Interactive video distribution systems inventions 06/06

20060143644 - Deletion order list for automatic video recorders: A HHD-based video recorder has a content manager that indicates to the user which recorded content items are eligible for being deleted and in what order they are going to be deleted to free up storage capacity for content to be newly recorded....

20060143645 - Shoes employing monitoring devices, and associated methods: Methods are disclosed for determining speed or distance traveled of moving persons by utilizing sensors in shoes. Methods and systems are disclosed to determine and report weight of a person wearing a shoe via a sensor with the shoe. Shoe based systems employing sensors (e.g., accelerometers) are disclosed to determine...

20060143647 - Personalizing content based on mood: In order to increase the efficacy of a mood-based playlisting system, a mood sensor such as a camera may be used to provide mood information to the mood model. When the mood sensor includes a camera, a camera may be used to capture an image of the user. The image...

20060143646 - Presence system and method for event-driven presence subscription: Automatic subscription to presence services is achieved using a communications manager within a presence system. The communications manager is capable of detecting the occurrence of an event associated with at least one of a presentity and a watcher. The communications manager automatically subscribes or unsubscribes the watcher to receive presence...

20060143648 - Television receiver and control method for the same: A television receiver includes a recorder which records block log information relating to the screen block to a recording medium in relation to a first channel, when the first channel displayed on the display unit is in a screen block state, and a controller which reads out the block log...

20060143649 - Method and system of digital advertising: Method and system of digital advertising. The method and system relating to digital advertising with a number of modules operating according to an open-interface protocol such that multiple modules may be provided by different vendors in a multi-vendor environment....

20060143650 - Video processing apparatus, ic circuit for video processing apparatus, video processing method, and video processing program: A rule storage unit 106 stores a plurality of pieces of specifying information each showing a feature of frames to be specified as start frames, and each corresponding to a different type of content. A program obtaining unit 104 obtains a content of which start frames are to be specified....

20060143651 - Terminal and method for displaying digital broadcasting channel information: Disclosed is a terminal and method for receiving digital broadcasting and displaying channel information including image information. The terminal includes a digital broadcasting reception unit for receiving digital broadcasting channel guide information; a mobile communication unit for receiving image guide information about broadcast programs; a memory unit for storing the...

20060143652 - Broadcast signal and apparatus and method of decoding the same: A broadcast signal includes an information table (EIT) or an application information table (AIT) which includes a descriptor. The descriptor includes image data representative of a thumbnail image to be displayed within an electronic program guide (EPG). A decoder decodes the EIT or AIT from a broadcast signal, and an...

20060143653 - Broadcasting receiver with functions of recommending broadcasting program and reservation-recording recommended program on network, and method for performing the functions: A broadcasting receiver with functions of recommending a broadcasting program and reservation-recording a recommended broadcasting program over a network, and method for performing the functions is provided in order to give and receive a recommendation for a genre of program that users favor between broadcasting receivers, and also reservation-record the...

20060143654 - Video display device, video signal output device and channel selection method for video display device: A video display device comprising a display unit, a registration section configured to register a user's favorite category, an extraction section configured to extract information to provide a program of the favorite category registered in the registration section from an electronic program table provided through a broadcast wave, a creation...

20060143655 - Interactive television program guide with selectable languages: An interactive television program guide is provided. The interactive television program guide provides a user with the opportunity to select a language for playing television programming and displaying program guide text. Television program audio in the desired language may be obtained from a SAP or digital audio track and played...

20060143656 - Program display and selecting apparatus, digital broadcast receiver and digital broadcast receiving system: A program display and selecting apparatus for displaying an electronic program guide (EPG) contained in a digital broadcast and for selecting a program to be monitored, a digital broadcast receiver for transmitting an EPG to the program display and selecting apparatus, and a digital broadcast receiving system comprising the program...

20060143657 - Method for displaying broadcasting program guide information and remote controller for the same: A method for displaying broadcasting program guide (BPG) information, which can promptly provide the BPG information by using a time sliding bar, a channel sliding bar and a hand tool, is provided. The method includes receiving and displaying the BPG information by channel and time, and displaying the time sliding...

20060143658 - Digital video recorder for automatically recording an upcoming program that is being advertised: A method and apparatus is provided for recording a program being advertised during a broadcast of another program. The method begins by receiving a user request to record the program being advertised in an advertisement appearing in a broadcast of the other program. The other program is embodied in a...

20060143659 - Tv broadcasting receiving apparatus and receiving method thereof: A TV broadcasting receiving apparatus according to the present invention includes a digital broadcasting receiving unit that receives digital TV broadcasting, a first time-extracting unit that extracts first time-information included in the digital TV broadcasting, a second time-extracting unit that extracts second time-information via an electric communication line, an electronic...

20060143661 - Aircraft in-flight entertainment system including a distributed digital radio service and associated methods: An aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system includes an antenna for receiving digital satellite radio signals, and an intermediate frequency (IF) down converter is connected to the antenna for down converting the digital satellite radio signals. A plurality of seat electronic boxes (SEBs) are spaced throughout the aircraft. Each SEB includes...

20060143660 - Aircraft in-flight entertainment system including a registration feature and associated methods: An aircraft in-flight entertainment system includes a plurality of seat electronic boxes (SEBs) spaced throughout the aircraft. Each SEB is configurable for passing a registration token along to an adjacent SEB. Cabling connects the SEBs together in a daisy chain configuration. Registration circuitry is connected to the cabling for identifying...

20060143662 - Aircraft in-flight entertainment system with a distributed memory and associated methods: An aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system includes a plurality of seat electronic boxes (SEBs) spaced throughout the aircraft. Each SEB comprises a memory including a shared memory portion for storing entertainment related data and an unshared memory portion. The SEBs cooperate with one another so that the entertainment related data...

20060143663 - Television distribution system and processing unit used in said distribution system: The invention concerns a system for distribution of television-type (TV) video signals comprising: a first input processing unit (1) including a coaxial input terminal (10), at least a low-current output terminal (11) for twisted wire pairs and processing means (14) for processing the TV signals derived from the coaxial cable...

20060143664 - Features for interactive media vcr-type control: An Interactive Media Control Module provides flexible subscriber VCR controls of and functions for an interactive media system that limit the consumption of bandwidth capacity. According to some of the embodiments, a reactivation function is provided when pause and rewind controls are deactivated in a viewing window such that the...

20060143665 - Features of vcr-type controls for interactive media: An interactive media control module provides flexible subscriber VCR controls of and functions for an interactive media system that limit the consumption of bandwidth capacity. According to some of the embodiments, a reactivation function is provided when pause and rewind controls are deactivated in a viewing window and presents information...

20060143667 - Data processing device: A data processor according to the present invention reads and writes data from/on a storage medium. The storage medium has stored thereon a first data stream being represented by a video signal that has been encoded by a first encoding process. The data processor includes: a controller, which acquires first...

20060143668 - Device, system and method for pre-caching media content for home entertainment devices and gateways: A device, system and method which enables prompt playback/presentation of remotely located content on a target network content device, regardless of the actual location of the content data in the network or Internet is disclosed. The present invention pre-caches of portion of the remotely located content in a target network...

20060143666 - Recording medium, reproduction device, program, reproduction method, and recording method: Recorded on the recording medium (BD-ROM) is an AV stream that is obtained by multiplexing a video stream and one or more audio streams. MOVIE objects are scenarios showing playback procedures of video data described using playback device-oriented commands. In addition to the MOVIE objects, enhanced-mode scenarios (Java and WebPage...

20060143669 - Fast channel switching for digital tv: A method for digital video distribution includes transmitting a multicast stream over a network. Upon receiving, at a time subsequent to a first anchor point and prior to a second anchor point in the multicast stream, a request from a client to begin receiving the multicast stream, a boost stream...

20060143670 - Electronic device, recording control method and recording medium: To provide a technology for stopping recording in an improper state by detecting whether an electronic device is in the process of being carried or not, and so on. Data signals that have been broadcast are received, the data signals are recorded on a storage unit at preset time, a...

20060143671 - Digital process analysis and control camera system: Many continuous processes, such as paper manufacturing, use analog camera systems to capture break events and use the video information to diagnose runnability problems. These systems trigger off a break signal on the machine and synchronize all videos to the same point on the process using the machine speed. The...

20060143673 - Television broadcast receiver: For determining connection of a TV broadcast receiver for receiving terrestrial broadcasts to a smart antenna with multiple receiving directions having a current active receiving direction, the receiver sends, to the connected antenna, a control signal to change the current active receiving direction to a further active receiving direction, so...

20060143672 - Wireless video surveillance processing negative motion: A wireless video surveillance system with capabilities of detecting and noting “negative motion”. This system is operable to be programmed to process movement in a camera's recording range at set times or at a set time period. If the anticipated movement is not detected by the camera, then an alert...

20060143674 - Methods to adapt search results provided by an integrated network-based media station/search engine based on user lifestyle: Methods to adapt a user interface view, provided by an integrated media/search web site via a global informational network, based on a user's lifestyle are disclosed. The methods include populating a user interface view of the integrated web site with a first set of links to the global informational network,...

20060143675 - Proxy advertisement server and method: A system and method for supporting the storage of advertising data used for providing advertisements in video games relies upon a proxy server for storing the advertising data. Specifically, in a video game device that supports a network communications and does not support a large non-volatile memory suitable for storing...

20060143676 - Content reproduce system, reproduce device, and reproduce method: A content reproduce system for reproducing a content realized from stream data recorded in a storage medium and stream data distributed via a network, the system including: a distribution server for distributing the stream data via the network as data matching a bit rate of the network; and a reproduce...

20060143677 - Digital signal transmitter synchronization system: Methods, and apparatus for carrying out the methods, are disclosed for synchronizing a plurality of RF transmitters that are supplied with a common digital information signal for carrier modulation and subsequent transmission on a common channel throughout a prescribed region, whereby the digital signal receivers within the region may receive...

20060143678 - System and process for controlling the coding bit rate of streaming media data employing a linear quadratic control technique and leaky bucket model: A system and process for controlling the coding bit rate of streaming media data is presented. This coding bit rate control involves dynamically adjusting the coding bit rate to control client buffer duration to prevent the buffer from underflowing, while keeping the average coding bit rate close to the average...

20060143679 - Signal switching device, signal distribution device, display device, and signal transmission system: A signal switching device including an interface having a video signal communicating unit, a DDC and an HPD, controlling connected device, or being controlled by connected device. A switcher (2) includes a switch (30) for selecting video signal input, a DDC (26c) for reading information from output destination device, a...

20060143680 - Video display device including video device: A video display device includes: an image display device including: a signal operating unit which operates image quality of a source image; a first OSD unit which generates a first OSD signal; a control unit for controlling the image display device, and a memory which is connected to the control...

20060143681 - Interactive entertainment center: An interactive entertainment center is provided in the present invention. The interactive entertainment center includes a multimedia system providing plural multimedia services, a server system providing services for the interactive entertainment center, a dialogue system being a speech-commanded interface between a user and the interactive entertainment center, and a network...

20060143682 - Interactive video communication system: Interactive video communication system (1) comprising client systems (2) with transmitters (10) for transmitting client signals to further client systems (3) and first receivers (11) for receiving video signals from sources (4) and second receivers (12) for receiving further client signals from the further client systems (3) and screens (13)...

20060143683 - System comprising a receiving device for receiving broadcast information: Systems (1) comprising receiving devices (2) for receiving broadcast information from sources (3), which is converted into audio/video information, are made more user friendly by introducing triggering devices (4) for, in response to user actions, transmitting selection information defining parts of the broadcast information to collecting apparatuses (5) and by...

20060143684 - Method and system for allowing a user to specify actions that are to be automatically performed on data objects uploaded to a server: A method and system are provided for allowing a user to specify actions that are to be automatically performed on data objects uploaded to a server. Aspects of the invention include maintaining on the server at least one user configurable action list that contains one or more action items representing...

20060136960 - System for providing a distributed audience response to a broadcast: A method and system for providing a distributed audience response for a broadcast records a response from a participating client of a broadcast and transmits the response to an audience server. The audience server combines the response with responses from other participating clients of the broadcast, and the combined response...

20060136962 - Broadcasting signal receiving system: A broadcasting signal receiving system includes: an obtaining part for obtaining program information of a receiving program; a broadcasting signal receiving part for receiving a broadcasting signal; an image pick-up part for recording an image of a viewer; a certifying part for comparing the image of the face of the...

20060136961 - Television receiver embedded with disc device and method for setting viewing limitation level thereof: When a viewing limitation level is set from a receiver side, if the setting of the viewing limitation level is selected from a set-up screen, a TV side microcomputer displays an access code screen. When an access code is inputted, the microcomputer displays the setting select screen of the viewing...

20060136963 - Apparatus and method for combining video and skin in embedded system: Provided are an apparatus for combining video and a player skin in an embedded system having no graphics card, and a method used by the apparatus. The apparatus includes: an application program; a virtual frame buffer; a graphics processor; and an image processor. The apparatus processes a video player skin...

20060136964 - Systems and methods for delivering content over a network: A content delivery system that uses a graphical user interface to introduce users to and allow them to select from available content. A game delivery system that uses game players, such as emulators, to execute software written to run on a plurality of game platforms. The systems include a scalable,...

20060136965 - Client-server electronic program guide: A client-server interactive television program guide system is provided. An interactive television program guide client is implemented on user television equipment. The interactive television program guide provides users with an opportunity to define expressions that are processed by the program guide server. The program guide server may provide program guide...

20060136966 - Digital video recorder for recording missed program episodes and for resolving scheduling conflicts between programs to be recorded: A method and apparatus is provided for recording at least one program received over a broadband communications system. The method begins by accessing a database that includes program information that describes with program attributes a plurality of programs available over the broadband communications system. User-defined criteria are received that identify...

20060136967 - Dropout-resistant media broadcasting system: The present invention relates to media broadcast in which memory is used to reduce annoying signal dropouts. A receiver records dropout-free program material and, when a subscriber requests a particular program channel, the radio uses recorded dropout-free program material from the requested channel, only switching to the real-time broadcast, which...

20060136968 - Apparatus for distributing same/different digital broadcasting streams in heterogeneous home network and method thereof: Disclosed are an apparatus for distributing same/different digital broadcasting streams in a heterogeneous home network and a method thereof The apparatus includes a home gateway, and a home server, connected to the home gateway through Ethernet and also connected to a PC, a second IP STB, a 1394 STB, an...

20060136969 - Ordering promotional materials during motion picture showing: A method provides, at an exhibition site, a promotional item. A motion picture is displayed at the exhibition site. At least one audience member is provided an order entry device for recording an order for the promotional item during the motion picture showing. The order is obtained from the order...

20060136970 - Joint bit rate control: A gateway 15 of an in-home audio visual distribution system comprises first to third encoder or transcoders 20-22, each being associated with a respective buffer 23-25. Each encoder or transcoder and buffer combination process signals from a different input channel. Data signals from the buffers are scheduled by an earliest...

20060136971 - Video distribution apparatus and program: A video distribution apparatus that distributes video data to a plurality of machines through a network, the video distribution apparatus includes a preprogramming record unit configured to record preprogramming information setting a time zone to distribute the video data to a first machine which is one of the plurality of...

20060136973 - Interactive video communication system: Interactive video communication system (1) comprising client systems (2) with transmitters (10) for transmitting client signals to further client systems (3) and first receivers (11) for receiving video signals from sources (4) and second receivers (12) for receiving further client signals from the further client systems (3) and screens (13)...

20060136972 - System for a plurality of video cameras disposed on a common network: A plurality of cameras are adapted to utilize Ethernet network protocol for the physical layer and UDP/IP for the network and transport layers permitting multiple compressed signals representing different degrees of image resolution, compression type of compressed bit rate to be simultaneously transmitted. These multiple video streams may be combined...

20060136974 - Apparatus for scorm-based e-learning contents service in digital broadcasting system and method thereof: An apparatus for a SCORM-based e-learning contents service in a digital broadcasting system and a method thereof that makes it possible to implement a SCORM-based e-learning method that is a PC-based leaning method currently recognized as the standard of the e-learning industries in an MPEG-2-based digital broadcasting system. The apparatus...

20060136975 - Radio communication apparatus: A radio communication apparatus capable of switching modulation schemes includes a QPSK modulation signal generator configured to modulate transmission data by a QPSK modulation scheme and to output a QPSK modulation signal. A 64QAM modulation signal generator is configured to modulate transmission data by a 64QAM scheme and to output...

20060136976 - Re-mapping and interleaving transport packets of multiple transport streams for processing by a single transport demultiplexor: Techniques are provided for re-mapping and interleaving transport packets of multiple transport streams for processing by a single transport demultiplexor. At least one PID re-map table is employed having re-map values indexed by n possible PID values of transport packets associated with at one transport stream of the multiple transport...

20060136978 - Extendable interface and method for digital television: An extendable interface and method for digital televisions are disclosed. According to the pre-defined specifications of the interface, any extendable peripheral is appended to a back end of the digital television conveniently for extension. The extendable peripheral may comprise: a front end of the digital television, a network service module,...

20060136977 - Select view television system: The Select View Television System offers television viewers an alternative to the limitations of “standard” television by allowing sports, the Academy Awards, and other events to be viewed as if the viewers were actually attending the event. Upon initial activation, the invention displays a basic view typical to television viewers;...

20060136979 - Apparatus and methods for encoding data for video compositing: A storage medium, such as a digital versatile disc (DVD), that includes both a media and a data portion. The media portion comprises, for example, one or more scenes movie, a television program or the like. In certain embodiments, the media portion s a full-length movie. The data portion includes...

20060136980 - Method and apparatus for displaying branded video tags: A method and apparatus for displaying branded video tags. An advertiser provides additional content associated with broadcast advertising content to a service provider that downloads the additional content to a digital video recorder (DVR). The service provider inserts command tags into the content that are intercepted by the DVR and...

20060136982 - Incorporating graphics and interactive triggers in a video stream: Triggers for interactive television display are incorporated into a video stream in coordination with graphics associated with the triggers. Graphic sources such as channels (16, 18) of a character generator (21) supply graphics associated with the triggers to graphic signal inputs (26, 28) of a switch. When a channel supplies...

20060136981 - Transport stream demultiplexor with content indexing capability: According to some embodiments, a multi-media Transport Stream (TS) that encapsulates at least one Packetized Elementary Stream (PES) is received, and an Elementary Stream (ES) is encapsulated in the PES. An event occurring in the ES may be detected while the ES is encapsulated in the PES, and event information...

20060136983 - Apparatus for processing texts in digital broadcast receiver and method thereof: An apparatus for processing texts in a digital broadcast receiver and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes a text extracting unit extracting the texts from contents of data inputted to the digital broadcast receiver and a text processing unit processing the extracted texts. Accordingly, a user can efficiently...

20060136984 - Data receiving apparatus and method: A data receiving apparatus of this invention includes an antenna which receives at least one of broadcast audiovisual data and non-audiovisual data, a data monitoring unit which detects the non-audiovisual data received by the antenna, a related information acquiring unit which acquires information corresponding to predetermined items in accordance with...

20060130092 - Method and system for producing program-integrated advertisements: A method and system for incorporating thematic content from a particular program into product or service advertisements uses program-advancing elements of a program in an advertisement in order to entice viewers to view the advertisements. Increased viewership of advertisements can result in increased revenue generated from advertisements that may be...

20060130093 - Electronic program guide display and cursor control: An electronic program guide includes a first program listing for a single start time and a second program listing for a television station identified in the first program listing. The first program listing displays a time of the start time, a first list of television stations and titles of television...

20060130094 - Method and system for memory pvr functions in a broadcast environment: A method and system for providing personal video recording functions to a client viewing a broadcast program in a multi-client network. To provide the PVR functions, predetermined storage limits are allocated for each client in a storage device on the network. Each client is permitted to execute the PVR functions...

20060130095 - Method and system for displaying of transparent ads: In order to enhance visual representation of an advertisement within a video game optical characteristics of the advertisement are specified. Specifically, downloaded data corresponding to an advertisement is used to provide an advertising image within a virtual environment of a video game. The advertising image is displayed having a portion...

20060130096 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program: An information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program are provided. The information processing apparatus includes an obtaining device for obtaining program information of a program; a number conversion device for converting the program information into a numerical value; an evaluation device for evaluating the program on the basis...

20060130097 - User history information generation of multimedia data and management method thereof: The present invention relates to a method for generating user history information of multimedia data, the present invention generates usage summary information by recording frequency of usage about the feature information of the multimedia data in a feature table, generates a user history list including link information (address) of the...

20060130098 - Searching electronic program guide data: Searching electronic program guide (EPG) data is described. The EPG data may be compartmentalized into channel metadata that describes characteristics of one or more channels and content metadata that describes characteristics of one or more content items. In a implementation, a method includes searching channel metadata and content metadata. A...

20060130099 - Method and system for cellular network and integrated broadcast television (tv) downlink with intelligent service control without feedback: Methods and systems for communicating with a plurality of communications networks are provided herein. Aspects of the system may comprise cellular processing circuitry that processes a plurality of cellular frequency band communications services, comprising at least one cellular voice service and at least one cellular data service. The cellular processing...

20060130100 - Methods and apparatus for remotely displaying and distributing advertising and emergency information: The present invention relates to novel combinations of apparatus and methods useful for remotely displaying and distributing video advertising and emergency information via a satellite or other wireless system. Specifically, the present invention provides a satellite system to display and distribute video advertisements and emergency information to remote locations. The...

20060130102 - Media device and method of enhancing use of media device: A method of enhancing the use of a media device and a media device are provided. The media device receives a broadcast media stream transmitted by a broadcast system, a service transmitted by a telecommunication system, the service being associated with a broadcast media stream and program guide information relating...

20060130101 - Method and system for mobile receiver antenna architecture for handling various digital video broadcast channels: A method for an antenna architecture may comprise receiving at a first radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) integrated within a mobile terminal, first signals via at least a first antenna, where the first signals may comprise signals within a 2100 MHz band. Second signals may be received at a second...

20060130103 - Video playback device: A video playback device of decoding encoded video data is additionally provided with a compression circuit and a decompression circuit in an existing encoded video decoding circuit. In the compression circuit, a frequency transform circuit transforms played-back video data obtained from the encoded video decoding circuit into frequency coefficient data,...

20060130105 - Method and apparatus for controlling a video signal processing apparatus to prevent screen aging: An apparatus and method for controlling a video signal processing apparatus having a browser feature to protect a display device associated with the apparatus against the premature aging effects of screen burn due to an idle display when the browser feature is activated. The method includes the steps of detecting...

20060130106 - Network recording system and recording device: A network recording system includes a terminal device and a recording device. The terminal device includes a transmitting unit operable to transmit recording instruction information for recording of a punctual program, to the recording device via the network The recording device includes a program receiving unit operable to receive the...

20060130104 - Network video method: Motion compensation of real-time video for transmission over a packetized network is controlled by maximization of the probability of correct frame reconstruction according to a Markov model of packet transmission losses. The control determines a tradeoff of the intra-coded frame rate with a repeated predictively-coded frame rate....

20060130108 - Control method for television: A method of controlling a television having a teleweb function that receives a broadcasting signal and teleweb information of a selected channel from a server providing the broadcasting signal and the teleweb information includes: setting the teleweb function to be in an on state via a user menu; selecting a...

20060130107 - Method and apparatus for high bandwidth data transmission in content-based networks: Methods and apparatus for delivering data over extant infrastructure within a content-based network. In one embodiment, the network comprises a cable network, and the infrastructure comprises that nominally used for on-demand (OD) services such as VOD. The method includes the allocation of dedicated end-to-end network resources via a “session request,...

20060130109 - Multimode interactive television chat: A user interface device has a graphical user interface that can simultaneously display a combination of television and Internet content in various display modes. The display modes may have different proportions, positioning or other features of the Internet and television content. Means are included in each display made for conveniently...

20060130110 - Apparatus for receiving mpeg-2 a/v data using cable modem: An apparatus for receiving MPEG-2 A/V data by using a cable MODE is disclosed. The apparatus includes: a cable MODEM for separating broadcasting data and broadcasting supplementary data by demodulating an input signal; and a multiplexer for multiplexing the separated broadcasting data from the cable MODEM with broadcasting data inputted...

20060130111 - Distributed composition of broadcast television programs: Described are methods and systems for combining programming content in a controlled synchronized manner. The systems and methods allow for centrally generated content to be modified using local content. The centrally generated content can include data that specifies what portions of the centrally generated content can be modified by the...

20060130112 - Streaming or real-time data television programming: The invention provides a method and system of broadcasting television quality programmes in real time. A dedicated uncontended connection line between a production process centre (PPC) (2) and a remote service computer provider (3) provides quality programming to be broadcast from the PPC (2) to a number of remote client...

20060130114 - Data server for interactive data broadcasting service and interactive data broadcasting service providing method using the same: Provided are a data server for interactive data broadcasting service and an interactive data broadcasting service providing method using the same. The present invention provides a data broadcasting service where users can participate in real-time by processing messages inputted through a return channel according to each content. The data server...

20060130113 - Method and apparatus for wideband distribution of content: A method and apparatus to create and transmit transport multiplexes comprising one or more levels of service over a network. In one embodiment, the level of service comprises high definition (HD) content or programs, and the transmitted multiplexes are distributed over a plurality of downstream RF carriers in a cable...

20060130115 - Method and apparatus of providing and receiving video services in digital audio broadcasting (dab) system: There are provided a method and apparatus for providing and receiving a video service in digital audio broadcasting (DAB). The video service providing method includes: storing information related to encoding of a provided video service stream and information related to packetization of the video service stream in a channel different...

20060130116 - Time shifting recording switch when phone calling: The invention takes the advantage of features such as TiVo Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) or ReplayTV DVRs, which provide continuous recording of broadcasting programs and allow users to replay any missed portions of the program. The invention records the date and time of incoming/outgoing communication events, such as phone calls,...

20060130119 - Advanced parental control for digital content: According to one embodiment, a method for replacing scenes of objectionable content comprises receiving incoming content, which includes main content and replacement content. The main content is the content originally intended as a scene of a program while the replacement content is content for replacing the main content for the...

20060130117 - Device and method for metadata management: The present invention relates to a device and method for managing metadata. A principal object of the present invention is to provide a device and method for managing metadata by which only key metadata can be selected and provided in accordance with their priorities upon playback of audio content by...

20060130118 - Distributive system for marking and blocking video and audio content related to video and audio programs: A system is provided for rating multimedia content streamed over a data network as a series of data frames, segments, or packets and for administering display of the rated content. The system includes at least one content source device for creating raw multimedia content; an intermediate content marking and delivery...

20060130120 - Optimized application on-the-wire format for construction, delivery and display of enhanced television content: Enhanced television content is processed and displayed by the execution of computer-readable instructions formatted in a binary interchange format (BIF) of an enhanced television BIF (EBIF) application via user agent at a client by interpreting the computer-readable instructions directly and without additional compilation. A key identifier may be used by...

20060130121 - System and method for the creation, synchronization and delivery of alternate content: According to one embodiment, A nonlinear editing system comprises a video encoder, an audio compressor and an engine unit. The engine unit is adapted to synchronize the video with the first alternate video and to synchronize the audio with the first alternate audio so that, where the scene of the...

20060117336 - System and method for instantaneously deploying packetized alert data: One or more embodiments of the invention are directed to a system and method for instantaneously deploying packetized alert data in a one to many configuration where each recipient can customize the data to be received in a way that leaves a publisher with optimum control over the content and...

20060117338 - Broadcasting apparatus and method for pre-transmitting data carousel and receiving apparatus for receiving data carousel: A broadcasting system including a broadcasting apparatus and a receiving apparatus. The broadcasting apparatus transmits an interactive content as a data carousel during a scheduled broadcasting time period, starts pre-transmitting the interactive content a predetermined time before the start of the scheduled broadcasting time period, and repeatedly transmits a cache...

20060117337 - On-screen intelligent electronic program guide: An intelligent, interactively maneuverable interface display of current electronic programming guide (EPG) textual information presentable on a user's television screen. The display, which is organized as a context display, includes keyword-sensitized text, and a virtual, user-employable navigation tool, such as a scrollbar tool, which, via a hand-held remote control device,...

20060117339 - Synchronization system and method for audiovisual programmes associated devices and methods: The present invention relates in particular to a synchronization system and method. The synchronization system comprises a specification unit for specifying synchronization signals associated with an audiovisual programme, the latter comprising an audiovisual content and control information, a recognition unit for recognizing the synchronization signals in a transmitted stream carrying...

20060117340 - Interactive cable television system without a return path: A method for providing interactive information content in an analog cable system having only a one-way communication path from a cable head end to a communication device, such as a set-top box that is associated with a television is disclosed. A set-top box receives a plurality of interactive information content...

20060117341 - Method and apparatus to transmit data broadcasting content and method and apparatus to receive data broadcasting content: A method and device to transmit data broadcasting contents and a method and device to receive data broadcasting contents allowing data broadcasting contents reflecting a preference of a user to be transmitted. The method of transmitting data broadcasting contents includes: receiving content preference information indicating a preference for a transmitted...

20060117342 - Method for acquiring channel information and registering for reception of multicast based ip tv broadcasting in access network: A method for obtaining broadcasting channel information and registering for reception of multicast based Internet protocol (IP) TV broadcasting service in a subscriber network is provided. The method for receiving multicast based IP TV broadcasting service by a terminal connected to a subscriber network through an access router, includes: completing...

20060117343 - Apparatus and methods for advertising in a sequential manner and based upon user preference: A method of providing video enhancement to an interactive content page, the method comprising: providing a graphical overlay with a plurality of transparent sections; providing a graphical underlay capable to show a plurality of underlay contents; displaying a first underlay content in a first one of the transparent sections; and...

20060117345 - Broadcast reception system, mobile terminal and server: A broadcast reception system with improved usability is disclosed. The system includes a broadcast receivable mobile terminal and a server capable of sending and receiving data to and from the mobile terminal. This terminal has a first broadcast receiver and a first communication unit for data communication with the server....

20060117344 - Presentation of media content: A method of reproducing an interactive recording medium in a reproducing apparatus, comprising the steps of: checking attribute information for auxiliary contents data of AN data recorded on the interactive recording medium; and determining a presentation method for the auxiliary contents data based on the attribute information and presenting the...

20060117346 - Video device capable of downloading data and method for controlling the same: Disclosed herein are a video device capable of downloading data and a method for controlling the same. The video device includes a data receiving unit for receiving a data signal containing data associated with operation of the video device, a memory for storing the data included in the data signal,...

20060117347 - Methods, systems, and products for customized programming: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for providing programming. An electronic programming guide (EPG) is received. The EPG has events associated with products and a programming grid simultaneously listing a wrapper associated with each product and each product's associated events. An input is received that scrolls from one product to...

20060117348 - System and method for displaying editorial content through television navigation controls and electronic program guides: A system and method for presenting advanced editorial content items to subscribers in a distribution network. The method comprises presenting an electronic program guide comprised of data representing program availability on a broadcast distribution network and a selectable editorial content control to present an editorial content index page. An editorial...

20060117349 - Providing a personalized programming guide: Provided is a personalized programming guide containing television programming information which corresponds to events scheduled in an electronic calendar, where the calendar application may reside within an electronic device in communication with a digital home communication terminal (DHCT), and where the DHCT is coupled to a subscriber television system (STS)....

20060117351 - Content recordation techniques: Content recordation techniques are described. In an implementation, a method includes querying electronic program guide (EPG) data to determine if a content item described in a recording document is available for recording. If the content item is available, a reference is added to a recording list for causing recordation of...

20060117352 - Search table for metadata of moving picture: This invention can efficiently execute processing that combines a moving picture at a viewer and metadata at the viewer or on a network. Metadata has data that specifies a lifetime, object region data that describes a spatio-temporal region in the moving picture, related attribute information, and the like, and includes...

20060117350 - System and method for delivering geographically-related media content: A system and method for delivering media content, including a plurality of local producers and a channel producer (such as a cable network). The plurality of local producers is located in a specific geographic terrain and produces content related to that terrain. The channel producer receives the content from the...

20060117353 - Television broadcast receiver: If a channel determined by a new all-directional omni-directional scanning process is absent in a channel information table created previously, a TV broadcast receiver registers a channel number (by making register flag on) and a best receiving direction of such channel in the table. If such channel is present along...

20060117354 - Consolidating video-on-demand (vod) services with multi-room personal video recording (mr-pvr) services: Various embodiments are described, in which multi-room personal video recording (MR-PVR) services and video-on-demand (VOD) services are integrated to provide a consolidated interface for a viewer to select among VOD services and MR-PVR services, among others. For some embodiments, both MR-PVR and VOD services can be accessed by a viewer...

20060117355 - Pushing content in a two-way network: An apparatus and method enable multicasting a reply to a request for a module to a plurality of receivers on an interactive television network. Requests for multiple modules are packaged into a single request to be transmitted to a broadcast service provider. A request is multicast to a plurality of...

20060117356 - Interactive montages of sprites for indexing and summarizing video: A “Video Browser” provides interactive browsing of unique events occurring within an overall video recording. In particular, the Video Browser processes the video to generate a set of video sprites representing unique events occurring within the overall period of the video. These unique events include, for example, motion events, security...

20060117358 - Fast start-up for digital video streams: Described herein is a technology facilitating the presentation of digital video streams. An implementation, described herein, reduces the effective start-up delay in the presentation of the first frames of the video content that occurs when a system tunes into a video stream. This abstract itself is not intended to limit...

20060117359 - Fast start-up for digital video streams: Described herein is a technology facilitating the presentation of digital video streams. An implementation, described herein, reduces the effective start-up delay in the presentation of the first frames of the video content that occurs when a system tunes into a video stream. This abstract itself is not intended to limit...

20060117357 - Methods and systems for controlling trick mode play speeds: In one of many possible embodiments, a method is provided for controlling trick mode playback speed. Frame indices associated with video frames of a digital video stream are monitored and a Group-of-Pictures (GOP) size is determined from the frame indices. One or more trick mode play speed parameters are calculated...

20060117360 - Robust mode staggercasting fast channel change: A method and apparatus for staggercasting a plurality of content representative signals includes encoding a first and a corresponding second signal representing each of the plurality of content representative signals. A composite signal is generated comprising the plurality of first and second encoded signals. In the composite signal, each respective...

20060117361 - Data communications system using catv network with wireless return path: A communications network for providing two-way data transfer, including a distribution hub, a plurality of subscriber locations for receiving downstream data signals from and transmitting upstream data signals to the distribution hub, a wired network connecting the distribution hubs to the plurality of subscriber networks, at least a portion of...

20060117362 - System and method for vision-based security: A system and method for arming and disarming a network camera, limiting the number of e-mails sent by the network camera to a user, enabling the network camera to initiate phone calls, transmitting and/or recording video and audio, connecting the network camera to other detection devices, activating a siren, and...

20060117363 - Data transmission over multiple upstream channels within a cable modem system: A system and method are disclosed for transmitting upstream data from a cable modem within a cable television plant. One aspect of the invention pertains to a method that includes transmitting a first portion of the upstream data on a first upstream channel from the cable modem and transmitting a...

20060117364 - Digital subscriber line communication system: A digital subscriber line communication system (DCLCS) provides voice and data services to a subscriber premises within a building and to high speed data communication devices in the subscriber premises using in-building wiring and to-building wiring without having high speed communication equipment inside the subscriber premises....

20060117365 - Stream output device and information providing device: A stream output apparatus (50) includes a sequence information obtaining apparatus (106) for obtaining sequence information representing a reproduction sequence of stream data, and a sequencer apparatus (110) obtaining stream data ready for use with the sequence information obtained by the sequence information obtaining apparatus (106) and outputting the data...

20060117366 - Television tuning device screen saver advertising: Television tuning device screen saver advertising is disclosed. The television tuning device that is connectable to the Internet. While the user has his or her device connected to the Internet, advertising information may be cached. When the device enters a screen saver mode, the previously cached information is displayed. The...

20060117367 - Integrated addressing scheme for use in a system having a tree structure: A system including at least one transmitter, at least one repeater (including a router) and optionally at least one receiver, and typically having a tree structure. Commands (each accompanied by an address) and data can be transmitted downstream from each transmitter to each repeater coupled thereto and from each repeater...

20060117369 - Network system to manage network printers and local printers and method thereof: A network system to manage network printers and local printers and a method thereof. The network system includes a first terminal to broadcast an information request packet to request information of image forming apparatuses connected to a predetermined network, and a second terminal connected to a local image forming apparatus...

20060117368 - Synchronization view: Systems and methods are disclosed for synchronizing data stored in remote stores. Data stored in locations such as computer applications, consumer electronic devices and Internet websites is synchronized with a central database within a computer device. The computer device may also store constraints that limit the type of data that...

20060117370 - Data transmission control method, data transmitting method, data transmitting apparatus, and receiving apparatus: A receiving apparatus comprising means for receiving an event notice that includes time information. Upon receipt of the event notice, an event corresponding to the time information is generated. The event is immediately generated if the event notice includes a code that indicates immediate generation....

20060117371 - Method for effectively implementing a multi-room television system: A method for effectively implementing a multi-room television system includes a digital base station that processes and combines various program sources to produce a processed stream. A communications processor then responsively transmits the processed stream as a local composite output stream to various wired and wireless display devices for flexible...

20060117372 - System and method for searching for specific types of people or information on a peer-to-peer network: The present invention provides a system and a method for searching for specific types of people or specific types of information on a Peer-to-Peer network, and in particular, using specific types of search terms as a means of profiling to find specific types of information or specific types of people...

20060117373 - Data processing device, data recording/reproducing device, data processing method and program: It is an object of the invention to provide a data processing device, a data processing method and a data processing program which can provide consistency between information of a macrovision signal and CGMS data added to an analogue video signal. A data processing device (10) receiving and analogue video...

20060117374 - System and method for recording television content at a set top box: A method of recording content at a set top box is provided and includes receiving a request to record multiple episodes of a television program. When a copy of a particular episode that has been previously stored in the memory of the set top box is received, a set top...

20060117375 - System and method for facilitating tv channel programming: A removable memory device is inserted into a channel information source computer, such as computer connected to the Internet, and channel map information is downloaded to it. The removable device is then removed from the source computer and engaged with a television to download the channel map into the television,...