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Interactive video distribution systems January recently filed with US Patent Office 01/09

20090031335 - Digital broadcast program ordering: A method and a system for selecting and ordering broadcast programs uses an electronic program guide that may be broadcast to subscribers or posted on an Internet web site. The system allows national broadcasters to provide one or more channels of pay-per-view or subscription programming and to establish a mechanism... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP/ Sedna Patent Services, Llc

20090031336 - Group preference control system: A method, medium and implementing computer system are provided in which the aggregate preferences of a gathered group of individuals in a certain proximity and with respect to a predetermined perceivable and controllable function are ascertained. Individual preferences are processed to obtain a group preference and if the group preference... Agent: Ibm Corporation (rvw)

20090031337 - Apparatus and method for blocking television commercials and providing an archive interrogation program: An apparatus and method is disclosed for blocking specific television commercials from the viewer's television based upon the characteristics of the television commercial and a program to place the blocked television commercials into an archive. An archive interrogation program then acquires the users search criteria and sends the search criteria... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates Pc

20090031339 - Architecture for scaling just-in-time placement of advertising content: In one embodiment, a method comprises determining ad placement times for each of a plurality of associated streams. The method also comprises determining an ad selection request time for each of a plurality of ad selection requests based on a cumulative effect of any other ad selection requests occurring at... Agent: Cisco Systems, Inc. Scientific-atlanta, Inc.

20090031338 - Method and system for positioning row advertising in a program guide: A method of arranging row ads system within a program guide includes communicating row ad metadata to a user device and communicating program guide information to a user device. The program guide information defines a plurality of rows, wherein at least a first row is associated with a first channel.... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090031340 - Method and apparatus for configurable emergency alert system event notifications: A method of providing Emergency Alert System event notifications according to configurable notification options includes the steps of configuring the notification options, storing into a memory the configured notification options, receiving Emergency Alert System event information, generating an emergency alert message that corresponds to the Emergency Alert System event information,... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090031341 - Method and apparatus for reducing the number of control messages transmitted by a set top terminal in an sdv system: A method is provided by which a subscriber accesses an SDV channel using a set top terminal. The method begins when the set top terminal receives a user request to tune to a first SDV channel. An active services list is also received over an access network. The active services... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20090031342 - Systems and methods of differentiated requests for network access: Methods and systems of handling channel changes in a digital home communication terminal are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises: receiving a request for access to a downstream network connected to the DHCT; determining a source of the request for access; and setting at least one parameter to a value based... Agent: Scientific-atlanta, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20090031351 - Apparatus and method for setting broadcasting program as a background image, and portable device using the same: A method of providing a background image in a portable device includes extracting broadcasting signals of broad-casting channels in a given order on the basis of a background image setting information, and displaying broadcasting images corresponding to the broadcasting signals as the background image on corresponding displaying areas of the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090031343 - Intuitive electronic program guide display: A method and system for generating an electronic program guide includes a receiving unit 28 having a controller module 60. The controller module 60 receives television content and electronic programming guide data. The controller module 60 separates the program guide data from the television content and stores the program guide... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090031347 - Method and system for associating content and content information in a menu structure: A system and method includes a user device and a content processing system receiving content from a content provider, assigning a material identification to the content, receiving content information different than the content, associating the content information and the content and communicating the content information and material identification to the... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090031346 - Method and system for populating a menu structure on a user device: A method and system includes a user device and a content processing system establishing a structure for a menu. The content processing system receives content, receives metadata corresponding to the content from a content provider and communicates the metadata to the user device. The user device populates the menu with... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090031345 - Method and system for preordering content in a user device associated with a content processing system: A system and method for preordering content includes a content processing system and a user device in communication with the content processing system. The content processing system receives program guide data for linear channels and receives future available content data at the user device. The future available content data comprises... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090031348 - Method and system for tuning virtual channels and linear channels in a user device associated with a content processing system: A system for tuning virtual channels and linear channels includes a user device receiving program guide data for linear channels and receiving homepage data for a virtual channel. The user device stores the program guide data and the homepage data for the virtual channel in a memory. The user device... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090031344 - Method for arranging virtual channels and linear channels for a content processing system: A method for arranging virtual channels and linear channels for a content processing system includes establishing a linear channel number assignment for linear channel, generating a virtual channel assignment and arranging the virtual channel assignments with a predetermined relationship to the linear channel number assignment.... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090031349 - Method for selecting channels of main screen/sub-screen, and image display apparatus using the same: A method for selecting channels for a main screen and a sub-screen, and an image display apparatus using the method are provided. The method for selecting channels enables a user to select channels for not only the main screen but also the sub-screen. If a channel of the sub-screen is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090031350 - Program information processing apparatus and program information processing method: A program information processing apparatus and a program information processing method that are capable of easily conducting a program search using an electronic program guide and displaying the search result clearly on the electronic program guide. A display control unit for displaying on a display unit an electronic program guide... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090031353 - Information providing system, information receiving terminal, information providing apparatus, information providing method and program: An information receiving terminal includes a designation information transmitting portion to transmit designation information designating a program and a related information receiving portion. The information providing apparatus includes a related information storage portion to store related information containing a plurality of information to which each provision period is settable in... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20090031352 - Method and system to process television program summary: Provided is a method and system for displaying video streams, including receiving video data from a plurality of video stream by a frame controller in communication with a television display including a first picture and a second picture, and also receiving a television program summary list. The television program summary... Agent: Perry M. Fonseca & Associates, P.c.

20090031354 - Method and system for distributing content to a user device through allocated assets of a satellite network and a broadband network: A communication system 100 includes a content repository 274 storing a plurality of content files associated with the content distribution system. A transport processing system 250 communicating with the content distribution system, a terrestrial communication network 132, and a content delivery network 280 communicating with the content distribution system 260... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090031355 - Method to enable cooperative processing and resource sharing between set-top boxes, personal computers, and local devices: A system and method for resource sharing are provided. The method includes storing an electronic programming guide (EPG) application and an EPG, determining when local memory of a local video device lacks capacity to download additional time of the EPG, and communicating with another device to transmit a resource request... Agent: At&t Legal Department Attn: Patent Docketing

20090031356 - Method and system for communicating and displaying broadband content availability using information received through a satellite: A communication system 100 includes a content management system 221 determining broadband content availability, and a transport processing system 250 dividing the broadband content availability into broadband content availability packets. The transport processing system 250 communicates the broadband availability packets to a user device through a satellite 106 or 108.... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090031357 - Image display apparatus and method for controlling the same: An image display apparatus and method are discussed. According to an embodiment, the image display apparatus includes a signal receiver configured to receive broadcasting signals including broadcasting schedule information, and to process the received broadcasting signals; a storage configured to store the broadcasting schedule information and at least one broadcasting... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090031358 - Method and system for controlling the operation of a user device to receive content: A system and method for recording events includes a user device having a recording service module receiving a booking and recording request, reserving recording resources of the user device in response to the booking request. A conflict resolving module resolves conflicts between previously booked events and the recording request. The... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090031359 - Method and system for generating row advertising in a program guide: A system includes a content processing system receiving row ad metadata for a row ad, communicating the row ad to a user device and communicating program guide information to a user device. The program guide information defines a plurality of rows. The user device populates a row from the plurality... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090031361 - Digital broadcast system, and data processing method: A digital broadcast system having storing resistance to errors generated during the transmission of mobile service data, and a data processing method are disclosed. The digital broadcast system additionally encodes mobile service data. As a result, the mobile service data has strong resistance to a channel variation and noise, and... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090031360 - Method and system for enabling a service using a welcome video: A communication system 10 includes a service provider 12 used to provide content to a user device 14. The user device 14 is coupled to a network. A service is selected at the user device. A welcome video is communicated from the service provider 12 to the user device 14.... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090031362 - Method of transmitting and accessing network service data: A method of transmitting and accessing announcement information identifying available services. Services are provided on the network over a plurality of communication channels, such that each channel is associated with at least one service. At least one of the plurality of communication channels is dedicated as an all-announcement channel, which... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.l.p.

20090031363 - Method and system for distributing content to a user device through a satellite network and a broadband network: A communication system 100 includes a content repository 274 storing a plurality of content files associated with the content distribution system. A transport processing system 250 communicating with the content distribution system, a terrestrial communication network 132, and a content delivery network 280 communicating with the content distribution system 260... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090031364 - Method and system for managing content lifecycle in a content processing system: A communication system 100 is used to manage content. The content is transferred to a content delivery network 280. The content has publication start time and a purge time associated therewith. The content start time and purge time may be provided in the metadata associated with the content. The system... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090031365 - Method of transmitting/playing multimedia data over wireless network and wireless device using the method: A method and apparatus for efficiently transmitting large multimedia data over a wireless network are provided. A wireless device includes a device information reading unit which receives and reads information regarding available capabilities of devices included in a wireless network; a control unit which selects a first device which can... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090031366 - Method for providing episodic media content: A personalized media service provides, e.g., user customization of radio channel selections, immediate availability of multiple preprogrammed and/or customized channels, the ability to intersperse different types of content including periodically refreshed information content, availability of personal radio functions on devices such as car audio systems, PDAs, smartphones, MP3 players, etc.... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20090031368 - Method and system for controlling communication between a user device and a content delivery network: A system and method for communicating between a content delivery network and a user device includes the user device generating a first request for a content file at a user device and communicating the request to the content delivery network. The content delivery network authenticates the first request, generates a... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090031369 - Method and system for ordering video content from an interactive interface: A system and method for ordering content for a user device includes an ordering interface such as an interactive interface having available content. The interactive interface receives a content selection corresponding to a content from the interactive interface and communicating a customer identifier and a material identification to a transaction... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090031367 - Method and system for utilizing multiple content delivery networks for distributing content: A system 100 includes a content management system 221 having a first set of business rules for a first content including a first target and a second set of business rules for a second content including a second target. The system 100 also includes a workflow system 220 in communication... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090031372 - Broadcasting processing apparatus and control method thereof: A broadcasting processing apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes a signal receiver which receives an image signal having image content; a user selection unit which selects movie content from the image content; a storage unit; and a controller which determines whether a received image signal... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090031370 - Method and system for communicating broadband content availability through a satellite: A communication system 100 includes a content management system 221 determining broadband content availability, a video transport processing system 223 generating a plurality of packets for a content stream or in at least some of the packets comprising all packets, and a transport processing system dividing the broadband content availability... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090031371 - Method and system for forming a formatted content stream: A system 100 includes a content repository 274 storing a content file and a video transport processing system. The video transport processing system 223 receives a plurality of conditional access information, receives the content file from the content repository, encrypts the content file using the plurality of conditional access information... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090031374 - Broadcast program purchase method and apparatus for broadcast-enabled mobile device: A broadcast program purchase method and apparatus for a broadcast-enabled mobile device are provided for efficiently managing purchased tokens by using a smartcard. In the broadcast program purchase method one or more tokens are acquired for use in purchasing a pay broadcast program and the one or more tokens are... Agent: Jefferson Ip Law, LLP

20090031373 - Broadcast receiving apparatus and pay program providing system: A broadcast receiving apparatus receives a broadcast signal containing video image information representing a video image, pay program identifying information indicating whether or not the video image is a pay program video image, and address information indicating a predetermined communications server, the broadcast signal containing the video image information, the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20090031375 - Apparatus and method for communicating media between communication devices: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a display device having a controller to wirelessly receive media; wirelessly receive control signals for presentation of the media from a mobile communication device; and selectively disable control by the display device over presentation of the media... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090031376 - Method and system for managing content in a content processing system having multiple content delivery networks: A communication system 100 includes a first content delivery network 280, a second content delivery network 280 and a communication network 132. A content management system 221 generates a content delivery network identification and associates the content delivery network identification with content. A content distribution system 260 selects the first... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090031377 - Method and system for receiving content in a content processing system using a workflow system: A system and method for receiving data in a content processing system includes a receiving system receiving content and metadata, an incoming folder storing the content and a content management system receiving a notice signal corresponding to receiving of content and metadata. The content management system generates a material identification... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090031378 - Media device and method for transmitting broadcast program: A media device and a method for transmitting broadcast programs are provided. The media device includes an external interface which is communicably connected to an external device, a broadcast receiving unit which receives a broadcast program, a storage unit which stores the broadcast program received by the broadcast receiving unit,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090031379 - Method and system for providing a broadcast program and associated web content: There is provided a method for use by a processing device for providing a broadcast program and Web content associated with the broadcast program. According to one embodiment, the method includes selecting a broadcast channel and receiving a broadcast program on the broadcast channel. The broadcast program can be, for... Agent: Disney Enterprises C/o Farjami & Farjami LLP

20090031380 - Method for providing data broadcast and video apparatus using the same: A method for providing a data broadcast and a video apparatus using the method are provided. The method includes receiving data broadcasting files for data broadcasting services; storing the data broadcasting files; and generating a graphical user interface (GUI) for a user to access the stored data broadcasting files.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090031381 - Proxy video server for video surveillance: A proxy video server for managing video surveillance data in a network that includes at least one video source and client. The proxy video server includes a proxy video source manager for managing the video sources to appear as virtual smart video sources to video clients, a video client interface... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090031382 - Server providing content directories of video signals and linkage to content information sources: An overlay server for illustrative video streaming constitutes a central part of a distributed system for linking content of video recordings to relevant information sources. The overlay server maintains a global object directory including information pertinent to a set of objects and network addresses of external servers providing information relevant... Agent: Victoria Donnelly

20090031383 - Network broadcast method: In this invention a novel method is disclosed for transmitting information from a server to a plurality of client devices in a network. A plurality of client devices may request the same information from a server. The server, instead of sending multiple copies of the information to the client devices,... Agent: Georgios Margaritis

20090031384 - Methods and apparatus for format selection for network optimization: Method and apparatus for optimizing network bandwidth utilization by delivering to users only the minimum number of programs required by service provider policies. In one embodiment, the method comprises switching some users from lower quality versions of programs to higher quality versions of the same programs, and removing those lower... Agent: Gazdzinski & Associates Suite 375

20090031386 - Multi-antenna digital television box and the receiving method thereof: A multi-antenna digital television box includes a plurality of receiving antennas, a comparator connected to the receiving antennas and a digital television chip. Each receiving antenna has a receiving signal. The comparator may be used to compare the receiving signals and select a stronger receiving signal from the receiving signals.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090031385 - System and method of organizing video content: A method of organizing video content is disclosed that includes receiving video content title amendment data at a video content organizing server from a set-top box device. The video content title amendment data indicates that a first title of the video content has been changed to a second title of... Agent: Toler Law Group

20090031387 - Hardware module for adding functionality to television: A modular interface allows new functionalities to be added to a television receiver. A module can be added to the television receiver through the interface that will enable additional functionalities on the television. The interface allows copy protection of digital video and audio content by incorporating HDCP technology, thereby also... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20090031388 - Method and system for remotely controlling content at a set top box: A communication system 100 is used to manage content includes a user device with a storage device 306 and a content processing system 102 in communication with the storage device and communicating content to the storage device, generating a conditional access packet, communicating the conditional access packet to a storage... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090031389 - Method and system of managing files within a content processing system based on publication time: A communication system 100 includes a content repository storing a plurality of content files, a content delivery network 280 communicating with a content repository 274, a content management system 221 determining a plurality of publication times respectively corresponding to each of the plurality of content files and a content distribution... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090031390 - Method and apparatus for synchronized transmission and reception of audiovisual data and index data in internet protocol television applications for implementing remote network record with instant personal video recorder support: A method includes receiving an audio, video, or audiovisual broadcast at a first settop box, where the audio, video, or audiovisual broadcast includes digital media data encoding a program. Index data is generated based on the received digital media data encoding the program, and data packets are transmitted from the... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP C/o Intellevate

20090031391 - Electronically controlled catv system: A cable television system having combiners, splitters, amplifiers, directional couplers or other devices wherein the entire system is controlled electronically.... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090031392 - Systems and methods of differentiated channel change behavior: Methods and systems of handling channel changes in a digital home communication terminal are disclosed. An exemplary method comprises: receiving a channel change request; determining whether the channel change request is user-initiated; setting at least one channel change parameter to a value based on the determination; and performing a channel... Agent: Scientific-atlanta, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20090025022 - System and method of adjusting viewing angle for display: A system and method of adjusting a display and, more particularly, to a system and method of automatically adjusting a viewing angle of a display is provided. The method includes determining a location of one or more viewers and adjusting the display based on an average viewing location of the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090025023 - Multi-market program and commercial response monitoring system using neuro-response measurements: A system performs program and commercial response monitoring using neuro-response data such as central nervous system, autonomic nervous system, and effector data. Multiple subjects in multiple markets are exposed to programming and commercials and neuro-response data is collected using mechanisms such as Electroencephalography (EEG), Galvanic Skin Response (GSR), Electrocardiograms (EKG),... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20090025024 - Audience determination for monetizing displayable content: The present disclosure relates to the measurement of the audience characteristics or demographics which is or can be exposed to displayed interactive content depicted on a screen. The audience can include persons who are engaged in interacting with the interactive content as well as persons who are observers of the... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090025025 - System and method of determining viewership information: Systems and methods of determining viewership information are provided. A method of determining viewership information includes determining viewership information from multicast routing table data associated with one or more edge routers of a media content delivery service. Each edge router of the one or more edge routers is adapted to... Agent: Toler Law Group

20090025026 - Conditional response signaling and behavior for ad decision systems: In one embodiment, a method can include: (i) receiving a placement opportunity in an ad decision manager (ADM); (ii) sending a request to an ad decision server (ADS); (iii) receiving a conditional response from the ADS, wherein the conditional response includes one or more conditional ads; and (iv) selecting from... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, Pc

20090025027 - Systems & methods for allocating bandwidth in switched digital video systems based on interest: Systems and methods for allocating bandwidth in a switched digital video (SDV) system based on channel interest. In some embodiments, bandwidth is deallocated from channels and allocated to requested channels having a higher interest. Tiered approaches for allocating bandwidth are disclosed. Embodiments in which QAMs are allocated across services in... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090025028 - Systems, methods and computer products for internet protocol television voicemail monitoring: Systems, methods and computer products for Internet Protocol Television voicemail monitoring. Exemplary embodiments include a method for providing voicemail to an Internet-Protocol-enabled device, the method including receiving a communication that a voicemail to a called party is currently being deposited in a voicemail infrastructure, mapping the called party number to... Agent: At&t Legal Department Attn: Patent Docketing

20090025029 - Digital channel generation apparatus: A digital channel generation apparatus is provided for easily setting up a digital channel by a user. The digital channel generation apparatus includes a storage unit, a user interface, and a processing unit. The storage unit stores a plurality of set-top box data, a plurality of electronic device data, a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090025030 - Contents display system and contents display method: A contents display system for displaying contents including video data including a plurality of video intervals and concomitant data associated with the video data includes a contents display mode determiner for determining, per video interval, a display mode for displaying video data and concomitant data included in the contents to... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090025032 - Electronic program guide display device, and electronic program guide display method: In the present invention, a remote control input analyzing part (105) analyzes a key-input from a remote control unit (200), a time converting part (107) converts key-input analyzed by the remote control input analyzing part into a time, a display area calculating part (108) calculates a display area for a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.l.p.

20090025033 - Integrated content guide for interactive selection of content and services on personal computer systems with multiple sources and multiple media presentation: A integrated content guide for multiple sources is provided with hyper-text type links to allow for the selection of various programs. The hyper-text links are provided for a transmitted and then stored digital bit stream. This allows for the embedding within the content guide what could be additional commercial information.... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP C/o Intellevate

20090025031 - Method for scheduling a broadcast based on viewing time and broadcast receiving apparatus: A method for scheduling a broadcast based on a viewing start time and a broadcast receiving apparatus using the same are provided. The broadcast scheduling method includes detecting a viewing start time of a current broadcast, and scheduling at least one of a plurality of broadcast relating to the current... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090025034 - Personal television guide: This is a method to use an individual's specific interests to appropriately select for television programming that matches these interests. Once the matching television programming is found, the individual is then notified through any number of communication means of upcoming matching television programming, ensuring that the individual never has to... Agent: Tessa Modiri

20090025035 - Control apparatus, control method and program: A control apparatus that controls the programmed recording of a program includes an EPG data obtaining section obtaining EPG data, an EPG display control section causing a display device to display an EPG, and a programming section programming a program by creating programming data including a recording ending time based... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090025036 - System for presenting an electronic programming guide in a satellite communication system: A system for presenting an electronic programming guide in a satellite communication system is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a satellite media receiver having a controller element to transmit to a portal information associated with an Electronic Programming Guide (EPG). The... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090025037 - Method, system and terminal for changing a management object of broadcast service guide: A method, system and terminal for changing an MO of a broadcast service guide. The method for changing an management object (MO) of a broadcast service guide includes: installing an MO tree by a terminal upon receiving a service guide for which at least one management object has been formed... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090025038 - Methods and apparatus for updating a favorite list of channel numbers: This invention relates to a method and an apparatus for updating a favorite list of channel numbers in an electronic device, the method comprising the steps of: receiving channel update information comprising an existing channel number and a corresponding new channel number; determining if the existing channel number is in... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing Llc

20090025040 - Interactive service system and method for controlling the same, multimedia content transmitting device and method for controlling the same, multimedia content receiving device and method for controlling the same, sub-content receiving device and method fo: In an interactive service system (70), a service provider has an AV content creating/transmitting device (72) for transmitting AV content and an AV content related service providing device (75) for receiving a message, and a service requester has an AV content reproducing device (74) for reproducing the AV content received... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090025039 - Method and apparatus for video digest generation: The present invention is a video digest which extracts only the relevant information out of the video content according to user preferences. Video digest generator is a combination of hardware and software constituting a component of the digital video recorder, which analyzes the content and extracts only the portions which... Agent: Stevens Law Group

20090025041 - Change-over switch of external units of fixed aerials for satellite signal receivers: For individual reception of signals of television, radio and other services provided for by means of geostationary telecommunication satellites there is designed a change-over switch of external units of fixed aerials with a system of individual switches controlled by means of standard pulses generated by a satellite receiver. The change-over... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090025042 - Method for transmitting digital television services, corresponding gateway and network: The invention concerns a method for-transmitting digital television services via a gateway suitable to receive several digital multiplexes, each multiplex comprising at least one digital audiovisual service, the gateway being capable of receiving a limited number of multiplexes among the said plurality and of transmitting them to at least one... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing Llc

20090025043 - Multiband receiving apparatus and multiband transmitting apparatus using tunable filter: A multiband receiving apparatus and multiband transmitting apparatus using a tunable band is provided. The receiving apparatus includes a receiving unit for receiving radio frequency (RF) signals, and a tunable filter unit for selectively outputting the received RF signals. As a result, a complicated RF transceiving system is simplified, and... Agent: Mcneely Bodendorf LLP

20090025044 - Method for providing information and broadcast receiving apparatus using the same: Provided are an information providing method and a broadcast receiving apparatus using the method. According to the information providing method used by the broadcast receiving apparatus, the broadcast receiving apparatus generates a notification message based on a comparison of currently received information to previously received information. Therefore, the broadcast receiving... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090025045 - Method and system for delivering personal media over cable television: A method and system for delivering personal media over cable television have been disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer implemented method comprises storing digital content, the digital content including digital photographs, digital video, and music. The digital content is queued for review. A photo show is generated from the... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20090025046 - Hybrid architecture for media services: Techniques of providing media services based on a hybrid architecture are disclosed. The hybrid architecture is provided to take the benefits, features and advantages of both distributed architecture and client-server architecture. According to one aspect of the present invention, data pertaining to a title (e.g., a movie, a game, a... Agent: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP

20090025047 - Method and apparatus for sending/receiving vod streaming device providing client-favored advertisement: An apparatus and a method of sending/receiving video on demand (VOD) streaming service according to providing client-favored advertisement. A VOD server and a VOD client terminal tie the VOD streaming service to client advertisement selection interactions, such as advertisement receipt selections, advertisement selection attributes (e.g., type, mode, etc.). The VOD... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090025048 - Method and apparatus for sharing media files among network nodes: Techniques for sharing data among a plurality of networked devices, also referred to network nodes, are discussed. To best use an available uploading bandwidth of a device sharing data with a receiving device, a portion of the data is uploaded within the available uploading bandwidth, and another portion of the... Agent: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP

20090025049 - System and method of accessing internet information through personalized television apparatus: This document discloses a system and a method, both of which use a personalized television apparatus to access entertainment information from the Internet. It belongs in the television and communication areas. The said system includes but is not limited to a television apparatus with identifier, index server and source server.... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090025050 - Terminal apparatus used in information distribution system, recording medium on which information processing program is recorded, and information processing method: To provide a terminal apparatus, an information processing program, and an information processing method, with which a noise reduction and power saving are possible. A terminal apparatus puts an HDD into a stopped condition when a main switch is in a deactivated condition and, receiving a distribution request, temporarily puts... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090025051 - Method of transmitting and receiving broadcast signal and apparatus for receiving broadcast signal: Disclosed are a method of transmitting and receiving a broadcast signal and an apparatus for receiving the broadcast signal. In the present invention, first program table information describing a broadcasting stream, and second program table information including additional service identifier information of the multiplexed stream and third program table information... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20090025053 - Apparatus and method for selecting a qos in a portable communication system: An apparatus and method for selecting a QoS in a portable communication system are provided. The method includes, when using a high quality video communication service, sending a request for the high quality video communication service to a destination terminal using a Circuit Service Data (CSD) channel, receiving a reply... Agent: Jefferson Ip Law, LLP

20090025052 - Method and apparatus for controlling the bandwidth of sdv programming supplied to an edge device in a n sdv system: A switched digital video (SDV) system is provided that includes an SDV manager for coordinating SDV sessions requested by subscriber terminals associated with a service group. An input is provided for receiving content to be broadcast during the SDV sessions. At least one edge device is provided for receiving transport... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20090025054 - Method and system for access to content in a content space: A method and system for access to content is provided. Providing access to content involves constructing a smart channel that facilitates adaptive content selection, identifying known content matching the smart channel content selection, performing a smart channel query to discover new content that is related to the known content, and... Agent: Kenneth L. Sherman, Esq. Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20090025056 - Method for restoring program and video apparatus applying the same: A program restore method and a video apparatus using the same are provided. The video apparatus includes a first storage unit which stores backup programs, a second storage unit which stores executing programs, and a main control unit which reads out programs from the first storage unit and stores the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090025055 - System for remote access of satellite media services: A system for remote access of satellite communication services is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a portal having a controller element to present at a communication device one or more manageable services of a satellite media receiver operating in a satellite... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090019466 - Media usage monitoring and measurement system and method: Media monitoring and measurement systems and methods are disclosed. Some embodiments of the present invention provide a media measurement system and method that utilizes audience data to enhance content identifications. Some embodiments analyze media player log data to enhance content identification. Other embodiments of the present invention analyze sample sequence... Agent: Mauriel Kapouytian & Treffert LLP

20090019467 - Method and system for providing virtual co-presence to broadcast audiences in an online broadcasting system: There is provided an online broadcasting system for providing virtual co-presence to broadcast audiences. The online broadcasting system may comprise a plurality of user terminals, a user reaction processing server and a broadcast server configured to transmit broadcast program data to the user terminals. The user terminals may be configured... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20090019468 - Access control of media services over an open network: To ensure that media services are only provided to those authorized users or receiving devices, various conditional access mechanisms are provided to secure that media services are only received in those authorized. Different from a prior art conditional access system, an entitlement control message containing a master key can be... Agent: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP

20090019469 - Dynamic update of channel filtering information in iptv systems: Systems and methods according to the present invention address this need and others by updating the channel filtering information, e.g., whitelist, within the context of a streaming media system, e.g., an IMS-IPTV system. This updating of the channel filtering information occurs automatically through messages transmitted between a network node and... Agent: Ericsson Canada Inc. Patent Department

20090019470 - Systems, apparatuses, and methods for providing communications between a remote control and an advertising source: A system for providing communications between a remote control and an advertising source is provided. The system includes a television system configured to receive content and to provide a content indicator representing received content. A remote control is also included in the system, the remote control having a local communications... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090019471 - Personalized commercial cache: A method and system of personalized commercial cache, including one or more of the following: obtaining personalized consumer information; identifying commercials corresponding to the obtained personalized consumer information; downloading personalized commercials that are the commercials corresponding to the personalized consumer information; storing the downloaded personalized commercials; and playing the stored... Agent: Kramer & Amado, P.C.

20090019472 - Systems and methods for pricing advertising: A system for pricing advertising includes an electronic video display disposed in an advertising venue, wherein the display is configured to display advertising; a sensor configured to sense a number of people in an audience of the electronic video display; and a processing element for determining pricing for the advertising.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090019474 - Alternative mechanism to associate supplemental/advertising information with multimedia programs: The invention involves an interactive system and method for selection and display of advertisements, product information and other information in programming that can be updated at any time by advertisers and accessed at any time by television viewers without requiring any more functionality from the user terminal than is currently... Agent: Alcatel-lucent

20090019473 - Method of delivering targeted advertising: The method of delivering targeted advertising includes the steps of: performing market and business research on a selected business; determining a target audience for advertising for the selected business; creating an advertisement specific to the target audience; and, delivering the advertisement to the target audience through narrowcast television. Preferably, the... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20090019475 - Broadcast processing apparatus and control method thereof: A broadcast processing apparatus which has a time shift function, includes: a buffer unit which buffers a broadcast signal; a selection unit which is provided to select a broadcast signal recording function; a storage unit; a user interface (UI) generator which generates UI information; a display unit; and a controller... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090019477 - Data search method and data broadcast transmitting and receiving apparatuses: Provided are a data search method and data broadcast transmitting and receiving apparatuses. The data search method includes receiving a data search request; tuning a channel and receiving data to conduct a data search; obtaining a data search descriptor from the received data and conducting the data search; and outputting... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090019476 - Graphic user interface for playing video data: A graphic user interface is provided to facilitate a playback of a movie from any desired point. The graphic user interface includes a track bar to reflect how much time data pertaining to the movie title is available for playback. After it is determined that a current data point is... Agent: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP

20090019478 - Image processing apparatus and control method thereof: There is provided an image processing apparatus which comprises a receiver which receives primary image content; a communicator which communicates with at least one supply source which supplies related image content of the primary image content; a signal processor which processes and outputs the primary image content; and a controller... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090019479 - Iptv capable of auto channel setting and method thereof: An Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) capable of auto channel setting and a method thereof are provided. A channel information generating unit converts summaries of a plurality of web contents provided through the Internet into channel information as required by channel listing, and allocates channel numbers to the plurality of web... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090019482 - Image display apparatus and information providing method thereof: An image display apparatus and an information providing method using the image display apparatus are provided. The image display apparatus such as a digital TV classifies RSS information, which is provided from a web server, according to the time slot and displays the RSS information in predetermined categories at corresponding... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090019481 - System for presenting media programming guides: A system for presenting media programming guides is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media receiver having a controller element to generate a Media Program Guide (MPG) that groups media programs according to a redundancy of media programs and a viewing... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090019480 - System for remote access of media services: A system for remote access of media services is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a portal having a controller element to present at a communication device one or more manageable services of a Set-Top Box operating in an Internet Protocol Television... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090019485 - Interactive television program guide system and method with niche hubs: A system for providing interactive television program guide features and other features and information related to a specific user interest or programming category in niche hubs is provided. All of the television programming features provided by user television equipment that relate to a specific user interest or programming category may... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090019484 - Mobile terminal, and broadcast channel and broadcast information indictation method thereof: A method for displaying broadcast channel information in a mobile terminal is presented. The method includes entering a broadcast reception mode, and displaying channel information indicating whether each channel available for reception is a general channel or an integrated channel, wherein a general channel comprises one broadcast channel mapped onto... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090019483 - System for presenting an electronic programming guide in a media system: A system for presenting an electronic programming guide in a media system is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) media receiver having a controller element to transmit to a portal information associated with an Electronic Programming Guide... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090019486 - Method and system for improved media distribution: This disclosure describes methods and systems for improved media distribution. More specifically, this disclosure sets forth methods and systems for distributing video to a third party.... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20090019487 - Video tag layout: In one embodiment, a portion of a video sequence is displayed on an interface. A video tag is also displayed in the portion of the video sequence. In one embodiment, the video tag is a placeholder tag that shows where the tag would be displayed in the portion of the... Agent: Charles J. Kulas

20090019488 - System and method for providing personal content recommendations: A system and method for providing personal content recommendations comprising a receiver to receive and collect one or more user commands at one or more modules, a processor to generate, at the one or more modules, one or more personalized recommendations based on the one or more user commands, and... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090019489 - Method and apparatus for displaying movie titles based on distributed objects: Techniques for displaying a library of many movies and providing interactive mechanisms for users to browse the library, select or order a title are disclosed. In one embodiment, data pertaining to a title is distributed across a network. Whenever a movie is ordered, depending on implementation, either a leading portion... Agent: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP

20090019491 - Moving video tags outside of a video area to create a menu system: Tags in a video area are established by displaying the tags with a visual association to an item in the video. Thereafter, the tags move to a tag menu area that is outside of the video area. Tags are selectable, such as by clicking on the tag, to cause additional... Agent: Charles J. Kulas

20090019490 - Program selection support device: A program selection support device 200 that displays a program selection list that is a list of identifiers of broadcast programs selected as selection candidates from among all the broadcast programs to be broadcast in a predetermined period, the program selection support device comprising: a program selection list creating unit... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090019492 - Systems and methods for mirroring and transcoding media content: Systems and methods for mirroring and transcoding media content are provided. In some embodiments, media content stored on a user equipment device is mirrored on a remote server, and the mirrored copy is transcoded and provided to other user devices in a media content format that is appropriate for the... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090019493 - Cache affiliation in iptv epg server clustering: An EPG service architecture incorporates multiple EPG servers connected in a cluster. An active dispatcher is associated with at least one EPG server and multiple standby dispatchers are associated with the cluster. A plurality of STBs interfaced with the EPG server cluster issue requests for EPG service for which the... Agent: Utstarcom, Inc. C/o Laura Weiss, Paralegal

20090019494 - Method of controlling and apparatus of receiving mobile service data: The present invention relates to a digital broadcasting system, when transmitting mobile service data. In order to do so, the present invention performs additional encoding on the mobile service data and outputs the additionally encoded data. Accordingly, robustness is provided to the mobile service data, thereby enabling the mobile service... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090019495 - Reservation system of television program guide using internet and reservation method thereof: A television program reservation method is provided for allowing a user to reserve programs at a website and down-load reservation information within a set-top box through Internet such that the reserved program can be played by the set-top box. The program reservation system for a broadcast system includes a subscriber... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20090019496 - Method and system for displaying via a network of an interactive movie: The present invention relates to a system for transferring an interactive walkthrough movie located at a server via a network and displaying the same at a user station, which comprises: (a) a display unit at the user station for displaying movie frames; (b) a control device at the user station... Agent: Marsteller & Associates

20090019497 - System for configuring satellite communication services: A system for configuring satellite communication services is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a portal having a controller element to detect an installation of a satellite media receiver operating in a satellite communication system. The installation of the satellite media receiver... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090019498 - Method and system for generating specific segments of a program: The present invention provides a method for creating a specific segment during broadcasting program. Firstly, sending a program to an user terminal; then receiving a request of an user from the user terminal, which requests to create a specific segment, wherein the specific segment is part of the broadcasting program;... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090019499 - Methods and apparatus for improved program acquisition for use with mpeg-2 based systems: Methods and apparatus for improved program acquisition for use with MPEG-2 based systems. In an aspect, a method includes receiving a program association table (PAT) associated with an MPEG-2 transport stream, and identifying program map tables (PMTs) included in the PAT. The method also includes caching the PMTs, receiving a... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090019500 - Download execution apparatus: There is provided a download execution apparatus that can prevent, at least, sudden interruption of the viewing or recording by a user when a program is downloaded. An AM (1205b) includes a download source determination unit (2901) which compares current tuning information and a frequency required for downloading, and determines... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090019501 - Content licensing and conditional access using a mobile device: Techniques and tools are described which provide control access mechanisms for contents made available by a service provider to a user. The user, after a registration process, uses a mobile application on a mobile device to generate a one-time content key. The content key is input into a set-top box... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20090019506 - Apparatus and method for reproducing digital content using network: An apparatus and a method for reproducing a digital content using a network capable of accessing a remote digital programming via the network such as Internet are disclosed. In accordance with the apparatus and the method, a remote digital programming such as a video/audio stream and a menu data is... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090019503 - Enabling users of peer to peer clients to socially interact while viewing videos: Embodiments of the present invention pertain to enabling users of peer to peer clients to socially interact while viewing videos. According to one embodiment, a first client and a second client are physically remote from each other. A first video and a second video are for the same show but... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090019504 - Method for managing multimedia data and system for operating the same: A method for managing multimedia data includes receiving video data corresponding to a program, analyzing the video data for generating at least a sequence of streaming data corresponding to at least a predetermined content of the program, and outputting at least a sequence of streaming data to an electronic device... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090019505 - Streaming video over multiple network interfaces: The preferred embodiments provide a system and/or method that exploits the presence of multiple interfaces to provide high quality video streaming (or real time streaming). The proposed solution includes three specific strategies 1) receiver buffer management, 2) selective re-transmission of packets and 3) dynamic load balancing across interfaces to achieve... Agent: Watchstone P+d, PLC

20090019502 - System and method for gathering information from users of mobile audiovisual broadcast content: A method of interactive broadcasting may include broadcasting audiovisual content for receipt by mobile electronic devices that are present within a communication range of a wireless access point. An information submission mechanism may be made available to the mobile electronic devices over the wireless access point. Users of the mobile... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090019507 - System for presenting media services: A system for presenting media services is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a portal having a controller element to detect an installation of an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) media receiver in an IPTV media system and adapt at least a portion... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090019508 - Memory reduction in dvb-h applications: A method of storing DVB-H data from a DVB-H data burst, the method comprising: identifying erasures in the data burst; and storing non-erasure data from the data burst in memory locations of a memory that would be used to store erasures.... Agent: Empk & Shiloh, LLP C/o Landon Ip, Inc.

20090019509 - Technique for distributing content via different bearer types: A technique for controlling the distribution of content via broadcast bearers and non-broadcast bearers is described. A method embodiment of this technique includes the steps of providing a plurality of content channels, each content channel being associated with at least one of a first bearer type and a second bearer... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20090019510 - Device and method for storing audio/video data in a home network: The invention relates to a method and a device for storing audio/video data in a home network. They allow addition of storage possibilities to apparatuses of the set-top box type which do not have or cannot develop them so as to extend the functionality of the apparatus without a software... Agent: Ahs Inc

20090019511 - 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

20090019512 - System method and computer readable medium for multicasting control messages to a set top box: A system, method and computer readable medium are disclosed that allow a set top box to receive control messages transmitted using multicasting. The set top box is programmed with either an address or a URL that it uses to obtain the control messages directly, or obtain other messages that carry... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20090019513 - Method and apparatus for changing channel in digital broadcasting receiver: A method and apparatus for changing a channel in a digital broadcasting receiver and for hiding a delay that occurs due to the change of the channel are provided. The method includes receiving broadcasting data of at least one channel except for a current channel by using a time division... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090013345 - Method and equipment for monitoring tone quality of audio player and broadcast system: A method for monitoring tone quality of an audio player is provided. The method includes embedding a digital watermark into an audio signal, and playing the audio signal with the digital watermark by the audio player. Then, the digital watermark extracted from the audio signal played by the audio player... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20090013346 - Method for restricting viewing access to broadcast program and broadcast receiving apparatus using the same: A method for restricting viewing access to a broadcast program, and a broadcast receiving apparatus using the same are provided. The method for restricting viewing access to a broadcast program includes a process of restricting viewing access to a broadcast program based on viewing restriction information set by a user.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090013347 - Systems and methods for reporting usage of dynamically inserted and delivered ads: The solution of the ad delivery platform described herein provides for the marketing and monetizing of media assets via the delivery of advertisement with on-demand video. The ad platform optimizes the delivery of ads by controlling the insertion frequency and format of the ad delivered with video streams. The ad... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20090013348 - Systems and methods for exporting digital content using an interactive television application: The present invention relates to methods and systems for extracting digital content using an interactive television application. The interactive television application may allow the user to record programs on a set-top box. The interactive television application may also allow the user to extract the audio from one of the recorded... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090013349 - Broadcasting receiving apparatus and control method thereof: There is provided a broadcasting receiving apparatus. The broadcasting receiving apparatus includes: a receiver which receives a broadcasting signal of a broadcasting channel; a UI generator which generates a data broadcasting UI; and a controller which controls the UI generator to generate a channel data broadcasting UI including a data... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090013350 - Display of movie titles in a library: Techniques for displaying a library of many movies and providing interactive mechanisms for users to browse the library, select or order a title are disclosed. In one embodiment, movie titles are presented or displayed in movie banners, each resembling at least part or all of a corresponding movie poster distributed... Agent: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP Rong Liu

20090013351 - Distribution device and reception device: There is provided a preview distribution technique capable of realizing a flexible preview distribution between a distribution side and a user side. According to the technique, preview meta data describing reference destination information to the preview-constituting data of a plurality of types constituting the content preview is transmitted to a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090013352 - Program guide data decoding method and apparatus of digital broadcast receiver: A program guide data decoding method for a digital broadcast receiver includes detecting a request to decode structural data including a data unit and decoding the structural data using a template that matches the structure of the data unit when the matching template exists.... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20090013353 - Method and system for presenting tv channels: A method and system for presenting TV channels to a viewer is provided. One or more channel lists are generated based on selection criteria. The channel shuffle scanning is performed by presenting per channel content to a viewer from a channel list, for user viewing within a pre-selected period of... Agent: Kenneth L. Sherman, Esq. Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20090013354 - Signal processing apparatus, signal processing system including the same, and control method of the same: A signal processing apparatus is provided. The signal processing apparatus includes: a memory unit in which a plurality of channels and Internet addresses corresponding to the channels are stored; a network connecting unit which is connectable to the Internet; and a control unit which controls the network connecting unit to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090013355 - Broadcast scheduling method and broadcast receiving apparatus using the same: A broadcast scheduling method and a broadcast receiving apparatus using the method are provided. The broadcast scheduling method includes scheduling recording or viewing of a broadcast program based on schedule information, which is received from an external apparatus, to which broadcast information is transmitted, and is set by a user.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090013356 - Mobile television broadcast system: A digital television broadcast system with transmission and/or reception of digital television signals for improved mobile reception. The communication layers in the transmit and receive portions of the transmission system can be dynamically modified, e.g., based on usage patterns or current channel characteristics. The transmission system also provides for cross... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20090013357 - Seat back entertainment system: A seat back entertainment system includes a seat panel connected to a frame of a vehicle seat. A video unit provides a video signal. A display device is mounted to the seat panel. The display device displays the video signal provided by the video unit. One or more compartments formed... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20090013358 - Distributed video recording and playback: A method may include receiving a recording request for media information from a first media system. The method may also include selecting a source of the media information and selecting a storage destination for the media information. Recording and/or playback of the media information from the source to the storage... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20090013359 - Individualized digital media delivery systems: Systems and methods for individualized distribution of digital content to purchasers via portable kiosks are described. The systems contain a storage device for storing the digital content and distribution devices for distributing the digital content to a user. The distribution devices can be configured to be portable so that users... Agent: Kenneth E. Horton Kirton & Mcconkle

20090013360 - Monitoring apparatus: A monitoring method for monitoring a video/audio signal transmitted from a transmission source to a transmission destination has a step of storing the video/audio signal transmitted from the transmission source to the transmission destination repeatedly for a predetermined time period, a step of comparing a first characteristic amount extracted from... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090013361 - Method of processing hybrid service and hybrid digital cable receiving apparatus: A method of processing a hybrid service and a hybrid digital cable receiving apparatus are provided. The hybrid digital cable receiving apparatus includes a transmitting/receiving unit for receiving a hybrid signal, an Internet protocol television (IPTV) service processing unit for processing data corresponding to an IPTV service that is included... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090013363 - Broadcast system and broadcast reception method and apparatus thereof: A broadcast playback method includes receiving a first format of a broadcast stream transmitted by a broadcast station over a first radio network, playing the first format of the broadcast stream through demodulation and decoding processes, receiving a second format of the broadcast stream over a second radio network when... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20090013364 - Digital broadcasting system and method for processing data: A broadcasting system and a method for processing data are disclosed. The broadcasting system receives a broadcasting signal including program table information including contents redistribution information, contents edition information and contents protection information and so on. The broadcasting system extracts the received information and stores the contents included in the... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20090013362 - System and method of delivering video content: A system and method of delivering video content is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes receiving channel selection data from a set-top box device via an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) access network. The channel selection data indicates a selection of an IPTV channel. The method also includes sending... Agent: Toler Law Group

20090013368 - Broadcast system: A broadcast system BS includes a broadcast apparatus 1 and a reception apparatus 2. The broadcast apparatus 1 first receives and stores therein a proxy request PR including at least an identifier assigned to the reception apparatus 2 and a command to be transmitted to the reception apparatus 2. Moreover,... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090013366 - Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data generated on application according to hdmi cec: A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data generated on an application according to the High Definition Media Interface Consumer Electronics Control (HDMI CEC) standard are provided. The method and apparatus enable transmission and reception of audio, video and control signals through CEC of an integrated HDMI cable, without... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090013367 - Methods and apparatus for efficient network information acquisition over a dvb network: Methods and apparatus for efficient network information acquisition over a DVB network. In an aspect, a method includes identifying an IP/MAC platform, acquiring network information table (NIT) information in a transport stream being transmitted on a forward link frequency, acquiring IP/MAC network table (INT) information associated with the IP/MAC platform... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090013365 - Transmission of composite digital broadcast information: To improve transmission of digital broadcast information, there is proposed a method of transmitting digital broadcast information from a main transmitter (12) to at least one repeater (14). There is generated a composite digital broadcast signal carrying first digital broadcast information according to a first digital broadcast specification (DVB-T) and... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20090013369 - Device and method for initializing decoder in digital broadcasting receiver: Disclosed is a digital broadcasting transmitter/receiver. The digital broadcasting transmitter/receiver includes a tuner for selecting a channel of a received digital broadcasting signal through channel selection by a controller unit, a demodulator for demodulating a signal of the selected digital broadcasting channel, a demultiplexer for separating audio, video and data... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20090013370 - Media playback apparatus and method for providing multimedia content using the same: a media playback apparatus and a method for providing a multimedia content using the same are disclosed. In accordance with the apparatus and the method, a content reception information stored in a disk media is read and a connection to an external apparatus is established based on the content reception... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090013371 - Digital broadcasting receiving apparatus: A digital broadcasting receiving apparatus includes an operating unit with a channel up/down key, an EEPROM for storing a channel map in which a virtual channel and a physical channel are associated with each other, and a control unit for obtaining virtual channel information that is multiplexed with the physical... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090013372 - Video signal analyzer: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for analyzing video signals. An apparatus includes a video interface operable to receive a video signal, a network interface operable to receive a test parameter from a network source, and a processor operable to couple to the video interface and the network... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090013373 - Television broadcast receiving device and method of receiving television broadcast: The invention is to allow answering of a call without interrupting a broadcast program having high real-time information even when the call comes in during viewing of the program. A communication transmitting/receiving portion 12 detects a call transmitted from another terminal. When the call is detected by the call detection... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090007167 - Video-based networking system with reviewer ranking and publisher ranking: A video-based networking system is described, having a ranking system for publishers of videos and for reviewers of videos. The members of the network can publish their videos, view videos posted by others, and provide a review of videos posted by others. The videos may be rated and reviewed. The... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20090007168 - Methods and arrangements for managing computer messages: An arrangement for determining those optimal times to permit an important pop-up message to be displayed by way of garnering a user's attention, while permitting less important messages to be displayed at times when a user's attention is unlikely to be garnered. In accordance with a particularly preferred embodiment, an... Agent: Ference & Associates LLC

20090007169 - Methods and apparatus for collecting media consumption data based on usage information: Methods and apparatus for collecting media consumption data based on usage information of a media delivery device are disclosed. In an example method, media information is received by a portable metering device associated with a monitored individual such as a portable telephone, a personal digital assistant, and/or a handheld computer.... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090007170 - System and method for monitoring a real time event: An apparatus includes a trigger module and a tuning module. The trigger module presents a notification on a display device in connection with an occurrence of a predetermined condition in a real time event, such that the notification is added to a decoded video signal representing a video presentation other... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20090007171 - Dynamic interactive advertisement insertion into content stream delivered through ip network: Tools are provided for supporting dynamic insertion of advertisements into a content stream delivered to a viewer through an Internet Protocol (“IP”) network. A viewer profile that includes at least one item of interest and an advertisement profile that includes a mapping from one or more items to at least... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090007172 - Systems and methods for forecasting ad inventory: The solution of the ad delivery platform described herein provides for the marketing and monetizing of media assets via the delivery of advertisement with on-demand video. The ad platform optimizes the delivery of ads by controlling the insertion frequency and format of the ad delivered with video streams. The ad... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20090007173 - Apparatus, method, and computer program product for presenting an interactive programming guide: Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for presenting an interactive programming guide are provided. An embodiment may include providing an apparatus configured to deliver media programs and an interactive programming guide to a monitor to be viewed by a user. The interactive programming guide may list channels and media programs... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090007176 - Content syndication to set top box through ip network: Tools are provided for supporting content syndication to a set top box. The set top box requests a syndicated feed at regularly scheduled times, and receives the syndicated feed through an Internet Protocol (“IP”) network. Hence, a syndicated feed is distributed to the set top box that subscribes to the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090007175 - Image displaying method and display apparatus using the same: An image displaying method and a display apparatus using the same are provided. A broadcast forwarding device processes OSD. In a poor reception state of a broadcasting signal received from the broadcast forwarding device, the display apparatus displays an image informing of the bad reception state. The display apparatus displays... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090007177 - Packet-based digital display system: An all-digital display system includes an electronic processor that is operable to receive an internet protocol video packet and to generate a control signal based at least in part on the internet protocol video packet. In one particular embodiment, the electronic processor includes at least a header processor, a CPU... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20090007174 - Receiving apparatus and receiving method: A receiving apparatus according to the present invention includes a receiving unit for receiving television broadcasts and a communication unit for receiving streaming broadcasts via a network. A guide information producing unit produces guide information for displaying a program guide for television broadcast programs and a program guide for streaming... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090007178 - Video-based networking system with a video-link navigator: A video-based system is described, which provides video link navigation between the various videos uploaded to the system. The video link navigation tool can be a graphically displayed interface that links multiple video nodes to one another and allows users to navigate the videos represented by the nodes. In various... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20090007179 - System and method for providing an interactive program guide for past current and future programming: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a system and method for providing a program guide for past programming comprising receiving a user command to retrieve program data, retrieving the program data from a data source, and outputting, to a display device, the program data in response to receiving... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090007180 - Method for tuning to preferred channel and video receiving apparatus using the same: A preferred channel tuning method and a video receiving apparatus using the same are provided. According to the preferred channel tuning method of the video receiving apparatus, a channel through which a broadcast signal containing information identical to information regarding a preferred channel is received is tuned as a preferred... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090007181 - Tv set, tv broadcasting receiving system, and program information acquisition method used in tv set: According to one embodiment, in a system formed by connecting a TV and an STB, the TV determines, in updating EPG information, whether the state of the TV allows EPG information acquisition. If the state does not allow EPG information acquisition, the TV requests the STB to acquire EPG information.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090007182 - Pre-fragmentation of data destined for low resource clients: Program data for use in electronic program guides is fragmented in advance of delivery to a low resource client. In the described implementation, the program data is fragmented into equal size fragments. The size of each fragment is selected to guarantee that the data fragments will fit in pre-allocated memory... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20090007184 - Recording apparatus, recording-apparatus control method, program and computer-readable recording medium: A disclosed recording apparatus sets, when each scheduled recording of content is arranged, an attribute of the content, and resolves, in the case when a previously-arranged scheduled recording and a subsequently-arranged scheduled recording conflict with each other, the conflict according to priorities assigned to the attributes of the content pertaining... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090007183 - Video recording apparatus and broadcast receiving apparatus: According to one embodiment, a video recording apparatus including a recording device recording video data and a communication device performing a communication with an external tuner via a network, has the following units. Namely, the video recording apparatus has: a viewable channel presenting request unit transmitting a presenting request of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090007187 - Internet protocol television network and method of operating thereof: Example embodiments provide an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network and a method for operating thereof. Example embodiment methods may include receiving signals containing content and/or instructions from a mobile station and providing IPTV content based on that data. Example embodiment networks may include an interface connected to an IPTV network... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090007186 - Methods and systems for updating in-game content: Systems and methods for updating content of a mobile video game allow for mobile communication devices to receive updated content for video games that operate on the devices. The updates may be promotional in nature, and may be pre-selected based on the device type, service, or service provider. The game... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090007188 - Selective data downloading and presentation based on user interaction: Some embodiments of the invention are directed to, among other things, systems, computer readable media, methods and any other means for using a handheld device to present information to a user. The handheld device and server(s) can be configured to differentiate among inexpensive and expensive information. For example, the handheld... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090007185 - Wireless network system and devices: A wireless network device (4), such as a wireless media centre, has orthogonally polarised antennas (6a, 6b) arranged to provide transmit and/or receive polarisation diversity. The antennas may be arranged so that their nulls do not coincide, to produce a combined antenna pattern with a low variation of gain with... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20090007189 - System and method for grouping program identifiers into multicast groups: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for grouping program identifiers into multimast groups. More specifically, there is provided a method comprising receiving a request for satellite services from a requester device, wherein the request includes at least one program identifier, creating a second group of program identifiers,... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20090007190 - System and method for inserting sync bytes into transport packets: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for inserting sync bytes into a video transport stream. More specifically, there is provided a method comprising determining a parsing procedure supported by a first set top box, appending a first transport packet to comply with the parsing procedure of the... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20090007192 - On board wireless digital entertainment, communication and information system for mass transportation medium: System and method for on board digital entertainment, communication and information system for mass transportation medium (static or mobile) is presented. The system consists of server, software algorithm and client devices. Client devices are connected wirelessly to the server and the server is connected to other servers and external medium... Agent: Gaajendra Prasad Singh

20090007191 - Vehicle seat interconnect, method and vehicle seat data system: A vehicle seat interconnect includes a cable that propagates data signals along a length of the cable and a transceiver provided on at least one vehicle seat of a vehicle. The transceiver is wirelessly coupled with the cable and transmits the data signals between the transceiver and the cable.... Agent: Barley Snyder, LLC

20090007193 - Wireless audio distribution system and method for an in-flight entertainment system: A wireless communication system for a vehicle includes a seat or overhead video display unit, a control and audio unit that is associated with and located remotely with respect to the video display unit, a first wireless transceiver associated with the video display unit, a second wireless transceiver associated with... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20090007194 - Remote recovery of in-flight entertainment video seat back display audio: A system and method permit remote recovery of audio from audiovisual or multimedia content for a video display unit. Audio is recovered from the audiovisual content sent to a first network address and is packetized for transmission over a network that may utilized an existing wiring infrastructure that provides audio... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20090007195 - Method and system for filtering advertisements in a media stream: A system and method may include receiving a media stream via a media delivery network, the media stream comprising a plurality of media segments, measuring a plurality of characteristics of a media segment of the plurality of media segments, and assigning a characteristics score to each of the plurality of... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090007196 - Method and apparatus for sharing media files among network nodes with respect to available bandwidths: Techniques for sharing data among a plurality of networked devices, also referred to network nodes, are discussed. To best use an available uploading bandwidth of a device sharing data with a receiving device, a portion of the data is uploaded within the available uploading bandwidth, and another portion of the... Agent: Shemwell Mahamedi LLP

20090007197 - System and method for storage and playback of remotely recorded video data: A user interacts with a data storage service which enables one or more feeds from video and or web cameras to be streamed to the data storage service. The data storage service then provides storage and/or playback services to the subscriber (e.g., for a monthly fee or a usage fee).... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20090007198 - Accessing broadcast media: This invention relates to a system (2000) for providing individual users access to audio/visual content which has been broadcast to a plurality of users on a scheduled basis. The system comprises means for storing the content, means for enabling a user to download the content in the form of a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090007199 - Method and apparatus for network bandwidth conservation: Methods and apparatus for conserving bandwidth within a network based on two or more different service levels. In an exemplary embodiment, programming that is simulcast on two or more program channels is mapped to one physical channel during periods when the programming is scheduled at only one service level (e.g.,... Agent: Robert F. Gazdzinski, Esq. Gazdzinski & Associates

20090007200 - System and method of providing video content commentary: A method of providing video content commentary is disclosed that includes sending video content to a first set-top box device at a first time, where the first set-top box device is associated with a first subscriber. The method also includes receiving data corresponding to a comment submitted by the first... Agent: Toler Law Group

20090007201 - Jitter introduction in a data transmission system: Disclosed is a transmission system comprising a transmitter, at least one receiver and a data network coupling the transmitter and the receiver, whereby the at least one receiver comprises a dejitter mechanism. The transmitter comprises jitter means for introducing jitter into data on the network, and the dejitter mechanism is... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090007202 - Forming a representation of a video item and use thereof: Functionality is described for forming a summary representation of a video item to help a user decide whether to obtain a full version of the video item. The functionality operates by: (a) receiving a video item; (b) dividing the video item into a plurality of segments; (c) extracting at least... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20090007203 - Enhanced interactive television return path: A method for providing services to a television system, the method comprising receiving a user message via a telephone line, the message including a translated version of user information (436); using the message received to identify an address for the television system associated with the user and broadcasting a return... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090007206 - Common media consumption across multiple media processing systems via single user control: A system and method for the management of common consumption of media in a media exchange network is disclosed. Various embodiments of the present invention provide for control by a first user at a first location in a media exchange network of the simultaneous consumption of media content by other... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090007204 - Method and system for providing broadcasting video program: A method and a system for proving a broadcasting video program with the internet are provided. The broadcasting video program provision system includes a first data server, a second data server and a portal site. By the first data server, first broadcasting video program signals broadcast in a first area... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20090007205 - User terminal and proxy server of internet protocol television (iptv) system, and operating method thereof: A user terminal and proxy server of an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), and an operating method thereof are provided. A user terminal of an IPTV system includes a channel information input unit which receives channel information as an input, a channel management unit which transmits the input channel information to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090007207 - Hardware-implemented handling of back-to-back and parallel time slices in a video broadcasting receiver: A hardware-implemented video broadcasting receiver is described that is capable handling back-to-back and parallel time slices in an efficient manner, thereby providing improved receiver performance. In one implementation, the hardware-implemented video broadcasting receiver is capable of handling back-to-back time slices of up to 2 Megabits (Mbits) each and, depending upon... Agent: Fiala & Weaver, P.l.l.c. C/o Intellevate

20090007208 - Program, data processing method, and system of same: An MXF parser thread 43 parses data MXF_D, being, mixed together, a plurality of video data PIC, a plurality of audio data SOU, and system data SYS. Then, it generates video file attribute data VFPD concerning the video based on the parsed system data and metadata META and generates video... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20090007209 - Broadcasting device and receiver: A broadcasting device and a receiver excellent in responsiveness are obtainable through transmitting program information, organized by condition and including a program satisfying a search condition, from a broadcasting station.... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090007210 - Apparatus, method, and program for catv transmission-path monitoring: Gate switches can switch an amount of attenuation, and are set in a distributed manner on distribution lines and a trunk on subscribers' house side in a CATV transmission path having a tree structure with an optical node that follows a headend being taken as a starting point. An upstream-transmission-quality... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090007211 - Cable set-top box with voice over internet protocol: A cable set-top box with voice over internet protocol includes a housing; a coaxial cable input for accepting a coaxial cable containing a video content signal and a data content signal from a provider, the data content signal for providing the voice over internet protocol to a telecommunication's device; a... Agent: Patton Boggs, LLP

20090007212 - Management of multimedia display content in a media exchange network: A system and method for managing multimedia display content in a communication network is disclosed. An embodiment of the present invention may support the selection, scheduling, and delivery of media from a set top box at a first location to a multimedia display at a second location, using a communication... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090007213 - Information processing apparatus and method for controlling a tv receiver: According to one embodiment, there is provided an information processing apparatus connectable to a TV receiver via a digital image interface, including: a display device; a plurality of image output terminals including a digital image output terminal associated with the digital image interface; an image output selection section configured to... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090007214 - Commerical free status for media content recording systems and methods: An exemplary system includes a content processing subsystem configured to record at least a subset of a media content program, the media content program including at least one commercial segment. The content processing subsystem is further configured to provide a commercial free status indicator to an output device for presentation... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090007215 - Method and apparatus for delivering programming code objects to set-top terminals and the like: A set top box is provided that includes an RF front-end for receiving programming content over a distribution communication network. A processor is operatively associated with the RF front-end and a storage device is operatively associated with the processor. An interface is provided for establishing communication with an external device.... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20090007216 - System and method of delivering video content: A method of delivering video content is disclosed that includes receiving a request at a video content gifting server from a first set-top box device. The request indicates a selection to purchase video content for a second subscriber associated with a second set-top box device. The method also includes sending... Agent: Toler Law Group