Interactive video distribution systems inventions 02/07

20070044119 - System and method of managing video streams to a set top box: A method of managing video streams is disclosed and includes monitoring the power to a display device coupled to a set top box. Also, the method includes determining whether the display device is in a low power mode and requesting that a content provider turn off a video stream to... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20070044120 - Digital television and method for displaying channel change information thereof: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for displaying channel change information of a digital television. The method includes receiving automatic channel change information; changing a channel on the basis of the received automatic channel change information; and generating and displaying original channel returning time information on the basis... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070044121 - Methods and apparatus for providing content information to content servers: Methods and apparatus for maintaining program-guide records comprises the steps of requesting a program-guide index, receiving the program-guide index, and determining whether there exists any new program-guide record based on the received program-guide index. The method further comprises requesting a new program-guide record and receiving the program-guide record. In one... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070044122 - Program recommendation system: A system and a method for program recommendation are described. In order to present a user a recommendation for a choice of audio or video content pieces broadcast consecutively at a plurality of different channels, (a) piece scores of content pieces are calculated, indicating a match of a corresponding content... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070044123 - System and method for smoothing channel changing in internet protocol television systems: System and method of implementing a channel change in an Internet Protocol Television (“IPTV”) system are described. In one embodiment, method comprises steps of, responsive to a channel change request, decoding and displaying a video stream of a requested channel, wherein the displayed video stream has a resolution quality less... Agent: Alcatel Usa Intellectual Property Department

20070044124 - Mobile electronic device and data processing system utilizing the same: A mobile electronic device. A capture module captures a plurality of static videos and stores the static videos to a memory. A compile module compiles each static video with at least one specific set to generate a plurality of display data and stores the display data to the memory. A... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20070044125 - Digital television receiver and method of controlling antenna of the same: A method of controlling an adjustable antenna of a digital television receiver including (a) storing an effective power of a channel signal received through the antenna in a memory by rotating the direction of the antenna and selecting an antenna pattern when a maximum signal power is detected (b) aligning... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070044126 - Wireless video entertainment system: A system is provided for wireless video entertainment including sources of video, audio and/or data signals. A server processes and stores the video signal prior to transmission to a personal electronic device (“PED”) of a user. Transmission to the PED is wireless via a multi-band RF access module positioned in... Agent: Kyle Eppele Rockwell Collins, Inc.

20070044127 - System for network and local content access: Unique content identifiers allow users to find and select desired network or locally stored content or applications, solving a problem of user content search and selection in systems that provide access to large libraries of content. A method of selecting digital media content according to the invention includes the steps... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Groh, Sprinkle & Citkowski, P.c

20070044128 - Video compression system: A system involves encoding key frames within a data stream as both key frames and delta frames. A data stream including all encoded key and delta frames is formed and upon receipt of a request signal, the formed data stream is transmitted with the first key frame occurring in the... Agent: Caracappa And Associates, PC

20070044129 - Digital cable tv receiver, diagnostic method for the digital cable tv receiver, and data structure of dvi status report: A host includes a plurality of Digital Visual Interface (DVI) ports. A controller is configured to receive a single DVI diagnostic request from a source external to the host, wherein the controller is further configured to collect DVI status information associated with each of the plurality of DVI ports in... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20070044130 - System and method for implementing channel change operations in internet protocol television systems: System and method for facilitating channel change operations in an Internet Protocol television (“IPTV”) system are described. One embodiment is a method of implementing a channel change in an IPTV system comprising a set top box (“STB”) connected between a TV and an access network. The method comprises, responsive to... Agent: Alcatel Usa Intellectual Property Department

20070044131 - Content providing system and method, content providng apparatus and method content receiver and method recording medium, and program: The invention relates to a content providing system and method, a content providing apparatus and method, a content receiver and method, a recording medium, and a program that make it possible to provide viewers with transaction contents at low cost. Plural broadcasting apparatuses include trigger contents in program contents and... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070044132 - Data processing device, data processing system: A data processing device capable of indicating data being recorded or already recorded, at a location different from a user home without storing the data in a file format. When a terminal device issues a viewing request for a recorded program to an HDD in the user home, the program... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070044133 - System and method for unlimited channel broadcasting: A broadband broadcasting system and method that leverages existing commercial-off-the-shelf technologies and service providers to deliver video streaming content to viewers worldwide. First an event is acquired or captured by a digital media broadcast service provider (DMBSP) as “raw” content that is transmitted to an ingest and operations center. The... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070044134 - Television signal-receiving module: A television signal-receiving module includes a first slot for disposing a network interface module detachably. The network interface module receives a television signal. The television signal-receiving module further includes a switch electrically connected to the network interface module for switching a transmission route of the television signal, a decoder electrically... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070044135 - Digital cable tv receiver, diagnostic method for the digital cable tv receiver, and data structure of dvi status report: A communication system includes a plurality of Digital Visual Interface (DVI) ports. A content provider forwards a single DVI diagnostic request to a receiver, which includes a controller configured to receive the single DVI diagnostic request. The controller is further configured to collect DVI status information associated with each of... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20070044136 - Apparatus and method for processing informational signal: An apparatus for processing an informational signal includes a first processing section for receiving the informational signal, executing a first processing on the informational signal, and outputting the processed informational signal. The apparatus also includes a second processing section, which is located at a posterior stage of the first processing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070044137 - Audio-video systems supporting merged audio streams: An audio/video processing system combines a locally generated audio signal with pre-recorded audio/video programming to produce combined audio/video output. The audio/video system allows users to generate sound locally, mix them with the audio content of a pre-recorded audio/video program, and allows combined output to be presented by home audio/video system... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070044138 - Display apparatus and control method thereof: A display apparatus includes a first communication port to receive a first video signal, a second communication port to receive a second video signal, a display unit, a first video signal processor including a first synchronous signal processor to check whether a first synchronous signal of the first video signal... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070039017 - Iconic micrographs systems and methods for presentation of information pertaining to trends: A system accumulates trend related physiological information pertaining to an individual. Non-textual icons can be used to graphically present trend and condition information to the individual.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070039018 - Apparatus, systems and methods for broadcast advertising stewardship: The present invention provides interactive and automated methods and systems that facilitate the improved stewardship of broadcast advertising by all industry participants. The system employs data from multiple sources, such as agency media management systems; broadcaster inventory and sales management systems; agency and broadcaster traffic management systems; and the ConfirMedia®... Agent: Lipsitz & Mcallister, LLC

20070039020 - Augmenting television content with on-screen recording, ordering, searching and voip calling options: Metadata associated with television commercials and television programs are received and stored in a local database at a customer premise. When received at the customer premise, those television commercials and television programs identified by the metadata are augmented with on-screen options that are user-selectable using a remote control device. A... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20070039019 - System and method for multiple channel recall: Presented herein are system(s), method(s), and apparatus for providing a channel recall with a plurality of channels. In one embodiment, there is presented a method for providing content. The method comprises selecting content from a first channel, until receiving a recall signal; receiving the recall signal; switching from selecting content... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070039021 - Electronic program guide information display method and apparatus, and broadcasting receiver thereof: Provided are a method and apparatus for displaying electronic program guide (EPG) information so that a broadcast program can be searched for even when the size of each display region of an EPG information screen, which displays program information, is small or reduced and a broadcast receiver therefor. The method... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070039022 - Method for indicating whether to provide supplementary services through epg information in a terrestrial dmb system: Disclosed is a method for indicating whether to provide supplementary services through EPG information in a terrestrial DMB system. In this method, a DMB terminal of the terrestrial DMB system receives DMB broadcast data, and extracts the EPG information from the DMB broadcast data. The extracted EPG information is sorted... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20070039023 - Content selection method and content selection device: A user inputs an evaluation of a content over an EPG, and specifies on a screen a search condition to search for a content. Based on the input, a content selection device evaluates contents, displays a content which is to be recommended by giving the content, which is to be... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070039024 - Olympic event hospitality program management system: The present invention provides a management system based on arranging and managing hospitality accommodations surrounding an event. This is a fully integrated system for scheduling accommodations ranging from ticketing, transportation, hotel, food and beverages, and staff. The system provides its clients with an inventory including rooms, tickets, meals, and other... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070039025 - Method for application sharing: Provided are apparatuses and methods in a mobile transmission system for sharing data between mobile terminals. Application data such as a video image including, for example, a television program, a computer application, or a gaming application may be transmitted from one mobile terminal to another mobile terminal in real-time so... Agent: Banner & Witcoff

20070039026 - Method for searching a digital broadcasting channel in a digital broadcasting reception device: A method for searching a digital broadcasting channel in a digital broadcasting reception device for receiving digital broadcasting signals from local-area broadcasting stations that provide broadcasting services for specific areas. A location information code of each area and a list of digital broadcasting channels through which a service is possible... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070039027 - Rf based display control system: A radio frequency (RF) based control system includes a master transmitter and a control device that utilize an RF distribution system, such as a master antenna television (MATV) system, to send remote control commands to remotely connected network devices. Each control command is addressed by group to reach several network... Agent: Jonathan O. Owens Haverstock & Owens LLP

20070039028 - Real time bit rate switching for internet protocol television: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for delivering television programming to a subscriber. In one aspect the method includes receiving one or more channels of program content, and encoding each channel a plurality of times, each time at a different rate producing multiple rate encoded signals for... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070039029 - Television broadcast receiver: Disclosed is a television broadcast receiver including: a reception member to receive a television broadcast signal with added time information; an acquirement member to acquire broadcast program information; program information storage member to store the broadcast program information; a time information storage member to store the time information; judgment member... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070039030 - Methods and apparatus for a wide area coordinated surveillance system: A coordinated surveillance system uses a larger number of fixed low resolution detection smart camera devices and a smaller number of pan/tilt/zoom controllable high resolution tracking smart camera devices. The set of detection cameras provide overall continuous coverage of the surveillance region, while the tracking cameras provide localized high resolution... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20070039031 - User interface indicating past, present and future songs played in a streaming music channel: A user interface for a receiver of a streaming music service simultaneously displays a current-song display, a past-song display and a future-song display. The current-song display indicates a current song being broadcast to a plurality of subscribers in a channel of the streaming music service. The past-song display indicates at... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20070039032 - Method and system for toasted video distribution: The systems and methods disclosed transmit a composite channel to a receiver. The composite channel may be a static channel that contains different original channels of content in different locations on a displayed page, or may be a dynamic channel that is processed by the receiver to display a multiple... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070039033 - Networked personal video recorder with shared resource and distributed content: A networked personal video recorder with shared resource and distributed content is provided. In one example, a method is provided for managing personal video recorders in a network. The method includes receiving a user defined recording task, recognizing each personal video recorder in the network as a collaborative peer, tracking... Agent: Jonathan O. Owens Haverstock & Owens LLP

20070039034 - System and method of adjusting audiovisual content to improve hearing: A system for adjusting audiovisual content having a server including a receiver for receiving a first content from a media source, a first circuitry configured to generate a second content based on the first content, the second content having multiple audio channels, a first transceiver for sending the second content... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070039035 - Communicating over coaxial cable networks: A method for communicating over a coaxial cable network is described. The method includes identifying at least one port in the coaxial cable network that provides high mutual isolation among nodes of the coaxial cable network when the port is terminated with an impedance that matches a characteristic impedance of... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070039036 - System, method and user interface to deliver message content: The present disclosure is directed to a system and method of delivering message content to a television monitor. The method includes merging a first electronic signal with a second electronic signal. The first electronic signal transmits recorded message content. The second electronic signal includes video content. The method may also... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20070033607 - Presence and proximity responsive program display: Certain digital technology based consumer media devices such as personal video recorders have the ability to find and watch television shows, and/or automatically record programs of interest. The present disclosure provides systems and methods that allow a user to control the display, pausing or recording of programs based on the... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070033608 - Method and apparatus for automatically extracting data identifying a broadcast a/v program: Broadcast receiving devices usually have access to an electronic program schedule or EPG. Since often the same audio/video program is broadcasted more than once within a short time range on the same channel, or simultaneously on another channel, a method is provided for notifying this fact to the user. According... Agent: Thomson Licensing Inc.

20070033609 - Media stream multicast distribution method and apparatus: A media stream transmission apparatus for transmitting a plurality of media streams comprises a packet assembler for coupling a plurality of information units for transmitting the respective media streams into a single packet, and a multicast packet transmitter for multicasting the packet. A media stream reception apparatus is connected to... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070033611 - Method and apparatus for displaying viewing time and tv ratings based on viewer grade: A method and an apparatus for displaying the viewing time and TV ratings based on a viewer grade, wherein information on the TV ratings and viewing time is indicated using lamps provided in the external case of the display apparatus. The display apparatus includes an information-analysis unit that analyzes the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070033610 - Signal processing apparatus and method thereof: A broadcasting signal receiving apparatus and method which receives broadcasting program information and rating level information of broadcasting programs. The apparatus having a user input part in which a setting of a target rating level is input; a UI generator which generates a broadcasting program information table; and a controller... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070033612 - Method and apparatus for scheduling delivery of video and graphics: A method and apparatus for scheduling delivery of graphics and video to an on-screen display is described. The method comprises accessing a schedule comprising at least one video, at least one template, and layout information, wherein the at least one video and the at least one template are associated with... Agent: Raymond R. Moser Jr., Esq. MoserIPLaw Group

20070033613 - System and method for targeted advertisement display responsive to user characteristics: A system and method for utilizing data stored in an EPG database for modifying advertisement information. In this way, a service provider and/or an advertiser can transmit a single advertisement to all the television stations regardless of their geographic location and other user specific information, and need not re-transmit the... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070033614 - Method for creating unique customized television schedules: A method for creating unique customized television schedules and renting viewing rights to those schedules to customers includes the computer-implemented steps of receiving an offering from a producer, the offering being a description of an unproduced episodic show; displaying a list of these offerings to customers through a website; receiving... Agent: Drake Jeffries

20070033615 - Television program guide with a digital storage device and a secondary storage device: An interactive television program guide system with digital storage is provided. The program guide gives users the ability to select a program for recording onto the digital storage device. The program guide may then provide the user a list of programs that includes at least one listing for a recorded... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070033616 - Ascertaining show priority for recording of tv shows depending upon their viewed status: A recommending system which performs compression on recommended shows based on recommender scores. If a show is highly recommended, the show will not be compressed. If, however, a show is not recommended as highly it will be compressed before storing the show. This provides more storage capacity. The compression rate... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070033617 - Redirecting broadcast signals for recording programming: A method, system, communications device and computer program product for redirecting broadcast signals for recording programming may include detecting occurrence of a predetermined condition or event. The method, system, communications device and computer program product may also include transmitting a message to redirect the broadcast signals for recording the programming... Agent: Moore And Van Allen PLLC For Semc

20070033620 - Apparatus and method for displaying digital broadcasting program information: An apparatus for receiving digital broadcasting and displaying program information regarding the digital broadcasting and a method thereof. The apparatus includes a digital broadcasting receiving unit for receiving broadcasting channel guide information, a memory for storing received broadcasting channel guide information, a control unit for creating program information based on... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070033618 - Method of controlling linearity in communications system, terminal device, and receiver: There is provided a terminal device, comprising a control unit for controlling functions of the terminal device and more than one communication units connected to the control unit for transmitting communication signals with one or more transmitters of the communication units and/or for receiving communication signals with one or more... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070033619 - Mobile communication terminal and video on demand service method using the same: A mobile communication terminal and a Video On Demand (VOD) service method using the same are provided. The terminal displays information on contents whose playing is stopped so that a user can notice it, facilitates connection and reduces connection time when information required for connection such as an URL of... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070033621 - Increasing the number of supported devices on a docsis interface: A network device communicates in a cable network. The network device has a port to allow the device to communicate on a cable network. The network device also has a processor to send a message indicating that the device is assuming a dormant state. The processor then assumes a dormant... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070033622 - Providing multimedia content continuously for multiple users so as to accommodate movement to one or more different audience locations: Multimedia content is provided continuously for multiple users each potentially moving to a different place while enjoying it together. The system includes a network for transmitting preferably IP-format data, a first device for outputting particular multimedia content received through the network, and a second device for outputting a second multimedia... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20070033623 - Method and apparatus for providing continuous programming on a broadcast channel: A method and apparatus for automatically providing continuous programming on a broadcast channel. The method and apparatus detect the occurrence of an event, selects content to use as the continuity programming in view of at least one characteristic of the event, and transmits the selected content through the broadcast channel.... Agent: Raymond R. Moser Jr., Esq. MoserIPLaw Group

20070033624 - Apparatus for outputting received broadcast signal and method of the same: An apparatus for outputting received broadcast signals may include a tuner unit that receives broadcast signals through at least one tuner, a distribution unit that distributes the received broadcast signals according to broadcasting systems, a control unit that extracts at least one of video signals, audio signals and data signals... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070033627 - Digital camera and pixel compensation system: A digital camera is connected to a computer through a serial terminal. The computer is connected to a server through an internet. To the server, the digital camera transmits uncompensated image data to which no defect pixel compensation is applied, and defect pixel information preliminarily read from a nonvolatile memory.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070033626 - Integrated digital device and displaying method using the same: An integrated digital device and a displaying method are provided. The integrated digital device includes a display unit displaying a plurality of setup information items. A plurality of input keys positioned in the vicinity of the plurality of setup information items, respectively, are displayed on the display unit. A mode... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070033625 - Interactive multimedia production system: An interactive multimedia production system with polling, quizzing, and chatroom features for an interactively-connected audience. The system allows a producer to select and queue individual feeds from audience members for inclusion in the media output. Live text-based support allows audience members to contact a user support staff member for assistance.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070033628 - Ethernet port control method and apparatus of digital broadcasting system: In an Ethernet port control method and apparatus of a digital broadcasting system, a head-end is caused to physically block functions of an Ethernet port disposed in a set-top box in order to prevent an unauthenticated device from accessing a cable modem termination system (CMTS) from the head-end through the... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070033629 - Parking device for fiber distribution hub: There is provided a fiber distribution hub with a panel assembly that includes one or more selectively removable parking devices. The parking devices are adapted to selectively receive one or more connectors of fiber optic cables within the fiber distribution hub. The panel assembly includes a parking area that defines... Agent: Corning Cable Systems LLC

20070033630 - Device, system and method of multi-channel processing: Briefly, some embodiments of the invention may include devices, systems and methods of multi-channel processing. For example, a set-top box in accordance with an embodiment of the invention may include a front-end to receive a downstream signal carrying audio/video data representing a first plurality of channels, including one or more... Agent: Tiajoloff & Kelly

20070033631 - Method and apparatus for providing interactive program guide (ipg) and video-on-demand (vod) user interfaces: An apparatus for providing multiple session-based services at a terminal, an exemplary apparatus includes a memory configured to support a plurality of software layers including a service layer communicating with terminal resources via a root layer disposed therebetween; and a processor, for executing instructions associated with a plurality of service... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP/ Sedna Patent Services, LLC

20070033633 - Method and apparatus for providing a transition between multimedia content: A method and apparatus for providing a transition between multimedia content, e.g., video clips. The method and apparatus detects a transition trigger that identifies that a transition is necessary at a specific point within a currently playing video clip. The method and apparatus select a driver level API for producing... Agent: Raymond R. Moser Jr., Esq. MoserIPLaw Group

20070033632 - Temporal data previewing system: A method and apparatus forming a user interface for examining and retrieving audio/video/data content from digital video recorders. This includes an improved time period selection mechanism, a rich array of temporal data presentations, such as timelines, lists, and thumbnail images, and a unified method of displaying content from either a... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

20070033634 - User-profile controls rendering of content information: A method is proposed of enabling to render mass-market content information to a user. The method comprises enabling to use a provile of the user for control of processing the electronic content for the purpose of personalizing the rendering during play-out of the content.... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070028256 - Method and apparatus for facilitating program selection: Keywords are extracted from program information pieces corresponding to broadcast programs. Calculation is made as to the degrees of user's preference for the extracted keywords respectively. A keyword-operation history reflects user's choice of one among the extracted keywords which is carried out to select one from the broadcast programs. Calculation... Agent: Louis Woo Law Office Of Louis Woo

20070028257 - Broadcasting signal receiver and method for displaying channel information: A broadcasting signal receiver and a channel information displaying method of the broadcasting signal receiver are provided for displaying channel information in a channel information menu in which broadcast channels comprising broadcasting signals are classified into information regarding viewable channels and non-viewable channels separately displayed. Broadcast channels comprising broadcasting signals... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070028259 - Broadcasting signal receiving device and control method thereof: A method of controlling a broadcasting signal receiving device including a broadcasting receiving part for receiving a broadcasting signal and supporting a viewing restriction function of a broadcasting program, the method comprises: parsing and storing rating information of the broadcasting program included in the received broadcasting signal; generating a user... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070028258 - Internet protocol television authorization filtering: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for authorizing activity in an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) environment. A requested activity can be a request to view a pay-per-view program or purchase an item. An account server receives a request from a viewer to view or purchase the IPTV activity.... Agent: Paul S Madan Madan, Mossman & Sriram, PC

20070028260 - Multipurpose television module: An external module for use with a host television device consistent with certain embodiments wherein the host television device receives at least one content service has a connector for attaching to the module. Java™ code is received from the content service being received by the host television device over the... Agent: Miller Patent Services

20070028261 - Selecting advertisement on a set top box in a television network: A method for selecting advertisement in a Set Top Box (STB) of a television network comprises receiving advertisement selection information for one or a plurality of advertisement associations. Each advertisement association associates an advertisement space with an advertisement. The advertisement selection information corresponds for each advertisement association to a value... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070028263 - System and method for optimizing advertisement campaigns using a limited budget: The present invention relates to systems and methods for the optimized selection and delivery of one or more advertisements from among one or more advertising campaigns. The method of the present invention comprises generating one or more media plans identifying execution parameters for the optimized selection and delivery of one... Agent: Brown, Raysman, Millstein, Felder & Steiner LLP

20070028262 - Virtual discovery of content available to a device: Discovering content on data streams available to a device such as a satellite radio. A satellite radio may be able to receive channels from a satellite network as well as over an IP-based network. The device can be configured to tune multiple channels selected from the channels available to the... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070028264 - System and method for generating and distributing personalized media: Personalized media is generated by obtaining a master clip having predefined insert points, obtaining an insert clip, seamlessly merging the insert clip into the selected master clip to generate a personalized media clip with undetectable transitions between spliced clips. An insert clip is utilized for purposes of adding variables such... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20070028265 - System and method for displaying editorial content through television navigation controls and electronic program guides: A system and method for delivering editorial content via at least one distribution network. The system includes an operations center that receives editorial content items and for modifies the editorial content items to a standard format for presentation via an electronic program guide (EPG). The EPG is associated with an... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP/ Sedna Patent Services, LLC

20070028266 - Recommendation of video content based on the user profile of users with similar viewing habits: A method for recommending a video content to a viewer. The method including the steps of: determining a user profile of the viewer, the user profile indicating the viewing preferences of the viewer, providing a plurality of user profiles; comparing the user profile of the viewer to each of the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070028267 - Media user interface gallery control: Embodiments of a media user interface are presented herein.... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070028268 - Media user interface start menu: Embodiments of a media user interface are presented herein.... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070028269 - Playback apparatus, menu display method, and recording medium recording program implementing menu display method: A playback apparatus includes a menu screen display unit for displaying a content menu screen, an input unit for detecting a user's input operation to detect a selection of the content, and a control unit for causing the menu screen display unit to switch the menu screen, and for instructing... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070028270 - Media user interface left/right navigation: Embodiments of a media user interface are presented herein.... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070028271 - Apparatus for receiving digital multimedia broadcasting and method for outputting audio using the same: An apparatus that receives digital multimedia broadcasting and an audio output method using the same are disclosed. The apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives a digital multimedia broadcasting signal; a processing unit that demodulates the received digital multimedia broadcasting signal; an interface unit that transfers the demodulated digital multimedia... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070028272 - Live television show utilizing real-time input from a viewing audience: A live television show utilizing real-time input from a viewing audience is described herein. Specifically, the viewing audience is at home or at least not in the studio, and they use their cellular phones to input responses or make selections. The audience input is transmitted in real-time so that the... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20070028273 - Wireless satellite transverser with secured wireless infrastructure/ad-hoc modes: A wireless satellite transverser that transceives wireless communication data from and to a satellite dish in enterprise and home applications. The wireless satellite transverser works in both wireless Infrastructure and Ad-hoc modes to communicate with wireless satellite set top box transversers connecting to the same dish or multiple dishes in... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070028274 - Technique for addressing frame loss in a video stream: A technique for addressing frame loss in a video system includes a number of steps. Initially, a first video stream and a second video stream are received. The first and second video streams each include related video information having a plurality of video frames. At least one of the first... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070028275 - Method and system for still image channel generation, delivery and provision via a digital television broadcast system: Methods and systems for the generation, delivery and presentation of interactive slideshow channels via a digital broadcast system are provided. In one form, each slideshow channel resembles a television channel except channel content comprises a sequence of still images, which may be synchronized to an audio channel, and which may... Agent: Graybeal, Jackson, Haley LLP

20070028276 - Method and apparatus for receiving digital broadcasts: In a digital broadcast receiving apparatus, digital broadcast signals provided by a digital broadcast method are supplied to various types of external units and are effectively utilized. In the above apparatus, a descrambler descrambles a transport stream output from a front end unit and supplies it to a digital interface... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070028277 - Integrated internet camera system: An integrated Internet camera system comprises a website archive and review center (WSARC) for storing and managing images and an Internet direct camera (IDC) for capturing an image, automatically transmitting the image to an account associated with said IDC on the WSARC upon image capture and receiving stored image from... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070028278 - System and method for providing pre-encoded audio content to a television in a communications network: A system and method for providing encoded audio content associated with visual source material in a communication network to a communication device associated with a television is disclosed. An interactive session is first established between the communication device and a content distribution platform in the communication network. A processor at... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20070028279 - System for personal video broadcasting and service method using internet: Disclosed herein are a personal video broadcast system and service method using the Internet. The system utilizes a terminal for viewing that connects to a web site and allows the user to watch personal video broadcasts and Video On Demand (VOD) in real time. Wired and wireless Internet operates to... Agent: Booth Udall, PLC

20070028280 - Distributed gain subscriber tap with power management: A system and method for a distribution network is provided wherein cascaded power amplifiers with bypass switching are disposed along the branches of the network. The amplifiers may have an RF modem and a programmable digital computer that enables communication with a headend or a controlling computer as well as... Agent: Mediacell Licensing Corp

20070028281 - Supplying power from a display device to a source using a standard dvi video cable: A source unit is configured to receive its main power supply from pin 14 of a DVI-compliant cable connector. A display device is operable to connect its power supply to pin 14 of a DVI-compliant cable connector to accommodate the main power requirements of a source unit.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070028283 - Ocap engine module: An apparatus for facilitating use of OCAP (OpenCable™ Applications Platform) standard in a host cable television device, the host cable television device having a connector consistent with certain embodiments has a removable module. An OCAP engine resides on the removable module suitable for execution of Java™ code as specified by... Agent: Miller Patent Services

20070028282 - Start up method for a television apparatus: A method for use in a television/set-top box (1) for showing video/audio to a viewer prior to the completion of a high level system software boot process (2). The method includes the acts of monitoring said television/set-top box device (1) to detect when the television/set-top box (1) is activated by... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070028284 - Method for browsing information with set top box having tv plaza function: The present invention relates to a method for browsing an information with a set top box having TV plaza function, comprising the steps of: i) storing a TV plaza information signal, independently of a user's request, to a storage device of the set top box in order to construct a... Agent: Ludomir A Budzyn Hoffmann & Baron

20070028286 - Systems, methods, and media for detecting content change in a streaming image system: Systems, methods and media for transitioning detecting content change in a streaming image system are disclosed. One embodiment provides a method for detecting a content change between image frames in a streaming image system. Embodiments may include selecting a change detection algorithm from a plurality of change detection algorithms and... Agent: Ibm Corporation (jss) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20070028287 - Television receiver and display control method thereof: A television receiver which allows a user to view at least an image of a broadcast program, includes a first display unit adapted to display a video of a broadcast program upon selection of a first channel, a second display unit adapted to display a slide show that switches and... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070028285 - Using common-sense knowledge to characterize multimedia content: The present invention relates to a method of processing multimedia content, such as audio or video content, wherein the method comprises the steps of: receiving a data signal comprising said multimedia content; identifying predefined features in the received multimedia content; determining characteristics of the received multimedia content on the basis... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070028289 - Picture signal processor and picture signal processing method: According one embodiment, metadata outputted from a server device is acquired on the basis of a request for acquisition of metadata, and it is determined whether or not an amount of information of the acquired metadata is insufficient. When it is determined that the amount of information of the metadata... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070028288 - System and method for providing video content associated with a source image to a television in a communication network: A system and method for providing video content associated with a source image to a television that is part of a communication network is provided. At least a portion of the source image and the video content are displayed on the television. A request at a content distribution platform in... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20070028290 - Method and device for timeshifting using external memory card: The present invention relates to timeshifting of program content. In particular, it relates to using an external memory element, thereby reducing the cost of the device that uses timeshifting.... Agent: Ess Technology, Inc C/o Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP