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20080201752 | Multicast data packet recovery system - Particular embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide methods and systems to support a multicast data packet recovery system. In an example embodiment, the system includes a distribution server operable to detect a missed data packet in a multicast data stream; issue a request for a retransmission of the missed data packet to an acquisition server via a unicast data channel; receive the requested data packet via a multicast data channel, in response to the request for a retransmission of the missed data packet; and send the requested data packet to one or more subscribers. | 08-21-2008 |
20080201753 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAVING AND RECALLING STATE DATA FOR MEDIA AND HOME APPLIANCES - A set of media playback and device settings data from each home appliance of a first set of home appliances is stored on a central server and/or sent to a remote control device upon initiation of a suspend command by a user. The stored media and devices states may be used at a later time to control the first set of home appliances, or a user may, after relocating to a second set of home appliances, initiate a resume state command whereupon media playback and device settings data from the central server and/or remote control device controls each home appliance in the second set of home appliances to bring about the same or substantially similar media and device states as in the first set of home appliances. | 08-21-2008 |
20080201754 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAVING AND RECALLING STATE DATA FOR MEDIA AND HOME APPLIANCES - A set of media playback and device settings data from each home appliance of a first set of home appliances is stored on a central server and/or sent to a remote control device upon initiation of a suspend command by a user. The stored media and devices states may be used at a later time to control the first set of home appliances, or a user may, after relocating to a second set of home appliances, initiate a resume state command whereupon media playback and device settings data from the central server and/or remote control device controls each home appliance in the second set of home appliances to bring about the same or substantially similar media and device states as in the first set of home appliances. | 08-21-2008 |
20080209491 | Personal content server apparatus and methods - Personal content server apparatus and associated methods that allow a user (e.g., cable or satellite network subscriber) to access content, such as a video program, from a location outside the subscriber's network. In one embodiment, a personal content server streams the content to the subscriber over a network connection from the local e.g., (subscription) network to a remote network upon authorization by a content manager process. Various access, business or operational rules are applied depending on the content and delivery mode; e.g., to live video broadcast, video-on-demand (VOD), or archived content from the subscriber's digital video recorder (DVR) or networked PVR. In another variant, reservation information (for example program or asset ID information) is cached at a headend or hub server, thereby obviating the subscriber (or the network) having to access the subscriber's premises device. In yet another variant, a “virtual” CPE experience is provided for the remote user. | 08-28-2008 |
20080216141 | ON DEMAND RF VIDEO FEED FOR PORTABLE VIDEO MONITOR - The present invention discloses systems for selectively viewing video information. A system in accordance with the present invention comprises a portable monitor, a video router, and a controller, coupled to the video router, wherein the video router selectively sends requested video information to the portable monitor based on commands from the controller. | 09-04-2008 |
20080235747 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING DIGITAL CONTENTS AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING DIGITAL CONTENTS BY USING THE METHOD - A method and apparatus for sharing digital content and a system for sharing digital content are provided. A multimedia device, such as an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), as the apparatus for sharing digital content, includes a decoder for decoding digital content data; a Digital Signal Processor (DSP) for encoding the digital content data decoded by the decoder to have a data format which a remote device supports; and a network interface for transmitting the digital content data re-encoded by the DSP to the remote device. In the present invention, once a user subscribes for a content providing service for the IPTV, the user is able to watch digital content of the IPTV in a remote place by using the mobile phone, or the like without separately subscribing for a service for the mobile phone. | 09-25-2008 |
20080235748 | TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIGITAL TELEVISION BROADCASTING DATA - Provided are an apparatus and method for reducing power consumption by selectively turning off frame receiving while undesired service is transmitted. The method includes generating a service frame group including all service frames and designating the frame number for service frames so that a radio frequency (RF) receiving unit operates while receiving the service frames corresponding to a desired service and the power of the RF receiving unit is turned off while the service frames corresponding to an undesired service are transmitted, thereby saving power. In addition, the power of the RF device is continuously turned off during various frames so that the RF device can rest for a longer period of time and thus power saving efficiency is excellent. | 09-25-2008 |
20080235749 | Delivering and Displaying Advertisement or Other Application Data to Display Systems - Display devices and systems including television sets, and systems, apparatus and methods for delivering information and providing services through display devices and systems. The display used in the described systems and methods is capable of receiving one or more TV programming channels and an independent designated application channel and having at least a first display window and a second display window separated from each other without spatial overlap on the screen. The information sent over the designated application channel to the display is displayed on the first display window while simultaneously displaying one of the TV programming channels on the second display window. A viewer control mechanism is provided in the display to allow the viewer to switch the information received from the designated application channel from the first display window to the second display window and switch back at the viewer's choice. | 09-25-2008 |
20080244673 | Information processor and recording medium in which information processing program is recorded - In a request node for receiving content with a preset distribution completion time limit, which is distributed from a content node connected to the request node via a network, remaining time to the distribution completion time limit is detected. On the basis of the detected remaining time, a download speed necessary for distributing the content in the whole of the detected remaining time and completing the distribution within the remaining time is determined. Content request information including information indicative of the determined download speed is transmitted to the request node. | 10-02-2008 |
20080244674 | Information distribution system, program-for-management-apparatus recording medium, and program-for-information-processor recording medium - A content distribution system includes a node to which content is distributed via a network and a distribution management server for managing a content distribution status. | 10-02-2008 |
20080244675 | Imaged image data processing apparatus, viewing information creating apparatus, viewing information creating system, imaged image data processing method and viewing information creating method - An imaged image data processing apparatus includes obtaining means for obtaining imaged image data, which is imaged by an imaging section that images the sight of a user, extracting means for extracting identification data for identifying a viewed program from the imaged image data obtained by the obtaining means, and transmitting means for transmitting the identification data extracted by the extracting means to an external viewing information creating apparatus. | 10-02-2008 |
20080250467 | METHOD OF PROCESSING BROADCASTING SERVICE INFORMATION AND HYBRID TV USING THE SAME - A method of processing broadcasting service information and a hybrid TV using the same are provided. The hybrid TV receives SD&S information by determining whether broadcasting service information on whether one or more broadcasting providers concurrently provide IPTV broadcasting services in one-to-one correspondence with legacy broadcasting services, which are substitutable for each other, is included in a packet received from an IP network and discarding the received packet, when it is determined that broadcasting service information is not included in the received packet. | 10-09-2008 |
20080256584 | Method and System of Transporting Multimedia Signals - A method and system of transporting multimedia signals from a source | 10-16-2008 |
20080263611 | VIDEO INTERFACING AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING VIDEO PROGRAMS - A method of transmitting video programs or sequences containing reference images as I-frames including sending the video programs or the sequences to a user as divided into two parts: a first part corresponding to an original video program in which some or all of the I-frames are substituted, and a second part corresponding to the substituted I-frames and to information allowing reconstruction of the original video program from the first part. | 10-23-2008 |
20080271101 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BROADBAND DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDING - A broadband digital video recorder (BDVR) system allows cable or satellite television (TV) viewers to cause a copy of a selected TV show to be downloaded via a broadband Internet network and stored for viewing on a designated computer or a portable media player. Television viewers make a selection of a TV show to record using their remote control device. In response, the BDVR system causes a copy of a video file corresponding to the selected television show to be automatically downloaded from a remote server to the user's computer over a broadband Internet connection. Users may conveniently select a television show to record via a conventional television network but automatically download a digital video file corresponding to the television show to their computer via a broadband Internet network without complicated user interaction and without searching for the video files on the Internet. | 10-30-2008 |
20080282304 | Module and architecture for generating real-time, multiple-resolution video streams and the architecture thereof - A module for generating real-time, multiple-resolution video streams and the architecture thereof are disclosed. A module for generating multiple-resolution video streams as well as the architecture thereof for use with a video encoder includes a system bus, an external memory and a main processor. The main processor and the external memory are coupled to the system bus. The main processor includes a microprocessor, a main arithmetic unit and a secondary arithmetic unit. By applying the present invention, a less time-consuming arithmetic module can synchronously perform together with a more time-consuming arithmetic module, thereby reducing idle time and increasing hardware efficiency and parallelism. | 11-13-2008 |
20080282305 | Media Distribution System, Apparatus, Method and Software - Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide for media delivery and reporting. Modules are defined using a an extendable mark up language for first media, second media, and system users. A first module includes characteristics and requirements for first media and second media locations within the first media. A second module includes a second media description and requirements. A third module for each user includes second media preferences and strategies. Corresponding second media is determined for a selected user by searching and matching the second media preferences and strategies with the characteristics and requirements of the first and second modules. Selected first media and the corresponding second media are transmitted in the form of either at least two separate media packet streams, or as a combined first and second media packet stream with the corresponding second media embedded in the first media at least some of the determined second media locations. | 11-13-2008 |
20080282306 | Mapping Transport Streams - In a digital network that includes a plurality of devices, which include multiple devices that transmit transport streams, a system and method are provided for discovering and mapping the transport streams and the plurality of devices included in the digital network. One such method sends a transport stream map request to a plurality of network devices. The network devices include a plurality of network transport stream sources and a plurality of network transport stream handlers. The method receives a plurality of replies to the transport stream map request. Each reply includes information associated with the respective network device. The method generates a transport stream map based on the received replies. The transport stream map represents a flow of transport streams among the plurality of network devices. | 11-13-2008 |
20080282307 | Providing Video Content to a Subscriber While Minimizing Transmission Channel Capacity - A method for providing video content to a subscriber while minimizing transmission channel capacity that includes acquiring information corresponding to factors contributing to a perceived picture quality at a display device in communication with a set-top box, compressing video content based on the acquired information, and transmitting over a local loop the compressed video content at a bit rate based on the acquired information, the bit rate corresponding to the perceived picture quality of the video content capable of being provided by an ensemble comprised of the display device, the set-top box, and the local loop. | 11-13-2008 |
20080301746 | PROGRAMMING CONTENT RECONSTRUCTION IN A CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM - Methods and apparatuses for programming content reconstruction in a content delivery system are described. In one embodiment, a method to repair programming content at a receiver controller includes receiving a programming content on the receiver controller from a broadcast transmission; identifying, if present, a portion of the programming content received on the receiver controller that is corrupted; determining in a broadband network, other servers and receiver controllers connected to the broadband network that have an uncorrupted version of the corrupted portion of the programming content; sending a request to one of the other servers and receiver controllers for the uncorrupted version of the corrupted portion of the programming content; and receiving the uncorrupted version of the corrupted portion of the programming content from the one of the other servers and receiver controllers. Other embodiments are also described. | 12-04-2008 |
20080307478 | Method of transmitting/receiving broadcasting signal and receiver - A method of transmitting/receiving a broadcasting signal and a receiver are disclosed. According to the present invention, one broadcast service can be provided by a plurality of video streams. The receiver receives broadcasting information including a first service, which includes a service trigger information of a replacement service for the first service. So the user can view a replacement service of the first service through the service trigger information. | 12-11-2008 |
20090007208 | Program, data processing method, and system of same - An MXF parser thread | 01-01-2009 |
20090025051 | Method of transmitting and receiving broadcast signal and apparatus for receiving broadcast signal - Disclosed are a method of transmitting and receiving a broadcast signal and an apparatus for receiving the broadcast signal. In the present invention, first program table information describing a broadcasting stream, and second program table information including additional service identifier information of the multiplexed stream and third program table information describing the additional service data for the multiplexed stream are obtained. The additional service can be provided with the additional service data by using the third program table information. | 01-22-2009 |
20090031380 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING DATA BROADCAST AND VIDEO APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method for providing a data broadcast and a video apparatus using the method are provided. The method includes receiving data broadcasting files for data broadcasting services; storing the data broadcasting files; and generating a graphical user interface (GUI) for a user to access the stored data broadcasting files. | 01-29-2009 |
20090037968 | USING LAYERED MULTI-STREAM VIDEO CODING TO PROVIDE INCENTIVES IN P2P LIVE STREAMING - A distributed incentive mechanism is provided for peer-to-peer (P2P) streaming networks, such as mesh-pull P2P live streaming networks. Video (or audio) may be encoded into multiple sub-streams such as layered coding and multiple description coding. The system is heterogeneous with peers having different uplink bandwidths. Peers that upload more data (to a peer) receive more substreams (from that peer) and consequently better video quality. Unlike previous approaches in which each peer receives the same video quality no matter how much bandwidth it contributes to the system, differentiated video quality, commensurate with a peer's contribution to other peers, is provided, thereby discouraging free-riders. | 02-05-2009 |
20090037969 | Audiovisual reproduction system - Audiovisual reproduction system comprising a central unit managing a sound control circuit, and a telecommunications modem connected to a distribution network controlled by a host server, through a multitask operating system created around a tools and services library, characterized in that the operating system comprises a function that adjusts the sound control circuit to couple volumes in the various areas in which the loudspeakers in the audiovisual reproduction system are used, this function being accessible through a management mode of the multitask operating system, the coupling maintaining the ratios between the various volumes in each area when the volume in one area is modified. | 02-05-2009 |
20090044241 | BROADCASTING CONTENT PROTECTION/MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Provided is a contents protection and management system including: a contents processing server for providing a service subscriber with contents and producing information for protection and management of the content; a DRM tool server for managing tools used in the contents processing server and the subscriber terminal to process the content; and a license server for managing the subscriber's right to the content. | 02-12-2009 |
20090049496 | CENTRAL AUTOMATED TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR BROADCASTING AND METHOD OF OPERATING - A broadcasting system for receiving a plurality of programs from different programming sources having a plurality of first receivers for receiving the plurality of programs as analog and digital signals. The master control unit includes an analog to digital converter, a storage server, a plurality of playback stations, compression and encryption processors, a multiplexer and a control unit. The control unit is adapted to provide programming instructions to store, process, compress, encrypt, monitor and generate an output signal comprising the plurality of programs in a predetermined format. A transmitter that is coupled to the master control unit transmits the output signal to a plurality of second receivers. The master control unit continues monitoring the output signal after it is received by the plurality of second receivers. The generated output signal provides a combination of the plurality of programs received from different programming sources in a single channel. | 02-19-2009 |
20090064252 | 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. | 03-05-2009 |
20090070840 | Terminal-Cooperated System, Terminal, Server and Method for Uninterrupted Reception of Contents - In a terminal-cooperated system for the uninterrupted reception of contents, the information receiving terminal apparatus includes a unit for transmitting to the mobile terminal the information on content reception switching, and the video information system can uninterruptedly switch over the content reception from the mobile terminal to the information receiving terminal apparatus and from the information receiving terminal apparatus to the mobile terminal, by operating the mobile terminal. | 03-12-2009 |
20090077604 | Connected Video and Audio - The presently claimed invention relates to connecting video and audio signals to audio-video content. One claim recites a method including: receiving data at a server, the data representing picture elements of a video signal or audible portions of an audio signal, the data having been communicated from a remotely located handheld device; at the server, using a processor to derive an identifier from the data; obtaining a link or an address pointer from a database or registry using at least the identifier, the link or address pointer linking or pointing to audio-visual content which is stored at a location remotely located from the server, the audio-visual content being associated with the video signal or with the audio signal; communicating the link or the address pointer to the remotely located handheld device, whereby the remotely located handheld device is provided access the audio-video content with the link or the address pointer. Of course, other combinations and claims are provided as well. | 03-19-2009 |
20090083816 | Systems and Methods for Time Shifting in Multiple Video Presentation - Systems and methods may provide for control of one or more feeds of a multi-feed channel. Such control may implement functions such as pausing, playing, rewinding, fast forwarding, slowing, replaying and zooming. The control may be selectively applied to the feeds so that one, selected ones or all of the feeds are controlled. Thus, implementations may allow a user to selectively interact with video feeds, as well as corresponding audio feeds, while viewing the multi-feed channel. | 03-26-2009 |
20090100489 | SIMULTANEOUS ACCESS TO MEDIA IN A MEDIA DELIVERY SYSTEM - An embodiment of a cable television system includes a media content source configured to transmit media content to a plurality of home communication terminals (HCTs) over a plurality of physical channels over a shared communication medium. Each physical channel carries the media content on a plurality of logical channels. The system further includes a media allocation server configured to receive requests from the plurality of HCTs, each of the requests from a respective HCT designating desired media content to be simultaneously received at the respective HCT and allocating at least a portion of the desired media content among a plurality of physical channels on respective logical channels. | 04-16-2009 |
20090100490 | Method of processing data of a host in an internet protocol television (IPTV) system and the apparatus thereof - A method of processing data of a host in an internet protocol television (IPTV) system and the apparatus thereof are disclosed. Herein, the method includes discovering a source internet protocol (IP) address for routing between a card and servers; communicating the servers using address information, wherein the address information is used by the servers to resolve a destination IP address to which to send messages for a targeted card; and routing IP packets from the discovered source IP address to the targeted card by directing the IP packets to a media access control (MAC) address of the targeted card. | 04-16-2009 |
20090106807 | Video Distribution System for Switching Video Streams - Provided is a video distribution system including: a video server for transmitting a plurality of video streams; and a video gateway for transferring at least one of the plurality of the transmitted video streams to a video client. The video server adds a first identifier for identifying whether data of an independently decodable unit included in the video stream corresponds in time to the video stream; and transmits the video stream to which the first identifier has been added. The video gateway specifies, based on first identifiers added to the transmitted plurality of video streams, the data of the independently decodable unit of the video stream transferred after switching in a case where the video stream is switched to another video stream in the independently decodable unit; and transfers the video stream transferred after the switching from the specified data of the independently decodable unit. | 04-23-2009 |
20090113504 | Digital Signal Converter Device - A device converts a core group of digitally encoded broadcast television channels to analog NTSC signals. The analog NTSC signals are output simultaneously into frequency bands corresponding to conventional CATV broadcast bands. The device allows a conventional analog television receiver to function in a fully digital CATV system as if the analog television receiver were functioning in an analog CATV system. The subscriber selects the channel for viewing via the tuner at the analog receiver, not via the device. | 04-30-2009 |
20090113505 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PRODUCTS FOR MULTI-USER ACCESS FOR INTEGRATED VIDEO - A method, system and computer program product for delivering continuous integrated video via an IPTV network are provided. Input is received from multiple cameras, where each camera is focused on a portion of a larger scene and captures its portion of the larger scene. Memory of a video processor stores each camera's captured portion of the larger scene. The video processor and a buffer memory execute a process for merging each camera's captured portion of the larger scene into a continuous integrated video that is stored in a memory of a video server. The video server and a set-top box communicate via the IPTV network. The video server receives inputs from the set-top box operated by a subscriber for viewing specific portions of the integrated video. The requested portion of the integrated video is streamed from the buffer memory to the set-top box. | 04-30-2009 |
20090113506 | TELEVISION RECEIVER, SERVER, OPERATIONAL SYSTEM OF THE TELEVISION RECEIVER AND OPERATIONAL PROGRAM OF THE TELEVISION RECEIVER - Provided are a television receiver, server, operational system of the television receiver and operational program of the television receiver capable of detecting and correcting unintended connection in case that the connection is established, and facilitating the operation of the television receiver from the outside. A television receiver | 04-30-2009 |
20090119727 | Interactive service system, multimedia content transmitting device, multimedia content receiving device, sub-content receiving device, message receiving device, program for controlling interactive service system, program for controlling multimedia content transmitting device, program for controlling multimedia content receiving device, program for controlling sub-content receiving device, program for controlling message receiving device, and recording medium recording program - In an interactive service system ( | 05-07-2009 |
20090119728 | TUNING RESOLVER - A method and system for supporting media services on devices lacking capabilities to execute reverse transmission communicates necessary to request and/or locate the services. The method and system may be suitable for use with switched broadcast television (SBT) system having unidirectional digital cable products (UDCPs) which are unable to execute reverse transmission communicates necessary to support SBT. | 05-07-2009 |
20090119729 | Method for multicasting views of real-time streaming interactive video - A method includes multicasting by a server center of streaming interactive video/audio streams to multiple destinations via an outbound Internet traffic interface. A given video/audio stream is routed to multiple destinations simultaneously. At least one of the video/audio streams is received at a delay buffer of the server center, the delay buffer storing a replayable portion of at least one of the video/audio streams. | 05-07-2009 |
20090119730 | System for combining a plurality of views of real-time streaming interactive video - An apparatus comprises a plurality of servers arranged in a parallel processing configuration to create a plurality of streams of low-latency streaming interactive video. Each server produces a stream of low-latency streaming interactive video. A unit combines the plurality of streams into a new stream of low-latency streaming interactive video. The unit is also operable to provide a user interface that allows real-time interactive manipulation of the resulting combined streams by a user. | 05-07-2009 |
20090133084 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VIDEO CONTENT AND SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION TO A CLIENT OVER A SWITCHED DIGITAL VIDEO CONTENT-BASED NETWORK - Video content is transmitted from a head end, over a switched digital video content-based network, to a client. The head end obtains a first group of program streams and sends to the client only a subset of the program streams selected by subscribers in a neighborhood of the client. The video content is contained in a given one of the subset of the program streams and the client is tuned to a channel corresponding to the given one of the subset of the streams. The supplemental information is transmitted from the head end, over the switched digital video content-based network, to the client, based upon the channel to which the client is tuned. The video content and the supplemental information can both be sent on an identical carrier frequency corresponding to the channel; they may employ an identical quadrature amplitude modulation scheme, and the video content can be broken into packets identified via a first packet identifier, with the supplemental information broken into packets identified via a second packet identifier. | 05-21-2009 |
20090144791 | System and Method of Detecting Potential Video Traffic Interference - A method of detecting potential video traffic interference at a video head-end of a video distribution network is disclosed and includes detecting, at a video head-end, a signal populating an ultra high frequency (UHF) white space frequency. The method also includes determining that a strength of the signal is equal to or greater than a threshold signal strength. Further, the method includes sending an alert from the video head-end to a network management system. The alert indicates that the UHF white space frequency is populated by a signal having a potential to interfere with video traffic delivered via the video head-end. | 06-04-2009 |
20090150956 | Television program broadcasting arrangement, and method - A television program broadcasting arrangement includes a television program broadcasting network, at least one broadcast system, a television program receiver, a data network, a presence server, and a presence client. The at least one broadcast system is configured to broadcast television programs via a plurality of network channels. The television program receiver is configured to receive television programs that are broadcast via the television program broadcasting network. The presence server is configured to provide the data network with television channel presence information associated with the network channels. The presence client is configured to receive the presence information, provided by the presence server, via the data network. The presence client and television receiver are associated with one another such that the television receiver is controllable via the presence client. | 06-11-2009 |
20090150957 | PROVIDING ALTERNATE SERVICES CORRESPONDING TO UNAUTHORIZED REQUESTED TELEVISION SERVICES - The present invention provides a system for providing alternative services in a television system. In one implementation, a subscriber is provided an alternative service upon attempting to access an unauthorized service, thereby providing a framework for efficient control of conditional access and enhanced services. In addition, in one implementation, user device limitations or variations are handled conveniently through the same multi-purpose system for providing alternative services. | 06-11-2009 |
20090158373 | System And Method Of Delivering Video Content - A method of delivering video content is disclosed and includes sending data from a set-top box device to a video head-end of a video distribution network. The data indicates that the set-top box device has received a channel change command and identifies a requested channel. The method includes receiving video content associated with a program provided via the requested channel at the set-top box device, beginning at a set-top box receipt time, and retrieving a portion of backfill content from a digital video recorder (DVR) in response to a reverse command received at the set-top box device. The backfill content includes video content associated with the program extending from a start time of the program to the set-top box receipt time. The backfill content is sent from a buffer server at the video head-end to the DVR in response to the data sent by the set-top box device. | 06-18-2009 |
20090158374 | DELIVERING INTERACTIVE APPLICATIONS - A method of delivering an interactive application to a plurality of target platforms ( | 06-18-2009 |
20090172760 | Method and Apparatus for Metadata-Based Conditioned Use of Audio-Visual Content - An audio-visual content service provider processor ( | 07-02-2009 |
20090172761 | Method and Apparatus to Facilitate the Local Recording of Audio-Visual Content, in the Absence of End User Requests, for Subsequent Re-Broadcasting - An audio-visual content service provider processor ( | 07-02-2009 |
20090172762 | Methods and System for Efficient Data Transfer Over Hybrid Fiber Coax Infrastructure - The invention is directed to a method for providing client-server data transfer over a Hybrid Fiber Coax network, comprising interfacing, at a client, a video channel, intercepting a content request made from an end-user computing device, notifying a server of a relevant intercepted message via one of using an interactive channel and tagging the request, selecting content sent by the server over the video channel, processing the content selected so as to return it to its IP traffic format, and forwarding the content in its IP traffic format to the end-user computing device. | 07-02-2009 |
20090172763 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND STREAM MEDIA SERVER FOR SUPPORTING MULTI AUDIO TRACKS - A method for supporting multi audio tracks in wireless communication field, which uses multi stream media servers to share the assignment for supporting multi audio tracks. One stream media server receives one video data and multi audio data, but outputs only one determinate audio data; or one stream media server receives one video data and one audio data from multi audio data. User can select the required language by using portal website, and then connect to the stream media server for obtaining one video data and one audio data. The invention also provides a stream media server and a system for supporting multi audio tracks. | 07-02-2009 |
20090178096 | INTELLIGENT OVER-TRANSMISSION OF MEDIA DATA SEGMENTS - An intelligent multi-sending of data stream segments is disclosed. One embodiment comprises monitoring one or more variable data transmission parameters, detecting one or more invariant media data segment parameters, assigning a value to the media data segment based upon the one or more invariant media data segment parameters and the one or more variable data transmission parameters, comparing the value to a threshold, and sending multiple copies of the media data segment over a network link to a media receiver if the value is above the threshold. | 07-09-2009 |
20090178097 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AND FACILITATING MOBILE HIGH-DEFINITION MULTIMEDIA INTERFACE - A method, apparatus and system are provided for generating and facilitating Mobile High-Definition Multimedia Interface. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a transmitter configured to merge multiple channels of a high-definition interface into a single channel to generate a mobile high-definition interface, the mobile high-definition interface configured to facilitate carrying of high-definition media content in a mobile device. The apparatus further includes a receiver coupled with the transmitter, the receiver configured to receive the single channel, and to unmerge the single channel into the multiple channels. | 07-09-2009 |
20090193485 | Methods and apparatus for predictive delivery of content over a network - Methods and apparatus for optimizing bandwidth utilization in a cable network. In one embodiment, the method comprises predicting which content will be requested by a set of users based upon the exhibited viewing habits of those users (and/or others). A server process gathers viewership data comprising a listing of programs requested by users at various times of the day. The server process aggregates the viewership data, identifies patterns within the aggregated data, and extrapolates a schedule of programs likely to be requested. In certain embodiments, the server process additionally gathers the capabilities of each cable device in an associated subnetwork. Based upon these capabilities, and based upon the total bandwidth predicted to remain available in the network over a target broadcast period, the server process may also select an optimal compression scheme and video quality level before broadcasting a certain program. | 07-30-2009 |
20090193486 | DIGITAL SET-TOP TERMINAL WITH PARTITIONED HARD DISK AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM AND METHOD - A video content system includes a server module, a video content network coupled to the server module, and a digital set-top terminal coupled to the video content network. The digital set-top terminal in turn includes a processor; an interface coupled to the processor and the video content network; and a memory module. The memory module has at least a partitioned hard disk with a first partition containing digital video programming received over the video content network, and a second partition containing supplemental resources. | 07-30-2009 |
20090205006 | Method, apparatus and system for generating and distributing rich digital bookmarks for digital content navigation - A method, apparatus and system provide a user with rich digital bookmarks to navigate digital content. According to an embodiment of the invention, rich digital bookmarks may be generated for digital content and provided to a user for use to perform sophisticated trick mode actions in a user friendly manner. | 08-13-2009 |
20090210918 | METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY DEVELOPING A PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE - A method for defining a programming schedule for constrained bandwidth network subscribers in response to time-bounded program recording statistics associated with high bandwidth network subscribers. | 08-20-2009 |
20090217335 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR NETWORK ACCESS - This invention encompasses systems for network access. In particular, this invention encompasses systems comprising a set-top box and a two-way wireless remote control device. Methods of using the systems disclosed herein are also disclosed. | 08-27-2009 |
20090222871 | Method of transmitting digital services over a network and device implementing the method - Within the context of the broadcasting of DVB services over an IP network, the trend is to separate the signalling information describing the network and the services offered from the services themselves. The signalling is made available to the terminals via XML files available on HTTP servers. In contrast to this approach, the invention consists of a method of recognition, by a receiver connected to a bidirectional network, of digital services on the bidirectional network, which comprises a step in which the receiver connects to a first stream, a step in which the receiver extracts from said stream information on the location on the network, on the one hand, of streams conveying the content of these services and, on the other hand, of separate streams conveying information describing these services, a step in which the receiver connects to at least some of the streams conveying service description information to obtain information on these services and a step in which the receiver uses this information to construct a list, possibly unitary, of the services available on the network. | 09-03-2009 |
20090222872 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING DIFFERENT FORMATS OF ENCODED CONTENT IN A SWITCHED DIGITAL VIDEO (SDV) SYSTEM - A method, system and devices for delivering a switched digital video (SDV) channel to a network element, such as an end user set-top box, based on the decoding capabilities of the network element. The system determines whether to deliver the SDV channel in a first format, such as MPEG-4, or a second format, such as MPEG-2. When only network elements capable of decoding MPEG-4 content are tuned to the SDV channel, the system can realize bandwidth savings by delivering only the MPEG-4 version of the SDV channel. When legacy network elements capable of decoding only MPEG-2 content tune to a particular SDV channel, the system delivers only the MPEG-2 version of the SDV channel. The methods and devices can be used in headends, including those that deploy switched digital video, and other appropriate locations within the content distribution system, such as within the edge devices in the distribution hub. | 09-03-2009 |
20090249418 | Repository for information about streaming video/audio channels - A computing platform accessible through a communication network enables users to search among television channels available through the communication network, to select a channel, and to receive the selected channel on a user device, generally a mobile device but sometimes a non-mobile device. Users can readily change among channels. The computing platform stores information about the user, such as their favorite channels and demographic information, and also monitors the status of the television channels. When a channel is not working properly, the platform notifies the user device. | 10-01-2009 |
20090271838 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING SCENE DATA IN A UNIDIRECTIONAL DATA BROADCAST SYSTEM - A plurality of scene data describing at least one scene are transmitted by a data carousel from a transmitter to at least one receiver of a unidirectional broadcast system. The data carousel is used to transmit an index file to the receiver, a temporal arrangement of the scene data file being encoded in terms of data systems in the index file, to graphically represent and/or decode the scene. | 10-29-2009 |
20090300697 | Method and Arrangement for Storing and Playing Back TV Programmes - The invention relates to a method and a PVR server for storing and playing back TV programmes, in particular to an improved method for operating a network PVR and to an improved PVR server ( | 12-03-2009 |
20090300698 | EDGE DEVICE THAT ENABLES EFFICIENT DELIVERY OF VIDEO TO HANDHELD DEVICE - A video processing system includes a communications interface and video processing circuitry. The communications interface receives video data from a video source, receives at least one operating parameter regarding a remote wireless device, and transmits an output video stream to the remote wireless device. The video processing circuitry couples to the communications interface, receives the video data and the at least one operating parameter, determines video processing parameters based upon the video data and the at least one operating parameter, processes the video data based upon the video processing parameters to produce the output video stream, and provides the output video stream to the communications interface for transmission to the remote wireless device. The video data (incoming video stream) may be processed by altering a frame rate, PCRs, pixel resolution, color resolution, color content, and/or region of interest content of the incoming video data to produce the output video stream. | 12-03-2009 |
20090313672 | HAND-HELD DATA RECORDER, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IN-VIVO SENSING - An in-vivo sensing system including an in-vivo sensing device, a data recorder, a receiver and a work station. The data recorder is maintained in a position adjacent a region of interest being sensed by the in-vivo sensing device. The data recorder receives via a receiving antenna a data signal including sensed data, from the in-vivo sensing device. The data signal may be transmitted from the data recorder to a receiver in real time, or almost real time and downloaded from the receiver to the workstation. Neither the data recorder nor the receiving antenna is affixed or attached to the patient thereby allowing an operator to perform in-vivo sensing on one patient after another in quick succession using the same data recorder. | 12-17-2009 |
20090328122 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING MEDIA PROGRAMS - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller to collect one or more temporal actions initiated by each of a plurality of users while presenting a media program to said plurality of users, generate one or more symbolic overlays according to the one or more temporal actions collected for each user, and combine the presentation of the media program with a presentation of the one or more symbolic overlays. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 12-31-2009 |
20090328123 | CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR DEVICES OPERATING WITH AN ENTERTAINMENT ACCESS SYSTEM - In order to ensure that an entertainment access system is enabled to unify and simplify a user's enjoyment of content by managing the user's devices, entertainment content and usage rights, it is important to ensure the user devices, and the services they offer, function in accordance with well-established specifications and standards. Importantly, these specifications need to be the same from one device manufacturer to another. This is needed to ensure that the entertainment access system will be able to provide a consistent, reliable and predictable user experience to its users. In some illustrative examples, a certification program is implemented for user devices that receive and render the entertainment content received from the entertainment access system. The certification program establishes specifications to which the devices are to conform regardless of their manufacturer. The program also establishes a testing protocol to determine if the devices are manufactured in accordance with the specifications. The testing protocol is implemented on devices manufactured by the various manufacturers of the devices. Finally, a certificate is issued to those device manufacturers whose devices are demonstrated to be able to successfully complete the testing protocol. The certificate may also authorize the manufacturers to use a certificate mark on their products' packaging, literature and promotional information. | 12-31-2009 |
20100017834 | Apparatus and Method for Transmitting Multimedia Objects in Digital Multimedia Broadcasting - An apparatus and method for transmitting multimedia objects in DMB is disclosed to reduce transfer delays and transfer errors during a multimedia object transfer by using a multimedia object transfer protocol in the digital multimedia broadcasting. The method for transmitting multimedia objects comprises; scheduling to-be-transmitted multimedia objects based on a pre-set number of iterative transfer times in such a manner that no identical multimedia objects are consecutively transmitted; inserting the scheduled multimedia objects into a transfer queues; and transmitting the transport queue-inserted multimedia objects to a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting receiving terminal via a multimedia object transfer protocol. As a result, transmission errors that occur during transmission of the multimedia objects to the digital multimedia broadcasting receiving terminal using the multimedia object transfer protocol can be prevented. | 01-21-2010 |
20100017835 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FREQUENCY AGILE BAND-PASS FILTERING OF BROADCAST SIGNALS - Methods and apparatus for frequency agile band-pass filtering of broadcast signals are disclosed. An example method to receive a broadcast signal for distribution to a plurality of reception sites disclosed herein comprises processing the broadcast signal with a frequency agile band-pass filter to receive the broadcast signal at a headend site for distribution to the plurality of reception sites, monitoring reception quality of the broadcast signal at an operating center separate from the headend site and included in the plurality of reception sites, and sending commands to the frequency agile band-pass filter from the operating center based on the monitored reception quality of the broadcast signal, the commands controlling at least a tuned operating frequency of and an attenuation provided by the frequency agile band-pass filter. | 01-21-2010 |
20100017836 | Method and Device for Stream Adaptation - A stream adaptation device and method of adapting source data streams to the attainable transmission rate of a bandwidth-limited channel such as a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL). A plurality of transcoding units each receive a source stream at a given rate and transcode the stream into a plurality of transcoded streams of lower transmission rates. A polling unit retrieves the current quality of the DSL line from an IPDSLAM to which the DSL line is connected. A controller calculates the rates to be used on the DSL line for the different source streams. A selector then selects a combination of an original source stream and/or transcoded streams of lesser rates that fits the quality of the DSL line. A multiplexer combines the selected source streams and/or transcoded streams onto the DSL line. | 01-21-2010 |
20100023989 | RELAY DEVICE, RELAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - When a relay device receives a content transmitted from a first communication device toward a second communication device, the relay device performs relay processing of transmitting the content toward the second communication device. When, during the relay processing, the relay device receives a transmission request for the content, which has been transmitted from a third communication device toward the first communication device, the relay device performs transmission processing of transmitting a first section of the content, which has not been transmitted in the relay processing at a time of reception of the transmission request, from the relay device toward the third communication device in synchronization with transmission of the first section performed in the relay processing. | 01-28-2010 |
20100043042 | VIDEO HEAD-END - The present invention provides an improved video head-end. The video head-end is adapted to, upon receipt of a data stream including interactive data, identify the interactive data and extract the interactive data from the data stream. Once the interactive data has been extracted from the data stream it can be translated into a different language. The different language being one that an endpoint in a television network can process. Once the interactive data has been translated it can be transmitted, along with any other data that formed part of the data stream the television network. | 02-18-2010 |
20100058419 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, CONVERSION DEVICE, AND CONTENT DISTRIBUTION METHOD FOR USE THEREIN - A content distribution system distributes at least either one of a first content and a second content to a terminal ( | 03-04-2010 |
20100071016 | METHOD OF MEASURING A SIMILARITY DEGREE OF DIGITAL VIDEO CONTENTS, METHOD OF MANAGING VIDEO CONTENTS USING THE SAME AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR VIDEO CONTENTS USING THE METHOD OF MANAGING VIDEO CONTENTS - A method of measuring a similarity degree of digital video contents is provided as follows. Firstly, scene conversion of a video content is detected to divide the video content into a plurality of scenes. Then, a first scene feature is extracted from a first scene of the divided scenes. Thereafter, a similarity degree is measured by comparing the extracted first scene feature of the first scene with a second scene feature of a second scene. Thus, a similarity degree of digital video contents may be effectively measured, the digital video contents may be prevented from illegal sharing, and additional contents information related to the digital video contents may be provided when playing the digital video contents. Therefore, the method may be effectively used in contents management and contents circulation. | 03-18-2010 |
20100107207 | DEVICE FOR BROADCASTING AUDIO AND VIDEO DATA - The invention relates to a device for delivering audio and video data. In such a device, the audio/video data travel together and are compressed along with the signaling data for the delivery of these audio/video data. Under current compression standards, these data are being increasingly compressed. This maximum compression proportionally complexifies the encoding and decoding of audio/video data. The appearance of network cables comprising six twisted pairs of wires makes it possible to produce networks having higher speed capacities. The object of the invention is not to increase speeds by using additional twisted pairs but to simplify the data traveling through the network. | 04-29-2010 |
20100125887 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO INFLUENCE A VIEWER TO SELECT A FEED - A method and apparatus for influencing a viewer to select a second feed. A shared medium is loaded beyond a loading threshold. One or more high viewership feeds being provided over the shared medium are designated preferred feeds, and one or more user devices providing low viewership feeds to viewers are designated candidate user devices. The candidate user devices are instructed to influence their respective viewers to select one of the high viewership feeds. The candidate user devices select a second feed from one or more preferred feeds, and provide information pertaining to the second feed to the viewer. | 05-20-2010 |
20100154019 | COMMUNICATIONS LINK DISCONTINUITY DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for detecting and analyzing discontinuities in a communications link are disclosed. In some embodiments, the systems and methods operate to project signals into the communications link and detecting reflected signals. The reflected signals are processed to define a transformed distribution of the reflected signals. A peak value in the transformed distribution is selected and a local fit to the selected peak value is performed using a model function. A residue distribution is formed based upon the transformed distribution and the model function. A location of the discontinuity based upon the residue distribution is identified, and another peak value from the residue distribution is selected. Additional systems and methods are disclosed. | 06-17-2010 |
20100162338 | MEASURING REMOTE VIDEO PLAYBACK PERFORMANCE WITH EMBEDDED ENCODED PIXELS - Methods, systems, and computer programs for measuring performance of remote video delivery are presented. The method embeds at a server computer a marker in selected frames of a video stream. The marker includes a preconfigured sequence of pixels and is followed by a frame number encoded in the pixel data. The method then finds a first marker at a client computer to determine the location of the markers in a display. Once the location of the markers is determined, markers in following frames are detected with their corresponding frame numbers. The method stores the arrival times and frame numbers for each detected marker. The stored arrival times and frame numbers can be used for statistical performance analysis of remote video delivery. | 06-24-2010 |
20100175100 | PRESENCE INFORMATION SHARING APPARATUS, PRESENCE INFORMATION SHARING METHOD, PRESENCE INFORMATION SHARING PROGRAM AND PRESENCE INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEM - A presence information sharing apparatus is provided which includes a video acquiring unit for acquiring predetermined video contents from a content distribution server, a status information notifying unit for transmitting presence information containing acquisition source information on video contents acquired from the content distribution server to a presence server via a communication network, a status information acquiring unit for acquiring presence information transmitted by at least one another user from the presence server, a presence video acquiring unit for acquiring a video of video contents being viewed by the another user as a presence video from the content distribution server based on the acquisition source information contained in the presence information received by the status information acquiring unit, and a display controlling unit for displaying the video contents being acquired by the video acquiring unit and the presence video being acquired by the presence video acquiring unit on a display. | 07-08-2010 |
20100199322 | Server And Client Selective Video Frame Pathways - Video frames from a sequence of video frames and corresponding audio are received and processed by a client system. A portion of the video frames depend on one or more reference frames to be reconstructed and another portion are independent. The number of allowed reference frames per frame may be limited. The dependent and independent frames are treated differently. Independent frames are received at a lower data rate, with greater security and processed with a more robust protocol stack than the dependent frames. The dependent and independent frames may be stored in a single queue and/or separate queues. Independent frame data is utilized to compensate for lost frames when repeating and/or interpolating frames. Received audio content is synchronized with corresponding received frames, repeated frames and/or interpolated frames. The received, repeated and/or interpolated frames are assembled into display order and decoded. The audio content may be shifted in tone. | 08-05-2010 |
20100205644 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT DELIVERY - Based on a user profile, content that is predicted to be desired by the user, including past episodes of a series that may have been missed by the user, is downloaded to the user's home system during periods of low bandwidth usage in the home system. A determination is made dynamically as to whether to provide the content from a server or a peer-to-peer network based on network attributes, file size, etc. | 08-12-2010 |
20100211985 | AUTOMATED TRANSPORT STREAM REMAPPING APPARATUS AND METHOD - In a device that receives and outputs multiplexed, packetized data streams, an output data stream mapper has an interface with an input packetized data stream, a packet processor configured to and route packets, a memory for long term retention of at least one stored format table, the stored format table having input program numbers and output program numbers, and the memory further being configured for short term retention of a current PAT. A mapping processor is configured to receive a current PAT from the input data stream, and to compare input program numbers in the current PAT to known program numbers in the stored format table. If the input program numbers in the current PAT are the same as the input program numbers in the stored format table, then another data stream is output having output program numbers from the stored format table. If the input program numbers in the current PAT are not the same as the input program numbers in the stored format table, then another data stream is output having reassigned output program numbers. The reassigned output program numbers may be from another stored format table in the memory, if the other stored format table has input program numbers that match the input program numbers in the current PAT. If not the reassigned output program numbers may be newly generated. The mapper may also reassign PMT PIDs and/or PIDs within the PMTs. | 08-19-2010 |
20100211986 | Reception Apparatus, Reception Method, Program, and Communication System - Provided is a reception apparatus receiving reception data including at least image data representing a predetermined image and graphic data representing a first graphic that is enlarged by a predetermined enlargement factor to be synthesized with the predetermined image, the reception apparatus including: an acquisition portion to acquire server access information for connecting to a delivery server that delivers high-quality graphic data representing, instead of the first graphic enlarged by the predetermined enlargement factor, a second graphic that is to be synthesized with the predetermined image and has a higher image quality than the enlarged first graphic; a reception portion to receive the high-quality graphic data from the delivery server based on the server access information; and a synthesis portion to synthesize the second graphic with the predetermined image based on the high-quality graphic data and the image data. | 08-19-2010 |
20100251318 | METHOD OF PROVIDING TELEVISION PROGRAM INFORMATION - A method of providing information, comprising: capturing, at a first receiver receiving a television broadcast signal, a live image of a television channel of the television broadcast signal; transmitting the captured live image from the first receiver to a server, the server being remotely located from the first receiver; transmitting the captured live image from the server to a second receiver; and displaying the captured live image together with information associated with the television channel at the second receiver. | 09-30-2010 |
20100269147 | VIDEO STREAM INDEX GENERATION AT A VIDEO CONTENT TRANSMITTER - A method of generating and using indexing information for video content is presented. In the method, an index stream for a video stream is generated at a video content transmitter. The video stream includes video frames, and the index stream includes an index for each of at least some of the video frames within the video stream. The video stream and the index stream are transmitted from the video content transmitter to a video content receiver, which receives and stores the video and index streams. Further, at the video content receiver, the index stream is processed to locate the video frames within the video stream that are associated with at least some of the indexes of the index stream, and at least some of the located video frames of the video stream are presented to an output device under control of a user of the video content receiver. | 10-21-2010 |
20100281510 | Method for Broadcasting or Receiving Digital Video Services, Corresponding Devices - The invention concerns a method for broadcasting digital video services including a step of transmitting digital video broadcasting services in radio frames addresses to at least one terminal having a standby mode and a sleep mode. In order that the terminal may stay in standby mode to receive data the modified content of the radio frames, at least a part of the radio frames comprises information representative of a change in the content of the radio frames. The invention also concerns a reception method implemented in the terminal as well as the corresponding devices. | 11-04-2010 |
20100293586 | SYSTEM FOR RETRIEVAL OF EXECUTABLE APPLICATIONS - A system for retrieval of executable applications, comprising: a broadcast television receiver apparatus; and a server; wherein the broadcast television receiver apparatus includes a communication unit having an interface for bidirectional communication with a network and adapted to determine channel information from a currently decoded channel carried in a broadcast television signal, the channel information identifying the currently decoded channel, the communication unit being further adapted to send the channel information to a server over the network, and to receive application information from the server, the application information describing a set of applications which are available for execution, and to receive executable code components for the set of applications corresponding to the application information, and wherein the broadcast television receiver apparatus further includes a data processor adapted to execute the application whilst the channel is decoded; and wherein the server is adapted to receive the channel information over the network, to determine the application information by analyzing the channel information, and to send the application information to the communication unit. | 11-18-2010 |
20100306812 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF TARGETING BROADCAST MESSAGES - A system for and method of targeting a broadcast message to a subset of potential electronic receivers in a broadcast network is presented. The system and method may comprise collecting identifying information associated with designated electronic receivers of a targeted broadcast message, generating, using a computer processor, a data set structure using the identifying information, associating the data set structure with the targeted broadcast message, and broadcasting the targeted broadcast message and the data set structure to a plurality of electronic receivers, wherein the data set structure provides information allowing at least one of the plurality of electronic receivers to determine whether the targeted broadcast message is targeted to the at least one electronic receiver. | 12-02-2010 |
20100306813 | Qualified Video Delivery - A video server is configured to provide streaming video to players of computer games over a computing network. The video server can provided video of different games to different players simultaneously. This is accomplished by rendering several video streams in parallel using a single GPU. The output of the GPU is provided to graphics processing pipelines that are each associated with a specific client/player and are dynamically allocated as needed. A client qualifier may be used to assure that only clients capable of presenting the streaming video to a player at a minimum level of quality receive the video stream. | 12-02-2010 |
20110016502 | DEVICE FOR SIGNAL RECEIVING, SUCH AS A SET-TOP BOX - A device for signal receiving such as a set-top box is disclosed in which there is the presence of at least one unit ( | 01-20-2011 |
20110023075 | RECORDING/REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD OF VIDEO SERVER AND RECORDING/REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a recording/reproduction apparatus includes a power source controller. The power source controller includes a determination unit, a stand-by mode execution unit, and a pause mode execution unit. The determination unit determines whether or not an event associated with at least one of recording and reproduction of the information signal occurs at start-up time. The stand-by mode execution unit executes a stand-by mode in which the power level of each of the encoder, the decoder, the recording medium, and the plurality of signal processors is controlled to be lower than a predetermined level. The pause mode execution unit executes a pause mode in which the power to each of the encoder, the decoder, the recording medium, and the plurality of signal processors is turned off, and the power level of the process controller is controlled to be lower than the predetermined level. | 01-27-2011 |
20110067082 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE LIVE AUDIO-VISUAL PRODUCTION - The disclosure presents a system for facilitating transmission of live audio-visual content between a first location and a second remote location. The system includes a portable communication apparatus having an input/output switch; an audio matching converter; a codec in communication with the input/output switch for receiving the live video content signal transmitted from the input/output switch; and a 4G or higher wireless modem in communication with the codec. The system also includes a terminal communication apparatus having a carrier receiving unit; a codec in communication with the carrier receiving unit; an audio matching converter in communication with the codec; and an input/output switch. | 03-17-2011 |
20110088075 | System and method for distributing auxiliary data embedded in video data - A system and method for distributing auxiliary data embedded in video data includes a content source that embeds the auxiliary data into the video data. The content source then encodes the video data together with the auxiliary data to create a distribution multiplex including compressed video data. A decoder receives and decompresses the distribution multiplex to reproduce the video data with the auxiliary data embedded. A television or other device then detects and extracts the auxiliary data from the video data. The television or other device processes the auxiliary data to support a variety of possible interactive applications including displaying a synchronized widget on a display of the television. | 04-14-2011 |
20110088076 | System and Method for Media Adaptation - A system and method for media adaptation are provided. A method for providing media to an electronic device includes receiving a request for a media with a set of characteristics, and determining if the media with the set of characteristics resides in a media storage. The method also includes if the media with the set of characteristics resides in the media storage, retrieving the media with the set of characteristics from the media storage. The method further includes if the media with the set of characteristics does not reside in the media storage, transcoding an alternate media with an alternate set of characteristics to produce a transcoded media with the set of characteristics. The method additionally includes providing the media with the set of characteristics from the media storage or the transcoded media with the set of characteristics to the electronic device. | 04-14-2011 |
20110119725 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING MEDIA PROGRAMS - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computing device, including a controller to: transmit a client program having a graphical user interface (GUI) to a media device operating in an interactive television (iTV) network, wherein the client program presents a symbolic overlay that superimposes onto media content received by the media device and enables the media device to associate commentary with the media content received at the media device; and present the commentary by symbolic representations in a carrousel format within a window of the presentation of the symbolic overlay and in a vicinity of the media content. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 05-19-2011 |
20110126252 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING MEDIA PROGRAMS - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computing device, including a controller to: transmit a client program having a graphical user interface (GUI) to a media device operating in an interactive television (iTV) network, wherein the client program presents a symbolic overlay that superimposes onto media content received by the media device and enables the media device to associate commentary with the media content received at the media device; and conduct searches for one of consumer products or consumer services associated with the media content based on the commentary regarding the media content. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 05-26-2011 |
20110126253 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A SOCIAL NETWORK - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller to collect one or more user-generated comments from each of a plurality of computing devices, detect a correlation in the one or more user-generated comments collected from the plurality of computing devices, and establish a social network between the plurality of computing devices according to the detected correlation. The one or more user-generated comments can be temporally associated with media content presented at the plurality of computing devices. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 05-26-2011 |
20110138433 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BROADCASTING VIDEO WITH A SECONDARY AUDIO SOURCE - Embodiments of the disclosed invention include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for providing a video source with a secondary audio source. For example, in one embodiment, a content provider receives a broadcast signal that includes a video component and an audio component from a content producer. The content provider receives a second audio component that provides audio corresponding to the video component of the broadcast signal. The second audio component is received from a second source, such as, but not limited to, a radio broadcast and/or an internet source. The content producer transmits the video component and the second audio component to a consumer device. | 06-09-2011 |
20110138434 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A DIGITAL TV CONVERTER WITH IPTV CAPABILITIES - A video content system and method that includes a video server connected to a public communication network and a video content network, and a computing device connected to the video content network and a video display device. The computing device establishes a communication channel between the computing device and the video server. The computing device receives a digital video stream on the communication channel, where the digital video stream includes video data and message data, and the message data includes at least one request to perform a service. The computing device performs the service and sends data on the communication channel, where the data is a response to each request to perform the service. The computing device processes the video data to prepare it for transmission to the video display device. | 06-09-2011 |
20110167464 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BROADCASTING SERVICES IN DIGITAL VIDEO BROADCASTING SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for providing signaling information using inband transmission in a digital video broadcasting system where a frame for transmitting broadcasting data according to a ground-wave broadcasting service and broadcasting data according to a mobile broadcasting service is generated, and the generated frame is transmitted with an additional area for recording recognition information that indicates whether signaling information to be transmitted in the generated frame or the frame to be transmitted next time has been changed is allocated to a signaling information field of the generated frame. | 07-07-2011 |
20110202966 | SIGNALING MECHANISMS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENABLING, TRANSMITTING AND MAINTAINING INTERACTIVITY FEATURES ON MOBILE DEVICES IN A MOBILE BROADCAST COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Systems, apparatus and methods provide an automatic capability for generating interactivity event applications for execution on receiver devices within a broadcast network based upon interactivity event application data, information and sequence logic. Interactivity event content providers may provide to a broadcast network interactivity event application data, event metadata information and sequence logic a broadcast network. Interactivity application data for an interactive sequence may be delivered out-of-band, such that the application data is not embedded in an interactivity event. Interactivity sequence application data may be sent out-of-band from the associated interactivity event signaling message. Application data may be sent on a different transport channels in advance of the interactivity event. The system may determine when data should be sent out-of-band and when it should be sent in-band. | 08-18-2011 |
20110202967 | Apparatus and Method to Broadcast Layered Audio and Video Over Live Streaming Activities - Systems and methods for creating customized, personalized broadcasting content, and for broadcasting the created content are disclosed. A computer automated system comprised of a memory coupled to a processing unit includes means to receive audio and video data of an event. The system further includes a server to encode and transcode the received data, and to standardize the received data to internal presets. Timecode is embedded in the received data if it is not already present and a low resolution proxy of the standardized data is streamed to a commentator's computer through which commentary is added. The added commentary is transmitted back from the commentator computer and combined with the commentator audio stream with the audio and video data of the event. The resultant stream is buffered and then broadcast as well as archived. | 08-18-2011 |
20110209189 | SERVER FOR PRESENTING INTERACTIVE CONTENT SYNCHRONIZED TO TIME-BASED MEDIA - Where multiple client devices are synchronized to multiple, asynchronous instances of a time-based media presentation such as live and time-shifted views of a television broadcast, interactive content can be delivered to each one of the various devices at a particular time (or “time offset”) within the presentation independent of when each instance of the time-based media presentation is viewed. | 08-25-2011 |
20110225618 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING WIRELESS LOCAL AREA MULTIMEDIA BROADCASTING - The present invention discloses a method and system for supporting wireless local area multimedia broadcast, and the method comprises: sweeping frequencies in an area where wireless local multimedia broadcast will be performed to determine the transmitting power and the transmitting position of the system; when the system is working, acquiring audio and video signals requiring performing the wireless local area multimedia broadcast, and after encoding the audio and video signals, transmitting according to a transmitting power, a transmitting position and a mobile television technical standard; and a terminal supporting mobile television choosing a receiving power corresponding to the transmitting power of the system according to mobile television technical standard to receive signals, and decoding the audio and video signals by a mobile television module supporting this mobile television technical standard in this terminal, and playing and consuming the audio and video signals according to user's choice. | 09-15-2011 |
20110231884 | ROUTING OF DATA INCLUDING MULTIMEDIA BETWEEN ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Rerouting apparatus for rerouting data including multimedia data. The apparatus is for association with electronic equipment and allows for routing the data to a device regarded as the most convenient for playing the media. The apparatus comprises an announcer device for indicating to surrounding equipment that associated equipment is available for rerouting, thereby to enable receipt of rerouted communications therefrom, and a scout device for scanning surroundings of the associated equipment to find out about compatible equipment in the vicinity, thereby to reroute communications thereto. The apparatus may be attached to any device having data processing capability, to enable rerouting of data and communications therebetween. | 09-22-2011 |
20110239264 | MOVING-PICTURE IMAGE DATA-DISTRIBUTION METHOD - The present invention relates to a moving-picture image data-distribution method that suppresses increases in processing loads at respective information terminals without being affected by an uneven distribution status of processing loads that changes over time or by a bandwidth status of a connected network. During a distribution operation of moving-picture image data from transmission-side information terminals ( | 09-29-2011 |
20110252454 | INFORMATION PROVISIONING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROVISIONING METHOD - Information provisioning includes acquiring one of an audio and a video elementary stream of content that is composed of a plurality of segments, and actual data of metadata that includes information related to the content. The metadata is divided into metadata processing units (MPU) corresponding to segments subjected to processing in the plurality of segments. A transport stream of a MPEG-2 system is generated that includes packetized elementary stream (PES) packets acquired by packetizing the segments of the data stream and metadata PES packets acquired by packetizing at least one MPU. | 10-13-2011 |
20110296484 | AUDIO AND VIDEO TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION IN BUSINESS AND ENTERTAINMENT ENVIRONMENTS - Transmitters convert audio and/or video signals into wireless communication signals. Smart phones, personal data assistants and/or other audio/video electronic devices are programmed to detect the wireless communications signals and display them to users. A user selects a desired signal and the smartphone receives the signal and converts it into an audio and/or video signal, which is recorded and/or output. The transmitters are connected to or integrated into microphones, televisions, phones, or other video/audio/media sources, converting audio and/or video received from these sources. This allows for ultra-high quality private broadcasts and reception. The smartphone, personal data assistants and/or other audio/video electronic devices programming also allows identification, commenting and bookmarking of received audio/video, transfer of the audio/video to other devices, transcription of the audio, and other manipulation of the received signals. When specified, the device application requires payment before enabling a recording option, protecting the copyrights of a performer/presenter. | 12-01-2011 |
20110296485 | VIDEO STREAMING - A video sequence is to be transmitted at a selectable quality from a server over a network. A network control protocol operates in response to a control parameter to allocate to the server a share of available transmission capacity in proportion to the value of the control parameter. First, one determines a plurality of transmission rate values that are needed over successive time periods of the sequence for successful transmission of the sequence at a reference quality; then the control parameter is set, proportional to the transmission rate value and communicated to the control protocol at corresponding time instants. The sequences can then be transmitted, encoded at a quality from time to time selected in dependence upon the actual transmission capacity made available by the network to the server. | 12-01-2011 |
20120017253 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICES USING A SERVICES GATEWAY - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server having a controller operable to provide media content to a gateway for presentation on a plurality of display devices without using a set top box, provide a selection of available services for presentation on the plurality of display devices, receive from the gateway a request for a service chosen from the selection of available services where the service is not a telecommunication service, provide an executable software to the gateway for implementation of the service, and generate a shipping order in response to the request, where the shipping order instructs delivery of equipment associated with the service to a building in which the gateway is located, where the equipment is detected by the gateway when the equipment is connected to a powerline of the building, and where the service is implemented using the gateway. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 01-19-2012 |
20120030726 | DYNAMIC VIDEO CONTENT APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A media control player includes a central processing unit, a graphics processing unit, an audio/video input, an audio/video output, a memory device, and a media control player housing. The media control player to receives broadcast content from a broadcast source and proprietary targeted messages from a proprietary targeted message source. The proprietary targeted messages are based on one or more viewers within a viewing area of a display device, sales data associated with the one or more viewers, and inventory data selected based at least in part on the sales data. The media control player combines the proprietary targeted messages and the broadcast content into a merged output signal, and provides the merged output signal to the display device such that the proprietary targeted messages are displayed in a message region of the display device and the broadcast content is displayed in a broadcast content region of the display device. | 02-02-2012 |
20120072963 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MESSAGE NOTIFICATION AND ACCESS VIA A VIDEO DISTRIBUTION NETWORK - A method includes receiving, via an internet protocol television network, a broadcast signal comprising video content at a device. The device is associated with a person. The method includes receiving, via the internet protocol television network, a message notification directed to a communication address associated with the person. The message notification includes a visual indication based at least in part on the communication address. The method also includes sending a display signal to a display device. The display signal includes the broadcast signal and the visual indication. | 03-22-2012 |
20120124632 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMIZING CHANNEL MAPS - Systems and methods for modifying channel maps are provided. A predetermined channel map for a customer of a service provider may be identified. The predetermined channel map may include information mapping at least one of frequencies and program identifiers included in a broadband communications signal to a plurality of channels. The broadband communications signal may be output by the service provider. Based upon information associated with the customer, the predetermined channel map may be modified. Information associated with the modified channel map may then be output for communication via a service provider network to a programming processing component associated with the customer. | 05-17-2012 |
20120124633 | Wireless Video Streaming Quality Management for Bandwidth Constrained Cellular Network - A method for wireless video streaming includes determining a backhaul bandwidth of a base station and ongoing traffic between a plurality of wireless clients and the base station, determining a video transcoding policy for each of the wireless clients based on a service agreement of each wireless client, decoding network signaling information, extracting a plurality of video streams based on the decoded network signaling information, and transcoding the plurality of video streams simultaneously upon determining that the ongoing traffic exceeds the backhaul bandwidth. Transcoding is based on a video transcoding policy of a receiving wireless client, video properties of a video stream being transcoded, and the decoded network signaling information. | 05-17-2012 |
20120131628 | SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL ENABLED SET-TOP DEVICE - Controlling delivery of media content at a network server is disclosed. A request for media channel guide information from a remote subscriber device is received. Media channel guide information is sent to the remote subscriber device in response to the request. A request for delivery of media content associated with a selected media channel is received. Media channel content associated with the selected media channel is directed to a media channel recording device associated with the subscriber. | 05-24-2012 |
20120151544 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LINKING TELEVISION VIEWERS WITH ADVERTISERS AND BROADCASTERS - The present invention provides systems and methods for providing television schedule information to a viewer, and for allowing the viewer to link, search, select and interact with information in a remote database, e.g., a database on the internet. The television schedule information can be displayed on a variety of viewer interfaces, such as televisions screens, computer monitors, PCTV screens and the like. The television schedule information may be stored on the viewer's computer, television, PCTV, or a remote server (e.g., a website), or the television schedule information may be downloaded from a remote database to the viewer's computer, television or PCTV. | 06-14-2012 |
20120210381 | DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, GATEWAY, DISTRIBUTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A distribution system includes a gateway that, if a content temporary storage device does not store a moving image stream or moving image file that can be read, requests an external distribution server to transmit moving image content specified by a request message, generates a plurality of moving image streams or moving image files including a moving image stream or moving image file which has a bit rate receivable by the content requesting terminal and equal to or lower than a bit rate obtained from the bearer QoS information, transmits the moving image stream or moving image file, which has a bit rate receivable by the content requesting terminal and equal to or lower than a bit rate obtained from the bearer QoS information, to the terminal, and stores the plurality of generated moving image streams or moving image files in a predetermined content temporary storage device. | 08-16-2012 |
20120216235 | Wireless Information Transfer and Interactive Television System - A system and method for controlling an interactive media system includes generating, by a first communication system, an information signal and a display signal for display by an electronic medium, transferring the information signal by a wireless signal transfer network, receiving and processing the information signal by a server, providing, by the server, data included in the information signal to a functional network, wherein the server retrieves return data from the functional network and provides the return data to a second communication system, generating, by the second communication system, a return information signal and providing the return information signal to the wireless signal transfer network, and transferring, by the wireless signal transfer network, the return information signal to the first communication system, which generates the display signal for display on the electronic medium. | 08-23-2012 |
20120227079 | DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A distribution system 100 includes a transmission device 110 and a reception device 120. The transmission device transmits content data coded with a certain code rate to the reception device. The reception device, while receiving the content data transmitted by the transmission device, stores received data into a storage device and also reproduces content based on the stored data. The distribution system determines a code rate based on a remaining time before reproduction start time from a present moment and an available reproduction time, which is a time available for reproduction of the content based on the stored data. The transmission device changes the code rate of the content data to be transmitted to the determined code rate. The reception device starts reproduction of the content at the reproduction start point. | 09-06-2012 |
20120233652 | MULTIMEDIA NETWORK SYSTEM WITH CONTENT IMPORTATION, CONTENT EXPORTATION, AND INTEGRATED CONTENT MANAGEMENT - This system provides wired and/or wireless access throughout a multimedia network built on a distributed architecture which can be transparent to the user. This multimedia network includes content which is imported or generated within the network. The system allows for the content provider to determine the license status of content and update the license status of content which was previously provided by that provider. The external content can be accessed in real time or downloaded and stored within the system for later access at the convenience of the user. The usage of some content is controlled by the use of encryption and other protection methods. The system allows for storage of live video by storing the digitized video and allowing the user to control how, when and where the content is viewed. The system makes available multiple multimedia services to all users in the network or connected via the internet. | 09-13-2012 |
20120233653 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to transmit to a media server a request for distribution of media content to one or more targeted recipients according to a user profile associated with the communication device that is stored in the media server. The format of the media content can be adjusted by the media server based at least in part on the user profile. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 09-13-2012 |
20120240176 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FEDERATED OVER-THE-TOP CONTENT DELIVERY - A method is provided for managing over-the-top delivery of content through a plurality of content delivery networks (CDN). The method provided works transparently with standard HTTP servers supporting an initial request for content from a client to a first preferred CDN. If the first CDN does not have the content, the method includes provisions for the first CDN to acquire the content from a second CDN, or for the client to request the content from a second CDN directly. A system is also specified for implementing a client and server infrastructure in accordance with the provisions of the method. | 09-20-2012 |
20120260298 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING VIDEO AMONG MOBILE TERMINALS - The present invention provides method and system for sharing video among mobile terminals. The method comprises: a calling terminal uploads a video file to a media server; a called terminal establishes a video link with the media server through a mobile network; the media server sends a video stream to the called terminal through the video link; the called terminal receives the video stream from the media server and plays the video file. The method and system provided by the present invention enable simultaneous sharing of the same video among multiple called terminals and enable a called terminal to watch the same shared video multiple times, therefore not only time and labour are saved, but also user experience is enhanced. By playing shared video through a mobile network, stream media is played directly and more smoothly, and problems of video buffering and video stagnating in video sharing are solved. | 10-11-2012 |
20120324522 | Methods, Systems, And Computer Program Products For Delivering A Program In Advance Of A Scheduled Broadcast Time - A scheduled broadcast time is retrieved for a program that is to be delivered in advance of the scheduled broadcast time, wherein the scheduled broadcast time is associated with a program content identifier for the program. Prior to the scheduled broadcast time, a pre-cast channel is selected on a network by selecting at least one of a currently unused channel or a dedicated pre-cast channel. Prior to the scheduled broadcast time, a signal is sent for placing a viewer program storage device into a pre-cast mode, such that viewing of the pre-cast channel is disabled. Prior to the scheduled broadcast time, the program is delivered to the viewer program storage device over the pre-cast channel, wherein the delivered program is associated with the program content identifier and a time stamp for disabling playback of the delivered program until arrival of the scheduled broadcast time. | 12-20-2012 |
20120331515 | Programming Content Reconstruction in a Content Delivery System - Methods and apparatuses for programming content reconstruction in a content delivery system are described. In one embodiment, a method to repair programming content at a receiver controller includes receiving a programming content on the receiver controller from a broadcast transmission; identifying, if present, a portion of the programming content received on the receiver controller that is corrupted; determining in a broadband network, other servers and receiver controllers connected to the broadband network that have an uncorrupted version of the corrupted portion of the programming content; sending a request to one of the other servers and receiver controllers for the uncorrupted version of the corrupted portion of the programming content and receiving the uncorrupted version of the corrupted portion of the programming content from the one of the other servers and receiver controllers. Other embodiments are also described. | 12-27-2012 |
20130007828 | Presentation of User Alert with Extraneous Information on Electronic Device - An electronic device associated with a particular user includes a controller coupled to a display interface and to a receiver. The controller is configured to present a visual image on the display interface of the electronic device, and to present a foreground image on the display interface upon receipt of information indicative of a communication for the user associated with the electronic device, wherein the foreground image includes information indicative of the communication for the user associated with the electronic device and extraneous information. | 01-03-2013 |
20130007829 | WIRELESS VIDEO UPLINK SYSTEM THAT INCLUDES A RESERVATION SYSTEM - A wireless video device operates in a video uplink system having a plurality of wireless access systems. The wireless video device displays a geographic map and receives user inputs indicating a geographic location and a time period. The wireless video device transfers a video uplink request that indicates a wireless video device identifier, the geographic location, and the time period. The wireless video device may receive a video uplink grant. The wireless video device optically receives video and generates corresponding video data. The wireless video device wirelessly transfers the video data to one of the wireless access systems serving the geographic location during the time period. | 01-03-2013 |
20130014193 | INFORMATION PROVISIONING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROVISIONING METHOD - Information provisioning includes acquiring a plurality of audio and video elementary streams of which content is composed, and metadata related to the content. The metadata is divided into metadata processing units, in which the metadata is partially executable, corresponding to the plurality of audio and video elementary streams. A transport stream of a MPEG-2 system is generated by multiplexing an audio packetized elementary stream (PES), a video PES, and a metadata PES. The audio PES and the video PES are acquired by packetizing the plurality of audio and video elementary streams. The metadata PES is acquired by packetizing the metadata processing units. The point of the invention is characterized by transmitting metadata in PES format with the audio PES and the video PES. | 01-10-2013 |
20130014194 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT NOTIFICATION AND USER TERMINAL DEVICE - Information on content supplied in various forms is monitored for a long period, and a user is notified of the information with a method with which the user can easily remember the information. A content notification system includes: a search key storage server configured to receive image data on content, and store the image data; an information collection server configured to read out the image data from the search key storage server, perform a search through a network based on the image data to find a new form in which the content is supplied, and collect information on the content supplied in the new form; and one or more user terminal devices each configured to receive the image data used for the search from the information collection server and the information, and display the information together with the image data. | 01-10-2013 |
20130014195 | Method and System for Displaying Via a Network of an Interactive Movie - The present invention relates to a system for transferring an interactive movie located at a server via a network and displaying the same at a user station, which comprises: (a) a display unit at the user station for displaying movie frames; (b) a control device at the user station for enabling the user to navigate within the movie; (c) a map of the movie describing the links between the individual movie frames and the index of each movie frame, said map also maintains at any given time the present virtual location of the user within the map; and (d) a prediction unit for receiving inputs from said map and from a user control device, and based on said inputs predicting those future frames that may be required for view by the user, and instructing the server to convey said predicted future frames to the user station. | 01-10-2013 |
20130024901 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING MULTI-MEDIA CONTENT - A method and system for micro-cloud computing is described. An application serving node, which is a specifically configured piece of customer premises equipment such as a set-top box, is the server for a micro-cloud network. Various user devices that form part of the micro-cloud network, such as television sets and smart phones, communicate with the application serving node. The application serving node is configured with software that allows various heterogeneous types of data to be obtained and streamed to the user devices in multiple ways. The application serving node performs much of the processing necessary for such content streaming itself and thus represents an edge-based network architecture. | 01-24-2013 |
20130031594 | MODULE AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a module and method. A content item options module operative for a content item delivery system, is configured to: determine a change in content type of a content item being delivered to a content item receiver apparatus for display on a display apparatus; initiate display of one or more content item identifiers on said display apparatus corresponding to one or more other content items; and respond to selection of a one of said one or more content item identifiers to initiate display of a corresponding other content item on said display apparatus. | 01-31-2013 |
20130055330 | Presentation of Still Image Data on Display Devices Using a Wireless Home Entertainment Hub - A method of presenting still image data on multiple display devices using a wireless home entertainment hub comprises obtaining a registration of a plurality of devices with the wireless home entertainment hub, where the plurality of devices includes at least two display devices. An assignment of a zone for each display device of the at least two display devices is received. Still image data is caused to be displayed on a subset of the at least two display devices. | 02-28-2013 |
20130074139 | DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM FOR LINKING CONTENT OF VIDEO SIGNALS TO INFORMATION SOURCES - A system for product advertising through a telecommunication network is disclosed. The system comprises an advertising engine and an information depot. The advertising engine comprises an information-extraction tool for acquiring product information, an authoring tool for tracking product images appearing in a display of a video recording, and an augmented-display tool for relating product images appearing in a display of a video recording to respective product information. The information depot comprises a global product directory and overlay directories for a set of video recordings. A number of authoring computers connect to the advertising engine of the present invention as well as streaming video sources and advertising databases to generate content of the information depot. The advertising engine distributes the augmented-display tool to viewers' computers which accesses the video-content directory and the product directory to acquire respective overlay directories and associated product data. | 03-21-2013 |
20130086619 | MEDIA RELAY - A method, system and computer program product for displaying media is provided herein. The method includes the steps of receiving, at a media server, streaming media from a source device located at a first user's premises and transmitting the streaming media from the media server to a display device at the second user's premises. The media server is located remotely from both the first user's premises and the second user's premises. The first user's premises and the second user's premises may be the same. The media server may be located at a cable television headend. | 04-04-2013 |
20130152149 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PORTABLE TERMINAL FOR DUAL DISPLAY OF BROADCASTING RECEIVER BY HDMI SIGNAL - An apparatus and a method of a portable terminal for dual display of a broadcasting receiver by a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) signal are provided. The method includes receiving at least one input signal from a broadcasting receiver, generating an output signal based on the received input signal, and transmitting the output signal to the broadcasting receiver so that the output signal can be output from the broadcasting receiver. | 06-13-2013 |
20130205356 | MEASUREMENT OF VIDEO QUALITY AT CUSTOMER PREMISES - A video signal is provided to a set top box. An instruction to record a specified portion of the video signal, thereby creating a video sample, is provided to the set top box. The video sample is received from the set top box. Reference video corresponding to the video sample is obtained. A comparison of the video sample and the reference video is performed. | 08-08-2013 |
20130219445 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTING MEDIA TRANSFER TERMINAL - A method of selecting one or more media transfer terminals to which to transfer each of one or more media composing multimedia by a media transfer terminal determining server is provided. The method includes recognizing a change in a location of a user, recognizing available terminals at the changed location of the user, recognizing attribute information of a multimedia service being currently used by the user, and selecting one or more of the available terminals through which to provide one or more media according to the attribute information. | 08-22-2013 |
20130227628 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MULTIMEDIA SERVICES AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a transmitter and a receiver for providing multi-layered multimedia services, and a method thereof. The transmitter for providing multimedia services includes a multiple description coding unit that performs multiple description coding (MDC) with respect to at least one source to thereby output a description sequence with respect to each of the at least one source, a description multiplexing unit that multiplexes the description sequence in units of descriptions to thereby output a single multiplexing description sequence, and a transmission code block processing unit that divides and modulates the single multiplexing description sequence to thereby generate a transmission block. Therefore, it is possible to provide high-quality multimedia services while ensuring graceful performance degradation and scalability. | 08-29-2013 |
20130247123 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING COMPRESSED APPLICATIONS - An indication is obtained that consumer premises equipment needs to obtain at least one file from a file system. Responsive to the indication, an uncompressed framework portion of the at least one file is obtained at the consumer premises equipment from the file system. The uncompressed framework portion of the at least one file is executed on the consumer premises equipment to: (i) obtain compressed portions of the at least one file at the consumer premises equipment, from the file system; and (ii) decompress and execute the compressed portions of the at least one file on the consumer premises equipment. | 09-19-2013 |
20130283329 | SYSTEM FOR APPLYING METADATA FOR OBJECT RECOGNITION AND EVENT REPRESENTATION - An object recognition and event representation system includes: a server and a broadcaster, coupled to the server. In response to a request from the broadcaster, the server sends an event metadata and a recognition data. Based on the event metadata and the recognition data, the broadcaster simultaneously performs a live video broadcasting and a real-time object recognition. If the broadcaster recognizes an object, the broadcaster sends a recognition result to the server. | 10-24-2013 |
20130332976 | Message Delivery Handling - Managing communications with a subscriber rendering device by identifying a message that is applicable at a target time and that is designated to be received by a subscriber rendering device, determining that there is no time between a current time and the target time during which the subscriber rendering device is able to receive the message thereby determining that the message cannot be received by the subscriber rendering device prior to the target time, and performing an action responsive to determining that the message cannot be received by the subscriber rendering device prior to the target time. Related methods and apparatus are also included. | 12-12-2013 |
20140007173 | AUDIENCE SELECTION TYPE AUGMENTED BROADCASTING SERVICE PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD | 01-02-2014 |
20140075488 | DEVICE DISCOVERY SERVICE - A network device receives, from a set-top box within a local network, a discovery request for a server application within the local network. The network device identifies, based on the discovery request, a wide area network (WAN) Internet Protocol (IP) address for a router in the local network and retrieves, from a database of multiple discovery records, a particular discovery record with an IP address that matches the WAN IP address for the local network. The network device sends, to the set-top box, the particular discovery record for use in initiating a communication session with the server application. | 03-13-2014 |
20140282785 | CATV VIDEO AND DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM WITH DIGITAL INPUT - Improved systems and methods for delivering CATV content over a fiber optic network to a receiver. | 09-18-2014 |
20140310760 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-STAGE MULTIPLEXING IN A NETWORK - Methods and apparatus for performing multiplexing of video or other content (e.g., programs) within a network using feed-back from a subsequent digital program insertion stage, and/or feed-forward information from a prior multiplexing stage. In one embodiment, the network comprises a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) cable network having headend and hub-based statistical multiplexing stages, and communication between the two stages is used to improve the visual quality performance and bandwidth utilization of the output multi-program stream during conditions where downstream content is inserted into the transport stream. Business methods associated with the various multiplexing features described above are also disclosed. | 10-16-2014 |
20140317666 | Recipient Specific Lists for Distribution of Media Content - There is provided a system and method of recipient specific lists for distribution of media content. The method comprises obtaining at least one unique identifier (UID), wherein the at least one UID identifies a content, and wherein the at least one UID identifies a recipient location and presentation data, generating a recipient specific list (RSL) using the at least one UID, wherein the RSL includes at least one content identifier, and wherein the RSL includes at least one recipient identifier, and transmitting the RSL to an encoded content transport stream creator for creation of an encoded content transport stream. The at least one recipient identifier may correspond to a broadcast affiliate television recipient or a multichannel video programming distributor. Additionally, the RSL may contain primary content, such as television programs, movies, commercials, and promotional programming, as well as secondary content, such as content overlays, program schedules, and triggers. | 10-23-2014 |
20150074738 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSERTING INFORMATION INTO MULTIMEDIA DATA - A method of inserting information into multi-media data, the method constituted of: retrieving multimedia data from at least one multimedia storage device; extracting identifying parameters from the retrieved multimedia data; responsive to the extracted identifying parameters, identifying a particular one of a plurality of accompanying records associated with the retrieved multimedia data; creating synchronization information for the identified accompanying record; inserting the identified particular accompanying record into the retrieved multimedia data responsive to the created synchronization information; and outputting the retrieved multimedia data comprising the inserted identified particular accompanying record. | 03-12-2015 |
20160073162 | MULTI-PERSON AND MULTI-DEVICE CONTENT PERSONALIZATION - A method for multi-person and multi-device content personalization is described. The method includes receiving via a wireless network interface a first user identifier advertised by a portable client device; determining that the signal strength of the portable client device at the wireless network interface is greater than a threshold value; and selecting content items in a sequence based on consumption statistics of content associated with a second user identifier on the media device and consumption statistics of content associated with the first user identifier, wherein consumption statistics include records indicating one or more interactions with the content items of a plurality of content items by one or more users associated with user identifiers. | 03-10-2016 |
20160127778 | HEAD END DETECTION - One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for head end detection. A media receiver, such as a cable box, may be configured to receive cable television programming from a head end providing a channel lineup subscribed to by a user of the media receiver. Because an intermediate multimedia device, such as a computer or videogame system, may provide robust functionality for the cable television programming, it may be advantageous to identify and make the intermediate multimedia device aware of the head end. Accordingly, imagery of media channels may be captured from the media receiver. The imagery may be compared with fingerprints of content shows to identify a set of content provided by the head end. The set of content may be evaluated against channel head end lineup information to determine the head end (e.g., head ends that do not include content shows within the set of content are disqualified). | 05-05-2016 |