Interactive video distribution systems inventions 07/06

20060168609 - Method and system for protecting cable television subscriber-specific information allowing limited subset access: A television program ratings method and system includes transferring information associated with households from a cable provider to a ratings provider such that the ratings provider has access to information associated with sampled households and lacks access to information associated with non-sampled households. To this end, identity information and usage...

20060168610 - System and method of managing content: Systems and methods can be implemented to allow restricted content to be available using an apparatus within a system, while still protecting the privacy or one or more users. Metadata regarding restricted content may not be displayed if the user so desires or if other users do not have proper...

20060168611 - Systems and methods for monitoring and controlling water consumption: Systems and methods for monitoring and controlling water consumption in a water-supply system are disclosed using one or more sensors for generating signals indicative of the operation thereof. In one embodiment, a method of preventing freezing of a water conduit in a water-supply system comprises sensing, with a temperature sensor,...

20060168613 - Systems and processes for use in media and/or market research: Processes and systems for use in media and market research are provided. In certain embodiments, predetermined media usage activities and/or purchasing activities are assigned to members of a household, for converting household level data to personal level data. In certain embodiments, reports are produced from various different datasets....

20060168612 - Timing system for modular cable modem termination system: A modular Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) includes a packet shelf operating a Data Over Cable Service Interface Specifications (DOCSIS) Media Access Control (MAC) framer. One or more downstream Physical Interface (PHY) shelves receive DOCSIS data from the packet shelf over a packet switched network and modulate the DOCSIS data...

20060168614 - Dynamic content activation: Content subscribers can dynamically activate content and content publishing resources that are distributed on a network. A content request from the content subscriber can engage a content locator in determining an appropriate content publisher to activate the content. Once the appropriate content publisher is found, the content publisher activates the...

20060168615 - System circuit application and method for wireless transmission of multimedia content from a computing platform: According to some embodiments of the present invention, a receiver for receiving video content over a wireless data link may include a video encoder adapted to receive data packets containing video content according to fixed data video format and to produce a video signal suitable for a video presentation device...

20060168616 - Targeted advertisement selection from a digital stream: According to one embodiment, a method of targeted advertisement to a user that includes selecting advertisements based upon user preferences is disclosed. In particular, the method relates to receiving incoming content, which includes a primary advertisement and one or more replacement advertisements. If one of the replacement advertisements is determined...

20060168617 - Device and process for acquiring files by accumulation of points: The present invention relates to a device and a process for acquiring files by accumulation of points. The device is designed for a user of a receiver of data of a communication network, able to earn points by accomplishing at least one predefined operation, and to acquire at least one...

20060168618 - System and method for home automation using wireless control rf remocon module based on network: A home automation system using an infrared (IR)/radio frequency (RF) integration remote control module based on a network. At least one IR/RF integration remote control module (100) is disposed at a predetermined location of a home automation region. The IR/RF integration remote control module (100) with a wireless interface function...

20060168619 - Audio/video program-related hyperlink printer: A system is disclosed for hyperlinking to printable content related to program material during the playing of the program material and printing the printable content comprising a generator for generating an hyperlink address string associated with the program material including a first attribute indicating an hyperlink address for hyperlinking to...

20060168620 - Television schedule system and method of operation for multiple program occurences: An improved television guide system. According to one embodiment of the invention, television guide information is provided that includes multiple occurrences of a single show. The guide system of the present invention allows the user to identify a show and, thereafter, identify when the identified show will be played again....

20060168621 - Methods and apparatus for rendering information on a device: Methods and apparatus for rendering information on a device. A method is provided for rendering programming information on a device. The method includes obtaining the programming information, and applying one or more rendering techniques to the programming information to produce a program guide, wherein the amount of programming information included...

20060168623 - Method and system for providing a customized media list: A method and system is described for providing a customized media list to a user over a data network. The method comprises providing a personalized data of the user to a computer system, generating a customized media list by the computer system for the user based on the personal data,...

20060168622 - Real-time synchronization of content viewers: A method and apparatus for improving user access to content of interest to the user across a range of media and formats is provided, the method comprising a) identifying the content of a user selected content source conveyed to a user by a user's content conveyer apparatus, b) searching all...

20060168624 - Method and system for delivering enhanced tv content: A method and system for delivering enhanced TV (eTV) content allows content producers to author eTV content and deliver the eTV content over an IP network to an eTV application server at a cable headend. A network server, for example, operated by a broadcast network, communicates broadcast program scheduling information...

20060168625 - Intelligent recording of a scheduled program: One embodiment of the invention is a technique to stop recording a program intelligently. Stopping recording a program is delayed from a scheduled stop recording time. A transition between the program and a commercial is detected after the scheduled stop recording time. Recording the program is stopped at the detected...

20060168626 - Methods and systems for providing video content to a mobile client: Video content is provided from a mobile client from a server. The video content has at least a component provided by a format that is blocked on a transmission path from the server to the mobile client. The video content is intercepted. At least the component of the intercepted video...

20060168627 - System and method for configuring a wireless communication system in a vehicle: A control module for a wireless communication system in a vehicle having a plurality of operational settings includes a memory, a control circuit and a radio frequency transceiver. The memory is configured to store a plurality of performance characteristics associated with at least one mobile wireless communication device. The control...

20060168628 - Information distributing method and information distributing system: In order to allow an advertisement company to register advertisement information using the Internet and conduct publicity activities aimed at specified target users, profile data of a plurality of users is managed using a database, selection conditions for selecting specific users to whom advertisement information should be distributed are received,...

20060168629 - Digitized wireless remote control apparatus and method for personal video recorder: A digitized wireless remote control apparatus and method for a personal video recorder is disclosed. It uses a multimedia viewer to log in a username and password in a personal video recorder, and uses a digitized wireless remote control to provide a command for executing data download, copying, editing, printing...

20060168631 - Method and apparatus for displaying content information: Methods and apparatus for displaying content information. In one embodiment, content information is presented in a digital video recorder status bar. Such content information may be based on the electronic program guide (EPG) data provided by, for example, the broadcasters themselves. In another embodiment, the content information to be integrated...

20060168630 - System for providing visible messages during pvr trick mode playback: A method and system for embedding a message in compressed content comprising at least one key frame and at least one non-key frame, the method comprising embedding a message in the at least one key frame. Related methods and apparatus are also described....

20060168632 - Video reception device, video transmission device, and video transmission system: A video transmission system that achieves uninterrupted video transmission, even when there are large bit rate fluctuation due to receiving terminal movement and so forth, in a network such as a wireless network in which transmission bit rate fluctuations occur. In this system, when a video receiving apparatus (receiving terminal)...

20060168633 - Broadcasting terminal and viewing method: A multimedia terminal comprises a receiver adapted to receive a multimedia signal from a network transmitter, the multimedia signal including a transmitter identifier corresponding to the network transmitter. The multimedia terminal also comprises a processor operatively coupled to the receiver, adapted to evaluate the transmitter identifier included in the multimedia...

20060168634 - Compressed video image transmission method and apparatus for allocating transmission capacity for reference images: A compressed image transmission system wherein desired one of a plurality of pieces of compressed video data transmitted onto a network from a plurality of transmission devices is selected at one of receiver terminals connected to the network and received to the receiver terminal. The transmission devices transmit reference images...

20060168635 - Device control system, device control method, and control program: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided with a device control system including: an acquiring unit which acquires a BML document which can be delivered in digital broadcasting; a BML interpreting unit which interprets a description described in the BML document, for controlling an external device;...

20060168636 - Apparatus and method for storing signals and for distributing them by down-converting to vacant channels: A server apparatus is capable of distributing recorded content in a household and/or business dwelling using the existing coaxial cable infrastructure. According to an exemplary embodiment, the server apparatus includes a front-end processor operative to receive signals from a broadcast source and process the received signals to generate digital data....

20060168637 - Multiple-channel codec and transcoder environment for gateway, mcu, broadcast and video storage applications: An environment for integrating a collection of video and audio processors into a multifunction system ideally suited for a common board in a hosted system. Codec and transcoding functions may be autonomous, operate under external control, be managed by a common chaperoning processor, or operated in combinations of each of...

20060168638 - Channel switching: Channel switching for a receiver for digital broadcasting includes identifying pilot data from a digital broadcasting signal. The pilot data is stored in a memory. Channel switching is performed at least based on the stored pilot information....

20060168639 - Interactive television system with partial character set generator: An interactive television system includes a partial font generator (38) which generates a character font file of only those fonts used by a given application program for text display. The partial font file contains the language character fonts utilized by the application program, but less than the complete character set...

20060168640 - Media device and enhancing use of media device: A media device and a method of enhancing the use of a media device are provided. The media device is configured to receive a broadcast media stream transmitted by a broadcast system by the media. A contact list comprising contact information of is maintained. The media device receives over a...

20060168641 - Audio system for playing back recorded information by remote transmission: The present invention is directed to an audio system for playing back recorded information by remote transmission. At the transmitting end of the system, an analog audio signal acquired by a server from a recording medium is first converted into a digital data signal, and then a signal created by...

20060161945 - Method for informing video receiving delay and broadcast receiving apparatus thereof: Disclosed are a method for informing a user of video receiving delay and a broadcast receiving apparatus thereof. The method includes separating a video signal from a received broadcast signal, and decoding and storing the video signal; determining if a video signal corresponding to the first frame of video is...

20060161946 - Broadcast receiver receiving emergency alert signal and method of processing the emergency alert signal: A broadcast receiver is provided for processing an emergency alert signal. The broadcast receiver includes: a reception unit receiving the emergency alert signal; and a home network-linking unit converting the received emergency alert signal into a packet and transmitting the packet to a home network system connected to the broadcast...

20060161947 - Method and apparatus for customizing messaging within a cable system: A method and apparatus for customize messaging within a cable system includes processing that begins by obtaining a user profile of a user of the cable system. The processing continues by obtaining audience specific messages that includes a desired user profile. The desired user profile indicates targeted user profiles. The...

20060161948 - Multi-screen system and driving method thereof: A multi-screen system including an image source device for adding control information about to-be-displayed image segments to a video signal, and a plurality of display devices for detecting the control information from the video signal, extracting image segments corresponding to an ID of a display device from the video signal...

20060161949 - Terrestrial digital tv broadcast signal receiver: In a terrestrial digital TV broadcast signal receiver capable of EPG (Electric Program Guide) display, EPG data are updated in a time as smaller as possible while a use does not watch any TV program, so that the EPG can be displayed in real time just after switching on of...

20060161951 - Application programming interface combining asset listings: A system, method and API for processing and providing a unified list of the content offerings of multiple content sources....

20060161950 - Program recommending apparatus, program recommended apparatus, and program recommending system: When carrying out program recommendation between friends and acquaintances, only information necessary for identifying a recommendation program rather than the program content itself is transmitted from a program recommending terminal to a program recommended terminal. This enables recommendation of the program without using a wide communication band. Besides, a problem...

20060161952 - System and method for scheduling broadcast of an access to video programs and other data using customer profiles: A system and method for scheduling the receipt of desired movies and other forms of data from a network which simultaneously distributes many sources of such data to many customers, as in a cable television system. Customer profiles are developed for the recipient describing how important certain characteristics of the...

20060161953 - System and method of providing a combined content guide for an entertainment system: A method of providing a combined content guide for a home entertainment system is provided and includes polling a first electronic device to receive a first set of content associated with the first electronic device. Further, a second electronic device is polled to receive a second set of content associated...

20060161954 - Reproduction apparatus, reproduction method, reproduction program, record medium, and data structure: A record medium is disclosed. The record medium that is readable by a computer device and on which content data that contain at least one of a video stream and an audio stream and at least one resource file that contains a reproduction control program that controls the reproduction of...

20060161955 - Linking of interactive television recording to applications: A method and computer-readable medium of handling recording of interactive television, such as MHP, wherein interactive television applications may initiate recording of interactive television content. The interactive television is tagged with information linking the content to the application that made the recording for access control purposes. In this way applications...

20060161956 - Systems and methods for transfering television-related settings and preferences: A method for transferring DHCT settings includes receiving by a first digital home communication terminal (DHCT) a request for transmitting a DHCT setting from the first DHCT to a second DHCT, and transmitting the DHCT setting from the first DHCT to the second DHCT. Systems and other methods for transferring...

20060161957 - Method for providing digital broadcasting service in mobile communication terminal: A method for providing a digital broadcasting service in a mobile communication terminal connected to a server that stores digital broadcasting program related information through a data network. The method includes receiving a digital broadcast signal and outputting the received digital broadcast signal to a display unit; transmitting broadcasting information...

20060161958 - Method of increasing setup speed of anynet device using anynet communication protocol: A method of increasing the set-up speed of an Anynet device. The method includes initializing identifications (ID) of external devices coupled to a display device through a network; determining the type of each of the external devices, and allocating one of the IDs to each of the external devices according...

20060161959 - Method and system for real-time seeking during playback of remote presentation protocols: A foreground protocol engine receives a request for rendering the contents of a packet in a recording of a protocol data stream, the protocol data stream comprising a plurality of packets. The foreground protocol engine identifies a state-snapshot having an associated timestamp previous to that of the requested packet. The...

20060161960 - Network security system appliance and systems based thereon: A network apparatus for use with a plurality of network cameras includes a system housing with a network interface (wireless access point and/or network switch), a router, and processing means that are operably coupled to one another and integrally housed within the system housing. The network interface provides communication links...

20060161961 - Method and system for receiving and processing digital content: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method of storing digital content in a digital electronic system. In one embodiment, datacast information decoded from a digital media signal is monitored to identify newly-received digital content. The monitoring includes configuring a decoder to receive and decode the datacast information,...

20060161962 - Extending data records for dynamic data and selective acceptance based on hardware profile: A system, method and data structure for processing basic client application data types to add thereto extension types and priority levels adapted for use by each of a plurality of set top box classes....

20060161963 - Display apparatus and control method thereof: A display apparatus comprises an interface to receive a signal from an external source, and operates either in a digital packet video link (DPVL) mode or in a raster video mode. The display apparatus decodes data of the signal input through the interface, determines whether the signal is a DPVL...

20060161964 - Integrated multimedia signal processing system using centralized processing of signals and other peripheral device: Integrated processing of multimedia signals can eliminate unnecessary signal processors and converters without losing the functionality of typical home entertainment system components. The integrated system includes a main player that captures and processes signals digitally, a dummy display, and a dummy speaker. The dummy display may only have a display...

20060156326 - Methods to create a user profile and to specify a suggestion for a next selection of a user: A user profile and/or the suggestions computed based thereon are obtained taking a special set of user features into account. The user features are defined to represent a typical general behaviour of an individual user in respect to the application where the user profile is used. In other words, for...

20060156327 - Method for tracking time spent interacting with different remote controlled media devices: A method, universal remote controller (URC), and computer program product that enables the tracking, recording, and reporting of the amount of time spent interacting with different media devices with the URC. The URC is enhanced with additional hardware and software components that provide the associated functionality of tracking the time...

20060156328 - Method of and system for distributing a content item: A method of and system for distributing a content item to a recipient. The content item contains a marker linked uniquely to the recipient. At a first point in time, the marker is inserted in the content item. At a second point in time, an association between the marker and...

20060156329 - Loyalty program for television viewers and method and system for rewarding a television viewer: Disclosed is a loyalty program for television viewers and a method and system for rewarding a television viewer. The method includes the steps of: assigning a value to a specified program or a time slot of a specified channel; receiving, at a central data system, data reflective of the specified...

20060156330 - Intelligent interactive multimedia: An intelligent interactive multimedia system that provides a wide variety of multimedia content and services to a plurality of users utilizing various platforms. A plurality of channels is provided to users. Users or a group of users can participate in interactive multimedia sessions and communicate by text messaging, audio, or...

20060156331 - Viewing limitation setting method: A method is for setting viewing limitation for selecting a viewing limitation mode from among a plurality of types of viewing limitation modes for reproducing on a reproducing device an audio/visual information recorded on an information recording medium. The method includes: displaying a first screen on a monitor for allowing...

20060156333 - Distance check for television signal receiver having an emergency alert function: A television signal receiver having an emergency alert function is capable of checking a distance between a reference point and a point associated with a geographical area selected by a user during a setup process for the emergency alert function. According to an exemplary embodiment, the television signal receiver includes...

20060156332 - Television signal receiver capable of receiving updated information associated with an emergency alert function: A television signal receiver receives and stores updated information associated with an emergency alert function, such as geographical area information and/or transmission frequency information. According to an exemplary embodiment, the television signal receiver includes a tuner operative to tune a frequency including emergency alert signals indicating an emergency event, and...

20060156334 - Playback system with remote control device: In a playback system (400) comprising a meta data generating device (430) meta data information (MD) is transmitted to a remote control device (420), which remote control device (420) is provided for the remote control of a playback device (10) with the aid of selection information (AI) from the meta...

20060156335 - Content-related information providing apparatus, content related information providing method, electronic bulletin board system, and computer program: Each bulletin board is set for the purpose of an argument and information exchange concerning a specific television program. In writing a remark in the bulletin board, a user registers information for specifying a program/scene referred to by the remark together with remark contents. The reference information consists of a...

20060156336 - Program guide system with flip and browse advertisements: An interactive television program guide is provided in which advertisements may be displayed in program listings display Legions on program guide screens. The program listings display regions may be browse displays or flip displays. The program guide screens contain video for the current channel to which the user is tuned....

20060156339 - Electric program guide receiving apparatus, digital television system, and electronic apparatus: An EPG (Electric Program Guide) receiving apparatus includes a tuner for tuning a received digital-broadcast signal, a storage device for storing partial or entire program titles and abbreviated character strings corresponding to the partial or entire program titles, and an EPG information processing device. The EPG information processing device compares...

20060156337 - Method for operating a personalized radio system: A method is described for the operation of a broadcasting system (1) in which various program contents are sent to the users of the broadcasting system and the users of the broadcasting system are at the same time assigned to user communities. Community-specific program contents (PIG) are automatically selected and/or...

20060156338 - Method for the transmisson of location-related information: The supplementary location-related information which may be included in a digital map of the receiver is transmitted in such a way that the location-related information may be downloaded from an Internet page....

20060156340 - Video on demand (vod) system and method of reconstructing the same: A VOD (video on demand) system in which the replication number of service blocks may depend on the number of instances of an object and service blocks based on access frequencies of the object and service blocks, and a method of reconstructing the VOD system. The VOD system may provide...

20060156341 - Apparatus for generating a virtual channel and operating method thereof for improved digital television (dtv) viewing: An apparatus for generating a virtual channel and a method of operating the generated virtual channel are provided. The apparatus for generating the virtual channel comprises a virtual channel setting module for setting any one channel among a plurality of channels to be a virtual channel per user; and a...

20060156342 - Generating consistent time for an electronic program guide: One embodiment of the invention is a technique to generate consistent timing data for an electronic program guide (EPG). Time information is extracted from a broadcast stream received by a receiver. The time information is based on a first timing reference. The time information is adjusted with respect to a...

20060156343 - Method and system for media and similar downloading: A method and system are provided for facilitating downloading a medium, such as a song, a movie, a TV show, a commercial, etc., that is being streamed from a media station and played on a receiver. By actuating a button on the receiver, a request for downloading the medium is...

20060156345 - Digital television apparatus: This invention provides a digital television apparatus adapted to exclude channels of broadcast programs, in which the viewer has no interest, from an EPG display and improve EPG usability by providing short scroll capability through the EPG. The digital television apparatus includes a display device, an operating unit by which...

20060156344 - Network recording system and recording device: A device that performs a master/slave switching process dynamically changing a device functioning as a master device in a network in consideration of fixed device performances and also variable device states is provided. A device's own device information managing section (15) of a master device (1) manages device's own device...

20060156346 - Method of ordering goods and services: According to the invention, the method of ordering goods and services, related to the transmission received by the customer, is distinguished by the fact that during the reception of the transmission the customer initiates the connection to the system of ordering goods and services, unequivocally related to the received transmission...

20060156347 - Ever-increasing quality for stored video streaming in a mobile wireless interworking environment: There is provided a method for managing the downloading and display of a video program using a mobile device in an networking environment that includes a first radio access network and a second radio access network that has a faster transfer rate than the first network. A layer of video...

20060156348 - Control apparatus and method: A control apparatus comprises a digital interface for connecting to an external apparatus; a judging unit adapted to judge whether the external apparatus connected via the digital interface can perform streaming; and a communication unit adapted to issue a request for transferring streaming to the external apparatus if it is...

20060156349 - Digital video player accessory: A portable digital video player accessory for use with a portable digital audio player is provided. The portable digital video player accessory includes a display screen for displaying a video. The video is generated using the data stored in a memory and/or a hard disk drive of the portable digital...

20060156350 - Screen, especially for the seat of a motor vehicle: A video screen assembly for a vehicle seat is movable between an upper position and a lower position and includes a fitting and a pivoting arm. A belt drive connects the pivoting arm and the video screen such that a torque applied to move the pivoting arm results in a...

20060156354 - Method and apparatus for reproducing data recorded on storage medium along with downloaded data: A method and apparatus are provided for reproducing data stored in a storage medium together with content downloaded via a network. The method includes producing a virtual package by binding the content stored in the storage medium with content downloaded via a network based on predetermined binding information, and reproducing...

20060156351 - Method and server for downloading a broadcasted multimedia content over a distribution network: The invention applies to the transmission of a multimedia content from a server to a client terminal. The multimedia content is available from the server as one or more sets of files. Upon reception of an initial request from the client, the server sends a document back to the client,...

20060156352 - Mixed-media service collections for multimedia platforms: A mixed-media service collection for multimedia platforms allows simultaneous access to various mixed-media services for rendering multimedia content, depending on current client conditions. In one implementation, in response to the client accessing a service collection, for example, by changing channels, only some of the mixed-media services in the service collection...

20060156353 - Remotely-accessible wireless lan server: A remote-controlled media system is described in which a remote control communicates over a conventional wireless local area network (WLAN) with a remote server. The remote control and remote server configure a network connection over the WLAN for communicating with one another. The remote server receives a remote command from...

20060156355 - Reproduction apparatus, program, integrated circuit: A reproduction apparatus that, when a same content is recorded in the HDD 1 and the SD card 102, allows the user to reproduce the content in one of the recording mediums to a certain viewing position and resume the reproduction of the content in the other recording medium from...

20060156356 - Terminal apparatus and information reproducing method: In the present invention, a content receiving section 107 receives content from a content server 101 by means of broadcasting or communication, and playback by a playback section 109 is switched by a playback control section 108 between stored content stored in a storage section 103 and content received by...

20060156358 - Method and apparatus for synchronizing data streams containing audio, video and/or other data: Several data streams contain video, audio and/or other data. Some of the data streams are pre-recorded in a multiplex on a storage medium while other data streams are located out of the data stream multiplex on the storage medium. The data streams are synchronized using a navigation file, which comprises...

20060156357 - System and method for providing programming in a multi-dwelling unit or multi-tenant unit network: A system and method for providing programming to a client in a Multi-Dwelling Unit or Multi-Tenant unit network. The system and method includes various embodiments for converting pay per view content to video on demand content, collecting and displaying popular programs to a client, and billing a client for the...

20060156359 - Stream reception device: In a stream reception device, before the user operates an input section (15), a control section (12) uses locational information of each of n number of selected stream transmission stations (2) to generate and send a distribution request (R), which is data for requesting distribution of a stream (ST) stored...

20060156360 - Transmitter apparatus and transmitting method: The present invention is intended to realize a screen configuration according to a propagation environment and display capability by causing a server to transmit a plurality of pieces of screen configuration information describing a spatial arrangement of contents to a reception terminal and select, when the reception terminal receives a...

20060156361 - Remote viewing system: A remote viewing system is disclosed for providing video and/or audio surveillance of an entry or doorway of a building. The system is provided within the panels of the entry or doorway door. A video camera is positioned within the panels to obtain video images of the entryway or doorway...

20060156362 - Discovery information for ip multicast: A method for broadcasting over an IP multicast network an offer of multimedia services received in form of a bundle of transport streams, comprises attributing for each offer (offer 1, offer 2) a determined service provider offer localisation (LN0,1, LN0,2) of the IP multicast network, and creating a file of...

20060156363 - File storage for scalable media: Exemplary generic file storage for scalable media is described. In one implementation, stored scalable media streams are related as nodes of a directed acyclic graph (DAG) in which directed edges between the nodes describe relationships between scalable media streams. Many different presentations of a media content can be delivered from...

20060156364 - Video program creation system, table providing device, terminal device, terminal processing method, program, recording medium: A video program production system of efficiently and flexibly producing a video program. For viewing, a composition table providing apparatus provides each terminal with composition table data in which items required for the production of the video program are arranged and a variety of information is described in the items....

20060156365 - Ever-decreasing network qos requirements for stored video streaming in a mobile wireless interworking environment: A method for downloading and displaying a video program using a mobile terminal that includes a first radio access network having a first data transfer rate and a second radio access network having a second data transfer rate faster than the first data transfer rate. The downloaded video program is...

20060156366 - Method and system for announcing a transport stream in a digital broadcast network: A method and an arrangement for defining a sub-table structure for SI tables, which may be used to split one big Service information (SI) table into several smaller tables. The splitting into the smaller sub-tables (Sub-Ts) requires less transmitted bandwidth because all the SI do not need to be broadcast...

20060156367 - System for answering inquiries: With a reception system (1a) with reception means for receiving a radio signal (MENI, MSFI, MKI) broadcast by a radio station (62), in which radio signal (MENI, MSFI, MKI) inquiry information (FI) is contained, a rapid, direct answering of inquiry information (FI) is enabled. At least one activatable answer input...

20060156368 - Gateway power synchronization: A system for receiving network video includes a remote control with a power control input. A video receiver, controlled by the remote control, powers up or powers down based on a control signal indicating activation of the power control input. The video receiver receives video signals from a gateway or...

20060156369 - Reception device and setting method thereof: Satellite receiving channel data 810 are described in a network information table (NIT) in a random fashion. Frequencies in the redelivering facility in a community receiving system are arranged in order of increasing frequencies for each of the networks. In a receiver unit, the frequencies 753 of the satellite receiving...

20060156371 - Interactive television reception and transmitting processes and associated devices: The invention relates to an interactive television process applicable to a system where one or more transmitting stations transmit programmes to receivers. This process provides for: a) reception in one of the receivers, of a startup application and of a normal application; b) testing for the presence in a memory...

20060156370 - Method and arrangement for indicating requirements for broadcast and multicast reception: The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for indicating requirements for broadcast and multicast service reception. A basic method comprises a step of transmitting a message indicating the requirements over the air interface to terminals within the service range. An alternative method comprises a step of informing the...

20060156372 - System, method and interface for managing content at a set top box: A method for managing content at a set top box is provided and includes receiving a request to view content and indicating that the content is available for downloading for a predetermined time period. Further, the method includes downloading the content to a memory device within a set top box...

20060156374 - Automatic synchronization of audio and video based media services of media content: There is provided a method for automatically synchronizing playback between a first media service and a second media service both services corresponding to the same media content source. Common audio events in the first media service and the second media service are matched. A playback timing of at least one...

20060156373 - Data reception terminal and mail creation method: If a scene specifying button (202) is pressed while a TV program is being viewed (S601), scene specification information including a point in time, a channel, and the like is generated (S602). The broadcast data of a scene corresponding to this scene specification information is retrieved from a related information...

20060156376 - Information processing device for relaying streaming data: According to one embodiment, a method is described for relaying streaming data from a first external device and to transmit streaming data to a second external device. The method comprises (i) receiving a first delay time to be needed by the second external device from the second external device, (ii)...

20060156375 - Systems and methods for synchronizing media rendering: Systems and methods for synchronizing rendering of common content across two or more network-coupled rendering nodes by embedding a time stamp into the metadata of the content....

20060156377 - Method of broadcasting multimedia content via distribution network: The invention proposes to divide a content to be transmitted via a network into a set of slices and to generate a set of files from this set of slices. The slices (or the files) are encrypted before downloading in such a way that the client cannot use the slice...

20060150210 - System for simulating the presence of a person in a room: A system for simulating the presence of a person in a room has first playback means (11) for playing back sound and/or image information and activation signal generation means (52) for repeatedly generating an activation signal (AS), and activation means (53) for automatically repeatedly activating the first playback means (11)...

20060150211 - Method and terminal for limited-access receiving of data as well as remote server: A method for limited-access receiving of data is disclosed. In a remote server (5), data for decoding user data are encrypted with the first key, which has been generated on the basis of the user's biometric or key data derived therefrom, and sent as program-accompanying data through a broadcast system....

20060150212 - Video-on-demand embedded advertising system and method: Described is a system and method for providing advertising in a media system, including a media editor, or editing device, for embedding one or more advertisements into one or more media presentations for selective playing on one or more devices in a network. The media presentations are provided to a...

20060150213 - Executing module and method thereof for playing multimedia in a wireless communication apparatus: An executing module and method thereof for playing multimedia in a wireless communication apparatus are provided, so that the user can play various multimedia operations in the wireless communication apparatus. Firstly, obtain an animation data. Next, retrieve information data according to one of the animation messages in the animation data....

20060150214 - Methods and systems for providing multi-source content in electronic program guides: Various embodiments pertain to methods and systems for providing multi-source content in electronic program guides (EPGs). In at least some embodiments, various techniques can present the viewer with a user interface, such as a grid, that is efficiently and intelligently assembled and managed to foster a desirable user experience....

20060150215 - Scaling and layout methods and systems for handling one-to-many objects: Systems and methods according to the present invention provide layout structures and methods for user interfaces....

20060150217 - Device for updating component of application software in digital broadcasting signal receiver and method thereof: A device for updating component of application software in a digital broadcasting signal receiver and a method thereof. A storage section stores executing data for executing application software that produces a user interface of the digital signal receiver. A program specific information/service information extracting section extracts program specific information/service information...

20060150216 - System and method for scheduling broadcast of and access to video programs and other data using customer profiles: A system and method for scheduling the receipt of desired movies and other forms of data from a network which simultaneously distributes many sources of such data to many customers, as in a cable television system. Customer profiles are developed for the recipient describing how important certain characteristics of the...

20060150218 - System for buying goods and services: A method and system to add functionality to digital video recorders (DVRs). In its various embodiments the present system has multiple functions: Increase response to TV commercials and product placements; selection of the power-on station thus benefiting a network or networks and/or a major marketer, Utilizing the infrastructure of the...

20060150219 - Satellite digital multimedia broadcasting receiver of single tuning type: Disclosed herein is a satellite digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) receiver of a single tuning type which is applicable to a personal mobile terminal or a communication device or broadcasting reception device of a vehicle or etc. The satellite DMB receiver comprises a circular polarization, a linear polarization, a signal selection...

20060150220 - Computer based entertainment center: A novel computer based audio/visual home entertainment center based on improved computer 101 and enhanced audio/video receiver 201 is disclosed herein....

20060150223 - Digital tv broadcast signal receiving system and outdoor appliance used therein: In a digital TV broadcast signal receiving system using a multi-directional antenna, an outdoor appliance comprises an antenna controller for controlling an effective signal receiving direction of the multi-directional antenna, a tuner for receiving a TV broadcast signal, a signal demodulator for demodulating the TV broadcast signal, and a first...

20060150221 - Wireless output system for audio/video equipment: A wireless output system for AV (audio and/or video) equipment, comprises a base unit for use with the equipment and an output unit for use elsewhere, the two units being communicable with each other via a wireless link. The base unit transmits a wireless AV signal corresponding to an AV...

20060150222 - Wireless streaming media systems, devices and methods: A system includes one or more transmitter devices constructed and adapted to transmit wireless streaming media, the transmitter device connected to at least one video source, wherein the transmitter device is further constructed and adapted to automatically detect a type of active source signal from the at least one video...

20060150225 - Methods and systems for retaining and displaying pause buffer indicia across channel changes: Methods and systems permit a pause buffer to retain its content across one or more channel changes. In addition, various embodiments provide the viewer with a robust browsing experiencing when navigating through content that resides in the pause buffer. For example, in at least some embodiments, the viewer can navigate...

20060150224 - Video streaming: A file server (1) in communication with a remote client (e.g. PPC 7, Mobile phone client 5) receives images from a camera (2) or video store (4) as full frame images. A selection and compression programme enable the transmission of bit streams defining a compressed video image for display on...

20060150226 - Television receiver for digital signals with offset tuning provisions: The method of demodulation in an STB comprising a tuner including a local oscillator, a demodulator situated downstream of the tuner and a digital telephone base. In case of interference with the digital telephone base, the frequency of the local oscillator of the tuner is shifted by one or more...

20060150227 - System and method for remotely monitoring and/or viewing images from a camera or video device: A system and method are provided for remotely monitoring images from an image capturing device. Image data from an image capturing component is received where image data represents images of a scene in a field of view of the image capturing component. The image data may be analyzed to determine...

20060150228 - Method and system for linking legacy dvd discs to related web sites: The present invention provides a WebDVD player to link legacy DVD discs to related web sites and to play normal WebDVD discs. The player includes a database containing a URL list of popular DVD content providers. After the disc is loaded into the player, the player reads the provider unique...

20060150229 - Independent source recording: Systems and methods for recording multiple channels of incoming data. A system and method can receive data streams from a number of sources and distribute the data streams to a number of users. The plurality of data streams are stored in a storage device for later redistribution....

20060150231 - Digital television signal, digital television receiver, and method of processing digital television signal: A digital television (DTV) signal for use in a DTV receiver includes an extended text table (ETT) which includes a header and a message body. The header includes a table identification extension field which serves to establish uniqueness of the ETT, and the message includes an extended text message (ETM)....

20060150230 - Method and digital broadcasting receiver for displaying digital broadcast channel information: A method for displaying digital broadcast channel information on a digital broadcasting receiver, which includes searching for an unused reserve communication path among all communication paths over which digital broadcast data is transmitted; sequentially extracting identifiers of channels other than the one currently selected from digital broadcast channel guide information...

20060150232 - Tap bypass assembly: An inventive tap bypass with a notch in each stinger insert of each stinger connection member is disclosed. The present invention provides an inventive tap bypass for easy lateral installation into a tap assembly by use of notched stinger inserts which can pivot for horizontally or vertically displaced stingers....

20060150236 - Control of network plug-and-play compliant device: The network device 200 includes the device unit 400 having service devices 404, 406 to execute a service, and the network protocol controller 302. The device unit 400 holds a device description defining a configuration of each service device according to the network plug-and-play protocol architecture. The network protocol controller...

20060150235 - Display system and method: A display method includes the steps of: providing a computer and at least one display terminal; extracting real-time playing pictures and corresponding sounds in the computer; compressing and encrypting the pictures and the sounds; transmitting the compressed pictures and sounds to the display terminal via a network; detecting whether network...

20060150234 - Method for delivering non-anonymous user metadata using an soap operation in tv anytime metadata service: The present invention relates to a method or an operation for providing a personalized TV-Anytime metadata service. According to the present invention, there is provided a method of transmitting non-anonymous user metadata to a TV-Anytime service agent using a SOAP operation, comprising the steps of a) defining a SOAP operation...

20060150233 - Protection method and device for the secure distribution of audio-visual works: A process for secure distribution of video sequences coded in accordance with a nominal stream format including visual data and data for configuration of decoding of the stream that does not represent the visual data, wherein, prior to transmission to client equipment, an analysis is made of the stream for...

20060150237 - Time-shift add-on device for apparatus with scart connection: A stand-alone time-shift device can be connected to a TV-set via a SCART connector. The device offers a “pause-button” functionality to the user watching a live broadcast. Special control of the SCART's pin-8 avoids delay in the response or artifacts on the screen when the user is changing channels. This...