Interactive video distribution systems inventions 07/07

20070174871 - Method and device for providing brief information on data broadcasting service in digital multimedia broadcasting receiving terminal: Disclosed is a method for providing brief information on a data broadcasting service in a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) receiving terminal, which includes extracting brief information on a data broadcasting service from received DMB signal to sort and store the brief information for each channel and program, and displaying brief... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070174876 - Method and system for providing broadband access, hdtv, and broadband-enabled services: A communication gateway can provide a residence or a premises with access to multiple communication services, including reception of TV signals and bidirectional data communication. The gateway can reformat incoming TV signals to provide compatibility with an onsite TV. The incoming TV signals may be digital or may provide a... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20070174861 - Method and apparatus for handling an electronic service guide transmission error in a digital video broadcasting system: A method and apparatus for handling an Electronic Service Guide (ESG) transmission error in a digital video broadcasting system, including a Service Application (SA) entity for receiving a file repair request message from a terminal after broadcasting an ESG from a Service Management (SM) entity to the terminal and, when... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070174862 - Recommended program search device and recommended program search method: A recommended program search device includes a viewing history information acquiring block which acquires a viewing channel and a viewing time by the user for each area corresponding to a time division and stores viewing history information including the viewing channel and the viewing time that are associated with each... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070174864 - Coder/decoder enabled television: Exemplary embodiments include a coder/decoder-enabled television including: a processor executing a coder/decoder routine; a display device in electrical communication with the processor; a media input in electrical communication with the processor; a communications port in electrical communication with the processor; and wherein the processor receives a media signal from the... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Austin

20070174863 - Settop box providing contents corresponding to different user identifications: A settop box providing different program or service contents corresponding to different user identifications is connected to the back-end control center and provides video signal to a display unit. The settop box includes a sub-system for reading relative data of user identification and transferring it to the back-end control center.... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070174865 - Normalizing content ratings of content forums: A method and system for ranking content and providing a user interface for viewing the content is provided. The content system ranks content in a search result based on a combination of relevance of the content to a query and quality of the content. The content system may derive the... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20070174866 - Rule-based playlist engine: A client device is enabled to access content by generating a request to access content residing on a host. A rule set associated with a user is accessed that includes one or more rules configured to identify content responsive to a predicted interest of the user. The rule set is... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070174868 - Apparatus for personal authentication: A communication apparatus for authenticating a plurality of people is provided. The communication apparatus includes an input device for obtaining a first set of data for identifying a first person of the people, a receiver for receiving a second set of data for identifying a second person of the people,... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070174867 - Computer controlled system for enabling the owner/host of a television set to limit the access of designated viewers to television programs: A computer controlled display system for enabling the host of a television set to limit the access of designated viewers to television programs through the television set. There is apparatus enabling a viewer to request the presentation of a selected television program on the television display, apparatus for assigning an... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20070174869 - Remote control method having gui function, and system using the same: A remote control method and system embody a graphic user interface. The present invention includes a remote controller having a touch pad and a digital television having a GUI. That is, a viewer can select a menu displayed on the digital television by using the touch pad. It is thus... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070174870 - Information supply apparatus, information utilization apparatus, information manipulation apparatus, information supply system, information supply method, information utilization method and recording medium: The present invention has an object which can facilitate selection of a program to view by allowing a viewer to recognize recorded program contents in a short period of time, and can collect or recover personal information of viewers who view a program. Input the specified conditions of the program... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070174873 - Mechanism for distributing content data: The current invention provides a system for distributing content data to user locations. The content data preferably includes digital video data that is available on demand from a requesting location. A system server stores user accounts and generated customized program schedules for the user account based on user criteria which... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20070174872 - Ranking content based on relevance and quality: A method and system for ranking content and providing a user interface for viewing the content is provided. The content system ranks content in a search result based on a combination of relevance of the content to a query and quality of the content. The content system may derive the... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20070174874 - Methods, systems, and products for providing video services: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for providing video services. A request for programming information for an event is received. A pointer to programming information that is common to multiple instances of the event is retrieved. The common programming information is retrieved.... Agent: Scott P. Zimmerman, PLLC

20070174875 - System and method of processing a satellite signal: A system and method of processing a satellite signal is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes receiving a satellite signal at a receiver, where the satellite signal includes a Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) portion and a radio frequency (RF) portion. The method also includes decoding the satellite... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20070174877 - Device and method for automatically obtaining information relating to the audiences of programs transmitted by a communication network: A device (DA) is dedicated to analyzing data relating to access to programs (or contents) that are transmitted by communication networks (R) to communication terminals (T1-T3) that are attached to them. The device (DA) comprises a memory (B) and processor means (MT) adapted i) on receiving a first message transmitted... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070174878 - System and method for purchasing and viewing digital content from physical media: A system and method for purchasing, viewing and reselling digital media content are disclosed. A purchasing user can request to purchase at least one digital medium having stored thereon the digital media content, the at least one digital medium being maintained in a physical media library. The digital media content... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20070174879 - Home movie cable box: New service that allows individual to view new motion pictures that they Would not ordinarily be able to view unless going to the movie theater. This new service is made possible through the use of cable television.... Agent: Theodoros Asimakopoulos

20070174880 - Method, apparatus, and system of fast channel hopping between encoded video streams: A method, apparatus, and system for rapid switching between encoded video streams while introducing a reduced amount of additional information during the switch. For example, a method of encoding uncompressed video frames in accordance with embodiments of the invention includes producing a first stream having a first key frame, a... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070174881 - Media delivering apparatus and media receiving apparatus: A media delivering apparatus includes a parameter acquiring unit 3007 for acquiring at least one of the communication capability of a network 203, and the receiving capability of a media receiving apparatus 202, a media selecting unit 3006 for selecting media data to be delivered based on both the degree... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070174882 - Information distribution system: An object of the invention is to variously edit an image recorded in an image recording/viewing system in an image distribution system enabling a recorded image to be viewed using a mobile communication terminal via a fixed communication network or mobile network, such that a result of edition can be... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070174883 - Token bandwidth portioning: Embodiments of token bandwidth portioning techniques are described herein. Tokens may be designated to streams of content allocated to a viewing system by a contact provider. The viewing system, for instance, may include a plurality of client devices that are configured to consume the streams of content. The consumption of... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070174884 - Digital multimedia broadcasting system providing service number information: A terrestrial Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) system includes at least one broadcasting station for transmitting a digital broadcasting transmission frame containing predetermined service number information according to service, and a digital broadcasting receiver for receiving the digital broadcasting transmission frame and providing service number information contained in the received digital... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070174885 - Multicast transmission method, system and communication station: In a multicast transmission system, the transmission of data is acknowledged by each receiving station to indicate whether or not a retransmission is required. For the retransmission, a transmitting station can select between a broadcast mode in which the retransmission is not addressed to a specific recipient, or a dedicated... Agent: Philips Electronics North America Corporation Intellectual Property & Standards

20070174886 - Method for supporting services in an ip-based video network on the basis of subscriber-controlled status information: In one aspect, a method to for supporting services of an IP-based video network is provided. A plurality of subscribers of the video network registers with a presence server, each subscriber registers via an IP-capable terminal. The plurality of subscribers includes a first subscriber that logs onto the presence server... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070174887 - Interactive mobile wireless digital tv: A wireless telephone receives DTV signals over a wireless telephony carrier network in ISDB, DMB, DVB-H, MediaFlo™, and the like for presentation of TV programming on the display of the telephone. The user can input signals to interact with the TV programming, and the user signals are wirelessly transmitted using... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20070174888 - Electronic delivery and management of digital media items: In an electronic delivery system, digital media items (e.g., videos, music, video games, ebooks, etc.) are stored in an ordered list (e.g., queue) at a provider system. The provider system automatically delivers digital media items to a user system (e.g., via a network connection). The user is permitted to check... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070174889 - Optical network for bi-directional wireless communication: An optical network is provided. The optical network includes a station to convert a downstream radio frequency (RF) signal to a downstream optical signal and convert an upstream optical signal to an upstream RF signal; and a remote access unit (RAU) to convert the downstream optical signal to a downstream... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20070174890 - Synchronized multipoint-to-point communication using orthogonal frequency division: A multipoint-to-point, orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) communication system is provided. The system includes a plurality of remote units and a host unit that includes a demodulator. Each of the remote units transmits an upstream OFDM signal using a multiple access scheme to the host unit demodulator using at least... Agent: Fogg & Powers LLC

20070174892 - Broadcast signal reception apparatus attaining channel selection function: A selection operation of a designated channel for a broadcast signal received via an antenna is performed, so that the broadcast signal of the designated channel is detected and the detected broadcast signal is output to a monitor via a video IC and the like. When the power of a... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070174893 - Method and apparatus for initialization in digital broadcasting receiver: An apparatus for initializing a digital broadcasting receiver and method thereof are disclosed, by which the digital broadcasting receiver provided with virtual machine to process additionally provided services can be quickly initialized. The present invention includes generating a first task required for initializing the digital broadcasting receiver in order to... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070174891 - Digital broadcast receiver: This is configured by a periodic signal detecting function unit 21 receiving as input a selected received signal when a channel selecting function unit 12 selects a desired channel and detecting periodic signals (P) appearing at substantially constant timings, a periodicity distribution finding function unit 22 for finding a state... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070174894 - Transmitter, receiver, and broadcasting system: A system for providing a broadcasting service considering the environment on a receiver end. A transmitter transmits a command for operating a receiver and its peripheral devices, and connection requirement data being a requirement for the command execution. In the receiver, a reception section receives, together with the command, requirement... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070174895 - Video and audio front end assembly and method: A Video and Audio Front End Assembly and Method. The device and method of this invention takes advantage of the hardware improvements available in personal computing machines that enable higher speed bus communications and much greater computational capacity. The system converts many of the processes needed to convert analog video... Agent: Karl M. Steins Steins & Associates

20070169143 - Method and system for increasing viewership and viewer interaction with public events and broadcast presentation: A method and a communication network system for increased viewership of a public event or broadcast program which is affected by providing incentives to the viewers in the nature of a sweepstake program drawn from the viewers' responses to queries communicating to the viewers in connection with the event or... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20070169145 - System and method of dynamically allocating advertisement according to audience rating: A method and system are provided for allocating a dynamic advertisement according to audience ratings. The method includes selecting an advertisement broadcast to be transmitted based on broadcast viewing information of users and a transmission condition, and providing the selected advertisement broadcast.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070169156 - Apparatus, network device and method for video/audio data transmission: Embodiments of the present invention disclose an apparatus for transmitting video/audio data, including a receiving decoding module, configured to receive remote video/audio data and a stream media transmitted from an IP network, respectively decode the received remote video/audio data and the stream media, input the decoded video data to the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070169158 - Method and system for creating and applying dynamic media specification creator and applicator: Systems and methods have been developed for manipulating media assets in a networked computing environment where processing power, bandwidth and/or storage capacity may be limited. More specifically, systems and methods have been developed whereby low-resolution media assets may be created that are optimized for transfer over low bandwidth networks and... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070169142 - Using a presence status in a media-on-demand system: The present invention relates to a method for a media-on-demand server of handling streaming of media based on media requests received from user operated clients, wherein said server receives media requests from a user operated client and streams said media to said user operated client, wherein the handling of streaming... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070169144 - System and method for providing content over a television network: The present disclosure provides a system and method for providing content over a television network. The method includes receiving an input that corresponds to a master account, associating the master account with at least one additional account that relates to the provision of content from a content provider and delivering... Agent: Paul S Madan Madan, Mossman & Sriram, PC

20070169146 - Media play optimization: Systems, methods, and a user interface for automatically scheduling a media play is disclosed. The user can specify criteria for play of the media play, including times, stations, and/or external criteria such as a weather condition or the occurrence of an event. Information relevant to the entered criteria is received... Agent: Google / Fenwick

20070169147 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program and recording medium: Disclosed herein is an information communication terminal including: a storage unit for storing contents; a communication unit for carrying out a communication with an external apparatus; a content reproduction unit for reproducing a content stored in the storage unit; and an accessible-content setting unit for classifying contents into first category... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070169148 - Content notification and delivery: Disclosed are methods and systems for displaying content recommendations to a television viewer. In one aspect of the invention, when the user changes channel, the system displays contact recommendations to the user before going to the next channel. The recommendations are based on user profiles and/or aggregated multi-user content. In... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP/ Sedna Patent Services, LLC

20070169149 - System and method for routing media: The system and method for streaming media to a viewer and managing the media comprises an enhanced service routing processor (ESRP), a real time switch management system (RTSMS), a name routing processor (NRP), and a managed media switch (MMS). The RTSMS has a reservation system. The ESRP receives media from... Agent: Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus PC

20070169150 - Automated signal selection: A method and system for selecting a signal from a plurality of signals received by a component in an AV system. An identifier is added (106) to a signal in dependence on the signal being generated by an active component of the system. For each received signal containing an identifier,... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070169152 - Data and wireless frame alignment for error reduction: A method for reducing errors in streaming data over a wireless link that aligns data frames with wireless packets. The method is especially suitable for a wireless link that requires a uniform packet size and prohibits re-transmission of packets. One embodiment aligns a start of a data frame with a... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20070169151 - Systems and methods for wireless digital video monitoring: Portable surveillance and monitoring systems are provided for effecting portable video capture, wireless transmission of video data from one or more portable video capture units (VCUs) to a central monitoring station (CMS) and wireless control of the one or more VCUs from the CMS. One or more portable VCUs are... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20070169153 - Embeded usb interface circuit in av device for recording programs: A USB interface circuit achieves shared use of tuner, demodulator, IR receiving and achieves recording functions of AV device by providing a simple and general interface; this invention includes AV signals conversion module, communication control switch module, power switch module, USB interface controller, and USB interface; the obvious features of... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P.C.

20070169154 - Internet video player: An internet video player, having a built-in DVD reader to access a video content and a central processing unit to perform image decode thereon, so as to display the image of such video information and transmit the image to a receiving end through internet. Therefore, the video content of read... Agent: Hdsl

20070169155 - Method and system for integrating smart tags into a video data service: A set of application program interfaces is embodied on a computer readable medium for execution on a computer in conjunction with an application program that integrates smart tags related to a video program with a payload of video data packets. A first interface receives an input from a tag database... Agent: Paul S Madan Madan, Mossman & Sriram, PC

20070169157 - Computer controlled display implementation for displaying ancillary content during interruption of the primary display content: A computer controlled display system for displaying selected primary visual content to a viewer, and provides a system for displaying content ancillary to the primary visual content to the viewer which comprises enabling a viewer to display selected primary visual content having implementation for interrupting the display of the primary... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20070169159 - System to provide markers to affect rendering and navigation of content on demand: A content on demand system includes logic to deliver at least one audio and/or video stream and to insert markers in the at least one stream, the markers indicating a position in the at least one stream, and logic to receive from a set top box a marker for an... Agent: Fsp LLC

20070169160 - Image display device and reservation recording method thereof: A reservation recording method is provided. According to the method, a broadcasting program is received, and a recording command for the broadcasting program is inputted. Next, an EPG is explored in response to the recording command and whether rebroadcasting is scheduled in the EPG is checked. After that, when the... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070169161 - Bit-rate constrained trick play through stream switching and adaptive streaming: A system for bit-rate stream playout at preset speeds including a regular playout speed and other than the regular playout speed includes multiple streams encoded at a same bit-rate (R) but at a plurality of playout speeds. A selection mechanism is responsive to requests for playout speeds. The selection mechanism... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20070169162 - Hierarchical communications network with upstream signal controllable from head end: A cable-TV-based network transmits data on relatively high-radio frequency signals from a head end toward clients and transmits data on relatively low radio frequency signals from clients to head end. Radio frequency switch assemblies are distributed hierarchically from head end descending toward the clients. Each radio frequency switch assembly splits... Agent: Clifton L. Anderson C9 Networks

20070169163 - Information distributing system, information processing terminal device, information center, and information distributing method: The invention relates to an information distributing system for distributing data to at least one information processing terminal device from an information center storing data. The information distributing system of the invention is structured such that character data, audio data, and both the character data and the audio data are... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070169165 - Social network-enabled interactive media player: Systems and methods for online social networking may include an interactive media player. The interactive media player may exhibit media and allow interaction between users and/or users and administrators.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070169164 - System and method for broadcasting personalizes and where applicable interactive contents to terminals attached to a communication network: A system (MD, SC, MT) is dedicated to broadcasting content data streams to communication terminals (T1-T3) attached at least to a first broadcast network (R1). The system comprises at least i) data content definition means (MD) adapted to insert at least interactivity points at selected places in contents to be... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070169166 - Transmitting method and transmitting device, receiving method and receiving device, and transfer method and transfer system: Data broadcast data, which is broadcast in data broadcasts, is constructed by disposing, for example, EMD (Electric Music Distribution) links required to acquire song data as actual broadcast data, which is broadcast in actual broadcasts by a transmitting device, the actual broadcast data is transmitted, and the data broadcast data... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070162936 - Interactive main menu graphical user interface systems and methods: In one of many possible examples, a system includes a media content processing subsystem configured to display an interactive main menu graphical user interface having at least a first viewing pane and a second viewing pane, display a stationary magnified area within the first viewing pane, and display a list... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20070162940 - Portable electronic device and a method of playing images on the portable electronic device: A method of playing images on a portable electronic device is disclosed to include the steps of: providing a portable electronic device that comprises a display device, a browser program, a USB port, a USB OTG module, and a memory, and said browser program includes an editing function; connecting a... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC One Skyline Place

20070162941 - Parallel television based media recording: A control device that interacts with a television system. The control device may receive a user input identifying a video selection. At least one module of the control device may display video information corresponding to the video selection. The control device may alternately, or in addition, cause display of the... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070162922 - Apparatus and method for processing video data using gaze detection: An apparatus and method for processing video data using gaze detection are provided. According to the apparatus and method, the position of an area-of-interest which a user gazes at in a current image being displayed is detected and the area-of-interest is scalably decoded to enhance the picture quality such that... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070162923 - Television audience measurement system and method: This invention refers to a system and a method of television audience measurements in real time through analysis of the content transmitted by the television broadcasting stations. The system hereby proposed includes a medium of detection of change of tuning state (2) of a television set (1), a means of... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070162924 - Task specific audio classification for identifying video highlights: A method classifies segments of a video using an audio signal of the video and a set of classes. Selected classes of the set are combined as a subset of important classes, the subset of important classes being important for a specific highlighting task, the remaining classes of the set... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20070162925 - Non-standard api-supporting broadcast reception device and function setting method therefor: A broadcast reception device performing image/sound-related settings. The broadcast reception device includes an application part which executes an application program, a platform part which executes an Application Program Interface (API) for image-related and sound-related settings if the application part calls the image-related and sound-related setting API, and a function module... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070162926 - System and method for media play forecasting: Systems and methods are described for forecasting media play on a broadcast station. The technique involves collecting media play data from a broadcast station for a period just ended. The collected media play data is used to update historical media play data for the broadcast station. The updated historical media... Agent: Google / Fenwick

20070162927 - Methods and apparatus for monitoring the insertion of local media content into a program stream: Methods and apparatus for monitoring locally inserted media content are disclosed. A disclosed method includes obtaining identification data and inserting the identification data in the media content after the media content has been received at a media consumption location. Another disclosed method includes receiving media content before the media content... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20070162930 - Methods, systems and computer program products for providing internet protocol television communication services: A method of providing communications services to customer premise equipment (CPE) coupled to a television. The method includes operating a network element as a communications terminal server, the network element being part of a communications network. The network element receives from the CPE a request to initiate communications with a... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Bellsouth

20070162929 - Methods, systems and computer program products for providing internet protocol television contextual support: A method of providing contextual support services to customer premise equipment (CPE), the CPE coupled to an internet protocol television (IPTV) network. The method includes operating a network element as a support terminal server, the network element being part of a communications network. CPE status information is received from the... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Bellsouth

20070162931 - Methods, systems and computer program products for providing internet protocol television diagnostics: A method of providing internet protocol television (IPTV) diagnostics. The method includes receiving customer premise equipment (CPE) information from a diagnostic applications program interface (API) executing in a CPE. The CPE information is stored in a database. An issue is detected with the CPE and the CPE information in the... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Bellsouth

20070162928 - Methods, systems and computer program products for providing internet protocol television set up: A method of providing set up services to customer premise equipment (CPE), the CPE coupled to an internet protocol television (IPTV) network. The method includes operating a network element as a set up terminal server, the network element being part of a communications network. A request to initiate a set... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Bellsouth

20070162932 - Methods, systems and computer program products for providing internet protocol television troubleshooting: A method of providing troubleshooting services to a set top box (STB) coupled to a television, the STB coupled to an internet protocol television (IPTV) network. The method includes operating a network element as a troubleshooting terminal server, the network element being part of a communications network. Real time STB... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Bellsouth

20070162933 - Dynamicaly mixing and streaming media files: Embodiments relate to a web-based interactive fitness program for generating individualized fitness media content for subscribers. A database is maintained that includes scriptlets that identify exercise routines that have been provided or augmented by a trainer. One or more of the scriptlets are selected for a subscriber based on the... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070162934 - System and method for transmitting and utilizing electronic programs guide information: Television schedule information transmission and utilization systems transmit TV schedule data and associated network control messages provided by computer as packets via the Video Blanking Interval (VBI) lines in the TV signal from various television program providers. This data is acquired by regional data processing systems and forwarded by the... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070162935 - Program search device: A keyword showing the user's preference in radio programs is registered, and the number of hits of the above keyword in each radio program is totalized based on on-air information and now-on-air information being broadcast content information. The number of hits of the keyword is displayed on a display 26.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070162937 - Television schedule system with pop-up action menu and icons: The present invention includes an interactive computer system which provides television schedule information and displays an action pop-up listing actions which can be scheduled. In the preferred embodiment, a memory stores a computer program, image data, and received data. This data includes the television schedule information. A processor uses the... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070162938 - Laptop based television remote control: A laptop that interacts with a television system. At least one module may be adapted to receive a user input identifying a video selection. The at least one module may also be adapted to display video information corresponding to the video selection. The at least one module may further be... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070162939 - Parallel television based video searching: A control device for interacting with a television system. At least one module is adapted to receive a user input identifying a video selection. The at least one module may also be adapted to search for video information corresponding to the video selection. The at least one module may, for... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070162942 - Displaying network objects in mobile devices based on geolocation: Displaying network content searches on mobile devices involves obtaining results of a network content request via a mobile device. A geolocation of at least one object associated with the results of the network content request is also obtained. A scene is viewed in a camera view of the mobile device.... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk, LLC

20070162943 - Multipoint-to-point communication using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing: A bidirectional communication system is provided. The system includes a first remote unit for communicating with a host unit using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing. The host unit is communicatively coupled to a plurality of remote units in a multipoint-to-point configuration. The first remote unit is configured to transmit up to... Agent: Fogg & Powers LLC

20070162944 - Method and apparatus for generating video for a viewing system from multiple video elements: A video processing system located at a remote location such as a TV broadcasting station or an Internet media server stores a plurality of video elements at that are delivered to a viewing system located at a viewer's premises. The video processing system is capable of receiving a selection request... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070162946 - Round trip delay adjustment in multipoint-to-point communication using orthgonal frequency division multiplexing: Systems and methods for bidirectional communication are provided. In one embodiment, a method for aligning communications from a plurality of remote units in a multipoint-to-point orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) communications comprises sending a first signal from a host unit to a first remote unit; receiving a second signal transmitted... Agent: Fogg & Powers LLC

20070162945 - System and method for routing content: A system for transmitting information to a display includes one or more content sources, a network, a content processor, and a display device. The content sources are each capable of transmitting content to a content router in first formats according to packet-based communication protocol. The network selectively couples content sources... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070162949 - Information processing apparatus and method, and computer program therefor: An information processing apparatus includes a plurality of recording media, an operation unit receiving an operation from a user, a communication unit outputting data stored on the recording media to an external device, and a controller displaying, on a display unit, a setting screen for setting a mode for outputting... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070162948 - Personal video recorder apparatus providing an advertisement and method thereof: A personal video recorder (PVR) apparatus, in which an advertisement is provided, includes a broadcasting signal receiver to receive a broadcasting signal transmitted from a broadcasting station, an electronic program guide (EPG) analyzer to analyze EPG information included in the broadcasting signal, an editor to edit certain advertisement data according... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070162950 - Receiving and display system, receiving apparatus and display terminal: Disclosed herein is a receiving and display system including, a receiving apparatus, and a display terminal, wherein, the receiving apparatus receiving data from outside and the display terminal displaying information by receiving data from the receiving apparatus, wherein, upon receipt of an upgraded program from outside, the receiving apparatus checks... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070162947 - Method of recording audio-visual content in a communication network: According to the invention, said communications network including at least one network recorder able to record audiovisual content broadcast on a plurality of broadcast channels, said audiovisual content being recorded at the request of a user having a communications terminal able to communicate with at least one network recorder, said... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070162951 - Providing content interruptions: Content which users may wish to receive may be distributed with interrupting content such that the use of the content on the user's receiver may be interrupted and replaced with the interrupting content. The content which the user wishes to receive may be software, audio, video, graphics or other material... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070162952 - Method and apparatus for performing synchronised audio and video presentation: A synchronisation of the presentation or reproduction of video data with audio data is described, which data each are processed on two non-synchronised computers. An MPEG-type stream is separated into video data and audio data, wherein the video data is processed utilising the first processing means and the audio data... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070162953 - Media package and a system and method for managing a media package: The present invention relates to a media package arranged to contain presentation elements. The invention also relates to a system and method for authoring, editing, delivering and viewing the media packages, and a graphical user interface which can interface with media packages.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070157236 - Broadcast receiving apparatus and method: Disclosed are a broadcast receiving apparatus and a broadcast receiving method. The broadcast receiving apparatus includes a displaying part; a signal receiving part for receiving a broadcast signal corresponding to one of a plurality of channels; a user inputting part where a user inputs a first selecting information; and a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070157244 - Method of displaying messages in digital home appliances and display control device: Provided are a method of displaying messages in a digital home appliance and a display control method therefore. The method includes storing user setting information regarding output of messages and displaying a message based on the stored user setting information, where the user setting information is received from a user.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070157245 - System and method for optimizing advertisement campaigns using a limited budget: The present invention relates to methods, systems, and computer readable media comprising instructions for generating a media plan for the distribution of one or more advertisements comprising a campaign. The method of the present invention comprises retrieving one or more advertiser specified advertising metric target values and analytics data associated... Agent: Seth H. Ostrow, Esq. Dreier LLP

20070157255 - Audiovisual console control interface: The invention, in its several embodiments, pertains to audiovisual consoles, more particularly to audiovisual consoles for use in cars. In some embodiments, a device is provided that includes a control user interface and a play user interface, wherein the control user interface is adapted to receive inputs to define a... Agent: Michael Blaine Brooks, P.C.

20070157265 - Content distribution apparatus: A content distribution apparatus includes a receiving section, a correction section, an evaluation section and a summary generation section. The receiving section receives plural pieces of watching information of target content information and stores the received watching information. Each of the watching information includes information indicating a reproduction start position... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070157220 - Systems and methods for managing content: A “New To Me” feature is provided for an interactive media guidance system implemented as a home network having multiple user equipment devices. Functionally speaking, the “New To Me” feature of the interactive media guidance system identifies programs or advertisements that have been previously viewed by an individual user or... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070157221 - System and method of providing television ratings information: A system and method of providing television ratings information is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes determining aggregated audience data associated with a program carried over a channel. The aggregated audience data is collected from a number of set-top box devices associated with a multicast group of the... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20070157222 - Systems and methods for managing content: A “New To Me” feature is provided for an interactive media guidance system implemented as a home network having multiple user equipment devices. Functionally speaking, the “New To Me” feature of the interactive media guidance system identifies programs or advertisements that have been previously viewed by an individual user or... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070157223 - Systems and methods for managing content: A “New To Me” feature is provided for an interactive media guidance system implemented as a home network having multiple user equipment devices. Functionally speaking, the “New To Me” feature of the interactive media guidance system identifies programs or advertisements that have been previously viewed by an individual user or... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070157224 - Method and system for automated auditing of advertising: The timing and placement of advertising on TV, radio or other broadcast media can be automatically verified or audited by monitoring and recording channels of TV, radio or broadcast media by storing and tagging discrete portions of segments of the broadcast signals in a database. A controller, or “dispatcher” server,... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20070157225 - Method and apparatus for receiving and displaying coupon information: The receiving terminal apparatus of a broadcasting system includes a receiving unit configured to receive coupon information that includes service additional information and coupon indirect information used to issue a coupon, the service additional information including user profile information that designates a requirement to identify target viewers. A managing unit... Agent: Christopher W. Brody Clark & Brody

20070157226 - Segmentation and communication of live-action sporting event data apparatus and method: Segmentation and communication of live-action sporting event data apparatus and method is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a meta data based on an analysis of a live-action sport data with an event control data, segmenting the live-action sport data based on an identifier code referenced by an... Agent: Raj Abhyanker, LLP C/o Portfolioip

20070157227 - Advertising services architecture: An advertising framework registers context data sources and advertising display clients from a variety of resources on a local computer. The ad framework may then receive context data and display triggers from the registered context data sources. The context data and display triggers may be processed and an advertising request... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20070157228 - Advertising with video ad creatives: The serving of advertisements with (e.g., on) video documents may be improved in a number of ways. For example, a system may (a) accept information defining at least one ad spot associated with at least one instance of an video document, (b) accept offers to have advertisements served in the... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20070157229 - Analytic advertising system and method of employing the same: An analytic advertising system couplable to a Web-based data network and method employing the same. The analytic advertising system includes a click2metrics module configured to receive advertising information from the Web-based data network and format the advertising information into an integrated flat file. The analytic advertising system also includes an... Agent: Wayne Heathcock

20070157231 - Advertising management system for digital video streams: A method and apparatus for the managing advertisements in a digital environment, including methods for selecting suitable advertising based on subscriber profiles, and substituting advertisements in a program stream with targeted advertisements. The Ad Management System (AMS) 100 of the present invention manages the sales and insertion of digital video... Agent: Technology, Patents And Licensing, Inc./prime

20070157230 - Selective television advertising: A system and/or method for displaying television advertisements based on users' demographic data is provided, and, in certain example embodiments, a system and/or method is provided for matching a user with a predefined category from a plurality of predefined categories based on collected demographic data. In certain example embodiments, custom... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070157233 - Method and system for supplementing television programming with e-mailed magazines: An interactive television system and method for generating video programming combined with triggers and then, in turn, for viewing that video programming as the triggers present information associated with the triggers. When triggered by the viewer, the remote control will generate a request using a user interface coupled to at... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20070157232 - User interface with software lensing: A user interface with software lensing may be described. An apparatus may comprise a user interface module to display information objects for an electronic program guide, receive movement information from a remote control, and move a pointer in response to the movement information. The apparatus may further include a media... Agent: Kacvinsky LLC C/o Intellevate

20070157234 - Interactive media guidance system having multiple devices: When selecting a television program for recording, a user may configure the delivery of the selected television program and associated data and interactive applications to different user equipment devices in a home network, which may have different capabilities. Because the user equipment devices in the home network may have different... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070157235 - Method and apparatus for reverting to a preferred program at the end of a commercial interruption: The invention includes a method and apparatus for switching between programming streams in response to a programming change event. A first method may include receiving a first programming stream and a second programming stream, selecting the first programming stream for displaying first programming conveyed by the first programming steam, monitoring... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP/ Lucent Technologies, Inc

20070157238 - Advertising method in a dvr system: The present invention provides an advertising method for a DVR system. First, a monitor display of the DVR system is separated into a main display region and a banner display region. The main display region is used to broadcast a live scene. The banner display region is used to display... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070157237 - Systems and methods for episode tracking in an interactive media environment: Systems and methods for monitoring a user's viewing progress of media in a series are provided. The user may setup a media profile containing a list of program series to be monitored. The interactive media monitoring application may track the user's viewing progress of programs in the program series on... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070157239 - Sports video retrieval method: A sports video retrieval method involves segregation of the video into multiple segments of different indexing conditions based on audience cheers recorded; the exciting intensity of the cheers being scored as the audio level of the cheers being in proportion of the wonderful performance of the athletes; cheer segments being... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070157240 - Interactive media guidance system having multiple devices: When selecting a television program for recording, a user may configure the delivery of the selected television program and associated data and interactive applications to different user equipment devices in a home network, which may have different capabilities. Because the user equipment devices in the home network may have different... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070157241 - Interactive media guidance system having multiple devices: When selecting a television program for recording, a user may configure the delivery of the selected television program and associated data and interactive applications to different user equipment devices in a home network, which may have different capabilities. Because the user equipment devices in the home network may have different... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070157243 - Method and system for supplementing television programming with e-mailed magazines: An interactive television system and method for generating video programming combined with triggers and then, in turn, for viewing that video programming as the triggers present information associated with the triggers. When triggered by the viewer, the remote control will generate a request using a user interface coupled to at... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20070157246 - Sports broadcast scheduler: A customized sports broadcast schedule is generated. Rankings are assigned to teams based on performance, popularity, and/or season stage. A customer-specific psychographic profile is generated based on customer location and/or customer preferences. The customer-specific sports broadcast schedule is generated based on the customer-specific psychographic profile and assigned rankings.... Agent: Jackson & Co., LLP

20070157242 - Systems and methods for managing content: A “New To Me” feature is provided for an interactive media guidance system implemented as a home network having multiple user equipment devices. Functionally speaking, the “New To Me” feature of the interactive media guidance system identifies programs or advertisements that have been previously viewed by an individual user or... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070157247 - Systems and methods for managing content: A “New To Me” feature is provided for an interactive media guidance system implemented as a home network having multiple user equipment devices. Functionally speaking, the “New To Me” feature of the interactive media guidance system identifies programs or advertisements that have been previously viewed by an individual user or... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070157248 - Systems and methods for providing channel groups in an interactive media guidance application: The present invention relates an interactive media guidance application that provides channel groups. Channel groups may include media channels, such as television channels, radio stations, Internet web sites, etc. Channel groups may be organized around a common characteristic, by utilizing user profile information, and by human editorial selection (e.g., by... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070157250 - Method and apparatus for recording using multiple program schedule data sources to modify recording schedule: A method and apparatus for recording according to a recording schedule for a processing unit. (a) Service information including schedule information for a current show and a next show to be provided in a digital broadcast stream is acquired. (b) A determination is made as to whether there is a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070157249 - Systems and methods for episode tracking in an interactive media environment: Systems and methods for monitoring a user's viewing progress of media in a series are provided. The user may setup a media profile containing a list of program series to be monitored. The interactive media monitoring application may track the user's viewing progress of programs in the program series on... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070157251 - Methods and systems for distributing assets associated with television program: Systems and methods for on-demand purchasing and distribution of products associated with a television program (“assets”) to consumers, such as music, telephone ringtones, videos, CDs, DVDs, coupons, and other products. An asset tag insertion system inserts an asset tag into a television signal; the asset tag identifies an asset associated... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070157253 - Client-server based interactive television program guide system with remote server recording: An interactive television program guide system is provided. An interactive television program guide provides users with an opportunity to select programs for recording on a remote media server. Programs may also be recorded on a local media server. The program guide provides users with VCR-like control over programs that are... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070157252 - Converting, navigating and displaying video content uploaded from the internet to a digital tv video-on-demand platform: Video content is uploaded via the Internet to a video-on-demand (VOD) server identified by a title and a hierarchical address of categories and subcategories for categorizing the title. The VOD server converts and stores the video content at a storage address in a video content database linked to the title.... Agent: Leighton K. Chong Patent Attorney

20070157256 - Audiovisual console control interface methods: The invention, in its several embodiments, pertains to audiovisual consoles, more particularly to audiovisual consoles for use in cars. In some embodiments, a method is provided to define a second list of audiovisual elements from a first list of audiovisual elements. The second list of audiovisual elements is enabled for... Agent: Michael Blaine Brooks, P.C.

20070157254 - Portable vehicle top multimedia player: A portable vehicle top multimedia player aims to be attached to an inner side of a vehicle top for use in the vehicle and detachable for use in a mounting manner. It has a longer and firmer axle hinged on a loading and unloading structure. The loading and unloading structure... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070157257 - Wireless communications system and method: This invention discloses a method of communicating with a user including wirelessly broadcasting content which is accessible to a multiplicity of users and which includes at least some non-audio content which is not visible to the users without user actuation and which includes product-specific information, enabling a user to select... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070157258 - Broadcast signal retransmission system and method using illuminating visible-light communication: Disclosed herein are a broadcast signal retransmission system and method using illuminating visible-light communication. The broadcast signal retransmission system comprises one or more light-emitting diode (LED) lighting fixtures, one or more smart communicators, and a home server. The home server receives and demodulates a multi-channel broadcast signal and, in reply... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20070157259 - Universal methods and device for hand-held promotional opportunities: A method and system for auxiliary data detection. Data is received on a hand-held device from a display of a signal on a monitor. The signal is visually displayed on the monitor at a frequency. A modulated video signal is received on the hand-held device from a display device. The... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070157260 - Interactive media guidance system having multiple devices: When selecting a television program for recording, a user may configure the delivery of the selected television program and associated data and interactive applications to different user equipment devices in a home network, which may have different capabilities. Because the user equipment devices in the home network may have different... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070157263 - Content management system: A content management system which increases the degree of freedom with which a broadcast station can manage content. In the content management system, a client terminal apparatus includes: a terminal ID acquisition unit which holds a terminal ID for identifying that client terminal apparatus; a copy allowance inquiry unit which... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070157261 - Digital media management system and method: The present invention provides a system for managing broadcasting of media content. The system includes at least one database at a hub, wherein at least one digital file associated with the media content is relationally present in the at least one database, and a computer software accessible at a local... Agent: Google / Fenwick

20070157262 - Methods and apparatus to maintain audience privacy while determining viewing of video-on-demand programs: Methods and apparatus to maintain audience privacy while determining viewing of video-on-demand programs are disclosed. An example method for monitoring a displayed VOD program disclosed herein comprises determining a first set of metering information based on a first set of data collected at a subscriber site, determining a second set... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20070157264 - Method and system for providing a comprehensive integration of transmitted video, interactive television, video on demand and video catalogue services: This invention comprises a comprehensive integrated method and system based on a unified hardware and software system whereby users can utilize a computerized catalogue to access and obtain video broadcast program material, can download video content on-demand, can store video content and can engage in a back and forth interactive... Agent: Venable LLP

20070157266 - Interactive media guidance system having multiple devices: An interactive media guidance application implemented on a user equipment device may allow a user to create a group of user equipment devices that may be located in different homes or home networks. The interactive media guidance application may allow the user to add user equipment devices located in the... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070157268 - Portable media device with improved video acceleration capabilities: Improved techniques for performing accelerated video presentation on a media device are disclosed. The improved techniques enable smooth, uniform accelerated video presentation by displaying key frames from a video file in a periodic fashion. The rate and direction of accelerated video presentation can be controlled. The improved techniques are well... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070157267 - Techniques to improve time seek operations: Techniques to improve time seek operations are described. An apparatus may include a digital media server having a media content seek module. The media content seek module may perform video sequence header alignment for media content in response to a time seek request. Other embodiments are described and claimed.... Agent: Kacvinsky LLC C/o Intellevate

20070157272 - Content retransmission system and method using infrared communication: A content retransmission system comprises a content providing server for providing, through external networks, information content purchased and an associated purchase breakdown, a smart communicator for remotely controlling the purchase process, and for wirelessly transmitting, short-range, a transfer request for the information content and a current location reference, a home... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20070157269 - Detector for digital television signal: A DTV signal detector detects DTV signals received by a receiver on a selected DTV channel in a Digital Television System. The DTV detector includes a first DTV signal detector that detects a first characteristic of the received DTV signals, and a second DTV signal detector that detects at least... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070157271 - Digital broadcasting receiving apparatus and operation control method: A portable terminal 1 comprises a judgment section 23 which judges whether or not digital broadcasting corresponding to an interactive service is received, and a control section 24 which enables an operation section 10 corresponding to the interactive service, in case that transmission of data corresponding to the interactive service... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070157270 - Receiving apparatus using non-volatile memory and method of operating the same: A mobile receiving unit (28) may be coupled to an antenna (26) for receiving various information. A tuner (64) receives the information such as program guide data from the antenna and provides it to controller (60). Controller (60) may be coupled to a non-volatile memory (74). The non-volatile memory (74)... Agent: The Directv Group Inc

20070157273 - Method for providing image goods and/or services to a customer: A system and method for obtaining photographic products and/or services and for the sharing of digital images without the need of a computer. In particular a cable set top box and cable communication network is used for communication with third parties, including image service providers.... Agent: Frank Pincelli Patent Legal Staff

20070157274 - System and method for testing multimedia device: A system for testing a plurality of multimedia devices is provided, the system comprising a first multi-input device, a second multi-input device, a video-capturing device, and a console. The first multi-input device is connected to one end of each of the plurality of multimedia devices, for transmitting original video data... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070157275 - Method and system for generation of media: A method of generating media programming includes providing a first media source having a plurality of media elements, tags associated with each of the media elements, and one or more first media source templates for assembling of the media elements into media programming. The method further includes providing a second... Agent: Plevy, Howard & Darcy, P.C.

20070157276 - Web page based video service and apparatus: A telepresence server is for connection to a telecommunications network for providing access to a reality engine for a plurality of passive users. The reality engine can be controlled by an active user or a professional director through the network or by a local professional director. Active/passive mode displays can... Agent: Francis J Maguire Bradford Green Building Five

20070157277 - Multipoint-to-point communication using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing: A multipoint-to-point, orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) communication system is provided. In one embodiment, a system includes: a host unit including a demodulator that simultaneously demodulates upstream information modulated on a plurality of tones within an OFDM waveform, and a plurality of remote units for transmission of upstream information, each... Agent: Fogg & Powers LLC

20070157278 - Contention-based access to tones in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (ofdm) waveform: A bi-directional communication system is provided. The system includes a multipoint-to-point host unit and a plurality of remote units communicatively coupled to the multipoint-to-point host unit through an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing waveform. A first remote unit of the plurality of remote units is configured to transmit upstream information to... Agent: Fogg & Powers LLC

20070157279 - Method and device for reporting information related to interference components received by a first telecommunication device in some frequency subbands to a second telecommunication device: The present invention concerns a method and a device for reporting, through a wireless network using multiple frequency subbands, interference components received by a first telecommunication in a first and a second frequency subbands of the wireless network, to a second telecommunication device. The first telecommunication device measures the interference... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070157280 - Multimedia in-band gateway: An in-band gateway which enables TV operators having a narrow out-of-band return channel the capability of providing high bandwidth applications including voicemail, voice attachments, music on demand, and picture mail, by using the in-band channel and the out-of-band channel in parallel. The in-band gateway can receive multiple sources of multi-media... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070157282 - Method and apparatus for displaying information on broadcasting contents: A method and apparatus for displaying information on broadcasting contents are provided. The method includes: storing received information on an electronic program guide (EPG); generating meta-data of recorded broadcasting contents based on the EPG information and storing the meta-data; and displaying the EPG information and information on the recorded broadcasting... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070157281 - Interactive media guidance system having multiple devices: An interactive media guidance application implemented on a user equipment device may allow a user to create a group of user equipment devices that may be located in different homes or home networks. The interactive media guidance application may allow the user to add user equipment devices located in the... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070157283 - Transport mechanisms for dynamic rich media scenes: A transport mechanism for supporting the download of SVG over FLUTE or UDP. A RTP payload format is specified that enables live streaming and the streaming of rich media content. According to the present invention, rich media content is encapsulated in RTP packets based upon the payload format at the... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070157284 - Caption display method and device in content retrieval on a/v network supporting web service technologies: Disclosed is a caption display method and device in contents retrieval on an A/V network supporting web service technologies. A caption display method in contents retrieval on an A/V network comprises searching for captions corresponding to contents selected for retrieval, and loading the searched captions; parsing the loaded captions; decoding... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070157285 - Distribution of multimedia content: Systems, apparatus and methods for distribution of multimedia content are described herein. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving, into a device having two or more modes of interaction, an input request for multimedia content from one mode of the two more modes of interaction. The method also includes transmitting... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.