Interactive video distribution systems inventions 03/09

20090083777 - Accounting for viewing and recording of programs: A method/system for accounting for viewing/recording of programs via a client device may include: generating an account associated with a client device, the account including a balance; monitoring viewing/recording of programs via the client device; and deducting from the balance based on the viewing/recording of programs via the client device.... Agent: Echostar Technologies, L.L.C.

20090083778 - Broadcast content screening service: A system and computer program product for screening broadcast programming is provided. A viewer is configured to receive broadcast programming and to present the broadcast programming to a user. An interface is configured to receive user input from a user, the user input comprising at least a content of interest... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20090083779 - Digital content promotion: Embodiments of digital content promotion are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090083780 - Methods and systems for providing demand based services: A system and method may include monitoring content being displayed at a display device to generate monitoring data that includes a program identifier, communicating the monitoring data to a server, the server determining which programs to include in an on-demand lineup based on the monitoring data and generating an on-demand... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090083781 - Intelligent video player: Systems and methods for managing digital video data are described. The digital video data maybe managed by employing a computing device to extract metadata from the video file and calculate a unique video signature associated with the video file. The computing device then uploads the metadata and unique video signature... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20090083784 - Content filtering for a digital audio signal: According to some embodiments, content filtering is provided for a digital audio signal.... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC

20090083783 - Digital broadcasting receiver and method for controlling the same: A reception system and a method for processing data in the reception system are disclosed. The reception system includes a baseband processor receiving a broadcasting signal including mobile service data and main service data, the mobile service data including first service data and second service data having a format different... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090083782 - Systems and methods for managing parental control settings in multiple entertainment devices: Parental control settings may be managed between multiple entertainment devices, such as digital televisions (DTVs). A system includes a first entertainment device and a second entertainment device. The first entertainment device is configured to selectively block content based on a first set of parental control settings, and the second entertainment... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (es)

20090083785 - Digital broadcasting system and data processing method: A digital broadcasting system and method of processing data therein are disclosed. A receiving system of the digital broadcasting system includes a baseband processor unit receiving a broadcast signal including mobile service data and main service data, the mobile service data configuring an RS frame, the RS frame including the... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090083786 - System and method for digital rights management of digital video broadcasting: A system and method for Digital Right Management (DRM) of Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB). The system for DRM of DVB includes a DVB transmitting device for transmitting content for the DVB and information on user's rights object for the content, and a DVB receiving device for receiving and storing the... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20090083787 - Pivotable events timeline: A pivotable events timeline is described. In embodiment(s), a pivotable events timeline can include event indicators of events associated with television media content. The event indicators can be displayed to indicate a sequence of the events along the pivotable events timeline. An event on the pivotable events timeline can be... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090083788 - Advertisement rotation: A system and method for delivering content over a network is provided. Content may be primary content (e.g., music or a movie) or ancillary content (e.g., an advertisement). The ancillary content may further be classified as universal ancillary content that all users of the present system will receive; targeted ancillary... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20090083791 - Method for tuning to channel and broadcast receiving apparatus using the same: A channel tuning method and a broadcast receiving apparatus using the same are provided. The channel tuning method includes receiving a channel selection command from a user, tuning to a predetermined broadcast signal using channel index information corresponding to selected channel information, and displaying the tuned broadcast signal. The channel... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090083789 - System and method for controlling video inputs to a computer: A system and method are disclosed for configuring video ports on a computer. An operating system is used to generate a visual user interface comprising a plurality of icons representing video input sources coupled to a tuner and a plurality of icons representing tuner output channels. A user provides input... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP - Amd

20090083792 - Television receiver and television receiving method: A television receiver includes at least two tuner units that respectively connect to multidirectional antennas respectively capable of electrically switching a directivity of a receiving radio wave and that select a television broadcast signal corresponding to a channel selected by a user. The television receiver further includes an optimum direction... Agent: Yokoi & Company U.s.a., Inc.

20090083790 - Video scene segmentation and categorization: In one embodiment of the invention, an apparatus and method for video browsing, summarization, and/or retrieval, based on video scene segmentation and categorization is disclosed. Video shots may be detected from video data. Key frames may be selected from the shots. A shot similarity graph may be composed based on... Agent: Trop, Pruner & Hu, P.C.

20090083793 - Broadcasting receiving apparatus and control method thereof: A broadcasting receiving apparatus includes: a receiver which receives a broadcasting signal of one of a plurality of broadcasting channels, the broadcasting channels belonging to at least one of a plurality of channel categories; and a controller which deletes a broadcasting channel having the channel category selected by a user... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090083795 - Digital broadcasting system and method of processing data in digital broadcasting system: A digital broadcast receiver and a control method thereof are disclosed. The control method of the digital broadcast receiver includes receiving a broadcast signal into which mobile service data and main service data are multiplexed, extracting TPC signaling information and FIC signaling information from a data group in the received... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090083796 - Information recommendation apparatus and method: An information recommendation apparatus and method displaying recommendation information based on a user's preference generated from a search index of information of operation(s) previously performed by the user including calculating a degree of similarity between recommendation information and operation information based on a search index for the recommendation information and... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090083794 - Method and digital broadcasting system for transmitting and receiving esg: Disclosed is a method and a digital broadcasting system for transmitting and receiving an Electronic Service Guide (ESG). When there are ESG fragments to be transmitted through a communication network among ESG fragments included in ESG data, a digital broadcast transmitter generates an ESG data session such that the ESG... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20090083797 - Method for displaying extra information and video apparatus thereof: A method for displaying extra information and a video apparatus thereof. The method includes displaying the image, receiving a user's command to display the extra information on a specific area of the display, and displaying the extra information on the specific area, and shifting the image out of the specific... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20090083798 - Method and system for providing program guide service: A method of providing program guide services in a broadcasting system coupled to at least one broadcasting terminal through a network includes: generating a video source for a program guide by processing a video signal for plural broadcasting programs; encoding the video source using a predetermined algorithm; and transmitting the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090083799 - Broadcast receiving apparatus: If a keyword determining portion judges that the program name or program information of the selected program contains the keyword registered in a nonvolatile memory, a muting portion makes a video processing portion and an audio processing portion stop outputting a video signal and an audio signal, respectively. As a... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090083800 - Channel path display of a video network: A device may receive selection of a channel provided by a video network, determine equipment, of the video network, associated with the selected channel, determine status information of the associated equipment, determine port level details of the associated equipment, combine the associated equipment, the status information, and the port level... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090083801 - System and method for audible channel announce: Audibly announcing program channels is provided upon the detection of a channel information display, such as a programming banner or graphical channel representation. In response to the channel information display being detected, data corresponding to the channel information display may be captured and parsed. Once speech data representative of the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090083802 - Broadcast receiving apparatus: A broadcast receiving apparatus includes a broadcast receiving section 11 for receiving a broadcast, an expansion service providing section 12 for providing an expansion service, an expansion service decision section 13 for making a valid/invalid decision about the expansion service, a channel alteration section 14 for adding the expansion service... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090083804 - System and method for low cost mobile tv: A low profile low cost mobile in-motion antenna system for satellite TV reception using DVB with different either BPSK or CDMA like modulation schemes is described. In some embodiments, a low resolution version of a video transmission may be used as a backup for a higher resolution version of the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090083803 - System and method for receiving broadcast multimedia on a mobile device: A system and a method receive broadcast multimedia on a mobile device. The system and the method may use a broadcast receiver accessory that may connect to a mobile device. The system and the method may have a bidirectional data connection between the broadcast receiver accessory and the mobile device.... Agent: Patents+tms, P.C.

20090083805 - Media device interface system and method for vehicle information systems: An information system suitable for use in cooperation with portable media devices, such as an Apple iPhone® digital electronic media device, and methods for manufacturing and using same. The information system includes a wireless access point and supports a simple manner for seamlessly integrating the personal media device with the... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20090083806 - Media organization for distributed sending of media data: Media data is distributed across multiple devices and is locatable using a hashing function and a hash table. The media data is partially replicated based on popularity thereof. In a described implementation, a media data block is locatable by hashing a media data indicator to produce a media data hash... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20090083807 - Digital content distribution system: Embodiments of a digital content distribution system are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090083808 - System and method for ordering and distributing multimedia content: A system and method for ordering and distributing multimedia content including a receiver to receive data for ordering multimedia content, a decoder to decode the data in the event the data is encoded, and distributing the multimedia content based on the data to one or more output devices at a... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090083809 - Content distributed-storage system, frame image obtaining method, node device, and recording medium on which node processing program is recorded: In the system, content catalog information having the identification information of at least one piece of the divided content data and key frame information including information indicative of an offset position of the frame image data in each of the divided content data, is stored. An instruction related to playback... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090083810 - Video server and video distribution system using the same: There is provided a stream transmitter for generating and transmitting a digest stream that is a single stream into which digests, each having a predetermined time length, cut out from the respective plurality of video contents stored in a contents storage are combined. This configuration allows a user to view... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090083812 - Method and apparatus for controlling on-demand play of media files based on p2p protocols: The present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for control on-demand play of media files based on P2P protocols, and its core idea lies in that, the download of the control information piece where the file control information is located is assigned with the highest priority when the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090083811 - Unicast delivery of multimedia content: Described herein are techniques, including methods and systems, including computer program products, for unicast delivery of multimedia content. A broadcast program and a video-on-demand program are ingested by a video delivery module. At least a portion of the broadcast program and at least a portion of the video-on-demand program are... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20090083813 - Video delivery module: Described herein are techniques, including methods and systems, including computer program products, for a video delivery module. A broadcast program and a video-on-demand program are ingested by a video delivery module. At least a portion of the broadcast program and at least a portion of the video-on-demand program are stored.... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20090083814 - Apparatus and method for outputting video imagrs, and purchasing system: The video input unit inputs video data. The reference data input unit inputs a plurality of reference data relating to the video data. The extraction condition determining unit determines, from the identification information of the plurality of reference data, an item of identification information in correspondence with a period of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090083815 - Generating synchronized interactive link maps linking tracked video objects to other multimedia content in real-time: The method, system and computer program product generate online interactive maps linking tracked objects (in a live or pre-recorded video sequence) to multimedia content in real time. Specifically, an object tracking and link generation (OTLG) utility allows a user to access multimedia content by clicking on moving (or still) objects... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20090083816 - Systems and methods for time shifting in multiple video presentation: Systems and methods may provide for control of one or more feeds of a multi-feed channel. Such control may implement functions such as pausing, playing, rewinding, fast forwarding, slowing, replaying and zooming. The control may be selectively applied to the feeds so that one, selected ones or all of the... Agent: Echostar Technologies, L.L.C.

20090083817 - Method of operating a communication system and communication system for implementing such a method: A method of operating a communication system comprises a headend station and a plurality of end user stations which are connected to the headend station by means of a physical medium, and a system of one or a plurality of channels realised on this medium. There is an assignment mechanism... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20090083819 - Optimization of a full duplex wideband communications system: Systems and methods are disclosed for a full duplex wideband communications system for a local (e.g., in-home) coaxial network. The system employs a Frequency-division duplex (FDD) scheme that allows identical wideband modems to communicate with each other. To achieve this, the wideband modems contain a duplexer and a switch that... Agent: Scientific-atlanta, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20090083818 - Searching channel path display of a video network: A device may provide for display equipment associated with a channel path of a video network, receive selection of one of the equipment, provide for display the selected equipment, receive selection of a port of the selected equipment, and provide for display other equipment of the video network connected to... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090083820 - Re-transmission of television channels over network: A method and system for re-transmitting television signals or other signals over a network. The re-transmission optionally being selected on dynamic basis according to demand for particular signals, wherein the re-transmitted signal may be changed as the demand for particular signals change. The signal demand may be determined from votes... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090083821 - Broadcast receiving apparatus: An appropriate direction and gain value of a smart antenna are efficiently searched for. The MPU 11 of the set top box 1 functionally has the condition setting portion 112 which selects a gain from the second predetermined number of steps of gains and sets it, and selects a direction... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090083822 - Transmitting broadcast signals in a communication network: In one embodiment, a facilitating signal broadcasting includes receiving a first copy of a signal at a first selector of a first headend, where the first copy is received through a first receive pipe of a first ring. A second copy of the signal is received at the first selector,... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20090083823 - Antenna switch and tuner apparatus: An antenna switch including: a first input terminal that receives a terrestrial television broadcast signal as input; a second input terminal that receives a community antenna television broadcast signal as input; an output terminal that outputs the terrestrial television broadcast signal and the community antenna television broadcast signal; a signal... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20090083825 - Activation systems and methods to initiate hdmi communication with mobile sources: Activation systems and methods initiate High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) communication between an HDMI source and an HDMI sink through an HDMI receptacle of the source. These systems and methods are especially suited for use with mobile sources that generally operate from a battery that cannot provide the +5V signal which... Agent: Koppel, Patrick & Heybl

20090083824 - Favorites mosaic: A set-top box generates a multimedia signal that includes streaming video for a plurality of currently available multimedia channels. A user configures a plurality of favorite channels. Streaming video from the favorite channels is provided in a plurality of viewports on a display. A user presses a favorites button on... Agent: At&t Legal Department Attn: Patent Docketing

20090077577 - Method and apparatus for determining bandwidth savings achieved by transforming selected broadcast channels to switched digital video channels in a content delivery system without transformation of the selected channels: A method is provided for acquiring channel viewership information in a content delivery system. The method begins by receiving a plurality of messages over an access network each indicating that a subscriber is switching to a specified broadcast channel. The information obtained from the messages is aggregated to generate channel... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20090077578 - 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

20090077580 - Method and system for advertisement detection and substitution: A television signal substitution system that replaces standard video segments with selected replacement portions. Video segments such as advertisements are detected using techniques such as fingerprinting or manual detection. The detected video segment is replaced with a selected replacement portion and output to an output device.... Agent: Technology, Patents And Licensing, Inc.

20090077579 - System and method for estimating an effectivity index for targeted advertising data in a communitcation system: A computer readable medium containing a computer program is disclosed for performing a method for estimating an effectivity index for targeted advertising data in a communication network, the computer program including but not limited to instructions to correlate impression quality factors categories data with a subscriber activity data profile for... Agent: At&t Legal Department Attn: Patent Docketing

20090077581 - Method for channel change in digital broadcasting: The present invention offers a method for channel change in digital broadcasting consisting of: a step 1 for recognizing a command for a channel change while the currently connected channel is being decoded at the digital broadcasting terminal; a step 2 for completing reception of the current stream while maintaining... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090077582 - Apparatus and method for storing digital multimedia broadcasting in mobile terminal: Provided is an apparatus and method for storing Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) in a mobile terminal. The method includes, upon receipt of a request for storing contents, searching received channel information for contents relation information that is relation information on the contents, and storing the contents and the searched contents... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20090077586 - Dvd playback over multi-room by copying to hdd: DVD playback over Multi-room by copying to the hard drive of a primary device in a networked multi-room system (NMS). The DVD content is saved to a hard drive and can then be retrieved by any of the remote devices in the NMS by accessing the program guide or the... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20090077585 - Method and apparatus to enable fast channel switching with limited dvb receiver memory: An apparatus and method for channel switching comprising encapsulating a plurality of IP datagrams associated with a plurality of real time audio/visual (A/V) streams or a plurality of file objects onto a plurality of MPE sections; inserting the plurality of MPE sections into one of a plurality of elementary streams;... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090077584 - Methods, systems, and products for sharing presence information: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for sharing presence information. Presence notifications are received from users, and the presence notifications describe content items currently being received by the users. A popularity of one or more of the content items being received by the users is determined. An electronic programming guide... Agent: At&t Legal Department Attn: Patent Docketing

20090077583 - System, apparatus, and method for a remote commander for internet protocol television: The present invention pertains to a method and apparatus for displaying electronic programming guide (EPG) data, received from an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), on a remote commander. In one embodiment, the method may include receiving electronic programming guide (EPG), that includes a plurality of unique identification numbers and corresponding program... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090077587 - Technique for providing a virtual digital video recorder service through a communications network: In response to a request initiated by a user at a user terminal, selected entertainment programming content, when broadcast, is recorded at a location remote from the user terminal. The request is communicated through a communications network, e.g., cable TV network, which is also used for transmission of entertainment programming... Agent: Brandon N. Sklar. Esq. (patent Prosecution) Kaye Scholer, LLP

20090077588 - Device for sending-out data in which associated data is multiplexed with main data: A table creating unit receives program information and an upper limit bit rate of EPG data, creates a table of EIT [current/net] on the basis of the information and upper limit bit rate, and determines the frequency of transmission of the table in consideration of the upper limit bit rate... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090077589 - Television system with aided user program searching: t

20090077590 - System and method for presenting an electronic program guide: An improved electronic program guide (EPG) (200) is provided which assists a viewer to quickly and easily identify programs of interest by displaying limited schedule information. The improved EPG (200) includes a series of time tab increments (203) demarcating the start and stop times in minutes of the displayed scheduling... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090077591 - Method and system for providing greenwich mean time in mobile broadcasting service: An apparatus and method for providing mobile broadcasting services through a communication network and a broadcast network, wherein a mobile terminal receives and stores Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) access address through an Electronic Service Guide (ESG) bootstrap File deLivery over Unidirectional Transport (FLUTE) session. The GMT access address is included... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20090077592 - Broadcast program scene notification system: A registration server (40) is connected to a mobile terminal (20) via a communication network (10) and registers desired scene information specifying a desired scene of a user in a broadcast program together with the communication address information (telephone number or mail address or the like) of the mobile terminal... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090077593 - Interactive reward associated with a broadcast: An interactive technique for generating a supplementary, program-related output. A programming signal and a supplementary, program-related data signal are combined into a broadcast signal which is then broadcast from a program signal source. The broadcast signal is received, and the programming signal of the received broadcast signal is performed with... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman, Langer & Chick, P.C.

20090077594 - Hdd-based commercial airplane entertainment system: A system and method for providing a passenger's preferred content in a transportation unit are provided. A user computer (6) in communication with a server (2) over a network (4) provides the uploading of personal content, and the loaded personal content is transferred to the transportation unit for a subsequent... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090077595 - Media device interface system and method for vehicle information systems: An information system suitable for use in cooperation with portable media devices, such as an Apple iPod® digital electronic media device, and methods for manufacturing and using same. The information system supports a simple manner for seamlessly integrating the personal media device with the information system, immersing a user in... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20090077597 - Apparatus and method for providing broadcasting information in a mobile communication system: An apparatus and method for providing audience information on a video service using a portable terminal are provided. The terminal includes a controller for, upon receiving an audience information request message for requesting broadcasting information including channel information on a video service and audience impressions of the video service, generating... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20090077596 - Broadcast content distribution system, and distribution apparatus and broadcast reception terminal device for use in the system: It is assumed that a reception processing unit receives a broadcast program in accordance with tuning based on the user's specification. In this state, a non-viewable state detection processing unit monitors occurrence of a non-viewable state from an acquisition state of reception data. When the non-viewable state occurs due to... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090077599 - Apparatus and a method for data streming applications: The present invention relates to a streaming apparatus, and a method in a network system, comprising at least a first and a second streaming apparatus (1001, 1002) for data streaming, each being adapted to upload and store media data, comprising a plurality of media data compositions, for example representing movies... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090077598 - Guided television method and system: There is provided a method for guiding viewer selection of television content. The method comprises receiving a request for delivery of television content from a remote system; establishing an identity of the remote system; accessing a viewing history corresponding to the remote system in response to receiving the request; identifying... Agent: Disney Enterprises C/o Farjami & Farjami LLP

20090077600 - Mobile computing device and method for switching mobile television channels thereof: A method for switching mobile television channels of a mobile computing device includes the following steps: First, an original channel is played on a screen of the mobile computing device. A first channel number of a first selected channel is received at a first time point. Then, a second channel... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090077601 - Method and system for providing image, video and audio data to remote users: A system and method of notifying a remote client of a sensor triggering event and providing data related to the sensor triggering event to the remote client. The method has the steps of receiving a first notification signal indicating that a sensor has been triggered; identifying a data recording device... Agent: Patents+tms, P.C.

20090077602 - Method for using scheduled hyperlinks to record multimedia content: A method of establishing communications with one or more devices located in an environment using a wireless communication device is disclosed. The wireless communication device comprises a short-range transceiver that is able to communicate with a short-range transceiver located in the environment. A communication is received from the short-range transceiver... Agent: At&t Corp.

20090077603 - Mobile terminal: A mobile terminal pre-stores address information of other terminals to be notification destinations of program information related to a television broadcast. During reception and display of the television broadcast, when a notification request for the program information related to the television broadcast being received is input, the mobile terminal generates... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090077604 - Connected video and audio: The presently claimed invention relates to connecting video and audio signals to audio-video content. One claim recites a method including: receiving data at a server, the data representing picture elements of a video signal or audible portions of an audio signal, the data having been communicated from a remotely located... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20090077605 - Transmission method, transmission apparatus, video equipment, and display apparatus: The present invention provides technology for improving the convenience of information transmission and connection in the case of transmitting information by connecting together a plurality of pieces of video equipment. To that end, the present invention is one that transmits a baseband video signal and/or a compressed video signal between... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090077606 - Audio/video transmission apparatus and audio/video transmission method: An audio/video transmission apparatus includes a hot plug detecting section for detecting a hot plug signal output from a reception apparatus connected thereto via an High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), an EDID reading/determining section for determining Extended Display Identification Data (EDID) information of the reception apparatus, a type determining section... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090077607 - Hardware module for adding functionality to television using mechanical and wireless links: A set-box (SBB) is advanced into a receptacle on the rear of a TV to add functionality to the TV. Digital video information is conveyed from the SUB to the TV using respective HDMI connectors on the SBB and TV that mechanically engage each other, whereas bi-directional control information is... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20090077608 - Constant input port impedance for catv amplifier with passive modem port: A passive directional coupler is receptive of VoIP, Internet, and video/data signals, and is used in a CATV amplifier device to couple the video/data signals from a cable drop input port to the input terminal of an amplifier, and to passively bypass the VoIP and Internet signals to a modem... Agent: Kenneth Watov Watov & Kipnes, P.C.

20090077609 - Gateway for receiving digital television broadcast services, terminal and corresponding methods: p

20090077610 - Apparatus and method for managing media content: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set top box having a controller to generate a playlist that identifies multimedia content and to provide access to the playlist in response to a request for access, where the request for access is transmitted over... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090077611 - System and method for wireless communication of uncompressed video having reed-solomon code error concealment: A system and method for wireless communication of uncompressed video data are disclosed. One embodiment of a method of wireless communication for video data includes concealing corrupted portions of video data. The method includes receiving a plurality of video packets transmitted over a wireless channel. Each of the video packets... Agent: Knobbe, Martens, Olson, & Bear, LLP

20090077612 - Television box with photo display function: The TV box with digital photo display function includes a signal receiver for receiving a television signal, a video decoder connected with the signal receiver, a memory slot for receiving a removable memory, a photo decoder connected with memory slot, a processor, and a transmitting interface. The television signal received... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090077613 - Apparatus and method for managing media content: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set top box having a controller to present media content to a user, and provide the user with access to related media content based upon access information, where the related media content is determined based upon... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090077614 - Apparatus and method for managing set top boxes: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set top box having a controller to eliminate a scheduled recording of a targeted media program, where the scheduled recording is a redundant recording of the targeted media program that is determined based upon monitoring of... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090070796 - Method and system for back channel communication utilizing dtmf for set top box devices: Data may be encoded into dual tone multiple frequency (DTMF) digits within a set top box (STB). The STB may be a satellite STB. The STB may establish connection to a networked entity such as a billing center or satellite headend via voice call over cellular network and communicate data... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090070797 - Methods, systems, and apparatus for multi-purpose metering: Methods and apparatus for multi-purpose metering are disclosed. An example method includes acquiring a rate of data transfer to/from the monitored location and comparing the acquired rate of data transfer to a threshold. The example method also includes setting at least one media monitoring device in a first bandwidth mode... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090070798 - System and method for detecting viewer attention to media delivery devices: Embodiments of a system to accurately record if viewers are actually watching, listening to, interacting with, or otherwise perceiving a television, computer monitor, or other media delivery device at any given moment are described. A detector circuit is coupled to the media delivery device and configured to receive a signal... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20090070799 - Method and system for tracking actual channel content playout in the event of an encoder failure: A system and method includes an automation system receiving a content signal and generating a run log in response to the content signal, an encoder and a monitoring system monitoring an encoder and generating an encoder status signal. The automation system updates the run log in response to the encoder... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090070800 - System and method for detecting and reporting cable network devices with duplicate media access control addresses: The detection of devices with duplicate media access controller (MAC) addresses in a cable network. A cable network device (CND) having a MAC address is connected by the cable network to a cable modem termination system (CMTS) having a gateway interface address. A centralized storage of historical cable modem MAC... Agent: Roberts, Mardula & Wertheim, LLC

20090070801 - Automated advertising production portal: An automated advertisement production portal is described. The automated advertisement production portal automates the advertisement creation process. Users provide to the automated advertisement production portal video options and a script. The automated advertisement production portal generates a preview video or still image of selected options, contacts the contracted production company,... Agent: Yury A. Perzov

20090070804 - Autonomous advertising broadcasting system and a method of the same: An autonomous advertising broadcasting system and a method of the same, adapted to broadcast the advertising data publicly at a broadcasting place, wherein the autonomous advertising broadcasting system comprises of a display unit to provide plural image data to display at a same display frame respectively, wherein the said display... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090070802 - Method and system for interrupting inserted material in a content signal: A system and method includes an automation system generating a modified content signal from a content signal by inserting insertion material into the content signal during a break and a monitoring system monitoring the content signal. The automation system controls the automation system to return to the content signal in... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090070803 - Method and system for real-time reconciliation for unused content: A method and system includes a scheduling system generating a pre-break window and a post-break window and an automation system in communication with the scheduling system receiving a content signal and generating a deviation signal when an expected trigger for an insert material is not within the pre-break window or... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090070806 - Method and system for addressable and program independent advertising during recorded programs: A system and method for delivering addressable or targeted advertising to subscribers during programming that the subscribers have recorded identifies the timing and characterization of programs to be recorded and the probable subscriber of those programs. Using the subscriber profiles of those subscribers, either already developed or generated on-the-fly based... Agent: Carlineo, Spicer & Kee, LLC

20090070805 - Method and system for optional suppression of television broadcast low-priority graphic interruptions: A method for suppressing graphical overlays in video content, includes: generating a digital signal, the digital signal including a primary video feed subject to graphic overlays, a data stream, and an audio stream; wherein the primary video feed is; inserting steganographic information into the primary video feed; inserting alternative video... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Endicott

20090070807 - Method and system for placing inserts into a broadcast television signal: A system and method includes a content repository storing insert material therein and a scheduling system assigning an insert material identification to the insert material and generating an insertion schedule having an insertion time corresponding to the insert material identification. The system also includes an automation server in communication with... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090070808 - Method and system for tracking actual channel content output: A system and method includes a first automation system generating a first run log a first on air status and a second automation system generating a second run log having a second on-air status. A billing module receives a consolidated run log corresponding to the first on-air status from the... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090070811 - Digital broadcasting system and data processing method: The present invention relates to a digital broadcasting system and a processing data method thereof. The present invention includes acquiring a first ensemble providing service guide information for mobile service data from a broadcast signal in which the mobile service data and main service data are multiplexed, acquiring, from the... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090070810 - Method and apparatus for outputting media signal and method and apparatus for transmitting media signal: A method and apparatus for outputting a media signal by performing video muting and a method and apparatus for transmitting a media signal in such a way to allow for video muting. The method of outputting a media signal including at least one of an audio signal and a video... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090070809 - Method for providing an electronic program guide based on user preference data: An apparatus such as a television signal receiver provides an electronic program guide based on user preference data collected at different time intervals in a day. According to an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus includes a memory operative to store first and second sets of user preference data collected at respective... Agent: Robert D. Shedd Thomson Licensing LLC

20090070812 - Program table generator, television broadcast receiver, and program table generation method: A program table generator 100 generates an electronic program table corresponding to multichannel broadcasting in which a plurality of programs are broadcast via one transponder by one broadcaster at the same time. The program table generator 100 includes: an information obtaining part 103 that obtains electronic program information relating to... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20090070813 - Back up display system of a signal irregularity and a method of the same: A back up display system of a signal irregularity and a method of the same wherein the back up display system comprises of a transmission unit acquiring an image signal; a back up display unit having a back up image information; an irregularity detecting unit detecting image information and outputting... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090070814 - Method and system for providing application service: A method and a system for providing application service are disclosed. The method of providing application service in a digital data broadcasting system coupled to at least one broadcasting terminal through a network includes generating a preview contents by using first data combined with an application for data broadcasting service,... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090070815 - Electronic program guide displayed simultaneously with television programming: A system for displaying an electronic program guide (EPG) to a viewer. The system includes displaying one or more data slices representative of broadcast programming to a viewer. In response to input from the viewer, the displayed number of data slices is increased, for example, from one slice to two... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20090070818 - Broadcast receiving apparatus and method capable of setting favorite programs: A broadcast receiving apparatus and method for setting favorite programs are provided. The broadcast receiving apparatus may list a broadcast program currently displayed on a screen in a favorite program table or may delete the broadcast program from the favorite program table using a predetermined key. Therefore, a broadcast program... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090070816 - Method and apparatus for suggesting television programs to a user: The invention relates to a method for suggesting television programs to a user, the method comprising: maintaining a set of preferred features of television programs, suggesting those television programs to the user for which at least one preferred feature is applicable, updating of the set of preferred features by input... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090070819 - Method for scheduling content items and television system with aided content selection: In a system for scheduling content items accessible to a receiver having a processor (120), at least one type of memory (150, 160, 170) bi-directionally connected to the processor (120), a data receiving block (110), an A/V block (130) for transmitting an output A/V signal, and external interfaces (140), the... Agent: Matthias Scholl

20090070817 - Program guide system with preference profiles: An interactive television program guide system is provided in which a user may inform a program guide of the user's interests. Information on the user's interests may be stored in a preference profile. There may be more than one preference profile, each for a different user. Each preference profile contains... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090070820 - Apparatuses, methods, and systems for a portable, automated contractual image dealer and transmitter: This disclosure details the implementation of apparatuses, methods, and systems for a portable, automated contractual image dealer and transmitter. The transmitter provides a platform capable of managing, manipulating, storing, and transmitting digital media files across a wide array of transmission means and protocols. In addition, the capability to provide media... Agent: Chadbourne & Parke LLP

20090070822 - Method and system for monitoring and simultaneously displaying a plurality of signal channels in a communication system: A system includes a ground segment and a monitoring system displaying first thread view for a first channel and displaying a second thread view for a second channel.... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090070821 - Method and system for operating a monitoring system for a satellite communication system: A system and method of monitoring a signals include an occasional router generating a first output signal, a first service access processing system generating a second output signal and a second service access processing system generating a third output signal. A secondary service access processing system router receives the first... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090070823 - Method and system for monitoring and switching between a primary and diverse site in a satellite communication system: A system and method for generating an output signal includes a diverse site, a communication network and a primary site in communication with the diverse site through the communication network. A transport processing system at the primary site communicates a first signal to the diverse site through the communication network.... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090070824 - Method and system for monitoring and switching between primary and back-up uplink signal processing circuits in a satellite communication system: A system and method includes a first uplink signal processing circuit, a second uplink signal processing circuit and an IP network communicating the plurality of channel signals to the first uplink signal processing circuit to form a first output signal. A monitoring system monitors the first uplink signal processing circuit... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090070828 - Method and system for back channel communication for set top box devices: A set top box (STB) may be enabled to generate and communicate SMS messages over a back channel between the STB and one or more networked entities such as a satellite service provider headend and/or billing center via a coupled communication device. The SMS enabled communication device may be integrated... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090070825 - Method and system for monitoring and controlling receiving circuit modules at a local collection facility from a remote facility: A system and method for controlling receiving circuit module includes a remote facility, an IP network and a local collection facility in communication with the remote facility through the IP network. The local collection facility includes a plurality of primary receiving circuit modules having a first encoder. The local collection... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090070827 - Method and system for monitoring and switching between primary and back-up receiver decoder circuits in a communication system: A system and method for switching between receiver and decoder circuits includes a first receiver receiving a first channel signal and forming a first channel signal, a second receiver receiving the first channel signal and forming a second channel signal and a monitoring system monitoring the first channel signal and... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090070826 - Method and system for processing signals from a local collection facility at a signal processing facility: A system and method for processing signal in a remote facility includes an IP network and a first local collection facility that includes a first plurality of receiving circuit modules receiving a first plurality of channel signals and generating a first plurality of IP encoded signals from the first plurality... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090070829 - Receiving circuit module for receiving and encoding channel signals and method for operating the same: A receiving circuit module and method for operating the same includes a housing having a first receiver, a second receiver, a serial digital interface and an input-output port disposed therein. The receiving circuit module includes an encoder disposed within the housing and in communication with the first receiver, the second... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090070830 - Method and system for monitoring a receiving circuit module and controlling switching to a back-up receiving circuit module at a local collection facility from a remote facility: A system and method for remotely collecting signals includes a local collection facility comprising a plurality of primary receiving circuit modules comprising a first receiving circuit module. The first receiving circuit module receives a first channel signal and forms a first encoded signal. The system further includes a remote facility... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090070831 - Interactive hospitality system for an exchange of data: A hospitality system, has a media distribution system with a selection to access information and configured to direct information to a display within a guest room, and a link connecting the media distribution system and a services platform to transmit information between the services platform and the media distribution system,... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090070832 - System for presentation of live video and audio compilations on tv using the internet: The system includes a network that allows a user (an uploader), who has made a compilation playable as a video or audio or both, to visit a website and make arrangements for his or her compilation to be broadcast on one or more TV channels in various locations around the... Agent: David I. Roche Baker & Mckenzie LLP

20090070834 - Coordinated multi-media playback: A request is received for playback of a package of media files, the package of media files including at least a first set of media files of a first type and a second set of media files of a second type. The first set of media files and the second... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090070833 - System and method for providing digital video to a wireless communications device: A system and method employs an online site for making stored digital video recordings available for selection and download to a wireless communications device. Upon receipt of a selection for a digital video recording, the system and method causes the selected digital video recording to be wirelessly transmitted to the... Agent: Gofigure, L.L.C.

20090070835 - Method and system for retrieving a media file: A method and apparatus for retrieving media files from a customer premise device are disclosed. For example, the method receives a request from a subscriber to access a media file, and verifies the media file is stored on a customer premise device. The method provides the media file via a... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20090070836 - System to provide index and metadata for content on demand: A content on demand system includes logic to compose information about multiple audio and/or video streams into an audio and/or video stream format, and logic to communicate the information about multiple audio and/or video streams to a plurality of set top boxes.... Agent: Fsp LLC

20090070837 - Method and system for forming a countdown clock channel output: A system and method includes an automation system and a scheduling system generating a schedule having a countdown time for a countdown clock assembly and communicating the schedule to an automation system. The system also includes a content repository storing promotional content and a clock background in the content repository.... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090070838 - Method and system for communicating between a local collection facility and a remote facility: A system and method for operating the same includes an IP network, a remote facility and a local collection facility in communication with the local collection facility through the IP network. The local collection facility receives local channel signals at a local collection facility and encodes the local channel signals... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090070839 - System for adjusting encoding rates between communication devices: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a first communication device having a controller adapted to determine whether a second communication device is operating within or remote to a local area network of the first communication device, determine an encoding rate according to said... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090070840 - Terminal-cooperated system, terminal, server and method for uninterrupted reception of contents: In a terminal-cooperated system for the uninterrupted reception of contents, the information receiving terminal apparatus includes a unit for transmitting to the mobile terminal the information on content reception switching, and the video information system can uninterruptedly switch over the content reception from the mobile terminal to the information receiving... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090070842 - Delivery of digital content: A system and method for providing multimedia content through a cable, satellite television or other content server system is disclosed. A server facility which provides multimedia content divides formatted multimedia content into data chunks (e.g., collections of data corresponding to one minute lengths) prior to transmission to a user/subscriber receptor... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20090070841 - Systems and methods for delivery of wireless data and multimedia content to aircraft: Systems and methods for provisioning of media content and data to aircraft are described. A hierarchical network, including one or more wireless networks, may be used to provided selected media content to aircraft and update aircraft with specific content based on tailored criteria. Aircraft arrival may be detected and content... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20090070843 - Video server for video distribution system: A video server for distributing a digitized video content includes a unit for determining whether or not a video content requested from a terminal is stored in the video server, a unit for issuing a transmission request to another server for transmitting the video thereto in accordance with the HTTP... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20090070844 - Video over ip distribution system and method: Enables video over IP distribution system and method that multicasts or broadcasts IP messages over a local layer 2 network (generally for example in a known local network, e.g., a network within an Internet service provider or video provider) to eliminate intermediate replication servers. The system thus utilizes a flat... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20090070849 - Broadcast receiving apparatus and method of controlling the apparatus: A broadcast receiving apparatus determines whether a broadcast signal that is being played back and that includes print information is a broadcast signal that is being broadcasted or a broadcast signal that is played back by a recording apparatus. The broadcast receiving apparatus also determines whether the print information included... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090070848 - Digital broadcasting system and method of processing data in the digital broadcasting system: A digital broadcasting system and a data processing method are disclosed. The receiving system of the digital broadcasting system includes a receiving unit, a main service data processor, a mobile service data processor, a controller, and an output controller. The receiving unit receives mobile service data and main service data... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090070846 - Method and system for monitoring and controlling a local collection facility from a remote facility using an asynchronous transfer mode (atm) network: A system of local television signals includes a plurality of local collection facilities. Each a local collection facilities includes a plurality of primary receiver decoder circuit modules comprising a first receiver decoder circuit module. The first receiver decoder circuit module receives a first channel signal and forms a first decoded... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090070847 - Positioning with time sliced single frequency networks: Apparatus having corresponding methods and computer-readable media comprise an input circuit to receive a transport stream of data, wherein the transport stream has periodic synchronization boundaries; a signal generator to provide a ranging signal, wherein the ranging signal represents a transmitter identifier; and a ranging time slice inserter to insert... Agent: Law Office Of Richard A. Dunning, Jr.

20090070850 - System and method for searching video signals: There is provided a system and method for searching video signals for content. More specifically, in one embodiment, there is provided a method comprising receiving video programming containing text data and video data, wherein the text data is associated with the video data, extracting the text data from the video... Agent: Fletcher Yoder P.C.

20090070845 - System for exchanging media content between a media content processor and a communication device: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media content processor having a controller adapted to detect an event associated with recorded media content derived from one among a plurality of media content sources, select a communication device of a subscriber of the media... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090070851 - Signal processing apparatus and control method thereof: A signal processing apparatus includes: a communication unit which communicates with another signal processing apparatus storing an encoded first certificate; and a controller which accesses the other signal processing apparatus through the communication unit, copies the first certificate stored in the other signal processing apparatus and decodes the copied first... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090064217 - Apparatus and method for switching rf signal in hybrid switching scheme and broadcast receiving apparatus using the same: A switch apparatus using a hybrid switch scheme, a switching method, and a broadcast receiving apparatus using the same are provided. The switch apparatus switches between passing and cutting off a first broadcast signal received through a first communication medium, switches between passing and cutting off a second broadcast signal... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090064218 - Content receiving device and method: A content receiving client device has a metadata obtaining unit, a message generating unit, and a message sending unit. The metadata obtaining unit obtains metadata including information used to generate an invite message for prompting establishment of a session for receiving content from a content distribution server. The message generating... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090064219 - Methods, devices, and computer program products for providing unobtrusive video advertising content: A method of advertising during sequences of video images includes alerting a viewer of available video advertising content associated with an object displayed in a sequence of video images. A viewer selection of the object is received during the sequence of video images responsive to alerting the viewer, and an... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20090064220 - Set-top box emergency alert system alarm: A customer premises device includes a receiving module, a visual module, and an audible module. The receiving module is configured to receive an Internet protocol emergency alert system message. The visual module is in communication with the receiving module, and the visual module is configured to provide a visual alarm... Agent: At&t Legal Department, Attn: Patent Docketing

20090064222 - Gui with dynamic thumbnail grid navigation for internet tv: An Internet-enabled TV can display thumbnails of audio-video content available from an Internet server for selecting content to be displayed on the TV by a user manipulating a remote control. Internet information loading rules and thumbnail navigation rules are disclosed.... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20090064221 - Method of automatically switching television channels: Method for automatically switching television channels or other content sources. The method may be used with any electronic media to facilitate switching between channels or other content sources based on events or other occurrences in non-viewed channels, such as but not limited to switching channels based on sporting event occurrences... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090064225 - Apparatus and method for controlling screen layout in digital broadcast receiver for receiving moving picture content: Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for screen display in a digital broadcast receiver for receiving moving picture contents. The method includes: receiving head-end side data including configuration data of lattice-type moving picture contents sent via a broadcasting network, and converting the received head-end side data into content picture... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20090064223 - Dtv viewing terminal, epg service system and method for exhibiting epg: The method for accessing an EPG server includes the steps of: sending a web request from a browser-embedded DTV viewing terminal to the EPG server through the Internet; identifying the web requester in the EPG server; providing collected EPG in a webpage mode in the EPG server; and providing DTV... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20090064224 - System and method for providing a program guide: The method for integrating audio/video with the EPG is applied to an open standard or closed type. If used in an open standard, the method comprises the steps of: capturing a representative frame and/or recording a part of a program while the digital television (DTV) is in standby mode, and... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20090064226 - User interface of interactive program guide and method thereof: A user interface of an interactive program guide includes a two-dimensional EPG area and a selected program area. The two-dimensional EPG area includes a list of channels, programs corresponding to the channels and an indicator pointing to a selected program. The selected program area includes an analog clock indicating the... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20090064227 - Apparatus, method and computer program product for generating a personalized visualization of broadcasting stations: An apparatus, method and computer program product are provided for creating a personalized visualization of broadcasting stations that enables a user to quickly identify broadcasting stations that are in line with his or her tastes or preferences. Broadcasting stations may be plotted at specific locations within a personalized visualization based... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090064228 - Method for defining virtual channels in interactive program guide and user interface thereof: The method for defining virtual channels in an interactive program guide includes the steps of: defining a virtual channel number and/or channel name; searching programs in the EPG which satisfy a search criterion; inserting the searched programs into the defined virtual channel; and resolving schedule conflicts with the searched programs.... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20090064229 - Recommendation from stochastic analysis: Recommendations from stochastic analysis is described. In embodiment(s), a media content distributor can receive a request for movie recommendations from a viewer via a television client device. The content distributor can then provide various movie selection choices where each choice includes two movies having disparate identifying criteria. The identifying criteria... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090064230 - Method and related device for switching channels: A method and related device for channel switching includes forming a user list including a plurality of user identities, receiving a channel list corresponding to the user list, wherein the channel list includes a plurality of channel information respectively corresponding to a user identity of the user list, and selecting... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090064231 - Delivering on screen display data to existing display devices: A method and apparatus for delivering screen display data to existing display devices. Some embodiments of an apparatus include an interface to receive an input stream for a display device. The apparatus further includes a module to generate on screen display data for the display device. The apparatus includes a... Agent: Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090064232 - Portable media processing unit in a media exchange network: A method for communication is disclosed and may include storing media and meta-data associated with the stored media. The storing may occur at a first location associated with a first communication device. A channel guide including representations of the stored media may be presented, based on the meta-data associated with... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090064233 - Mobile terminal device, control method thereof, program, and semiconductor device: In order to avoid a collision of a reserved viewing of television broadcasting with a different operation mode and also to realize the avoidance by simple and easy operation, a television-equipped mobile terminal device of the present invention is composed of: a reservation storage unit 111 which holds a start... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090064234 - Program reservation apparatus and program reservation method: According to one embodiment a program reservation apparatus is provided with an acquiring unit for acquiring program information, a program listing producing unit for producing an electronic program listing based upon the program information acquired, a display unit for displaying the electronic program listing produced on a screen, a selecting... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090064235 - Video broadcasts with interactive viewer content: Methods are provided for providing information to a viewer of a digital broadcast. Digital broadcasts which include audio components, video components, and an additional information component are transmitted to media content display devices. Information may be extracted from the information component via user activation of an information interface and selection... Agent: HoustonIPDepartment Jackson Walker L.L.P.

20090064236 - Method and mobile terminal for outputting broadcast data and supplementary information data: A mobile terminal includes a receiving unit for receiving broadcast data and supplementary information data associated with the broadcast data, a controller for retrieving and synchronizing the supplementary information data with the broadcast data for output, and an output unit for outputting the synchronized supplementary information data and the broadcast... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090064237 - User-selectable variable-sized chip overlay of video broadcast: The present invention comprises an interactive system and method for displaying a chip (or overlay video) on a video monitor. A system in accordance with the present invention comprises a first video stream presenting at least video information, the first video stream comprising a viewer channel, and an overlay video,... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090064239 - Digital broadcast receiving apparatus: Disclosed herein is a digital broadcast receiving apparatus configured to receive terrestrial digital television broadcasting and satellite digital broadcasting, including: a terrestrial digital tuner; a satellite digital tuner; a demodulating block configured to demodulate a reception signal of the terrestrial digital television broadcasting with an output supplied from the terrestrial... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20090064238 - System for mitigating signal interruption in a satellite communication system: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a satellite media receiver having a controller adapted to detect a service outage associated with a media program derived from satellite signals supplied to a satellite port of the satellite media receiver, and transmit a request for... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090064241 - Method and system for selecting and broadcasting audio/video content based on location: A selection method and system. The method comprises receiving by a tracking apparatus data comprising audio/video data segments with associated tracking data segments. The audio/video data segments and the associated tracking data segments are associated with a plurality of locations. The tracking apparatus is moved within a specified proximity of... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20090064240 - System for presenting status information associated with a media content processor: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computing device having a controller adapted to monitor one or more activities taking place at a media content processor, and present an iconic symbol in a graphical user interface window adjusted according to the one or... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090064242 - Fast channel switching for digital tv: A method for digital video distribution in which a program is transmitted as a multicast stream over a network at a base rate. The stream includes a sequence of frames encoding video data, the sequence containing anchor points. A request from a client to begin receiving the program is received... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090064243 - Method and system for determining subscriber demand for multimedia content: A method of determining demand for multimedia content in a multimedia provider network includes receiving a content demand statistics (CDS) request from a client application where the request identifies a subscriber set. Responsive to the CDS request, selected CDS data is retrieved from a CDS subsystem. The CDS data is... Agent: At&t Legal Department Attn: Patent Docketing

20090064244 - 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 table handler, a FLUTE handler, and a display module. The baseband processor receives a broadcast signal including mobile service data and main service data. Herein, the... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090064246 - Distributed and interactive globecasting system: Described is a distributed, interactive broadcast system having a plurality of robotic modules coupled to a broadcast control center and data center, the control center and data center capable of pulling and pushing audio and visual information from and to each individual robotic module within the distributed, interactive broadcast system.... Agent: Greenberg Traurig

20090064245 - Enhanced on-line collaboration system for broadcast presentations: An enhanced on-line collaboration system is provided for subset of users viewing the same broadcast presentation at the same time. Each session is initiated by a single user sending a session request to a collaboration server. The request identifies members of a proposed subset and the broadcast presentation that is... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20090064247 - User generated content: The system provides a computer based presentation synchronized to a broadcast and not merely to an event. The system includes a customizable interface that uses a broadcast and a plurality of secondary sources to present data and information to a user to enhance and optimize a broadcast experience. The secondary... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20090064249 - Distribution network and method: There is disclosed a distribution network and method. This is particularly advantageous because the network allows highlight clips to be generated and distributed quickly. Additionally, the highlights are more consistent because the user selects the event (from which the highlight is formed) from a list of possible event selections. This... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090064248 - System and method of monitoring video data packet delivery: Systems and methods of monitoring packet delivery are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes querying multiple network devices for performance metrics corresponding to video data packets sent from a video server. The network devices may include multicast branching points between the video server and the destination.... Agent: Toler Law Group

20090064250 - Transmission system and method for assigning transmission channel: A transmission terminal measures an error rate by periodically transmitting an error rate measuring packet to all transmission channels and all transmission paths. Content to be transmitted is classified, so that a transmission channel of the best transmission quality is assigned to content requiring real-timeness and a wide transmission bandwidth.... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20090064251 - System and method for troubleshooting a set top box: A method for troubleshooting a set top box is disclosed and can include receiving a trouble ticket from a set top box and initiating a self test at the set top box. The method can also include receiving test results from the set top box and analyzing the test results... Agent: At&t Legal Department, Attn: Patent Docketing

20090064252 - System and method for dynamic bandwidth allocation: A system and method for conserving bandwidth for a data connection. A television is detected to have been turned off. Recording information is requested from a digital video record. A content stream to the digital video recorder and the television is terminated in response to receiving the recording information and... Agent: Ip Department Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090064253 - Method and apparatus for recording broadcast data and providing contents: A method and apparatus for recording broadcast data and providing content, in which the content is recorded based on a time at which the content is actually transmitted using interaction between a server and a host device is provided. The method includes receiving a request for recording a particular program,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090064254 - Method and device for transmitting data: This method of transmitting coded data, representing a digital video, from a server to a plurality of clients, at least one subset of the clients using congestion control algorithms, uses a plurality of signals for passing from a coded representation of the video at a given quality level to a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090064256 - Efficient selection of auxiliary broadcast-service data according to a user preference: A system for distribution of data comprising: a transmitting device (100) arranged to transmit data comprising plurality of services, each service being transmitted on one of a plurality of channels (210, 220, 230, etc.); a plurality of receiving devices (110, 120, 130, etc.) arranged to receive said data and to... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090064255 - System and method of providing performance data: A method of providing performance data is disclosed that includes sending a data packet from customer premises equipment to a set-top box device via a network path at a transmission rate. The transmission rate is based on Network Layer performance metrics associated with the network path. The method also includes... Agent: Toler Law Group

20090064257 - Compact graphics for limited resolution display devices: A method for compactly communicating a scene of graphical content from a server to a display device of known display characteristics is disclosed. The scene comprises scene data. The method comprises determining if the scene data already exists at the display device. If it is determined that the scene data... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20090064264 - Broadcast receiving apparatus and method, method and storage medium for inhibiting receiving: A broadcast receiving apparatus and method capable of setting a receiving reservation at one time for a program shown several times. The broadcast receiving apparatus includes a keyword holding unit which holds a keyword to determine whether a program is desired to be received by the user, a program information... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090064263 - Broadcast-receiving apparatus and method of outputting data by a broadcast-receiving apparatus: There is provided a broadcast-receiving apparatus and a method of outputting data by a broadcast-receiving apparatus capable of outputting media content and real-time broadcasting data at the same time. According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a broadcast-receiving apparatus, including a receiving unit which receives a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090064261 - Method for providing user information and broadcast receiving apparatus using the same: A broadcast receiving apparatus and a method for providing user information are provided. The broadcast receiving apparatus transmits user information stored in a storage medium to a broadcast station. Therefore, a user may participate in data broadcasting more conveniently.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090064260 - Methods and systems for implementing a universal set top box: A system is disclosed. The system has a first receiver, a second receiver, and an input device configured to transmit a command signal in response to user input. The system also has an input waveguide having a first end in communication with the input device and terminating at the first... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090064259 - System and method for providing feedback from a set-top box: A method for monitoring video delivery performance at an IPTV receiver is disclosed and can include recording video delivery performance data in a memory buffer at the IPTV receiver. Further, the method can include displaying a problem report window at a display device coupled to the IPTV receiver when a... Agent: At&t Legal Department, Attn: Patent Docketing

20090064258 - System and method for sending and receiving text messages via a set top box: A method for sending text messages from an IPTV receiver is disclosed and includes detecting that a text button is pressed at an IPTV remote control device associated with the IPTV receiver and displaying a text window at a display device coupled to the IPTV receiver. Text messages can be... Agent: At&t Legal Department, Attn: Patent Docketing

20090064262 - Tv receiver using cable card for abstracting open cable application platform (ocap) messages to and from the head end: A TV receiver such as a set-top box has an Open Cable Application Platform (OCAP) programming interface that communicates with interactive digital video applications such as pay-per-view applications to enable a viewer to communicate requests, purchase orders, and the like to a head end. A cable card provides both decryption... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20090064265 - Set back box with digital receiver for upgrading tv with analog receiver: A set-back box (SBB) includes a digital TV signal receiver. The SBB can be connected via a HDMI cable to a TV having only an analog TV signal receiver so that digital TV signals from the SUB can be displayed on the TV screen. The TV processor recognizes the SUB... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20090064266 - Digital multimedia recorder with functionality following loss of provider network service: A network addressable appliance with digital multimedia recording capabilities has limited access including playback of stored multimedia content upon faulty connection with a service provider network. Upon a connectivity event, the network addressable appliance compares a retrieved hardware address for a connected residential gateway to a stored hardware address for... Agent: At&t Legal Department Attn: Patent Docketing

20090064267 - Method and system for automatically adjusting content rendering device according to content genre: Provided are a method of automatically adjusting content rendering devices according to the genres of content, and a broadcasting system and a receiving system that perform the method. The broadcasting system broadcasts a composite data set that includes content and meta data, the meta data including set values of optimal... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090064268 - Remote management method of a distant device, and corresponding video device: The invention concerns a remote management method enabling a distant remote management server to manage at least a distant device. In order to have a simple and reliable management, it comprises a transmission step of a CWMP command requesting a configuration of the transport and/or dejittering layers.... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20090064269 - 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