder/decoder (CODEC) in which functionality is partitioned between a video front end (VFE) and a video back end (VBE). The VFE encapsulates functionality and image processing operations to support a variety of applications, and presents a flexible inter-processor by which an external master device can easily control these operations. The video back end (VBE) operates as an encoder and/or a decoder to generate encoded and/or decoded video sequences. The VFE and VBE may execute within an operating environment provided by a slave device. | 06-28-2012 |
20120180097 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING SOFTWARE FOR A HOST DEVICE IN A CABLE SYSTEM - Flexible systems and methods are disclosed that may be used for provisioning, configuring, and controlling a host embodied in a cable set top box or other digital device attached to a digital communication network, such as cable distribution network. An enhanced services system maintains various host files for various types of hosts that a cable subscriber may purchase and connect to the cable network. The Enhanced Services Server interacts with the host using the host files. The host files may be downloaded from the host manufacturer into a database that distributes the modules as required to the various enhanced services systems. The host may be purchased by the cable subscriber and provisioning may be initiated by the retailer at the time of purchase using a provisioning network interacting with the appropriate cable system serving the subscriber. This abstract is not intended to limit or construe the scope of the claims. | 07-12-2012 |
20120185905 | Content Overlay System - A system for associating overlay content with video programming and for allowing viewers of video programming to view the associated overlay content during playback of the video program, and methods for operation of video equipment, associated display devices and network servers to provide overlay content are disclosed. The overlay content is associated with specific passages of the video program while the content itself may be asynchronous or synchronized to the frames of the video programming. Users are able to identify what content is available and to determine how it will be played and on what devices. | 07-19-2012 |
20120185906 | Scalable Video Controls Bandwidth Allocation to Data Services - An amount of bandwidth is allocated to a transport of content information as data via a data connection before initiating the transport. The content information is encoded in a layered coding scheme using a base layer and at least one enhancement layer. First it is determined if the data connection is in use for a further transport of further content information as further data via the data connection. Then one or more further attributes are determined of the further transport. Then, a number of the one or more enhancement layers of the content information are determined for the transport under control of a pre-determined policy depending on the one or more further attributes of the further transport. | 07-19-2012 |
20120192239 | CONTENT CREATION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving and distributing user-generated video content. In one aspect, a method includes receiving video data from a client computing device, where the video data is captured using a camera connected to the client computing device in accordance with instructions executed on the client computing device to provide the video data in accordance with predetermined constraints. The video data is automatically transcoded into at least one different format based on user credentials associated with a user of the client computing device and/or attributes associated with the video data. At least one format of the transcoded video data defines a video file in a format appropriate for inclusion in a linear television programming transmission. The transcoded video data is uploaded to a server for distribution. | 07-26-2012 |
20120198507 | Multichannel Video Player System - An example multichannel video player includes a digital processor, random access memory coupled to the digital processor, a plurality of video outputs coupled to the digital processor and non-volatile memory coupled to the digital processor. The non-volatile memory includes program instructions which are transferrable to the random access memory and are executable on the digital processor. The non-volatile memory also includes a plurality of multichannel video tracks. An example method for providing a multichannel video system includes storing on a server a plurality of video tracks, where each video track includes a plurality of synchronized video segments, transferring at least one video track from the server to a player computer over the Internet and storing the at least one video track in non-volatile memory of the player computer. | 08-02-2012 |
20120210377 | SOCIAL NETWORKING FEEDBACK VIA SECOND DISPLAY SELECTIONS - Systems and methods are disclosed for publishing data to one or more social networking services in which data pertaining to the user's behavior in browsing, selecting, and playing media, from particular sources on a particular IPTV platform, is tracked so that a feed representative of such behavior may be transmitted to the social networking services for publication. Accordingly in response to the feed, information pertaining to the user, the platform, the selected media, and the service providing the media may be presented on one or more pages provided by the social networking service. By embedding special tags in the feed that are compliant with protocols and methods that are supported by an API exposed by a server in the social networking service, the data from the feed can be displayed on the pages with the same look and feel and user experience as native social networking content. | 08-16-2012 |
20120210378 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING CONTENT USING IPTV DEVICES - A method and apparatus for identifying content using one or more Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) devices by accessing a user's account using a secondary device and selecting content provided by a service provider. The service provider sends an identifier that specifies the selected content to a first IPTV device that will display content. The selected content is added to a user's content list in the user's account; and played on the first IPTV device. During the time of playback on the first IPTV device, the user is able to browse content using the secondary device or another IPTV device. Thus, the user is able to browse and search for additional content without disturbing the display of the selected content. | 08-16-2012 |
20120210379 | METHOD AND APARATUS FOR SHARING INTERNET ASSETS OR CONTENT URLs VIA A SECOND DISPLAY DEVICE - A user can share Internet assets or content URLs via a second display device with other Internet content service users. Thus, the other users will be able to view the same content on their own internet protocol televisions (IPTV), as first display devices, without the need to search for the content in the content providing service. When the shared content is URLs, the recipient can even preview the content from the URL on the second display device before sending it to the recipient's internet protocol television (IPTV). | 08-16-2012 |
20120216232 | SET TOP BOX VIDEO STREAM MERGING/PASS THROUGH - A gateway includes a communications interface and processing circuitry and establishes communications with at least one service provider device and with a serviced client device. The gateway receives serviced client device display structure instructions from a cloud server. The gateway then receives first streamed content from the cloud server, the first streamed content comprising images of an Internet session hosted by the cloud server and having a video program hole formed therein. The gateway receives second streamed content from the cloud server, the second streamed content comprising a video program corresponding to the video program hole of the first streamed content. Based upon the serviced client device display structure instructions, the gateway combines the first streamed content with the second streamed content to form merged streamed content and transmits the merged streamed content to the serviced client device. The client device may alternately receive and merge the video streams. | 08-23-2012 |
20120216233 | VIRTUAL NETWORK CONSTRUCTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A virtual network constructing apparatus and a virtual network constructing method are provided. The virtual network constructing method includes constructing a virtual network on the basis of a Multi-Depot Ring-Star with 2-Depots per Ring (MDRS-2DR) topology, applying the virtual network to an actual network environment, and reflecting a result of the application to reconstruct the virtual network. | 08-23-2012 |
20120222077 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING AND CAPTURING DESIRED MEDIA CONTENT FROM MEDIA BROADCASTS - A media agent that monitors multiple broadcast transmissions and a method for the same. The media agent establishes connections with broadcast transmissions and then identifies characteristics of the media content contained within the broadcast transmission. The association between the identified characteristic of the media content and the connected broadcast transmission is maintained to allow the information gathered from the broadcast transmission to be used meaningfully. | 08-30-2012 |
20120233649 | Feeder Cam - A Game Or Livestock Or Other Farm/Wildlife Animal Feeder With DVR's/Cameras/Routers/Batteries/Solar Panels In Which Live And Recorded Video Can Be Transmitted By Aircard/Satellite/Or Other Wireless Connection To Be Viewed Via Internet Or Smart Phone. Cameras/Components Hidden And Or Exposed To Be Used With Or Without External Power. Able To View Live Or Recorded Video/Pictures/Audio From Other Location As Well As Locally Router To Allow WiFi Service To Devices Within Range. Multiple Users Simultaneously. Can Be For Entertainment, Hunting, Surveillance, Security, Weather, Spying, Anti-Terrorist , Activity, Nature Observing, Climate, Monitoring, Construction Activities, Poaching, ETC. | 09-13-2012 |
20120240173 | VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT AND METHOD APPLICABLE THERETO - A video signal processing circuit includes: a transport stream (TS) decoding unit, decoding a demodulated analog radio frequency (RF) signal for generating a first TS signal; and a TS bit rate control unit, deciding whether to insert a null packet stream into the first TS signal to generate a second TS signal. | 09-20-2012 |
20120240174 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING CONTENT IN A BROADCAST SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus are provided for configuring content in a broadcast system. The method includes encapsulating a plurality of Access Units (AUs) transmitted from a higher layer to generate a Data Unit (DU); rearranging the AUs within the DU; and inserting a header into the DU to transfer the DU to a lower layer. The header includes DU description information and AU structure description information indicating a structure of the plurality of AUs. | 09-20-2012 |
20120246690 | Apparatus and Method for Tuning to a Channel of a Moving Pictures Expert Group Transport Stream (MPEG-TS) - A method and apparatus for tuning to a channel of a Moving Pictures Expert Group transport stream (MPEG-TS), for example used in an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network, are provided for optimising a channel change procedure. The method comprises the steps of receiving a MPEG transport stream at a first bit rate, the MPEG transport stream comprising a plurality of television channels. Program clock reference (PCR) values are identified in the received MPEG transport stream, and one or more of the program clock reference (PCR) values are adjusted. The MPEG transport stream, including the adjusted program clock reference values, are transmitted at a second bit rate, for example to a receiver device such as a set top box, thereby enabling the set top box to perform a channel change procedure more quickly. | 09-27-2012 |
20120254927 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC SHARING AND CHANGE OF TV CHANNEL INFORMATION IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICE - According to certain embodiments, a method of sharing broadcasting channel information of a mobile device in a Social Networking Service (SNS) includes, if a user comment is posted for a broadcasting program, acquiring broadcasting program information from a Television (TV), uploading the broadcasting program information to a handover broker, acquiring access information that is configured to access the broadcasting program information from the handover broker, and uploading the access information and the user comment to an SNS server. | 10-04-2012 |
20120266201 | Cloud Based Location Shifting Service - A method and system for enabling users to access video capture services from a home market while temporarily located in outside of it, i.e., roaming. The user temporarily located outside of their home market uses a regional system as a proxy in a home market in which the user is able to receive regional content. The regional system then transfers the regional content to the roaming user. | 10-18-2012 |
20120272279 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION BROADCASTING CONTENTS, USER TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION BROADCASTING CONTENTS INFORMATION - An apparatus and method for providing IPTV broadcasting contents information is provided. The apparatus and method is capable of easily providing a user terminal with related information that is associated with IPTV broadcasting content contents. The apparatus includes a content generator configured to generate an IPTV broadcasting content by use of a broadcasting content and a Quick Response (QR) code including related information that is associated with the broadcasting content, and a transmitter configured to transmit the IPTV broadcasting content. | 10-25-2012 |
20120272280 | VIDEO PROCESSOR AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a video processor includes: a server function module configured to function as a server to provide data through a network; a renderer function module configured to function as a renderer to control displaying of data provided by another server in the network; a memory configured to store therein data that can be provided to the renderer function module; a receiver configured to receive, from an external device, identification information used to identify a server providing corresponding data; a determination module configured to determine whether the server identified by using the identification information is the server of the video processor; and a display controller configured to control displaying of the data stored in the memory if it is determined that the server identified by using the identification information is the server of the video processor. | 10-25-2012 |
20120284761 | AUTOMATIC DISPLAY OF MESSAGES ON DISPLAY SCREEN - A method, Internet protocol television (IPTV) enabled communication device, and computer program product for automatic message services are provided. A processor executes instructions from a memory. An input and output (I/O) device is for transmitting and receiving, respectively. A client application is stored in the memory and configured to provide the automatic message service. The client application receives input of a message to be presented at an appropriate time, receives input of an action associated with the message, receives input of a recipient for the message, and presents the message for display to the recipient at the appropriate time. | 11-08-2012 |
20120284762 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING AUDIO PODCASTS VIA IPTV - Systems, methods, and computer products for providing podcasts via Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) are disclosed herein. Exemplary embodiments include a network-based method for providing digital media podcasts. The method includes receiving a request to render at least one podcast on a communications device authenticated on an IPTV network, retrieving the at least one podcast from the IPTV network, and providing the at least one podcast to the communications device. | 11-08-2012 |
20120291078 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODIFIED RERUNS - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a network device having a controller programmed to receive a rerun of a video program in an editable digital format streamed in an Internet Protocol Television system where the rerun has an identifier, initiate a search of a rerun database for video clips matching the identifier, retrieve a rerun descriptor file associated with the identifier, determine an insertion point on the rerun for inserting a video clip matching the identifier using the rerun descriptor file, and substitute at the insertion point, a portion of the rerun with the video clip matching the identifier. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 11-15-2012 |
20120291079 | Two-stage processed video link aggregation system - Methods and systems for presentation of content through an interface to provide personalized video feeds to a user. A video feed is harvested from feed items gathered at various Internet sources. The feed items are filtered to remove those that do not link to video content. A criteria specified by the user is used to filter the feed items. | 11-15-2012 |
20120291080 | IMAGE DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH IMAGE QUALITY VARYING WITH FRAME RATE - An image delivery system responds to limits of bandwidth by changing the resolution of the delivered image according to the frame rate required. For a motion picture image, the resolution is reduced in order to maintain the frame rate, and if the image is paused, a maximum image resolution is loaded instead during the time the image is not being updated. For immersive imaging systems, there is a similar adjustment of resolution according to frame rate and the bandwidth requirements, and the user is free to look around, either inside a motion picture at reduced resolution or a paused image at a higher resolution. This higher resolution is typically seen in a movable region of interest window extracted from the larger immersive image. | 11-15-2012 |
20120304236 | CHANNEL CHANGING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a channel changing method, apparatus, and system. A network side device records in real time a timestamp of a media packet of a multicast media stream which enters a buffer, and a key frame which enters the buffer; when a terminal's channel changing request has been detected, obtains a first timestamp of a media packet which enters the buffer at a channel changing request moment, and a second timestamp of a media packet in which a key frame which is of the target channel and is the last to enter the buffer is located in the media packet; determines a timestamp difference between the first timestamp and the second timestamp; and transmits the timestamp difference and a burst media stream of the target channel to the terminal. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, a delay in playing the multicast media stream by the terminal is reduced. | 11-29-2012 |
20120304237 | CONTENT CREATION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving and distributing user-generated video content. In one aspect, a method includes receiving video data from a client computing device, where the video data is captured using a camera connected to the client computing device in accordance with instructions executed on the client computing device to provide the video data in accordance with predetermined constraints. The video data is automatically transcoded into at least one different format based on user credentials associated with a user of the client computing device and/or attributes associated with the video data. At least one format of the transcoded video data defines a video file in a format appropriate for inclusion in a linear television programming transmission. The transcoded video data is uploaded to a server for distribution. | 11-29-2012 |
20120317605 | METHOD OF STREAMING COMPRESSED DIGITAL VIDEO CONTENT OVER A NETWORK - A method of streaming content includes encapsulating and packetizing HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) content into a MPEG private data Packet Identifier (PID) at a headend of a QAM network. This data service is multiplexed with compressed digital broadcast video content to produce a MPEG transport stream for being transmitted over the network to subscribers. The HLS content is provided to the subscriber in the form of data. At the subscriber location, the MPEG transport stream is received over the QAM network with a tuner that detects HLS content available from the MPEG transport stream in a form of a MPEG private data PID of the MPEG transport stream. The HLS content is buffered from the MPEG private data PID and made available to a wireless IP client device via a local area network connection. | 12-13-2012 |
20120317606 | METHOD FOR RECEIVING A BROADCAST SIGNAL AND BROADCAST RECEIVER - A method of receiving a broadcast signal including a Non-Real-Time (NRT) service and a broadcast receiver are disclosed herein. A method of receiving a broadcast signal including an NRT service, method comprises receiving a broadcast signal including first signaling information and second signaling information, identifying the NRT service based on the first signaling information, identifying an Internet Protocol (IP) address of an NRT service signaling data based on the first signaling information and the second signaling information, receiving the NRT service signaling data by accessing the IP address, and downloading a desired NRT service based on the NRT service signaling data. | 12-13-2012 |
20120324520 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR SYNCHRONIZATION OF MEDIA STREAMS - Methods and systems for synchronizing a first and second media stream are describe, wherein said first and second media stream are being transmitted by at least one media source in a network via a first and second media path to one or more terminals. The method comprises: measuring timing information associated with arrival times of media packets in said first and second media stream using a measuring module positioned at a first location in said first and second media paths; in said network generating buffer instructions for at least one buffer on the basis of said timing information, said buffer being positioned at a second location in at least one of said first or second media path; and, delaying one or more media packets transmitted over said media path to said one or more terminals such that arrival times of media packets at said one or more terminals are substantially synchronized. | 12-20-2012 |
20120324521 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING CONTENT IN A BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A method for creating content in a broadcasting system that provides an Internet protocol (IP) based multimedia service, the method comprising combining multiple assets into a package, the multiple assets being transferred from an upper layer and having multiple contents, and adding configuration information for multiplexing the multiple assets to the package and then transferring the package to a lower layer, wherein the configuration information comprises a list of assets contained in the package, composition information including information about relationships among the multiple assets, and a transport characteristic relating to delivery paths of the multiple assets. | 12-20-2012 |
20130007823 | METHOD FOR RETRANSMISSION USING CHECKSUMS FOR IDENTIFYING LOST DATA PACKETS - The present invention relates to a method for retransmission of lost data, a receiving device operating according to the invented method and a retransmission server. In the absence of a unique identifier per data packet or data frame, there is obviously a problem to directly identify a specific data packet, data block or data frame in the stream and retransmission can't take place with current technologies. The object of the present invention is to offer a retransmission method and means for making said retransmission of missing data packets possible in the absence of a unique identifier. | 01-03-2013 |
20130014190 | CONTENT ITEM RECEIVER MODULE AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a content item receiver module and method. The content item receiver module is operative for a content item delivery system, configured to operate in a first and second mode: said first mode operative to drive a display apparatus to display a received content item; said second mode operative for a specified time window to display on a display apparatus a sequence of linked content items in said specified time window, each of said linked content items having a duration less than said specified time window, and to respond to a prompt signal to initiate a display option. | 01-10-2013 |
20130014191 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - Information on an event is collected from a video with an announcement of the event, and, when the collected information contains information on an unsettled schedule, the information settled about the schedule is acquired from an external network. | 01-10-2013 |
20130042286 | Apparatus and Method for Transmitting Media Content - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computing device having a controller to transmit a client program having a GUI to a media device, where the client program presents an overlay that superimposes onto media content received by the media device and enables the media device to associate a user-generated comment with the media content received at the media device. The controller can receive user-generated comments and media content in a temporal vicinity of the user-generated comments via the client program, and can receive a request for the user-generated comments. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 02-14-2013 |
20130042287 | METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION OF INTERNET-BASED CONTENT AND TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER USING SAME - The present invention relates to a method for transmitting/receiving contents through a network such as the Internet, and to a transmitter/receiver using same, the transmission method comprising: converting content stored in a file format into a delivery format; and including the content converted into the delivery format in a payload of an IP packet and transmitting same, wherein the delivery format includes composition information on at least one program that configures the content, wherein the program composition information further includes version information for expressing the version of the program composition information that is delivered through the IP packet. | 02-14-2013 |
20130042288 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR PLAYING OUT A MEDIA OBJECT - A method and arrangement in a media equipment ( | 02-14-2013 |
20130055326 | TECHNIQUES FOR DYNAMIC SWITCHING BETWEEN CODED BITSTREAMS - Techniques for dynamic switching in coded bitstreams are described. An apparatus may comprise a switching component operative to determine a timepoint to switch from broadcasting a first video stream to broadcasting a second video stream, the first video stream a first encoding of a video source at a first quality level and the second video stream a second encoding of the video source at a second quality level. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 02-28-2013 |
20130055327 | MAPPING WEB CONTENT TO UNUSED BROADCAST CHANNEL - Provided is a method of mapping web content to an unused broadcast channel. The method detects an unused broadcast channel, maps web content to the unused broadcast channel and displays web content through the unused broadcast channel. | 02-28-2013 |
20130061276 | Transmitting Signals Using Directional Diversity Over a Network - Methods and systems are disclosed for using a common frequency spectrum for simultaneous upstream and downstream communications in a network by implementing directional diversity techniques. Non-reciprocal coupling devices, such as circulators, may be configured in the network to provide unidirectional transmission of each signal to prevent interference. In some embodiments, feed-forward interference cancellation is utilized to increase signal isolation of upstream and downstream signals. | 03-07-2013 |
20130061277 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAPPING POTENTIAL INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION INTERFERENCE - A method is disclosed for determining a mitigation strategy to limit a potential source of interference on an Internet Protocol television (IPTV) system. A new user installation request is received at a server in the IPTV system. A first geographical location of a customer premises associated with the new user installation request is received. A second geographical location of an amplitude modulation broadcasting facility is received. A first distance between the first geographical location and the second geographical location is determined. A first signal transmission power rating for the amplitude modulation broadcasting facility is retrieved from a database. A first mitigation strategy causing filters to filter an IPTV signal according to a frequency range associated with the amplitude modulation broadcasting facility to limit a first interference on the IPTV signal provided to the first geographical location when the first distance is less than the first threshold distance is determined. | 03-07-2013 |
20130067524 | VIDEO TRANSMISSION WITH ENHANCED AREA - A video transmission method includes receiving a selected area from an input device. The selected area includes a first portion of a video image received from a video device. The video image includes a second portion, at least some of which is not included in the selected area. The first portion of the video image is transmitted at a first resolution over a network for display. The second portion of the video image is transmitted at a second resolution over the network for display. The second resolution is lower than the first resolution, which allows the system and method to utilize available transmission bandwidth to transmit the video image with the first portion, which may be a portion of interest in the video image, at a higher quality than the second portion, which may be a portion in the video image of less interest than the first portion. | 03-14-2013 |
20130111533 | Multi-Interface Streaming Media System | 05-02-2013 |
20130111534 | CONTROL OF IPTV USING SECOND DEVICE | 05-02-2013 |
20130111535 | TRANSIENT VIDEO ANOMALY ANALYSIS AND REPORTING SYSTEM | 05-02-2013 |
20130117792 | ADAPTIVE VIDEO SWITCHING FOR VARIABLE NETWORK CONDITIONS - A method for video playback switching in response to changing network conditions. The method includes accessing a server to retrieve respective index files for a low bit rate version and a high bit rate version of the video file, and instantiating a low bit rate media player and a high bit rate media. Playback of the video file is begun by the high bit rate media player streaming the high bit rate version from the server. Upon an indication of impeded network conditions, a transition point is selected, wherein the transition point indicates where downloading of the high bit rate version stops and where downloading of the low bit rate version begins. The low bit rate media player is then positioned to begin playback at the transition point. Playback of the video file is then switched to the low bit rate player upon encountering the transition point. | 05-09-2013 |
20130125184 | System and Methods for the Simultaneous Display of Multiple Video Signals in High Definition Format - A scaling engine, blending mechanism, memory controller, frame buffer and video driver are included within a semiconductor, such as a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), to provide broadcasting of signals at a high resolution format by combining two or more low resolution video signals to create a high resolution signal in real-time High Definition format, such as 1080 p. The high resolution signals can be concurrently displayed as one or more image areas on a display device in any contemplated size, number and arrangement. | 05-16-2013 |
20130125185 | Method and Apparatus for Managing Communication Sessions - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server operably coupleable to an internet protocol multimedia subsystem network and an interactive television system, where the server receives a session transfer request from a first communication device, where the session transfer request includes identification information associated with a second communication device, and where the server transmits a message to the second communication device and transmits a media adjustment message to a media resource server of the internet protocol multimedia subsystem network. The media content is adjusted and transmitted to the second communication device responsive to the media adjustment message, where the adjusted media content is generated by the media resource server based on the identification information associated with the second communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 05-16-2013 |
20130125186 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING MEDIA AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING USING SAME - Methods and apparatuses for transmitting/receiving a media transport stream by using an internet protocol (IP) based transport system are provided. The transmitting method includes removing some data from media transport stream to be transmitted; configuring at least one entry box including information for reinserting the removed data into the media transport stream; configuring a media data (mdat) box including the media transport stream from which the data has been removed; and positioning and transporting a compression information box including the at least one entry box before the mdat box. | 05-16-2013 |
20130125187 | METHOD FOR TRANSCEIVING MEDIA FILES AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING USING SAME - A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving an MPEG-2 TS-based media file are provided. In the method of transmitting an MPEG2 Transport Stream (TS)-based media file, a Presentation Time Stamp (PTS) of a Presentation Unit (PU) is mapped to a Media Presentation Time (MPT) for synchronization with other media with respect to at least one program element forming a program included in the media file; and synchronization information including the mapped media presentation time is transmitted together with the media file, wherein the media presentation time is provided for a first PU in a segment of the transmitted media file. | 05-16-2013 |
20130133016 | PROVIDING A REGIONAL CHANNEL IN A DIGITAL BROADCAST ENVIRONMENT - A method and system of broadcasting a regional television channel to a user. A digital subscriber line access multiplex (DSLAM) receives a broadcast of multicast channels intended for delivery to the user. The multicast channels include national channels and a regional channel. The DSLAM broadcasts the multicast channels to the user and receives a regional channel control signal specifying a broadcast during a specified period of time of the regional channel instead of a national channel previously scheduled to be broadcast to the user during the specified period of time. The DSLAM switches the multicast channels broadcasted to the user during the specified period of time from the national channel to the regional channel such that the regional channel is in a specific channel slot of the national channel during the specified period of time during broadcasting the multicast channels to the user. | 05-23-2013 |
20130133017 | CONTENT DOWNLOADING METHOD AND APPARATUS USED BY MOBILE DEVICE - A content downloading method and apparatus of a mobile device employing an Internet protocol television (IPTV) are provided. The content downloading method and apparatus allow an IPTV to provide a mobile device with content information received from a service provider, allow a user to input content desired to be downloaded to the mobile device, and allow a user to download the content to the mobile device from the service provider via the IPTV, thereby quickly and easily downloading desired content to the mobile device without a complicated process of browsing and copying the content. | 05-23-2013 |
20130139209 | Context Relevant Interactive Television - Methods, systems and computer readable medium with program instructions for providing contextually relevant information for multimedia content streaming through a rendering device, includes detecting a selection of the multimedia content for rendering on the rendering device. An audio signal of the multimedia content is retrieved and analyzed to generate an audio fingerprint. The generated audio fingerprint is used to identify the multimedia content that is selected for rendering. Contextually relevant content for a portion of the multimedia content being rendered on the rendering device is dynamically retrieved from one or more sources and mapped to data associated with the portion of the multimedia content. The mapping results in the rendering of the relevant content during the rendering of the portion of the multimedia content and provides additional information that is contextually relevant to the portion of the multimedia content that is currently being rendered on the rendering device. | 05-30-2013 |
20130139210 | MULTICASTING IN A WIRELESS DISPLAY SYSTEM - This disclosure relates to techniques to establish a multicast communication session between a source device and multiple sink devices in a Wireless Display (WD) system. Two or more sink devices may be interested in receiving the same media data from the source device. According to the techniques, the source device establishes a multicast session with the sink devices in the WD system, and sends a single copy of multicast media data for the multicast session to the interested sink devices using a receiving multicast port. The source device selects a receiving multicast port number as a destination identifier for each multicast session. The sink devices interested in receiving the media data of a given multicast session bind on the receiving multicast port for the multicast session. This disclosure describes several exemplary multicast subscription procedures to ensure correct binding on the receiving multicast port at each of the sink devices. | 05-30-2013 |
20130145410 | REMOTE STORAGE DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER FOR MULTIPLE BITRATE DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT - A remote storage digital video recorder (RS-DVR) system is disclosed. The RS-DVR system includes a network interface to communicate data between the RS-DVR system and a subscriber system via a network, a file system module coupled to the network interface, an ingest agent coupled to the file system module to receive encoded media segments that represent media content files encoded at a plurality of different bitrates, and a storage architecture coupled to the file system to store the encoded media segments, resulting in stored media segments. The RS-DVR carries out a number of functions and operations to service multiple subscribers and associated subscriber systems, such as various storage device management operations, file structure techniques, assignment of recorded media to subscribers, file system indexing, and supporting shared and per-subscriber content rights. | 06-06-2013 |
20130145411 | FILE STRUCTURE TECHNIQUES FOR STORING MULTIPLE BITRATE CONTENT - A remote storage digital video recorder (RS-DVR) system is disclosed. The RS-DVR system includes a network interface to communicate data between the RS-DVR system and a subscriber system via a network, a file system module coupled to the network interface, an ingest agent coupled to the file system module to receive encoded media segments that represent media content files encoded at a plurality of different bitrates; and a storage architecture coupled to the file system to store the encoded media segments, resulting in stored media segments. The RS-DVR carries out a number of functions and operations to service multiple subscribers and associated subscriber systems, such as various storage device management operations, file structure techniques, assignment of recorded media to subscribers, file system indexing, and supporting shared and per-subscriber content rights. | 06-06-2013 |
20130145412 | System for Acceleration of Web Page Delivery - A method comprising running a web browser on one or more servers of a service center, and hosting files for a web page on a storage unit associated with the one or more servers. Upon receiving user input from a client device to the web browser at the service center, streaming interactive video web page is transmitted to the client device with substantially no detectable latency. | 06-06-2013 |
20130145413 | Transforming Uncompressed Video Traffic to Network-Aware Ethernet Traffic with A/V Bridging Capabilities and A/V Bridging Extensions - Aspects of a system for transforming uncompressed video traffic to network-aware Ethernet traffic with A/V bridging capabilities and A/V bridging extensions may include a graphics processing unit (GPU) that may enable encapsulation of uncompressed video data and/or auxiliary channel data within a Display Port protocol data unit (PDU). A LAN subsystem may enable encapsulation of the Display Port PDU within an encapsulating PDU. The LAN subsystem may enable determination of a traffic class designation associated with the encapsulating PDU. The LAN subsystem may enable transmission of the encapsulating PDU via a network based on the traffic class designation. | 06-06-2013 |
20130152145 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-STANDARD BROWSER FOR DIGITAL DEVICES - The present invention provides a method of rendering a thin client application in a network device, for parsing the internet data so as convert the internet data into a common data format which can be rendered in set-top box using any type of middleware. The invention would be equipped to handle any type of application and also would be cost-efficient to be developed in a middleware layer of a network device like set-top box. | 06-13-2013 |
20130152146 | METHODS, DEVICES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING INSTANT MESSAGING IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN AUDIOVISUAL, VIDEO, OR AUDIO PROGRAM - Methods, devices, and computer program products for providing instant messaging in conjunction with an audiovisual, video, or audio program are provided. The methods include providing an audiovisual, video, or audio program to a user. Viewer/listener input is received requesting activation of a program-based instant messaging function. A viewer/listener identifier corresponding to the viewer/listener is associated with a program identifier that uniquely identifies the audiovisual, video, or audio program being provided to the user to thereby generate a program viewer/listener record. The program viewer/listener record is transmitted to an electronic database. A list of other users who are viewing or listening to the program in addition to the viewer/listener is acquired from the electronic database. The list of other users is transmitted to the viewer/listener. | 06-13-2013 |
20130160063 | NETWORK DELIVERY OF BROADCAST MEDIA CONTENT STREAMS - The delivery of multimedia content is disclosed. An input stream of the multimedia content in a first predetermined format, and including encoded video data and audio data is received from a broadcaster server system. The input stream is converted to a second predetermined format, and split into an audio data stream and one or more video data streams. Segments of the audio data stream and the video data streams are generated, with each segment representing a predetermined number of time-sequenced signal samples and frames of the respective audio and video. Each of the generated segments of the audio data stream and the video data streams is transmitted to a data storage system. | 06-20-2013 |
20130167183 | IPTV DATA COLLECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD BASED ON MULTI-CAST - Disclosed is an Internet protocol television (IPTV) data collection apparatus including: a transmission path setting unit acquiring a transmission path of an IPTV provider and setting a communication path with respect to a terminal of the transmission path; a message transmitting and receiving unit transmitting a multicast message to at least one terminal belonging to the transmission path and receiving a response message including information related to the IPTV provider and corresponding to the transmitted multicast message; and a data storing unit storing the information related to the IPTV provider, and a method thereof. | 06-27-2013 |
20130167184 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING INTERNET-BASED CONTENT AND TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER USING SAME - The present invention relates to a method for transmitting/receiving through a network such as the Internet, and to a transmitter/receiver using same, the transmission method comprising: converting content stored in a file format into a delivery format; and including the content converted into the delivery format in a payload of an IP packet and transmitting same, wherein one or more mdats, which are included in an mdat box of the file format, are cut according to a time window and sequentially included in the delivery format in the transforming step. | 06-27-2013 |
20130167185 | System and Method of Multiple Context-awareness for a Customized Cloud Service Distribution in Service Level Agreement - This disclosure relates to a system for performing multiple context-awareness to distribute customized cloud services under a service level agreement, and relates to a method for the same. Specifically, the system and method for performing multiple context-awareness to distribute customized cloud services under a service level agreement provide customized cloud services in accordance with the determination of a service level agreement (SLA) and of a cloud service complying with the agreement so as to reliably process services in open architecture. | 06-27-2013 |
20130174208 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMMUNICATION - The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for electronic device communication. A method includes translating monitor control commands to an internet protocol (IP) format to produce IP formatted monitor control commands, and communicating the IP formatted monitor control commands to an IP port dedicated for communicating IP formatted monitor control commands. | 07-04-2013 |
20130179930 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VISUALIZING AN ADAPTIVE SCREEN ACCORDING TO A TERMINAL - The present invention relates to a method and system for providing a presentation virtualization service to a user terminal through a web based on system profile information received from a cloud device through a communication network in which the cloud device generates a list of candidate presentation virtualization technologies from the system profile information and provides a presentation virtualization service to the user terminal which uses a presentation virtualization technology based on a determination of the capability of processing each virtualization technology from the device load and outputs data related to the presentation virtualization service on a screen. The system comprises: a user terminal for transmitting system profile information to a cloud device which generates the list of candidate presentation virtualization technologies from the system profile information, and determines a device load to provide the presentation virtualization service. | 07-11-2013 |
20130191874 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION RESOURCE INFORMATION - A system for communicating resource information may include a resource reservation proxy module to receive a first signal including resource request information. The resource reservation proxy module may be associated with a first environment associated with a requesting application. The resource reservation proxy module may process the received resource request information into a resource request packet, and communicate the resource request packet utilizing an environmentally independent communication protocol. A resource reservation handler module may receive the communicated resource request packet. The resource reservation handler module may be associated with a second environment associated with a resource management application. The resource reservation handler module may process the received resource request packet into a second signal including the resource request information. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191875 | Systems And Methods For Remote Web Query And Image Selection Exchange To Video Screen - Systems and methods are disclosed for receiving a request to display, on an external display device, a media file, where the request comprises a first logical address for accessing the media file at a first storage location, transmitting to a set-top box, a second logical address for accessing a copy of the media file at a second storage location, where the second logical address differs from the first logical address, and where the second storage location differs from the first storage location. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 07-25-2013 |
20130198790 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING SERVICE DISCOVERY METADATA - Provided is a method and apparatus for accessing service discovery metadata. Advance Internet Protocol Television (AIT) devices may access discovery metadata of different schemes using a generic protocol based on the moving picture experts group (MPEG) Extensible Middleware (MXM). According to the above access scheme, end-user devices, description service provider devices, and IPTV service provider devices may exchange metadata. Subsequent modification and addition of a metadata scheme may be supported. | 08-01-2013 |
20130219443 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE TYPE OF THE GROUP OF PICTURE STRUCTURE OF A PLURALITY OF VIDEO FRAMES IN A VIDEO STREAM - A method for estimating the type of the GoP structure of a plurality of video frames in a video stream by estimating their frame types includes: capturing frame sizes in bytes of every video frame subsequent to an initial I-frame to obtain an array of frame sizes by exploiting features of a transport layer carrying the video stream; converting, after a number of frames, the array of frame sizes into an array of zeros and ones; matching the binarized array of frame sizes to a number of predefined short basic binary patterns, said predefined binary patterns depicting all GoP structures to be considered; converting the result of said matching to form a single score value; and determining the particular pattern of the number of predefined patterns of binaries having the best score value, according to a predefined metric. | 08-22-2013 |
20130227625 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING NETWORK RESOURCES USED BY MULTIMEDIA STREAMS IN A VIRTUAL PIPE - Some embodiments are directed to a method performed by a pipe control node for managing network resources that are used to transport network traffic. The method includes allocating network resources to a virtual pipe for transporting a plurality of multimedia streams through the network. Utilization of the network resources by the plurality of multimedia streams transported through the virtual pipe is monitored relative to the network resources allocated to the virtual pipe. The network resources that are used by the plurality of multimedia streams transported through the virtual pipe are managed in response to the monitored utilization. Some other embodiments are directed to a corresponding pipe control node that manages network resources which are used to transport network traffic. | 08-29-2013 |
20130227626 | System and Method for Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation - A system and method for conserving bandwidth for a data connection. A television is detected to have been turned off. Recording information is requested from a digital video record. A content stream to the digital video recorder and the television is terminated in response to receiving the recording information and determining the DVR is inactive. | 08-29-2013 |
20130239158 | Method and System to Locally Cache and Inform Users of Partial Video Segments and Data Objects - A user device may send a request for a data file to an access point. The user device may then receive, from the access point, data indicating that a segment of the data file has been previously cached in a local cache at the access point. In response to receiving the data, the user device may display an indicator configured to indicate that the segment of the data file is cached in the local cache. | 09-12-2013 |
20130239159 | Audio/Video Channel Transbonding In A Network Device - A data communication architecture delivers a wide variety of content, including audio and video content, to consumers. The architecture employs channel bonding to deliver more bandwidth than any single communication channel can carry. The architecture includes intermediate network devices that may receive content and send content using different groups of communication channels. The network device may process content received across a first set of communication channels for transmission across a second set of communication channels different from the first set. Such processing may preserve a program order of the content during delivery to a destination device. | 09-12-2013 |
20130239160 | Cross Layer Coordinated Channel Bonding - Different data communication architectures deliver a wide variety of content, including audio and video content, to consumers. The architectures employ channel bonding to deliver more bandwidth than any single communication channel can carry. In some implementations, the communication architectures distribute video programming in the form of MPEG2 TS packets, flagged by marker packets, in a round-robin manner across the communication channels. Channel bonding synchronization information may be present in packets defined above the data-link layer or added to fields within data-link layer frames. | 09-12-2013 |
20130239161 | Audio/Video Channel Bonding Architecture - Different data communication architectures deliver a wide variety of content, including audio and video content, to consumers. The architectures employ channel bonding to deliver more bandwidth than any single communication channel can carry. In some implementations, the communication architectures distribute video programming in the form of MPEG2 TS packets, flagged by marker packets, in a round-robin manner across the communication channels. Channel bonding synchronization information may be present in packets defined above the data-link layer or added to fields within data-link layer frames. | 09-12-2013 |
20130247118 | MULTICAST BROADCAST MULTIMEDIA SERVICE-ASSISTED CONTENT DISTRIBUTION - Embodiments provide methods, systems, and apparatuses for multicast broadcast multimedia service (MBMS)-assisted content distribution in a wireless communication network. A proxy terminal may include an MBMS access client configured to receive and cache an MBMS transmission including media data and metadata. The proxy terminal may further include a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) server module configured to transmit at least a portion of the media data to a user equipment (UE) of the wireless communication network via an HTTP transmission. The media data and metadata may be in a dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP (DASH) format. The proxy terminal may be included in an evolved Node B (eNB), the UE, or another UE of the wireless communication network. | 09-19-2013 |
20130247119 | METHOD OF PROCESSING NON-REAL TIME SERVICE AND BROADCAST RECEIVER - A method of receiving and processing a Non-Real Time (NRT) service and a broadcast receiver are disclosed herein. A method of processing an NRT service in a broadcast receiver includes receiving and processing a signaling information table including detail information of each content in the NRT service and indication information indicating whether the content is available on internet, acquiring internet access information of each file belonging to content available on the internet through File Delivery Table (FDT) of File Delivery over Unidirection Transport (FLUTE) based on the indication information, and downloading files belonging to the content by accessing the internet based on the acquired internet access information. | 09-19-2013 |
20130254816 | TEMPORAL VIDEO TAGGING AND DISTRIBUTION - A method and apparatus for temporal tagging of videos in response to identification of locations on the video where persons in a contact list of a user are identified in response to facial recognition. The temporal tags can be retained within the video, or contained separately in a metadata file having fields to indicate time locations in the video and identified persons seen at those locations. Use of the temporal tags allows for automatic distribution of content relevant to the recipient, based on their presence in the video, or of persons in the video of which they are interested. | 09-26-2013 |
20130254817 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR INSTANT MULTI-CHANNEL VIDEO CONTENT BROWSING IN DIGITAL VIDEO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS - Techniques for delivery and presentation/display of audio-visual signals over electronic communications network channels are disclosed herein. In an exemplary embodiment, a video server for an IPTV system is disclosed. The system includes a video extractor/transporter (shortly referred to as video extractor) for extracting encoded audio-visual signals from at least one video source, and distributing the signals over the electronic communications network channels. The system also includes control logic which can receive control messages from receivers and invoke the video extractor to extract audio-visual signals therefrom. | 09-26-2013 |
20130263197 | System and Method to Control Communication of Data - A method includes, in response to determining that a distribution capacity of a network device exceeds a first distribution capacity threshold and that the distribution capacity of the network device does not exceed a second distribution capacity threshold, determining, at the network device, whether a data source satisfies a popularity criteria. The method includes, in response to determining that the data source satisfies the popularity criteria, sending, from the network device, data associated with the data source to a user device. | 10-03-2013 |
20130268984 | DATA NETWORK TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT - A network management system may allocate different amounts of bandwidth to different types of data traffic. The traffic types may be distinguished by their source device address, and whether the source device is part of, or external to, a first network. Packets may also be marked by their sender with information to identify a traffic type, and the marking may be used to determine the packet's treatment. The allocations given to the various types of traffic may be dynamically modified with changing traffic demands and conditions. | 10-10-2013 |
20130268985 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CHANNEL ADAPTIVE HIERARCHICAL BROADCAST - An apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving a channel adaptive hierarchical broadcast are provided. A channel adaptive hierarchical broadcast transmission apparatus may include a multilayer video dividing unit to divide an input multilayer video bitstream into a first layer video bitstream and a second layer video bitstream, and a multi-transmission channel managing unit to determine transmission channels that are to be used to transmit the first layer video bitstream and the second layer video bitstream, among multiple transmission channels, and to output the first layer video bitstream and the second layer video bitstream to transmitters associated with the determined transmission channels, respectively. | 10-10-2013 |
20130268986 | Handling Large Volumes of Internet Live Unicast Content Streams - To reduce overloading of broadband networks, unicast streams containing the same live Internet content can be identified. Then unicast streams may be combined into a multicast stream. | 10-10-2013 |
20130276044 | Remote Transmission System - A virtual broadband transmitting unit (FIG. | 10-17-2013 |
20130291035 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR STREAMING AUDIO CONTENT - An audio streaming device for providing live audio content to a plurality of personal recording devices is provided. The audio streaming device includes one or more processors programmed to establish a network connection with at least one of the plurality of personal recording devices, receive live audio from an audio capturing device, and stream the live audio to the at least one of the plurality of personal recording devices. | 10-31-2013 |
20130291036 | CONTENT TRANSFER DEVICE AND CONTENT TRANSFER METHOD, CONTENT REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND CONTENT REPRODUCTION METHOD, CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An apparatus may include a control unit to control transmission of a transformed video stream over a network, in response to a reproduction control command for a video stream realized by an application executed by a browser at a client device. | 10-31-2013 |
20130291037 | METHOD AND SERVER FOR THE SOCIAL NETWORK-BASED SHARING OF TV BROADCAST CONTENT, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECEIVING A SERVICE FOR THE SOCIAL NETWORK-BASED SHARING OF TV BROADCAST CONTENT - A method and apparatus for transceiving television (TV)-content-related information based on a social network. A TV content sharing method for providing TV-content-related information to a plurality of TV users based on a social network includes receiving from a TV user a request to check in a TV content sharing service; providing real-time user information regarding users who check in a content checked-in by the TV user, in real time; and providing related service information regarding accessible related services in the social network in relation to the checked-in content. | 10-31-2013 |
20130291038 | System and Method for Managing Services on an Internet Protocol Television System - A service management system for an IPTV network includes a comparison module that provides a list of differences between a channel map and a change manifest, an optimizer module that receives the list and provides another IPTV channel map based on the differences, and a storage module that provides the first IPTV channel map to the comparison module and stores the second list and the second IPTV channel map. A method includes comparing a channel map with a change manifest in a comparison module, providing a list of differences between the channel map and the change manifest, evaluating the list to provide another list of services and another channel map, and storing the second list and the second channel map. | 10-31-2013 |
20130291039 | Methods, Computer Program Products, And Apparatus For Providing Broadband Television Service - Methods, computer program products and apparatus for providing broadband television service (BTS) are provided. The method includes receiving a channel selection at a receiver located at a service location. The channel selection is correlated to an Internet address. Data is requested from the Internet address. The request is made to a digital subscriber line (DSL) network via a modem. Video data packets containing live streaming video content are received from the Internet address in response to the requesting. The video data packets are received from the DSL network via the modem. The video data packets are assembled into video signals for display on a television and the video signals are transmitted to the television. | 10-31-2013 |
20130291040 | TRANSMISSION METHOD AND TRANSMISSION APPARATUS FOR A COMBINED BROADCASTING AND COMMUNICATION SERVICE - A reception method for a combined broadcasting and communication service includes receiving first metadata including second metadata, displaying the feasibility of reception of multimedia data replacing a broadcast program based on the first metadata including the second metadata, and receiving the multimedia data replacing the broadcast program through an Internet Protocol (IP) network based on the second metadata when the multimedia data replacing the broadcast program is determined, wherein the first metadata includes position information about the broadcast program, and the second metadata includes position information of the multimedia data replacing the broadcast program. Accordingly, a high-quality broadcast may be received. | 10-31-2013 |
20130305303 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, TRANSMITTING METHOD, RECEIVING APPARATUS, RECEIVING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A transmitting apparatus, a transmitting method, a receiving apparatus, a receiving method, a program, and a content distribution system capable of stably supplying content to a plurality of terminal devices. A terminal device can receive content streaming distribution from a content distribution server over the Internet. In addition, the terminal device can relay the received content to a different terminal device over the Internet. If the quality of the content distributed in such a manner is degraded (e.g., the amount of delay increases), the content distribution server can control a TV broadcasting apparatus to streaming-distribute the content by on-air broadcast. In addition, the content distribution server can stop broadcasting of the content in accordance with the number of viewers. | 11-14-2013 |
20130305304 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A CONTROL MESSAGE IN A BROADCAST SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for providing information used for generating and consuming multimedia content in a broadcast system supporting a multimedia service based on an Internet protocol are provided. The method includes composing a message type field containing information indicating on a type of control information contained in the control message, composing a length field containing information on the length of the control message, composing optional fields having different values according to the type of the control information, and composing a payload field containing content of the control information. | 11-14-2013 |
20130305305 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN APPLICATION SERVICE IN A BROADCAST SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for driving an application, contained in a hybrid multimedia service, in a broadcast system that provides a user equipment with the hybrid multimedia service based on a hybrid network including at least a broadcast network and a network supporting an Internet protocol is provided. To this end, a broadcast server constituting the broadcast system constructs control information to be used for acquiring an instruction table for driving the application contained in the hybrid multimedia service, and transmits the constructed control information to the user equipment in a predetermined format. The user equipment may acquire the instruction table using the control information provided from the broadcast server, and drive a desired application using the acquired instruction table. | 11-14-2013 |
20130312048 | ARRAY OF TRANSCODER INSTANCES WITH INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) PROCESSING CAPABILITIES - In one embodiment, a method processes video in a system including a host computer processing unit (CPU) and a plurality of transcoder instances. The method receives, by a transcoder instance in the plurality of transcoder instances, first Internet Protocol (IP) packets from a host router coupled to the host CPU. The transcoder instance decapsulates the first IP packets to determine video from a payload of each of the first IP packets and generates a transport stream of video from the video from the payload. The transport stream is in a format in which the transcoder instance can perform a transcoding operation. The transport stream of video is processed by performing the transcoding operation on the transport stream of video. The transcoder instance then encapsulates the processed video from the transport stream of video in second IP packets and sends the second IP packets to a destination. | 11-21-2013 |
20130326570 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO CONTENT - A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for a method for transmitting, by a first system including at least one first processor, to a second system including at least one second processor, a tag retrieved by the first system from a stream associated with a media program that is received by the first system, identifying, by the second system, a plurality of records associated with the tag, determining, by the second system, a temporal characteristic of the tag according to a comparison of a scheduled presentation time of the media program and a time of receipt of the tag, selecting, by the second system, a record from the plurality of records according to the temporal characteristic, and transmitting, by the second system, content information retrieved from the record selected from the plurality of records. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 12-05-2013 |
20130326571 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING INTERNET-BASED CONTENT AND TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER USING SAME - The present invention relates to a method for transmitting/receiving contents through a network such as the Internet, and to a transmitter/receiver using same, the transmission method comprising: converting content stored in a file format into a delivery format; and transmitting the content converted into the delivery format using an IP packet, wherein the file format and/or the delivery format includes priority information for expressing whether data that makes up the content is played back in default. | 12-05-2013 |
20130326572 | DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM CONSISTENCY MECHANISM EXTENSION FOR ENABLING INTERNET VIDEO BROADCASTING - The consistency callback mechanisms employed by local file systems such as NTFS and distributed file systems such as DDS, NFS and CIFS are extended to provide a shared memory foundation for efficiently broadcasting real-time high definition video from a source object to large numbers of viewers via the Internet. Distributed applications such as video viewing client applications establish connections to a common distributed file system object, and then each application registers with the underlying distributed file system to receive notifications whenever the video source modifies the source object. The data required to update images maintained by viewing clients is included in notification messages. The distributed file system employs a network of proxy cache nodes. Proxy cache nodes receive notification messages (complete with image update data) and update their cached images of the source object and then retransmit the notification messages towards the viewing clients using IP multicast techniques. In this manner, the distributed file system's consistency mechanism efficiently employs network resources to enable the real-time distribution of video content streams. | 12-05-2013 |
20130332974 | Method and Server for Fast Channel Change in Unicast-Multicast IPTV Networks - An object with embodiments of the present invention is to achieve a solution for fast channel change that improves bandwidth utilization, wherein the fast channel change is accomplished by initiating a unicast stream until a multicast stream can provide the desired media. The bandwidth utilization is achieved by delaying the multicast session and by terminating the unicast session at the latest when the multicast session starts. The delay of the multicast session is dependent on the network latency. Latency in this context refers to the time passed from when the client sends an IGMP JOIN message until it receives the first packet of the multicast stream. | 12-12-2013 |
20130340016 | SOCIAL BROADCASTING PLATFORM - A method of social broadcasting is disclosed. A metadata is generated indicating items of content expected to be included in a broadcast and for each item of content a manner in which the item of content is to be included in the broadcast. The metadata is provided and at least a subset of said items of content to a broadcast platform in one or more network communications sent to the broadcast platform via a network interface. A method of social broadcasting is disclosed. A metadata is received via a server interface indicating items of content expected to be included in a broadcast and for each item of content a manner in which the item of content is to be included in the broadcast. At least a subset of said items of content is stored in a media cache. Said items of content are used to assemble in the manner indicated by said metadata, and to provide as output for broadcast to the station interface, a broadcast stream, including by responding dynamically to subsequently received metadata indicating a change in one or both of (1) said items of content expected to be included in a broadcast and (2) the manner in which one or more of said items of content is or are to be included in the broadcast. | 12-19-2013 |
20130347046 | Systems, Apparatuses, Methods and Computer Executable Code for Facilitating Broadcast, Publication and/or Sharing of Video from a User Device to one or more Other User Devices in a Social Networking Environment - The present invention includes systems, apparatuses, methods and computer executable code for facilitating broadcast, publication and/or sharing of video from a user device to one or more other user devices in a social networking environment. According to some embodiments of the present invention, there may be provided systems, apparatuses, methods and computer executable code for facilitating live broadcast of video captured by a user device image sensor to one or more other users associated with the broadcasting user within a social networking site (e.g. facebook). | 12-26-2013 |
20140007171 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING MUSIC RELATED INFORMATION BY RECOGNITION OF MUSIC OUTPUT THROUGH TELEVISION | 01-02-2014 |
20140007172 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING ADAPTIVE MEDIA IN A MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM | 01-02-2014 |
20140013369 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECORDING MULTIMEDIA DATA - In a network system including a mirror switch, a distribution device and a plurality of recording devices, a method for recording multimedia data is provided. The mirror switch sends communication data to the distribution device and the plurality of recording devices. The distribution device obtains multimedia data identification information from a signaling message included in the communication data, generates a recording instruction which includes the multimedia data identification information, and sends the recording instruction to the recording device to instruct the recording device to record the multimedia data. | 01-09-2014 |
20140020037 | MULTI-STREAM SHARED COMMUNICATION CHANNELS - By way of a non-limiting example, a server resource receives portions of a non-adaptive bit rate data stream. The server resource also receives portions of an adaptive bit rate data stream. The server resource interleaves the portions of the adaptive bit rate data stream and the portions of the non-adaptive bit rate data stream onto the multi-stream data channel. Thereafter, the server resource initiates transmission of the multi-stream data channel (which includes the adaptive bit rate data stream and the non-adaptive bit rate data stream) over a network such as a backbone or core network to a downstream resource such as a distribution resource. The distribution resource, in turn, transmits the adaptive bit rate data stream and the non-adaptive bit rate data stream to a group of multiple subscribers that have shared access to communication link in a cable network environment. | 01-16-2014 |
20140026173 | VIDEO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM REDUCING VIDEO DATA TRAFFIC AND A METHOD THEREFOR - In a video distribution apparatus, a memory caches segments of video data into which video data received from a communication network is sectioned on a basis of a predetermined unit and stores video identifying information of the segments of video data. A distribution controller derives, upon receipt of a cache distribution request from the network, video identifying information contained in a cache distribution request. A relay controller obtains segments of video data associated with the video identifying information from the memory to transfer the obtained segments of video data to a requester at a transfer rate defined on the segments of video data in the vicinity of a source of the video data. The video can be distributed at a transfer rate close to a transfer rate defined by a content distribution server while the video traffic can be diminished. | 01-23-2014 |
20140053220 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DATA TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DATA TRANSMITTING METHOD, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DATA RECEIVING APPARATUS, STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DATA RECEIVING METHOD, IMAGE DATA TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DATA RECEIVING APPARATUS - A video framing unit | 02-20-2014 |
20140059628 | Internet TV Module for Enabling Presentation and Navigation of Non-Native User Interface on TV Having Native User Interface Using Either TV Remote Control or Module Remote Control - A display device such as a TV has both HDMI and IP network interfaces and uses the HDMI interface to exchange IP network parameters with an audio video application module (AVAM) upon HDMI connection. In this way, an IP-based peer-to-peer or client-server network connection can be automatically established to promote faster communication when sharing and executing applications between the devices than is typically available over the CEC link of HDMI. | 02-27-2014 |
20140059629 | TWO-WAY BROADCAST SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM AND METHOD INCLUDING MEDIA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - Two-way broadcast service providing system and method including a media transmission apparatus are provided. The media transmission apparatus includes a data communication interface that receives participant media from at least one participant terminal via a communication network, a media conversion unit that converts the participant media received through the data communication interface in accordance with a broadcast media standard, and a broadcast interface that transmits the participant media converted through the media conversion unit to a broadcast apparatus so that the participant media is included in broadcast contents. | 02-27-2014 |
20140059630 | APPARATUSES FOR PROVIDING AND RECEIVING AUGMENTED BROADCASTING SERVICE IN HYBRID BROADCASTING ENVIRONMENT - An apparatus for providing an augmented broadcasting service and an apparatus for receiving the augmented broadcasting service in a hybrid broadcasting environment. The apparatus for providing the augmented broadcasting service includes: a real-time data provider configured to provide real-time data through a first transmission network; an augmented content provider configured to provide augmented content through a second transmission network, wherein the augmented content is to be synchronized with the real-time data; and a multiplexer configured to multiplex the real-time data, the augmented content metadata and timing information for synchronization between the real-time data and the augmented content metadata, and output resulting data. | 02-27-2014 |
20140059631 | User Communication Management Center - The present invention provides integration of separate functions, such as television viewing, Internet television viewing, gaming, video recording, telephone call handling, etc. in a user friendly way. For example, a system for providing unified services may comprise a server system utilizing a universal open protocol that provides the capability for different service providers to offer services over unified cable/TV/Internet network independent technologically from particular network providers, and a plurality of client systems, each client system utilizing the protocol to provide integrated services to a user. | 02-27-2014 |
20140068688 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDERS - A DVR controller in network communication with a digital video recorder receives an instruction from a user directing the digital video recorder to perform a function among a set of available functions. The set of available functions comprises a record function operative to cause the digital video recorder to record content and store that content on the digital video recorder, and a playback function operative to cause the digital video recorder to play back content stored on the digital video recorder. Subsequently, at least in part in response to the instructions from the user, the DVR controller issues a command to the digital video recorder to perform the function. The digital video recorder is operative to present content on a presentation device controlled by the user. The DVR controller, in turn, is remotely disposed from the digital video recorder in a facility of a content provider. | 03-06-2014 |
20140068689 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SOCIAL MEDIA WITH AN INTELLIGENT TELEVISION - An Intelligent Television provides unique user interfaces and user interface interactions to provide social media. The interfaces and interface are intuitive and allow the user to quickly retrieve and view social media with respect to content displayed on the Intelligent Television. Further, intuitive user interface interactions are provided to allow for the quick and efficient posting of social media from the Intelligent Television to a social media site. | 03-06-2014 |
20140082683 | CHANNEL SWITCHING PROCESSING METHOD, SYSTEM, AND RELATED DEVICES - A channel switching processing method includes receiving, by a switching server, a channel switching request from a receiving end. When the switching server determines that current switching resource information does not meet a switching condition according to the channel switching request, the switching server performs an exception handling procedure and sends channel switching instruction information to the receiving end. The channel switching instruction information is configured to instruct the receiving end to perform a channel switching operation corresponding to the channel switching instruction information. | 03-20-2014 |
20140096171 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR LOAD ADAPTIVE STREAMING - Methods, systems, and computer program products that allow for the load adaptive downloading, processing, and rendering of video by a video processing client, where the downloading is adaptive to the processing load of a computing system on which a video processing client operates. | 04-03-2014 |
20140096172 | SELECTIVE DISTRIBUTION OF CELL BASED VIDEO STREAMS OVER PACKET BASED NETWORKS - According to the present invention, methods and apparatus are provided to allow selective distribution of video information over packet based networks. Video information associated with a particular channel is received at an edge router from a cell based network. The edge router uses label switching to selectively distribute the video information to designated nodes in the packet based network. | 04-03-2014 |
20140109159 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING AND RECEIVING MULTIMEDIA DATA IN HYBRID NETWORK - A method of delivering media data in a hybrid network capable of providing broadcasting and interne communication together is provided. The method includes generating a Media Processing Unit (MPU) to process media data, and delivering the generated MPU, wherein the MPU includes an MPEG Media Transport (MMT) Processing Unit (MMPU) box including information on the MPU, a Media Data box (MDAT) including one or more media data fragments which are generated from the media data, and an MMFU box including information on each media data fragment. | 04-17-2014 |
20140109160 | METHOD FOR RECEIVING A BROADCAST SIGNAL AND BROADCAST RECEIVER - A method of receiving a broadcast signal including a Non-Real-Time (NRT) service and a broadcast receiver are disclosed herein. A method of receiving a broadcast signal including an NRT service, method comprises receiving a broadcast signal including first signaling information and second signaling information, identifying the NRT service based on the first signaling information, identifying an Internet Protocol (IP) address of an NRT service signaling data based on the first signaling information and the second signaling information, receiving the NRT service signaling data by accessing the IP address, and downloading a desired NRT service based on the NRT service signaling data. | 04-17-2014 |
20140115643 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEDIA CONTENT PRESENTATION - A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, accessing, by a system comprising at least one processor, a content display configuration corresponding to a plurality of feed selections from a plurality of media content feeds available from a service provider network, a plurality of display selections from a plurality of available displays, and a plurality of pairing selections assigning each feed selection of the plurality of feed selections to at least one display selection of the plurality of display selections, transmitting a plurality of displayable content streams according to the content display configuration, modifying the content display configuration according to a request, and transmitting the plurality of displayable content streams according to the content display configuration. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 04-24-2014 |
20140115644 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AN INTERACTIVE SERVICE - A method of processing an interactive service and an apparatus thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes sending a discovery message to a second screen application, receiving a request for descriptions of the second screen support services, sending a response with the descriptions, receiving a trigger, and delivering the trigger to the second device using a trigger service. | 04-24-2014 |
20140115645 | DIGITAL MEDIA DISTRIBUTION DEVICE - A digital media distribution device that includes an encoder, a decoder coupled to the encoder, and a transcoder coupled to the decoder. The encoder is configured to encode input data that is received by the digital media distribution device into a first data format. The decoder is configured to decode output data to be output by the digital media distribution device. The transcoder is configured to convert the encoded input data from the first data format into a second data format. The digital media distribution device is configured to be coupled to a computer network. | 04-24-2014 |
20140123197 | IPTV SERVICE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTINUOUS SERVICE - The present invention relates to an IPTV service device and method for providing continuous service. The method according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a service-request receiving step of receiving an IPTV service request from a user of an IPTV terminal; a service-confirming step of confirming whether or not the IPTV service has previously been stopped in response to the IPTV service request; and an IPTV-service providing step of providing the IPTV service to the IPTV terminal from the point at which service was stopped if the IPTV service has previously been stopped. | 05-01-2014 |
20140130112 | METHOD FOR ACCESSING A SERVICE, IN PARTICULAR A WEB PORTAL, BY MEANS OF A TERMINAL FOR REPLAYING A MULTIMEDIA STREAM - A method is provided for accessing a service by a terminal for replaying a multimedia stream. The terminal performs the following steps: reception of the multimedia stream; detection, in the multimedia stream, of an item of information pertaining to access to a service; storage of the item of access information; association of the item of access information with a predefined man-machine interface element; and in the event of interaction of a user with the man-machine interface element, execution of an operation for access to the service using the item of access information. | 05-08-2014 |
20140130113 | NOISE REDUCTION APPARATUS WITH ISOLATION TRANSFORMERS IN AN INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION SYSTEM - A residential gateway includes an Internet Protocol television (IPTV) network communication port and a first isolation transformer circuit. The IPTV network communication port is configured to receive a signal from an ITPV network. The first isolation transformer circuit is in communication with the IPTV network communication port. The isolation transformer is configured to receive the signal from the IPTV network communication port, and to transform a ground of the signal to float at a ground potential of a power source of the residential gateway | 05-08-2014 |
20140130114 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PLAYING BROADCAST CONTENT IN BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for playing broadcast content in a broadcasting system are provided. The method and the apparatus enable a viewer to watch an entire event by broadcasting the event through different networks in a condition that the event may not be broadcast from start to finish over a single broadcasting network. | 05-08-2014 |
20140143819 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A VIRTUAL COMMUNITY FOR PARTICIPATION IN A REMOTE EVENT - An approach is provided for establishing a virtual community for remotely participating in an event. A remote camera set is controlled by a user equipment to view an event from a plurality of viewing perspectives. A virtual community is built to share viewing of the event by multiple participants. | 05-22-2014 |
20140157338 | SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING UNIFIED CONFERENCES IN LIGHT OF PROHIBITION OF TOLL BYPASS - In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining geographic information from a first party when the first party attempts to join a collaborative session, and identifying a first geographic region, using the geographic information, within which the first party is located. A first multipoint control unit (MCU) located within the first geographic region is identified for use in a dial out to establish a first audio connection for use by at least the first party during the collaborative session. The method also includes establishing a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) connection configured to shunt video between the first party and a cloud during the collaborative session, and causing the first MCU to dial out to establish the first audio connection to the cloud. The first audio connection is configured to shunt audio between the first party and the cloud while the VoIP connection shunts the video between the first party and the cloud. | 06-05-2014 |
20140165121 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC MANAGEMENT AND BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION FOR CONTENT DELIVERY - Methods and apparatus for content delivery and managing and conserving network bandwidth in a content delivery system are described. In accordance with one aspect of some embodiments, when the number content playback devices, e.g., IP set top boxes, iPADs, etc., in a region or service group receiving the same program content via individual unicast streams over a first network, e.g., cable network, exceeds a threshold number large, the IP capable playback devices are instructed to switch to receive the same programming content from a local device, e.g., a gateway device, via a home network. The local device receives the programming content via the cable network over a broadcast or SDV or VOD channel established by the cable service provider's headend/hubsite. | 06-12-2014 |
20140173671 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM - The present invention provides a method of processing data. The method of processing data includes receiving a broadcasting signal where mobile service data are multiplexed with main service data, extracting transmission-parameter-channel signaling information and fast-information-channel signaling information from a data group within the received mobile service data; obtaining first program table information describing virtual channel information of an ensemble and a service provided by the ensemble using the fast-information-channel signaling information, the ensemble the ensemble corresponding to a virtual channel group of the received mobile service data, obtaining information indicating that second program table information, which describes an additional service provided by the ensemble, is included in the ensemblem and parsing the second program table information according to the obtained information; and providing the additional service by using the second program table information. | 06-19-2014 |
20140173672 | Cross Layer Coordinated Channel Bonding - Different data communication architectures receive a wide variety of content, including audio and video content, for consumers. The architectures employ channel bonding to deliver more bandwidth than any single communication channel can carry. In some implementations, the communication architectures receive distributed video programming in the form of MPEG2 TS packets, flagged by marker packets. Channel bonding synchronization information may be present in packets defined above the data-link layer or received in fields within data-link layer frames. | 06-19-2014 |
20140173673 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND APPLICATION INFORMATION TABLE TRANSMITTING APPARATUS - [Object] To appropriately control simultaneous presentation of broadcast content and an application. | 06-19-2014 |
20140181879 | Device-adaptable contents generation device, contents Device-adaptable contents generation device, contents reproduction device, and method thereof - A device-adaptable contents generation device includes a media generation unit that generates, based on rich media content, basic level media having a first resolution and at least one extended level media having a higher resolution by stages than the first resolution, a metadata generation unit that generates metadata which allows selective access to the basic level media and the at least one extended level media generated by the media generation unit, a feature information generation unit that generates feature information about the rich media content, and a database that stores a file of the rich media content containing the feature information, the metadata, the basic level media and the at least one extended level media. | 06-26-2014 |
20140189763 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HOSTING A PERSONALIZED TELEVISION CHANNEL - According to various exemplary embodiments, systems and methods are described, wherein the system implements a method executable by a host placeshifting device communicating via a network with a client and a backend media server, the method comprising: providing digital media content in the host placeshifting device; determining the presence of the client for receiving the digital media content; providing the client with electronic access to the digital media content via the network and the backend media service; and distributing the digital media content from the host placeshifting device over the network and via the backend server to the client, wherein the digital media is distributed in the form of a personalized television channel produced by the host placeshifting device. | 07-03-2014 |
20140189764 | ENHANCED VIDEO PROGRAMMING SYSTEM AND METHOD UTILIZING USER-PROFILE INFORMATION - Example methods of providing media content via a network are presented. In one example, a user profile and a group profile are accessed. The user profile includes information describing a user of media content, and the group profile includes information describing a group of users of media content. Based on the information of the user profile, the user profile is assigned to the user group, in which the user profile is linked as a child profile to the group profile. Based on the information of the user profile and on the assigning of the user profile to the user group, an item of media content is determined for transmission to a user device of the user. The item of media content is transmitted via the network to the user device. | 07-03-2014 |
20140196100 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING MEDIA RECOMMENDATIONS AND A METHOD THEREIN - An object of the present invention is to provide a mechanism in a first electronic device ( | 07-10-2014 |
20140196101 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED INTERNET BROADCASTING - An internet broadcast system, method and apparatus provides a presentation tool that offers program content to viewers in a rich, interactive and exciting way while still offering the benefits of cost effectiveness, convenience, and which meets or exceeds the experience of live, in-person programming. At least two synchronized images are presented in multiple windows and an editable image selected from one of the at least two synchronized images, wherein the other of the at least two synchronized image(s) adjust to remain in sync with the edited image. A production panel includes an Administrative Section and a Viewer Section. The Administrative Section includes set of production tools which allow an administrator to create and modify programming that a viewer observes and engages with through the Viewer Section via a remote digital viewing device. Information flows between the production panel and viewing devices via the cloud-based software. | 07-10-2014 |
20140208374 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE TRANSCODING OF MULTIMEDIA STREAM - A method of streaming an output content stream adaptively transcoded from a corresponding input content stream includes offering, to a client device, a number of alternative versions of the output content stream, for selection by the client device, and dividing the input content stream into two or more segments. Prior to the offering step at least a first segment of the input content stream is transcoded into at least one corresponding segment of an output content stream corresponding to at least one version from the number of alternative versions offered to the client device. Upon receiving a request from the client device for a selected version of the output content stream, streaming is begun with using a first one of the at least one corresponding segments of an output content stream corresponding to at least one version from the number of alternative versions offered to the client device that had been transcoded and stored prior to offering. Transcoding parameters are extracted from the request, for controlling the transcoding of a subsequent segment of the input content stream into the version selected by the client device, and the subsequent segment transcoded into the requested version is streamed to the client. | 07-24-2014 |
20140215541 | DISTRIBUTION OF ADAPTIVE BIT RATE LIVE STREAMING VIDEO VIA HYPER-TEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL - A system, method and apparatus of distributing a video stream is provided. At a publishing point relay, a plurality of video files encoded from a portion of the video stream from a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) Live Streaming (HLS) Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR) encoding device are received. Each of the encoded video files having a different bit-rate, the encoded video files received using a protocol for transferring files. Edge publishing point servers are determined that are registered with the publishing point relay to distribute the audio/video stream. Each of the encoded video files received by the publishing point relay are relayed to each of the determined edge publishing points as each video file is received from the HTTP ABR encoding device. | 07-31-2014 |
20140237527 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING MEDIA PROGRAMS - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a controller to collect data indicative of temporal actions initiated by a group of users during presenting a media program. The data indicative of the temporal actions are collected in a collective metadata archive. Portions of the media program are identified based on metadata for which a number of occurrences of the temporal actions exceeds a threshold number of occurrences. A compacted presentation of the portions of the media program is prepared based on the metadata. The compacted presentation includes the portions of the media program arranged consecutively. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 08-21-2014 |
20140237528 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USE WITH A DATA STREAM - Telecommunications Network and Method An apparatus ( | 08-21-2014 |
20140237529 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | 08-21-2014 |
20140245365 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENABLING AND MANAGING SOCIAL TELEVISION - The field of the invention relates to social television, and more particularly to systems and methods that enable and manage social television. In a preferred embodiment, a central server system operably coupled to a public computer network is included. The central server system is configured to enable and manage social television and includes a receiving subsystem coupled to the public network for receiving from a host commentator a first commentary data associated with a first video program available to a plurality of television viewers. The server system further includes a commentary source subsystem having a database configured to store said first commentary data associated with the first video program. The server system also provides a user interface operably coupled to said commentary source subsystem over said public network to enable a plurality of television viewers to retrieve and watch said first commentary data in sync with said first video program. | 08-28-2014 |
20140245366 | Method and Apparatus For Establishing a Time Base - The present invention relates to a method of and apparatus for establishing a time base for variable data rate traffic data received from an asynchronous network. In some embodiments, the invention relates to a method of and apparatus for establishing a time base for a compression coded video signal transmitted over an Internet Protocol (IP) network. A method of establishing a traffic data time base for variable data rate traffic data received over an asynchronous network is provided in which a time base for the traffic data is established using a first method of time base recovery and a reliability metric for first method is determined. If the reliability metric shows that the first method is unreliable, a second method of establishing a time-base for the traffic data is used. In some embodiments the arrival timing of asynchronous network data is used in the step of establishing a time base for the traffic data using a first method of time-base recovery. In some embodiments the arrival timing of asynchronous network data is used in the step of determining the reliability metric. In some embodiments an internal traffic data time base is used in the step of establishing a time-base for the traffic data using a second method of time-base recovery. In some embodiments the traffic data is a compression coded signal. In some embodiments the asynchronous network is an Internet Protocol (IP) network. | 08-28-2014 |
20140245367 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A VIDEO, TRANSMITTING DEVICE, AND RECEIVING DEVICE - A method for providing a video includes: (a) acquiring a first main video captured of a first capture space, and a second main video captured of a second capture space including a space other than the first capture space; (b) generating a wide-angle video by combining the plurality of main videos acquired in step (a); (c) acquiring user preference information via a network; (d) calculating a region to be cropped which is a region of the wide-angle video and smaller than the area captured in the wide-angle video, based on the user preference information acquired in step (c); (e) cropping the wide-angle video into the cropping region; and (f) providing, to a user, a cropped video generated by cropping the wide-angle video. | 08-28-2014 |
20140282775 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING 3DTV CONTENT TO VARIETY OF RECEIVERS - An internet protocol multicast provider is disclosed, which includes a bootstrap code component, a transcoder generator component, a content module and a packetizing module. The bootstrap code component can generate a bootstrap code. The transcoder generator component can generate a transcoder module. The content module can generate content in a first format. The packetizing module can generate internet protocol multicast packets, based on the bootstrap code, the transcoder module and the content. The bootstrap code can determine a second format for which an internet protocol multicast receiver can decode and render the content. The transcoder module can instruct the internet protocol multicast receiver to play the content when the first format is the second format. The transcoder module can instruct the internet protocol multicast receiver to transcode the content from the first format to the second format when the first format is not the second format. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282776 | VIDEO CONTENT PRIORITY AWARE CONGESTION MANAGEMENT - In one embodiment, a method includes assigning at a server, priority levels to channels associated with video broadcast content, transmitting the assigned priority levels to a network device transmitting the video broadcast content to receivers, and updating the assigned priority levels based on channel information received at the server. A policy is applied to the video broadcast content based on the assigned priority levels when network congestion occurs. An apparatus is also disclosed herein. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282777 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERY OF MULTICAST AND UNICAST CONTENT IN A CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK - Methods and apparatus for providing delivery of content to client devices of a network via both multicast and unicast mechanisms. In one embodiment, a system for use in a managed content delivery network is described to bridge multicast to unicast, so that the total network bandwidth consumption is significantly lower than a corresponding unicast-only delivery solution, yet which still provides improved quality of service and user viewing experience as compared to a multicast-only delivery solution. In addition, various exemplary aspects of the present disclosure are readily adapted for real-time multicast to unicast streaming of audio and data to, among other things, minimize network bandwidth usage, while maintaining the guaranteed delivery of unicast streams with little or no modification to the existing client device logic. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282778 | DISTRIBUTION CONTROL SYSTEM, DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, DISTRIBUTION CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A distribution control system includes a generating unit configured to generate image data from content data; a converting unit configured to convert the image data into transmission data; a transmitting unit configured to transmit the transmission data to a plurality of communication terminals; and a creating/selecting unit configured to newly create the converting unit to be assigned to each of the communication terminals or select the converting unit out of converting units already created. | 09-18-2014 |
20140289783 | SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONISING AND CENTRALISING EVENT INSTRUCTIONS AND/OR INDICATORS IN VIDEO/AUDIO SYSTEMS - The invention relates to a system and method for the provision of video, audio and/or additional services, said system including one or more devices which allow user interaction with said system to control the operation of the same and the provision of selected video, audio and/or additional services therefrom and which can be accessed via said devices. A server is provided for the storage of data relating to the services which are available to the said users in the future and said system includes the ability for a user, via a device, to generate an instruction to the server for an indicator relating to an event on a particular service to be generated at a time in the future to indicate to the user of the occurrence of the event. | 09-25-2014 |
20140289784 | METHOD FOR RECEIVING A BROADCAST SIGNAL AND BROADCAST RECEIVER - A method of receiving a broadcast signal including a Non-Real-Time (NRT) service and a broadcast receiver are disclosed herein. A method of receiving a broadcast signal including an NRT service, method comprises receiving a broadcast signal including first signaling information and second signaling information, identifying the NRT service based on the first signaling information, identifying an Internet Protocol (IP) address of an NRT service signaling data based on the first signaling information and the second signaling information, receiving the NRT service signaling data by accessing the IP address, and downloading a desired NRT service based on the NRT service signaling data. | 09-25-2014 |
20140289785 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A CURRENT CHANNEL BUFFER FOR NETWORK BASED PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDING - A “pause live television” service is implemented, where in one embodiment, a continuously streaming video from a broadcast programming source is copied into a circular buffer. A set top box (“STB”) requests a trick function, such as “pause,” by sending a message to the system, which in one embodiment suspends the display of the present broadcast video in the STB. The system determines an pointer and when the user requests resumption of the broadcast video (e.g., “play”), the system uses the pointer for that particular STB to determine the appropriate resumption point in the particular buffer to resume streaming of the video for that STB. In various embodiments, the network may begin streaming of the video at the resumption point on another channel and direct the STB to then tune to that channel. Thus, the program appears to have been seamless suspended and resumed using a network based capability. | 09-25-2014 |
20140298392 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing device including a combining unit configured to acquire, for each of a plurality of content items, any of a plurality of streams in which a same content item is encoded by different picture configurations and to combine the acquired streams before the streams are decoded, and a stream selecting unit configured to acquire information on the picture configurations of each of the streams and to select, using the acquired information on the picture configurations, a stream for each of the content items from among the plurality of streams in a manner that the picture configurations of each of the streams combined by the combining unit are same. | 10-02-2014 |
20140304753 | CONTEXTUAL QUERIES FOR AUGMENTING VIDEO DISPLAY - An embodiment provides a method, including: deriving text data from an input of audiovisual data; analyzing the text data to form one or more key words; selecting the one or more key words to obtain one or more relevant key words, wherein selecting comprises selection based on text data from user specific data sources; forming the one or more relevant key words into a query for obtaining relevant content; and issuing one or more queries to obtain related content from a network connected device. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 10-09-2014 |
20140317664 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING MEDIA DATA IN MULTIMEDIA TRANSPORT SYSTEM - A method for transmitting media data in a Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) Media Transport (MMT) system is provided. The method includes receiving a Media Processing Unit (MPU) fragmented into one or more Media Fragment Units (MFUs), generating one or more multimedia data packets each including a packet header and a payload, based on the MPU, and transmitting the one or more multimedia data packets to a terminal. A payload header included in the payload includes identification information indicating an MPU to which at least one MFU included in the payload belongs, and a counter indicating the number of the at least one MFU. | 10-23-2014 |
20140317665 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A BROADCAST SIGNAL INCLUDING AN INTERACTIVE BROADCAST SERVICE - A method of processing a broadcast signal including an interactive broadcast service at a transmitter is disclosed. The method comprises generating an parameter table containing metadata about applications and interactive broadcast events targeted to the applications, dividing the parameter table into a plurality of parameter blocks, inserting each of the parameter blocks into each of a plurality of parameter table sections, generating a trigger which is a signaling element to identify signaling and establish timing of playout of the interactive broadcast events, inserting the trigger into a closed caption channel of the broadcast signal, transmitting the broadcast signal including the closed caption channel and a specific channel carrying the plurality of parameter table sections, wherein the trigger includes location information specifying a location of the parameter table in the broadcast signal. | 10-23-2014 |
20140325574 | PERCEPTORS AND METHODS PERTAINING THERETO - A distributed system in a data network for processing real time data streams from multiple data sources includes perceptors accessible over the data network each being configured to perform a specific task. Each perceptor receives one or more of the real time data streams and provides an output data stream indicative of the results of performing the specific task. In addition, the distributed system includes also multiple applications accessible over the data network. Each application is configured to receive one or more of the output data streams of the perceptors and each application is configured to provide a response based on analyzing the received output data streams of the perceptors. The distributed system also includes a stream server accessible over the data network. The stream server receives the real time data streams and is configured to provide any of the received real time data streams to any of the perceptors. | 10-30-2014 |
20140337906 | TECHNIQUE FOR PROVIDING ON A PROGRAM CHANNEL COMPOSITE PROGRAMMING CONTENT ATTRIBUTED TO DIFFERENT SOURCES - In providing composite programming content from different sources on a program channel, a host processor joins IP multicast groups for which “live” contents from multiple sources are provided. Specifically, the host processor collects packets containing the live contents based on their destination addresses associated with the IP multicast groups. Segments of the received live contents are selected to realize the composite programming content, which is provided on the program channel. | 11-13-2014 |
20140344875 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING MEDIA DATA HAVING ACCESS UNIT DIVIDED INTO MEDIA FRAGMENT UNITS IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK - The present invention generates a media processing unit (MPU) from the component units of media fragment units in configuring a media processing unit, thus achieving the effects of packaging media data corresponding to various media data structures. | 11-20-2014 |
20140366073 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENT PLAYBACK USING MULTIPLE IPTV DEVICES - An apparatus and method for resuming playback of media content from more than one Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) device. The playback of a media asset or media content typically contains an asset ID and a start time. Based on the architecture of a second display device (e.g., a second IPTV device) the IPTV system determines the identity of an account and its associated IPTV devices. When a user pauses an asset, the system sends the asset identification (ID) and the stop time to a server operatively coupled to the system. The next time (within a predefined duration) the user requests the same asset ID, the pause time and the asset ID are returned. Using the pause time and the asset ID, the user can resume playback of the asset. | 12-11-2014 |
20140380386 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING AND GENERATING A CHANNEL - A method and apparatus for generating a channel playlist for streaming audio/video content to a user. Specifically, the system is operative to generate a playlist and stream content in response to user provided search terms and statistically relevant information. The system is further operative to store information related to consumed content and provided updated playlists in response to further user requests. | 12-25-2014 |
20140380387 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING A MULTIMEDIA SERVICE - In one or more embodiments a system and an apparatus for utilizing a multimedia service are provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a first client device, a media managing server and a media provider system to implement the multimedia service. The first client device is associated with a user desiring to utilize the multimedia service. The first client device includes, primarily, a processor, and a memory configured with one or more programs and is connected to the processor. The memory includes a media handling module configured for managing sensory inputs and customized outputs that are characteristic to the immersive multimedia service and a social communicator assisting in providing immersive multimedia service, the social communicator being configured for enabling social communication of the first client device with a second client device through the media managing server based on a set of user preferences provided by the user. | 12-25-2014 |
20150020130 | Universal Services Multiplexer and Time-Based Interleaving of Multiple Streams - Interleaving multiple streams of data using a universal services multiplexer is followed by conveying a time interleaved multiplexer stream to a remote QAM module. A universal services multiplexer interleaves multiple streams of data into a time interleaved multiplexer stream. | 01-15-2015 |
20150020131 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING PROGRAM CONFIGURATION INFORMATION FOR SCALABLE ULTRA HIGH DEFINITION VIDEO SERVICE IN HYBRID TRANSMISSION ENVIRONMENT, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFECTIVELY TRANSMITTING SCALAR LAYER INFORMATION - The present invention relates to a method for transmitting and receiving program configuration information for a scalable ultra high definition (UHD) video service under the hybrid transmission environment, and to a method and apparatus for effectively transmitting scalar layer information, and more particularly, the present invention relates to a scheme for inserting group information for the scalable layer of a base layer and an enhancement layer, which form a scalable UHD video, and transmission channel information into a program map table (PMT) or a package configuration table (PCT), and for transmitting same, and to a scalable layer information format for transmitting layer information with a smaller number of bits as possible when a packet header includes scalable layer information. | 01-15-2015 |
20150026741 | USE OF DIGITAL TV BANDWIDTH FOR WEB CACHE PRE-LOADING - Generally, this disclosure provides systems, devices, methods and computer readable media for the use of digital TV (DTV) bandwidth for web cache pre-loading. A system may include a receiver module configured to receive a digital television (DTV) signal. The system may also include a data extraction module configured to extract the web cache data from the DTV signal, wherein the web cache data is encoded within the spectral bandwidth of the DTV signal. The system may further include a network interface configured to transmit the extracted web cache data to a device that includes a web cache pre-loading service. | 01-22-2015 |
20150026742 | A METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A BROADCAST SIGNAL INCLUDING AN INTERACTIVE BROADCAST SERVICE - A method of processing a broadcast signal including an interactive broadcast service at a transmitter is disclosed. The method comprises generating an parameter table containing metadata about applications and interactive broadcast events targeted to the applications, dividing the parameter table into a plurality of parameter blocks, inserting each of the parameter blocks into each of a plurality of parameter table sections, generating a trigger which is a signaling element to identify signaling and establish timing of playout of the interactive broadcast events, inserting the trigger into a closed caption channel of the broadcast signal, transmitting the broadcast signal including the closed caption channel and a specific channel carrying the plurality of parameter table sections, wherein the trigger includes location information specifying a location of the parameter table in the broadcast signal. | 01-22-2015 |
20150026743 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AN INTERACTIVE SERVICE - A method of processing an interactive service and an apparatus thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes sending a discovery message to a second screen application, receiving a request for descriptions of the second screen support services, sending a response with the descriptions, receiving a trigger, and delivering the trigger to the second device using a trigger service. | 01-22-2015 |
20150033274 | REQUESTS FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES THROUGH AN IPTV NETWORK - Systems and methods that request emergency services through an Internet-Protocol Television (IPTV) infrastructure. One embodiment comprises an IPTV network infrastructure comprising an IPTV server coupled to an IPTV set-top box of an end user that subscribes to IPTV services. The IPTV server receives a request for an emergency service from the end user through the IPTV set-top box. The infrastructure further includes a management server that receives the request for the emergency service from the IPTV server, and identifies information regarding the end user from an IPTV account of the end user. The infrastructure further includes a text message engine that receives the request for the emergency service from the management server, formats a text message for requesting the emergency service, inserts the information regarding the end user in the text message, and sends the text message to an emergency services center. | 01-29-2015 |
20150058905 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AN INTERACTIVE SERVICE - A method of processing an interactive service and an apparatus thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes sending a discovery message to a second screen application, receiving a request for descriptions of the second screen support services, sending a response with the descriptions, receiving a trigger, and delivering the trigger to the second device using a trigger service. | 02-26-2015 |
20150067746 | METADATA FOR COMPRESSED VIDEO STREAMS - Systems and methods are provided for adding or extracting metadata for video streams. The system receives a video stream compressed according to a video encoding standard, and generates a packet for transmission across a packet-switched network. The system inserts at least one compressed segment of the video stream into a payload of the packet. The system also receives metadata that describes content within the video stream and is not compressed according to the standard, inserts the metadata into the packet without compressing the metadata according to the standard, and transmits the packet across the packet-switched network to a target device. | 03-05-2015 |
20150067747 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING MULTISTREAM CONTENT - There is provided a data stream comprising a plurality of program streams and at least one multistream descriptor. The multistream descriptor defines a multistream group identifier; and the identity of the program streams that are members of the multistream group. | 03-05-2015 |
20150074734 | A Media Content Processing/Distribution System - A media content distribution system ( | 03-12-2015 |
20150082364 | Video Production Sharing Apparatus and Method - A video production sharing apparatus is provided with a first computer having a processor, memory, and an input device, the memory having programs stored therein, the programs implemented through the processor and designed to cause the processor to: 1) access at least one video stream, 2) manipulate viewing perspective of the at least one video stream with the input device of the first computer to generate an individualized video, and 3) transfer a data file of user inputs from the input device used to manipulate the at least one video stream to create the individualized video that describes the individualized video of the at least one video stream. A method is also provided. | 03-19-2015 |
20150082365 | DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT METHOD - A distribution management apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires terminal management information that indicates locations of multiple communication terminals, a determination unit that determines cutout position information of video data based on the terminal management information acquired by the acquisition unit and operation data received from any one of the communication terminals, a cutout unit that cuts out multiple pieces of video data from the video data based on the cutout position information determined by the determination unit, and a distribution unit that distributes the video data cut out by the cutout unit to each of the communication terminals based on the terminal management information. The determination unit modifies the cutout position information of the video data based on the operation data. | 03-19-2015 |
20150113576 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IP VIDEO SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION - Certain aspects of an apparatus and method for Internet protocol (IP) video signal synchronization may include a server or switching center. The method for synchronized transmission of content may include receiving a plurality of content streams and a request to switch the transmission of content. The plurality of content streams may be received from a plurality of sources. The request to switch may switch the transmission of content from a first content stream to a second content stream of the received plurality of content streams. A time delay may be determined to be added to the transmission of content to compensate for a propagation delay of the received request and a processing delay to process the received request. | 04-23-2015 |
20150113577 | HYBRID TRANSMISSION METHOD THROUGH MMT PACKET FORMAT EXTENSION - Disclosed is a method for hybrid transmission over a broadcast network and a broadband network, comprising the steps of: providing information on the broadcast content relating to a first content during the viewing the first content of the broadband network; and, if the related broadcast content is selected, providing the related broadcast content to a user over the broadcast network. The user may receive the broadcast content corresponding to relevant specific content over the broadcast network and view the received broadcast content during the viewing of specific VOD content in the broadcast network. | 04-23-2015 |
20150113578 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING INTERACTIVE EXTRAS - Apparatus and methods are provided to implement a technique for providing supplemental information and interactive features for content, such as a movie. In one implementation, a content provider builds a package of information and interactive features (“interactive extras”) using a defined structure and API (application programming interface). The content provider gives the package of extras to several distributors (or provides access to some or all of the package through a network resource). Each distributor uses the package in the distributor's content distribution platform or system by conforming to the API for the package. In this way, the content provider can provide the same package of extras to multiple distributors that may have incompatible platforms without having to build custom packages for each platform. This allows the content provider to build the package once and also provides a more consistent experience across the distributor services. | 04-23-2015 |
20150121439 | CONCEPTS FOR PROVIDING AN ENHANCED MEDIA PRESENTATION - Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided for providing an enhanced media presentation. In one embodiment, an enhanced media presentation is provided. To provide the enhanced media presentation, one or more content items associated with subject matter associated with a segment of an enhanced media presentation are identified. Each content item may be associated with at least one uniform resource identifier. Then, a content object based at least in part on at least one content item is created. The content object is an abstract representation of the content item. The content object can be associated with the segment and provided for simultaneous displayed simultaneously with at least a portion of the segment. | 04-30-2015 |
20150121440 | Method and Apparatus for Synchronizing Paused Playback Across Platforms - A media server receives a first request to transmit the media program to the first device and streams the media program to the first device. The method monitors the streaming of the media program to the first device to generate media program streaming information and transmits the media program streaming information to a media program provider. A second request is received to resume transmission of the media program from a second device where the request includes a temporal location within the media program that was received from the media program provider. The media program provider determined the temporal location from the streaming information transmitted from the media server to the media program provider. The media server resumes transmission of the media program to the second device from the temporal location received from the media program provider. | 04-30-2015 |
20150121441 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EMBEDDING MULTIMEDIA DATA IN SURGICAL FEEDS - Systems and methods for embedding and sharing video feeds captured during a surgery, to users, in real-time, including video receivers for receiving video feed from video recording equipment, a video stream distribution server receiving the video feed, a relay transferring the video feed to users by rendering the video feed in relation to bandwidth available to each of the users and selecting a protocol of RTP, RTSP, and RTMP and selecting transmission parameters of video bit rate parameters, frames per second parameters, window size(s) parameters, buffer size parameters, key frame interval parameters. Systems and methods create and transmit video feeds with full duplex communication, viewing options, and surgery-performable video frame sequence transmission at substantially reduced bandwidth between origin and end user. | 04-30-2015 |
20150121442 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TAGGING VIDEO CONTENT - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for determining a tag based on an interaction of a mobile device with a media processor. The tag is associated with a number of options of video content received at the media processor. A request is determined from the media processor for the number of options of video content associated with the tag. A transfer of the plurality of options of video content is initiated from a video source to the media processor. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 04-30-2015 |
20150128198 | STREAMING DEVICE and STREAMING SYSTEM thereof - A streaming method for a streaming system includes receiving and analyzing a first streaming signal within a first frequency range, by a streaming device of the streaming system, from a program source; transmitting the first streaming signal to a first display device of the streaming system by the streaming device; and transmitting a second streaming signal within the first frequency range to a second display device of the streaming system when the second display device generates an instruction signal. | 05-07-2015 |
20150135245 | USE OF SIMULTANEOUSLY RECEIVED VIDEOS BY A SYSTEM TO GENERATE A QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE VALUE - A first instance of a reference video is stored. A primary video and a second instance of the reference video are simultaneously received. At least one quality of experience value that infers a perceptual quality of the primary video as received by a system is generated by comparing the first instance of the reference video to the second instance of the reference video on a pixel-by-pixel, frame-by-frame, basis and determining whether each pixel and each frame contained in the first instance of the reference video are contained in the second instance of the reference video. | 05-14-2015 |
20150135246 | USE OF SIMULTANEOUSLY RECEIVED VIDEOS BY A SYSTEM TO GENERATE A QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE VALUE - A first instance of a reference video is stored. A primary video and a second instance of the reference video are simultaneously received. At least one quality of experience value that infers a perceptual quality of the primary video as received by a system is generated by comparing the first instance of the reference video to the second instance of the reference video on a pixel-by-pixel, frame-by-frame, basis and determining whether each pixel and each frame contained in the first instance of the reference video are contained in the second instance of the reference video. | 05-14-2015 |
20150143441 | BROADCAST INTERACTIVE TELEVISION SYSTEM - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system for delivering broadcast channels by way of edge routers using multicast virtual private networks, sharing a same multicast state for the broadcast channels and sharing a same multicast delivery tree for the broadcast channels. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 05-21-2015 |
20150150065 | LIVE VIDEO BROADCASTING ON DISTRIBUTED NETWORKS - The techniques related to providing a live program over the Internet are described. According to one aspect of the techniques, a data stream representing a live program is preprocessed to produce a plurality of substreams, each of the substreams comprising decimated samples of the data stream. The number of substreams is relatively large so that the bandwidth requirement for delivering one of the substreams is relatively low. With a group of seeding boxes receiving the substreams, a group of boxes in services are designated to receive the substreams from the seeding boxes, each of these boxes including the seeding boxes is able to support multiple outbound streams (e.g., greater than 2) so that there are enough data suppliers to service the ordering boxes or colonize more boxes to become the data suppliers. As a result, a live program can be timely serviced by peer boxes, significantly reducing the computation and bandwidth burdens on a server(s). | 05-28-2015 |
20150304605 | INTERACTIVE VIDEO SYSTEM - An interactive video system is provided that is capable of combining streaming televised events with video conferencing technology to create a social television experience. A first user is able to connect via a webcam and microphone to a server that combines the webcam video and sound from the microphone with a streaming video that could be a televised event. The combined webcam video, microphone sound, and streaming video is then broadcast to the first user and other users such that the users are capable of viewing the streaming video with the live conferencing video and sound from the first user. This procedure may be repeated such that a plurality of users may video conference live on top of the streaming video. | 10-22-2015 |
20150304709 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING VIDEO QUALITY - A method and apparatus are disclosed for predicting subjective quality of a video contained in a bit stream on a packet layer. Header information of the bit-stream is parsed and frame layer information, such as frame type, is estimated. Visible artifact levels are then estimated based on frame layer information. An overall artifact level and quality metric are estimated based on artifact levels for individual frames with other parameters. Specifically, different weighting factors are used for different frame types when estimating the levels of initial visible artifacts and propagated visible artifacts. The number of slices per frame is used as a parameter when estimating the overall artifact level for the video. Moreover, the quality assessment model considers quality loss caused by both coding and channel artifacts. | 10-22-2015 |
20150312599 | Intelligent Multiplexing Using Class-Based, Multi-Dimensioned Decision Logic for Managed Networks - Switched digital television programming for video-on-demand and other interactive television services are combined utilizing a class-based, multi-dimensional decision logic to simultaneously optimize video quality and audio uniformity while minimizing latency during user interactions with the system over managed networks such as cable and satellite television networks. A group of user sessions are assigned to a single modulator. The user sessions include data in a plurality of classes, each class having a respective priority. In response to a determination that an aggregate bandwidth of the group of user sessions for a first frame time exceeds a specified budget, bandwidth is allocated for the group of user sessions during the first frame time in accordance with the class priorities. The group of user sessions is multiplexed onto a channel corresponding to the modulator in accordance with the allocated bandwidth and transmitted over a managed network. | 10-29-2015 |
20150319502 | Sharing Television and Video Programming Through Social Networking - In particular embodiments, one or more computer systems of a social-networking system determine a first media device of a first user of a social-networking system and determine a second media device of a second user of the social-networking system. The one or more computer systems access a social graph of the social-networking system, update the social graph based on the determined first and second media devices, and stream media from the first media device to the second media device using the updated social graph. The social graph includes nodes and edges connecting the nodes, the nodes including user nodes that are each associated with a particular user of the social-networking system and concept nodes that are each associated with a particular media device. | 11-05-2015 |
20150326939 | DIAGNOSING AND OPTIMIZING NETWORK-WIDE IPTV CONFIGURATIONS - Methods, systems, and apparatus for diagnosing and optimizing an Internet Protocol television (IPTV) network are disclosed. In one aspect a method includes receiving a network address of a device; detecting a network topology associated with the device based on the network address of the device; identifying a configuration parameter setting associated with the network topology that is outside of a range of acceptable configuration parameter settings for the network topology; and providing output specifying the configuration parameter setting that is outside of the range of acceptable configuration parameter settings. | 11-12-2015 |
20150326943 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION SERVICE BASED ON APPLICATION RECEIVED IN MULTICAST SESSION - Provided is a method and apparatus in which information about a multicast session which provides an application associated with a predetermined Internet protocol television (IPTV) service is received and the application is received in the multicast session established based on the received information. | 11-12-2015 |
20150334428 | Data Distribution Apparatus - Apparatus and a system is provided to allow the distribution of received data to a number of data processing apparatus and to make selected portions of the data available to each of the data processing apparatus in response to a user selection. The network includes the use of first and further data processing components which can be provided as integrated circuits and which therefore do not require the use of conventional electromechanical switching apparatus. | 11-19-2015 |
20150341686 | MULTI-SCREEN MEDIA DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system is proposed for delivering video content to display devices using a cloud computing model. A plurality of independent physical computer systems cooperate to implement a virtual computer system (“cloud”) which receives media content from sources of media content, and delivers the media content selectively to video display devices. For each of a plurality of users of the virtual computer system, there is a corresponding process (“cloudclone”) running on the virtual computer system which coordinates the delivery of the content to one or more of the video display devices which are associated with the corresponding user. The cloudclone includes respective components for managing the transfer of media content to each of the video display devices associated with the user. This makes possible a straightforward way of migrating video sessions between the devices associated with the user, by changing the corresponding cloudclone. The cloud can also access pre-determined social relationships between the users, and use the actions of a first of the users, to control content delivered to the other user(s) with which the first user has a social relationship. | 11-26-2015 |
20150350697 | Recording broadcasting enhancement services - Metadata transmitted in parallel to the broadcast information shall be made accessible independent of Internet availability. Therefore, it is proposed to download and store the data located on an Internet address pointed at by metadata link information. The storage is performed in parallel to the recording and is typically done onto the same media; i.e. DVR, hard disk, etc. By playing back the recorded data it is possible to access the complete data including all Internet pages pointed at. | 12-03-2015 |
20150358648 | Digital television broadcasting system using coded orthogonal frequency-division modulation and multilevel LDPC convolutional coding - In transmitter apparatus for a digital television (DTV) broadcasting system, internet-protocol (IP) packets of digital television information are subjected to multilevel concatenated Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem (BCH) coding and low-density parity-check convolutional coding (LDPCCC) before being bit-interleaved and mapped to quadrature-amplitude-modulation (QAM) constellations. The QAM constellations are used in coded orthogonal frequency-division modulation (COFDM) of plural carrier waves up-converted to a radio-frequency broadcast television channel. In receiver apparatus for the DTV broadcasting system the results of de-mapping QAM constellations recovered from demodulating the COFDM carrier waves are de-interleaved, and the constituent LDPCCC codewords are decoded to recover constituent BCH codewords of the multilevel BCH coding. The constituent BCH codewords are decoded to correct remnant bit errors in them. Then, IP packets of digital television information are reconstituted from the systematic data bits in those BCH codewords. | 12-10-2015 |
20150358665 | A TRANSMISSION METHOD, A RECEIVING METHOD, A VIDEO APPARATUS AND A DATABASE SYSTEM - A transmission method in a video apparatus connected to a database system of visual entities is disclosed. The method comprises:
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20150373380 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION APPARATUS, AND RECEPTION METHOD - A transmission apparatus including: a transport stream generation unit configured to generate a transport stream in which a first transport packet containing transport media in a payload and a second transport packet containing information about the transport media in a payload, are time-division multiplexed; a transport stream transmission unit configured to transmit the transport stream to a receiver through a predetermined transmission channel; and a time information insertion unit configured to insert time information for allowing the receiver to obtain decoding time and/or presentation time into the first transport packet or the second transport packet. | 12-24-2015 |
20150373422 | LOAD BALANCING MULTICAST NETWORK TRAFFIC USING VIRTUAL CHANNELS - A method and system for multicasting Internet-protocol television (IPTV) channels is disclosed. In order to receive desired IPTV channels, a first-hop router (FHR) may send a join message to a last-hop router (LHR) establishing multiple paths across a backbone network. The join message may specify mapping at least one virtual IPTV channel to a plurality of multicast channels, along with the desired IPTV channels. The multicast channels may then be transmitted in a round-robin manner over the multiple paths from the LHR to the FHR. A number of virtual IPTV channels may be modified in response to determining a loading profile over the multiple paths to maintain a balanced load among the multiple paths. | 12-24-2015 |
20150373423 | VIDEO SUPPLY DEVICE, VIDEO ACQUISITION DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A server is provided with a video supplier which supplies a captured video of a camera to a client, and the supplier supplies to the client an MPD in which a range of parameter values supported by the camera is indicated. | 12-24-2015 |
20150382082 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE TELEVISION PROGRAM - A system and method for an interactive television program is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes broadcasting a presentation of a selected entrepreneur, where the presentation is to persuade viewers to invest in a particular product or service. In addition the method includes receiving a pledge from a viewer to invest in the particular product or service through an Internet, social media, mobile devices, or any combination thereof, and broadcasting results of the pledges for the particular product or service. The method also includes collecting the pledges, transmitting an investor agreement to each viewer that made a pledge when the selected entrepreneur accepts the pledge, and disbursing the pledges to the selected entrepreneur upon receiving the investor agreement executed by the viewer. | 12-31-2015 |
20160021426 | Systems, Apparatuses, Methods and Computer Executable Code for Facilitating Broadcast, Publication and/or Sharing of Video from a User Device to one or more Other User Devices in a Social Networking Environment - The present invention includes systems, apparatuses, methods and computer executable code for facilitating broadcast, publication and/or sharing of video from a user device to one or more other user devices in a social networking environment. According to some embodiments of the present invention, there may be provided systems, apparatuses, methods and computer executable code for facilitating live broadcast of video captured by a user device image sensor to one or more other users associated with the broadcasting user within a social networking site (e.g. facebook). | 01-21-2016 |
20160029052 | Method And Apparatus For Converting Audio, Video And Control Signals - An apparatus for converting between synchronous audio, video and control signals and asynchronous data streams for an IP network as interfaces for the audio and video signals and for control signals. A processor is arranged to convert between the synchronous audio, video and control signals and asynchronous packaged data streams. The data streams are sent on a stream according to IP standards that are selected according to the nature of the signal to be transmitted. | 01-28-2016 |
20160029053 | Method for transmitting media data and virtual desktop server - Disclosed is a method for transmitting media data, comprises: acquiring streaming media data of a media file that a terminal requests to play; when it is determined that the terminal supports a media format of the streaming media data, sending the streaming media data to the terminal, and the terminal playing the streaming media data; when it is determined that the terminal does not support the media format of the streaming media data requested to be played, converting the media format of the streaming media data into a media format supported by the terminal; and sending the converted streaming media data to the terminal, and the terminal directly playing the converted streaming media data. Also disclosed is a virtual desktop server. The present invention can effectively save the CPU resources of the virtual desktop server. | 01-28-2016 |
20160029068 | METHOD FOR TRANSCEIVING MEDIA FILES AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING USING SAME - A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving an MPEG-2 TS-based media file are provided. In the method of transmitting an MPEG2 Transport Stream (TS)-based media file, a Presentation Time Stamp (PTS) of a Presentation Unit (PU) is mapped to a Media Presentation Time (MPT) for synchronization with other media with respect to at least one program element forming a program included in the media file; and synchronization information including the mapped media presentation time is transmitted together with the media file, wherein the media presentation time is provided for a first PU in a segment of the transmitted media file. | 01-28-2016 |
20160029079 | Method and Device for Playing and Processing a Video Based on a Virtual Desktop - Provided a method and device for playing and processing a video based on a virtual desktop. The method comprises: a terminal receives a original code stream of a video file to be played currently, wherein the original code stream is sent to the terminal by a virtual desktop system after the virtual desktop acquires the original code stream; and the terminal plays the video file according to the original code stream. The disclosure avoids or reduces the occupation of Central Processing Unit (CPU) resources of a virtual machine host, and achieves smooth playback of video files. | 01-28-2016 |
20160037206 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, METAFILE TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION APPARATUS, AND RECEPTION PROCESSING METHOD - [Object] To cause presentation layout control of a content to be performed with ease. | 02-04-2016 |
20160037229 | SYSTEM FOR FAULT DETECTION IN AN INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an interactive television network element having a wireless transceiver, a wireline transceiver, and a controller. The controller can be adapted to process multimedia signals received from an upstream network element, transmit the processed multimedia signals to one or more downstream network elements, monitor communications on a wireline interface capable of accessing a fault management system (FMS), and cause the wireless access transceiver to wirelessly transmit to the FMS telemetry information collected responsive to detecting one or more faults in the wireline interface. The controller can also cause the wireline transceiver to transmit to the FMS over the wireline interface the telemetry information responsive to detecting no fault in the wireline interface that impedes communication with the FMS over the wireline interface. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 02-04-2016 |
20160044342 | CONTROLLER, CONTROL METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND VIDEO TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - [Object] To provides a controller capable of switching a video so that the video is not distorted on the receiving side when the video is transmitted using IP multicast | 02-11-2016 |
20160044348 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING COMMUNICATION SESSIONS - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server operably coupleable to an internet protocol multimedia subsystem network and an interactive television system, where the server receives a session transfer request from a first communication device, where the session transfer request includes identification information associated with a second communication device, and where the server transmits a message to the second communication device and transmits a media adjustment message to a media resource server of the internet protocol multimedia subsystem network. The media content is adjusted and transmitted to the second communication device responsive to the media adjustment message, where the adjusted media content is generated by the media resource server based on the identification information associated with the second communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 02-11-2016 |
20160050445 | DATA REPOSITORY FOR SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT INFORMATION - A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product provide/deliver information during a live broadcast. Information feeds (that include attributes and values) are ingested via a plug-in architecture, into an application server. The application server drives the information feeds into a database, and distributes the attributes to a web server. The web server exposes, using a web service, the attributes clients. The web service enables clients to select a set of the attributes and configure, for visual display, the values corresponding to the selected set of the attributes. The values are composited in real-time, based on the configuration, with live audio-video content. The composited elements and live audio-video content are broadcast/streamed live. | 02-18-2016 |
20160050453 | Asynchronously streaming video of a live event from a handheld device - A video streaming system includes a handheld computing device that asynchronously streams video to a storage subsystem. The handheld computing device receives and buffers video data of contiguous video samples and, after a predefined amount of contiguous video samples has been buffered, assigns an index for that predefined amount of contiguous video samples and asynchronously transmits the index and those contiguous video samples to a storage subsystem of a broadcast server system. The handheld computing device, upon determining that the predefined amount of contiguous video samples has been received by the storage subsystem, transmits a notification message to an application server of the broadcast server system that includes the assigned index and indicates that the corresponding contiguous video samples are stored on the storage subsystem. The notification message causes the application server to fetch those video samples according to the index and process them for broadcasting to client computing devices. | 02-18-2016 |
20160057457 | LIVE VIDEO BROADCASTING MOBILE APPLICATION FOR SOCIAL SHARING - An approach for creation of a live video broadcasting mobile application for social sharing of digital streamed video data focused on providing the individual broadcaster with a quality of service normally provided to professional live broadcasting networks that senses the type of environment a user is currently using and provides all the features including global reach, unlimited viewer scaling, viewing control, viewer notification, high quality video delivery, and features that provide payout to viewers based on advertising revenue. | 02-25-2016 |
20160057487 | DATA STREAM PROCESSING APPARATUS - An embodiment of the invention provides a data stream processing apparatus. The data stream processing apparatus includes a demultiplexer, a data processor and a backward buffer. The demultiplexer accesses and demultiplexes a multimedia data stream and output a first data stream. The multimedia data stream includes a plurality of data units. The data processor receives and processes the first data stream. The backward buffer stores a first portion of multimedia data stream, wherein the data units of the first portion of the multimedia data stream has been accessed by the demultiplexer, but has not been processed by the data processor. If a user demands changing a playback content of the multimedia data stream, the data units stored in the backward buffer are re-transmitted to the demultiplexer for filtering out a second data stream corresponding to the demand. | 02-25-2016 |
20160057495 | FAILOVER WITH REDUNDANT MULTICASTS FOR SWITCHED DIGITAL VIDEO - A method and system for delivering content is provided. In one example, responsive to a request by a client device identifying a video program, the system is configured to determine different first and second network paths for delivery of the video program from a content source; deliver the video program via the first network path to the client device; and responsive to a change in status of the video program being delivered via the first network path, deliver the video program via the second network path to the client device. | 02-25-2016 |
20160057509 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTENT REQUESTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - [Object] To provide an information processing device in which maintenance is enabled by avoiding an increase in an amount of the meta information when a device is remotely controlled by a client using the ABS technique. | 02-25-2016 |
20160066035 | Profile Generator - According to aspects of the invention there are provided a method for modifying a content stream distributed to one or more users, the method comprising: generating a content stream comprising a plurality of content items from one or more content providers; constructing one or more filters for modifying the content steam, wherein the one or more filters is constructed by defining one or more parameters relating the content items; applying the one or more filters to the content stream; selecting one or more content items from the content stream based on defined parameters; and modifying the content stream by applying the constructed filter to the plurality of content items in the content stream. | 03-03-2016 |
20160073142 | Video Data Processing Method and Apparatus - A video data processing method. The method includes: acquiring a multiple program transport stream identifier of each TS packet; acquiring, a single program transport stream identifier of each TS packet; creating at least one scheduling queue for the at least one TS packet according to the single program transport stream identifier in the first information mapping table; selecting any scheduling queue, and determining a first TS packet of the any scheduling queue meets a scheduling condition, selecting at least one output channel to output the any scheduling queue, and continuing to perform determining on a first TS packet of another scheduling queue until determining on all scheduling queues is completed. The present disclosure is applied to transmission of video data. | 03-10-2016 |
20160073150 | System and Methods for Transmitting and Distributing Media Content - A technique for post-processing media content on a network by a GPU cloud computing system is provided. The system includes a plurality of computer systems providing a content submission connection for uploading the media content. The system includes a processor configured to receive descriptive information related to the media content via the network, receive the media content via the content submission connection which has a quicker uploading bandwidth than the network, process the media content; and distribute processed media content via the network that is separated from the content submission connection. The system further includes a distributed GPU cloud computing platform to perform parallel post-processing of the media content, and an immersive 3D interface. | 03-10-2016 |
20160073178 | METHOD FOR TRANSCEIVING MEDIA FILES AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING USING SAME - A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving an MPEG-2 TS-based media file are provided. In the method of transmitting an MPEG2 Transport Stream (TS)-based media file, a Presentation Time Stamp (PTS) of a Presentation Unit (PU) is mapped to a Media Presentation Time (MPT) for synchronization with other media with respect to at least one program element forming a program included in the media file; and synchronization information including the mapped media presentation time is transmitted together with the media file, wherein the media presentation time is provided for a first PU in a segment of the transmitted media file. | 03-10-2016 |
20160080783 | CONTENT SUPPLY DEVICE, CONTENT SUPPLY METHOD, PROGRAM, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND CONTENT SUPPLY SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a content supply device, a content supply method, a program, a terminal device, and a content supply system, which are capable of performing rapid zapping between channels. A content supply device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a first supply unit configured to generate a zapping stream by delimiting streaming data according to a timing and a duration in common with another channel and to supply the zapping stream to a reception side via a network, a second supply unit configured to generate a viewing stream by delimiting the streaming data according to a duration of an integer multiple of the duration of the zapping stream and to supply the viewing stream to the reception side via the network, and a metafile generating unit configured to generate a metafile that is for the reception side to receive the zapping stream and the viewing stream. The present disclosure can be applied to a system in which content is delivered in a streaming manner. | 03-17-2016 |
20160080832 | METHOD OF RECEIVING A BROADCASTING SIGNAL AND RECEIVING SYSTEM FOR RECEIVING A BROADCASTING SIGNAL - A broadcast signal reception method and a reception system are provided. The reception system includes a first processor, a second processor, and a storage medium. The first processor receives and processes a signaling table, the signaling table comprising first signaling information including access information of Non-Real-Time (NRT) service data and second signaling information including media object association information of the NRT service data. The second processor receives the NRT service data and processes a file including the received NRT service data based on the access information and the media object association information processed by the first processor. The storage medium stores the processed file of the NRT service data. | 03-17-2016 |
20160094869 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH MEDIA CONTENT - Systems and methods are provided for providing information associated with media contents are provided. The method comprises broadcasting a communication address associated with a playing device configured to play the media contents, the broadcasted communication address enables a user terminal device to communicate with the playing device; receiving, from the user terminal device, a request to acquire information associated with the media contents; determining an identifier associated with the information; and transmitting the identifier to the user terminal device. The identifier enables the user terminal device to acquire the information. | 03-31-2016 |
20160094883 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ENABLING PRESENCE-BASED AND USE-BASED SERVICES - Apparatus and methods for enabling presence-based and/or use-based services. In one embodiment, a presence database and an evaluation entity collect information relating to a device's location and activity. The presence database collects location-based data to build anonymized user profiles; estimates a physical location of the device; and provides targeted content to the device. The user profiles are stored at e.g., a user premises, or at a headend network or elsewhere within the “cloud”. Additionally, in one variant, signals are collected from “smart” appliances (in a home or other premises) to create personal, shared, and family environmental settings which are instantiated when a user enters the premises. Methods and apparatus to collect browsing behavior across desktop and mobile devices on third party sites (including web browsing, social networking, and e-commerce) which are represented by the managed network are also provided. | 03-31-2016 |
20160094885 | LOCALLY CONTROLLABLE INTERACTIVE GAME SYSTEM AND METHODS OF CREATING THE SAME - Various embodiments facilitate multi-user gaming. In one embodiment, a locally controllable interactive game system is provided to support a plurality of users within a single household. The locally controllable interactive game system includes a host and a plurality of thin clients. The host and the plurality of thin clients allow respective users to play video games independently or together for multi-player video games. The host is coupled to a plurality of video game content providers by a world wide web. In one embodiment, the host consolidates video game content from the plurality of video game content providers. The plurality of thin clients is coupled to the host by a local area network. In one embodiment, each thin client obtains user video game content from the host and utilizes the user video game content to provide a video game to a respective user. | 03-31-2016 |
20160094892 | Sharing Video Recording Resources Over a Network - A method of sharing recording capability on a network, the network having a server supporting at least a recording DVR and a receiving DVR, the recording and receiving DVRs being in different households, the method comprising: (a) determining that the receiving DVR is unable to record the content at a certain time; and (b) identifying that the recording DVR is able to provide the receiving DVR with a recording of the content; (c) recording the content on the recording DVR at the certain time; and (d) transmitting the content from the recording DVR to the receiving DVR after the certain time. | 03-31-2016 |
20160100217 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING DELIVERY OF VIDEO CONTENT IN NATIVE MOBILE APPLICATIONS - A system and method for optimizing content delivery via native applications. The method comprises: intercepting a request for a content item existing in a web source over a network, wherein the request is intercepted from a user device; analyzing the intercepted request to extract a pointer to the web source; analyzing the web source to identify at least one content node communicatively connected to the network, wherein each of the at least one identified content node provides a more efficient delivery of the content item than the web source; causing the user device to select a content node of the at least one identified content node; and causing the user device to retrieve the content item via the selected content node. | 04-07-2016 |
20160100230 | QOE-AWARE WIFI ENHANCEMENTS FOR VIDEO APPLICATIONS - An importance level may be associated with a video packet at the video source and/or determined using the history of packet loss corresponding to a video flow. A video packet may be associated with a class and may be further associated within a sub-class, for example, based on importance level. Associating a video packet with an importance level may include receiving a video packet associated with a video stream, assigning an importance level to the video packet, and sending the video packet according to the access category and importance level. The video packet may be characterized by an access category. The importance level may be associated with a transmission priority of the video packet within the access category of the video packet and/or a retransmission limit of the video packet. | 04-07-2016 |
20160105704 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING MEDIA CONTENT - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for providing redundancy in a video data stream. For every data frame of a plurality of data frames of video content, the method includes dividing the data frame into a plurality of data segments and copying a plurality of each of the plurality of data segments to the plurality of data frames in a data stream to provide redundancy for the data frame within the plurality of data frames in the data stream. The plurality of each of the plurality of data segments is distributed across the plurality of data frames to provide generate a plurality of redundancy-enhanced data frames that provide the redundancy over a protection interval associated with a network path. The method includes transmitting a data stream comprising the plurality of redundancy-enhanced data frames to a receiver via the network path. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 04-14-2016 |
20160105727 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RENDERING BROADCAST SERVICE - Disclosed is a method and device for providing a broadcasting service, including: acquiring signaling information from a broadcasting signal received from a broadcasting network; acquiring information on a hybrid broadcasting service based upon the signaling information; and determining whether a component to be received through a communication network exists based upon information on the hybrid broadcasting service. | 04-14-2016 |
20160105732 | Optimizing Caches For Media Streaming - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, are described for establishing a grouping rule and a mapping protocol at a cache server system for caching fragments of a media stream that includes a timed-sequence of video frames. The fragments can be generated and identified at media source systems in accordance with a fragmenting format and an indexing protocol, respectively, which are common across the media source systems. Further, the established mapping protocol can be different from the indexing protocol. The methods include retrieving at least a portion of the fragments of the media stream by the cache server system from the media source systems. The methods also include allocating the retrieved fragments to local fragment groups at the cache server system based on the established grouping rule. The methods further include mapping the allocated fragments to the local fragment groups based on the established mapping protocol. | 04-14-2016 |
20160112731 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION METHOD OF TRANSMISSION STREAM, AND PROCESSING DEVICE - A response time until initial presentation decreases in such cases as reception of a service and reproduction of reception data after accumulation of the reception data. | 04-21-2016 |
20160112733 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a video display device and a method of controlling the same. The method includes obtaining an uncompressed audio-visual (AV) content; playing the uncompressed AV content through the display unit; obtaining content information of the uncompressed AV content on the basis of a content section of the uncompressed AV content; obtaining content change time information and enhanced service information on the basis of the content information; and determining a delay time for obtaining the next content information on the basis of the content change time information. | 04-21-2016 |
20160119692 | INTERACTIVE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIEWER SELECTION OF OBJECTS IN CONTEXT WHILE VIEWING TELEVISION - Systems and methods are disclosed that enable a viewer to select one or more objects in frames of interest in a television program while viewing the television program, in order to receive additional information about the selected object. | 04-28-2016 |
20160134908 | BROADCASTING TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION APPARATUS AND BROADCASTING TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION METHOD - A broadcasting transmission/reception apparatus and a broadcasting transmission/reception method are disclosed. The broadcasting transmission/reception apparatus comprises: a control unit for generating a transmission packet; and a communication unit for transmitting a broadcasting signal including the generated transmission packet, wherein the transmission packet includes a payload field including data, a stuffing indicator field indicating whether a stuffing byte is included or not, and a network protocol field indicating a network protocol type of the data included in the payload field. | 05-12-2016 |
20160134931 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING LATENCY IN MULTI-MEDIA SYSTEM - A sink apparatus for receiving and playing back multimedia data receives data frames and discards data frames from its processing pipeline in order to reduce latency if it is determined that an amount of media data buffered in one or more portions of the processing pipeline during a fixed playback time period is above a threshold value. The threshold value and therefore the extent to which data frames are discarded can be varied in order to balance latency and quality of the displayed multimedia data. | 05-12-2016 |
20160142790 | METHOD FOR MAPPING SIGNALING INFORMATION TO ANNOUNCEMENT INFORMATION AND BROADCAST RECEIVER - A method of providing a Non-Real-Time (NRT) service includes receiving a file configuring the NRT service, first signaling information, and second signaling information in a state of being IP-packetized and contained in a single ensemble, configuring and displaying a service guide using the first signaling information acquired from the ensemble, acquiring a first content identifier of content selected from the displayed service guide, accessing a FLUTE session using the second signaling information acquired from the ensemble and acquiring a second content identifier matched with the first content identifier from the accessed FLUTE session, and receiving and storing at least one file configuring the content based on the acquired second content identifier. | 05-19-2016 |
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20160191994 | Digital Terrestrial Television On A Mobile Device - A digital terrestrial television signal is received by an antenna embedded into a subsequently applied case for a mobile device. The case includes a receiver that receives the signal and processes it into a format that the mobile device can easily implement in applications residing on the mobile device. An optional battery embedded in the case facilitates in providing power to the receiver and/or the mobile device. The receiver can communicate the reformatted signals to the mobile device in a wired and/or wireless manner. | 06-30-2016 |
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20160192036 | CONTENT SUPPLY DEVICE, CONTENT SUPPLY METHOD, PROGRAM, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND CONTENT SUPPLY SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a content supply device, a content supply method, a program, a terminal device, and a content supply system in which the reception side that acquires a FLUTE session can be notified of the reception mode. A content supply device according to the present disclosure includes: a fragment stream generating portion that generates a fragment stream on the basis of source data of content; a FLUTE-stream generating portion that generates a FLUTE stream from the generated fragment stream; an SDP creation portion that creates an SDP including a reception mode in the ease of a reception side receiving a FLUTE session including the FLUTE stream; and a multicast delivery portion that delivers the FLUTE stream over FLUTE multicast and, prior to delivery of the FLUTE stream over FLUTE multicast, delivers the SDP over FLUTE multicast. The present disclosure can be applied to a system that delivers content over FLUTE multicast. | 06-30-2016 |
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