Interactive video distribution systems inventions 11/07

20070277194 - Digital broadcasting system and method for providing digital broadcasts using the same: A digital broadcasting system includes a broadcasting station for transmitting digital broadcast data via a digital broadcasting network, the digital broadcasting data containing advertisement data, a digital broadcast receiver device for receiving the digital broadcast data in a digital broadcast reception mode and transmitting broadcast access information resulting from digital... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070277193 - Methods for realizing an in-vehicle ringtone: A method of acquiring a preferred ringtone for a telematics unit in a vehicle includes indicating, via a user interface panel in communication with the telematics unit, that an audio emission is related to the preferred ringtone. The audio emission emanates from a vehicle audio system operatively disposed in the... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070277195 - Remote control device and remote control system: In each of remote control devices making mutual communications, a viewing station detector detects a viewing station that is a TV station currently tuned in a device controlled by the remote control device in question, and provides a viewing station information. The remote control device receives the current viewing station... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070277199 - Apparatus and method for providing available codec information: An apparatus for providing available codec information, includes a receiving unit that receives electronic program guide (EPG) data transmitted by a broadcasting operator; a codec-management unit that checks the position information of the codec based on the received EPG data, and manages the point of downloading time of the codec;... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070277200 - Broadcast receiving apparatus and method for providing interactive broadcasting: Provided are a broadcast receiving apparatus and method for providing interactive broadcasting. The broadcast receiving apparatus includes a broadcast signal processor that processes an interactive broadcast signal which contains interactive content, a user interface unit, via which a user's input signal is received, a controller that sets key maps so... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070277203 - Apparatus and method for receiving digital multimedia broadcast in electronic device: An apparatus and method for receiving a multimedia broadcast. The method includes determining selected channel and a current time when a broadcast viewing/listening event occurs, determining output setting of a media corresponding to the selected channel and the current time, playing back the multimedia broadcast according to the determined output... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070277202 - System and method for content delivery: Based on a user profile, content that is predicted to be desired by the user, including past episodes of a series that may have been missed by the user, is downloaded to the user's home system during periods of low bandwidth usage in the home system. A determination is made... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20070277205 - System and method for distributing video data: In a first embodiment a method for distributing video data from an originating device in a communication network is disclosed including storing metadata at the originating device describing the video data; selecting at the originating device, a plurality of candidate devices to receive the video data based on a correlation... Agent: G. Michael Roebuck, PC

20070277206 - Reproduction control device and method for image display apparatus: Provided are a reproduction control device and method for an image display apparatus having a recording function. Even when a channel change command is input from a user during a time shift function being performed for a predetermined channel, the time shift function can be continuously performed for the predetermined... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070277197 - Copy protection arrangement: In certain embodiments, a method for generating fees using a receiving device, involves distributing censored video from a distributor video to a receiving device; and uncensoring the censored video using the receiving device upon payment of a fee. The receiving device uses overlay data received from the distributor to uncensor... Agent: Miller Patent Services

20070277196 - Methods of user behavior learning and acting in a pervasive system: An information retrieval system is disclosed, in particular a pervasive system in consumer electronics and home entertainment systems for retrieval of audio and visual information but also information containing text, pictures etc., having means for recording knowledge of user operational behaviour of the system, the recorded experience to be used... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070277198 - System for processing program information: To provide a system for processing program information in which the display structure of a program table can freely be changed in accordance with a requirement or a taste of an audience, the system for processing program information is constructed to include program information storage means 1 for storing program... Agent: Michael G. Gilman

20070277201 - System and method to facilitate programming of an associated recording device: A system and method are disclosed to facilitates programming of a recording device. A client system is operatively coupled with the recording device, which, for example, is programmed and/or configured to record selected audio and/or visual broadcast programming. The client system receives a message, such as in the form of... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070277204 - System and method for providing information on digital broadcasting programs: In a system and method for providing digital broadcasting program information, a broadcasting information service provider receives EPG data and user-desired broadcasting program information, and extracts the broadcasting information of the digital broadcasting program corresponding to the desired broadcasting program information. The service provider transmits a message including the extracted... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070277207 - Broadcasting system and method of processing channel information in broadcasting system: An apparatus and method for processing channel information in a broadcasting system for transmitting/receiving a cable broadcasting signal are disclosed. In particular, a headend which transmits a broadcasting signal and channel information transmits plural pieces of channel information having different sizes with respect to a single channel to broadcasting receivers.... Agent: Song K. Jung Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070277208 - Method and system for aggregating tv program information from different live tv feeds: A method for processing event information from a plurality of different live TV feeds comprises a plurality of operations. An operation is provided for receiving a plurality of different live TV feed data streams. Each one of the live TV feed data streams include program content and event information corresponding... Agent: Alcatel Lucent (fka Alcatel Internetworking, Inc.)

20070277209 - Robust transmission system and method for mobile television applications: A data transmission system and method for DVB-H signals for enhancing data robustness of a DVB-H receiver in additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channels includes transmitting IP datagrams from a DVB-H transmitter to the DVB-H receiver; applying a MPE section and a FEC section to the transmitted IP datagrams; mapping... Agent: Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20070277210 - System and method for statistical multiplexing of video channels for dvb-h mobile tv applications: A DVB-H transmitter having a plurality of video encoders each having a variable bit rate associated with IP datagrams for each television program broadcast by one RF channel. A method is also provided for statistical multiplexing of video channels for DVB-H mobile TV applications, wherein the method includes jointly configuring... Agent: Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20070277211 - Broadcast receiver, forward data channel (fdc) interfacing method, and method for processing broadcast signal: A broadcast receiver, a Forward Data Channel (FDC) interface method, and a broadcast signal processing method are disclosed. The Forward Data Channel (FDC) interface method includes: requesting a tuning of a Forward Data Channel (FDC); receiving data of the Forward Data Channel (FDC) tuned/demodulated by the request, and specific information... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070277212 - Interactive tv: A technique for providing interactive television viewing. A programming signal is combined with a code signal to form a transmission signal, wherein different programming signals correspond to respective code signals. The technique includes broadcasting the transmission signal, receiving the broadcast transmission signal with a TV receiver at a viewer's location,... Agent: Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20070277213 - System and method for transmitting data on return path of a cable television system: An optical signal return path system includes a transmitter having a sample clock generator for generating a sample clock and an RF signal receiver for receiving and converting an analog RF data signal into a first data stream of digitized RF data samples at a rate determined by the sample... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070277215 - Contact list for a hybrid communicator/remote control: A hybrid communicator/remote control includes an integrated display screen configured to display a contact list. Each contact in the contact list includes an address, such as a network address, for establishing two-way communication with the contact. Moreover, each contact in the contact list includes a visual identifier, such as a... Agent: Digeo, Inc C/o Stoel Rives LLP

20070277214 - Digital broadcast receiver and broadcast data display method for simultaneous display of multi-channel visual images: A digital broadcast receiver and broadcast data display method enabling simultaneous display of multi-channel visual images are disclosed. The broadcast data display method includes receiving digital broadcast data on a plurality of channels; simultaneously outputting on a single screen real-time broadcast data of a selected channel and still images of... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070277216 - Communication system, communication method, video output apparatus and video input apparatus: A communication system may includes a source device to output video contents and a sink device to input the video contents, connected to the source device using a control transmission channel and a video transmission channel through which data is transmitted. The source device may include a first control data... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070277218 - Interactive television system: The present invention provides a method and system for providing a TV-viewer with interactive television program selections that relate both to the program content of the current selection and a pay-for-placement of program content selections by advertisers/owners of television programs. According to the method, when a TV-viewer initiates a programming... Agent: Kevin L. Russell Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel LLP

20070277217 - Methods, communication device, and communication system for presenting multi-media content in conjunction with user identifications corresponding to the same channel number: A method for presenting multi-media contents on a specific communication device is disclosed. The method includes detecting a multi-media content channel currently tuned by the specific communication device; and in addition to a specific multi-media content corresponding to a specific channel number currently tuned by the specific communication device, presenting... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070277219 - Methods and systems to reduce channel selection transition delay in a digital network: A method of reducing the channel selection transition delay from a first media data channel to a second media data channel includes the operations of accumulating an independent media data frame and any related dependent media data frames based on a first decoder decoding at least a first portion of... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070277220 - Scheme for use with client device interface in system for providing dailies and edited video to users: A method for use in providing video to a user includes establishing digital video data that includes images shot in relation to a making of content, uploading the digital video data to a server, and sending the digital video data from the server through a network to a client device... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20070277221 - Personal multimedia device video format conversion across multiple video formats: Personal multimedia devices can detect when an incoming video format is different from a native format and make a local decision to convert incoming video formats to a format native to the personal multimedia device. The personal multimedia device may include a media processor that comprises an MPEG decoder/encoder, graphics... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20070271578 - System and method for tracking use of streaming media: A system for providing pre-paid access to digital streaming media tracks a number of credits associated with each subscriber. The system measures subscriber use of a digital media stream by embedding frame indicators in the stream at periodic intervals. Each frame indicator includes a URL or other response address. The... Agent: Sprint

20070271579 - Place based media and advertising display: An advertising system using digital media collects information from a plurality of sources, automatically processes the information based on set of predetermined criteria, and provides processed information to a plurality of information and advertising display devices. The advertising system allows the information feed provided to each of the display devices... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070271580 - Methods, apparatus and computer program products for audience-adaptive control of content presentation based on sensed audience demographics: Content is presented by sensing attributes of unknown audience members and determining demographics of the unknown audience members from the attributes that are sensed. A content presentation device is controlled based on the demographics that are determined. Related methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070271583 - Multiple channel vehicle entertainment device: A vehicle entertainment center includes a plurality of bays for receiving electronically reproducible entertainment. The bays include memory card bays. The entertainment center has a plurality of channel readers with each channel reader capable of reading a separate entertainment channel accessible through one of the plurality of bays. There is... Agent: Robert L. Marsh

20070271584 - System for submitting and processing content including content for on-line media console: An intake interface receives a package with files of content from a submitter and places a job with the package in a jobs database. An automated dispatcher retrieves the job, identifies each file of the content of the package of the job, and groups the identified files into one or... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070271581 - Information distribution and processing system: An information distribution and processing system contains a remote site, a sender and a receiving apparatus. The remote site contains a first set of digital data. The sender delivers a second set of digital data to the receiving device. In one embodiment of the present invention, the receiving device contain... Agent: Martin & Ferraro, LLP

20070271582 - Program guide system with preference profiles: An interactive television program guide system is provided in which a user may inform a program guide of the user's interests. Information on the user's interests may be stored in a preference profile. There may be more than one preference profile, each for a different user. Each preference profile contains... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP Patent Docketing 39/361

20070271585 - Monitoring-image transmission device, monitoring-image transmission method, computer readable medium, and computer data signal: A monitoring-image transmission device includes an image-data acquisition unit that acquires image data to be displayed on a screen of a display device from a screen-image-displaying memory device which stores the image data; and an image-data transmission unit that sends the image data acquired to a monitor device which remotely... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070271586 - Socially networked television experience: In one embodiment, a system for providing social interaction opportunities for people watching television is presented. The system includes: a television data source which transmits television data streams for reception by end devices, each end device being represented by an equipment code; a plurality of end devices, including a first... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070271587 - System and method for collaborative, peer-to-peer creation, management & synchronous, multi-platform distribution of profile-specified media objects: In a television programming management system, contributors access television programming functionality of legacy systems using a web-based interface provided by a network operations center. The network operations center is a best-of-breed J2EE-based implementation that provides a middleware interface to legacy systems. Using the interface provided by the network operations center,... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Eric S. Cherry - Docketing Supervisor

20070271588 - System and method for supporting extended protocols in a wireless communication system: A cable modem system and method is provided for supporting data transfer protocols that extend beyond standard protocols used in conventional data over cable systems. A cable modem in accordance with the invention determines, during registration, whether a CMTS with which it communicates is capable of supporting an extended protocol,... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070271589 - Method for interactive internet protocol television: A method for interactive Internet protocol television in which program channels and an announcement channel are received over the IP medium. Triggers contained in the announcement channel can be used to alter a viewer's viewing experience. The bandwidth required for the announcement channel is not fixed, rather it is a... Agent: Vincent Patent Agency

20070271590 - Method and system for detecting of errors within streaming audio/video data: The rapid proliferation of streamed audio-visual services to users via the Internet, especially fee-based services, has increased the importance for content providers in establishing, maintaining, improving and validating the quality of service and experience they provide to the subscribers or users of their services. Accordingly, there is provided a method... Agent: Freedman & Associates

20070271591 - Viewing/listening information collecting server, a viewing/listening information collecting method, and viewing/listening information transmitting program: A portable communication terminal is provided with the viewing/listening information transmitting program for generating and transmitting viewing/listening information. The viewing/listening information generated according to the viewing/listening information transmitting program is collected from a portable communication terminal. The broadcast station is specified from the collected viewing/listening information. And viewing/listening rate information... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070266396 - System and method for implementing location-based content restrictions in a mobile video broadcast environment: A system and method for implementing location-based content restrictions in a mobile video broadcast is provided. The invention utilizes DVB-H KSMs to transmit the restrictions and thereby enables the restrictions to be enforced by the mobile terminal receiving a broadcast video signal. This need for enforcement is determined as a... Agent: General Instrument Corporation Dba The Connected Home Solutions Business Of Motorola, Inc.

20070266397 - Multimedia display apparatus with add-on personal computer functions capable of entering keyboard keys with remote control: A multimedia display apparatus with add-on personal computer functions capable of entering keyboard keys with a remote control, including a display and a remote control. Display is built-in a PC unit operable in a TV mode and a PC mode. The display outputs video in the TV mode and displays... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070266398 - Method for fast zapping between tv channels: To zap towards a TV channel, a join request is sent from the viewer towards the TV server (101). Thereupon, a low resolution version of the TV channel is temporarily unicasted towards the viewer. In a second step, a switch is realized from the low resolution version of the TV... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070266407 - Digital television receiver and method for processing broadcast signal: A digital television (DTV) receiver and a method for processing a broadcast signal are disclosed. The method for processing a digital broadcast signal includes: receiving a broadcast signal including at least one sub-event information for constructing an event in an Event Information Table (EIT); and displaying the at least one... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070266408 - Recording apparatus and recording method: A recording apparatus includes a recording unit, a determination unit, a generation unit, an identification unit, and a control unit. The recording unit records image data on a recording medium. The determination unit determines plural recording media to be allocated to a same group. The generation unit generates order information... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070266412 - Time-sliced multiplexed image display: A device for displaying multiple image streams each comprising multiple image frames that entertains multiple viewers includes at least three image generators for generating at least three separate image streams that each include multiple image frames. At least one of the image generators is configured for at least one viewer... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20070266395 - Methods and apparatus for using location information to manage spillover in an audience monitoring system: Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for using location information to manage spillover in an audience monitoring system are disclosed. In particular, the example methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture detect spillover to generate media monitoring information. Initially, a first sensor located in a first location and a second sensor... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20070266400 - Method and apparatus for local storage and insertion of television commercials: A method and system for inserting television commercials that are selected according to the unique interests and purchasing habits of viewers in individual households, or the relative location of the household within a local broadcast area. The present system provides a cable or satellite television set top box that stores... Agent: Withers & Keys For Bell South

20070266399 - System and/or method for distributing media content: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to distribution of media content.... Agent: Disney Enterprises, Inc C/o Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070266401 - Method and apparatus for communicating popularity ratings to users: A method of providing popularity ratings to users includes monitoring experiences of users with programs, generating popularity ratings associated with the programs in response to the monitoring, and communicating at least one of the popularity ratings as at least one of the users experiences at least one of the programs.... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070266403 - System and method for personalized video program listing and targeted content advertisement: Various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide methods and systems to automatically identify preferred distributed programming content based on subscriber-specific profile information generated at least in part from a subscriber's viewing history of viewing broadcast television programs delivered via a television distribution system, automatically store information indicative of the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20070266402 - System, method, and article of manufacture for automatically selecting media content for an entity: A system, a method, and an article of manufacture for automatically selecting media content for an entity are provided. In particular, the system monitors media content selections of the entity to determine media content preferences and then automatically selects media content for the entity based upon the media content preferences.... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070266404 - Time shifting enhanced television triggers: Enhanced television broadcasts including triggers with expires attributes may be utilized in a variety of situations where the expires attribute may adversely affect the utilization of the trigger. For example, in situations where the broadcast is recorded, playback may be enabled even after the trigger expiration. Similarly, local affiliates or... Agent: Timothy N. Trop Trop, Pruner & Hu, P.C.

20070266405 - Terminating enhanced television broadcasts: An enhanced television broadcast system may enable the transmission and reception of a real-time event when a new program is about to begin. The real-time event may control access to enhancements from the program that is ending. In some embodiments, these real-time events may constitute triggers that are included within... Agent: Timothy N. Trop Trop, Pruner & Hu, P.C.

20070266406 - Method and system for performing actions using a non-intrusive television with reduced text input: A method of and system for performing actions using a non-intrusive television interface with reduced text input is provided. The method includes receiving incremental text input entered by a user that identifies desired items from within a relatively large search space. The method includes selecting and presenting a collection of... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070266409 - Data transmission system and method of transmitting a digital signal from a trigger device to a shifter device without any loss of data: A data transmission system is provided. The data transmission system includes a trigger device, a shifter device, and a gateway device. The trigger device sends a trigger signal in response to a first activation signal. The shifter device sends a shifter signal in response to a second activation signal. The... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070266410 - Access of data resources using pause points: A method of accessing a data resource identifies, by a personal domain controller, the data resource accessible by a first device and determines if there is a pause point for the data resource stored in the personal domain controller.... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom/parc

20070266411 - Content reproduction device and menu screen display method: Favorable visual appearance and ease of operation are required in the user interface of digital home appliances using a television screen. An array of function icons including multiple function icons representing respective types of media that can be played and an array of content icons including multiple content icons representing... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070266413 - 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

20070266414 - Methods and apparatus to provide content on demand in content broadcast systems: Methods and apparatus to provide content on demand in content broadcast systems are disclosed. An example method comprises receiving a first portion of a program via broadcast signal and receiving a second portion of the program via an Internet protocol (IP) based signal. The example method may further comprise combining... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20070266415 - Head-end system for providing two-way vod service and service method thereof: A head-end system for providing a two-way VOD service and a service method thereof are disclosed. The head-end system includes: a terminal which is based on a Java virtual machine and a Java TV/GEM standard middleware and has a VOD navigator application of a tool set form for replaying and... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070266416 - Multimedia control center: A video library is formed within a personal video depot (PVD). The PVD has capability to accept purchased video's and DVD's as well as personal video's captured on camcorders. The purchased video's and DVD's are rights verified and assigned to a user having an authenticated ID. The PVD has capability... Agent: Stephen B. Ackerman

20070266417 - Portable electronic devices, methods and computer program products for updating frequency settings: Portable electronic devices are provided that include a digital video broadcast (DVB) receiver and a DVB frequency adjustment module. The DVB receiver is configured to use a reference clock of the portable electronic device as a DVB reference clock. A DVB frequency adjustment module is configured to receive adjustment information... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070266418 - Multimedia display apparatus with add-on personal computer functions capable of entering keyboard keys with remote control: A multimedia display apparatus with add-on personal computer functions capable of entering keyboard keys with a remote control, including a display and a remote control. Display is built-in a PC unit operable in a TV mode and a PC mode. The display outputs video in the TV mode and displays... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070266419 - Digital television signal, digital television receiver, and method for processing digital television signal: A digital television signal, a digital television receiver, and a method for processing a digital television signal are disclosed, which can solve problems encountered when only general broadcast programs are defined as events on a PSIP. The digital television receiver includes a tuner for receiving a digital television signal including... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070261069 - Search, selection and charge methods for on the go video content distribution system: The present invention, in a basic feature, provides search, selection and charge methods for a video distribution system for the “on the go” consumer, such as the business traveler or hurried leisure traveler. A video content distribution method in one aspect comprises receiving from a mobile electronic device via a... Agent: Scot A. Reader, Esq.

20070261074 - Broadcast receiver and method for processing broadcast data: A broadcast receiver and a method for processing broadcast data are disclosed. A method for processing a broadcast signal including a table of a Program Specific Information (PSI) or Program and System Information Protocol (PSIP) includes: receiving a broadcast signal including identifier (ID) information for identifying broadcast advertisement data; detecting... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20070261078 - Mobile terminal and method of managing broadcasting service information using digital broadcast reception function: A mobile terminal having a digital broadcast reception function is provided. The mobile terminal includes a digital broadcast reception unit receiving one or more digital broadcasting service information having different broadcasting modes via different paths; a memory storing the digital broadcasting service information received via the digital broadcast reception unit... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070261081 - Dvb-h data provision: A method for providing a first media data by a first portable electronic communication device is provided. The method includes receiving a request from a second portable communication device to send first media data to the second portable communication device receiving the first media data in the form of bursts... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20070261070 - Method and apparatus for detecting and viewing similar programs within a video system: A device that detects and displays similar programs within a video system includes a memory, a display and a receiver that receives an input stream of television program content and electronic program guide data, wherein the program guide data includes a plurality of attributes characterizing television programs within the television... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20070261071 - Collaborative system and method for generating biographical accounts: A collaborative system and method are used to capture, organize, share and preserve life stories. Life stories can be expressed in first person or third person. In either case, the process of developing the life stories is carried out with collaboration with and contributions from other users. The collaboration among... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070261072 - Asset delivery reporting in a broadcast network: A system and method is provided for use in connection with delivering content that is targeted to users of a broadcast network. In order to select content that is targeted to users of the broadcast network, signals are received from a plurality of customer premise equipment devices (CPEs) of the... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20070261073 - System and method for monitoring video data: A system and method for real-time monitoring of programming content transmission over a broadcast network. The identification and analysis of data embedded within a broadcast signal allows a broadcaster to determine whether or not their content is actually being broadcast over the network as intended. The embedded data may include... Agent: Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP Attn: Gregory M Stone

20070261075 - Method for detecting a commercial in a video data stream by evaluating descriptor information: Systems, methods, and devices for detecting a commercial in a video data stream by evaluating descriptor information provided from a plurality of visual descriptors indicative of commercial or non-commercial features. The descriptor information provided from the plurality of descriptors may be evaluated in an entropy based decision process.... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070261076 - Conditional access system: A conditional access system in which entilement management messages (EMMs) sent to a receiver include transmission time information for future EMMs. The transmission time information is used at the receiver to control the receiver so that it is powered on only when required to receive the future EMMs.... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070261077 - Using audio/visual environment to select ads on game platform: A method and system is provided for capturing audio/visual related information and selecting advertising based on the information.... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070261079 - Method and video device for accessing information: A method and video device are disclosed for accessing information. In an embodiment of the present invention, part of data included in a title, being played, read from a storage medium or extracted from a broadcast signal is extracted and sent to a server over a network, and information corresponding... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070261080 - System of delivering interactive seminars, and related method: The present invention concerns a system of delivering interactive seminars that allows, in particular, the projection of interactive movies, enjoyed by groups of people attending the seminars with the possible supervision of a tutor, apt to modify their own story depending on decisions and behaviours of the audience, the system... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070261082 - Method for operating a multi-media wireless system in a multi-user environment: In one aspect, a method of operating a wireless system is disclosed. The method comprises allocating each video packet to a plurality of user specific priority queues. The method further comprises assigning each of the queues to a video quality layer. The method further comprises selectively dropping of one or... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070261083 - System for providing dbs dsl video services to multiple display devices: Systems and methods for providing direct broadcast satellite (DBS) and digital subscriber line (DSL) video services to multiple display devices are disclosed. Generally the disclosed system receives a plurality of DBS channels and DSL content. The system receives a first user-initiated video selection and generates a first television signal based... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070261084 - Interactive event display system for tracking items during events: A system for displaying information to allow an observer at an event to obtain event-related data of specific interest, such as a player's individual statistics, using a pre-existing event general purpose display, such as a scoreboard, is provided. The system includes an information control system receiving contact information, such as... Agent: Mr. Christopher John Rourk Jackson Walker LLP

20070261085 - Method and system for accessing programs from multiple triple play service listings: A method for accessing triple play programs provided through a server over a network to a data processing system, the method comprising: receiving respective signals selecting one or more programs from respective program listings for each of one or more triple play services; composing a list of selected programs from... Agent: Kramer & Amado, P.C.

20070261086 - Methods for flexible wireless channel association: A method of receiving information from one or more wireless uplink channels is provided. The method includes receiving information at a media access controller (MAC) from a first set of one or more wireless uplink channels in response to bandwidth allocation map (MAP) messages sent from the MAC and receiving... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070261087 - Systems for flexible wireless channel association: A media access controller (MAC) configurable for first and second modes of operation is provided. The MAC includes an uplink processor coupled to a plurality of uplink channels, a downlink processor coupled to a downlink, and a MAP parser coupled to the downlink processor. The downlink processor is configured to... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070261088 - Rules-based content management: Techniques for rules-based content management are provided. Video on demand (VOD) assets are collected in a repository from a variety of sources. Each asset is uniquely identified, organized, prioritized, managed, and distributed in response to metadata associated with each asset and business rules. Assets may be individually distributed to target... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20070261090 - Interactive television application distribution, control, and communication system and methods: Apparatus and methods for implementing the distribution of multiple content-related (e.g., interactive television or “iTV”) applications to geographically separated information receivers of differing capabilities. In one embodiment, the (iTV) application is independently selected, loaded, and executed by each of the information receivers. The invention advantageously provides for control of the... Agent: Gazdzinski & Associates

20070261089 - System to provide set top box configuration for content on demand: A content on demand system includes logic to compose set top box configuration information into an audio and/or video stream format, and to communicate the configuration information to a plurality of set top boxes.... Agent: Fsp LLC

20070261091 - Image-pickup device, communication device, and communication method: An apparatus configured to transfer video-stream data to each of a display device and a storage device with low delay and stability is provided. The apparatus stores video-stream data that is transferred to the storage device without success in a memory when the display device is in the on state,... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070261092 - Moving image reproducing apparatus and method: A moving image reproducing apparatus which receives moving image data transmitted through a network and reproduces the moving image data includes an analysis unit adapted to analyze first moving image data stored in a storage unit and additional information of the first moving image data, a determination unit adapted to... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070261093 - Buffering video data as received over alternative networks: A method includes receiving, via a portable electronic communication device, first digital video data in bursts using a first communication technology. The method further includes receiving second digital video data in bursts using a second communication technology, the second communication technology being different than the first communication technology, processing the... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20070261094 - Asymmetrical directional coupler: An asymmetrical coupler including first, second, and third diplex filters and first and second directional couplers is described. The first diplex filter is connected with a main input. The first directional coupler is connected with the first diplex filter. The first directional coupler has a first tap with a first... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070261095 - On the go video content distribution system: An improved video distribution system for the “on the go” consumer, such as the business traveler or hurried leisure traveler. In one aspect, the invention provides a video distribution system comprising a video distribution facility within a travel departure zone having video content files stored therein and one or more... Agent: Scot A. Reader, Esq. Suite 228

20070261097 - Remote session recording apparatus and method: An Intelligent Network Peripheral (INP) is equipped with a recording control processor that is connected to at least one internal or external recording device (e.g., hard drive, disk array, CD-recorder, DVD recorder, and/or tape device). Using the INP, a user may be prompted to perform an activity, such as (1)... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20070261096 - Apparatus and method for data capture with multi-threshold decision technique: An apparatus and method for data capture with multi-threshold decision technique is disclosed. An apparatus for data capture with multi-threshold decision technique comprises a capture engine unit being operative to captures data from a video source, a buffer unit being operative to store the captured data by the capture engine... Agent: John Chen Room 303, 3f, No 25, Sec. 1

20070261098 - Digital broadcasting receiver and driving method thereof: A digital broadcasting receiver includes a data broadcasting engine receiving to execute a game program transferred by being included in digital broadcasting and an input/output interface transferring the game program to a connected record medium. A digital broadcasting receiver includes an input/output interface receiving a game program from a connected... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070256092 - Mobile communication terminal and method of restricting harmful information thereof: A mobile communication terminal and a method of restricting harmful information thereof are provided. The mobile communication terminal includes a data judgment module which judges whether to restrict digital content by comparing content information included in a packet of the digital content with viewing restriction information; and a control unit... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070256093 - Decentralized and fraud-resistant system and method for rating information content: The present invention is directed to a decentralized, fraud-resistant ratings system for information content, such as World Wide Web or Internet content. The system includes an information content display module for displaying information content and an associated plurality of rating levels to users. The plurality of rating levels are configured... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070256098 - Digital television receiver and method for processing a digital television signal: e

20070256099 - Digital television receiver and method for processing a digital television signal: A method of processing a digital television signal in a digital television receiver, the method includes receiving a digital television signal including a streaming text table carrying streaming text data representing additional information tramsmitted from a transmitter; parsing the streaming text table, the parsed streaming text table including display information... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070256100 - Device and method for receiving digital multimedia broadcasting: A device and method for receiving digital multimedia broadcasting include a method for receiving a digital broadcasting signals, creating a playlist containing plural program items scheduled to be broadcasted through at least one broadcast channel, each program item having delimiters and program information; monitoring an advent of one of the... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070256102 - Content display system and method: In a content display system 100, a control unit 210 of a controller 200 performs a display control process. During the display control process, moreover, a reproduction monitoring process is performed, to thereby monitor whether or not content is displayed as scheduled. In the reproduction monitoring process, a pattern corresponding... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070256101 - Method and terminal for receiving digital broadcast and managing preferred channels: A method and terminal for receiving a digital broadcast and managing preferred channels are provided, by which preferred channel information may be set to a random number for registration according to a user's selection. The present invention includes displaying a menu for preferred channel management according to a signal provided... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20070256104 - Image-processing system capable of controlling multiple display devices: An image-processing system includes a power source, a plurality of signal processing circuits, and a plurality of switching units. The power source provides power to the image-processing system. The signal processing circuits, each including a first input end, a second input end and an output end, generate output image signals... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070256106 - Controller for filtering sub-channels of digital video broadcast: A controller for filtering sub-channels of DVB is provided, including a media access control (MAC) unit, at least a data compression unit and at least a physical interface circuit. The MAC unit includes a plurality of registers. The MAC unit is connected to the DVB packets through a bus, and... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070256108 - Content delivery to a digital tv using a low-power frequency converted rf signal: A simple antenna is connected to the RF input port on a conventional digital TV to receive video content from a plurality of video content sources wirelessly. The video content sources, such as a DVD player and cable/satellite box, may generate baseband signals in a variety of formats. The baseband... Agent: Patent Law Group LLP

20070256109 - Digital television receiver and method for processing a digital television signal: A method of processing a digital television (DTV) signal in a DTV receiver, the method includes receiving a digital television signal including video streams and an event information table carrying information for events on predefined virtual channels; parsing the event information table, the parsed event information table comprising bit rate... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070256090 - Method for displaying audiovisual sequences at receiver level and receiver for displaying said sequences: The invention relates to a method for displaying audiovisual sequences, typically advertisements, carried out by a device provided with means for the reception and recording of said sequences. A display scenario is sent to the device. Said scenario comprises groups of data made up of sequence identifiers and at least... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070256089 - Method, system and program product for broadcast error protection of content elements utilizing digital artifacts: Automatically matching local broadcast station copies of commercial content to previously identified content that is centrally attributed to a unique identification code is provided. A local broadcast station receives digital audio and processes the contents into a data profile of 1,024 bits. The data profile is compared with a master... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20070256091 - Monochrome frame detection method: According to one embodiment, a monochrome frame detection method includes a first process and second process. The first process includes: (1) reading a video frame; (2) extracting pixel data for each from pixels included in the video frame; (3) calculating an average value of the pixel data; (4) calculating compared... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070256094 - Apparatus and method for distributing signals by down-converting to vacant channels: A gateway apparatus is capable of distributing signals such as audio, video, and/or data signals in a household and/or business dwelling using the existing coaxial cable infrastructure, and the signal distribution is controlled using the coaxial cable infrastructure as a back channel. According to an exemplary embodiment, the gateway apparatus... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070256096 - System and method for pushing conditional message data between a client device and a server device in an internet protocol television network: In one embodiment a method is disclosed for monitoring a multiplicity of set top boxes (STBs) in an internet protocol television (IPTV) network including receiving in an IPTV network server, conditional message data pushed from the multiplicity of set top boxes (STBs); analyzing in the IPTV server, the STB conditional... Agent: G. Michael Roebuck, PC

20070256095 - System and method for the normalization of advertising metrics: The present invention relates to systems and methods for normalizing analytics data corresponding to one or more advertising metrics for one or more advertisements within a group of advertisements. The method of the present invention comprises receiving analytics data corresponding to one or more advertising metrics for one or more... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20070256097 - Apparatus and method for executing broadcast application: An apparatus and method for executing a broadcast application are provided. The apparatus includes a data filter which extracts broadcast application data for executing a broadcast application provided by a predetermined broadcast channel among broadcast channels that are not currently watched by a user from a broadcast stream of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070256103 - Apparatus and method for constrained selection of favorite channels: An interactive program guide system is provided in which an interactive program guide offers a user access to content from multiple available media types. The program guide system allows the designation of at least one channel as a favorite channel based on user selection from multiple channels of at least... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070256105 - Entertainment device configured for interactive detection and security vigilant monitoring in communication with a control server: Home security detectors configured with the control components of the home comprising interactive detectors enhanced to support location-awareness and home occupant-awareness and functionality. The system includes at least one motion sensor configured with communication devices operatively arranged to transmit information about any motion of occupants in the various sections of... Agent: Joseph A. Tabe Tajintech Corporation

20070256107 - Audio/video entertainment system and method: The preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a system and method for programming and/or charging one or more audio/video devices such that the audio/video devices will be programmed and charged to receive transmitted audio and video signals associated with an event, allowing a user to use the audio/video device... Agent: The Small Patent Law Group LLP

20070256110 - Field qualification of disk drives in consumer electronics devices: Systems and methods are disclosed for qualifying performance of a disk drive in a digital home communications terminal (DHCT) deployed in the field. In embodiment, among others, at least one DHCT is identified for performance testing. A disk drive performance test application is downloaded to the DHCT over a communication... Agent: Brook Lafferty Scientific Atlanta

20070256111 - Method and system for providing picture-in-picture video content: A method and system for multicasting video signals over a network. A standard definition (SD) picture-in-picture (PIP) multicast video signal is encoded from a video signal. A common network address is assigned to the SD PIP multicast video signal for both SD PIP video content and high definition (HD) video... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20070256112 - Methods, systems, and products for recording media: Methods, devices, and products are disclosed for recording media. A network command message is received that identifies media to be recorded by a user's device. The network command message was sent on behalf of a provider and comprises the provider's instruction to have the user's device record the media. An... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Bellsouth

20070256114 - Automated analysis of collected field data for error detection: Included are embodiments of a method for detecting errors in a set top terminal (STT). At least one embodiment of a method includes receiving error data related to at least one error that occurred in at least one STT and comparing the received error data to at least one signature... Agent: Wm. Brook Lafferty Scientific Atlanta

20070256113 - Methods and devices for accessing content: A user's favorite sources of content are monitored and when such a source generates a content stream of interest, it may be forwarded to the user. If the forwarding of the stream is interrupted, content transmitted during the period of the interruption will not be lost because it can be... Agent: Capitol Patent & Trademark Law Firm, PLLC Attn: John Curtin

20070256115 - Location-based media presentation: Media can be presented based on location associated with presentation of media (e.g., physical location of a device that is to present media). Presentation of media can be effectively controlled in order to automatically present a first media content (e.g., a list of songs, an album) in accordance with a... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP