Interactive video distribution systems inventions 05/06

20060112407 - Electronic apparatus having a tuner circuit board: To provide an electronic apparatus having a tuner circuit board that can prevent undesirable radiation, is laid out to allow a hybrid tuner designed both for digital broadcasting and analog broadcasting to be mounted. On a tuner circuit board 30 having a tuner section 130 on which a vertical-type tuner...

20060112406 - Method and apparatus for having video in a two-way radio: An apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving an audio signal and/or a video signal with a two-way radio. The two-way radio comprises a transmitter system and a receiver system. The transmitter system is adapted to transmit a digitized video signal and a digitized audio signal. The receiver system is...

20060112408 - Displaying data associated with a data item: An assistance method for selecting a program using a display device (112) is disclosed. The method (1200) selects one or more attributes associated with a first program, the one or more attributes being selected dynamically by a processor associated with the display device (112) according to one or more predetermined...

20060112409 - Car audio/video system: Disclosed herein is a car audio/video (A/V) system in which both a rear panel informing a user of a variety of operational statuses of the car A/V system and a front panel having a TFT-LCD panel are installed in a 1-DIN-sized casing, thus improving the efficiency of usage of a...

20060112410 - Method and apparatus for presenting on-demand event records: The present invention is a method and system for presenting on-demand event records in such a manner as to allow the user to easily identify which on-demand event records have been viewed already. Once a user views particular on-demand content, the present invention flags the particular on-demand content as pre-viewed...

20060112411 - Content using apparatus, content using method, distribution server apparatus, information distribution method, and recording medium: A content using apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain delimiter information for content data recorded on a recording medium; an accepting unit configured to accept input of an instruction by a user; and a generating unit configured to generate content data from content data subject to processing to...

20060112412 - Method for automatically setting time and digital broadcast receiving apparatus using the same: A method for automatically setting a time includes receiving a time set by a user and corresponding to a geographic region where a digital broadcast receiver is located, and then determining if a broadcast signal received by the digital broadcast receiver includes time information; if the broadcast signal includes the...

20060112413 - Image processing system, imaging device and method, recording medium, and program: The present invention relates to an image processing system, a device and a method for image pickup, a recording medium, and a program that make it possible to transfer a large amount of image data to another apparatus efficiently. A digital camera 1 transfers image data to a server 5...

20060112414 - A data transfer adaptor and a method for transferring data: A coupling device to connect an external device, e.g. a mobile station, to a television receiver through a SCART or antenna connection using an LPRF link (e.g. Bluetooth). The coupling device contains the necessary electronics to receive the signal sent from the mobile station as an LPRF radio signal and...

20060112415 - Method for parsing the size of contents to be reproduced in a mobile communication device: A method is provided for parsing the size of contents to be reproduced in a mobile communication device in order to accurately determine an actual size of the contents. By utilizing information related to the size of a video codec that is part of the file format of the contents,...

20060107281 - Remotely controlled electronic device responsive to biometric identification of user: A method includes providing a remote control unit to allow a user to transmit control signals to an electronic device when the user is at a distance from the electronic device. The method further includes detecting a biometric characteristic of the user via the remote control unit....

20060107282 - Tracking promoted listings: Promoted listing are generated and transmitted to client devices where they are displayed prominently in relation to non-promoted listings. The client devices record tracking data that indicates that a particular promoted listing has been displayed to and/or selected by a user. The tracking data is sent from the client device...

20060107284 - Management system for computer support systems: A computer system includes a support system that report events, faults, and failures to a master virtual server. While the support system may be accessed and used by a multitude of virtual servers, only the master virtual server can manage the support system. The support system include a master lock...

20060107283 - Method and system for suppplying digital files to a customer: A method for supplying digital files to a customer via a data communications network (22), wherein a recordable medium (21, 27) is provided to the customer, the method including the steps of (a) registering details of the customer and the recordable medium (21, 27) in a data bank (7), (b)...

20060107285 - System and method for providing authorized access to digital content: Described herein are embodiments that provide an approach to cryptographic key management for a digital rights management (DRM) architecture that includes multiple levels of key management for minimizing bandwidth usage while maximizing security for the DRM architecture. In one embodiment, there is provided a data structure for cryptographic key management...

20060107286 - System and method for the controlled on-demand distribution of content via a centralized server and a peer-to-peer network: A method and system for providing controlled on-demand distribution of content via a centralized server and a peer-to-peer network have been described. The method may include receiving, at a server, a request from a client for content where the requesting client and the server are part of a peer-to-peer network....

20060107288 - Method of weeding out commercials by searching for the existence of key segments: A method for weeding out commercials by searching for the existence of key segments at the time the commercials are going to interrupt and resume a main program is provided. The method includes steps of receiving an input source, searching for a program interruption section and a program resumption section...

20060107287 - Multimedia broadcast/multicast service announcement and notification: The present invention proposes a method of making use of Cell Broadcast to support MBMS transfer service announcement or service notification transfer. The method of transferring service announcement comprises the following steps: CBC commands UTRAN connected with it by a signaling message to send service announcement; UTRAN arranges the prescribed...

20060107289 - Thumbnail generation and presentation for recorded tv programs: Thumbnail images representative of recorded TV programs are generated and presented to aid a user in browsing the recorded TV programs. In one implementation, a temporary thumbnail image is generated when a TV program first starts recording. The temporary thumbnail is used to populate any user interface (UI) screens that...

20060107290 - Digital broadcasting receiving device and electronics apparatus having a common av circuit board: The invention provides a digital broadcasting receiving device for receiving digital broadcasting and an electronics apparatus having a common AV circuit board used for a digital circuit board capable of receiving a charging broadcast and a digital circuit board incapable of receiving the charging broadcast so that the cost can...

20060107291 - Promoted listings: Promoted listings are defined in terms of priorities, which may be static, geographically dynamic, or demographically dynamic. The priorities are associated with program data that describes media programs that are scheduled for broadcast or other type of transmission. The program data and priorities are transmitted to client devices that are...

20060107292 - Digital broadcast method, digital broadcast apparatus, and data structure: A digital broadcast method, a digital broadcast apparatus, and a data structure thereof are disclosed. A digital broadcast Service Information (SI) data structure includes a Service Information (SI) structure equipped with a service and a service component, and transmits necessary data via a Fast Information Channel) and a Main Service...

20060107293 - Data on demand using a centralized data storage device: Herein described is a system and a method of storing and distributing multimedia data selections to the tenants or occupants of a multi-unit building. The multi-unit building may comprise a hotel, motel, office complex, or apartment complex, for example. The storage capacity of the data storage device may be easily...

20060107294 - Integrated video processing circuit and method for providing a displayed visual user interface for the display, selection and setup of video input sources: An integrated video processing circuit (VPC) and method for providing a displayed visual user interface for the display, selection and setup of video input sources on a shared display. A VPC processes video from two or more video input sources, where some subset of the two or more video input...

20060107295 - Portable media device and method for presenting viewing content during travel: A portable media device for use in cooperation with passenger entertainment systems installed in vehicles, such as automobiles and aircraft, and methods for manufacturing and using same. The portable media device is configured to communicate with one or more content sources, which provide viewing content and which may be proximate...

20060107296 - Remote image tracking and methods thereof: An image tracking system (100) includes a plurality of cameras (202-208) in a predetermined area coupled to a communication network, a wireless accessory device (104) programmed to transmit an identification tag to the communication network, a selective call device (250) coupled to the communication network, and a processor (240) coupled...

20060107297 - System and method for exchanging images: A system and method for providing a peer-to-peer photo-sharing environment. The system includes: manual and automatic photo annotation at the client; periodic client-server synchronization; an index of client photos on a central server or a photo database that is resident on the central server, which is updated by the client-server...

20060107298 - System and method for monitoring security at a plurality of premises: A security system includes at least one audio sensor located at a premises that receives audio signals and converts the audio signals to digitized audio signals. A server is located remote from the plurality of premises and receives the digitized audio signals from each of the premises. A plurality of...

20060107299 - Method for association between telephony and television network equipment: A method for user assisted association between a television and a telephony device is provided. A set-top box requests an identification code from a server. The server identifies the set-top box, generates the code and transmits it to the set-top box. The set-top box displays the code and a user...

20060107300 - Information providing system, information terminal device, information server device and information providing method: An information providing system allows to intentionally modify the arrangement of clips to be reproduced from that of the first transmission. The program clips and the CM clips obtained by receiving those broadcast are stored in recorded result storage section 11 and rearrangement examining section 15 carries out a processing...

20060107301 - Video recorder unit and method of operation therefor: The invention relates to a video recorder unit which has a receiver (211) receiving mixed content video channels (101,103,105) having a mixed content of special content clips (111,117,123,127,129,133,135,139,149) and programs (107,113,119,125,131,137,138,141,145). A detection processor (213) detects the special content clips and an extraction controller (215) extracts the clips and stores...

20060107302 - Communicating primary content streams and secondary content streams including targeted advertising to a remote unit: The invention relates to a method and system to communicate primary and secondary content streams to at least one remote unit, for example, via a television channel in a targeted television environment. The secondary content stream comprises a plurality of tertiary content streams (e.g., video streams) providing commercials, advertisements or...

20060107303 - Content specification for media streams: An apparatus and methods are disclosed that enable a user of a telecommunications terminal to dynamically supplant the video content of an outgoing media stream (e.g., an outgoing videoconference stream, etc.) with video from a document (e.g., a PowerPoint® file, a Windows Media Video [WMV] file, etc.) via the terminal's...

20060107304 - Data-driven media guide: An electronic program guide system receives data that identifies various types of available media content. A data-driven media guide is then generated to display visual representations of the available media content. The media guide is dynamically generated based on attributes associated with the various types of available media content....

20060101484 - Decoding apparatus and encoding apparatus: The decoding apparatus in the present invention includes a memory operable to hold encoded data representing one of a compressed sound and a compressed image, a memory read-out unit operable to sequentially read out the encoded data from said memory, a match determining circuit operable to determine whether or not...

20060101485 - Information processing apparatus that receives broadcast program data: An information processing apparatus includes a receiver which receives a stream in which a plurality of compression-encoded broadcast program data are multiplexed, a processor, a bus, a filter circuit which extracts, based on packet identifiers of the packets included in the received stream, packets corresponding to broadcast program data to...

20060101486 - System for preventing advertising removal from digital television bitstreams: The present system for preventing the removal of advertising from digital television bitstreams detects the various advertising-specific factors, including: the time-wise predictability of advertisements, anomalies in the bitstream caused by the advertisement insertion process, and differences in the characteristics of advertisements versus the digital media content, then eliminates these characteristics...

20060101487 - Method and user interface for downloading audio and video content filters to a media player: A client server arrangement for downloading media content filters from a server device to a client device. The media content filters define portions of a separate audio visual presentation containing potentially objectionable subject matter. Depending on user selections, identified portions of the audio/visual presentation may be skipped and/or muted during...

20060101488 - Method for providing information during a channel change in a digital broadcast receiver: A method for displaying video information in a digital broadcast receiver during a change from a current channel to a new channel is disclosed. The method is suitable for displaying video information such as an advertisement, information selected by the user, or a program guide....

20060101489 - Methods, systems, and storage mediums for managing content storage and selection: Exemplary embodiments relate to methods, systems, and storage mediums for managing content storage and selection activities. The method includes monitoring consumption of storage space with respect to storage capacity in at least one content device receiving content from a content provider, relocating content contained in the storage space of the...

20060101490 - Method and apparatus for providing a selection list of content items: The invention relates to a system for providing a selection list of content items to a user. The content items may comprise video content, audio content and multimedia content including received or recorded TV or radio programmes. An apparatus comprises a content receiver (103) for receiving content items. The content...

20060101491 - Content recording/reproducting apparatus, cntent recording/reproducingmethod, and computer program: A video recording and reproducing apparatus can support viewing and reproduction of a recorded video content on the basis of viewing support information provided from another party. The viewing support information includes channel information specifying a program with respect to each broadcast program, comments on a specific scene within the...

20060101492 - Mobile television reminder alert: The present invention discloses a reminder system for prospective viewers of broadcast television programmes. Those prospective viewers having access to a mobile phone (14) can send an SMS message via a public telephone network (16) and request a return SMS message be sent to their mobile phone (14) just prior...

20060101493 - Television program recording/reproducing device: A television program recording/reproducing device displays a reproduction program selection screen containing a title list image, a cursor image, frame images for initial letter selection and frame images for second letter selection. The title list image displays multiple title images sequentially in alphabetical order. One frame image for initial letter...

20060101495 - Device evaluation using media access control emulator: A simulation system is provided for emulating media access control (MAC) messages that are exchanged between a headend controller and one or more set top boxes. The simulation system can be used to test the low-level functionality of the set top boxes. The system includes a headend simulator that includes...

20060101494 - Method and system for premium channel and pay per view video resell: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for providing data in a multiple dwelling facility. The system may comprise a headend unit that receives a data stream that comprises a plurality of programs, and a multiple dwelling unit network that is adapted to receive at least a portion...

20060101496 - Targeted messaging for a content distribution network: The targeted messaging system provides a mechanism to both identify a business provider of content and uniquely identify the content that is being provided to the consumer on their consumer device. The present targeted messaging system also provides an interactive link for a user interface that implements a common way...

20060101498 - System and method for presenting program guide information in an electronic portable device: A system and method for display of supplemental data in association with one or more buttons of controlling device. Operation of a button associated with supplemental data displayed on a controlling device causes an appliance under control of the controlling device to enable rendering of content. The supplemental data is...

20060101497 - User-aware video display: The present invention provides methods and systems for displaying a video signal depending upon a user interaction. An example system includes a display for receiving the video signal, at least one transmitter for transmitting location signals, and at least three transceivers for receiving the location signals from the transmitter and...

20060101499 - Method and system for secure sharing, gifting, and purchasing of content on television and mobile devices: A method and system are provided for secure sharing and purchasing of content on television and mobile devices, where a user, while viewing or listening to content can, with a simple interface, send a link to a sample time slice of the content to another user (or group of users)...

20060101500 - Broadcast dvd delivery service: This technique of the present principles provides a new business model for delivering network broadcast content to subscribers. The technique of the present principles accomplishes delivery to a subscriber of commercial free broadcast content on a DVD or other tangible media via regular mail service in advance of over-the-air broadcast....

20060101501 - System, device and method of expanding the operational bandwidth of a communication infrastructure: Embodiments of the invention include a method, device an/or system of expanding the operational bandwidth of a communication infrastructure. An optical gathering box may include, according to some demonstrative embodiments of the invention, an optical connector to optically connect the apparatus to an optic fiber; and at least one interface...

20060101502 - Method and device for processing digital data: The invention relates to a device and a method for processing digital data descriptors stored in the form of description units of predetermined size. The method is such that: description units are constructed and stored in memory buffers prior to their recording on a recording medium, description units are utilized...

20060101504 - Method and system for performing searches for television content and channels using a non-intrusive television interface and with reduced text input: A method and system are provided for identifying a television content item or a television channel desired by a television viewer from a set of television content items and television channels. A non-intrusive interface is provided to the viewer on a television display. The television viewer using the non-intrusive interface...

20060101503 - Method and system for performing searches for television content using reduced text input: A method and system are provided for identifying a television content item desired by a television viewer from a set of television content items. Each of the television content items has one or more associated descriptors. The system receives from the television viewer a reduced text search entry directed at...

20060095935 - Method for receiving digital broadcast signal: In a digital broadcast receiver, an ECM and an EMM are separated from a digital signal of a selected channel. The separated ECM and EMM are decoded. The digital signal is scrambled using a scramble key obtained from the decoded ECM. Whether or not viewing the desired program is permitted...

20060095936 - Apparatus and method for displaying digital broadcasting program information: Disclosed are an apparatus capable of receiving digital broadcasting and displaying program information regarding the digital broadcasting and a method thereof. The apparatus for displaying digital broadcasting program information in a terminal capable of receiving digital broadcasting, includes a digital broadcasting receiving unit for receiving a digital broadcasting program, a...

20060095937 - Program guide system with combination category search: An interactive television program guide system is provided in which the program guide may provide the user with a selectable list of combination categories. Combination categories are composed of multiple simple categories such as sports, news, comedy, movies, children, etc. Program listings are supplied to the program guide. At least...

20060095938 - Method for selecting preference channel and digital tv using the same: A method for selecting preference channels comprising the steps of initializing a digital TV(DTV) system to set an idle state of a general mode in which a channel is selected through multi-stage-input procedures; registering a preference channel set including at least one preference channel through which a user most-frequently watch...

20060095939 - Method and apparatus for the separation of data from digital broadcast signals for distribution via a computer network to clients: The present invention provides a method, apparatus, and system to separate data from a digital broadcast signal for distribution via a computer network to clients. A data separation device separates digital video information, digital audio information and digital data from a digital broadcast signal. The data separation device can be...

20060095940 - Method and apparatus for distributing digital stream data to a user terminal: Method and apparatus for distributing digital stream data over a local distribution facility to at least one user terminal is described. In one example, a transceiver is configured to receive a signal from a transport system and recover a packet stream from the signal. Packet processing circuitry is configured to...

20060095941 - Device identification: A device identification method includes a first device receiving a multimedia identifier from a second device. The first device presents the multimedia identifier, and then identifies the second according to a user response to the presentation of the multimedia identifier....

20060095943 - Packet scheduling for video transmission with sender queue control: A transmission systems suitable for video....

20060095944 - Sender-side bandwidth estimation for video transmission with receiver packet buffer: A transmission systems suitable for video....

20060095942 - Wireless video transmission system: A transmission systems suitable for video....

20060095945 - Proxy for video on demand server control: A video on demand system includes a head-end coupled through a proxy server to plural client terminals. The proxy server performs (or cooperates with another component in performing) various functions, including user interface definition, security, system administration (e.g. channel management, load distribution, and failover), and protocol translation....

20060095946 - System and method for broadcasting a video program: The system for broadcasting a video program to several destinations (14) comprises an assembly of broadcasting sources (26) suitable for ensuring the transmission, on an information transmission network (16), of several video signals comprising the same video program and shifted with respect to time, and means (22) for controlling and...

20060095947 - Digital set-top terminal configured to receive analog signals: Systems and methods are disclosed in which analog television channels can be passed through digital set-top terminals. In some embodiments, among others, a switch and a splitter are included in a digital set-top terminal. The splitter is configured to receive a broadcast signal, and direct the broadcast signal to a...

20060095948 - Channel tapping in a near-video-on-demand system: In a broadcast system 100 a broadcasting device broadcasts titles using a near-video-on-demand broadcasting protocol. Data blocks of a title are broadcast via c parallel equal capacity channels of the broadcast system. The broadcast channels 160 including time-sequentially interleaved sub-channel(s). The title is divided in a plurality of consecutive data...

20060095949 - Method and computer program for providing visual information to a viewer: The present invention relates to video transmission systems and provides a method of providing visual information to a viewer, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving at a receiver, a stream of video data transmitted from a video camera; (b) receiving and monitoring the stream at a server connected to the...

20060095950 - Methods and multi-screen systems for real time response to medical emergencies: A multi-screen emergency medical station and methods for responding to an emergency in real time are disclosed. The multi-screen emergency medical station includes a controller, a video camera, a communication module, a first display screen, and a second display screen. The multi-screen emergency medical station is placed in one of...

20060095951 - Changing mode in digital broadcast receiver: A method of changing between a Data over Cable Service Interface Specifications (DOCSIS) mode and a DOCSIS Set-top box Gateway (DSG) mode in a digital broadcast receiver, includes: performing channel searching to change into the DSG mode, and detecting a cause of a failure in securing a channel via a...

20060095952 - Data structure for application information table, methods of transmitting and receiving broadcast signal, and digital television receiver: An application information table (AIT) includes a set of application information which is associated with a particular broadcast application. The set of application information includes a first data field indicating whether the data broadcast application is a program-bound application. A digital broadcast transmitter transmits a digital broadcast signal including the...