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20100130141 | Account Tracking System - The present invention is directed to a system and method for identifying and responding to missing or absent receivers. The invention includes determining, at a particular receiver that is a member of a group of receivers, that one member of the group is currently or was at a particular time missing, absent or otherwise unresponsive. Embodiments of the invention are directed to notifying a service provider of a receiver status or absence, which, in response, may take one of a number of predetermined actions. | 05-27-2010 |
20100131968 | Account-Specific Encryption Key - One embodiment takes the form of a method and apparatus for creating a customer-specific encryption key for encrypting digital information. The encryption key may be based on a customer number and may be associated with several devices such that the devices may encrypt and decrypt the digital information. Because each device may have the same encryption key, the encrypted data may be encrypted by a first device, transferred from the first device to a second device and decrypted and read by the second device. Thus, encrypted digital information may be shared between devices that generate a customer-specific encryption key from a common customer number. In one embodiment, the customer-specific encryption key may be utilized by a set-top box of a television system to encrypt and decrypt a digitally recorded television program. | 05-27-2010 |
20120137318 | Tracking User Interaction from a Receiving Device - Measuring and tracking user interaction with a television receiver, such as a set top box or cable box. The television receiver may create and display a matrix code that includes temporal information, user identification information, geographic information, and/or a user selection. The matrix code may be captured by a matrix reading device and transmitted to a monitoring entity. Optionally, the matrix reading device may decode the matrix code and transmit associated data to the monitoring entity. The monitoring entity may use the code or data to track and distinguish between user interactions at different points in time. | 05-31-2012 |
20120151524 | Mining of Advertisement Viewer Information Using Matrix Code - A method for collecting advertisement viewer information includes receiving a signal carrying a television advertisement, reading viewing data associated with the advertisement from a computer readable storage medium, compiling a matrix code including the viewing data for inclusion in the advertisement and scanning by a viewer, and transmitting the advertisement with the matrix code to a presentation device for display. A system for including advertisement viewer information in a matrix code is also described. | 06-14-2012 |
20120155838 | Matrix Code-Based User Interface - A method for presenting a matrix code may include receiving, at a content receiver, a signal carrying identifying data relating to a remotely accessible program, generating, at a content receiver, a matrix code from the identifying data relating to the remotely accessible program, transmitting the matrix code as part of a content presentation to a presentation device for display, and receiving the remotely accessible program in response to a user capture of the matrix code. A method for remotely controlling a set top box and a method for setting a recording time on a set top box are also described. A method of preparing a program guide may include gathering program information, generating matrix codes for each program including program data, and associating the matrix codes with respective programs. | 06-21-2012 |
20160066050 | Matrix Code-Based User Interface - A method for presenting a matrix code may include receiving, at a content receiver, a signal carrying identifying data relating to a remotely accessible program, generating, at a content receiver, a matrix code from the identifying data relating to the remotely accessible program, transmitting the matrix code as part of a content presentation to a presentation device for display, and receiving the remotely accessible program in response to a user capture of the matrix code. A method for remotely controlling a set top box and a method for setting a recording time on a set top box are also described. A method of preparing a program guide may include gathering program information, generating matrix codes for each program including program data, and associating the matrix codes with respective programs. | 03-03-2016 |
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20130311287 | CONTEXT-AWARE VIDEO PLATFORM SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A video-platform server may obtain and provide context-specific metadata to remote playback devices, including identifying advertising campaigns and/or games that match one or more assets (e.g., actors, locations, articles of clothing, business establishments, or the like) that are depicted in or otherwise associated with a given video segment. | 11-21-2013 |
20130332972 | CONTEXT-AWARE VIDEO PLATFORM SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A video-platform server may obtain and provide context-specific metadata to remote playback devices via an application programming interface. Context-specific metadata may include tags describing one or more assets (e.g., actors, locations, articles of clothing, business establishments, or the like) that are depicted in or otherwise associated with a given video segment. | 12-12-2013 |
20140059595 | CONTEXT-AWARE VIDEO SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Media-playback devices may render context-aware media along with a continually updated set of selectable asset identifiers that correspond to assets (e.g., actors, locations, articles of clothing, business establishments, or the like) currently presented in the media. Using the currently-presented assets or asset controls, a viewer can access contextually relevant information about a selected asset. | 02-27-2014 |
20140344070 | CONTEXT-AWARE VIDEO PLATFORM SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A video-platform server may obtain and provide context-specific metadata to remote playback devices, including identifying advertising campaigns and/or games that match one or more assets (e.g., actors, locations, articles of clothing, business establishments, or the like) that are depicted in or otherwise associated with a given video segment. | 11-20-2014 |
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20130262394 | SEARCH FILTERED FILE SYSTEM USING SECONDARY STORAGE - Techniques for enabling user search of content stored in a file archive include providing a search interface comprising a search rules portion and an action rules portion, receiving a file archive search criterion comprising at least one search rule, and searching the file archive using the search criterion. The techniques also include generating a set of files filtered using the search criterion and performing an action specified in the action rules portion on a file included in the set of files. | 10-03-2013 |
20140201151 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO SELECT FILES FOR RESTORATION FROM BLOCK-LEVEL BACKUP FOR VIRTUAL MACHINES - A data storage system receives a user instruction through a user interface to restore a specific virtual machine file from a block-level backup. The system accesses a file index which is created during the block-level backup by accessing the file allocation table of the underlying host system and associating the blocks with the file location information of the virtual machine files stored in the file allocation table. The system further creates a file level table based at least in part on the virtual machine file information stored in the file index, displays a listing of the virtual machine files from the file level table, and receives a user selected virtual machine file to restore. | 07-17-2014 |
20140201152 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROCESS BLOCK-LEVEL BACKUP FOR SELECTIVE FILE RESTORATION FOR VIRTUAL MACHINES - A data storage system protects virtual machines using block-level backup operations and restores the data at a file level. The system accesses the virtual machine file information from the file allocation table of the host system underlying the virtualization layer. A file index associates this virtual machine file information with the related protected blocks in a secondary storage device during the block-level backup. Using the file index, the system can identify the specific blocks in the secondary storage device associated with a selected restore file. As a result, file level granularity for restore operations is possible for virtual machine data protected by block-level backup operations without restoring more than the selected file blocks from the block-level backup data. | 07-17-2014 |
20140201162 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO RESTORE SELECTED FILES FROM BLOCK-LEVEL BACKUP FOR VIRTUAL MACHINES - A data storage system restores selected virtual machine files from a block-level backup without restoring blocks associated with files other than the selected virtual machine file. The system identifies the one or more blocks associated with a selected file from a file index that is created during the block-level backup of the virtual machine by accessing the file allocation tables of the underlying host system and associating the locations of the blocks with the file information from the file allocation table for the virtual files of the virtual machine. The system further restores the identified blocks without restoring blocks associated with files other than the selected file and/or file version, recreates the selected file from the restored blocks, and presents the restored file to the user. | 07-17-2014 |
20150254254 | SEARCH FILTERED FILE SYSTEM USING SECONDARY STORAGE, INCLUDING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL INDEXING AND SEARCHING OF ARCHIVED FILES - Techniques for enabling user search of content stored in a file archive include providing a search interface comprising a search rules portion and an action rules portion, receiving a file archive search criterion comprising at least one search rule, and searching the file archive using the search criterion. The techniques also include generating a set of files filtered using the search criterion and performing an action specified in the action rules portion on a file included in the set of files. | 09-10-2015 |
20160085574 | EFFICIENTLY RESTORING EXECUTION OF A BACKED UP VIRTUAL MACHINE BASED ON COORDINATION WITH VIRTUAL-MACHINE-FILE-RELOCATION OPERATIONS - The disclosed systems and methods enable a virtual machine, including any applications executing thereon, to quickly start executing and servicing users based on pre-staged data blocks supplied from a backup copy in secondary storage. Substantially concurrently with the ongoing execution of the virtual machine, a virtual-machine-file-relocation operation may move data blocks originating in the backup copy to a primary storage destination that becomes the virtual machine's primary data store after the relocation operation completes. An enhanced data agent, operating in conjunction with an enhanced media agent in a storage management system, coordinates restoring of the virtual machine and the launch of the relocation operation. The enhanced media agent may pre-stage certain backed up data blocks which may be needed to launch the virtual machine, based on predictive analysis pertaining to the virtual machine's operational profile. The enhanced media agent may also pre-stage backed up data blocks for the relocation operation, based on the operation's relocation scheme. Servicing read requests to the virtual machine may take priority over ongoing pre-staging of backed up data. Read requests may be tracked so that the media agent may properly maintain the contents of an associated read cache. Some embodiments of the illustrative storage management system may lack, or may simply not require, the relocation operation, and may operate in a “live mount” configuration. | 03-24-2016 |
20160085575 | EFFICIENT LIVE-MOUNT OF A BACKED UP VIRTUAL MACHINE IN A STORAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - The disclosed systems and methods enable a virtual machine, including any applications executing thereon, to quickly start executing and servicing users based on pre-staged data blocks supplied from a backup copy in secondary storage. Substantially concurrently with the ongoing execution of the virtual machine, a virtual-machine-file-relocation operation may move data blocks originating in the backup copy to a primary storage destination that becomes the virtual machine's primary data store after the relocation operation completes. An enhanced data agent, operating in conjunction with an enhanced media agent in a storage management system, coordinates restoring of the virtual machine and the launch of the relocation operation. The enhanced media agent may pre-stage certain backed up data blocks which may be needed to launch the virtual machine, based on predictive analysis pertaining to the virtual machine's operational profile. The enhanced media agent may also pre-stage backed up data blocks for the relocation operation, based on the operation's relocation scheme. Servicing read requests to the virtual machine may take priority over ongoing pre-staging of backed up data. Read requests may be tracked so that the media agent may properly maintain the contents of an associated read cache. Some embodiments of the illustrative storage management system may lack, or may simply not require, the relocation operation, and may operate in a “live mount” configuration. | 03-24-2016 |
20160085636 | EFFICIENTLY RESTORING EXECUTION OF A BACKED UP VIRTUAL MACHINE BASED ON COORDINATION WITH VIRTUAL-MACHINE-FILE-RELOCATION OPERATIONS - The disclosed systems and methods enable a virtual machine, including any applications executing thereon, to quickly start executing and servicing users based on pre-staged data blocks supplied from a backup copy in secondary storage. Substantially concurrently with the ongoing execution of the virtual machine, a virtual-machine-file-relocation operation may move data blocks originating in the backup copy to a primary storage destination that becomes the virtual machine's primary data store after the relocation operation completes. An enhanced data agent, operating in conjunction with an enhanced media agent in a storage management system, coordinates restoring of the virtual machine and the launch of the relocation operation. The enhanced media agent may pre-stage certain backed up data blocks which may be needed to launch the virtual machine, based on predictive analysis pertaining to the virtual machine's operational profile. The enhanced media agent may also pre-stage backed up data blocks for the relocation operation, based on the operation's relocation scheme. Servicing read requests to the virtual machine may take priority over ongoing pre-staging of backed up data. Read requests may be tracked so that the media agent may properly maintain the contents of an associated read cache. Some embodiments of the illustrative storage management system may lack, or may simply not require, the relocation operation, and may operate in a “live mount” configuration. | 03-24-2016 |