Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090199287 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDITIONAL ACCESS AND DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT - Method and systems for migrating content from a first DRM system to a second DRM system. The content is licensed under a first license (L1) under the first DRM system and is licensed under a second license (L2) under the second DRM system, and the rights to the content under L2 are at least equal to the rights to the content under L1. | 08-06-2009 |
20100259678 | Direct IPTV Distribution - The invention defines a method for leveraging the standard conditional access module interface of a digital TV receiver to deliver IPTV or other TV content without the need of a set top box. An IP-connected interface (“probe”) is used in place of a conditional access module to establish a two-way communication link between the TV and the IPTV headend or other IP content source and to deliver IP content. In an embodiment, the invention covers the specifics of content navigation without requiring any modification of the TV receiver application software or provisioning of IPTV-specific software. Content navigation is achieved by supporting a catalog/grid browsing session on the TV receiver and enabling a flat multiplex navigation, a virtual MPEG multiplex that contains the definition of several available programs but a single video and audio channel is dynamically switched to carry the selected program. | 10-14-2010 |
20110268427 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR A PROJECTED PVR EXPERIENCE - Exemplary embodiments of methods and apparatuses to project personal video recorder (“PVR”) trick mode operations over a network are described. A first content stream may be at a first speed. A request to access the first content stream at a second speed can be received. A second content stream can be generated based on a second speed. The second content stream can be send over a network to be rendered at the first speed by a client device. One or more anchor frames in the first content stream are selected. The second content stream is generated based on the one or more anchor frames. One or more dummy frames can be inserted into the second content stream. Indexing information can be generated to create a second content stream to send over the network. | 11-03-2011 |
20110271001 | METHODS & APPARATUSES FOR A PROJECTED PVR EXPERIENCE - Exemplary embodiments of methods and apparatuses to project personal video recorder (“PVR”) trick mode operations over a network are described. A first content stream may be at a first speed. A request to access the first content stream at a second speed can be received. A second content stream can be generated based on a second speed. The second content stream can be send over a network to be rendered at the first speed by a client device. One or more anchor frames in the first content stream are selected. The second content stream is generated based on the one or more anchor frames. One or more dummy frames can be inserted into the second content stream. Indexing information can be generated to create a second content stream to send over the network. | 11-03-2011 |
20110271092 | METHODS & APPARATUSES FOR A PROJECTED PVR EXPERIENCE - Exemplary embodiments of methods and apparatuses to project personal video recorder (“PVR”) trick mode operations over a network are described. A first content stream may be at a first speed. A request to access the first content stream at a second speed can be received. A second content stream can be generated based on a second speed. The second content stream can be send over a network to be rendered at the first speed by a client device. One or more anchor frames in the first content stream are selected. The second content stream is generated based on the one or more anchor frames. One or more dummy frames can be inserted into the second content stream. Indexing information can be generated to create a second content stream to send over the network. | 11-03-2011 |
20130007451 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR SECONDARY CONDITIONAL ACCESS SERVER - Conditional access to media content of primary security systems on a secondary networked environment. In one embodiment, a conditional access server is used to provide services to secondary CA clients (e.g., a bridge, a renderer, a storage, or their different combinations) through network connections. Containing data representing the subscriber, a conditional access server recovers entitlement data and/or decryption keys of a primary security system for the conditional access protected content, such as service keys and control words, and/or enforces conditional access to the content by secondary CA clients according to the authorization of the primary security system for the secondary CA clients. In one embodiment, a conditional access system provides delayed authorization for use so that the content can be recorded for later use when authorized and broadcasts rights for use on multiple secondary CA clients. | 01-03-2013 |
20130144983 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CDN SHAPING - The distribution of media content within a subscriber domain is controlled at a server. A subscriber domain is defined as an association including one or more subscriber devices, which can access content from one or more gateways, using one or more content distribution networks. The server is performing a CDN Shaping Service (CSS) for optimizing the operations of the content distribution networks based on domain analytics data. The domain analytics data is computed with previously acquired domain monitoring data. | 06-06-2013 |
20130145016 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DOMAIN MANAGEMENT - The distribution of media content within a subscriber domain is controlled at a server. A subscriber domain is defined as an association including one or more subscriber devices, which can be protected with different Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems and one or more gateways, which can source different media content, with different format using different content distribution networks. The server is responsible for distributing, authorizing and monitoring media content within a subscriber domain of devices. | 06-06-2013 |