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Document | Title | Date |
20080295135 | Information Distribution System and Information Distribution Method | 11-27-2008 |
20080295136 | HIGH FREQUENCY RECEIVING APPARATUS | 11-27-2008 |
20090064237 | USER-SELECTABLE VARIABLE-SIZED CHIP OVERLAY OF VIDEO BROADCAST - The present invention comprises an interactive system and method for displaying a chip (or overlay video) on a video monitor. A system in accordance with the present invention comprises a first video stream presenting at least video information, the first video stream comprising a viewer channel, and an overlay video, displayed simultaneously with the first video stream, wherein the overlay video has a universal functionality with respect to at least one of a plurality of other video streams. | 03-05-2009 |
20090070821 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A MONITORING SYSTEM FOR A SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system and method of monitoring a signals include an occasional router generating a first output signal, a first service access processing system generating a second output signal and a second service access processing system generating a third output signal. A secondary service access processing system router receives the first output signal, the second output signal and the third output signal. A monitoring system selects at least one of the first output signal, the second output signal and the third output signal for monitoring and generates a video output signal. A monitoring display displays the output signal on a first display. | 03-12-2009 |
20090070822 | Method and System for Monitoring and Simultaneously Displaying a Plurality of Signal Channels in a Communication System - A system includes a ground segment and a monitoring system displaying first thread view for a first channel and displaying a second thread view for a second channel. | 03-12-2009 |
20090077593 | Interactive Reward Associated With A Broadcast - An interactive technique for generating a supplementary, program-related output. A programming signal and a supplementary, program-related data signal are combined into a broadcast signal which is then broadcast from a program signal source. The broadcast signal is received, and the programming signal of the received broadcast signal is performed with reproduction equipment for an audience. The supplementary, program-related data signal of the received broadcast signal is stored, and retrieval of the stored supplementary, program-related data signal is enabled interactively with the programming signal being performed. In response to a control signal being actuated by a member of the audience tuned to the programming signal being performed, the stored supplementary, program-related data signal is retrieved and used to generate the supplementary, program-related output. The supplementary, program-related data signal can be used, for example, to print a reward, such as a discount coupon for purchasing a product advertised as part of the programming signal. | 03-19-2009 |
20090210911 | System And Method For Advertising The Availability Of A Software Upgrade - The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for advertising the availability of a software upgrade. More specifically, there is provided a method comprising determining a version of software that supports a set top box, adding information indicative of whether the set top box is running the supporting version of the software to a packet, wherein the packet contains data representative of a satellite service, and transmitting the packet to the set top box. | 08-20-2009 |
20090307727 | PACKET REFORMATTING FOR DOWNSTREAM LINKS - Systems, devices, and methods are described for formatting packets for downstream satellite links. The generation of a broadband wireless signal is described, the signal to be transmitted between a gateway and subscriber terminals via satellite. Respective data link layer addresses for the subscriber terminals may each be associated with one or more shortened identifiers for use in lieu of the associated data link layer addresses. This addressing may be included in a stream encapsulation header for an appended data packet. One or more such headers and their appended data packets may then be encapsulated in a baseband frame for transmission within a physical layer frame. Data packets may be fragmented across physical layer frames, and a range of novel formatting techniques may be used to implement the fragmentation. | 12-10-2009 |
20100050213 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATIONS - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) communication system having at least one network element to receive from an Set-Top Box (STB) a communication identifier of a targeted communication device (TCD) to conduct a communication session utilizing a real-time Text over Internet Protocol (ToIP), determine whether the TCD operates according to one of a circuit-switched protocol (CSP) or ToIP, responsive to detecting that the TCD operates according to the CSP, establish the communication session between the STB and the TCD, transcode for the TCD ToIP communications initiated by the STB to CSP communications, and transcode for the STB CSP communications initiated by the TCD to ToIP communications. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 02-25-2010 |
20100122301 | SATELLITE BROADCAST RECEIVING AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - The present invention provides for a satellite system that will permit for the transmission of signals of two different frequencies and polarities to be transmitted simultaneously, also the system will accommodate two different polarity commands from two or more different sources at the same time. The satellite system of the present invention includes a satellite dish or antenna that receive signals. These received signals are then transmitted to a converter. A head-in frequency processor is coupled to the converter. This head-in frequency processor enables the different frequencies and polarities to be transmitted simultaneously via a single coaxial cable. This single coaxial cable is coupled to a head-out receiver processor which is connected to a receiver. This receiver is connected to a source. This unique design and configuration provides for the system that will permit for satellite broadcasting to occur in locations that are not in the line-of-sight path to the satellites. Accordingly, the satellite system of the present invention will permit satellite broadcasting in high-rises, hospitals, condominiums, schools, and the like. | 05-13-2010 |
20100169936 | Content Delivery System and Method - A system for delivering content to users from a content provider, the system comprising a transmission system for transmitting content in a series of segments and a plurality of receivers for receiving the series of segments transmitted from the transmission system, each of the receivers comprising a memory, a processor, and an output driver. The memory may have stored therein instructions that, when executed, will cause the processor to perform the following steps: (1) comparing each of the received segments to any previously stored segments to determine whether each received segment has been previously stored; (2) for a particular received segment that has not been previously stored, storing the segment in the memory; (3) for a particular received segment that has been previously stored, determining whether the received segment is missing data and, if it is, retrieving the missing data, if available, from the corresponding previously stored segment; and (4) providing each of the received segments to the output driver along with any missing data retrieved from the memory. In preferred embodiments, the system is useful for enabling the smooth provision of content to a user as any missing data contained in a received data stream can be obtained, if available, in the memory and used to compensate for the missing data in the transmission. | 07-01-2010 |
20100262999 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCESSING SELECTED PACKETIZED PROGRAMMING STREAMS - Programming stream communication systems and methods are operable to communicate programming streams to a media transmit facility. An exemplary embodiment receives at the media transmit facility a first packetized programming stream (PPS), the first PPS including a first programming stream (PS) generated by a first local programming provider (LPP); receives at the media transmit facility a second PPS, the second PPS including a second PS generated by a second LPP; multiplexes the first PS and the second PS into a transport channel; and communicates the transport channel from the media transmit facility. | 10-14-2010 |
20100269143 | System and Method for Satellite Enhanced Command, Control, and Surveillance Services Between Network Management Centers and Unmanned Land and Aerial Devices - A novel system and method for electronic delivery of command, control information to many land and aerial devices, simultaneously or individually, and transmission of video, audio, location, and other information from devices to user defined entities such as network management centers, and devices over defined geographic areas utilizing inter-connected communications satellites. Satellites receive data packets which may include command, control, monitoring, video, audio, sensor, graphics, response, and other data, redistributes them to multiple destination addresses within other systems and subsystems and radiates source power to devices. Display centers receive video, audio, and sensor data, stores the data files for playback on command, and creates maps utilizing geographic information software and other displays suitable for electronic displays. Operators are able to view and hear video camera output in real-time, or delayed, and issue commands, in any geographic area where devices are present. | 10-21-2010 |
20110083152 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE TO INDIVIDUAL UNITS OF A MULTIPLE DWELLING UNIT - A system and method for providing communications service to individual units of a multiple dwelling unit (“MDU”) is disclosed. The system may comprise a communications service unit configured to distribute communications signal to at least one unit of a MDU via at least one cable, wherein the at least one cable are distributed along the exterior of the MDU, one or more network interface elements communicatively coupled to the at least one cable, wherein each of the one or more network interface elements are positioned near a window of the MDU, and an antenna communicatively coupled to each of the one or more network interface elements, wherein the antenna is configured to transmit the communications signal to one or more network elements in at least one unit of the MDU. | 04-07-2011 |
20110113454 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING USER GENERATED CONTENT - A television provider receives content from a plurality of users. The user generated content is aggregated and scheduled for broadcast across a channel of the television provider. The user generated content is then broadcast at the scheduled time for reception by communication devices associated with the television provider. | 05-12-2011 |
20110131615 | SOURCE-CHANNEL COMBINED CODING METHOD AND SATELLITE BROADCASTING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A source-channel combined coding method including: determining whether a channel signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is varied or not; when it is determined that the channel SNR is varied, selecting a MODCOD suitable for the channel SNR by referring to a first table defining an SNR threshold value at which data transmission is performed without an error, for each MODCOD designating a low density parity check (LDPC) code rate and a modulation scheme; calculating a source coding rate by using an effective information bit rate of the selected MODCOD; extracting network abstraction layer (NAL) units for each layer from an inputted video frame so as to satisfy the calculated source coding rate, and packetizing the extracted NAL units; binding packets to configure a baseband (BB) frame; and LDPC coding and modulating the BB frame through the code rate and the modulation scheme which are designated by the selected MODCOD. | 06-02-2011 |
20110214152 | Application Execution System for Digital Television, Apparatus for Application Execution for Digital Television and Method to Implement Said System - The present invention refers to a system for executing applications, wherein said system is organized by layers and is designed to be used in an open broadcasting television system (land or satellite), and said system is capable of allowing the execution of applications produced by television broadcasters in the different hardware present in the Set-top Box and/or television set present at the viewer's residence. | 09-01-2011 |
20110225614 | MULTI-POINT DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER FOR INTERNET-DELIVERED TELEVISION PROGRAMMING - Methods, systems, and apparatus for sharing a content viewing experience among geographically separated participants. An invitation to view a common audio-video content item may be distributed to a plurality of individual clients of geographically separated participants in the content viewing experience. The invitation may include, for example, a description of the common audio-video content item, a time the common audio-video content item is available for distribution, means for accepting the invitation, and/or a comment. When an acceptance of the invitation is received, the common audio-video content item may be distributed to the individual clients of participants that accepted the invitation during the time the common audio-video content item is available for viewing. The individual clients of participants that accepted the invitation may then play the common audio-video content item under the common control of one of the clients. | 09-15-2011 |
20120036542 | HANDHELD MULTIMEDIA RECEIVING AND SENDING DEVICES - A handheld multimedia device connect to the internet to obtain internet content and transmits formatted content, including internet content, to a display, such as a television. Thus, users of the multimedia device have a platform for watching internet television or movies, listening to internet music, and otherwise experiencing internet content without the need to connect a conventional computer to the television. Moreover, in some embodiments, multimedia device allows for seamless interaction with the internet by using the devices as a pointing device—users point the device where they desire a cursor to be on the screen. | 02-09-2012 |
20120042345 | CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT ARCHITECTURE FOR BUNDLED SERVICES IN A FIXED BROADBAND WIRELESS INSTALLATION - One or more network devices receive, at a location outside a customer premises, a broadband signal from a base station of a wireless network and a satellite television signal from a satellite antenna. The one or more network devices combine, at the location outside the customer premises, the broadband signal with the satellite television signal in a single coaxial cable and send, via the single coaxial cable, the broadband signal and the satellite television signal to one or more devices inside the customer premises. | 02-16-2012 |
20120066723 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF DISTRIBUTING TELEVISION, VIDEO AND OTHER SIGNALS - A system for distributing television/video signals to different locations comprises a server capable of providing digital television/video signals for a plurality of programmes, a plurality of receivers each at a respective one of said locations, and a network connecting the server to the receivers, each receiver being operable to select a required one of the programmes and to communicate the selection to the server, the server being responsive to such a selection to transmit the digital television/video signal for the selected programme over the network addressed to the receiver that selected that programme, and each receiver being responsive to the digital television/video signal that is addressed to that receiver so that point-to-point communication is established from the server to that receiver. | 03-15-2012 |
20120192237 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PREAUTHORIZATION FOR A MOBILE RECEIVING DEVICE TO ACCESS WIRELESS NETWORKS - A mobile wireless system includes a transmitter such as a satellite that broadcasts wireless signals such as boundaries for wireless networks to a mobile receiving device. Mobile receiving device may include an antenna. A locating receiver is used to generate locating signals so that a determination may be made to the location of the mobile receiving device. Preauthorizations may be obtained to allow the mobile receiving device to communicate back to business controller to enable functions such as pay-per-view or on-demand, interactive television, gaming, and the like. The preauthorizations enable access to various wireless networks as the mobile receiving device moves. | 07-26-2012 |
20120278842 | Television Viewer Interface System - A television viewer interface system provides a viewer interface that allows the viewer to access different functions of a system. A highlight bar is responsive to the user's commands and is used to indicate the current menu item that can be selected by the user. Information is presented in a successive disclosure format where the user navigates through menus by moving the highlight bar to the right to obtain more information or to the left to see less information and return to the previous location. The background colors of each set of menus remains consistent throughout the user's experience such that the user intuitively knows what menu area he is in through the color cues. The invention provides indicators that tell the user that more information is available in a particular direction for a menu item. | 11-01-2012 |
20120297425 | System and Method to Actively Transfer Video Content Across Device During Video Playback (Active Playback) - An active play system and method are provided that allow a piece of content to be transferred between multiple content devices associated with the user. | 11-22-2012 |
20130007815 | ADVANCED EVENT TRIGGERING - An event trigger data string is formulated and added to digital content for distribution to an audience via broadcast, satellite, cable or any other technology. The event trigger data string includes identification of an event source, identification of an operation to be performed, and a payload. A controller reads the data string and outputs a command to an appropriate event source for alteration of a digital content stream based upon the identified operation. The payload may, for example, identify an advertisement or notice to be spliced into or out of the digital content stream. Such event trigger data strings may be added to many different digital content streams, and a router or switching component may distribute the streams to systems that disseminate them to the audience. The technique enables interaction with different event sources, and allows command of multiple different operations by these event sources. | 01-03-2013 |
20130125176 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING A WEBSITE TO PERFORM A REMOTE ACTION ON A SET TOP BOX WITH A SECURE AUTHORIZATION - A conditional access system generating a permission packet in response to the content request. The permission packet has information for a user device to access content through a connection of a content delivery network so that in response to the permission packet, a first connection from the content delivery network to the user device may be opened by the user device. | 05-16-2013 |
20130167178 | Centralized Broadband Gateway for a Wireless Communication System - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a centralized broadband gateway for a wireless communication system, including: a router/gateway module which receives encoded compressed audio/video (A/V) streams and distributes the encoded compressed audio/video A/V streams; multiple audio/video decoders which receive the encoded compressed A/V streams from the a router/gateway module, decode the encoded compressed A/V streams, and output uncompressed A/V streams; and an integrated Wireless High Definition Multimedia Interface (WHDMI) which receives the uncompressed A/V streams from the multiple audio/video decoders and transmits the uncompressed A/V streams wirelessly to media devices, without deploying individual media processors at each media device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 06-27-2013 |
20130268976 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTI-SERVICE RECEPTION - A multi-service antenna may comprise: a support structure, a reflector mounted to the support structure, a signal processing assembly mounted with the support structure, a first wire strung between the reflector and the support structure and/or the signal processing assembly, and circuitry for processing a first signal received as a result of electromagnetic radiation (e.g., terrestrial television and/or cellular signals) incident on the first wire. The circuitry for processing the first signal may be housed in the signal processing assembly. A second wire may also be strung between the reflector and the support structure and/or the signal processing assembly, and the circuitry may be operable to perform diversity processing of signals received via the two wires. | 10-10-2013 |
20140082674 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA - Provided is a data processing apparatus and method that may initialize baseband frame data that is newly input, and may randomize the baseband frame data based on a byte unit. Also, provided is a data processing system and method that may configure baseband frame data by randomizing the baseband frame data based on the byte unit in performing mode adaptation and stream adaptation with respect to a received transport stream (TS) packet, and may perform channel encoding of the baseband frame data. | 03-20-2014 |
20140130105 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BROWSING USING ALTERNATIVE LINKBASES - Systems and methods for navigating hypermedia using multiple coordinated input/output device sets. Disclosed systems and methods allow a user and/or an author to control what resources are presented on which device sets (whether they are integrated or not), and provide for coordinating browsing activities to enable such a user interface to be employed across multiple independent systems. Disclosed systems and methods also support new and enriched aspects and applications of hypermedia browsing and related business activities. | 05-08-2014 |
20140137162 | Systems and Methods for Communicating a Live Event to Users using the Internet - Systems and methods for distributing an audio/visual feed of a live event include mixing ambient audio signals, from ambient microphones monitoring the live event, with sound board feed from the event public address system, thereby forming a mixed audio signal. A video input signal is received at each video input in a plurality of video inputs at a video board from corresponding cameras recording the event. One such video input signal is selected as the video board output and is combined with the mixed audio signal thereby producing an audio/visual signal. This signal is encoded using a video codec, at each of several bitrates, and an audio codec, thereby forming bitrate streams each comprising the video portion of the audio/visual signal at a unique bitrate. The streams are received by a satellite router and transmitted to a satellite which sends them to one or more downlink servers for Internet distribution. | 05-15-2014 |
20140245361 | MULTILEVEL SATELLITE BROADCASTING SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING HIERARCHICAL SATELLITE BROADCASTING AND OPERATION METHOD OF THE SAME - Provided is a multilevel satellite broadcasting system for providing a hierarchical satellite broadcasting, including a demodulator to demodulate a transmitted multilevel compression stream based on a modulation parameter, a hierarchical video decoder to receive the demodulated multilevel compression stream, and a channel predicting and controlling unit to process at least one of channel prediction and channel control with respect to the demodulated multilevel compression stream based on channel information of the demodulator. | 08-28-2014 |
20140245362 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCESSING RECOVERABLE PROGRAM CONTENT - Content delivery systems and methods are operable to provide recoverable program content to a media device. An exemplary embodiment detects an occurrence of a qualifying event, wherein the qualifying event is associated with an unavailable portion of a program of interest; communicates a request to establish a backchannel between the media device and a program content device in response to detecting the occurrence of the qualifying event; communicates a request for a recoverable portion of the program of interest from the media device to the program content device over the backchannel, wherein the requested recoverable portion of the program of interest corresponds to the unavailable portion of the program of interest; and receives at the media device the recoverable portion of the program of interest from the program content device. | 08-28-2014 |
20140282748 | Systems and Methods for Distributing Audio/Video Feed of a Live Event Via Satellite - In some implementations, a method for distributing content feed of a live event via satellite includes: obtaining media signals for the live event from signal sources, where the media signals comprise audio and visual feed of the live event; converting the media signals into a mixed digital media signal; wirelessly transmitting, using a network protocol, the mixed digital media signal to a satellite uplink device; wirelessly transmitting, using the satellite uplink device, the mixed digital media signal to a satellite; identifying content delivery networks in electronic communication with client devices configured to receive the mixed digital media signal; obtaining the mixed digital media signal from the satellite, using a satellite downlink device; and delivering the mixed digital media signal to the one or more identified content delivery networks, through the satellite downlink device, where the identified content delivery networks further deliver the mixed digital media signal to the client devices. | 09-18-2014 |
20150113573 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFLICT RECOGNITION ON DISEQC PROTOCOL - A method for conflict recognition on DiSEqC protocol, the method comprising the steps of generating a command to be sent to a DiSEqC device; requesting a tuner to send the command to the DiSEqC device; the method further comprises: after the step of generating the command and prior to the step of requesting a tuner to send the command, executing the following steps: sending a ODU_PowerOFF DiSEqC command from the tuner to the DiSEqC device; stopping the tuner in case the ODU_PowerOFF DiSEqC command results in unlocking the tuner; sending a “ODU_Channel_change” DiSEqC command from the tuner in order to request to retune the DiSEqC device to new parameters; assuming lack of conflict in case the tuner is locked according to the requested parameters. | 04-23-2015 |
20160037198 | REBROADCASTING SYSTEM - A rebroadcasting system for retransmitting a television broadcast, which was received from a satellite, in a segment broadcasting, such as one-segment broadcasting and three-segment broadcasting, comprises: charging a solar battery during the daytime; recording broadcasts during the retransmission halt time; retransmitting television broadcasts, which are received from the satellite, in real time by use of central (one or three) segments and the charged power during any time when the output of the solar battery is low, for example, during the night, before sunset, after sunrise, or a rainy day; reproducing the recorded broadcasts; and retransmitting the reproduced recorded programs by use of any remaining segments, for example, segments adjacent to the central segments. | 02-04-2016 |
20160094891 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING CONTENT LOCALLY - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a content distribution device that receives a signal stream from a satellite including items of media content. The device selectively stores a first subset of the media content items at a storage device, according to a characteristic of a location proximate to the device. The device selectively stores a second subset of the items according to a history of user requests for content transmitted in proximity to the content distribution device. The device receives a request from a consumer device for an item in the first subset or the second subset, retrieves the item, and transmits the item to the consumer device via a wireless access channel. The transmitting is performed according to a short range wireless protocol without utilizing a long range wireless protocol. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 03-31-2016 |