Interactive video distribution systems inventions 02/09

20090055852 - Anonymous aggregated data collection: An anonymous aggregated data collection system aggregates media access information in an anonymous data collection component without associating the media access information with any one particular client device. The anonymous data collection component further prevents a network operator, content provider, or third party from correlating the media access information obtained... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20090055853 - System individualizing a content presentation: Embodiments provide an apparatus, a system, and a method. A system includes a tracking apparatus operable to gather data indicative of a spatial aspect of a person with respect to the display. The system also includes an individualization module operable to individualize a parameter of the content presentation in response... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20090055854 - Methods and apparatus for cooperator installed meters: Methods and apparatus for cooperator installed meters are disclosed. An example method includes receiving audience information, configuring the audience meter based on the audience information, placing the audience meter in a sleep mode, and shipping the audience meter to a location associated with the audience information.... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090055855 - Information processing apparatus and method as well as software program: The present invention concerns an information processing apparatus, a method thereof, and a program for allowing the audience to easily search for intended television programs. A server stores characteristic words extracted from television program information in a characteristic word file 103. The server also stores the extracted characteristic words associated... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090055856 - System and method for managing media content: There is provided a system and method for configuring a media management device. More specifically, in one exemplary embodiment, there is provided a method (300) comprising initiating a content blocking procedure based on activation of a content control mechanism, determining (306) at least one characteristic of content being provided at... Agent: Fletcher Yoder P.C.

20090055857 - Video channel curation: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a schedule of videos is received from a curator, wherein the curator is involved in displaying videos on a web page and the schedule is a list of videos to be displayed on the web page. One or more advertisements are matched... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson - Yahoo!

20090055861 - System and method for associating content to at least one viewer profile in video audiences: A system and method for associating content to one or more viewer profile in video audiences is provided. The method includes obtaining a first set of targeted ratings, wherein the targeted ratings provide a percentage of viewer profiles that consumed content; obtaining a second input set, wherein the second input... Agent: Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green, PA C/o Peter Nieves

20090055862 - System and method for providing real time targeted rating to enable content placement for video audiences: A system and method is provided for providing real time targeted rating to enable content placement for video audiences. The method includes determining if at least one set top box, located within a network having at least one set top box, is on or off, wherein being on is defined... Agent: Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green, PA C/o Peter Nieves

20090055858 - System and method for providing supervised learning to associate profiles in video audiences: A system and method for providing supervised learning to associate profiles in video audiences is provided. The method includes: receiving data providing an association of consumer profiles and video decoders to households within a network; recording zapping events (patterns) created by consumers; and associating zapping patterns of consumers with households.... Agent: Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green, PA C/o Peter Nieves

20090055860 - System and method for providing targeted rating of profiles in video audiences: A system and method for providing targeted rating of profiles in video audiences is provided. The method includes the steps of deriving a first input set, wherein the first input set contains data showing which viewer profiles are associated with which set top boxes within the network, wherein the data... Agent: Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green, PA C/o Peter Nieves

20090055859 - System and method for providing unsupervised learning to associate profiles in video audiences: A system and method for providing unsupervised learning to associate profiles in video audiences is provided. The method includes: receiving a zapping log and a broadcast schedule, wherein the zapping log includes records of set top box zapping signatures for at least a portion of the set top boxes of... Agent: Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green, PA C/o Peter Nieves

20090055866 - Digital broadcasting system and method of processing data in digital broadcasting system: A digital broadcast receiver and a control method thereof are disclosed. The digital broadcast receiver includes a reception unit for receiving a broadcast signal which mobile service data and main service data are multiplexed, an extractor for extracting transmission parameter channel signaling information and fast information channel signaling information from... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090055867 - Digital broadcasting system and method of processing data in digital broadcasting system: The present invention provides a data processing method includes receiving a broadcasting signal where mobile service data are multiplexed with main service data, extracting transmission-parameter-channel signaling information and fast-information-channel signaling information from a data group within the received mobile service data, parsing first program table information describing virtual channel information... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090055864 - Digital broadcasting system and method of processing data in the digital broadcasting system: A digital broadcasting system and a data processing method are disclosed. A receiving system of the digital broadcast system includes a mobile service data processor, a main service data processor, a controller, and a display module. The mobile service data processor receives mobile service data through a mobile service data... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090055865 - Digital broadcasting system and method of processing data in the digital broadcasting system: The present invention provides a method of processing data. The method of processing data includes receiving a broadcasting signal where mobile service data are multiplexed with main service data, extracting transmission-parameter-channel signaling information and fast-information-channel signaling information from a data group within the received mobile service data; obtaining first program... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090055863 - Method and system for providing content: Methods and systems for providing content. A selection of a single virtual channel may be received from the user. Virtual programming data for the single virtual channel may be accessed. The virtual programming data may define content to be provided over the single virtual channel. The content may be provided... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090055868 - System for collating data from multiple sources to form a composite program guide for display: A video decoder system collates program guide information acquired from a variety of local and remote sources. Program guide information is received from a first source and a selectable program guide menu icon is displayed. A category of program guide information items from the first source is collated by a... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20090055869 - Method for controlling video content display and display and computer readable medium with embedded osd which the method disclosed: In a method for controlling video content display and a display and a computer readable medium, the method accomplishes the video display control through setting the corresponding parameter value of a video display control item in an on screen display of the display, and the video includes a first video... Agent: Hdls Patent & Trademark Services

20090055870 - Digital broadcast receiving apparatus: A digital broadcast receiving apparatus that utilizes an unused tuner effectively to shorten channel selection time is disclosed. The apparatus is equipped with plural tuners that receive digital broadcast waves; a TS processing unit capable of processing at least two TSes demodulated by the tuner; a service information acquiring unit... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090055871 - Digital broadcast system for transmitting/receiving digital broadcast data, and data processing method for use in the same: The present invention is directed to a digital broadcast system and a data processing method. A broadcast signal in which mobile service data and main service data are multiplexed is transmitted and received. Then, in a broadcasting receiver, the program table information describing channel information and event information of the... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090055872 - Digital broadcasting system and method of processing data in digital broadcasting system: A digital broadcast receiver and a control method thereof are disclosed. The digital broadcast receiver includes a reception unit for receiving a broadcast signal which mobile service data and main service data are multiplexed, an extractor for extracting transmission parameter channel signaling information and fast information channel signaling information from... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090055873 - Advertisement-free program recording method and system for mobile device: An advertisement-free program recording method and system is provided for recording a broadcast program excluding advertisement breaks. A program recording method of the present invention includes reserving a duration of time or program to be recorded; receiving broadcast data in the duration; recording the received broadcast data; determining whether advertisement... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20090055874 - Digital broadcasting receiving apparatus: A broadcasting recording apparatus for making a recording reservation with good usability includes a batch recording accepting unit for accepting a batch recording reservation based on an operational input accepted via a remote controller, the batch recording reservation being an operational input for making a set of recording reservations of... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090055875 - Digital broadcasting system and method of processing data in the digital broadcasting system: A digital broadcasting system and a data processing method are disclosed. A receiving system of the digital broadcasting system includes a baseband processor, a first table handler, an audio/video processor, and a content processor. The baseband processor receives a broadcast signal including mobile and main service data. The mobile service... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090055876 - Method and apparatus for generating an overlay code for a set top box from an external device: A communication system 10 including a host device 14 in communication with an external device 40 through a pair of interfaces 48/50. The external device has an application code image module 42 therein. The host device 14 includes an application execution area 66 and a resource application programming interface (API)... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090055877 - Method and apparatus for providing/receiving service of plurality of service providers: Provided are a method and apparatus for providing/receiving a service from a plurality of service providers. In the method, in order to receive services from servers of a plurality of service providers, a client receives information regarding a plurality of services that can be received from a server of a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090055878 - Accessing interactive services over internet: The invention relates to a method of providing interactive services through a telecommunications network. In the method an audio/visual (A/V) stream and control data is exchanged between an application server and a multiplexing and access control module of the telecommunications network, by means of a multimedia bidirectional interactive protocol. Internet... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20090055879 - System and method for implementing streaming service: A circuit-switch streaming service (CSS) system includes a circuit-switch streaming service center (CSSC), and a video interworking gateway (VIG). The system also includes an application server (AS), and the AS is connected to the CSSC for initiating a video call command to the CSSC; the CSSC identifies the video call... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd (for Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd)

20090055881 - Digital broadcast receiver: There is provided a cable broadcast receiver for solving problems arising in the switching between execution of a download application and reproduction of video audio information from an external device. The receiver has operating modes including a first mode and a second mode. Under the first mode, the receiver is... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090055882 - Digital broadcasting system and method of processing data in digital broadcasting system: A digital broadcasting system and a data processing method are disclosed. A receiving system of the digital broadcasting system includes a baseband processor, an IP network stack, and a handler. The baseband processor receives a broadcast signal including mobile service data and main service data. Herein, the mobile service data... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090055880 - Method of distributing video-on-demand over an internet protocol network infrastructure: The present invention provides a method of operating a set-top box that is coupled to a video display, the set-top box being configured for communication with a video content provider. One embodiment of the method may include initiating display of a first portion of video content that is pre-loaded onto... Agent: Mark W. Sincell Williams, Morgan & Amerson, P.C.

20090055883 - Broadcasting signal processing apparatus and control method thereof: A broadcasting signal processing apparatus, includes: a signal processor which processes a broadcasting signal having an application to provide broadcasting program information; an output unit which outputs the broadcasting program information; and a controller which stores the broadcasting program information of the application according to a user's command, and provides... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090055884 - Method and apparatus to process customized recording contents: A method and apparatus to process customized recording contents includes generating customized replay control information at a time of recording contents. The method also includes extracting broadcasting-associated additional information from a broadcasting stream, extracting user interaction information by matching the extracted additional information with one or more viewing preferences of... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090055885 - Digital broadcasting system and method of processing data in digital broadcasting system: The present invention provides a data processing method, the data processing method including receiving a broadcasting signal where mobile service data are multiplexed with main service data, extracting transmission-parameter-channel signaling information and fast-information-channel signaling information from a data group within the received mobile service data, parsing first program table information... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090055886 - Digital broadcasting system and method of processing data in digital broadcasting system: A digital broadcast receiver and a control method thereof are disclosed. The digital broadcast receiver includes a reception unit for receiving a broadcast signal which mobile service data and main service data are multiplexed, an extractor for extracting transmission parameter channel signaling information and fast information channel signaling information from... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090049464 - Method and apparatus to purchase contents by using portable storage medium or via network: Users of a method and apparatus to purchase (e.g., rent or buy) contents using a portable storage medium, via a network or the like. Contents purchased using embodiments of a method and apparatus may be developed to be automatically deleted or to be non-reproducible after being reproduced one time or... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090049465 - Methods and apparatus for audience measurement using global signature representation and matching: Methods and apparatus for audience measurement using global signature representation and matching are disclosed. An example method to determine whether a monitored media content presentation corresponds to a reference content source disclosed herein comprises creating a track corresponding to the reference content source and representative of a history of signature... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090049466 - Using utility outlets to determine and report media-based activity: Utility outlets such as light switches, power sockets and permanently mounted light sockets for detecting, measuring and reporting user parameters and/or media based activity in a premises. System and methods for measuring media activity in a premises using utility outlets.... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p

20090049467 - System, method and computer program product for selective filtering of objectionable content from a program: A system, method, and computer program product is provided for the selective filtering of objectionable content from a program. The selective filtering of objectionable content from a program is accomplished by applying an encoding process and a decoding process to the audio and/or video signal of the program. The encoding... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (c/o Patent Administrator)

20090049468 - Targeted television advertisements based on online behavior: In a computer-implemented method, a selected online advertisement is automatically directed to, or online activity is automatically tracked and recorded from, an online user interface device which corresponds, at the time the advertisement is directed or the activity is tracked, to a first online access identifier. The advertisement is directed... Agent: Louis J. Hoffman, P.C.

20090049469 - Targeted online, telephone and television advertisements based on cross-service subscriber profiling: A method is disclosed for monitoring data packet traffic in a communication network for at least two of a plurality of subscriber devices associated with a subscriber; developing a holistic subscriber profile for the subscriber based on the monitored data packet traffic; selecting advertisement data for a current one of... Agent: At&t Legal Department Attn: Patent Docketing

20090049470 - Method and device for interactive operation of television: Image processing or image analysis to produce real time effects on images on a screen. The user shoots an imaginary gun, points a wooden stick, points his finger that has a colored paper attached etc, at the screen and effects happen to the images on the screen. The effects could... Agent: Uzi Ezra Havosha & Partners

20090049471 - Digital broadcast receiving apparatus and content display method: The invention is directed to the provision of a digital broadcast receiving apparatus that presents the details of a plurality of content for viewing before a user performs a content switching (determining) operation, and thereby enables the user to precheck the details of the plurality of contents by a simple... Agent: Oliff & Berridge PLC

20090049472 - Digital broadcasting system and data processing method: A digital broadcasting system for transmitting/receiving a digital broadcasting signal and a data processing method are disclosed. A program table information has an identifier identifying mobile service data and main service data in a broadcasting signal. The program table information is mulitiplexed with the mobile service data and main service... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090049473 - Providing a video user interface: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a user interface. First, a first input may be received and a currently displayed programming content may be shrunken. Next, the shrunken programming content may be displayed. Then, in response to the received first input and concurrent with the shrunken programming content, a... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090049474 - Method of providing electronic program guide: A method of providing an electronic program guide is disclosed. The method includes storing information of electronic program guides, displaying an electronic program guide of a channel output on a primary screen in response to a signal of outputting the information of the electronic program guides, and displaying an electronic... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20090049477 - Apparatua and method of browsing content: An apparatus for browsing content according to an aspect of the invention includes an apparatus including a metadata storage unit storing information on content, which is classified according to a first classification basis, a second classification basis, and a third classification basis, a browsing-guide-generation unit generating a browsing guide with... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090049476 - Method for providing graphical user interface for selecting broadcast program and av apparatus therefor: A method for providing a GUI for selecting a broadcast program, and an AV apparatus are provided. According to the method for providing a GUI, a user selection regarding the broadcast programs that cannot be simultaneously selected is set according to a user operation that is input in an area... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090049475 - Methods and apparatus to transfer content to a mobile device: Methods and apparatus to transfer content to a mobile device are described. An example includes a main page to be displayed upon an activation of a transfer feature; a display section to present content being presented prior to the activation of the transfer feature; a plurality of pages operatively linked... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090049480 - System and method for generating electronic program guides: A method and system for generating electronic program guides is provided. The method comprises: sharing Electronic Program Guides (EPG) data among at least one terminal and at least two service providers (SPs) interconnected over network; searching the shared EPG data; and generating EPG for the terminal according to the searched... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd (for Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd)

20090049478 - System and method for the generation of replacement titles for content items: The present invention is directed towards systems, methods and computer program products for generating substitute titles for a content item in response to a user submitted title for the content item. The method of the present invention comprises receiving a user generated title and generating a plurality of candidate substitute... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Ostrow, Kaufman & Frankl LLP

20090049479 - User interfaces to present shared media: User interfaces to present shared media are described. An example includes a user interface for use with a media presentation system including a main page and a plurality of pages operatively linked to the main page; one or more interactive sections to present information associated with one or more media... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090049481 - Apparatus and method of searching for desired television content: The present invention is an apparatus and method for allowing a user to search for specific content across many television channels in order to locate desirable television shows related to the searched content. Multiplexed cable signals flow thorough a logical unit which buffers text associated with the voice stream of... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20090049482 - System and method for rejoining retransmissions of broadcast media: Aspects include methods and apparatuses for allowing an electronic device to rejoin a program during a subsequent broadcast of the program. The method may include identifying at least a portion of a first program, the program being broadcast to an electronic device during a first period, identifying a subsequent broadcast... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090049483 - Receivers for television signals: A receiver for television signals is arranged to receive video signals comprising video data and information data. The receiver is arranged to respond to viewer operation of a control device. The receiver includes a processor for processing selected information data to convert the same into signals representative thereof for output... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20090049484 - Method and system for image alteration: Methods and systems for image alteration. A video signal having a plurality of images may be accessed. An alteration request may be received from a user. A portion of the plurality of images of the video signal may be altered to blur the video signal. The blurred video signal may... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090049485 - Method for context-based channel switching in bandwidth limited television systems: A method for switching channels on a video playback device, the device receiving content from a plurality of channels transmitted by a digital video distribution network, the method including establishing a context for selecting additional channels; receiving a selection for another channel; updating the context with the selection; and transmitting... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Yorktown

20090049486 - On-demand asset distribution: On-demand asset distribution is described. In embodiment(s), a client device can maintain an on-demand asset received from a content distributor, such as with a recording media. The client device can allocate upstream bandwidth for distribution of segments of video data for the on-demand asset to other requesting client devices. When... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090049487 - Router apparatus and network trouble determining method: The router apparatus monitors packets among plural networks and relays the packets among the networks based on information obtained from the packets. The router apparatus includes an HTTP server and a speed measuring page. The HTTP server monitors a transmission request from an HTTP client and transmits information to the... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090049489 - Control apparatus, content transmission system and content transmission method: Disclosed herein is a control apparatus for accepting a request for transmission of a content from a content transmission apparatus to the control apparatus and for passing on the request to the content transmission apparatus by way of a communication network allowing a transmission quality to be reserved and for... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090049488 - Method for updating a table of correspondence between a logical address and an identification number: This invention relates to a Method for updating a table of correspondence between a logical address associated to a user unit in a communication network and a unique identification number associated to a user unit of a group of user units managed by a management centre, a method in which... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090049490 - System for presenting media content: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller element to receive a tout message associated with a media content item, and present the tout message with a selectable Internet link having one or more instructions for directing a set-top... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090049491 - Resolution video file retrieval: Peer-to-peer and IPTV based technologies have facilitated tremendous growth in terms of the sharing of video files in computer networks and on the Internet. This growth has imposed an immense challenge on service providers in terms of being able to handle continuously increasing loads while still ensuring (a minimum) quality... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090049492 - Network architecture and devices for improving performance of hybrid fiber coax cable data systems: Provided is a communications system including a first segment configured to (i) serve one or more end users and (ii) utilize analog signals modulated to carry digital data. The communications system also includes a second segment connectable to a headend, a protocol configured to control communication of data between the... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090049494 - Device, method and system of registering wireless communication modules: Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of registering wireless video communication modules. A method of registering wireless video modules may include, for example, transmitting a first registration message from a first wireless video communication module to a second wireless video communication module, wherein the first registration message includes... Agent: Empk & Shiloh, LLP C/o Landon Ip, Inc.

20090049493 - System for delivering media content: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a slave Set-Top Box (STB) receiver having a controller adapted to transmit a request for presentation to a master STB receiver to present one or more media content items stored in the master media STB receiver, select... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090049495 - Method and apparatus for creating, managing, sending and tracking video presentations with emails: The invention includes improvements in the method and apparatus for enabling a video presentation, that is located at a remote location from the email, such a special video server, to be begin playing almost immediately when that email is opened.... Agent: D.a.n Chase Chase Law Firm, L.c.

20090049496 - Central automated transmission system for broadcasting and method of operating: A broadcasting system for receiving a plurality of programs from different programming sources having a plurality of first receivers for receiving the plurality of programs as analog and digital signals. The master control unit includes an analog to digital converter, a storage server, a plurality of playback stations, compression and... Agent: Michael A. O'neil, P.C.

20090049497 - Digital broadcasting system and data processing method: A digital broadcasting system and a data processing method are disclosed. A time zone identifier is inserted into program table information of a broadcasting signal and the broadcasting signal is transmitted/received. The digital broadcasting system can calculate a local time of a region, in which the digital broadcasting system is... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090049498 - Method to extend hdmi and dvi connections over long distances: This invention is to use standard and very popular UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair) cables, such as CAT-5, CAT-6 and CAT-7 cables to extend the original high-definition digital audio/video signals over long distance between HDMI/DVI compliant sources and HDMI/DVI compliant displays. It can be either an extension between one source and... Agent: Changrong Li

20090049500 - Receiving device: A receiving device is one capable of processing a first application received from a broadcast station and a previously built-in second application, including: a first application management unit operable to control the first application; a second application management unit operable to control the second application; an operation management unit operable... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090049499 - Television receiving system: A television receiving system has a plurality of setup-data including wireless settings, which can be selected by user's choice the optimum wireless setting for every position where the display is located. This configuration can create a stable signal-receiving environment no matter where the display is located.... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090049501 - Device, method and system of wireless communication: Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of wireless communication. A local wireless video communication network may include, for example, a first group of wireless video source modules capable of transmitting wireless video transmissions; and a second group of wireless video destination modules capable of receiving the wireless video... Agent: Empk & Shiloh, LLP C/o Landon Ip, Inc.

20090049502 - Facilitating communications among message recipients: A system, method, computer program product, and carrier are described for obtaining an indication of a first device receiving a message portion during a time interval in which a second device received the message portion and signaling a decision whether to facilitate a signal transfer at least between the first... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20090049503 - Near video-on-demand signal receiver: A video signal receiver receives a plurality of video channels simultaneously carrying, offset by a transmission interval, a single video program, selects one channel from which to obtain the program for display to a user, and achieves a pause function in the display of the transmitted video program by temporarily... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20090049505 - Multi-purpose portable electronic device: Described is a multi-purpose portable electronic device which is capable of providing both TV and storage functions. By using the portable electronic device, a user can watch a TV program received externally, store the TV program in a single portable electronic device and watch the stored TV program on different... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090049504 - Multivideo-purpose portable electronic device: Described is a multivideo-purpose portable electronic device which is capable of providing TV and PC camera functions, and even a storage function. By using the multivideo-purpose portable electronic device, a user can watch a TV program received externally and get involved in a video conference/chat process concurrently, store the TV... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090049506 - System for managing a configuration of a media content processor: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media content processor having a controller adapted to transmit to a web server one or more configurations of said media content processor. The web server can record said one or more configurations to perform one among... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090049507 - Digital broadcasting receiver and digital broadcasting receiving system: A digital broadcast receiver includes an operation mode manager that switches an operation mode to a first mode in which a function is implemented by the downloaded application or a second mode in which a function is implemented by the pre-installed application, and a key delivery module that delivers the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090044216 - Internet-based system for interactive synchronized shared viewing of video content: Internet-based viewing system for interactive synchronized shared viewing of video content comprises a website accessible to customers of the viewing system and providing mechanisms for the customers to select, author and schedule viewing sessions for transmission by the system, to invite other customers to view selected viewing sessions in synchronicity... Agent: Epstein & Gerken

20090044217 - System and methods for network tv broadcasts for out-of-home viewing with targeted advertising: A television broadcasting system and methods that manages the insertion of targeted advertisements and other messages into live satellite or Internet broadcasts or other types of broadcasts into out-of-home locations such as health clubs. The insertion of targeted advertisement and other messages are accomplished by a satellite service provider purchasing... Agent: Michael J. Femal Mcdonald Hopkins LLC

20090044219 - Device control method using an operation screen, and electronic device and system using the method: An electronic device (e.g., a display device) (101) is connected with an external connection device (e.g., an image recording/playback device) (201), thereby to perform data communications. A controller (103) of the electronic device (101) decides, in case it receives operation information, whether or not an operation screen (GUI) for the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090044218 - Font changing method for video subtitle: A font changing method for the subtitles of a video is provided. The method utilizes a playback program, which is implemented as a software application or a program embedded in a playback device, to provide a font selection function for the subtitles of the video. Therefore, a user can configure... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090044222 - Broadcasting receiver: A broadcasting receiver capable of receiving the broadcasting services via both broadcast wave and the Internet is provided, which may allow a user to select a desired broadcasting service irrespectively of the difference in transmission channel between the broadcast wave and the Internet. The broadcasting receiver includes a channel table... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090044220 - Creating shortlists for control of a broadcast receiver: A remote control device controls the tuning of a broadcast receiver to a plurality of broadcast channels. The device has a configuring mode for creating a set of specific broadcast channels, and an operational mode for restricting selection from among the channels to the specific channels only. In the configuring... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090044221 - Information processing apparatus and program startup control method: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a CPU, a connector which outputs a video signal and inputs/outputs various commands for operation control, a command transmitting unit which transmits the various commands via the connector, a menu screen display unit which arranges an operation menu on a display... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090044223 - Broadcast/vod receiver and viewing management method: According to one embodiment, a broadcast/VOD receiver comprises a broadcast reception processing unit which selectively receives broadcast signals and reproduces content of broadcast programs, a VOD communication processing unit which communicates with a server providing VOD content to acquire the VOD content, an EPG information acquisition unit which acquires EPG... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090044224 - Dynamic channel switching: Apparatus and method for channel switching in a handheld digital television terminal with reduced power consumption. Embodiments of the invention reduce channel switching latency caused by time-slicing and decoding delays. A method includes providing media content derived from a selected programming channel to a handheld digital television user. A variety... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090044227 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program: An information processing apparatus includes a program information display controller configured to display recommendation information which relates to a recorded program, which is obtained in advance, and which is introduced in the program, and configured to display, when the recommendation information is searchable by web searching, a notification describing that... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090044226 - Interactive television program guide system having multiple devices within a household: An interactive television program guide system based on multiple user television equipment devices in a single household is provided. The system provides a user with an opportunity to adjust program guide settings with a given one of the interactive television program guides. The system coordinates the operation of the interactive... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090044225 - Method of building up group profile for customizing epg viewing and method of using the group profile: The method of building group profiles for customizing EPG viewing includes the steps of: automatically establishing background information of viewers by means of personal profiles of the viewers; and automatically establishing preference information of the viewers by means of personal profiles or browsing records of the viewers.... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20090044228 - Method for providing information related to available broadcast programs in a mobile communication network: Disclosed is a method for providing information related to available broadcast programs, such as Electronic Program Guides or parts thereof, in a mobile communication network comprising a plurality of cells, with respective base stations. The cells with their base stations are part of a broadcast zone managed by a server.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090044229 - Apparatus, systems and methods to synchronize communication of content to a presentation device and a mobile device: A programming communication synchronizer embodiment communicates a portion of a program to a receiving device during a first time period, communicates a corresponding portion of the program to a mobile device during a second time period, and coordinates the first time period with the second time period so that the... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090044230 - Broadcasting receiver and broadcast signal processing method: A digital broadcasting system which is robust against an error when mobile service data is transmitted and a method of processing data are disclosed. The mobile service data is subjected to an additional coding process and the coded mobile service data is transmitted. Accordingly, it is possible to cope with... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090044231 - Broadcasting receiver and broadcast singnal processing method: A digital broadcasting system which is robust against an error when mobile service data is transmitted and a method of processing data are disclosed. The mobile service data is subjected to an additional coding process and the coded mobile service data is transmitted. Accordingly, it is possible to cope with... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090044232 - Multi-mode architecture in wireless receiver: Systems, methods, devices, and processors are described for a wireless receiver. The receiver may be configured to receive signals transmitted according to various mobile digital television standards. The receiver may include a number of hardware engines. The hardware engines may be individually controlled in a number of aspects. Power to... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090044235 - Method and system for on-line content acquisition and distribution: A method and system for capturing and distributing electronic media content over a communications network. One or more subscribers capture media about a specific event with the use of a media capture device such as the camera of a mobile phone. The subscriber contacts a central repository and transmits the... Agent: Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

20090044236 - Method for providing a multimedia service on demand, service platform, program and decoder for implementing the method: The on-demand multimedia service is provided on the basis of multimedia data sources (3) each comprising at least one program stream. The program stream of a source is converted into a transport stream transmitted to a user terminal along a first channel by way of a telecommunication network. Packets describing... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090044233 - System and methods for digital video recorder backup and recovery: A method of backing up a video data file, comprising receiving a user input identifying a video signal. The method further includes recording the video signal to the video data file and sending an instruction to a backup server. The instruction causes the backup server to concurrently record the video... Agent: At&t Legal Department, Attn: Patent Docketing

20090044234 - Video on demand service method, video on demand receiver, and video on demand server: Provided are a video on demand (VOD) service method, a VOD receiver, and a VOD server. The VOD service method includes downloading a first content from a VOD server in a download-and-play mode, receiving feedback information from a client terminal during buffering the first content in order to reproduce the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090044237 - Sport video hosting system and method: A hosting system and method are provided for sharing, analysis, and review of videos, to include sport videos and data concerning athletes and teams. The system can be used for many purposes to include athlete education, recruiting of players, scouting of teams, and coaching analysis. The system is web based... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20090044239 - Broadcasting receiver and a method of determining an operation mode of broadcasting receiver: A broadcasting receiver and a method of determining an operation mode of broadcasting receiver are disclosed. A host device transmits the resource information including A-mode resource information. And a POD receives the resource information and determining an operation mode based on the received resource information and operation mode setting information.... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20090044238 - Video playback apparatus, information providing apparatus, information providing system, information providing method and program: A video playback apparatus for playing back a recorded program video which is connected with an ECG server for providing information related to a program through a communication network includes a designation information transmitting portion to transmit designation information designating a program containing a specific recorded program video to the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090044240 - Methods and systems for delivering docsis services over heterogeneous access networks: Methods and systems are described for inserting protocol adaptation layers into access equipment to translate data over cable service interface specification services control messages to the corresponding messages in the other (multiple) heterogeneous access specification(s). A method of expanding DOCSIS into an alternative access network includes deploying a protocol adaptation... Agent: John Bruckner, P.C.

20090044241 - Broadcasting content protection/management system: Provided is a contents protection and management system including: a contents processing server for providing a service subscriber with contents and producing information for protection and management of the content; a DRM tool server for managing tools used in the contents processing server and the subscriber terminal to process the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090044242 - System and method of providing video content: A method of providing video content is disclosed that includes receiving video content associated with a television stream from a video source at a server of a video distribution network. The method also includes sending a primary multicast video stream corresponding to the video content to a video distribution network... Agent: Toler Law Group

20090044244 - Apparatuses and methods for scanning digital and analog television channels: Apparatuses and methods for scanning channels in a television signal receiver. The apparatuses generally include a first acquisition circuit, a second acquisition circuit, and a controller. The first acquisition circuit is generally configured to determine, during a first time period, whether a selected radio frequency channel has a first format... Agent: The Law Offices Of Andrew D. Fortney, Ph.d., P.C.

20090044243 - Television printing device and methods thereof: A set-top box (STB) of a television system receives web-based content, such as a web page, from a wide area network such as the Internet. The web-based content is provided to the STB for display. In response to an instruction, the STB provides all or a portion of the web-based... Agent: At&t Legal Department, Attn: Patent Docketing

20090044245 - Reproducing apparatus and method, information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program: The present invention is intended to automatically construct a database of contents data which are distributed over plural reproducing apparatuses and search this database on the basis of user's fragmentary memory. A contents sharing management system practiced as one embodiment of the invention comprises an episode server installed at user's... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090044246 - Targeting content based on location: Assets of broadcast network content are targeted to network users of interest based on location information regarding user equipment devices. Asset providers can specify location targeting criteria via a graphical user interface displaying mapping information. This location targeting criteria can then be compared to location information regarding user equipment devices... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20090044247 - Digital broadcasting receiving apparatus: A digital broadcasting receiving apparatus includes a decision portion for deciding whether or not broadcasting of a received channel is scrambled based on information about scrambling included in a header of a packet of the received channel, and a setting control portion for controlling to set the channel in a... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090037950 - System for providing tunable parameters to control distribution in a digital media distributor: Aspects for providing tunable parameters to control distribution in a digital media distributor system are described. A digital media distributor (DMD) with tunable control of digital media data transmission aspect includes a distribution network, a central site system, and a plurality of remote site systems. The central site system utilizes... Agent: Ibm St-svl Sawyer Law Group LLP

20090037951 - Identification of streaming content playback location based on tracking rc commands: Apparatus for identifying a playback position in a audiovisual content stream received from an audiovisual content source includes an audiovisual content display that displays the audiovisual content stream to a user. A command receiver receives remote control commands directed to the audiovisual content source. A playback position identifier estimates the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090037952 - Video processing apparatus and control method thereof for selecting a channel among a plurality of channels: There are provided a video processing apparatus and a control method thereof. The video processing apparatus includes: a receiver which receives a broadcast signal of a major channel; and a controller which controls the receiver to receive the major channel selected by a user among the plurality of major channels,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090037954 - Content reproducing apparatus, method, and medium: A content reproduction method is provided. First, a broadcast program having a program content is received and electronic program guide data including program information on the broadcast program is received. Then, a content corresponding to the program content of the broadcast program is retrieved from a network based on the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090037953 - Method for selection of a user desired part of a video signal: Method for selection of a user desired part of a video signal based on user input data, comprising: receiving said video signal, receiving said a data signal, said data signal comprising a content descriptor which is descriptive of a current content of said video signal, determining segments of said video... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090037955 - Advertisements for use in a program guide: Row advertisements for use in a program guide are described. An example includes a program guide to aid a user navigate a media presentation system; a list of entries to represent a plurality of programs; an advertisement positioned within the list of entries, wherein the advertisement is interactive to allow... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090037956 - Methods and apparatus for one touch find and record: Methods and apparatus of finding related programs in a media presentation program are described. An example method includes displaying a current program associated with a program data of the media presentation program, receiving an input from an interface, searching the program data in response to the input, and displaying a... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090037957 - Methods and apparatus for providing a channel history: An apparatus such as a mobile television signal receiver includes a channel history feature. Methods for adding channels to the channel history, tuning channels from the channel history, and generally maintaining the channel history are provided. According to an exemplary embodiment, a method for adding a channel to channel history... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20090037958 - Method and apparatus to provide a personalized channel: A method and apparatus for automatically delivering data files (e.g. television and movies) via a personalized channel to a user, that are based on a user's profile and viewing habits, are provided. A client receives meta-data broadcasts from a server system that includes descriptions of a plurality of data files... Agent: Intel/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090037959 - Digital broadcasting system and data processing method: The present invention provides a method of processing data in digital broadcasting system. The method includes receiving a broadcast signal including mobile broadcast service data and main broadcast service data, wherein the mobile broadcast service data configures a data group, wherein the data group is divided into a plurality of... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090037960 - Method and apparatus for acquiring media assets for distribution to subscribers in an on-demand media delivery system using a peer-to-peer file transfer protocol: An on-demand system (e.g., a video on-demand system) includes a central network node on which reside media assets or programming available to subscribers upon request. A plurality of edge nodes is in communication with the central network node and with one another over a at least one packet-switched network. Each... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20090037961 - On-demand system interfaces and features: Broadband system interfaces and features are described. An example includes a user interface for use with a content delivery system including an on-demand service comprising at least one channel dedicated to an on-demand content provider, wherein the channel is accessible in a same manner as a broadcast channel of the... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090037962 - Alternate link on-demand instant replay supported via an internet protocol multimedia subsystem: The present specification discloses is a method for providing a viewer (20) on-demand instant replay of live television (TV) being provided from a source (10) over a primary delivery channel. The method includes: obtaining a feed of the live TV supplied by the source (10); storing content from the obtained... Agent: Fay Sharpe/lucent

20090037964 - System for allocating mass storage for video-on-demand assets: The Video-on-Demand Asset Mass Storage System provides the capability to determine the current Asset Multiplicity of each Distinct Asset, including identical Distinct Asset copies, and provides the capability to determine the current Asset Multiplicity of each Alias. The implementation maintains Asset Multiplicity measures as the system operates over time, i.e.,... Agent: Patton Boggs LLP

20090037963 - System for electronic retail sales of multi-media assets: The system for electronic retail sales of multi-media assets operates as an overlay application on existing multi-media communication networks to receive individual consumer purchase requests for a selected multi-media asset and deliver a copy of that multi-media asset to the consumer's designated online personal storage space, which represents a network-based... Agent: Patton Boggs LLP

20090037965 - Portal based video indexing: In one embodiment, a system to manage video content comprises an index file management module comprising logic to, generate an index file to describe content in an associated video file, store the index file for a video file in a first memory location, separate from a second memory location in... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090037966 - Displaying an information ticker in association with a personalized video mosaic in a television services network: A video source associated with an information ticker may be captured, and the associated information ticker may be broadcast and displayed below or near an array of simultaneously broadcast video sources being broadcast in a mosaic of video sources. The displayed information ticker may be broadcast in association with one... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090037967 - Video upload system: A video upload system comprising a web server adapted to receive, from a user, a video file and a selection of a plurality of video sharing websites; and a video upload engine adapted to log in to said plurality of video sharing websites and to upload said video to said... Agent: Empk & Shiloh, LLP C/o Landon Ip, Inc.

20090037969 - Audiovisual reproduction system: Audiovisual reproduction system comprising a central unit managing a sound control circuit, and a telecommunications modem connected to a distribution network controlled by a host server, through a multitask operating system created around a tools and services library, characterized in that the operating system comprises a function that adjusts the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC