Interactive video distribution systems inventions 04/08

20080098417 - Viewer participatory television shows in conjuction with a system and method for real-time data collection and statistical assessment: A system and method for collecting data and statistically assessing such data for real time voting results. According to a preferred embodiment, input from a plurality of voters may be received through multiple modalities, namely, mobile/cellular phone networks, land line phone networks, set top boxes and/or the Internet. Voting data... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20080098418 - Electronic module for digital television receiver: An electronic module for a digital television receiver comprises a multimedia CPU (211), a non-volatile memory block (212) connected with the multimedia CPU (211) via a memory interface (220) and storing a booter application for initializing the start-up of the digital television receiver, and a buffer (213) connected to the... Agent: Matthias Scholl

20080098419 - Television broadcasting recording apparatus: Disclosed is a television broadcasting recording apparatus including a television broadcasting recording apparatus including a receiving unit to receive a digital television broadcasting signal, a storage unit to store a video/audio data of a program based on the television broadcasting signal received by the receiving unit in a storage medium... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080098420 - Distribution and display of advertising for devices in a network: A system and associated apparatus and methods for the distribution, selection and display of advertising content for devices operating in a network. The devices need not initiate a point-to-point communication with an ad server to provide the ability to filter received advertising content and enable the display of advertisements that... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080098423 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for selecting and inserting advertising into slots in broadcast content: Methods, systems, and computer program products that facilitate selecting advertisements for insertion into advertisement slots in broadcast content are provided. Broadcast criteria for the content and viewer criteria are identified. Broadcast criteria includes information about the content and viewer criteria includes information about viewers to whom the content is targeted.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20080098424 - Operating room educational television \"oredutv\": An apparatus for viewing information includes a wireless interactive monitor including a screen for displaying the information and adapted to receive the information wirelessly and a surgeon scrub sink for allowing a surgeon to sterilize the hands of the surgeon, positioned under the wireless interactive monitor.... Agent: Wilson Daniel Swayze, Jr.

20080098427 - Broadcast receiving device and method for searching channels thereof: A broadcast receiving device which automatically detects whether digital channels are scrambled according to a command and a method for searching channels thereof are provided. The broadcast receiving device includes a channel map storage unit which stores broadcast channel data regarding broadcast channel, an input unit which receives a command,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080098426 - Decoding multiple remote control code sets: A method of processing remote control commands at a control device consistent with certain embodiments involves at the control device, receiving commands directed to the control device; at the control device, receiving a command directed to a source device, the source device being operative to provide video content to a... Agent: Miller Patent Services

20080098429 - Epg generation apparatus, and epg generation method: An electronic program guide (EPG) generation apparatus that generates an EPG, the apparatus comprising: an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding each program to be displayed in the EPG; a first determination unit configured to determine the size of a first display area representing the broadcast times of... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080098430 - Method for providing program image information in digital broadcasting receiving device: A method for providing program image information in a digital broadcasting receiving device. The method includes receiving image broadcasting information segments containing pre-edited program image information about a plurality of channels to be displayed by displaying in a plurality of areas of a display screen and displaying the received image... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080098432 - Metadata from image recognition: A method of acquiring data associated with a television program consistent with certain embodiments involves acquiring information that identifies a currently playing television program; receiving a command from a user interface that selects an image forming a portion of a frame of video displayed on the television, wherein said frame... Agent: Miller Patent Services

20080098433 - User managed internet links from tv: A method of providing access to content associated with a television program consistent with certain embodiments involves acquiring information that identifies a currently playing television program; accessing a specified web site that contains a database that relates television programs with links to associated content on the Internet; querying the specified... Agent: Miller Patent Services

20080098434 - Digital broadcasting receiving device and method for audibly informing of channel change: Provided are a digital broadcasting receiving device and method for audibly informing a user of a channel change. The method includes searching for channel information and channel audio guide signal premapped to the channel information, upon sensing a channel change, selecting a channel audio guide signal corresponding to the channel... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080098435 - Method of tuning according to varying length of key input and broadcast receiving apparatus using the same: Provided are a tuning method according to a variable key input length and a broadcast receiving apparatus using the tuning method. The tuning method includes: if it is determined that an input length of one of at least one or more key inputs is more than or equal to a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080098437 - System and method for reserving preference event of broadcasting program: There is provided a preference event reservation system of a broadcasting program including: a head end inserting event information into a broadcasting program sued broadcasting the broadcasting program containing the event information and an event information list; and a client terminal. The client terminal includes a controller displaying the event... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080098436 - Top recording events list for media device: In one embodiment, a method comprises extracting future event recording selections scheduled on a plurality of media devices. Each of the plurality of media devices is coupled through a private access network to a service provider and includes a digital video recorder. The method further comprises aggregating recorded data based... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080098442 - Delivering individualized content over a broadcast network: In various embodiments, a unidirectional broadcast network is utilized to provide digital content to users in a manner that allows users' computing devices to maintain synchrony with personal, relevant information. In at least some embodiments, the broadcast network utilizes a data channel and a signaling channel. The data channel is... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080098422 - Triggering of television advertisements: A method for providing television advertising includes determining a number of times that an advertisement has been presented to a user via a digital home communication terminal (DHCT), and presenting the advertisement only if it is determined that the advertisement has been presented less than a predetermined number of times.... Agent: Scientific-atlanta, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20080098421 - User preference television advertising: A method for providing television advertising includes receiving user input for selecting an advertising parameter and providing a user with an advertisement corresponding to the advertising parameter.... Agent: Scientific-atlanta, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20080098425 - Method and apparatus for displaying and enabling the purchase of products during video playback: A method for obtaining product information and purchasing a product. While viewing images on a video display device, an input device is used to initiate display of a video frame. A product of interest which appears is selected to obtain a display of product information. A portion of the display... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080098428 - Network managed channel change in digital networks: There are provided a circuit and corresponding method for enabling a channel change in a digital network. The circuit has inputs for receiving a channel change stream and a normal stream. The circuit further includes a multiplexer, a memory device, and a picture element detector. The multiplexer is for transmitting... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20080098431 - User interface for television schedule system: Screen (10) for a user interface of a television schedule system and process consists of an array (24) of irregular cells (26), which vary in length, corresponding to different television program lengths of one half hour to one-and-one half hours or more. The array is arranged as three columns (28)... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080098438 - System and method for object oriented hardware: A system of inter-connectable modules that can be used to build consumer electronic sub-systems and products. Familial features are included for easy setup and control. Data is passed between modules using a common interface to permit easy routing and reconfiguration of data flows.... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20080098439 - Digital broadcast receiving apparatus: A digital broadcast receiving apparatus has two systems as a receiving system: a first receiving demodulation section including a first tuner 2 and the like; and a second receiving demodulation section including a second tuner 5 and the like. A controller 19 establishes either a first receiving mode or second... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080098440 - Method and system for transmitting broadcast data: An in-vehicle device receives broadcast data from a base station A, calculates a checksum of the received broadcast data, and transmits the checksum to a base station B. The base station B determines whether the checksum received from the in-vehicle device is correct. If the checksum is not correct, the... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20080098441 - Method and apparatus for managing services provided by devices in home network: A method is provided for managing services provided by devices in a home network. A home network apparatus manages information related to services provided by all devices in a home network, and requests from a second device a substitute service capable of substituting for a service of a first device... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080098443 - Apparatus and method for activating an interactive application: An activating apparatus (300) is arranged to conditionally activate an interactive application associated with a digital program. The activating apparatus (300) has a receiving means (310) for receiving program information of the digital program and application information regarding the interactive application, a detecting means (320) for detecting a program mode... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080098444 - Content storage control apparatus and control method therefor: If there are program-related associated Web pages, a TV receiver 1000 acquires the content information of the associated Web pages from a Web server 2000 and stores it in a Web page storage unit 1006. The correspondence between the stored content information and recorded program is stored in a correspondence... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080098445 - System and method of supporting transport and playback of signals: A method and system of supporting transport and playback of signals, such as audio, video, and data signals. A reference model configured to support transport of signals according to a baseline, extended mode (1), and extended mode (2) architecture, and a subscriber video device (SVD) configured to support playback of... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080098446 - Multicast and broadcast streaming method and system: In a multicast and/or broadcast streaming environment over wired and/or wireless networks, a server provides a plurality of different streams to each group (such as multicast groups) of client devices. Each of the client devices in the respective groups tune in to one of the plurality of streams that is... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080098447 - Programming of informational channels for digital video broadcasting: a back-end system (BES) capable of generating informational programs, characterized by content and schedule, feedable into a digital video broadcasting (DVB) system connectable thereto, wherein the BES is configured to receive input signals from external sources and, in response, to alter the content and/or the schedule that characterize the program... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20080098448 - Controller configured to track user's level of anxiety and other mental and physical attributes: A method for use in an interactive system includes receiving position information for a controller that is being manipulated by a user, analyzing the position information, and estimating a condition of the user based on the analysis of the position information. Another embodiment provides a method for use in an... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080098449 - Mobile terminal and method of reproducing broadcast data using the same: The present invention relates to reproducing broadcast data in a mobile terminal. The present invention comprises receiving broadcast data through a broadcast channel, storing a part of the received broadcast data, receiving a command to reproduce the broadcast data, and reproducing the stored broadcast data from a past time point... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080098450 - Dual display apparatus and methodology for broadcast, cable television and iptv: A set top box (“STB”) apparatus configurable for handling broadcast, cable television and Internet protocol television (“IPTV”) formats by multiple operators via a single flexible operating system is provided. The set top box is enabled to receive and run different operating systems from multiple providers or operators. In another aspect,... Agent: Steven Fischman, Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20080098451 - Digital broadcasting receiver and scambled channel determination method thereof: A digital broadcasting receiver and a scrambled channel determination method thereof are provided. The digital broadcasting receiver includes a header analyzing unit which analyzes headers of a video packet and an audio packet separated from a transport stream, to thereby determine existence of a start portion of a packetized elementary... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080098452 - Tv-centric system: A TV has a TV processor and a display presenting a map showing the topology of the home network of which the TV is a part. A user can manipulate the user input device to navigate around the map and cause content to be transmitted from a source component shown... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20080092154 - Pay program providing system and television broadcast reception apparatus: A pay program providing system has: a television broadcast reception apparatus receiving video data of a pay program and address data for accessing a predetermined communication server, and displaying the address data on a screen; a communication terminal acquiring the address data displayed on the screen and accessing the communication... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080092155 - Systems and methods for automatically identifying a user profile: Systems and methods for automatically recognizing a user of an interactive media guidance application are provided. The interactive media guidance application may monitor a plurality of users' interactions with the interactive media guidance application, and determine, from the interactions, user profiles. For example, the interactive media guidance application may determine... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080092156 - Systems and methods for automatically identifying a user profile: Systems and methods for automatically recognizing a user of an interactive media guidance application are provided. The interactive media guidance application may monitor a plurality of users' interactions with the interactive media guidance application, and determine, from the interactions, user profiles. For example, the interactive media guidance application may determine... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080092157 - System and method of restricting access to video content: Disclosed are a system and method of restricting access to video content. In a particular embodiment, the method includes sending a request for video content to a set-top box device from a remote user device via a video distribution network. The method also includes receiving location data at the remote... Agent: Toler Law Group

20080092158 - Interactive content for media content access systems and methods: In one of many possible embodiments, a system includes a content delivery subsystem providing an enhanced content data stream, which includes media content from a first source and interactive advertising content from a second source. The system further includes a content processing subsystem communicatively coupled to the media content delivery... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080092160 - System and method for view of transactions and events with dynamic updates: In one embodiment, a method that can be performed on a system, is provided for view of transactions with dynamic updates. In one embodiment, the method comprises a portal assigned to a user, receiving one or more syndication feeds; the portal receiving one or more events, the events being non-syndication... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20080092159 - Targeted video advertising: A computer-implemented method of providing targeted video promotional material is disclosed. The method includes transmitting a promotional item for display on a video terminal, determining whether the promotional item was skipped, and updating a profile corresponding to the promotional item or a viewer of the promotional item based on whether... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080092161 - Interactive television service system for providing personalized advertising message: An interactive television service system for providing personalized advertising message is provided, which connects to at least one set-top box by a network. The system includes a back-end interactive television server and an advertising message management module. The back-end interactive television server connects to the set-top box through the network,... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080092164 - Providing a supplemental content service for communication networks: Communication networks and methods are disclosed that provide a supplemental content service. The supplemental content service provides synchronized supplemental content, such as media clips, to a user over a communication network (e.g., a mobile wireless network). A content provider offering a primary content stream (e.g., a television program) broadcasts the... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20080092165 - Video signal receiving apparatus, display device, display system, and information updating method of display system: A video signal receiving apparatus, includes: a plurality of receiving parts which receive a video signal; a plurality of communicating parts which transmit the video signal to a plurality of external display devices, and transmit and receive control data for changing a display property of the video signal and a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080092171 - Control tools for media content access systems and methods: In one of many possible embodiments, a system includes a media content processing subsystem including an output driver configured to provide at least a component of a media content instance to a display for presentation to a user, and a receiver configured to receive an input command initiated by the... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080092169 - Systems and methods for modifying an interactive media guidance application interface based on time of day: Systems and methods for automatically displaying personalized interactive media guidance application screens based on the time of day are provided. The interactive media guidance application may monitor user interactions with the user equipment, and identify individual user profiles for different times of day. Using this information, the interactive media guidance... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080092170 - Systems and methods for modifying an interactive media guidance application interface based on time of day: Systems and methods for automatically displaying personalized interactive media guidance application screens based on the time of day are provided. The interactive media guidance application may monitor user interactions with the user equipment, and identify individual user profiles for different times of day. Using this information, the interactive media guidance... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080092172 - Method and apparatus for a zooming feature for mobile video service: The new zooming feature of the present invention applies to video service on mobile phones. The feature offers more interaction between the end user and the video server and it provides more interesting viewing. It has the potential to become a service differentiator for video services provided by wireless service... Agent: Lucent Technologies Inc. Docket Administrator - Room 3j-219

20080092173 - Systems and methods for modifying an interactive media guidance application interface based on time of day: Systems and methods for automatically displaying personalized interactive media guidance application screens based on the time of day are provided. The interactive media guidance application may monitor user interactions with the user equipment, and identify individual user profiles for different times of day. Using this information, the interactive media guidance... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080092174 - Method for using a video content recording apparatus with card-slot-specific recording: A method for using a video content recording apparatus with card-slot-specific recording is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is provided comprising selecting one of a plurality of inputs based on information about video content, and recording the video content onto a removable memory device received by the selected one... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/sandisk

20080092175 - Methods and apparatus for implementing dynamic program guides on mobile devices: Mechanisms are provided for allowing a mobile device to dynamically obtain program guide data. A mobile device having the capability of playing media streams is configurable to dynamically request program guide structure information followed by program guide content information. In one example, the program guide structure information allows a user... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080092176 - System and method of providing interactive content: In a particular embodiment, a method includes receiving a request for interactive content at a mediation device, the request sent from a set-top box device via a secure network. The method also includes receiving the interactive content at the mediation device from at least one content provider via an unsecured... Agent: Toler Law Group

20080092177 - Mobile digital video recorders: With mobile devices and computers coming together and being internet-ready, there is tremendous potential for improved content-delivery mechanisms. What external Digital Video Recorders (DVR) and set-top boxes have done for traditional television industry, a similar set up is proposed to do the same for mobile devices. The fusion of a... Agent: Moazzam & Associates, LLC Matters For Cingular Wireless Ii, LLC

20080092179 - Multifunctional mobile communication device: A multifunctional mobile communication device includes a main body (10) provided with a screen (102), at least one keypad, a main board (12), a TV button (221), a screen button (223), one ore more ports (241) and an antenna. The main board is electronically connected with a display module (14),... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080092178 - Streaming video: A system for streaming video is disclosed. A requesting device transmits a streaming video request to an intermediate server. The intermediate server sends a WAP Push to a receiving device. The receiving device may accept or reject the request. If it accepts, a video streaming session is opened between the... Agent: Moazzam & Associates, LLC Matters For Cingular Wireless Ii, LLC

20080092180 - Satellite ground control system using communication satellite: Provided is a satellite ground control system and method based on a communication satellite. The system includes: a communication satellite link means for monitoring and controlling a system device and transmitting remote measurement data and a process result to the central control station; an interface for analyzing the command, transmitting... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080092162 - System, method, apparatus, and computer media for distributing targeted alerts: A method of presenting content, including steps of: determining a location associated with a user; receiving notice of a dynamic content alert (DCA); creating an advertisement that includes real-time information related to the dynamic content being within a predetermined range of the location associated with the user; and presenting the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080092163 - Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving electronic service guide in digital broadcasting system: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving signaling information to transfer Electronic Service Guide (ESG) data using a multi-stream mode in providing an ESG in a digital broadcasting system the method including collecting ESG data to be transmitted, setting a number of IP streams to transmit the ESG data... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080092166 - System for handling program meta-data: A method of accessing program meta-data is disclosed. The method includes receiving a plurality of program meta-data virtual containers, at least one of the virtual containers comprising normalized program meta-data of programs having instances in a plurality of time windows, receiving an input indicating a selected time window, the input... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20080092168 - Audio and video program recording, editing and playback systems using metadata: A system for utilizing metadata created either at a central location for shared use by connected users, or at each individual user's location, to enhance user's enjoyment of available broadcast programming content. A variety of mechanisms are employed for automatically and manually identifying and designating programming segments, associating descriptive metadata... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080092167 - Display apparatus and information saving method thereof: A display apparatus includes: a saving part; a user inputting part; a receiving part which receives broadcasting signal including at least one data information; a signal processing part which performs signal processing by extracting the data information from the received broadcasting signal; and a controlling part which enables a user... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080092181 - Methods and apparatus for providing virtual content over a network: Methods and apparatus for selecting, purchasing and delivering content to users of a network so that the user has “virtual” ownership of and access to the content, thereby obviating the need for physical media (e.g., DVDs or CDs). In an exemplary embodiment, the network comprises a hybrid fiber coax (HFC)... Agent: Gazdzinski & Associates

20080092182 - Methods and apparatus for sending content to a media player: The present disclosure provides methods and apparatus for sending content to a media player. In general, a user of the disclosed system consumes a plurality of media content (e.g., audio content, visual content, audiovisual content, etc.) distributed from a media server. The content preferably include advertising content and non-advertising content.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080092183 - Multi-carrier frequency-division multiplexing (fdm) architecture for high speed digital service: An architecture for providing high-speed access over frequency-division multiplexed (FDM) channels allows transmission of ethernet frames and/or other data across a cable transmission network or other form of FDM transport. The architecture involves downstream and upstream FDM multiplexing techniques to allow contemporaneous, parallel communications across a plurality of frequency channels.... Agent: Scientific-atlanta, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20080092186 - Video display with built-in optical drive: A video display capable of receiving, decoding and displaying video content received via a data network while also having the capability to play video content from a built-in optical disk drive.... Agent: Rory Briski

20080092184 - Apparatus for receiving adaptive broadcast signal and method thereof: An apparatus for receiving an adaptive broadcast signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes linking an IP network, sending display status information for a receiver to a service provider via the linked IP network, receiving an available service information list provided by the service provider based on... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20080092185 - Apparatus for receiving adaptive broadcast signal and method thereof: An apparatus for receiving an adaptive broadcast signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes linking an IP network, sending network environment information for a receiver and program selection information to a service provider via the linked IP network, and providing the receiver with at least one service... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20080092187 - Catv system, management device, cable modem and program: A cable modem of a CATV system includes an address monitoring unit and a proxy requesting unit. The address monitoring unit monitors an address of at least one set top box connected to the cable modem based on a content of transmission sent to the cable modem from the set... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080092188 - Method and system for integrated cable modem and dvb-h receiver and/or transmitter: Certain aspects of a method and system for processing multimedia data may include receiving a DVB-H signal via a DVB-H receiver integrated within a cable modem. The cable modem may include a wireless interface and/or a wired interface. The received DVB-H signal may be routed from within the cable modem... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080092189 - Web video distribution system for e-commerce, information-based or services websites: A method of presenting video content to clients of an e-commerce, information-based or services website is provided enabling their website designers or providers to benefit from the vastly growing amount of video content on the Internet and automate the integration of already generated video content into their web services pages,... Agent: Lumen Patent Firm, Inc.

20080092190 - Video delivery of oilfield data: A data delivering system comprises a video server receiving and processing oilfield data into a video delivery, and a network delivering the video delivery from the video server to at least one client device, where the video delivery including a plurality of sections.... Agent: Schlumberger Information Solutions

20080092191 - Dynamic program rebroadcast: A method of negotiating the rebroadcast of a desired program, comprising: determining that a desired program is available for rebroadcast; selecting a specific rebroadcast time; communicating the specific rebroadcast time to the television service provider; and setting the desired program to record at the selected rebroadcast time.... Agent: Tod Debie

20080092192 - Method and system for tuning an antenna using injection: Certain aspects of a method and system for tuning an antenna using injection may include mixing a received DVB-H signal with a reference oscillator signal to generate an added DVB-H signal. A mixed signal may be generated from the added DVB-H signal using the reference oscillator signal. A wireless antenna... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080092193 - Methods and systems for creating video files for a mobile device: A method for creating a video clip for a mobile device using a video processing system is provided. The method includes uploading at least one video file to the video processing system, the video processing system including a video editor module, editing using the video editor module to produce a... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080092195 - Digital broadcast receiver and broadcast data processing method: A digital broadcast receiver and broadcast data processing method includes: separating received digital broadcast data into audio data and video data; detecting an image frame of a specified type in the video data to decode the detected image frame into output video data; synchronizing the output video data with the... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080092194 - Beam combining and hybrid beam selection method for improving digital broadcasting reception performance, and digital broadcasting receiving apparatus using the same: Provided are a beam combining and hybrid beam selection method that can improve digital broadcasting reception performance by combining more than two beam output signals (beam combination type) instead of simply selecting one of beam output signals (beam selection type), or even selecting an optimal method between the beam selection... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080092197 - Method of upgrading software by using common module shared by multiple models, and digital broadcast receiver therefor: Provided are a method of upgrading software by using a common module shared by a plurality of models, and a digital broadcast receiver therefor. The method includes receiving a digital broadcast signal which contains a common module shared by a plurality of models of the digital broadcast receiver, separately from... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080092196 - Non-provisional utility method and apparatus for receiving, storing, and executing data broadcast application: Provided are a method and apparatus for receiving, storing, and executing a data broadcast application. The apparatus includes an application controller that determines whether receiving of application data needed to execute an application is completed before storing of a data broadcast is completed, allows the received application data to be... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080092200 - Interface systems for portable digital media storage and playback devices: A docking assembly serves as an interface between (1) a portable digital media storage and playback (PDMSP) device, and (2) a media reproduction system. A remote controller preferably controls the docking assembly and PDMSP device, which may receive electric charge from the assembly. Media reproduction systems may reproduce audio and... Agent: Intellectual Property / Technology Law

20080092198 - Method for using a video content recording apparatus with electronic program guide functionality: A method for using a video content recording apparatus with electronic program guide functionality is disclosed. In one embodiment, a video content recording apparatus receives a removable memory device storing electronic program guide data, displays an electronic program guide that uses the electronic program guide data, and records, onto a... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/sandisk

20080092199 - System and method for distributing dynamic event data in an internet protocol television system: A method for distributing dynamic event notification data in an internet protocol television (IPTV) system including receiving at an IPTV server the dynamic event notification data indicating an occurrence of a dynamic event; identifying at the IPTV server a current IPTV viewer associated with an IPTV end user client device;... Agent: G. Michael Roebuck, PC

20080092203 - Approach for channel switch time reduction in ipdc over dvb-h: Provided are apparatuses and methods for reducing channel switching time in a network environment. The user of a mobile terminal may receive a data stream containing numerous television programs or services. Each of the programs or services may have a Packet Identification (PID) and/or IP address. The invention reduces channel... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080092202 - Portable golf spectator information system: A system for conveying viewer-selected information to viewers of a golf tournament includes a group of external input signals, a command facility, and a remote device able to convey viewer-selected information to the viewer. The external signals are from a group that includes at least a real-time identity of a... Agent: Berggren Law Offices, LLC

20080092201 - Providing a supplemental content service for communication networks: Communication networks and methods are disclosed that provide a supplemental content service. The supplemental content service provides synchronized supplemental content, such as media clips, to a user over a communication network (e.g., a mobile wireless network). A content provider offering a primary content stream (e.g., a television program) broadcasts the... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20080092204 - Configuring and connecting to a media wireless network: A method performed by a wireless media device such as a wireless loudspeaker subsystem for configuring and connecting to a media wireless network. The wireless media device first associates to an existing infrastructure based wireless network at a first phase. At a second phase, the wireless media device establishes a... Agent: Dov Rosenfeld

20080092205 - High-quality twisted-pair transmission line system for high-resolution video: A system comprising a first filter having an input and an output adapted to compensate for the characteristics of a first length of twisted-pair wire is disclosed. A first bypass path has an input and an output for bypassing the first filter. A second filter has an input and an... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080086742 - Systems and methods for real-time interactive television polling: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing polling related data to viewers in an interactive cable televisions system. Users viewing a program can initiate a request for participating in a polling activity. The request and other program-related information are sent to the cable television system provider. Appropriate polling window data... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080086744 - Broadcasting receiving apparatus and control method thereof: A broadcasting receiving method and apparatus are provided. The broadcasting receiving apparatus includes a receiver which receives a broadcasting signal; a storing part which stores a channel corresponding to the received broadcasting signal; an electric field intensity measuring part which measures an electric field intensity of the broadcasting signal corresponding... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080086743 - Enhanced personal video recorder: A personal video recorder coupled to a server provides a capability to record one or more missed portions of a TV program. The personal video recorder provides a way for a user to record the full content of a TV program even though the personal video recorder was not activated... Agent: Stephen B. Ackerman

20080086747 - Systems and methods for acquiring, categorizing and delivering media in interactive media guidance applications: Systems and methods are discussed for providing guidance for Internet-delivered media. In some embodiments, information on available media on the Internet is gathered. The information is associated with existing media guidance data. The associations enable a media guidance application to identify relevant online media and to display listings in a... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080086748 - Method and apparatus for automatically updating data broadcasting: A method and apparatus are provided for automatically updating data broadcasting through a broadcasting terminal, while audio/video (A/V) broadcasting is being watched. The method includes: comparing a predetermined update period of the data broadcasting with an elapsed time; if the elapsed time is greater than the update period, and if... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080086749 - Device, method and system of wireless communication of user input to a video source: Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of wireless communication of user input to a video source. A wireless video communication system may include, for example, a wireless video transmitter capable of transmitting a wireless video downlink transmission representing video data generated by a video source; and a wireless... Agent: Empk & Shiloh, LLP

20080086750 - Methods and apparatus for selecting and pushing customized electronic media content: Methods and an apparatus for selecting and pushing customized electronic media content are disclosed. An example method selects a piece of electronic media content based on user characteristic data associated with a user; identifies a storage capacity of a user device associated with the user; and pushes at least a... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, Llc

20080086753 - Method and system for monitoring broadcast audio programs from the beginning of the programs: A method and system for monitoring broadcast programs from the beginning of the programs is provided. The system includes a tuner configured to receive and decode broadcast signals and provide programming as an output. The system also includes a buffer coupled to the tuner that stores programming from the tuner... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080086741 - Audience commonality and measurement: Audience commonality metrics for characterizing the relationship between networked media channels based on audience overlap of identified visitor entities and their related media consumption histories. Audience commonality metrics may be scalars or multi-dimensional metrics and may take into account and/or be used in conjunction with data related to on- or... Agent: Fernandez & Associates LLP

20080086745 - Program guide system with advertisements: An interactive television program guide is provided in which advertisements may be displayed on program guide screens. Banner advertisements may be displayed above and below program listings. Panel advertisements may be provided adjacent to program listings. The advertisements may contain video. The advertisements may be used to promote television programs... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080086746 - Simultaneously viewing multiple programs within a television program guide: Methods and systems are provided for viewing multiple television programs within a television program guide. A multiple tuner set-top box executes a client application for generating a program guide for tuning and recording television programs in a television services network. The client application receives a user selection of a program... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20080086751 - Methods and apparatus for scheduling, serving, receiving media-on-demand for clients, servers arranged according to constraints on resources: A media object is scheduled for transmission between a server and a client. The media object is partitioned into segments of blocks, wherein each block is a unit of media for which a client will wait to receive an entire block before playing out the block, and wherein each segment... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080086752 - System for managing, converting, and displaying video content uploaded online and converted to a video-on-demand platform: A video-on-demand (VOD) content delivery system has a VOD Application Server which manages a database of templates ordered in a hierarchy for presentation of video content elements of different selected types categorized in hierarchical order. The templates include those for higher-order displays which have one or more links to lower-order... Agent: Leighton K. Chong Patent Attorney

20080086754 - Peer to peer media distribution system and method: A method is disclosed that includes receiving a multimedia data stream comprising audio data, video data, and text data at a first electronic device of a plurality of electronic devices responsive to a network. A content structure of the multimedia data stream is automatically determined at least partially based on... Agent: Toler Law Group

20080086755 - Recursive subscriptions to content feeds: At a client device, a user subscribes to a specified stream, where the specified stream includes one or more other streams. A respective stream of the one or more other streams includes two or more content feeds, and each content feed includes a set of content items published by a... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP.

20080086756 - Media selection triggered through broadcast data: An electronic device is configured to perform different actions (e.g. playing media content) for an alarm in response to a received broadcast signal. The broadcast data received by the device is used to determine what action to perform when the alarm is triggered. The action to be performed may change... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20080082995 - Method and apparatus for monitoring tv channel selecting status: To accurately detect the channel being actually selected by a TV having built therein a digital tuner, a terminal device connected to the TV analyzes the preamble of a digital audio signal from the TV to thereby detect a change of audio data-type, and for each viewing period from the... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080082996 - Method and apparatus for channel change of digital broadcasting receiver: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for changing channels of a digital broadcasting receiver, and more particularly, a method and apparatus for reducing a channel change time by previously receiving and buffering digital broadcasting signals of a plurality of channels continuously adjacent to one side of a main channel in... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080082997 - Method and system for displaying digital broadcast data: A method and system for displaying digital broadcast signals are disclosed. The method displays a broadcast signal, transmitted from a portable terminal having a digital broadcast receiver, on an external device having a decoding unit. When the external device transmits a digital broadcast playback request and selected channel information, the... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080082998 - Epg providing apparatus and method: Provided are an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) providing apparatus and method. The EPG providing apparatus includes a receiver receiving EPG channel information from a broadcast receiver, a channel table showing entire broadcast channel information, and a display device displaying a screen of a channel corresponding to a current location of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080082999 - Broadcast receiver, server device and program recommending method of broadcast receiver: According to one embodiment, a broadcast receiver includes a tuner which receives and demodulates a broadcast signal, an extracting section which extracts electronic program information from the demodulated broadcast signal, a generating section which displays a setting screen and generates input information for the setting screen, a communication section which... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080083001 - Intelligent program guide time slot selection: Mechanisms are provided for allowing improved selection of program guide information. Program guide information includes channel, time, and program listing information. In particular examples, each program listing is associated with a time slot having beginning time slot boundary and an end time slot boundary. Program listing information can be viewed... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080083000 - Electronic programme guide for a mobile communications device: In a mobile communications device, a method of processing data received from digital audio broadcast receiver hardware to generate an electronic programme guide for the content provided by a plurality of sub-channels received by said receiver, the method comprising: i) processing each file containing electronic programme information for a plurality... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080083002 - Information processing apparatus displaying indices of video contents, information processing method and information processing program: In order to quicken switching of indices and reduce the time required for display after switching, a mobile phone includes a video content specifying portion to specify at least one video content, an index element generating portion to generate a thumbnail for a video content when accepting a generation instruction... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080083003 - System for providing promotional content as part of secondary content associated with a primary broadcast: The system provides a computer based presentation of promotional content synchronized to a broadcast and not merely to an event. The system includes a customizable interface that uses a broadcast and a plurality of secondary sources to present data and information to a user to enhance and optimize a broadcast... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20080083004 - Apparatus for receiving adaptive broadcast signal and method thereof: An apparatus for receiving an adaptive broadcast signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes linking an IP network, sending supported codec information for a receiver to a service provider via the linked IP network, receiving an available service information list provided by the service provider based on... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20080083006 - Method and dvb-h reception terminal for receiving esg data based on a session partitioning rule: A method is disclosed for efficiently receiving Electronic Service Guide (ESG) data for a Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld (DVB-H) broadcast service in a DVB-H reception terminal. When ESG data to which session partitioning rules are applied is received in a multiple-stream mode, session-by-session rules are detected. On the basis of the... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080083005 - Method and apparatus for processing digital mobile broadcast-related data in mobile communication terminal using universal subscriber identity module: A method and apparatus for processing digital mobile broadcast-related data are disclosed. The method and apparatus store digital mobile broadcast-related data, such as an Electronic Program Guide (EPG), a favorite channel list, etc., in a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM), and update the stored data, such that the digital mobile... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080083007 - Virtual channel table for a broadcast protocol and method of broadcasting and receiving broadcast signals using the same: A virtual channel table for broadcasting protocol and a method for broadcasting by using the virtual channel table includes identification information identifying and permitting discrimination of active and inactive channels contained in the virtual channel table. At a receiver, the virtual channel table transmitted from the transmitting side is parsed,... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20080083008 - Broadcasting receiving apparatus and control method thereof: A broadcasting receiving apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The broadcasting receiving apparatus comprises a signal receiver which receives a broadcasting signal; a demultiplexer which extracts predetermined additional information from the broadcasting signal; a storage part which stores area setting information corresponding to area information of a reception... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC