Interactive video distribution systems inventions 03/07

20070074240 - Systems and methods for provisioning a host device for enhanced services in a cable system: Flexible systems and methods are disclosed that may be used for provisioning, configuring, and controlling a host embodied in a cable set top box or other digital device attached to a digital communication network, such as cable distribution network. An enhanced services system maintains various host files for various types... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070074241 - Digital video receiver and display method thereof: Disclosed herein are a digital video receiver which supports a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) standard, and a display method thereof. The digital video receiver includes an HDMI receiver including a memory for storing HDMI information, and a High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) module. As such, it is possible to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070074242 - Methods and apparatuses for determining scrambling codes for signal transmission: Methods and apparatuses for determining scrambling codes for minimizing co-channel interference in a communication system. A method in accordance with the present invention comprises defining at least one initial default sequence, generating a scrambling code, scrambling a signal using the generated scrambling code, comparing the scrambled signal with all other... Agent: The Directv Group Inc

20070074243 - Inserting commercials in time-shifted broadcast content: A method for inserting replacement commercials (7-10) into a data stream (100) is provided where the data stream has program (A, B, C) and commercial (1, 2) portions. The method including: detecting one or more of the commercial portions of the data stream; and replacing the detected one or more... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070074244 - Method and apparatus for presenting content of images: The present invention is a method for presenting the content of images, in which, out of images that include at least moving images and can be segmented into a plurality of scenes, groups of two or more key images included in the individual scenes are extracted, and a digest screen... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070074245 - Virtual channels: A request is received to view a virtual television channel. A user associated with the request is identified along with user preferences associated with that user. Content, such as television programs, music, and games, is identified that satisfies the identified user preferences. The identified content is ranked based on the... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070074246 - Apparatus and method for organization and interpretation of multimedia data on a recording medium: Disclosed is an apparatus for displaying multimedia data, to be described in the format of MusicPhotoVideo (MPV) format, wherein, when an asset selected by a user is comprised of a single audio data and at least one or more image data, the audio data is provided and at least one... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070074247 - Home network device and method of receiving and transmitting sound information using the same: A home network device and a method of receiving and transmitting sound information using the same are provided. The home network device includes a reception unit, a display unit and a sound playing unit. The reception unit receives a user interface, which is used to control a control target device,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070074248 - Remote controller for portable digital broadcasting receiver: A remote controller for a portable digital broadcasting receiver, the remote controller including an input unit, a search unit, and a display unit wherein the remote controller connects to the portable digital broadcasting receiver in a wired or wireless manner for remotely controlling the portable digital broadcasting receiver., The remote... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070074249 - Broadcasting system for providing program information and method thereof: The invention relates to a digital multimedia broadcasting system, and more specifically, to a method for displaying electronic program guide. A broadcasting system for providing program information comprises a sender having an EPG data generating unit for generating an EPG data having cast and director information of the program, an... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070074250 - Sub-contents reproducing apparatus and contents related service providing system: A sub-contents reproducing apparatus capable of executing some process associated with contents, at a highly reliable timing while preventing unfair treatment among users includes a sub-contents storing unit for obtaining and storing the sub-contents simultaneously with or before distribution of the corresponding sub-contents control information, an associated data receiving unit... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070074251 - Method and apparatus for using random field models to improve picture and video compression and frame rate up conversion: A method and apparatus for processing multimedia data comprising segmenting data into a plurality of partitions, assigning each of the plurality of partitions to one of a plurality of categories comprising a first category and a second category, encoding the plurality of partitions assigned to the first category using an... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070074253 - Content-preference-score determining method, content playback apparatus, and content playback method: A content-preference-score determining method includes the steps of detecting a feature point or feature value of content; detecting body motion of a user during playback of the content; and calculating a preference score of the user for the content according to a predefined formula using the detected feature point or... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070074252 - Method and apparatus for browsing media content based on user affinity: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for browsing a collection of metadata to locate media content associated with an item of metadata. The system operates by receiving a selection of an affinity from a user, wherein the affinity specifies a baseline preference of the user. Next, the... Agent: Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070074254 - Locating content in a television environment: A search query is received in a television environment and a search is requested using the search query. Results of the search are received and at least a portion of the received results are displayed. Filtering instructions are received and the received results are filtered to generate filtered results. At... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070074255 - Signal receiver, reception signal managing method, and computer readable medium: There is a signal receiver including: a plurality of input terminals configured to receive video signals or audio signals from external devices; a connecting unit configured to connect to a first external device via a network; a control signal sending unit configured to send a control signal for changing a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070074256 - Apparatus for receiving cable tv broadcasting program, and multiplexer and de-multiplexer thereof: Provided are an apparatus for receiving cable broadcasting programs and a multiplexer and a de-multiplexer thereof for reducing data amount processed in a Cable CARD and for correcting synchronization of descrambled data stream. The apparatus includes: a multiplexing unit for filtering a broadcasting stream to select only programs selected by... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070074257 - Image forming device and method: An image forming device for forming an image on an image forming medium on which a storage medium is mounted, which comprises a reading portion that reads charging level information from an image forming medium on which a storage medium storing the charging level information of pay content information is... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070074258 - Data collection and analysis for internet protocol television subscriber activity: A method and apparatus are provided that interact with an IPTV product deployed in a communication network. The method and apparatus of the present invention collects subscriber activity data, such as channel changes generated by the subscriber while watching video or TV in an IPTV system. The system and method... Agent: Paul S Madan Madan, Mossman & Sriram, PC

20070074259 - Data recording device, connecting device, information processing device, information processing method, and information processing system: A data recording device, a connecting device, an information processing device, and information processing method, and an information processing system. The data recording device to be detachably connected to an information processing device provided with display means, and for performing a writing operation and/or a readout operation of data, includes... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070074260 - Method and apparatus for providing content using a distribution network: A method and apparatus for utilizing at least one packet stream at a regional site is described. In one embodiment, at least one packet stream is multicast from a master headend. A request is then submitted to access one of the packet stream(s) located at a multicast endpoint. The packet... Agent: General Instrument Corporation Dba The Connected Home Solutions Business Of Motorola, Inc.

20070074261 - System and method for assigning and verifying cpe service calls in a cable network: A system for validating two-way continuity of a customer premises equipment (CPE) unit in a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) cable network. A two-way client uses a two-way query interface to acquire information indicative of the two-way operational status of a subscriber CPE units from a two-way validation server and to... Agent: Roberts, Mardula & Wertheim, LLC

20070074262 - Display device, display method, and display control program: The present invention provides a display device for retrieving and displaying the list information regarding the broadcast contents in which the list information corresponding to the program broadcast before or after can be displayed without making the complicate key operations. An information server 2 transmits a list of musical compositions... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070074263 - Programmable selective broadcasting reception system, broadcasting apparatus, and reception apparatus: In a programmable selective broadcasting reception system, a broadcasting station includes a unit for broadcasting a broadcasting contents program formed from broadcasting contents, a contents attribute, and an execution program. A reception apparatus includes a reception unit, user attribute storage unit, current time acquisition unit, current place acquisition unit, attribute... Agent: Paul J. Esatto, Jr. Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070074264 - Method for signalling time-slicing parameters in the service information: A terrestrial digital video broadcasting (DVB-T) network is used to transmit IP datagrams to receiving devices using multiprotocol encapsulation (MPE). MPE datagram sections and, if forward error correction (FEC) is used, MPE-FEC datagram sections are transmitted in time-sliced bursts. Time slicing parameters specifying a minimum time between bursts and bit... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070074266 - Methods and device for data alignment with time domain boundary: Apparatus and methods of using content information for encoding multimedia data are described. A method of processing multimedia data includes obtaining content information of multimedia data, and encoding the multimedia data so as to align a data boundary with a frame boundary in a time domain, wherein said encoding is... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070074265 - Video processor operable to produce motion picture expert group (mpeg) standard compliant video stream(s) from video data and metadata: Embodiments of the present invention are operable to produce MPEG or like video streams from video data that is accompanied by metadata. This greatly reduces the processing requirements associated with encoding an MPEG or other like standard video stream. This is achieved by decoding formatted video data received from a... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070074267 - Method and device for processing a dvb-h compliant transport stream: According to a first aspect, the invention proposes a method for processing a transport stream (TS) received as an input transport stream in a processing device (SDR), the transport stream comprising a plurality of elementary streams (ES), each elementary stream (ES) being a set of transport stream packets having the... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070074268 - Method and system for creating, managing and delivering community information: A method for providing community information concerning an accommodation area includes the steps of (a) inputting community information of the accommodation area to a storage medium; (b) creating a television presentation and a web presentation using software, wherein the software imports the community information from the storage medium and automatically... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070074269 - Video processing device, video recorder/playback module, and methods for use therewith: A video record/playback module receives a video signal from a receiving module and produces a processed video signal for display on a first video display device. The video record/includes a driver interface module that stores a plurality of record settings, the plurality of record settings including first settings corresponding to... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070067794 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for monitoring and analyzing signaling messages associated with delivery of streaming media content to subscribers via a broadcast and multicast service (bcmcs): Methods, systems, and computer program products for analyzing signaling messages associated with delivery of streaming media content to subscribers via a broadcast and multicast service (BCMCS) are disclosed. According to one method, at least one signaling message transmitted between network elements associated with delivery of streaming media content to a... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20070067793 - Portable storage device provided with a digital key: A portable storage device includes a plug-and-play medium for connecting with a digital set-top box, a digital key for access a TV broadcasting system via the digital set-top box so as to obtain TV performance; and a recording unit for storing files or content concerning the TV performance.... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070067795 - Video playing system, video playing apparatus, control method for playing video, storage medium storing program for playing video: A video playing system, which plays video data divided into a plurality of blocks, includes: a delivery part that delivers video data, a playing part that plays the delivered video data, and a detection part that detects viewing speed of the video data at a start point of a block... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070067796 - Method and apparatus for providing advertisement in digital broadcasting system: A method and apparatus for providing advertisements in a digital broadcasting system. The method includes: multiplexing video elementary streams (ESs) for a service channel into at least two transmission streams (TSs); and storing priority information on each of the ESs, wherein the video ESs includes at least one video ES... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070067797 - Package metadata and targeting/synchronization service providing system using the same: Provided are package metadata and a targeting and synchronization service providing system using the same. The package metadata for a targeting and synchronization service that can provide a variety of contents formed of components to diverse terminals in the form of a package in a targeting and synchronization service providing... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070067798 - Hover-buttons for user interfaces: Systems and methods according to the present invention address these needs and others by providing systems and devices for user interfaces that employ user interface objects.... Agent: Potomac Patent Group, PLLC

20070067799 - Device and method for managing electronic program guide data in digital broadcasting reception terminal: Disclosed is a device for managing electronic program guide (EPG) data in a digital broadcasting reception terminal, which includes an EPG parsing unit for separating EPG data from a received digital broadcast signal; an EPG user interface unit for composing a broadcast guide picture for offering digital broadcast program information... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070067800 - Advanced television system: A digital television recording method comprising: broadcasting a television program associated with a broadcaster set of parameters enabling access to a first set of predetermined portions of the program; operating an agent for determining whether to record the program and for associating with the program, upon recording of the program,... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20070067801 - View programming system: A view programming system (PRA) capable of a view programming of a show which a user wants to view, among shows (Dav) composed of content data provided from a content data source. At least one show receiving apparatus (200) can receive a show (Dav). At least one view programming apparatus... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070067802 - Method and apparatus for ordering television stations and programs: A computer implemented method, an apparatus, and computer program product for ordering television stations and programs are provided. Aspects of the present invention allow users to order television stations and programs based on their preferences. In addition, the aspects of the present invention allow the custom order of stations and... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070067803 - Method and apparatus for performing selectable channel search: A method for performing a selectable channel search with an apparatus such as a television signal receiver provides users with flexible search options so that they may select only those search options they desire, and thereby save considerable time when performing a channel search. According to an exemplary embodiment, a... Agent: Thomson Licensing Inc.

20070067805 - Access to internet data through a television system: A television system provides access to Internet data simultaneously with a displayed television program. Data units including data address sites available through a networked computer system such as the Internet are embedded in a television signal along with a television program. Information representing the data address site, such as an... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070067804 - Device for recording a broadcasted programme: The device according invention has a programme memory wherein fragments of a broadcasted programme are temporarily stored, and is able to share programme fragments with similar devices in order to recompose the broadcasted programme at a time-shifted moment. By integrating devices according to the invention in network nodes, like for... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070067806 - Provision of broadcast network services: A method for providing broadcast network services from a server by providing a broadcaster with access to an application tool, a storage device, and a streaming media tool bundled together so the broadcaster can create, upload and/or store program files using the application tools, transmit the program file to the... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070067807 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing multimedia information services over a communication network: In a communications network, a network access point address is determined that is currently associated with at least one of a plurality of subscriber mobile devices associated with a subscription to an information service. Content associated with the information service is formatted to provide subscriber content that is configured to... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070067808 - Portable video programs: A method for providing portable delivery of television programs to a portable wireless device (PWD) consistent with certain embodiments involves transmitting a request from the PWD to a television receiver system, the request comprising a request for electronic program guide (EPG) information relating to a television program currently being received... Agent: Miller Patent Services

20070067809 - 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. The controller is further configured to collect DVI status information associated with each of the plurality of DVI ports in response... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20070067810 - Methods, systems, and products for automated control of devices: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for automated control of devices. A tag is received with Electronic Programming Guide data, and the tag includes control data. The tag is stripped from the Electronic Programming Guide data and communicated to a device.... Agent: Scott P. Zimmerman, PLLC

20070067811 - Information processing apparatus and control method for the information processing apparatus: According to one embodiment, an information processing aparatus including a function of performing dial-up access to a server computer through a radio base station forming a radio service area in a predetermined geographic area, includes a monitoring unit configured to monitor whether or not the processing aparatus is placed in... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070067812 - Information providing method: An information providing method distributes in advance a playback file upon downloading which is to be played in a period between the start of downloading files and the start of playing the files. Also, a piece of streaming content is distributed by switching a distribution method between streaming distribution and... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070067813 - Method and device for receiving digital braodcasts: The invention provides a method for receiving digital broadcast signals of a plurality of channels. The method comprises: storing a channel-parameter contrast table which includes parameter values of a plurality of parameters with which each of the plurality of channels is previously received; testing whether the digital broadcast signals of... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20070067814 - Hotel managing system and managing method thereof: A hotel managing system and a managing method thereof are disclosed. The managing system is applied for plural remote stations connected with each other via a network. The method includes steps of (a) issuing a request from one of the remote stations for initiating a transaction;(b) producing a packet consisted... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070067815 - Mobile television channel switching system and method: Presented is a method of displaying a newly requested channel in a mobile TV device prior to retuning the mobile TV device to the newly selected channel. The mobile TV device demodulator and tuner are cycled on for a short period of time at regular intervals to conserve battery power.... Agent: Moore And Van Allen PLLC For Semc

20070067816 - Fast service scan for digital television receivers: A fast service scan is provided for recovering programming services in a received digital data transmission, such as a digital television transmission. A receiver (100) stores frequency data (104) for different transmission standards, as well as a country or region setting (105) based on the location of the receiver. The... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070067817 - Topology based proximity validation for broadcast content: A system and method of controlling redistribution of broadcast content within a personal area network using TSID-DMA mapping to localize devices, wherein some location-aware devices have the capability to derive region identifiers whereas other location agnostic devices localize themselves by adopting the DMA of the first broadcast content received. Rules... Agent: Lacasse & Associates, LLC

20070067818 - Means and method for mobile television: A method for selecting television content in mobile television communications is provided. Descriptions of predefined possible video sequences (112) is transmitted from a video system (110) to a selection server (120). The selection server collects information on user preferences with regard to video, e.g. from a user profile holding unit... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070067819 - Television set having power frequency carrier: By utilizing a power frequency carrier provided by an indoor power line, multimedia data is transferred to a converter to be converted for being displayed on an output display of a television so that the multimedia data can be transferred along the indoor power line to save indoor lines.... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLC

20070067820 - Broadcasting receiver and method for upgrading firmware: A broadcasting receiver and a method for upgrading firmware of a cable card are disclosed. When firmware upgrading of the cable card is completed and a reset request is transmitted from the cable card to a host, if an application which is being executed is affected by rebooting of the... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070061830 - Audio-based tracking system for iptv viewing and bandwidth management: In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a method determines whether a display device is being watched. A sound is emitted from the display device that is playing a content, and the sound is detected at a sensor that is distinct from the display device. A determination whether... Agent: Paul S Madan Madan, Mossman & Sriram, PC

20070061831 - Iptv channel usage and video delivery path monitoring architecture: In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a method for monitoring usage of a channel, including monitoring upstream information, and determining usage of the channel in response to the monitoring is disclosed. In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, a service module for monitoring usage of... Agent: Paul S Madan Madan, Mossman & Sriram, PC

20070061832 - Method of providing viewing history information in a digital broadcast receiving terminal: A method of providing viewing history information in a digital broadcast receiving terminal is provided. Viewing history information of digital programs received on a plurality of broadcast channels and output to a user is generated and stored. Upon receipt of a request for outputting the viewing history information from the... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070061833 - Audio based methods and apparatus for fetecting a channel change event: Methods and apparatus for detecting a channel change event are disclosed. The disclosed methods and apparatus detect a channel change event by monitoring an audio signal of an information presentation device such as a television system. The monitored audio signal is tested for certain characteristics indicative of a channel change... Agent: Mark C Zimmerman Grossman & Flight

20070061834 - Business model for providing on demand digital content: A system and method for rewarding consumers who conduct purchasing transactions of content from a content provider via the Internet. A user first subscribes and sets up a user account with a content provider. Once an account is set up, a user is then enabled to conduct a purchase or... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070061835 - System and method for registering users and devices: A method, computer program product and computing device for registering a user with a media distribution system to obtain a subscription to the media distribution system, the subscription providing the user with content rights that allow the user to obtain and render media content licensed by the media distribution system.... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20070061836 - Video processing apparatus and method: The present invention relates to a video processing apparatus that includes: a signal receiver receiving an encrypted video signal which contains access rights information of a transmitting side and decryption information; an information extractor extracting the access rights information of the transmitting side and the decryption information from the video... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070061837 - System and method for software driven advertising: The present invention includes a system and method for providing active advertising for businesses or organizations. In a preferred embodiment, a particular audience is identified for being most likely to respond to an offer, and advertisements are developed, adjusted and placed accordingly. Preferably, a plurality of variables are identified, including... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070061839 - Internet news system: An internet news system and associated methods for creating and managing the system are disclosed. The internet news system includes a plurality of independent news editions, each edition having a subject matter of interest and an associated owner. Advertising is displayed to readers of an edition prioritized by owner-selected affiliations... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20070061838 - Methods and systems for displaying audience targeted information: A media presentation method which includes identifying a display capable of presenting audio/video content, and identifying personal information for an audience at a location where the display is located. Informational content for display to the audience, such as advertising, is selected based in part upon the identified personal information so... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070061840 - System and method for providing custom channel arrangements in a programming guide: A method includes associating a first channel identifier of an electronic programming guide with a first multimedia channel from a first content source and associating a second channel identifier of the electronic programming guide with a second multimedia channel from a second content source. The second content source is different... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20070061841 - Digital broadcasting system and method of outputting digital broadcasting data therefor: A digital broadcasting system and a method of outputting digital broadcasting data therefor are provided. In the digital broadcasting system, a digital broadcasting station transmits digital broadcasting data that includes viewing environment information, and a digital broadcasting receiving apparatus detects the viewing environment information from the digital broadcasting data and... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070061842 - System and method for providing a unified programming guide: A method includes receiving data representative of a plurality of multimedia channels and associating channel numbers with at least a subset of the plurality of multimedia channels to generate a first channel numbering set. The method further includes providing, in response to user input indicating a selection of a channel... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20070061843 - Information processing apparatus and method, and program: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus that controls reproduction of a plurality of recorded contents recorded when distributed from a predetermined one of a plurality of distribution sources to each of which a predetermined channel is allocated, including reproduction control means for controlling so that, where reproduction starting absolute... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070061844 - Cellular television broadcast system: Information services are provided via an over-the-air television broadcasting system that is segmented into a plurality of cells. Each cell includes one or more transmitting facilities for transmitting service information and mapping information. The mapping information includes adjacent cell information enabling mobile receiver units to transition between cells in order... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20070061845 - Portable communication device and method of use: A portable communication device and method of use is provided. In one embodiment, the method of using a handheld mobile telephone includes capturing a plurality of images via an image input device; storing the plurality of images in a memory, receiving a first speech input, identifying command information in said... Agent: Melvin L. Barnes, Jr.

20070061846 - Audio and/or video system for a motor vehicle: The invention relates to an audio and/or video system for a motor vehicle, which comprises an annular, bi-directional, optical network (1) from optical waveguides and audio and/or video devices (2-12) that are interlinked by means of the network (1) in an annular manner. Data are transmitted between the audio and/or... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070061847 - Simplified cabin services system for an aircraft: A cabin services system for an aircraft is disclosed. The cabin services system comprises at least one wireless network, the at least one wireless network providing at least one cabin service. The cabin services system further includes a cabin attendant panel for communicating with the at least one wireless networks... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070061848 - Bluetooth system with enhanced data receiving capability: A Bluetooth system includes a set-top box transmitting/receiving data to/from a communication terminal, and a Bluetooth module installed on the outside of the set-top box and connected to the set-top box through a first cable, and converting the data into a predetermined format. The Bluetooth module is installed at a... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070061850 - Electronic device tuning system: A consumer electronic device tuning system is disclosed. The system receives instructions form a user of the electronic device and converts the instructions into digital and/or analog signals. These command signals are then conveyed to a mapping unit which matches the command signals with available programs data mapped in a... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070061849 - Systems and methods for processing information or data on a computer: Systems and methods are provided for processing information on a computer. In one embodiment, a method is performed by a computer for processing data that is available on the computer. The method processes the data in an ordered fashion, encounters within the data an identification of extra data that is... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070061852 - Broadcast program recording apparatus and program for executing a broadcast program reproducing process: A recorded broadcast program including CM portions is reproduced with CM portions skipped. When an instruction to execute a fast forward operation is entered at the beginning of CM portion and an instruction to execute a reproducing operation is entered at the termination of CM portion while the recorded broadcast... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070061851 - System and method for detecting user attention: A system and method for conditioning execution of a control function on a determination of whether or not a person's attention is directed toward a predetermined device. The method involves acquiring data concerning the activity of a person who is in the proximity of the device, the data being in... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070061853 - Content processing apparatus and content processing method for digest information based on input of content user: Value-added information is created based-on favorite information of a content user. The content is processed according to the generated value-added information. Favorite data indicating operations, such as fast-forward, pause, and rewind operations, performed while the content is being played back, and personal user information, such as the age group, the... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070061854 - Apparatus, system and method for the transmission of a dynamic bandwidth signal across a catv network: A system and method for the transmission of a dynamic bandwidth dynamic content signal across a transmission-tiered communications network is disclosed. The network enables simultaneously the transmission of an extended-bandwidth signal carrying a full set of content information units and a set of unique CATV-standard-bandwidth signals carrying optionally different sub-sets... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek, LLP Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070061855 - Content display control apparatus and content display control method: A interface unit, which while displaying a current content, receives input of reference information specifying a target content that will be switched to and viewed from the current content. A content sequence creation unit creates a content sequence in which one or more intermediate contents, which have been identified as... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070061856 - Image input apparatus, program executed by computer, and method for preparing document with image: A digital camera inputs an image capture guide list including at least one of image titles as targets to be recorded, and displays the image title (s) included in the image capture guide list on its display part. User takes a picture or pictures while checking the image title(s) in... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070061857 - Image input apparatus, program executed by computer, and method for preparing document with image: A digital camera inputs an image capture guide list including at least one of image titles as targets to be recorded, and displays the image title(s) included in the image capture guide list on its display part. User takes a picture or pictures while checking the image title(s) in the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070061858 - Digital television receiving system: A television receiver having an Internet connecting information function transmits information of a television program that a user is watching to a server on the Internet, and transmits a URL of a Web site accessed by the user while the user is watching the television program, to the server. The... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070061859 - Reproducing apparatus, reproducing method, and reproducing program: Disclosed herein is a reproducing apparatus including: a reproduction unit configured to reproduce content data linked to a first item being selected; a selection unit configured to select a second item in response to a request to select the second item, the request being input by a user operating an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070061860 - Apparatus and methods of open and closed package subscription: Apparatus and method for providing and receiving media programming information including providing programming package information comprising attributes of a package of media presentation channels. Further, a subscription characteristic is defined that determines an ability subscribe to the package and to present the programming package information on a device. The device... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070061861 - Device, system, and method of discriminately handling a wideband transmission in a communication network: Embodiments of the invention provide a method, device and system of discriminately handling a wideband transmission including a legacy frequency signal of a legacy frequency band and an extended frequency signal of an extended frequency band. In some demonstrative embodiments a signal discrimination device includes a signal adjustment module to... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek, LLP Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070061862 - Broadcasting video content to devices having different video presentation capabilities: Frames of broadcast video received at a device are cropped to produce rendered frames on a display of the device, the cropping being based on both (a) a predetermined value indicating a location within each of at least some of the frames with respect to which the cropping is to... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070055979 - Method for recording of data stream on multiple recording media: The method for recording data comprised in a real time data stream sequentially on multiple recording media reduces the buffer required to temporarily store data from the data stream by starting the change of recording medium when an interruption in the program to be recorded is detected. At least part... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070055980 - Method for the uninterrupted display of television programs with suppressed program segments: A method for selectively suppressing undesired program segments from a broadcast television signal is provided. Program information is received from a service provider and includes program segment specific content rating information which is compared with stored user defined preferences. When the user preferences indicate an undesired program content (e.g., violence,... Agent: Thomson Licensing Inc.

20070055981 - Method of recording broadcasted program based on ratings: A method of recording a broadcasted programs based on ratings is disclosed. The method includes setting a watching restriction rating of the broadcasted program according to user commands, detecting rating restriction information in a broadcasted signal, associated with the broadcasted program, received when the broadcasted program is recorded, and comparing... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070055982 - System and method for digital content media distribution: Presented is a playback device capable of encrypted media content distribution that includes a processor, a decryption algorithm stored in memory, multiple units of encrypted media content preloaded on a storage device, a decoder that decrypts the media content using a decryption key, a receiver and remote control apparatus. A... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20070055983 - Logical content ad insertion: A method may include and/or involve identifying a received signal as an indication that advertising content should be provided, determining ad content to provide in response to the signal, specifying a playlist file as a file to provide the ad content, the playlist file including identifications of multiple digital content... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20070055984 - Multi-tiered architecture for targeted ad insertion: A technique for multi-level ad insertion may include and/or involve identifying a device that provided an indication of an ad break in a program stream, attempting to select one or more ads particular to a region or regions served by the device, and if an ad or ads particular to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20070055985 - Ad insertion in switched broadcast network: A system, such as a switched broadcast content delivery system, may include and/or involve at least one video server, and logic to select one or more ads for streaming by the at least one video server, the one or more ads selected at least in part according to information about... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20070055987 - Audience measurement systems and methods for digital television: A television audience measurement system measures viewing of a television program viewed on digital television located in a statistically selected site by (i) retrieving an audience measurement data packet from a television set in order to identify the television program, (ii) detecting an audio code embedded in the television program... Agent: James A. Flight Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, Llc

20070055986 - Movie advertising placement optimization based on behavior and content analysis: An ad is placed in a movie, by analyzing inherent characteristics of the movie, analyzing viewed characteristics of the movie, analyzing viewer characteristics of a viewer of the movie, obtaining advertiser preferences for placement of the ad in the movie, determining costs of placing the ad in the movie based... Agent: Brenda Pomerance Law Office Of Brenda Pomerance

20070055989 - Mosaic channel video stream with interactive services: An interactive mosaic channel video stream with indicators as to the action on a given video stream. The interactive mosaic channel is displayed on a video monitor, with a plurality of individual video feeds being presented at a given time, comprising a plurality of video cells presenting at least video... Agent: The Directv Group Inc

20070055988 - System and method for improving home network gui response time and presentation: GUI presentation in a home network is improved by using a video encoding tailored for GUI, while using normal video encoding for video presentation. Also, GUI command response time is shortened by reserving, for transmission of commands originated by a user input device, a time slot in a contention free... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20070055990 - Signalling of cell id in digital mobile broadcast service guide for localized broadcasting: Provided are apparatuses and methods for providing a program or service transmission with associated ESG fragment(s) to a receiver within a designated location. Parameter, elements or sub-elements may be included in a service guide or other data fragment indicating the location within which the program, service and corresponding ESG fragment(s)... Agent: Banner & Witcoff

20070055991 - Electronic program guide apparatus and method in digital broadcasting system: An apparatus and method for providing EPG in a digital broadcasting system, in which an EPG connecting unit connects EPG servers of digital broadcasting channels, a program information generating unit generates program information according to program characteristics of the digital broadcasting channels, and an EPG server generates EPG information using... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.l.p.

20070055992 - Method and apparatus for updating program guide information of digital tv: A method of processing program guide information is provided. The method includes receiving one or more program guide informations contained in service information of a stream provided by a digital television broadcasting system, comparing the received program guide informations with one another, and updating one of the program guide informations... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070055993 - Media content galleries: The invention discloses a system and method for displaying media content in a user interface. The invention can be configured to identify registered media content providers, and can aggregate media content from the media content providers into a single media gallery. The gallery can include a plurality of types of... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.l.p. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070055994 - Viewing recommendation apparatus and method: A viewing recommendation apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire first broadcast program information for each of first broadcast programs to be broadcasted, a storage unit configured to store a plurality of previously broadcasted second broadcast programs in correspondence with second broadcast program information, a calculation unit configured to... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070055995 - System for delivering user-generated short-text notified multimedia messages between operator networks: A system for delivering a multimedia message from a message sender in a sender voice/video short messaging service system (VVSS) operator network to a message recipient in a recipient operator network. The system comprises a services hub suitable for routing the multimedia message, the services hub comprising one or more... Agent: Arent Fox Pllc

20070055996 - Full digital home cinema: A home entertainment system (100) includes modules (120, 135, 140), connected by digital links (115, 125, 130), which do not have redundant capabilities. A gateway (110) receives external signals from the Internet, digital cable or satellite network, or digital terrestrial network. The gateway is connected to a storage/playback module (135),... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070055998 - Digital living network alliance system for providing data service of digital broadcast and method for processing data service: A system and method for Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) system is disclosed that provides data service of a digital broadcast. The DLNA system includes a digital media server for providing information about a broadcast A/V and data so as to handle a request for the data when a digital... Agent: Cha & Reiter, Llc

20070055997 - User-configurable multimedia presentation converter: In one embodiment, multiple content sources are identified, and content from those sources is sized and positioned on a common display under user control. Content source selections and display preferences are saved between user sessions, and fresh content is displayed each time the content is loaded. The user's customized display... Agent: Bingham Mchale LLP

20070055999 - Method and system for initiating, controlling and managing a content-on-demand session via phone, mobile communication or internet based services: A system and method providing end-user with an alternative way to initiate and control Content-On-Demand and Video-On-Demand sessions other than by using the dedicated equipment supplied by the COD or VOD service provider. An alternative return channel may be in the form of communication services such as SMS, WAP, telephone... Agent: Fleit Kain Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco

20070056000 - Systems and methods for distributing and/or playing multicasted video signals in multiple display formats: Video distribution methods include providing a primary video data stream having a first image size and formatted in a first video display format. A transmission data stream is formed having a plurality of blocks of data including at least first and second data fields. The first data field includes a... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070056001 - Dual channel video and audio data for dbs receivers: A DBS system requires a clear view of the southern sky to operate without interruption. During line-of-sight satellite blockages, the audio content of DBS programs is lost. The present invention provides a technique in which a continuous media track (e.g., audio and/or video) is presented to the system user even... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070056002 - System and method for distributed video-on-demand: Various techniques for providing a video-on-demand (VOD) system based on distributed networks are disclosed. According to one aspect of the VOD system, individual client devices on a network are identified to supply each other with needed sources in pieces to render required services. As a result, the loading pressure on... Agent: Vvond, Inc.

20070056003 - Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program: An information-processing apparatus 1 renders it easy for a user of a terminal apparatus 2 to review the information about the contents broadcast by broadcast stations other than the broadcast station from which the apparatus 2 is receiving signals. In the apparatus 1, a broadcast-station information storing means 14 stores... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20070056004 - Upgrade module, packaging therefor and method of incorporating the same: Packaging (2) for an upgrade module (4, 104, 204a, 204b, 204c, 204d) includes a spacer (24) with an aperture (28) receiving a printed circuit board (PCB) (30) and a housing (26) enclosing the spacer (24) and PCB (30). In one embodiment, the housing is a labeled overlay (26) including an... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20070056005 - Digital cable tv receiver, diagnosis method for the same, and data structure of hdmi status report: A communication system includes at least one High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) port. A content provider forwards a request to a receiver. The receiver includes a controller configured to receive the request and collects HDMI status information associated with the HDMI port in response to the request.... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070056006 - Digital cable tv receiver, diagnosis method for the same, and data structure of hdmi status report: A host includes a plurality of High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) ports. A controller is configured to receive a source external to the host. The controller is further configured to collect HDMI information associated with more than one HDMI port in response to the request.... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070056007 - Cable modem and method of assembling the same: There is discolsed a cable modem device capable of reducing unnecessary signals inputted into a circuit substrate which processes signals and signal terminals from the outside and unnecessary radiation generated by the circuit substrate, the device having a hexahedral shield case which shields a circuit substrate, and a plurality of... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070056008 - Updating system of music database, transmission apparatus of music database, terminal having update function of music database, updating method of music database, transmission method of music database, and updating method of music database in terminal: An updating system able to easily and cheaply update the content of a music database in a terminal having a music database, including (i) a transmission apparatus 20 including a transmission use music database 21 for storing music database information comprised of identification information and corresponding music information and a... Agent: Fogg And Associates, Llc

20070056009 - System and method for viewing and controlling a personal computer using a networked television: Presented are systems and methods for controlling a PC from an interactive TV display. The system includes a network which interconnects a TV set-top-box (STB) to a PC. The STB includes a network interface so as to communicate with the network, a remote control receiver, a display controller, and a... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20070056010 - Digital cable tv receiver, diagnosis method for the same, and data structure of hdmi status report: A communication card includes a controller configured to forward a request to a device external to the communication card. The controller is further configured to receive HDMI status information associated with at least one HDMI port in response to the request.... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070056011 - Digital cable tv receiver, diagnosis method for the same, and data structure of hdmi status report: A host includes a controller configured to collect High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) status information associated with at least one HDMI port in response to an externally generated request. The controller is further configures to forward the collected HDMI status information to a communication card and to cause the HDMI status... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070056012 - Digital cable tv receiver, diagnosis method for the same, and data structure of hdmi status report: A host includes at least one High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) port. A controller is configured to receive a request from a source external to the host. The controller is further configured to collect HDMI status information associated with the HDMI port in response to the request.... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070056016 - Mobile video adapter stick: A mobile video adapter stick includes a housing, which has a front transmission interface for connection to a computer, a plurality of air vents in communication between the inside space and the atmosphere, and rear adapter interface for connection to an audio and video signal source, a circuit board mounted... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070056013 - Portable device for storing media content: A portable device (50) has a storage medium (60) for storing media content such as audio and video files. The portable device (50) can communicate with an external media player or network (10) when it is connected to the player (10) or near to the player (10). The external media... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070056015 - System and method of managing iptv bandwidth in non-observation scenarios: Research of television viewing behavior shows that there is a population of television users who tune the television to a particular channel but do not attentively watch the resulting broadcast. In a typical broadcast television system, this poses no additional loads on the system and does not incur additional cost... Agent: Matthew E. Burr Lake Austin Marina

20070056014 - Television receiver and method for single-selection viewing control of the television receiver: A television receiver is simply, rapidly and reliably configured for control of television program viewing using a correlated program blocking table containing rating codes associated with at least two rating systems used to rate television programs, the rating codes being arranged in predetermined correlated sets with an index associated with... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070056017 - Digital television receiver module and digital television receiver using the same: A DTV module includes a CPU, a decoder, and a CA interface circuit. The decoder executes a decoding processing on a digital television signal inputted from a demodulator provided on a motherboard, so as to decode the digital television signal into a video signal and an audio signal, and outputs... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.l.p.

20070050805 - Transmission of pathological data patterns: A method and apparatus is presented for reducing or eliminating pathological data patterns from signals for transmission over optical communications systems. One embodiment includes a decoder/deserializer configured to receive an encoded serial digital signal, a ditherer configured to dither a least significant bit of each digital data word, and a... Agent: Bergman & Song, LLP

20070050807 - Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving multimedia data: A method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving multimedia data are disclosed. The method for transmitting/receiving multimedia data includes the steps of generating a High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI)-type data of 4-bits, encoding the 4-bits HDMI-type data into 10-bits TERC4 (Transition-Minimized Differential Signaling Error Reduction Coding-4) encoded values, converting the 10-bits TERC4... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070050806 - Methods and apparatus to detect an internally generated signal mode of a local media playback device: Methods and apparatus to detect an internally generated signal mode of a local media playback device are disclosed. A disclosed method comprises tuning a harmonic frequency of a chrominance signal output by a local media playback device, and determining that the local media playback device is in an internally generated... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20070050808 - Program content reproduciton apparatus capable of appropriately notifying viewer of presence of sub content: A program content reproduction apparatus obtains a program content and authentication information transmitted from a broadcast station at a broadcast reception unit, and obtains sub content data transmitted from a server at a communication unit. The program content is reproduced and displayed by a program content reproduction unit. The sub... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070050809 - Displaying programming and non-programming contents on user-display systems across computer networks: According to one embodiment, a system and method for displaying on a user-display system a program comprising a programming content including a plurality of programming content segments and a non-programming content including at least one non-programming content segment. The method includes receiving in the user-display system a first programming content... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070050811 - Display control apparatus and method and program: Disclosed herein is a display control apparatus including: a selecting block configured to select, from programs to be broadcast on each channel, a program of which program information contains a registered keyword; and a display controlling block configured to display predetermined information in the vicinity of an icon indicative of... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070050810 - Television program display apparatus, display control method, program, and storage medium: A television program display apparatus displays a small area selected from a plurality of small areas in an enlarged scale on the basis of position information and magnification information of the small area, and displays program information indicating the contents of a received program and video data of the program... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070050812 - Data distribution control system: A data distribution control system is provided, to which a terminal owned by a user, a plurality of computers for transmitting/receiving data, and a control apparatus for controlling data transmitted/received between the computers and the terminal are connected; in which the terminal-transmits first data to the control apparatus; when the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070050814 - Method for forming epg information including advertisement information in terrestrial dmb system: A method is provided for a terrestrial DMB system to form EPG information that includes advertisement information, and XML-based schemas are defined and used for this purpose. Specifically, existing XML schemas regarding ensemble information, service information and program information have inserted therein the newly defined XML-based schemas so that provided... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20070050813 - Method of displaying broadcast information and video display apparatus using the same: A method of displaying broadcast information and a video display apparatus using the same are provided so that, in providing broadcast information via an electronic program guide, video information for a corresponding program is made available to a user in a thumbnail format. The method includes steps of receiving a... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070050815 - Method and apparatus providing for a tv programming information: A program information notifying method suitable for view or selection of video reservation is provided. In the method, a character string of program information is converted into a voice and the voice is output. When an item in specified program information is converted into a voice for reading aloud or... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070050816 - Interactive promotional content management system and article of manufacture thereof: A system for creating user defined advertisements. The system comprises a computer readable storage medium. The medium comprises a digitized film/video; an attribute database comprising predetermined attributes. Each attribute correlates to at least one scene of the film/video. An advertisement database is provided comprising predetermined advertisements of the film/video. A... Agent: Nexsen Pruett Jacobs & Pollard

20070050817 - Digital television signal, method of processing the same in transmitter and receiver, digital broadcast receiver and digital broadcast: A digital television signal, method of processing the same in a transmitter and receiver, digital broadcast transmitter and digital broadcast receiver are disclosed, in which if a prescribed program having been broadcast by a prescribed broadcast medium is retransmitted by another broadcast medium, a field indicating an original broadcast medium... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20070050819 - Broadcast receiver and method of control thereof: According to one embodiment, when a recording process of transferring, via an output buffer, received broadcast contents over a network and recording them on external recording equipment and an acquisition process of acquiring, via an input buffer, AV contents obtained from external equipment over the network are carried out concurrently,... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070050818 - Remote dvr manager: A system and method for programming a digital video recorder (DVR) over a scheduling network. Program schedule information is provided to a user of a DVR via the scheduling network. A program selection is received from the scheduling client associated with a subscriber via the scheduling network. State information indicative... Agent: Roberts, Mardula & Wertheim, LLC

20070050821 - Image commercial transactions system and method, image transfer system and method, image distribution system and method,display device and method: An image commercial transactions system and method, an image transfer system and method, an image distribution system and method, and a display device and method are disclosed. A reception dealer accepts the transfer of an image recorded on a recording medium in a predetermined format with a handling condition intrinsic... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070050820 - Ip datacasting middleware: The invention provides a middleware component usable in a mobile terminal device, where the middleware component mediates between an application program and network interfaces and/or hardware to manage the interaction between disparate applications across heterogeneous platforms. The middleware component coordinates scanning for available broadcast, multicast, and/or conditional access platforms, networks,... Agent: Banner & Witcoff

20070050822 - Method and system of providing shared community experience: A method of providing a shared community experience in an electronic system. The method may include transporting signals associated with common content to a group of subscribers such that each member of the group receives the same content and establishing the shared community experience between members of the group by... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070050823 - Method and apparatus for managing tuners for broadcasting service in home network: A method and apparatus for managing a plurality of tuners for providing a broadcasting service to a plurality of devices in a home network. To provide the broadcast service requested by one of the devices, it is determined whether a tuner to which any broadcast service is pre-assigned can provide... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070050824 - Location identification using broadcast wireless signal signatures: An apparatus having a corresponding computer program comprises a receiver to receive one or more wireless signals; and a measurement circuit to obtain measurements of one or more characteristics of each of the wireless signals; wherein one or more of a plurality of possible locations of the apparatus are selected... Agent: Law Office Of Richard A. Dunning, Jr.

20070050825 - Vod transaction error correlator: A system and method for analyzing video-on-demand (VOD) transaction errors in a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) cable network. Raw XOD transaction error data is acquired from an XOD server. XOD-related subscriber information is acquired from a subscriber datastore. VOD transaction data is acquired from a VOD server. A correlator acquires... Agent: Roberts, Mardula & Wertheim, LLC

20070050826 - Vod transaction error correlator: A system and method for analyzing video-on-demand (VOD) transaction errors in a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) cable network. Raw XOD transaction error data is acquired from an XOD server. XOD-related subscriber information is acquired from a subscriber datastore. VOD transaction data is acquired from a VOD server. A correlator acquires... Agent: Roberts, Mardula & Wertheim, LLC

20070050827 - System and method for content-based navigation of live and recorded tv and video programs: A system, method and computer-readable medium are presented for providing real-time content-based navigation of live video programming. The method aspect of the invention comprises receiving a live video program, generating an index to the received live video program by extracting images and/or text from the video program, recording the live... Agent: At&t Corp.

20070050828 - Streaming video network system: A distributed, digital, network-based, streaming video solution allows users to view live streaming digital video from multiple video sources in multiple operating rooms at any location connected to a network. One or more video sources in an operating room are connected to a streaming video encoder capable of converting the... Agent: Roetzel & Andress

20070050829 - Data transmitter and receiver, data transmitting/receiving system and method, and terminal device: In order to efficiently transmit captured image data to a server using multiple digital cameras having a communication function, a plurality of digital cameras constitute a group with a master function allocated to the digital camera. Each of the digital cameras includes a plurality of communication units. The digital camera... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070050830 - Image data transmission apparatus and method, remote display control apparatus and control method thereof, program, and storage medium: In a case where a display screen of a transmission originator, including image data such as photographs, is displayed remotely on a device of a transmission destination, compressed image data of the image portion such as photographs on the display screen which is stored in a storage unit of the... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070050831 - Administrative tool for video programming: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for administering a video channel comprising a plurality of video feeds. A method in accordance with the present invention comprises coupling a computer to a transmission station, the transmission station receiving the plurality of video feeds, arranging a plurality of icons on a... Agent: The Directv Group Inc

20070050832 - Methods and apparatus to determine audience viewing of recorded programs: Methods and apparatus to determine audience viewing of recorded programs are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein comprises displaying a previously recorded program on a display, determining a possible original broadcast time corresponding to the previously recorded program, determining program identifying information corresponding to the previously recorded program, and processing... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20070050833 - Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving broadcast and communication combined service information: Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving broadcast and communication combined service information. The method of receiving broadcast and communication combined service information includes receiving a broadcast signal comprising receiving control information for communication service information to be serviced in association with broadcast service information to be... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070050834 - Localized media content management: An embodiment of the present invention is a technique to localize content management of media content assets. A local content is received at a regional media center. The local content corresponds to an event localized within a locality. The local content is prepared into an asset using a media content... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070050835 - Enhanced fiber nodes with cmts capability: Enhanced Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) functionality, including programmable digital domain modulators and demodulators for dynamic channel assignment, is incorporated into Fiber Nodes (FNs) or mini Fiber Nodes (mFNs), yielding enhanced Fiber Nodes (eFNs). These eFns distribute CMTS functionality deep into Hybrid-Fiber-Coax Networks (HFCN) rather than centralizing the CMTS functions... Agent: Harrity Snyder, LLP

20070050836 - System and method for evaluating the operational status of a stb in a cable network: An STB analysis system comprises an STB checker client and an STB analysis server. The STB checker client comprises an STB query interface to communicate with the STB analysis server to acquire information indicative of the operational status of a STB and to display the information graphically. A user requests... Agent: Roberts, Mardula & Wertheim, LLC

20070050837 - Method, apparatus and system for generating and distributing rich digital bookmarks for digital content navigation: A method, apparatus and system provide a user with rich digital bookmarks to navigate digital content. According to an embodiment of the invention, rich digital bookmarks may be generated for digital content and provided to a user for use to perform sophisticated trick mode actions in a user friendly manner.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC