Interactive video distribution systems inventions 07/08

20080184283 - Remote console for central administration of usage credit: A management console may be used to monitor available usage on a pay-per-use electronic device, such as a pay-per-use computer. When the management console determines that any of tie monitored electronic devices has reached a trigger level the management console may re-charge the electronic device with value. The value may... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20080184284 - System and method for filtering audio content: A system and method for filtering audio content are provided. An audio data filtering system may include an input interface to receive audio data. The system may also include an analysis module to compare a textual representation of the audio data to data identifying prohibited audio content. The system may... Agent: Toler Law Group

20080184286 - Method and apparatus for displaying television programs and related text: A television viewer uses a PIP format for display of program related information such as television program listings from a program schedule data base in the background and moving, real time or stored video clip images of a program selected from the displayed listings in the PIP window. All the... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080184285 - Multi-selection apparatus and method: The present invention provides a multi-selection apparatus and method. A multi-selection apparatus includes: a display unit to display a first area in which a plurality of contents are arranged in a line along a predetermined axis and a second area arranged in parallel to the first area; an input unit... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080184287 - System and method for creating a customized video advertisement: A video customization system is disclosed that allows the user of a client system (the client) to easily create a customized video advertisement. A client system accesses a remote system through a network, and is presented with a graphical user interface (GUI). The client may select a video from a... Agent: Muskin & Cusick LLC

20080184288 - System and method for creating a customized video advertisement: A distributed video advertisement marketplace is disclosed. The system enables one or more intermediary systems to access the video templates and functionality of a remote system by using remote procedure calls. A remote system responds to these remote procedure calls with an appropriate remote procedure call response. The intermediary system... Agent: Muskin & Cusick LLC

20080184289 - Asset targeting system for limited resource environments: The present invention provides targeted asset system implementations in contexts where there is limited or no ability to use a real-time return channel for communications from user equipment devices (e.g., STB) to the network. In one arrangement, a household classifier is generated and delivered to user equipment devices. The household... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20080184290 - Portable electronic device and method for displaying large format data files: A portable electronic device includes a rendering circuit to visualize large format data files on a narrow display. The large format data files are rendered using either a desktop display mode or a mobile display mode. The desktop display mode renders the data file using data file-specified dimensions and resolutions.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080184291 - Digital broadcast reception device and digital broadcast recording device: This digital broadcast reception device includes a tuner unit, a channel table recording unit, an image output unit, an OSD generation unit, an actuation unit, and a channel presetting unit. The channel table recording unit records a channel table. An auto presetting unit sets virtual channels. If the number of... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080184292 - Broadcast signal processing apparatus and channel tuning method: A broadcast signal processing apparatus and channel tuning method are provided. The method comprises a host including Open Cable Application Platform (OCAP) middleware for communication with an application program provided from a broadcasting station, and a memory for storing programs and data. The method further includes: transferring the input channel... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080184293 - Combination of recorded program index and epg: A television system has a television viewing mode and a guide mode. The guide mode includes an electronic program guide (EPG), which provides the viewer program information for tuned programs, and a tape index guide (TIG), which provides information for programs recorded on a video cassette. In both guides, real... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080184296 - Electronic television program guide schedule system and method: An electronic program schedule system which includes a receiver for receiving broadcast, satellite or cablecast television programs for a plurality of television channels and a tuner for tuning a television receiver to a selected one of the plurality of channels. A data processor receives and stores in a memory television... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080184294 - Interactive television program guide with simultaneous watch and record capabilities: An interactive television program guide system is provided in which a user may use the program guide to watch one program while simultaneously recording another program without interrupting the recording or viewing process. This interactive television program guide system also allows a user the to utilize all or some of... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080184299 - Method and dvb-h terminal for confirming integrity of container: Disclosed is a method for ensuring the integrity of a container to be transmitted to a Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld (DVB-H) terminal. A DVB-H server divides a container in which data required to deliver broadcasting information is included into one or more sections, extracts a Cycle Redundancy Check (CRC) value related... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080184298 - Network system, server apparatus, terminal apparatus, display method of content guide, program for server apparatus, program for terminal apparatus: A network system in which a terminal apparatus, a recording apparatus, and a server apparatus are connectable via a network is disclosed. The server apparatus includes a service processing unit performing a service of reserving recording of a content to the recording apparatus by a request from the terminal apparatus,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080184300 - Premium channel promotion system and method: The present invention is directed to a television schedule guide which includes a detector for determining whether a previously scrambled program is unscrambled. If a previously scrambled program is momentarily unscrambled due to promotional efforts by the program provider, the system will visually distinguish the program on the guide, and... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080184297 - Systems and methods for interactive program guides with personal video recording features: Methods and systems that provide enhanced personal video recorder (“PVR”) and interactive television program guide (“IPG”) functionality are provided. An interactive television application (“application”) may be implemented to provide such functionality. The application may be used to display a list of PVR recordings, to schedule recordings to a PVR, to... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080184295 - Television control interface with electronic guide: An on-screen menu method and system for controlling the functions of integrated electronic devices and a television schedule system and method for displaying television schedule information on a television screen includes a program guide having a schedule information area that depicts the programs that are being presented on each channel... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080184304 - Client-server based interactive television program guide system with remote server recording: An interactive television program guide system is provided. An interactive television program guide provides users with an opportunity to select programs for recording on a remote media server. Programs may also be recorded on a local media server. The program guide provides users with VCR-like control over programs that are... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080184306 - Client-server based interactive television program guide system with remote server recording: An interactive television program guide system is provided. An interactive television program guide provides users with an opportunity to select programs for recording on a remote media server. Programs may also be recorded on a local media server. The program guide provides users with VCR-like control over programs that are... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080184302 - Interactive television program guide system with pay program package promotion: A system is provided that allows a user to select a pay program for purchase from a program guide. The program guide determines whether the selected program is part of a package of pay programs. If the selected program is part of a package, information regarding the package is provided... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080184301 - Interactive television system with programming-related links: An interactive television system with programming-related links is provided. The system may include user television equipment on which interactive program guide and non-program-guide applications may be implemented. Information that is displayed in a display screen for a non-program-guide application may be related to programming. A display screen or overlay for... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080184303 - Method and system for displaying advertising, video, and program schedule listing: A television schedule system and method for displaying television schedule information on a television screen includes a program guide having a schedule information area that depicts the programs that are being presented on each channel at each time during the day. An input device allows the viewer to browse through... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080184307 - Method of processing channel information and receiver: A method of processing channel information of a transmitter/receiver and a receiver are disclosed. The method of processing channel information of the transmitter includes service provider identification information in service provider discovery information, includes content provider identification information and content service identification information in service discovery information and transmitting the... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20080184305 - Systems and methods for contextually linking television program information: The present invention provides systems and methods for providing television schedule information to a viewer, and for allowing the viewer to link, search, select and interact with information in a remote database, e.g., a database on the internet. The television schedule information can be displayed on a variety of viewer... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080184308 - Electronic program guide with related-program search feature: A system for searching for programs is provided. The system may provide the user with an opportunity to indicate an interest in a given program. The system may provide the user with an opportunity to request that the system locate programs that are related to the given program in which... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080184309 - Interactive program guide navigator menu system: An interactive program guide system is provided. The program guide system has a logically flat navigator menu structure made up of program guide categories and selectable program guide options. Program guide categories correspond to fairly broad groups of program guide features. Selectable program guide options correspond to more specific program... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080184310 - Interactive program guide systems and processes: Interactive program guide systems and related processes are provided which can automatically tune a television, or program a VCR, based on program selections made from program schedule information displayed on a television or other suitable video monitor. The interactive program guide is preferably implemented using a microprocessor-controlled set-top box that... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080184311 - Electronic-mail reminder for an internet television program guide: An Internet television program guide electronic-mail (e-mail) reminder system is provided. The system allows a user at a multimedia system to order and receive e-mail message reminders of scheduled television events over the Internet. The user can order e-mail reminders after selecting a program from the program listings or by... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080184312 - Interactive computer system for providing television schedule information: The present invention provides systems and methods for providing television schedule and/or listing information to a viewer, and for allowing the viewer to link, search, select and interact with information in a remote database, e.g., a database on the internet. The television schedule and/or listing information can be displayed on... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080184314 - Schedule-table presenting apparatus and schedule-table presenting method: A schedule-table presenting apparatus including: a schedule acquisition section configured to acquire a schedule including the broadcasting start time and a descriptive text describing each of the events; a schedule-table generation section configured to assign a specific one of the events to a first program frame and assign a plurality... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080184313 - Series reminders and series recording from an interactive program guide: An interactive television program guide system with program series reminder and recording capabilities is provided. The system allows a user to set a reminder or schedule a recording for a single episode or for each episode of a program series. In addition, other options may be provided that allow the... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080184315 - Electronic television program guide schedule system and method with remote product ordering: An electronic program schedule system with product ordering capability which includes a data processor for receiving program schedule information for a plurality of programs, and a user control apparatus, such as a remote controller, for generating user control commands and transmitting signals to the data processor in response thereto. The... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080184316 - Stream recording apparatus: A stream recording apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive a transport stream containing TS packets which include PCRs and PTSs, a first storage unit configured to store the transport stream, an analysis unit configured to analyze the PCRs and the PTSs, a counter configured to count a STC... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080184317 - Audio visual player apparatus and system and method of content distribution using the same: A system is presented providing content to a plurality of handheld devices (including musical selections). The devices can access a server over the Internet via a WIFI or other similar wireless interconnection and can download songs requested by a user from the server or from other users using, e.g., a... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20080184318 - System and method for acquiring broadcast program content: The present invention provides a system and method for acquiring broadcast program content transmitted by a satellite network and received at a device capable of providing an audio or video output in response to receiving the satellite transmission. The user issues the request while the desired program content is being... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20080184319 - Method and apparatus for time-shifting video and text in a text-enhanced television program: A television system allows a viewer of a text-enhanced television program to pause the program at a particular frame, browse the enhancements at his or her leisure, and then resume viewing the program from that frame, without losing continuity of the video and enhancement portions of the program, or program... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080184320 - Tvod processing device and computer kvm switch thereof: A processing device and computer KVM switch for providing true video on demand, and which is mainly to provide true video information for many computing devices is proposed. The processing device is connected with the video display electrically through the video display interface, and is connected with the computing devices... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080184321 - Interactive program guide systems and processes: Interactive program guide systems and related processes are provided which can automatically tune a television, or program a VCR, based on program selections made from program schedule information displayed on a television or other suitable video monitor. The interactive program guide is preferably implemented using a microprocessor-controlled set-top box that... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080184322 - Schedule system with enhanced recording capability: The present invention is directed to a television schedule guide with enhanced recording capability. Specifically, the invention allows a user to schedule the recording of a television program from a remote location. In one embodiment, a user may call via telephone to schedule the recording. In another embodiment, the user... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080184323 - Communication apparatus with network multimedia playback function: A communication apparatus with a network multimedia playback function includes a network dialup module, a multimedia module and a communication exchange module. The network dialup module can receive an electronic signal from a regular telephone wire and analyze the electronic signal to obtain an analog network packet or an audio/video... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080184324 - Method for providing gui for selecting broadcast channel with keypad operated by pointer and broadcast receiving apparatus thereof: A method for providing Graphical User Interface (GUI) for selecting a broadcast channel, and a broadcast receiving apparatus having the same are provided. The GUI for selecting a broadcast channel includes a keypad having a pointer to be moved by manipulation of a user on a remote control apparatus and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080184325 - Information monitoring and updating method and system for transport stream: An information monitoring and updating method and system for a transport stream is provided. First, a transport stream is received. The transport stream includes a program specific information (PSI) table, and the PSI table is divided into a plurality of sections. Next, by setting a first filtering parameter of a... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080184326 - Community and/or chat-based content recording and consumption: Methods and an apparatus for providing recording and rendering devices with customized content and/or content information based on one or more communities that users of the devices are members of, are described herein. The communities may be collections of device users located in a given geographic area, having a certain... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20080184327 - Interactive television program guide with simultaneous watch and record capabilities: An interactive television program guide system is provided in which a user may use the program guide to watch one program while simultaneously recording another program without interrupting the recording or viewing process. This interactive television program guide system also allows a user the to utilize all or some of... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080184328 - Method of processing channel information and receiver: A method of processing channel information and a receiver are disclosed. The receiver includes a first manager, a database, a channel manager, and a second manager. The first manager may receive a packet including service provider discovery information including service provider identification information, and a packet including service discovery information... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20080178208 - Apparatus and method for editing ts program information and ts recording device using the same: An apparatus and method for editing transport stream (TS) program information, and a TS recording device using the same, the apparatus including: a demultiplexer that demultiplexes a TS in order to separate the TS into a video stream, an audio stream, and a program information section; a controller that generates... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080178209 - Apparatus and method for providing broadcast service in mobile communication system: A user authentication process when a portable terminal receives multimedia broadcasting requiring authentication is provided. The broadcasting is provided by a mobile communication system including a portable terminal capable of a user authentication process if a message indicating that broadcasting requires the authentication process is received while using the broadcast... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.c.

20080178210 - Television schedule system with access control: The present invention is directed to a television schedule system with a user interface which allows a user to control access to television programs by time, rating, content, and/or channel. Furthermore, the user may set a limit on pay-per-view (PPV) spending to limit the purchase of PPV programs.... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080178212 - Network system, access management server, event notification method, network appliance and computer program: A network system is disclosed. The system includes: a terminal device; a network appliance to be controlled by the terminal device; a service server that provides a service for controlling the network appliance over a network to the terminal device; and an access management server that receives/transmits information for accessing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080178211 - System and method for overlaying an advertisement upon a video: A system and method for displaying an advertisement in conjunction with a display of a video on a computer monitor. The system includes at least one server and a client computer that are in communication via a network. The client computer has a monitor. The server is configured to receive... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080178214 - Context relevant controls: Adjustment of operating parameters for an electronic device are enabled if the parameters are relevant to the source of the device's input signal and a user desired level of control of the device.... Agent: Kevin L. Russell Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel LLP

20080178213 - Method and apparatus for an interactive display system: A computer-implemented method for interacting with a computer-system includes detecting a display surface entering an area serviced by the computer-system, projecting a video interface onto the display surface, capturing a video stream of the display surface and video interface, performing a motion analysis on the video stream to detect an... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, Llc

20080178215 - Digital/analog broadcast receiver: The present invention provides a digital/analog broadcast receiver capable of satisfying the needs of a viewer attached to analog broadcasting. When analog broadcasting cannot be received, the viewer is allowed to select whether a search to check if a station of analog broadcasting can be tuned is performed or not.... Agent: Osha Liang L.l.p.

20080178216 - Electronic television program guide schedule system and method: An electronic program schedule system which includes a receiver for receiving broadcast, satellite or cablecast television programs for a plurality of television channels and a tuner for tuning a television receiver to a selected one of the plurality of channels. A data processor receives and stores in a memory television... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080178217 - Image display method and program: To improve ease of operation with which a user selects an image when many images are simultaneously displayed on a screen, a frame, which divides many images into 12 areas, is superimposed and displayed on a screen displaying thumbnail exhibition thereon. For example, the press of a channel key allows... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080178218 - Providing a video user interface: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a user interface. First, a first input may be received and a currently displayed programming content may be shrunken. Next, the shrunken programming content may be displayed. Then, in response to the received first input and concurrent with the shrunken programming content, a... Agent: Merchant & Gould P.c.

20080178220 - Digital broadcast receiving apparatus and method of display video data in electronic program guide: A digital broadcast receiving apparatus has a receiver to receive electronic program guide (EPG) data containing video data and character data associated with TV programs and a display controller to process the EPG data to display an EPG with at least the character data on a screen, displaying of the... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20080178219 - System and method for providing video content: A method of providing video content is disclosed that includes receiving content criteria at a set-top box device. The method also includes receiving at least one selection of a video program at the set-top box device, wherein each video program includes at least one program segment. The method also includes... Agent: Toler Law Group

20080178221 - System and methods for linking television viewers with advertisers and broadcasters: The present invention provides systems and methods for providing television schedule information to a viewer, and for allowing the viewer to link, search, select and interact with information in a remote database, e.g., a database on the internet. The television schedule information can be displayed on a variety of viewer... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080178222 - Electronic television program guide schedule system and method: An electronic program schedule system which includes a receiver for receiving broadcast, satellite or cablecast television programs for a plurality of television channels and a tuner for tuning a television receiver to a selected one of the plurality of channels. A data processor receives and stores in a memory television... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080178223 - Method and apparatus for displaying television programs and related text: A television viewer uses a PIP format for display of program related information such as television program listings from a program schedule data base in the background and moving, real time or stored video clip images of a program selected from the displayed listings in the PIP window. All the... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080178224 - Upgradeable intelligent remote control device with integrated program guide: This patent describes an intelligent, programmable, universal remote control device which can be used by a user to control any device that responds to commands sent via infrared, Bluetooth, or other wireless personal area network technology. The invention includes an integrated program guide that may be updated either manually or... Agent: Michael Laude

20080178225 - Method and system for storing and accessing video data: Methods and systems for storing and accessing video data are presented. A method of storing video data may include receiving a reservation request to reserve a program for a user. The method may also include determining whether a reservation window associated with the program has expired. The reservation window may... Agent: Toler Law Group

20080178226 - Method and apparatus for providing preauthorization for a mobile receiving device to access wireless networks: A mobile wireless system (10) includes a transmitter such as a satellite (18) that broadcasts wireless signals such as boundaries for wireless networks to a mobile receiving device (22). Mobile receiving device (22) may include an antenna (26). A locating receiver (50) is used to generate locating signals so that... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20080178227 - Satellite signal frequency translation and stacking: An outdoor satellite receiving unit (ODU) receives several independent satellite signals, selects two signals with a switch matrix, downconverts the two signals to a bandstacked signal with a high and a low band signal, and outputs the bandstacked signal on the same cable to receiver units. Several satellite signals can... Agent: Clifford B. Perry

20080178228 - Communication system for home networking: A communication system for home networking, the home networking communication system including: a plurality of repeaters that are respectively provided in some zones from among a plurality of zones, a splitter that is connected to the plurality of repeaters through a coaxial cable, and a hub that is provided in... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080178229 - Home network system and method: A home network, in one embodiment including a home wiring system; a demarcation point unit in electrical communication with the home wiring system; and a home network module in electrical communication with the home wiring system. The home network module is adapted for connection to a home electronic device. The... Agent: Weiss & Arons, LLP

20080178230 - Video sharing platform providing for public and private sharing and distributed downloads of videos: A method for use in providing content includes hosting a network site on a computer network, displaying on the network site links to one or more videos, and displaying on the network site at least an on-demand preview of a first video in response to a corresponding one of the... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20080178231 - Broadcast reception device: A broadcast reception device includes a storage unit, a viewing period measurement unit that measures a period of viewing a program, a program classification unit that classifies a viewed program based on a predetermined program classification, a viewing period accumulation unit that accumulates the period measured by the viewing period... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080178232 - Method and apparatus for providing user control of video views: An approach is provided for video view selection. Multiple video feeds, corresponding to different views of a common event, are received. A control signal specifying the desired view of the event is received. Full or a portion of the video feed(s) corresponding to the user's desired view of the event... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080178233 - Audio and video program purchasing: Methods, computer readable media, and system embodiments are provided for purchasing audio and video programs. A method embodiment includes receiving program content transmitted from a content provider network to a subscriber station, the subscriber station including an output device. The method includes outputting the transmitted program content via the output... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080178234 - Video sharing platform providing for posting content to other websites: A method for use in providing content includes hosting a network site on a computer network, displaying on the network site links to one or more videos, and displaying on the network site at least an on-demand preview of a first video in response to a corresponding one of the... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20080178235 - Method and apparatus for providing copy protection using a transmittal mode command: A method and system of providing copy protection of video analog and digital signals and the like, wherein the signals are transmitted via a digital delivery network, and may comprise, for example, pay-per-view (PPV) program materials protected by copyrights of respective program rights holders. The right holders authorize video service... Agent: Patent Department Macrovision Corporation

20080178237 - Information-processing device, audiovisual distribution system and audiovisual distribution method: An information-processing device transmitting an audiovisual distribution start request mutually with another information-processing device to, thereby, start the audiovisual distribution or reception including: a distribution request part that transmits the distribution start request to another information-processing device; a distribution response part that transmits a distribution start response for the distribution... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20080178238 - System with several devices sharing content and a central server: A portable wireless communications subscriber audio and/or video player apparatus and system and method for selecting, requesting, downloading, and playing audio and/or video data content files from an Internet-based database server. The wireless link is preferably implemented in accordance with the WiFi protocol, which allows connectivity to the Internet by... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman Pc

20080178236 - Web-based video broadcasting system having multiple channels: A web-based video broadcast system, comprising at least one web page in communication with a host system to permit a plurality of users and a plurality of content providers to access the host system. The host system is programmed to register a plurality of channels, each associated with a unique... Agent: Dunlap Codding & Rogers, P.c.

20080178240 - Sending apparatus and receiving apparatus: A sending apparatus sends program information to which accompanying information is added with the program information and the accompanying information being suitable for sending. The sending apparatus contains a detection portion that detects the accompanying information, a separation portion that separates the accompanying information from the program information. The sending... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080178239 - System and method of providing selected video content: A method of providing video content selections is presented that includes storing a personalized list associated with a customer, the personalized list identifying a plurality of video content selections. The method also includes receiving data from a set-top box device of the customer, the data indicating a request for personalized... Agent: Toler Law Group

20080178241 - System and method for viewing video episodes: A system and method relates to the use of a viewing history of a set of related and sequential video episodes to determine a video episode to be played on an video receiving unit.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20080178242 - Video sharing platform providing for downloading of content to portable devices: A method for use in providing content includes hosting a network site on a computer network, displaying on the network site links to one or more videos, and displaying on the network site at least an on-demand preview of a first video in response to a corresponding one of the... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20080178243 - Multimedia client/server system with audio synchronization and methods for use therewith: A multimedia server module that is coupleable to a plurality of multimedia sources that produce at least one video signal and an associated audio signal includes an encoder module that encodes the at least one video signal to produce an encoded video signal. An RF server transceiver module transmits a... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080178244 - Systems, methods, and media for managing an interactive streaming image system: Systems, methods and media for managing an interactive streaming image system are disclosed. More particularly, hardware and/or software for generating, encoding, and transmitting image frames to ah interactive client are disclosed. One embodiment provides a method for streaming images from a server to a client. Embodiments may include receiving from... Agent: Ibm Corporation (jss) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson Pllc

20080178245 - Interactive tv system, a related meta filtering device, a related web service routing device and related application generating device: The present invention relates to an Interactive TV system for forwarding data-stream from a head-end device to a client device. The data-stream includes metadata that is related to content of said data stream. The head end device and the client-device are coupled over a communications network. The interactive TV system... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080178246 - Concealed metadata transmission system: System and method for embedding and concealing data within a video signal such that the embedded data is displayed within an unused portion of a video display area such that the embedded data is not visually offensive. In one embodiment the encoding of metadata may be executed by translating or... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080178247 - Digital broadcasting receiving apparatus and method for upgrading software thereof: A digital broadcasting receiving apparatus and a method for upgrading software thereof are provided. The digital broadcasting receiving apparatus includes a memory interface unit which supports an interface with an external memory device; a platform unit which requests a headend whether an upgrade of software is acceptable, when the external... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080178248 - Method of processing channel information and receiver: A method of processing channel information of a transmitter/receiver, and a receiver are disclosed. The method of processing channel information in the receiver receives at least two of provider identification information, region identification information, content source identification information, content genre identification information, content data characteristic identification information, channel level identification... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20080178250 - Digital broadcast reception apparatus: In a digital broadcast reception apparatus, a presetting operation is carried out and, when the presetting operation is carried out, a normal reception of a broadcast signal on a channel, which can be received in an area in which the apparatus is installed, and the normal reception of which cannot... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080178249 - Mpeg objects and systems and methods for using mpeg objects: An MPEG object is an object-oriented data structure that may be used in the creation of interactive MPEG video stream. The MPEG object data structure includes an MPEG object interface defining data received by the MPEG object and data output by the MPEG object. The MPEG object data structure further... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20080178251 - Process and system for automatically transmitting audio/video content from an electronic device to desired recipient(s): A method and apparatus for the automatic acquisition and transmission of audio-video content by a portable wireless communications device, such as a cellular telephone, is provided. The transmission of audio-video content can be initiated locally by a user of the device, or remotely. Upon initiation, audio-video content is automatically captured,... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20080172688 - Personal video recording with pools and groups: Automated personal video recording, including selecting a lender from among one or more lenders, in which the selecting is carried out in dependence upon a deficit amount, the lenders include at least one user having free storage space and at least one pool having free storage space. The method also... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20080172689 - Authorable content rating system: Techniques for generating customized rating systems for use in a DVR are described. According to one technique, a user submits a rating system definition that comprises two or more different ratings of the user's choosing. The rating system definition is stored. The rating system definition defines a customized ratings system.... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20080172690 - Promotion server using streaming media channel: More particularly, a promotion server determines an asset to be distributed such as a targeted promotion item (e.g., a commercial), and a list of STBs that are to receive it. The promotion server causes the video promotion content to be stored in VOD/streaming media servers located at the head ends.... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20080172691 - Broadcast signal processing apparatus and control method thereof: A broadcasting signal processing apparatus includes: a signal receiver which receives a broadcasting signal, the broadcast signal including an application program for providing broadcasting information; a signal processor which processes the broadcasting signal so that a video is displayed based on the broadcasting signal received by the signal receiver; and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080172692 - Program distribution system and recording and reproduction device: A program distribution system is disclosed. The system includes: a broadcast station; a recording and reproduction device that is capable of recording and reproducing data of program contents coming from the broadcast station by cable or by radio; and a content server that is capable of distributing, over a network,... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080172694 - Method, dvb-h system and terminal for providing a broadcast image using laser content: A terminal can acquire information required for an image configuration by accessing actual Electronic Service Guide (ESG) information using linking information when broadcast providers transmit Lightweight Application Scene Representation (LASeR) content including the linking information related to the LASeR content and the ESG information provided in a Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080172693 - Representing television programs using video objects: A video class is a programmatic interface and an abstraction of a receivable audio/video/data feed. A video object can be instantiated and thereafter referenced by computer applications running on the receiving device. The video object properties characterize the video object content source, and the presentation of the content on the... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080172695 - Media selection: Various technologies for selecting media (e.g., television media) are described. A media selection method displays a tool for selecting a category, such as a television genre, to a user. Upon receiving a user selection, the selected category having a number of channels is visually illustrated on a channel selection spectrum... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080172696 - Channel contract proposing apparatus, method, program and integrated circuit: A receiving unit 200 receives, from broadcast stations (10, 11), EPG information related to all the programs to be broadcast on a plurality of channels. A program recommendation unit (300) extracts, from the programs indicated in the EPG information, a recommended program, which is estimated to meet the user's preferences,... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080172697 - Program recording apparatus: A program recording apparatus for recording a program transmitted in a transport stream, includes an information acquisition portion which acquires genre information about the program from each TS packet of transmitted transport stream data, a conversion portion which converts the transport stream data into data in a predetermined format, a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080172698 - Performing support functions on a portable device: Among other things, on a portable device on which one or more AV items received from an external source are performed for a user during performance periods, at least one support function other than performing AV items, including receiving schedule information related to AV items, is performed in a background... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080172699 - Channel navigation on integrated atsc tuner tv set: A method and apparatus are described for allowing a user to select one of an analog signal source and a digital signal source in a signal processing device, wherein the signal processing device compares an analog channel number with a digital channel list, determines based on results of the comparison... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20080172700 - System for monitoring direct broadcast wireless signals: A system and method for monitoring direct broadcast satellite signals. In a most general embodiment, the invention (10) includes a mechanism (20) for receiving direct broadcast wireless signals encoded in accordance with a DSS transport protocol. The received signals are analyzed with respect to various parameters and an output is... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20080172701 - Method of transmitting/receiving digital contents and digital content reception system: A method of transmitting/receiving digital contents and a digital content reception system are disclosed. In a case of receiving a service including digital contents through the Internet, first channel information for identifying an entry point and second channel information for identifying a service provided by a service server or a... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20080172702 - Digital broadcasting receiver and control method thereof: A digital broadcasting receiver and a control method thereof. The method includes determining whether it is necessary to display a screen saver image on a display unit connected to the digital broadcasting receiver, and displaying the screen saver image on the display unit when it is necessary to display the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080172704 - Interactive audiovisual editing system: An interactive audiovisual editing system (IAVES) for providing the possibility of customizing and personalizing audiovisual/multimedia (AVMM) data/media comprises a hardware/software component that can respond to users' command inputs and process an AVMM data/media accordingly to the users' intention and display the processed data/media back to them via an AVMM display.... Agent: Brian D. Laubscher Suite 807

20080172703 - Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving graphical data: A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving graphical data are provided. The apparatus for transmitting includes a graphical data generating unit that generates graphical data; an encoder that converts the graphical data into a JPEG 2000 code stream; and a transmitting unit that transmits video streams and the code... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080172706 - Iptv system, an application server and a related location agent: m

20080172705 - Method and system for sharing video over a network: A user can create a video segment or employ an existing video segment, and then share it over a computer network. The user provides an indication that one or more particular video segments are to be shared over the network. The video segment(s) is/are then automatically assessed and determined to... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20080172707 - System and method for synchronizing video indexing between audio/video signal and data: This invention is directed to a transmission system having a broadcast data synchronization and transmission system including a stream unit which detects group of pictures (GOP) positions of a Motion Picture Expert Group (MPEG) stream to be broadcasted on a television, and a shot/scene unit which sets and marks Extendible... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080172708 - Point-to-multipoint high definition multimedia transmitter and receiver: A high definition video transmitter and receiver are disclosed. The transmitter provides high definition video to a one-point receiver or to multipoint receivers. The transmission network is asynchronous and the receiver re-synchronizes the video. The transmission can be wired or wireless.... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20080172709 - Server and method for providing personal broadcast content service and user terminal apparatus and method for generating personal broadcast content: Provided are an apparatus and method for generating personal broadcast content. A user terminal apparatus includes a broadcast reception unit receiving broadcast content through a broadcast network; a communication unit controlling connection with a server which provides an authoring tool for generating personal broadcast content and metadata required to obtain... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080172710 - Method of improving channel switching speed in digital television receiver and the digital television receiver: generating video and/or audio data by demultiplexing and decoding the outputted transport stream packets. In addition, a digital TV receiver applying the improvement of the channel switching speed is provided. The digital TV receiver includes a tuning and demodulating unit generating transport stream packets by tuning and demodulating a broadcasting... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080172712 - Multimedia data transmitting apparatus, multimedia data receiving apparatus, multimedia data transmitting method, and multimedia data receiving method: The multimedia data transmitting apparatus according to the present invention includes: a message receiving unit which receives a request message including a transmission start requested position and a transmission end requested position; a transmission position adjustment unit which performs at least one of a first adjustment process of adjusting the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080172711 - Video/audio transmitter, video/audio transmission method and recording medium in which program for executing the method is recorded: Disclosed is a video/audio transmitter which frequency-converts a video input signal and an audio input signal into a signal on one channel in a frequency band for a television broadcast and transmits the frequency-converted video input signal and the frequency-converted audio input signal. The video/audio transmitter includes an antenna, an... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080168485 - Method, system and computer program product for providing group interactivity with entertainment experiences: The present invention provides a system and method system for providing group interactivity. The system includes a module that determines a size of an audience in an image provided by an image acquisition device and a module that controls interaction in a small audience environment. In addition, the system includes... Agent: Disney Enterprises, Inc. C/o Cantor Colburn LLP

20080168486 - Iptv receiver and method for controlling contents viewing in the iptv receiver: A method for controlling contents viewing in an internet protocol television (IPTV) receiver, the method comprises receiving contents and service discovery information from a external server, wherein the service discovery information includes rating system information defining a rating system structure of a region in which the external server is located,... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20080168488 - Content protection system: The digital broadcast receiver 1 comprises: a signal input unit 10 for receiving a received broadcast wave; a demodulation unit 11 for demodulating the broadcast wave; an external module 12; an external module I/F (Interface) 13 for connecting the receiver 1 to the external module 12; a decoding unit 14... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080168487 - Software-based conditional access to iptv content: Systems and methods receive data representing geographic areas and blackout events. The data is used by a software module in an IPTV system to determine whether content is to be provided to subscribers.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080168489 - Customized program insertion system: A customized consumer advertisement module and process are provided for inserting a user selected object into a user selected category of program. The user stores model objects locally at the user site, or communicates the model objects to a remotely located broadcaster for storage at a broadcaster site. The user... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080168490 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for categorizing/rating content uploaded to a network for broadcasting: Methods, systems, and computer program products that automatically categorize and/or assign ratings to content (video and audio content) uploaded by individuals who want to broadcast the content to others via a communications network, such as an IPTV network, are provided. When an individual uploads content to a network, a network... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20080168491 - System and method to automatically tune into breaking weather/news broadcasts: Provided is a system and method for defining information of interest to a particular user and for automatically presenting that information on a user defined channel of a media access device. The method is suitable for use with Internet-connected television, or Web TV, and Internet radio. A user defines subject... Agent: Greg Goshorn, P.C.

20080168492 - Celestial viewing system with video display: In a preferred embodiment, a control unit is provided for controlling a motorized telescope system and displaying video content or media. The video media may include positional data that directs the motorized telescope system to observe a predetermined celestial object or location at a predetermined time during media playback. In... Agent: Inskeep Intellectual Property Group, Inc

20080168493 - Mixing user-specified graphics with video streams: A method that includes steps of providing an interface that permits a user to at least partially specify an appearance and content of graphics, generating the graphics, accessing a video stream, mixing the graphics with the video stream without changing a size and aspect ratio of the video stream, and... Agent: Butzer & Chen Law, LLC

20080168494 - Methods, arrangements and computer program products for digital media production: A method for managing media broadcasts, such as radio, TV and Internet broadcasts, includes a computer system for compiling a work for broadcasting from media files, and a graphical user interface through which the work is compiled. At least one computer script is configured for at least one specific folder... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080168495 - Content customization portal for media content distribution systems and methods: An exemplary system includes a content delivery subsystem configured to receive media content from a content provider and transmit the media content over a network to a content processing subsystem configured to process and provide the media content for presentation to an end user. The content delivery subsystem is further... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080168496 - Method of transmitting preview content and method and apparatus for receiving preview content: Provided is a method of transmitting preview content and a method and apparatus for receiving the preview content, wherein the method of transmitting preview content includes providing program guide service information by a content server to a program guide server; transmitting the program guide service information by the program guide... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20080168497 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing interactive electronic programming guide services: A method, system, and computer program product for implementing interactive electronic programming guide (EPG) services are provided. The method includes determining an activity relating to a program listed on an EPG and, upon determining that an advertisement exists for the program, retrieving the advertisement and instructing EPG software to insert... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Bellsouth

20080168498 - Broadcast receiving apparatus and method for focus management by application: A method for focus management by applications and a broadcast receiving apparatus incorporating the same are provided. One of a plurality of applications executable on the broadcast receiving apparatus determines one of the plurality of applications to take a focus, and notifies it to a middleware, which handles focus shift... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080168499 - Information processing apparatus and method, and program: An information processing apparatus includes a content metadata obtaining unit configured to obtain content metadata; a determination unit configured to determine the category of the content metadata; an editing unit configured to edit the content metadata so that, when text data of the content metadata is to be reproduced on... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080168501 - Media selection: Various technologies for selecting media (e.g., television media) are described. A media selection method displays a tool for selecting a category, such as a television genre, to a user. Upon receiving a user selection, the selected category having a number of channels is visually illustrated on a channel selection spectrum... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080168502 - System and method of providing program recommendations: A method of providing program recommendations is disclosed that includes receiving a plurality of recommendations related to a television program listed by an electronic program guide from a plurality of first set-top box devices. Further, the method includes receiving a request for the electronic program guide from a second set-top... Agent: Toler Law Group

20080168500 - System and method to automatically change the channel to a predefined channel during commercials: Provided is a method for controlling a media device such that a user can define specific events as interruptions and automatically change the channel when one of these events is detected. The media control device (MCD) is configurable, both respect to the type of event that is considered an interruption... Agent: Greg Goshorn, P.C.

20080168503 - System and method for selecting and viewing broadcast content based on syndication streams: A system and a method for alerting a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) viewer as to content that meets a predefined criteria of the viewer embedded within a real-time internet web feed and allowing the viewer to elect to view and/or record detected content that meets such criteria while viewing other... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20080168504 - Video display apparatus and reproduction apparatus: The present invention has an object to operate a reproduction apparatus (an apparatus from which video is inputted) using only a remote control of a video display apparatus. A video display apparatus which displays video includes: a first display unit which displays a menu screen of the video display apparatus;... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080168505 - Information processing device and method, recording medium, and program: The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method, a recording medium, and a program which make it possible for persons at remote places to view the same content in synchronism with each other. For example, if a user A performs an operation for playback starting of a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080168506 - Providing user communication: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing user communication. First an invitation input may be received from a first user. The invitation input may comprise a recommendation to a second user to take an action regarding content to be delivered over a content delivery system. Then, the invitation input may... Agent: Merchant & Gould P.C.

20080168507 - Content distribution arbitration apparatus and method for the same: A content distribution arbitration apparatus is built in a LAN connected to a plurality of content receivers receiving a content transmitted in multicast from a content distribution server through a network, and includes a first memory to store constraint information indicating the number of channels capable of receiving contents simultaneously... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero, Esq. Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20080168508 - Broadcasting equipment and method, receiving equipment and method, and medium: To compensate a failure in downloading of music piece data. For example, when a viewer instructs purchase of a music piece C to an IRD at a timing t0 during the sixth transmission of music piece data, the music piece data to be transmitted for the seventh time immediately after... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080168509 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing centralized media recording, management, and replay services for multi-platform media devices: Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing media management services for multi-platform media devices are provided. The method includes receiving a first request from a media device for a media file via a network. The method also includes associating the media file with an account record established for an... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Bellsouth

20080168510 - System and method of routing video data: A method of routing video data includes receiving data from a Video on Demand (VoD) content source at a network management system, the data indicating a first set-top box device requesting VoD content. The method also includes identifying an end node group associated with the first set-top box device. The... Agent: Toler Law Group

20080168511 - Metadata scheme for personalized data broadcasting service and, method and system for data broadcasting service using the same: Provided is a personalized data broadcasting service, more particularly, a metadata scheme for a personalized data broadcasting service, a data broadcasting service providing method using the metadata scheme, and a system thereof. A metadata forming method of the present research includes the steps of: a) generating an interactive content service... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080168512 - System and method to implement interactive video streaming: The invention relates generally to a system and method to implement interactive video streaming with embedded advertisements. The system includes a video server operatively coupled to a video client via a network. The video server processes an original video frame with an object-of-interest and one or more background objects, creates... Agent: Orion Law Group

20080168513 - Broadcast receiver and method for transmitting reception status of the broadcast receiver: A broadcast receiver and a method for transmitting status information of the broadcast receiver are disclosed. The broadcast receiver transmits status information of a DVR function to a broadcast transmission terminal via a network management unit. The network management unit may be any one of a Common Management Information Protocol... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20080168514 - Method of searching internet and video receiving apparatus to use the same: A method of searching the Internet and a video receiving apparatus, such as an Internet TV, to use the same to enable currently-displayed video to be transmitted to an external apparatus, such as a remote controller, and the video received from the external apparatus to be controlled, thereby increasing user... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080168515 - System and method for delivery of media content to a user: A system and method for providing media content to a content subscriber is described. One embodiment includes a media device for controlling access to media content. The media apparatus comprises a processor, a memory and a storage device housing to may house a storage device. The media apparatus further comprises... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080168516 - Facilitating random access in streaming content: At least a portion of a media file can be downloaded by accessing one or more items of media data associated with a media file stored on a remote server, wherein the media data includes at least one sample table; receiving input from a user identifying a playback location associated... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080168517 - System and method for evaluating callback functionality in a satellite television network: A combination of new hardware at the subscriber site, hardware and services at the satellite broadcasting center and new installation procedures provide a cost-effective approach for verifying “callback” functionality. The required test and monitoring hardware may be provided as an external test CAM and call progress monitor (CPM) or integrated... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20080168518 - Method of reducing upstream ingress noise in cable data system: In a method of reducing upstream ingress noise in cable data system, downstream management messages containing information about user group data uploading time and channel frequency are broadcasted by a headend of the cable data system. The broadcasted downstream management messages are monitored, so as to determine an upstream channel... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080168519 - System, method and apparatus for connecting multiple audio/video sources to an audio/video sink: An audio/video switching system is described that selectively enables multiple heterogeneous audio/video sources to transmit data to a single audio/video sink such as a display or audio/video repeater. The audio/video switching system supports format conversion to enable, for example, multiple different audio/video formats to be transmitted to the audio/video sink... Agent: Fiala & Weaver, P.l.l.c. C/o Intellevate

20080168521 - Apparatus for managing process of set-top box and method thereof: The present invention discloses a process for managing method manages a first process and a second process executed on a set-top box (STB), wherein the first process is utilized for performing playback of a multimedia content, the second process is utilized for a specific function, the method includes: when switching... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080168522 - Broadcast communication converter system and method: The present invention relates to a system and method for receiving and transmitting publically available broadcast programs to a registered external Internet protocol (IP) address. The received broadcast programs are digitally encoded and stored before transmission. More specifically, a broadcast communication converter system includes a broadcast source for creating predetermined... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080168523 - System and method to acquire, aggregate, manage, and distribute media: A media content manager residing at a user premises having a tuner coupled to at least one media source operable to selectively receive at least one media stream of at least one type of media content. The media content manager also including a media processor coupled to the tuner and... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080168520 - System for testing set-top boxes and content distribution networks and associated methods: Systems for testing set-top boxes and content distribution networks are provided. In general, systems and methods are described for simulating a set-top box subscriber base, remotely controlling the operations of the set-top boxes of the simulated subscriber base, and analyzing the quality of transmissions received by the set-top boxes. Houses,... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080168524 - System for provisioning media services: A system for monitoring order fulfillment of telecommunication services is disclosed. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a monitoring system having a controller element that submits a correlation ID to a service orchestration system (SOS) that manages one or more order fulfillment systems... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080168525 - Background data transmission between media device and host device: Improved techniques and apparatus for managing data between a host device (e.g., host computer) and a media device are disclosed. The data being managed can, for example, pertain to media data for media assets. The managing of the media data thus can involve transfer of media assets between the host... Agent: Technology & Innovation Law Group, PC

20080168526 - Prioritized data synchronization with host device: Improved techniques and apparatus for managing data between a host device (e.g., host computer) and a media device are disclosed. The data being managed can, for example, pertain to media data for media assets. The managing of the media data thus can involve transfer of media assets between the host... Agent: Technology & Innovation Law Group, PC

20080163282 - Apparatus and system for multimedia meditation: An apparatus including a speaker, a display, a processor in communication with the speaker and display and a memory module in communication with the processor for at least storing at least one presentation executable by the processor, wherein the at least one presentation is configured to modify a mood of... Agent: Perman & Green

20080163283 - Broadband video with synchronized highlight signals: A broadband video layer is integrated with a separately encoded highlight layer configured for presentation in a first window of a video display. One or more visible objects in the video layer are associated with corresponding fitted highlight shapes in the highlight layer. Appearance of the shape object in the... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080163284 - Browse filters on a television interface: Described are a system and a corresponding user interface that couple to a media service to provide browse-filtered access to media content, in a manner that facilitates location and/or selection of a particular content item. For example, filtering categories (e.g., new arrivals, genre, and so forth) are listed vertically for... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080163285 - Video receiving system, sub-contract video receiver, video receiving method, program, and recording medium: The sub-contract video receiver has a) a video reception control unit which, when a video reception tuner unit receives a video signal, allows the video reception tuner unit to receive the video signal of a limited predetermined channel if a network connection detecting unit detects an unestablished connection with the... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080163286 - Controlling access to content and/or services: The exemplary embodiments of the method and system according to the present invention provide a system and method for controlling access to audiovisual content such as television shows, video-on-demand services or streaming video which can be delivered by cable, satellite, wired or wireless networks, cell phones, the Internet, etc. More... Agent: Echostar Technologies, L.l.c.

20080163287 - Network-extensible reconfigurable media appliance: Extensible reconfigurable media appliance for security and entertainment captures images digitally for storage. Digital effects and filters are applied to incoming video stream on-the-fly or to video data stored in memory. Digital effects and filters are dynamically stored, modified, updated or deleted, providing extensible reconfigurable effects studio. Digital media appliance... Agent: Fernandez & Associates, LLP

20080163288 - System and method of managing protected video content: A method of managing protected video content is presented that includes inspecting a packet stream received from a subscriber broadband interface, where the packet stream includes video content. The method also includes generating a signature based on the video content and comparing the generated signature with a stored signature corresponding... Agent: Toler Law Group

20080163290 - System for insertion of locally cached information into a received broadcast stream: A method and apparatus are provided for receiving a broadcast comprising a plurality of program channels and generating a playback stream using at least one of a buffered program channel and stored indexed content (e.g., commercials, programs, songs) for insertion. Control data controls which receivers insert which indexed content and... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.l.p.

20080163289 - Viewing of commercial break content during fast-forwarding of a video stream: Commercial break content that is viewed during fast-forwarding through a commercial break is provided by embedding one or more frames of commercial break content at various points in time during a commercial break segment. During fast-forwarding, the video stream for at least some of those points in time are displayed... Agent: Withers & Keys, Llc

20080163291 - Method, system, and computer program product for providing multi-tiered broadcasting services: A secondary satellite radio or broadcast channel is used to broadcast advertisement clips (e.g., audio clips) to a receiver for subsequent decoding and playback. The receiver is configured for different tiers of service, e.g., one that delivers substantially advertising-free content and another that delivers content that includes more significant amounts... Agent: Synnestvedt & Lechner LLP-agere

20080163292 - Methods, systems, and products for delivering media content: Methods, systems and products are disclosed for delivering media products related to geographic terrain. Programs are produced that are related to a specific type of geographic terrain. The programs are aggregated into a program line-up and distributed as a channel. Products and services are advertised that are related to the... Agent: Scott P. Zimmerman, Pllc

20080163294 - Storage medium having interactive graphic stream and apparatus for reproducing the same: A storage medium including an interactive graphic stream providing menus using various transition effects regardless of reproducing modes of multimedia data and an apparatus for reproducing the same. The storage medium in which multimedia information is recorded includes: video data; and graphic data to provide a menu screen overlaid on... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080163293 - System and method for controlling transmission and display of video: A system for controlling transmission and display of video signals derived from video sources including receiving means for receiving two or more video signals each derived from video sources; a graphical user interface; selection means allowing a user to select one of the video signals on the graphical user interface;... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080163295 - Content providing device and image outputting device: A content providing device of the present invention includes an access destination specifying portion for specifying an access destination; a control information obtaining portion for obtaining control information via a network from the access destination specified by the access destination specifying portion; a video content obtaining portion for obtaining video... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080163296 - Broadcast receiving apparatus and method thereof: A broadcast receiving apparatus and a method for providing a channel search screen are provided, the apparatus including a broadcast receiving unit which tunes broadcast channels each for a time period, a storage media which classifiably stores, in each broadcast channel category, an amount of still images of previous broadcasts... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080163298 - Display apparatus and method for controlling the same: A display apparatus connected to a broadcast receiver including a plurality of tuners is provided. The display apparatus includes an interface unit which is connected to at least one device including the broadcast receiver, according to a communication protocol allowing control of an external device; an input unit which inputs... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080163299 - Information selecting method, information selecting device and so on: d

20080163297 - Method for processing a schedule of events broadcast by a provider: This application concerns the display of a television event list and its access methods. This application concerns a method for processing an event list grid broadcasted by a provider, in particular of Pay-TV events, this grid intended to be displayed on at least one multimedia unit, comprising the following steps:... Agent: Dla Piper Us LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080163300 - Three dimensional light electronic programming guide: A method and apparatus of displaying an Electronic Programming Guide (EPG). In one embodiment, an EPG is displayed in a three dimensional virtual mesh, in which independent objects representing television programs are situated. The simplified nature of the three dimensional EPG reduces the amount of processing necessary to display it.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080163302 - Audio visual player apparatus and system and method of content distribution using the same: A system is presented providing content to a plurality of handheld devices (including musical selections). The devices can access a server over the Internet via a WIFI or other similar wireless interconnection and can download songs requested by a user from the server or from other users using, e,g, a... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman Pc

20080163301 - Remote control with user profile capability: A control unit (101), such as a remote control device, includes a profile selector (104). The profile selector (104), which may be a single profile selector button integrated into the side or top of a remote control, allows quick and simple selection of an operating mode or user profile. The... Agent: Philip H. Burrus, Iv

20080163303 - Video playback device for channel browsing: A video playback device, provided in a P2P-based network, comprises a channel pre-cached buffer, for storing a plurality of video blocks corresponding to a number of pre-cached channels; a display interface, for receiving a request for channel browsing from a viewer and executing playback of the video blocks pertaining to... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080163304 - Electronic program guide with blackout features: An interactive television program guide for supporting programming blackouts is provided. In some embodiments, the interactive television program guide may unschedule the reminding and recording of blacked-out programs that have been scheduled by a user for reminding or recording. In some embodiments, the interactive television program guide may prevent a... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080163306 - Information recording/reproducing apparatus: After programmed recording start time arrives and recording for a target program is started, EPG information is periodically monitored and it is determined whether or not there is target program extension information in the EPG information when it is determined that a first extension flag is turned on. When it... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080163305 - System and method for customizing programming reminders: A system and method for permitting users to control and customize program reminders for reminding the user of desired upcoming television programming event(s) is disclosed. A reminder customizer is provided having reminder options which permit users to control on which device(s) a reminder is desired to appear.... Agent: Joseph J Laks Thomson Licensing Inc

20080163308 - Apparatus and method for providing digital broadcasting information in portable communication system: Provided is an apparatus and method for providing digital broadcasting information in a portable communication system. The apparatus includes a digital broadcasting management unit and a controller. The digital broadcasting management unit identifies program change information and identifies a program change time that is a time at which the program... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.c.

20080163307 - Digital content access: A system for accessing entertainment options includes a graphic user interface generator that generates program listing display data to display a listing of programs available for downloading to a user on an associated display device. A user may select one or more programs from the listing displayed on the associated... Agent: Echostar Technologies, L.l.c.

20080163309 - Mbms enhancement: Multicast/broadcast messaging service (MBMS) arrangement, in which a broadcast/multicast service centre delivers multimedia messages to a plurality of users via a gateway GPRS support node (GGSN) and via a serving GPRS support node (SGSN) and a radio access network (RAN), in association with a given temporary mobile group identity (TMGI)... Agent: Harrington & Smith, Pc

20080163310 - Methods, systems, and products for selective broadcast enhancement: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for selective broadcast enhancement. A registration request includes a randomly selected a generic access number (GAN) and a hardware serial number (HSN). A registration response comprising the randomly-selected generic access number (GAN), a broadcast access number (BAN), and an identification of a radio channel.... Agent: Scott P. Zimmerman, Pllc

20080163311 - Incremental transmission of data: In one form, the present teachings provide a method and apparatus for broadcasting an event. The method includes receiving data related to an event via an uplink. Another aspect of the method includes determining whether the data is broadcast on a recurring basis. The method also includes determining whether a... Agent: Echostar Technologies, L.l.c.

20080163313 - Method for sending multimedia content to at least one multimedia unit, method for processing said multimedia content and multimedia unit for the implementation of these methods:

20080163312 - System and method for providing content relating to a communication: An apparatus, system and method for presenting content relating to a context of a communication are described. A method is described for providing a content corresponding to a real time communication comprising detecting a context in the real time communication, selecting a first content relating to the context of the... Agent: Sinsheimer Juhnke Lebens & Mcivor, LLP

20080163314 - Advanced information display method: An advanced information display method is disclosed wherein a first video having at least an image of a first element is presented, the tracking information of the first element in the first video is obtained, a second video having at least an image of the first element is obtained, the... Agent: Wang Su

20080163315 - Sharing a streaming video: A video segment can be shared over a computer network by first receiving the video segment at a receiving computer on the network. The receiving computer assures that the video segment is in a streaming video format, and creates at least one identification tag for the video segment. The receiving... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080163316 - Sharing a streaming video: A video segment can be shared over a computer network by first receiving the video segment at a receiving computer on the network. The receiving computer assures that the video segment is in a streaming video format, and creates at least one identification tag for the video segment. The receiving... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080163317 - Generation of video streams from content items: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for the generation of a video stream from a source content item, such as a web page. One embodiment of the method comprises receiving a content item for conversion to a video stream, loading a extraction template, the extraction template comprising... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Dreier LLP

20080163318 - Mobile multimedia content sharing application system: A user subscribes to desired information in an RSS gateway, and the RSS gateway aggregates the subscription requests from users before subscribing to requested multimedia content. The RSS gateway aggregates subscription requests from a plurality of users and subscribes to the requested RSS feeds on behalf of the users. The... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080163319 - Broadcast receiving device: A broadcast receiving device includes a program control storage component, a channel setting component, a program control determination component, a program control execution component, a user determination component and an operation control component. The program control determination component determines whether or not viewing control is enabled for a program corresponding... Agent: Global Ip Counselors, LLP

20080163321 - Method and system for sharing video over a network: A user can create a video segment or employ an existing video segment, and then share it over a computer network. The user provides an indication that one or more particular video segments are to be shared over the network. The video segment(s) is/are then automatically assessed and determined to... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080163320 - Timezone-shifting ip-based video broadcasting system: The present invention is to disclose an IP-based video broadcasting system for broadcasting video contents regarding TV programs to customers particularly from Asia regions particular to the Asian regions from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, China, Korea, Japan, India, Vietnam, etc. via the internet or intranet. The system comprises a broadcasting... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080163323 - Apparatus and method for processing data broadcast signal: An apparatus and method for receiving and processing a data broadcast signal supported by a data broadcast platform is disclosed. Upon receiving a data broadcast signal including an application information table and an application, the apparatus detects property information indicating a property of the application from the application information table,... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20080163322 - Home network system and method of recording broadcasting content thereof: A home network system and a method of recording broadcasting content thereof are provided, and includes requesting, by the mobile terminal, the server to send the broadcasting content; receiving, by the server, the broadcasting content from a broadcasting station and sending the received broadcasting content to the mobile terminal; displaying,... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.c.

20080163324 - Ip-based hometown tv program delivery system: The present invention is to disclose an IP-based hometown TV program delivery system comprising at least one TV program provider for providing a plurality of channels of TV programs; and at least one agency at a server-end for providing a plurality of digital video contents converted from said corresponding TV... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080163325 - Broadcast receiving device: A broadcast receiving device includes a table storage component, a viewing control acquisition component, a first determination component, a table acquisition component and a table updating component. The first determination component determines whether or not one of a following is satisfied: a column determination condition that a column number of... Agent: Global Ip Counselors, LLP

20080163327 - Method and device for ensuring storage time for digital broadcast: When a digitized broadcast is recorded in a storage medium, a required capacity of the storage medium is firstly calculated on the basis of a bit-rate of digitized broadcast data and a recording time which is known in advance. If the remaining capacity of the storage medium is smaller than... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080163326 - Portable video hard-disk drive (pvhdd) system: Pre-recorded video library (PVL) is much more difficult to realize than other pre-recorded multimedia library (PML). Among the existing, mature mobile mass storages, portable HDD (with 1″<disk diameter<3.5″) is the only one that can store a PVL. Accordingly, the present invention discloses a portable video hard-disk drive (pVHDD). It should... Agent: Guobiao Zhang

20080163328 - Method and system for providing attribute browsing of video assets: An approach is provided for faceted browsing of video assets. A metadata file is parsed to categorize and rank attributes corresponding to a video asset, wherein the ranked attributes are based on a criterion. A set-top box provides attribute browsing to determine selection of the video asset.... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080163329 - Video/audio output apparatus and video/audio output method: A video/audio output apparatus comprises a control unit adapted to perform screen management of output video, and generate positional relationship information for each input video data; an extraction unit adapted to generate partial image data from the each input video data; an input unit adapted to input audio source differentiated... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.l.p.

20080163330 - On screen alert to indicate status of remote recording: An arrangement is provided in which a mobile media rendering device such as a video-enabled mobile phone utilizes a graphical user interface (“GUI”) to inform its user as to whether a remote recorder, such as a digital video recorder (“DVR”) disposed in a set top box (“STB”), is recording a... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department