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20080229356 | Real-time video compression - There are provided a method, a system and machine-readable medium for encoding a video broadcast. The method includes obtaining one or more first compression settings for the video broadcast from an electronic program guide (EPG), the EPG associating the video broadcast with the one or more first compression settings. The method further includes compressing the video broadcast using the one or more first compression settings into a distribution broadcast. Yet further, the method includes distributing the distribution broadcast. There is also provided a method, system and machine readable medium to provide compression settings for encoding a video broadcast. The method includes inserting one or more compression settings into an electronic program guide (EPG) in association with the video broadcast based on a content type of the video broadcast. The method further includes distributing the EPG. | 09-18-2008 |
20080259921 | System and method for multi-rate video delivery using multicast stream - Systems and methods for multi-rate media data delivery using multiple IP multicast streams are provided. According to example embodiments disclosed herein, the method may include determining a plurality of stream bit rates based on a plurality of demanded bit rates of a plurality of output media data streams and a first algorithm. The method may further include receiving an input media signal and generating a plurality of encoded data streams using the input media signal. The encoded data streams may have encoded bit rates, substantially the same as the stream bit rates. The example method may also include, using a second algorithm and the encoded data streams to generate output data streams at the demanded bit rates. In an example embodiment, the system may comprise a multi-rate encoder and a stream generator, to generate a plurality of encoded streams at the encoded bit rates. | 10-23-2008 |
20090106346 | METHOD FOR EXCHANGING CONTENT BETWEEN COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to request from an alternate communication device a log of subscribed content acquired by the alternate communication device from an alternate source, identify from the log a desired portion of the subscribed content, and transmit to the alternate communication device a peer-to-peer request for the desired portion of the subscribed content according to one or more available subscriptions. Additional embodiments are also disclosed. | 04-23-2009 |
20100169938 | Distributing DBS Content to Multiple Receivers Over a Single Coaxial Cable - A satellite transponder switch (STS) maintains a table that maps set-top boxes (STBs) to carrier frequencies. The STS receives a first request from a first STB for a first transponder band and a second request from a second STB for a second transponder band. The STS receives contact from the first STB on a control channel upon power-up of the first STB and in response to the contact from the first STB, assigns a first carrier frequency to the first STB. The STS frequency shifts the first transponder band to a first carrier frequency assigned to the first STB and the second transponder band to a second carrier frequency assigned to the second STB. The STS outputs a signal that comprises the frequency-shifted first and second transponder bands to the first STB and the second STB. The frequency-shifted first and second transponder bands are separated by a separation band. A first carrier frequency of the signal is unique to the first STB and a second carrier frequency of the signal is unique to the second STB. | 07-01-2010 |
20110030014 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARALLEL CHANNEL SCANNING - A system and method are disclosed for receiving a group of video channels at a client device, selecting a display set from the group of channels, and sending a communication to a display for displaying each channel in the display set in parallel wherein each one of the channels in the display set is displayed in one of a plurality of picture in picture (PIP) displays for a predetermined time. | 02-03-2011 |
20110167442 | System and Method to Provide a Unified Video Signal for Diverse Receiving Platforms - A system includes a signal-processing engine configured to generate a video data stream including a plurality of data packets based on a received video signal. A first subset of the plurality of data packets is usable to generate a video display of content having a first quality and all of the plurality of data packets are usable to generate a second video display of the content having a second quality. The second quality is higher than the first quality. The signal-processing engine is further configured to distinguish the first subset of the plurality of data packets from other data packets of the plurality of data packets by applying a tag to particular data packets to form tagged data packets. The system also includes a transmitter coupled to the signal-processing engine and configured to transmit the plurality of data packets of the video data stream. | 07-07-2011 |
20120017255 | System and Method of Managing Video Content Streams - A method includes buffering a plurality of video streams within a buffer of a video server and generating a unicast video output and a multicast video output at the buffer. | 01-19-2012 |
20120331558 | Methods, Systems, & Products for Managing Digital Content - A dynamic repository (either storing digital data content or pointers to stored digital data content) works in conjunction with a plurality of interfaces to manage digital content and digital rights policies associated with one or more users. Digital rights policies are unique to each user and such policies define access to digital content in the repository. The user's digital rights policy indicates the level of access a user has to digital content in the repository (e.g., the policy could indicate that the user has authorized access to a particular file for a period of seven days). The interfaces linked with the content repository are used to access and manipulate the digital data content (based upon each user's digital rights policy) and the digital rights policies stored in the content repository. The interfaces include: (a) one or more authentication interfaces for authenticating users, (b) one or more digital rights management (DRM) interfaces allowing users to add, delete, or edit the digital rights policies, (c) one or more data access interfaces allowing users to selectively access digital data content as defined by their individual digital rights policy, (d) one or more browsing interfaces allowing users to selectively browse said digital data content, or a (e) one or more content manipulation interfaces allowing said users to add, delete, or edit said digital data content. | 12-27-2012 |
20130139211 | Linking and Browsing Media on Television - Techniques for linking and browsing media on a television (TV) are provided. A selected program, which is associated with a channel of the TV, is detected and additional content, which is associated with that channel and/or the selected program, is dynamically acquired from one or more external sources. The additional content is formatted as links and simultaneously presented within a display of the TV along with the selected program that continues to play on the TV. Furthermore, activation of any link results in the additional content being dynamically acquired and presented within the display. | 05-30-2013 |
20130169864 | PICTURE-IN-PICTURE VIDEO CONTENT DISTRIBUTION - A method and system for multicasting video signals over a network. A standard definition picture-in-picture multicast video signal is encoded from a video signal. A common network address is assigned to the standard definition picture-in-picture multicast video signal for both standard definition picture-in-picture video content and high definition video content. | 07-04-2013 |
20130208188 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARALLEL CHANNEL SCANNING - A method is disclosed including but not limited to continuously displaying a selected channel in a new picture in picture display; and removing the selected channel from a first plurality of video channels to form a second plurality of video channels for selecting a second set of video channels from the second plurality of video channels A computer program and system for performing the method are also disclosed. | 08-15-2013 |
20130239152 | System and Method of Processing a Satellite Signal - A system includes a converter to receive a receiving a satellite signal at first transport frequencies and to convert the satellite signal to second transport frequencies and a processor. The processor removes a radio frequency portion from the satellite signal without altering a sequence of media contents of a moving picture experts group portion of the satellite signal and without altering a quality of the media contents of the moving picture experts group portion. The processor determines whether the media contents include an error and corrects the error in the moving picture experts group portion with error correction data of the satellite signal. The processor encrypts the media contents to produce an encrypted digital moving picture experts group transport stream signal. The processor also sends the encrypted digital moving picture experts group transport stream signal to a modulator. | 09-12-2013 |
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20140337171 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSUMER-MERCHANT TRANSACTION ANALYSIS - A system, method and computer program product that is capable of determining respective merchant behaviour scores and consumer behaviour scores. Merchant locations (e.g. point of purchase or other geographic or virtual locations), in association with which merchants and consumers conduct transactions, can be used to enhance behaviour scoring capabilities. A merchant location may be attributed a merchant behaviour score such as one determined in accordance with consumer behaviour/financial/risk metrics of consumers who conduct transactions with the location. A specific consumer may be attributed a consumer behaviour score determined in accordance with the respective merchant behaviour scores of locations with which the specific consumer conducts transactions. | 11-13-2014 |
20140337225 | BIOMETRIC-BASED TRANSACTION FRAUD DETECTION - A method of identifying potentially fraudulent electronic transactions at an electronic transaction device may involve the transaction device receiving a transaction request for an electronic transaction. The transaction request may include a biometric credential sample and an authentication credential. Upon locating in the transaction history (i) no entry corresponding to the biometric credential sample or (ii) an entry comprising the biometric credential sample in association with the authentication credential, the electronic transaction device may insert into the transaction history a new entry comprising the biometric credential sample in association with the authentication credential and initiates completion of the electronic transaction. Otherwise, the transaction device may insert into the transaction history a new entry comprising the biometric credential sample in association with the authentication credential and generates an alarm signal identifying the electronic transaction as potentially fraudulent. | 11-13-2014 |
20140337235 | PERSON-TO-PERSON ELECTRONIC PAYMENT PROCESSING - A method of person-to-person anonymous electronic payment processing may involve a payment processing server receiving from a payor payment device a payment initiation request for a payment from a payor account. The payment initiation request may identify a payment amount and excludes payee particulars and the payee account. The server may also receive from a payee payment device a payment completion request requesting completion of the payment. The payment completion request may include a payee identifier and exclude the payment amount, payor account and payor particulars. The server may confirm that the payment completion request is uniquely associated with the payee payment device and the payee identifier, and determine the payment amount and the payor account by correlating the payment completion request with the payment initiation request. In accordance with an outcome of the confirming, the payment processing server may effect a transfer in the payment amount from the payor account to the payee account. | 11-13-2014 |
20140358786 | VIRTUAL CERTIFIED FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT SYSTEM - The disclosed embodiments include systems and methods for issuing a virtual certified financial instrument. The disclosed embodiments may be configured to receive a financial instrument request for a virtual certified financial instrument, generate a payor token and a payee token, generate a reference token from the payor token and the payee token using an algorithm rendering it computationally infeasible for the reference token to be derived from only one of the payor token and the payee token, and uniquely associate the reference token with the virtual certified financial instrument. The disclosed embodiments may also be configured to receive, from the payor device or the payee device, a financial instrument redemption request that includes a composite token, and redeem the virtual financial instrument in accordance with a confirmation that the composite token matches the reference token. | 12-04-2014 |
20150095132 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADMINISTERING INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS BASED ON INFORMATION CONSUMPTION - The disclosed embodiments include systems and methods for administering actual and virtual investment portfolios based on social media activities associated with and information consumed by one or more users. The disclosed embodiments may be configured to obtain digital activity data identifying an interaction between the user and one or more social networks, and further, one or more elements of electronic content accessed by the user. The disclosed embodiments may also be configured to identify a loyalty program associated with the user, and a geographic region associated with the user. The disclosed embodiments may also be configured to identify one or more first securities based on the digital activity data, an investment risk tolerance of the user, and at least one or the loyalty program or the geographic region, and to transmit information identifying a first set of the one or more first securities to a user device. | 04-02-2015 |
20150095150 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADMINISTERING INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS BASED ON TRANSACTION DATA - The disclosed embodiments include systems and methods for administering actual and virtual investment portfolios based on transaction data associated with one or more users. The disclosed embodiments may be configured to obtain first transaction data associated with a first user and identifying one or more first products purchased by the first user. The disclosed embodiments may also be configured to obtain program data identifying a first loyalty program associated with the first user, and geographic data specifying a geographic region associated with the first user. Additionally, the disclosed embodiments may be configured to identify one or more first securities based on the first transaction data and the obtained program and/or geographic data. The disclosed embodiments may also generate one or more first electronic instructions to transmit information identifying a first set of the one or more first securities to a device of the first user. | 04-02-2015 |
20150095206 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING TRANSACTION COMPLETION ALERTS - Systems and methods are provided for identifying interrupted transactions and automatically completing interrupted transactions based on responses to transaction completion alerts. The disclosed embodiments may include a server that may obtain one or more first terms of a transaction from a customer. The server may be configured to identify an interruption in an execution of the transaction, and determine, in response to the identified interruption, whether the first transaction terms include a predetermined subset of second transaction terms used to execute the transaction. The server may also complete the execution of the interrupted transaction when the first transaction terms include at least the predetermined subset of the second transaction terms. | 04-02-2015 |
20150095216 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING AND PROVIDING NEGATIVE EVENT NOTIFICATIONS - The disclosed embodiments include systems and methods for determining and providing notifications of negative events. The disclosed embodiments include, for example, a computer-implemented method for determining negative events. The method may include collecting, by one or more processors, prior financial transaction information associated with a user. The method may also include determining a transaction pattern associated with the user based on the collected financial transaction information. In another aspect, the method may include determining a negative event reflecting a deviation from the transaction pattern associated with the user, the deviation being a nonoccurrence of an expected financial transaction consistent with the transaction pattern. The method may also include providing a notification identifying the deviation. | 04-02-2015 |
20150095261 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADMINISTERING INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS BASED ON TRANSACTION DATA - The disclosed embodiments include systems and methods for administering actual and virtual investment portfolios based on transaction data associated with one or more users. The disclosed embodiments may be configured to modify an investment risk tolerance of a user based on transaction data identifying one or more first products purchased by the user and one or more prior financial services transactions associated with the user. The disclosed embodiments may also be configured to identify one or more first securities based on a portion of the transaction data and the modified investment risk tolerance. In certain aspects, the identified first securities may be related to at least one of the purchased products. | 04-02-2015 |
20150095263 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADMINISTERING INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS BASED ON TRANSACTION DATA - The disclosed embodiments include systems and methods for administering actual and virtual investment portfolios based on transaction data associated with one or more users. The disclosed embodiments may be configured to modify an investment risk tolerance of a user based on transaction data identifying one or more first products purchased by the user and one or more prior financial services transactions associated with the user. The disclosed embodiments may also be configured to identify one or more first securities based on a portion of the transaction data and the modified investment risk tolerance. In certain aspects, the identified first securities may be related to at least one of the purchased products. | 04-02-2015 |
20150100404 | Systems and Methods for Identifying Product Recommendations Based On Investment Portfolio Data - The disclosed embodiments include, for example, systems and methods for providing recommendations of one or more alternative products to a user based on investment portfolio data. In one aspect, the disclosed embodiments may include a system that is configured to obtain information associated with one or more products of interest to the user. In certain aspects, the obtained information may identify a product previously purchased by the user, one or more products that form a shopping list of the user, and/or a product identified by the user as a potential purchase. The system may be configured to identify one or more alternative products that are similar to the products of interest and that are related to one or more securities associated with an investment portfolio of the user. In one aspect, the system may be configured to generate one or more instructions to transmit information identifying the one or more alternatives product to a device of the user. | 04-09-2015 |
20150100442 | Systems and Methods for Providing Enhanced Point-Of-Sale Services - Systems and methods are provided for identifying enhanced services for presentation to a user at a point-of-sale terminal. The disclosed embodiments include, for example, a system that may be configured to receive a request to authenticate a purchase transaction that identifies a financial service account and a point-of-sale terminal. The system may be configured to determine, based on the request, whether an issuer of the user's account corresponds to a provider associated with the point-of-sale terminal. The server may also be configured to identify one or more services available to the user, when the issuer corresponds to the provider, and provide information identifying the services to the point-of-sale terminal. | 04-09-2015 |
20150100456 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING PRODUCT RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO DATA - The disclosed embodiments include, for example, systems and methods for providing recommendations of one or more alternative products to a user based on investment portfolio data. In one aspect, the disclosed embodiments may include a system that is configured to receive an identifier of a product prior to a purchase of the product by a user, and determine parameters associated with the product based on the received product identifier. In certain aspects the system may be configured to identify an alternative product associated with at least one of the product parameters and at least one of a plurality of securities associated with the investment portfolio of the user. The system may also be configured to perform a process that causes transmission of information identifying the alternative product for presentation on a device of the user. | 04-09-2015 |
20150100519 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING PRODUCT RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO DATA - The disclosed embodiments include, for example, systems and methods for providing recommendations of one or more alternative products to a user based on investment portfolio data. In one aspect, the disclosed embodiments may include a system that is configured to obtain information associated with one or more products of interest to the user. In certain aspects, the obtained information may identify a product previously purchased by the user, one or more products that form a shopping list of the user, and/or a product identified by the user as a potential purchase. The system may be configured to identify one or more alternative products that are similar to the products of interest and that are related to one or more securities associated with an investment portfolio of the user. | 04-09-2015 |
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20100135728 | MOBILE OFFSHORE DRILLING AND PRODUCTION PLATFORM - The present invention relates to a mobile offshore oil drilling and production platform ( | 06-03-2010 |
20100150660 | OFFSHORE OIL PRODUCTION PLATFORM - The present invention relates to an offshore oil production platform. The platform includes a deck ( | 06-17-2010 |
20110168402 | OFFSHORE UNIT AND METHOD OF INSTALLING WELLHEAD PLATFORM USING THE OFFSHORE UNIT - An offshore unit includes a hull and/or a deck frame, a mat attached to at least one connecting leg or a spud can attached to each of at least one connecting leg or lower hull attached to at least one connecting means. A wellhead deck is removably attached to the hull and/or deck frame and a sub-sea clamp in conjunction with a caisson or a sub-sea conductor frame is removably attached to the mat or to the at least one connecting leg, where a spud can is attached to each of the at least one connecting leg, or to the lower hull. The offshore unit is relocatable and is a platform or a rig capable of performing drilling, production, construction, accommodation, hook-up and commissioning or a combination of any of these functions thereof. The offshore unit is a self-elevating mobile platform or submersible platform or semi-submersible platform. | 07-14-2011 |
20120248099 | ENCLOSED OFFSHORE TANK FOR STORING CRUDE OIL - An enclosed offshore tank for storing crude oil in a flowable form where the problems associated with flow assurance are prevented. The enclosed offshore tank includes a floor, an insulated cover and perimeter wall secured to a floor forming the offshore tank. The enclosed offshore tank can include a means of floor heating, wherein the floor is provided with piping which receives heated fluid to heat the crude oil. The perimeter wall can have an inner wall and an outer wall forming an annulus, wherein a heated fluid from a heating source fills the annulus to heat the crude oil. A microwave heating system can include at least one microwave generator, at least one waveguide and at least one radiating element to indirectly heat crude oil in the offshore tank. | 10-04-2012 |