Interactive video distribution systems inventions 06/09

20090165030 - Obtaining user reactions to video: A user interaction request is received during playback of video content. The user interaction request can be received independent of any indication from the video content that user interaction is possible. In response to receiving the interaction request, one or more menus are displayed allowing the user to select one... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090165031 - Systems and methods to identify target video content: A method of identifying target video content is provided. The method includes accessing content metadata of a video content item at a content storage. The method also includes determining at least one content signature based on the video content item and determining whether the video content item includes target content... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Toler Attn: Patent Docketing

20090165032 - Method and apparatus for managing broadcasting services using broadcast tokens: A method of managing radio broadcasting services includes: generating a broadcast token including information for associating a service with one or more subscriber groups, using the broadcast token to configure a transmission of the service by a broadcaster, and broadcasting the service to the subscriber group. At the broadcaster, the... Agent: Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti LLP

20090165033 - Content viewing as an incentive for educational activities: Described herein are systems and methods for limiting television viewing while using such limited television viewing as a conditional incentive to encourage television viewers to engage in educational activities.... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20090165034 - Method and system for remotely requesting recording at a user network device for a user recording system: A method and system for recoding content includes a user network device, a user recording device, a partner service provider and a primary service provider communicating program guide data to a partner provider from a primary service provider. The program guide data includes a content identifier. The partner service provider... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090165036 - Deleting two or more stored media program references based on at least one program reference attribute: Systems and methods for deleting one or more program references (e.g., file pointer, bookmark, and reminder). Each program reference may have a value for one or more associated program reference attributes (e.g., GENRE or CONTENT RATING). A user may provide an input identifying a value for a program reference attribute,... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090165035 - Method and system of device level program insertion: Method and system of inserting commercials or program within content feeds. The commercials may be inserted in an optimized manner on a host device so as to permit device level commercial insertion. Instructions or other information may be pre-loaded for a number of insertion opportunities so that processing demands on... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090165038 - Network media insertion system: An advertisement insertion system and methods are described which allows for the insertion cues to be gathered at a number of program feeds, these insertion cues are then consolidated on a single network control station, and then the cues are distributed to client control stations that control the inserting of... Agent: Joseph Curtis Edmondson

20090165037 - Systems and methods for media packaging: The invention relates to a method for packaging media and data for transmission over a broadband communications network link for display at a terminal destination. Features of the method included creating desired media segments for transmission to the terminal destination and for creating targeting information, for example in whole or... Agent: Ip Patent Docketing K&l Gates LLP

20090165040 - Message presentation apparatus, systems, and methods: An embodiment of a dynamic messaging system receives a message presentation request from a program distributor, the message presentation request having a first identifier that identifies the receiving device and a second identifier corresponding to one of a fixed message indicator and a dynamic message indicator. In response to receiving... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090165039 - Method and apparatus for enabling viewers of television to enter into contact with a source of an advertised product or service: A method comprises releasing to at least one television service subscriber a content stream conveying at least one information element deemed to be of potential interest to a multi-subscriber audience that includes the at least one television service subscriber; receiving from a particular one of the at least one television... Agent: Smart & Biggar

20090165041 - System and method for providing interactive content with video content: A system and method of providing contextual content to an end user viewing a video in a video player in a client is provided. In one embodiment the system and method of provides contextual content via an interactive video skin to an end user viewing a video in a client.... Agent: Capital Legal Group, LLC

20090165042 - Methods of receiving and sending digital television services: The invention relates to a method of receiving digital television services, which comprises a step of receiving at least one information representative of the lag in the display of a new service, the information being inserted into control data which comprise at least one list of services. Thus, the invention... Agent: Joseph J Laks Patent Operations Thomson Licensing LLC.

20090165044 - Method and system for selecting a program item: A method of selecting a program item by defining a programming template relating to a predetermined period for an individual viewer. The programming template includes a plurality of sequential time slots, each time slot being associated with a particular content type selected from a standard program content classification structure. For... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090165043 - System and method of delivering video content: Systems and methods of delivering video content are provided. A method of delivering video content is provided that includes predicting a channel change request at a network device. The predicted channel change request indicates a predicted stream of video content. The method also includes generating a control signal at the... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Toler Attn: Patent Docketing

20090165047 - Apparatus, systems, and methods for accessing an interactive program: An embodiment of an interactive program and access trigger system receives a signal having a program, an interactive program, and an access trigger therein; presents the program and the access trigger on a presentation device; receives selection of the access trigger; loads the interactive program in response to selection of... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090165045 - Condensed program guide for media content access systems and methods: An exemplary system includes a media content processing subsystem configured to provide a program guide including a matrix of cells associated with a plurality of media content instances, and a condensed program guide including a condensed matrix of a subset of the cells and at least one interstitial symbol representing... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090165050 - Method for controlling a channel and an iptv receiver: A method for controlling an inactive channel for building a channel map in an internet protocol television (IPTV) receiver and the IPTV receiver thereof are provided. The method includes receiving a master service information (SI) table including a first element defining location of a virtual channel map table, parsing the... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20090165049 - Methods and devices for presenting and interactive media guidance application: Methods and devices for presenting an interactive media guidance application are provided. In some embodiments, methods for presenting an interactive media guidance application in a user equipment device are provided, the methods comprising: determining a location of the user equipment device; determining a destination of the user equipment device; determining... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090165048 - Methods and devices for presenting guide listings and guidance data in three dimensions in an interactive media guidance application: Methods and devices for presenting guide listings and guidance data in three dimensions in an interactive media guidance application are provided. In some embodiments, methods for presenting guide listings and guidance data in three dimensions in an interactive media guidance application are provided, the methods comprising: presenting guide listings in... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090165046 - Program guide image objects for media content access systems and methods: An exemplary system includes a media content processing subsystem configured to provide a program guide including a matrix of cells associated with a plurality of media content instances, and a selector object within the program guide. The selector object is configured to select one of the cells such that the... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090165051 - Methods and devices for presenting an interactive media guidance application: Methods and devices for presenting an interactive media guidance application are provided. In some embodiments, methods for presenting an interactive media guidance application in a user equipment device are provided, the methods comprising: determining a location of the user equipment device; determining a destination of the user equipment device; identifying,... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090165052 - Program-based electronic program guide system and method thereof: A program-based electronic program guide (EPG) system is provided, the EPG system including a search unit which searches for and finds programs broadcast within a predetermined time period around a predetermined time, a collection unit which collects program information of programs found by the search unit, a classification unit which... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090165053 - Method and apparatus for providing access to and control of multimedia content information across multimedia processing devices: A method and system for accessing and controlling multimedia content information, including end user profile information and EPG application information associated with the content, provided to and/or stored on a home multimedia processing device via a host or visiting multimedia processing device. Access by the host or visiting multimedia processing... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20090165054 - Programs of interest presentation apparatus, systems, and methods: Various embodiments present information about programs of interest. Some embodiments provide electronic program guides based on previously viewed programs. In some cases, an electronic program guide generator (“EPGG”) generates an electronic program guide for a designated time period, the electronic program guide including information about one or more scheduled programs,... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090165055 - Method and system for providing program guide data from a content provider to a user device through a partner service provider based upon user attributes: A method and system for providing program guide data to a user network device associated with a user identifier includes a partner service provider in communication with the user network device and a primary service provider in communication with the partner service provider authenticating the user network device provider using... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090165056 - Method and apparatus for scheduling a recording of an upcoming sdv program deliverable over a content delivery system: A set top terminal includes a tuner for receiving SDV programs over a content delivery system, an SDV module for coordinating SDV sessions in cooperation with an SDV manager associated with the content delivery system, and a DVR module for coordinating storage and playback of SDV programs received over the... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20090165057 - Concurrent program content processing apparatus, systems, and methods: Various embodiments concurrently process program content corresponding to multiple concurrently communicated programs. One embodiment provides a program content transporter that receives via a content stream selector a multiplexed signal that contains a plurality of program content portions that each correspond to one of a plurality of programs, and concurrently presents... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090165058 - Transfer of data related to broadcast programming over a communication network: A broadcast programming receiver is provided which includes a broadcast programming interface, a memory, a communication network interface, and output circuitry. The broadcast programming interface is configured to receive broadcast programming, while the output circuitry is configured to transfer the broadcast programming to an output device. The memory is configured... Agent: Setter Roche LLP

20090165059 - Information processing apparatus: An information processing apparatus includes: an information transmitter; a plurality of receivers that receive information transmitted from the information transmitter; a storage unit that stores first information indicating an output destination of display data and sound data, the first information being correlated with and second information indicating ON/OFF states of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090165060 - System and method for performing initial setup of a device via remote control: A method for configuring a device using a remote control, includes transmitting a signal from the remote control to a configuration proxy requesting configuration status of the device; waiting for a predetermined period of time for a response from the configuration proxy to the remote control; obtaining help information based... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090165061 - Playback controlling apparatus and image processing apparatus: A playback controlling apparatus communicably connectable to a plurality of image processing devices via a first communication scheme and a second communication scheme. The apparatus includes: a first transmission module configured to transmit request information to the image processing devices via the first communication scheme, wherein the request information is... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090165063 - Method for centrally distributing screensaver video to protect display devices: The present invention is to provide a method for centrally distributing screensaver video to protect display devices, which is implemented to a central VOD system comprising a remote video server, a plurality of signal transmission devices, and display devices each connected to a signal transmission device. The remote video server... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090165062 - System and method for reducing latency using a sample channel: A system and method reduce latency involved in delivery of content to a handheld device. A sample channel comprises a plurality of content segments. Each content segment comprises recent content from one channel of a plurality of channels available for request by a subscriber. The sample channel is received by... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20090165064 - System for updating channel lineup for broadcasting and switched digital broadcasting services: In a system that is capable of operating in a broadcast mode and a switched mode, it is advantageous to be able to shift program delivery between the two modes. Thus when one video program is being delivered to at least a first customer in a first mode, this program... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP - San Francisco

20090165065 - System and method of communicating emergency alerts: A set-top box device is disclosed. The set-top box device includes a processor and a memory device accessible to the processor. The memory device includes instructions to communicate with a multi-cast alert server to receive a multicast emergency alert message. The multicast emergency alert message includes data related to a... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Toler Attn: Patent Docketing

20090165067 - device method and system for providing a media stream: There is provided a method device and system for providing packetized streaming media content (e.g. audio, video and multimedia) to an IP based media presentation appliance (e.g. set-top box). According to some embodiments of the present invention, there may be provided a media stream generator adapted to generate or otherwise... Agent: Professional Patent Solutions

20090165068 - Network video system for a television to broadcast a computer network video program: A network video system for a television to broadcast a computer network video program includes a peer-to-peer (P2P) video service platform, a computer, a network video decoder, and a television. The P2P video service platform further includes at least a video server, at least a commercial server, and a plurality... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20090165066 - Rf/ip virtual channel mapping for a digital video reciever: Various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs for implementing radio frequency (RF) and Internet Protocol (IP) virtual channel maps (VCM) in an integrated RF/IP digital video receiver (DVR) are provided. One embodiment comprises a method for managing virtual channel information in an integrated RF/IP digital video receiver. One such... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20090165069 - Transfer of information from an information node to a broadcast programming receiver: A method is provided for transferring information from an information node to a broadcast programming receiver, such as, for example, a satellite or cable set-top box receiving broadcast programming. The information node is coupled with the broadcast programming receiver by way of a communication network, and is configured to receive... Agent: Setter Roche LLP

20090165070 - Systems and methods for providing a moca compatability strategy: Systems and methods for perform a method for reducing interference from Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MOCA) signals in a cable television double conversion tuner are provided. The method may include receiving an indication of the channel in which MoCA signals are operating. When the channel in which the MoCA signals... Agent: Weiss & Arons, LLP

20090165072 - Method and apparatus for deferring transmission of an sdv program to conserve network resources: A switched digital video (SDV) system is provided which includes a SDV manager for coordinating SDV sessions requested by a plurality of subscriber terminals associated with a service group. The system also includes an input for receiving SDV programming to be broadcast during the SDV sessions. At least one edge... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20090165071 - System and method for reducing audio video bandwidth in a home network: In a home network, instead of filtering out non-demanded digital programs on programs of a main digital transport stream after decryption by a conditional access (CA) device, the audio video data of all non-demanded digital programs is removed prior to decryption, to conserve bandwidth in the home network, while all... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20090165073 - Input based function preview apparatuses, systems, and methods: An exemplary system includes a processing subsystem. The system further includes at least one sensing facility and a control facility within an input device configured to communicate with the processing subsystem. The sensing facility is configured to detect a first type of user input and a second type of user... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090165074 - Multi-address message addressing: Described herein are systems and methods for dynamic management of a plurality of integrated receiver decoders (IRDs) based implicitly on the uplink's knowledge of an identity pre-assigned to each IRD. Thus, the IRD association or other IRD configurations may be maintained by a uplink controller and need not be disseminated... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20090165075 - Landline telephony alternative for service in a satellite system or other conditional access system: Conditional access for a service, such as a premium satellite service or other type of service, is provided using a non-landline telephone connection between a set top box and a service provider. An event requiring transmission of information to the service provider from a set top box is detected. A... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20090158306 - System and method for assessing usage of purchasable enhancements of television services: A method for providing a television service enhancement includes receiving a first user input requesting a television service, providing the user with an option to receive an enhancement to the television service for a charge, and receiving a second user input selecting the option to receive the enhancement to the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20090158307 - Content processing apparatus, content processing method, program, and recording medium: A content processing apparatus includes: a commercial specification unit for specifying types of commercials included in content viewed by a user; a commercial preference information generation unit for generating commercial preference information by associating each of the types of commercials with the number of times commercials of a corresponding one... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090158308 - Identifying key media events and modeling causal relationships between key events and reported feelings: A novel approach enables an event-based framework for evaluating a media instance based on key events of the media instance. First, physiological responses are derived and aggregated from the physiological data of viewers of the media instance. The key events in the media instance can then be identified, wherein such... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20090158309 - Method and system for media audience measurement and spatial extrapolation based on site, display, crowd, and viewership characterization: The present invention provides a comprehensive method to design an automatic media viewership measurement system, from the problem of sensor placement for an effective sampling of the viewership to the method of extrapolating spatially sampled viewership data. The system elements that affect the viewership—site, display, crowd, and audience—are identified first.... Agent: Videomining Corporation

20090158310 - System and method for assessing viewing status of television advertisement: A method for providing television advertising includes receiving user input for selecting an advertising parameter and providing a user with an advertisement corresponding to the advertising parameter.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20090158311 - Methods and systems that motivate tuning to a transmission channel for a time period: Systems and methods are provided for motivating a user to watch a television channel for a predetermined period of time and enabling access to a media asset related to a program provided on the channel. A tuner is tuned to a transmission channel and a program is received concurrently with... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090158312 - System and method for securely transmitting data using video validation: A system and method is disclosed for secure transmission of electronic information between two parties. A first data communication session between a first computing device and a second computing device, wherein the first data communication session is via a first communication protocol. Further, the first computing device transmits first information... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090158313 - System and method for filtering broadcast communication based on viewing context: A video control system for displaying video products within a current viewing context is designed to receive, via a broadcast communication, a video product and product information for the video product. The product information includes an intended viewing context for the video product. The video control system processes the product... Agent: Setter Roche LLP

20090158318 - Media methods and systems: Several novel watermarking and fingerprinting applications—and related improvements—are disclosed. Some relate to advertising. These include techniques for replacing broadcast advertising with other advertising; inserting advertising based on a viewer's ad-viewing history; triggering insertion of advertising based on fingerprint data derived from compressed video content; and discontinuing advertising when a threshold... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20090158315 - Method for embedding frames of high quality image data in a streaming video: A method for embedding frames of image data in a streaming video is disclosed, comprising the steps of receiving a plurality of frames of image data of a target object over a period of time; compressing the plurality of frames of image data; embedding the plurality of compressed frames of... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090158317 - Systems and methods for generating interactive video content: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for generating interactive content from video content. The method according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises identifying at least one product within the video content and converting the product into an interactive element within the video content. The method... Agent: Ostrow Kaufman & Frankl LLP Susan Formicola

20090158316 - Systems and methods for providing a token registry and encoder: Systems and methods for using tokens to link the television and the Internet platforms. The tokens are tightly encoded into the content and a registry controls the linking of the television content to specific Internet-based content. The registry also polices the validity of the tokens and optionally provides the token... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090158314 - Television feature display system: Systems and methods for effectively displaying product features in a point of purchase environment to draw the attention of the consumer the manufacturer's television. In one embodiment, the features are stored in memory on the television as individual images, in one or more slideshows, in one or more videos, or... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20090158319 - Tv advertisements download management: Systems and methods of presenting advertisements in a digital home communication terminal are disclosed. One such method comprises receiving electronic advertisement information (EAI) describing a plurality of advertisements. The method further comprises storing the received EAI. The method further comprises receiving the plurality of advertisements, and storing only a portion... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20090158321 - Commercial processing apparatus: A commercial processing apparatus which can improve an commercial effect and can arbitrarily select a means used for the improvement is provided. The commercial processing apparatus acquires an AV stream by using a tuner (2), a streaming processing unit (3), or a DVD drive (4). A demultiplexer (5) demultiplexes the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090158320 - System and method for selecting and delivering ads based on cross-platform activity: A cross-platform advertising system utilizes viewing data, browsing data, and telephone call data to establish subscriber account profile and, optionally, user profiles for users at the subscriber account. An ad selection processor selects ads based on subscriber account profile and, optionally, the user profile. An ad delivery processor delivers the... Agent: The Marbury Law Group, PLLC

20090158322 - Distributed system for linking content of video signals to information sources: A system for product advertising through a telecommunication network is disclosed. The system comprises an advertising engine and an information depot. The advertising engine comprises an information-extraction tool for acquiring product information, an authoring tool for tracking product images appearing in a display of a video recording, and an augmented-display... Agent: Victoria Donnelly

20090158323 - Method and apparatus for video navigation: A method of deriving a representation of a video sequence comprises deriving metadata expressing at least one temporal characteristic of a frame or group of frames, and one or both of metadata expressing at least one content-based characteristic of a frame or group of frames and relational metadata expressing relationships... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090158324 - Method for implementing television service enhancements: A method for providing a television service enhancement includes receiving a first user input requesting a television service, providing the user with an option to receive an enhancement to the television service for a charge, and receiving a second user input selecting the option to receive the enhancement to the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20090158329 - Configuration of enhancement options provided with a television service: A method for providing a television service enhancement includes receiving a first user input requesting a television service, providing the user with an option to receive an enhancement to the television service for a charge, and receiving a second user input selecting the option to receive the enhancement to the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20090158328 - Internet protocol television channel selection device: The present invention relates to an IPTV Channel selection device, for use in an IPTV system said IPTV system comprising a meta-information holding part that is adapted to store meta-information on each channel of a plurality of IPTV channels, wherein the IPTV Channel selection device comprises a selection engine that... Agent: Fay Sharpe/lucent

20090158327 - Iptv receiver and method of providing channel map information: AN IPTV receiver and a method of providing channel map information are provided. A network interface transmits and receives an IP packet through a network. An IP network stack checks a destination of the received IP packet and classifies the IP packet according to a protocol. A Service Information (SI)... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20090158325 - System and method for a user interface to manage the recording, downloading and sharing of content from multiple sources: A system and method for a user interface to manage the recording, downloading and sharing of content from multiple sources are described. Various embodiments allow requesting content from a service provider by a user and receiving a user interface from the service provider, where the user interface indicates the availability... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090158326 - Trick play of streaming media: A data processing system, comprising a network interface configured to couple to a data network; one or more processors coupled to the network interface; memory coupled to the one or more processors; a video interface coupled to the one or more processors and configured to output video data to a... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20090158330 - Iptv receiver and method of acquiring a resource for an iptv service: An IPTV receiver and a method of acquiring a resource for an Internet protocol TV (IPTV) service are provided. A network interface transmits and receives an IP packet through a network. An IP network stack checks a destination of the received IP packet and classifies the IP packet according to... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20090158331 - Management of generic service enhancements for television services: A method for providing a television service enhancement includes receiving a first user input requesting a television service, providing the user with an option to receive an enhancement to the television service for a charge, and receiving a second user input selecting the option to receive the enhancement to the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20090158332 - Upgrading access of television program information with optional features: A method for providing a television service enhancement includes receiving a first user input requesting a television service, providing the user with an option to receive an enhancement to the television service for a charge, and receiving a second user input selecting the option to receive the enhancement to the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20090158334 - Characterization of advertisements into selectable subcategories: Systems and method of organizing advertisements in a digital home communication terminal are disclosed. One such method includes displaying a plurality of advertisement categories corresponding to products, services, or combinations thereof. The method also includes receiving a user selection of one of the advertisement categories. The method also includes displaying... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20090158333 - Enabling advertisements in designated periods of a recurring schedule: Systems and methods of enabling advertisements in a digital home communication terminal according to a recurring schedule are disclosed. One such method comprises receiving and storing an advertisement. The method further comprises associating the stored advertisement with a recurring schedule. The method further comprises presenting the advertisement in accordance with... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20090158335 - Interactive consumption of advertisements with respectively value levels: Systems and methods of interactive consumption of advertisements in a digital home communication terminal are disclosed. One such method comprises: presenting a plurality of advertisements, each advertisement associated with a value; and tracking a total value of the presented advertisements, wherein the frequency or duration of the presented advertisements is... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20090158339 - Configurable options for accessible on-demand information: A method for providing a television service enhancement includes receiving a first user input requesting a television service, providing the user with an option to receive an enhancement to the television service for a charge, and receiving a second user input selecting the option to receive the enhancement to the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20090158336 - Content retrieval system: A method of restoring electronic program guide metadata following the replacement of a previous electronic program guide application with a new electronic guide application includes recording a program and program identifying information, cross referencing program identifying information with raw electronic program listings to extract corresponding program metadata, and associating the... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20090158337 - Mosaic video content selection mechanism: Mechanisms are provided for allowing a user to dynamically obtain program guide data and select video content in an efficient and effective manner. A guide generator is configured to obtain program guide information from multiple sources including content providers. The guide generator compiles a real-time most watched program guide by... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP

20090158338 - Video processing apparatus and control method thereof: A video processing apparatus includes: a video receiving unit which receives at least one of a plurality of video contents from a predetermined video supplying source; a video processing unit which processes the video contents to be displayed in a display unit; a communicating unit which receives a watching order... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090158342 - Apparatus and method for generating content program recommendations: An apparatus for generating content program recommendations comprises a meta-data processor (209) which provides characterising data for a plurality of content programs. A context processor (215) provides first context data for a user and a time window processor (213) determines a content consumption time window for the user in response... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20090158344 - Content exchange system: The present invention comprises methods and apparatus for providing more content choices to a user (14) independent of their geography. In one embodiment of the invention, a user (14) utilizes a content terminal (18) to enjoy and audio and/or video content based on a customized set of content preferences (34).... Agent: Chris Edgeworth Stragent

20090158341 - Electronic program guide generation apparatus, systems, and methods: Various embodiments determine electronic program guide information based on user viewing habits. One embodiment provides an electronic program guide generator that receives usage information that includes indications of a plurality of viewed channels, determines one or more channels of the plurality of viewed channels based on the received usage information,... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090158340 - Indicating program popularity: Data is transmitted from content processing devices to a server, the data relating to a number of times that each of one or more media programs have been accessed within a given time period. The data is aggregated to obtain an aggregate number of times that each of the one... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090158343 - Recording device of broadcasting program: A recording device comprising, information receiving unit receiving guide information of a program, operation receiving unit receiving information about a user's utilizing operation, recommendation level calculating unit obtaining a user's utilizing tendency based on a history of received information on the user's utilizing operation, and calculating a suitability level, as... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090158346 - Automatic smart video user generated url synthesis into a channel list: A system and method for defining and organizing personal viewing channels, wherein the channel sources are aggregated from a data communication network. The system comprises a channel selection utility enabling to select specific and video content sources through on the fly navigation session and store all meta data associated with... Agent: Appelfeld Zer Fisher B.s.r Tower 1

20090158347 - Interactive television program guide with selectable languages: An interactive television program guide is provided. The interactive television program guide provides a user with the opportunity to select a language for playing television programming and displaying program guide text. Television program audio in the desired language may be obtained from a SAP or digital audio track and played... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090158345 - Television user mode: Systems and methods for effectively hiding or disabling rarely used features and capabilities of a television so such features do not disturb the daily ease of use of the television and unauthorized users are prevented from changing settings and degrading the performance of the television. The television system preferably can... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20090158348 - Iptv receiver and method of discovering an iptv service: AN IPTV receiver and a method of discovering an IPTV service are provided. A network interface transmits and receives an IP packet through a network. An IP network stack checks a destination of the received IP packet and classifies the IP packet according to a protocol. A Service Information (SI)... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20090158349 - Iptv receiver and method of providing channel map management information: AN IPTV receiver and a method of providing channel map management information are provided. A network interface transmits and receives an IP packet through a network. An IP network stack checks a destination of the received IP packet and classifies the IP packet according to a protocol. A Service Information... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20090158351 - Authorized user customization of ipg presentation: A method for providing television functionality includes defining a time period, associating a user preference with the time period, providing a first result in accordance with the user preference if a request for television functionality is received during the defined time period, and providing a second result if the request... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20090158352 - System and method for providing purchasable enhancements of vod services: A method for providing a television service enhancement includes receiving a first user input requesting a television service, providing the user with an option to receive an enhancement to the television service for a charge, and receiving a second user input selecting the option to receive the enhancement to the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20090158350 - Systems and methods for providing enhanced recording options of media content: Systems and methods for providing enhanced recording options for media content are provided. The systems and methods permit users to view or otherwise access samples of media content before deciding whether to record additional episodes of the media content or to perform other media guidance application functions. An interactive media... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090158353 - System and method for user-customized type media service based on single-media multi-devices: A system for user customized media service based on single-media multi-devices (SMMD), which cooperatively controls devices in accordance with effect information when media are reproduced, includes menu providing means for providing a setting menu capable of setting or correcting the effect information; and managing means for setting or correcting a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090158355 - Configuration and selection of advertisements by product name brands: Systems and methods of organizing advertisements in a digital home communication terminal are disclosed. One such method comprises displaying a plurality of advertisement categories corresponding to products, services, or combinations thereof. The method further comprises receiving a user selection of one or more advertisement categories, and presenting an advertisement corresponding... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20090158354 - Selection of purchasable enhancements of a television service: A method for providing a television service enhancement includes receiving a first user input requesting a television service, providing the user with an option to receive an enhancement to the television service for a charge, and receiving a second user input selecting the option to receive the enhancement to the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20090158356 - System and method for conveyance of preferred advertisement categories: Systems and methods of presenting advertisements in a digital home communication terminal are disclosed. One such method comprises displaying a plurality of advertisement descriptors. The method also comprises receiving a user selection of one of the advertisement descriptors. The method also comprises presenting an advertisement associated with the advertisement descriptor,... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20090158357 - Extended recording time apparatus, systems, and methods: An embodiment for recording a channel that is communicating a program of interest identifies a selected program for recording as a program of interest based upon a characteristic of the selected program, the characteristic of the selected program corresponding to at least one characteristic associated with the program of interest,;... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090158358 - Method improving the cross-layer multimedia transmission quality in cognitive radio networks: The present invention relates to a paper-breaker touching safety protector, of which the control circuit unit is connected with the paper-breaking machinery part via the motor driving circuit unit, the control circuit unit is connected with the conductive touch panel via the touch detecting circuit unit, the power unit is... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090158359 - Vehicular audio/visual system and method of controlling the same: A vehicular audio/visual system that receives a transmitted electric wave of video or sound, and that outputs the electric wave by switching to an output mode corresponding to user's instruction from among output modes corresponding to multiple types of media includes: a positional information detecting unit that detects positional information... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090158360 - Method and system for a centralized vehicular electronics system utilizing ethernet with audio video bridging: Aspects of a method and system for a centralized vehicular electronics system utilizing Ethernet with audio video bridging are provided. In this regard, electronic devices in a vehicle may be communicatively coupled via one or more Ethernet links and information may be communicated between the electronic devices over the Ethernet... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090158361 - Information distribution device and information distribution method: In order to protect a content holder, a server device (20) holds a content and distribution control information specifying a number of terminals to which the same part of the content can be streamed at the same time. When a playback request pertaining to the content is received from a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090158362 - Method and apparatus for provisioning media assets at edge locations for distribution to subscribers in a hierarchical on-demand media delivery system: An on-demand system is provided that includes a plurality of content storage nodes each having a content server on which reside media assets available to subscribers upon request. The system also includes at least one edge node in communication with the plurality of content storage nodes over a packet-switched network.... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20090158363 - Management and processing of electronic advertisement information: Systems and methods of presenting advertisements in a digital home communication terminal are disclosed. One such method comprises receiving electronic advertisement information (EAI), storing the received EAI, and accessing the stored EAI in accordance with user advertisement preferences.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20090158364 - System and method for remotely controlling a camera: A system and method for remotely controlling a camera may include a telephony device communicatively coupled to a data network. The telephony device comprises at least one module adapted to generate a control signal in response to receiving a user command associated with dialing of an emergency telephone number. A... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090158365 - Video processing system with user customized graphics for use with layered video coding and methods for use therewith: A video processing device includes a user interface module that receives at least one user preference. A decoder module produces a decoded video signal from a basic video layer stream and at least one graphics layer streams based on the at least one user preference.... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20090158367 - Intelligent video network protocol: Software capabilities of a video analytics device are obtained. The software of the video analytics device is configured. An output from the video analytics device is received. The output is sent to a user device.... Agent: Venable LLP

20090158366 - Method for optimising the transmission of dvb-ip service information by partitioning into several multicast streams: The present invention relates to a broadcast server of service information data streams, comprising a first step consisting in partitioning at least one part of the service information between the different streams, and a second step consisting in broadcasting the partition from the first step on at least two separate... Agent: Thomson Licensing LLC

20090158368 - Configuring television broadcast signals: A system and methods for configuring a television signal SourceType received by one or more tuners. Each of the tuners in the system are initially identified. The signal type is detected, and based on the signal type, a recorder thread is populated with compatible scanners. A weighted scanning order is... Agent: Vierra Magen/microsoft Corporation

20090158372 - Method and apparatus for providing broadcast service information in cable network: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for providing broadcast service information in a cable network. A data transmitting method of the broadcast service information providing apparatus includes receiving IPTV broadcast contents, configuring broadcast service information on the IPTV broadcast contents, assigning a virtual channel to the broadcast service information; and... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090158370 - Set-top box-based tv streaming and redirecting: A method for redirecting video content includes receiving a video signal at the set-top box and decoding the video signal to produce unrendered video data. The unrendered video data is encoded and provided to the remote device via a wide area network. By encoding unrendered, rather than rendered, video data... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Lnap Attn: Patent Docketing

20090158371 - System and method for communicating among multicast transceivers: A group identifier can be used to assign blocks of addresses to the various groups of transmitters and receivers communicating on a single wired LAN. For example, a form-based control (e.g., a text entry box, a radio button, a drop-down box, a list box or a combo box) can be... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20090158369 - System and method to display media content and an interactive display: A method of displaying an interactive display at a set top box (STB) device is disclosed. The method includes receiving a media content stream. The media content stream includes a first content segment and a second content segment, where the second content segment is received at the STB device after... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Toler Attn: Patent Docketing

20090158374 - Delivering interactive applications: m

20090158373 - System and method of delivering video content: A method of delivering video content is disclosed and includes sending data from a set-top box device to a video head-end of a video distribution network. The data indicates that the set-top box device has received a channel change command and identifies a requested channel. The method includes receiving video... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Lnap Attn: Patent Docketing

20090158375 - Media delivery system supporting set-tops with and without local storage: Systems and methods of transparent access to stored media content at a headened by digital home communication terminals (DHCT) are disclosed. One such system comprises a first DHCT, a second DHCT, and a headend. The first DHCT includes a local file system. The second DHCT does not include a local... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20090158376 - Method and apparatus of building ip-based video service system in hybrid fiber coax network: An apparatus and method of building an Internet Protocol (IP)-based video service system in a Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC) network is provided. An apparatus for building an IP-based video service providing system, the apparatus including: an IP decapsulation unit to delete a header in a video signal in a packet... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090158377 - Method and system for utilizing a single connection for efficient delivery of power and multimedia information: Aspects of a method and system for utilizing a single connection for efficient delivery of power and multimedia information are provided. In this regard, power supplied and/or received over a network link may be controlled based on multimedia content communicated over the network link. The multimedia content may be converted... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090158378 - Method and system for transmitting data between a central radio station and at least one transmitter: First data is transmitted between a central radio station and at least one transmitter, where the first data is in first data fields of data packets and useful data is in second data fields of the data packets. The first data fields in this context are pre-reserved by the central... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090158379 - Low-latency multichannel video port aggregator: A video port aggregator receives plural asynchronous video data streams. Corresponding input buffers generate video data and a status signal. A memory controller writes the video data in corresponding locations within an external memory. A channel triggers the memory controller to read data out of the external memory for transmission... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090158381 - Endurance testing of a content processing device: A content processing device is configured to selectively receive a media signal from a media signal provider. A distribution device is configured to selectively receive a media signal from the content processing device, and to selectively provide one or more command signals to the content processing device. A computer is... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090158380 - Set top terminal performing service group number autodiscovery during initialization or boot-up process: A set top terminal is provided that includes a receiver having at least one tuner for receiving programming content over a content delivery system and a processor operatively associated with the receiver. The set top terminal also includes a switched digital video (SDV) application module operatively associated with the processor.... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20090158382 - System and method for using mobile media players in a peer-to-peer network: In one embodiment, a system comprises a first mobile media player and a second mobile media player. The first mobile media player stores first media files, and the second mobile media player stores second media files. The first mobile media player and second mobile media player communicate with one another... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20090158383 - System and method for upgrading a multiprocessor set-top box device with a monolithilic firmware image: A system and method for downloading a code image at a set-top gateway host that includes an embedded set-top box and an embedded cable modem. The embedded set-top box and the embedded cable modem interact so that each leverages the resources of the other, thereby minimizing the functionality that must... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090150916 - Digital broadcasting receiver and a data processing method: A digital broadcasting system and a data processing method are disclosed. A data processing method of a digital broadcasting receiver comprises receiving a mobile/handheld (MH) broadcasting signal including mobile service data and main service data; generating a RS (Reed-Solomon) frame from the received MH broadcasting signal; extracting control data from... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090150917 - Rating multimedia programs accessed from a provider network: A system measures viewership of multimedia programs such as television programs, pay-per-view sporting events, and video-on-demand movies. Viewership data from a plurality of multimedia programs may be compared to determine ratings for the multimedia programs. Multimedia streams en route to set top boxes may be monitored using packet inspection to... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Jw Attn: Patent Docketing

20090150918 - System and method for independent media auditing and media serving for marketing campaigns presented via media devices in public places: An independent auditing and ad service system that may be utilized in conjunction with a system for presenting marketing campaigns to audiences via a network of players located in public locations. Independent agents in the players monitor media content that is presented to audiences during marketing campaigns and generate independent... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20090150919 - Correlating media instance information with physiological responses from participating subjects: Embodiments described herein enable the correlation between a media instance and physiological responses of human subjects to the media instance. While the subject is watching and/or listening to the media instance, physiological responses are derived from the physiological data collected from the subject. Additionally, audio and/or video signals of the... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20090150920 - System and method for aggregating, distributing, and monetizing the collective wisdom of consumers: A networked system collects, aggregates, and distributes the collective wisdom of consumers. An aggregation module obtains, from each of a plurality of reviewing consumers: i) a file comprising a motion video clip depicting a video product review of a product; and ii) the reviewing consumer's indication of at least one... Agent: Timothy P. O'hagan

20090150921 - System and method for reviewing digital cinema content: A system and method for reviewing and checking cinema movies for completeness and conformity with exhibitor expectations in a time-saving and efficient manner. In one embodiment, a method for evaluating presentations is provided wherein for each presentation length, a reel time duration X is determined, points of interest are determined,... Agent: Thomson Licensing LLC

20090150922 - Interactive program guide with selectable updating: A method for providing an interactive program guide (IPG) includes receiving from a user a request for an IPG, and providing the user with an IPG that includes listings that were received by a digital home communication terminal (DHCT) via a subscriber television network, as well as other listings that... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20090150924 - Using two electronic programming guides: A system enables a user to receive information about program content through a pair of electronic programming guides. A first electronic programming guide may be transported over the transport medium that also provides the program content. A second electronic programming guide may be accessed over a back channel. In one... Agent: Timothy N. Trop Trop, Pruner, Hu & Miles, P.C.

20090150927 - Facilitating interactive advertising in digital television program content through follow-up browsing of selectable advertised offerings presented within such digital television program content: A method for facilitating interactive advertising in Digital Television (DTV) program content through highlighting of advertised offerings comprises a plurality of operations. An operation is performed for creating an entry in a buyable item list during presentation of DTV program content. The offering response data structure entry is created in... Agent: Galasso & Associates, Lp

20090150926 - Method and apparatus for delivering sdv programming with targeted advertising to selected groups of subscribers: A switched digital video (SDV) system includes an SDV manager for coordinating a SDV session requested by a subscriber terminal and a storage medium on which resides content to be transmitted during the SDV session. The system also includes a plurality of edge devices for receiving a transport stream that... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20090150929 - Method and apparatus for providing personalized advertisements in internet protocol tv (iptv) system: Provided are an apparatus and method for providing an advertisement service personalized for each user or for each group. The personalized advertisement providing method includes: a personalized advertisement providing method which is used in an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) System, including: receiving at least one broadcasting program of a plurality... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP Floor 30, Suite 3000

20090150925 - System and method of providing an alert: In a particular embodiment, a method of providing an alert related to visual ticker data for display at a display device is disclosed. The method includes receiving media content at a destination device. The media content includes video data, audio data, and visual ticker data. The method also includes generating... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Toler Attn: Patent Docketing

20090150928 - Video apparatus with picture/text messaging function: A video apparatus with a picture/text messaging function includes a multifunctional decoder, a video decoder, an image processor and a display. The multifunctional decoder receives texts, pictures or videos from an external device, and decoding the texts, pictures or videos to output a text signal and an image signal. The... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090150930 - System and method for enabling content providers to identify advertising opportunities: A computer implemented method for enabling content providers to identify and customize placement opportunities is disclosed, comprising the steps of processing instructions to customize a pre-existing at least one of an audio and video datastream comprising at least one predefined time interval for content, identifying at least one time interval... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler PC

20090150932 - Digital broadcasting receiver and a data processing method: A digital broadcasting system and a data processing method are disclosed. A data processing method of a digital broadcasting receiver comprises receiving a mobile/handheld (MH) broadcasting signal including mobile service data and main service data; generating RS(Reed-Solomon) frames from the received MH broadcasting signal; extracting ESG (electronic service guide) data... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090150931 - Display control apparatus, display control method, and program: A display control apparatus includes an acquisition section acquiring EPG data, an extraction section extracting a sentence formed by a plurality of words from information of each item of content included in the EPG data acquired by the acquisition section, and a display control section causing the sentence extracted by... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090150934 - Electronic programming guide: An electronic programming guide (“EPG”) provides pictograms and/or logos, to indicate to a television viewer the programs being displayed on a television. The EPG information display format is thus easier to recognize than prior EPG formats. The EPG pictograms may have 3D characteristics. The EPG information can be displayed in... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090150933 - Iptv receiver and method of providing channel details information: An IPTV receiver and a method of providing channel details information are provided. A network interface transmits and receives an IP packet through a network. An IP network stack checks a destination of the received IP packet and classifies the IP packet according to a protocol. A Service Information (SI)... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20090150937 - Client-server based interactive television program guide system with remote server recording: An interactive television program guide system is provided. An interactive television program guide provides users with an opportunity to select programs for recording on a remote media server. Programs may also be recorded on a local media server. The program guide provides users with VCR-like control over programs that are... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090150936 - Ip-based integrated customized broadcast service system and method: An Internet protocol (IP)-based integrated customized broadcast service system and method are provided. The IP-based integrated customized broadcast service system includes: a subscriber schedule table providing server generating a subscriber schedule table matching with a time when a user desires to be provided with a broadcast program or IP-based content;... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090150935 - Method and network device for assisting a user in selecting content: The invention relates to a method and a network device for assisting a user in selecting content. This is done by entering a user group comprising users having a common interest, requesting an indication of content of interest from at least a part of said user group, receiving an indication... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090150938 - Unifying user interface for a set-top box: An illustrative user interface for a set-top box includes a set-top box having a variety of functions available for selection by a user; and at least one pseudo channel corresponding to at least one of said functions rather than a channel of television programming. Selection of the pseudo channel by... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20090150940 - Downloading of an interactive application to a broadcast programming receiver: A broadcast programming receiver includes first and second tuners, a user interface, a memory, output circuitry, and control logic. The first tuner is configured to receive the programming, while the second tuner is configured to receive an interactive application. The user interface is configured to receive a request for the... Agent: Setter Roche LLP

20090150939 - Spanning multiple mediums: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can facilitate a more robust experience in connection with content consumption. The architecture can span several mediums by way of distinct content channels in order to deliver contextual content and/or media in which a significant event has occurred. Contextual content or... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090150941 - Apparatus and method for video-on-demand playlist: A method of providing programming content from a video server to a client coupled to the video server by a video content network includes the steps of sending, to the client, a playlist describing an interrelationship between at least one program segment and at least one related segment; sending, from... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20090150942 - Multichannel data transfer apparatus and its method: The multichannel data transfer apparatus is connected to a transmission line in which a plurality of connected nodes have their respective transmission channels and transmit compressed data in a predetermined present embodiment in accordance with bandwidths assigned to the respective channels, and the multichannel data transfer apparatus includes a calculating... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090150944 - Content providing/obtaining system: A content providing apparatus previously receives customer identification information and content identification information as customer reservation information via a terminal device, and sends customer desired content data corresponding to the content identification information to a content obtaining apparatus, so as to provide a customer with the customer desired content data... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090150943 - Policy control over switched delivery networks: A method is described that includes receiving a program request from a transceiver that includes a program request to receive a video program at the transceiver. The method also includes determining an amount of bandwidth on a channel available to the transceiver. The method further includes determining whether to provide... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP

20090150945 - Method and apparatus for providing video-on-demand service based on internet protocol (ip) multimedia subsystem: A method and apparatus for providing a video-on-demand (VOD) service are provided. The VOD service providing method includes: receiving a media setup request message from a user terminal, converting the media setup request message using a second protocol which is different from a first protocol on which the media setup... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP Floor 30, Suite 3000

20090150946 - Vod service for a lesser fee with supplementary advertisements: A method for providing media to a user via an interactive media services client device coupled to a programmable media services server device includes receiving user input requesting on-screen comments to be provided with a media presentation and providing the user with a media presentation along with comments related to... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20090150947 - Online search, storage, manipulation, and delivery of video content: A computer device programmed for managing online video content includes a processing unit that is capable of executing instructions, and a non-volatile computer-readable storage device. The storage device stores a search module programmed to allow a user to search for video content, the video content including video clips from movies.... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090150923 - Packetization of non-mpeg stream data in systems using advanced multi-stream pod interface: Aspects of the present invention may be found in one or more systems and/or methods to encapsulate or packetize non-MPEG and MPEG data. The encapsulation or packetization allows both the non-MPEG and MPEG data to be utilized by a set-top-box that conforms or complies with the OpenCable™ Advanced Multi-Stream POD... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090150948 - Hyperlinked media objects: Systems and methods of utilizing hyperlinks in connection with video services are disclosed. One such method includes receiving a video program having a start time. This method also includes receiving, before the start time, a media object associated with the video program. This method also includes storing the media object,... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20090150949 - Method of providing continuous streaming service using iptv and apparatus therefor: Provided are a method and an apparatus for providing a continuous streaming service using an Internet protocol television (IPTV). The method comprises: receiving a request for the streaming service to be provided continuously to a different terminal while the streaming service is being provided to one terminal; converting contents data... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP Floor 30, Suite 3000

20090150950 - Process and device for delivering a channel: A channel has a plurality of subchannels, and is sent to a media terminal through a network. The channel is sent over a single multicast tree of the network, where the multicast tree includes nodes. The media terminal sends an update message to a node in order to indicate subchannels... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090150951 - Enhanced captioning data for use with multimedia content: An enhanced captioning module suitable for use in a multimedia reception and display system includes an interface to receive a set of multimedia elements representative of at least a portion of multimedia content, a detection unit to determine a type of at least a portion of the multimedia elements and... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Jw Attn: Patent Docketing

20090150952 - Video apparatus with web processing function and method for web display: A video apparatus with webpage processing function is provided. The present invention comprises a TV signal receiver module, a network connection module, an video processing module, and a display module. The network connection module is used for connecting to the Internet via a network point to capture a web frame.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090150955 - Apparatus and method for switch operation of downstream terminal platform for ip data transmission using legacy transmission system in hfc network: A method and apparatus for a switch operation of a downstream terminal platform for Internet Protocol (IP) data transmission using a legacy transmission system in a Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC) network is provided. The downstream terminal platform includes: a Radio Frequency (RF) transmitter to distribute and combine a signal transceived... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090150953 - Method of setting and changing receive channel set of cable modem: The method includes: receiving, by a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS), a Receive Channel Profile (RCP) with respect to a downstream physical layer of a CM; composing, by the CMTS, a plurality of channel configuration information required for setting the RCS of the CM with reference to the RCP; encoding,... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090150954 - Server and method for controlling customer premises cable modem based on configuration information: Disclosed are a server and method for controlling a customer premises cable modem based on configuration information. The configuration information control server includes a basic configuration information managing module to generate basic configuration information included in the configuration information for controlling the customer premises cable modem, and transmit the generated... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090150957 - Providing alternate services corresponding to unauthorized requested television services: The present invention provides a system for providing alternative services in a television system. In one implementation, a subscriber is provided an alternative service upon attempting to access an unauthorized service, thereby providing a framework for efficient control of conditional access and enhanced services. In addition, in one implementation, user... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20090150956 - Television program broadcasting arrangement, and method: A television program broadcasting arrangement includes a television program broadcasting network, at least one broadcast system, a television program receiver, a data network, a presence server, and a presence client. The at least one broadcast system is configured to broadcast television programs via a plurality of network channels. The television... Agent: Michaelson & Associates

20090150959 - Association and referencing of television services simulcast in different formats: The present invention provides a system for providing alternative services in a television system. In one implementation, a subscriber is provided an alternative service upon attempting to access an unauthorized service, thereby providing a framework for efficient control of conditional access and enhanced services. In addition, in one implementation, user... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20090150958 - Providing alternative services based on receiver configuration and type of display device: The present invention provides a system for providing alternative services in a television system. In one implementation, a subscriber is provided an alternative service upon attempting to access an unauthorized service, thereby providing a framework for efficient control of conditional access and enhanced services. In addition, in one implementation, user... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20090150960 - Delivery of streams to repair errored media streams in periods of unrecoverable errors: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a program stream from a program source on a first channel. The method also includes detecting an unrecoverable error in the program stream, and receiving a standalone decodable repair stream from an error repair source on a second channel. The repair stream refers... Agent: Cisco Systems, Inc. Scientific-atlanta, Inc.

20090150961 - Image transfer apparatus xx: The invention has: a first register that is set when receiving a CEC message which a video signal source reads an EDID of a video transmitting apparatus and issues and is reset in response to a leading edge of 5V that is supplied from the video signal source; and a... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090150962 - System and method for data transmission in dlna network environment: A system and method for data transmission in a DLNA network environment are disclosed. The data transmission system includes a content creation unit creating at least one content, a content correlation check unit checking a created content to classify the created content by category and a conversion content creation unit... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20090150963 - Broadcast-receiving apparatus and synchronization method thereof: A broadcast-receiving apparatus and a synchronization method thereof are disclosed, the broadcast-receiving apparatus including a control unit which controls to record a broadcast program on an external apparatus according to broadcast information received from the external apparatus via a short range wireless communication method. Accordingly, recording of a broadcast program... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090150964 - Reliability detector for tps data decoding, particularly in digital televisions: For digital TVs, transmission parameter signaling (TPS) data are normally required to be decoded and checked in every signal frame. In the Chinese DTV-T standard, these TPS data are transmitted over subcarriers in a contiguous frequency band of width 72 kHz, with the result that the SNR for these subcarriers... Agent: Docket Clerk

20090150965 - Interactive application for cycling and other sorts on television: An interactive television application allows a viewer to track the progress of participants (110) along a course (100) in a sports event. The location of the participants is tracked, such as by using a GPS device (160). Data is provided to the application to provide an on-screen display (310) of... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090150966 - Digital television application protocol for interactive television: A common communication language that can address all the applications running in a multitude of set top boxes (STBs) or client devices and application servers. The present invention, DATP protocol encapsulates a Meta language that provides a generic portable communication application programmer interface that requires light processor utilization and is... Agent: Rory D. Rankin Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20090150967 - Method and device for receiving wireless broadcast signals: A method and a device for receiving wireless broadcast signals are provided. The device includes a positioning module, a memory storing therein a first information table and a second information table, a signal-receiving and processing module, a processor and a client terminal. The method includes steps of: receiving a first... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20090144764 - Billing adjustment system for multimedia content: A system and method is disclosed for processing refund requests. For IPTV broadcast programs, refund requests initiated by users may be for pay-per-view or on-demand programs. After accepting the refund request, user information and historical event information for the provider network are collected and analyzed using a set of rules.... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Jw Attn: Patent Docketing

20090144765 - Systems, methods, and computer products for periodic-fee limited access to videos: Systems, methods and computer products for providing periodic fee limited access to videos via Internet Protocol Television. Exemplary embodiments include a method for providing video, the method including receiving a request to download a video to a communications device via an Internet-Protocol-enabled connection,, determining whether the download is permitted based... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090144766 - Method and apparatus for multi-stream processing of set top box in downloadable conditional access system: A multi-stream processing apparatus of a set top box in a Downloadable Conditional Access System (DCAS), the apparatus including: a cable modem (CM) to allocate at least one communication channel with respect to a headend of a broadcasting company connected with a cable network; a demodulator to receive broadcasting information... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090144767 - Method for switching between minor channels for digital televisions: A method for switching between minor channels for digital televisions is disclosed. The method includes determining whether a minor channel is in a non-signal state, analyzing information of a major channel, to which the minor channel in the non-signal state pertains, if the minor channel is in the non-signal state,... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20090144770 - Apparatus for processing electronic program guide information, system for receiving digital broadcasts, and method for processing program information: A apparatus for processing EPG information that EPG (Electronic Program Guide) information can be read prior to display independently of an operation by an input device. The EPG information processing apparatus controls the amount of EPG information stored in a database prior to display so that the speed of acquiring... Agent: Brundidge & Stanger, P.C.

20090144769 - Digital video recording device and method: A multi-media content playback method comprising: detecting a user request to play-back stored multi-media content for a selected program; determining whether a loss of signal (LOS) condition is associated with the stored multi-media content; and if a LOS condition is determined to be associated, alerting the user, prior to play-back... Agent: Robert D. Shedd Thomson Licensing LLC

20090144771 - Electronic service guide broadcaster and method of processing an electronic service guide: The invention relates to a method of processing an ESG of a mobile device is proposed. The method includes the step of storing ESG data for the ESG. The ESG data contains service information data. The service information data comprises location dependent service information data. The method also involves receiving... Agent: Michaelson & Associates

20090144768 - Mapping mobile device electronic program guide to content: A user computing device, such as mobile device, is provided with an electronic program guide (EPG). The EPG lists video content that is available or being broadcast on one or more websites. The video content may be considered to be premium content or user content. Premium content may be video... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090144772 - Video object tag creation and processing: An indication of an object included in a frame of a video content item is received. A tag is associated with the object, the tag including a reference to a media content item. An additional frame that includes the object is identified in the video content item. The tag is... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090144775 - Client and server system: An internet on-demand system for television presents internet content and traditional television programming as part of a single coherent interface. The system includes a server and a client capable of providing a dynamic graphical user interface. The system can display an internet gateway interface which actively scrolls through and highlights... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20090144774 - System and method for neighborhood optimization for content recommendation: A cost function is stochastically optimized using, e.g., simulated annealing to render a neighborhood of entities based on which content recommendations can be provided to a user of a home entertainment system. The cost function represents a normalized sum of rating similarity scores from entities of the neighborhood that are... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20090144773 - Systems and methods for segmenting electronic program guide information: An approach to providing EPG information segments the EPG information into a plurality of segmented EPGs, i.e., subsets of the EPG information. The EPG information for all channels may be segmented into EPGs for separate local channels, i.e., channels received by client devices within a particular geographical region or broadcast... Agent: Echostar Technologies, L.L.C.

20090144776 - Support for personal content in a multimedia content delivery system and network: A disclosed set top box (STB) suitable for use in presenting multimedia content is operable to receive multimedia content from a provider content source that is remotely connected to the STB via a provider network. The STB is also operable to receive multimedia content from a personal content source. The... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Jw Attn: Patent Docketing

20090144777 - Real-time most watched guide ordering and generation: Mechanisms are provided for allowing a user to dynamically obtain program guide data and select video content in an efficient and effective manner. A guide generator is configured to obtain program guide information from multiple sources including content providers. The guide generator compiles a real-time most watched program guide by... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP

20090144778 - Method and system for supplementing television programming with e-mailed magazines: An interactive television system and method for generating advertising combined with triggers and then, in turn, for viewing that advertising as the triggers present information associated with the triggers. When triggered by the viewer, the request will retrieve information at the request processing system based on the generated request; and... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20090144779 - Communication method and apparatus for user terminal: A communication method and apparatus for a user terminal provided in the present invention can detect the user terminal, obtain first capability information on a video communication of a wireless network, and second capability information on the video communication of said user terminal, process the first capability information and the... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20090144780 - Socially collaborative filtering: In one embodiment, a method comprises identifying user selection preferences of an identified user having accessed the network, the identifying based on an accumulation of user selection inputs executed by the identified user, relative to input options presented to the user and identifying respective available network items, the accumulation including... Agent: Leon R Turkevich

20090144781 - Audio-on-demand communication system: An audio-on-demand communication system provides real-time playback of audio data transferred via telephone lines or other communication links. One or more audio servers include memory banks which store compressed audio data. At the request of a user at a subscriber PC, an audio server transmits the compressed audio data over... Agent: Realnetworks, Inc. C/o Stoel Rives LLP

20090144782 - Systems, methods, and computer products for storage of video via iptv: Systems, methods, and computer products for storage of video via Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) are disclosed herein. Exemplary embodiments include a network-based method for video storage. The method includes receiving a request to store at least one video, retrieving the at least one video through an Internet Protocol television (IPTV)... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Cc Attn: Patent Docketing

20090144783 - Broadcast receiver and method for receiving adaptive broadcast signal: A broadcast receiver and method for receiving an adaptive broadcast signal are disclosed. The present invention includes a network interface unit transmitting/receiving an IP packet via a network, a display unit displaying a broadcast signal included in the IP packet, a control unit controlling an available service information list including... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20090144784 - On demand system and method using dynamic broadcast scheduling: A system and method for broadcasting content includes a content provider which interfaces with one or more clients through a network. The content provider includes a scheduler responsive to requests for content from clients. The scheduler provides the content in blocks by making the blocks available to requesters by a... Agent: Joseph J Laks Thomson Licensing

20090144785 - Methods and systems for broadcasting modified live media: Methods and systems are presented for broadcasting a modified live media feed of an event. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving a live media feed at a broadcast computer from one or more recording devices, wherein the live media feed includes real time occurrences of a live event. The... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20090144787 - Method and apparatus for searching for iptv service relay devices and method and apparatus for interacting with devices: Provided are method and apparatus for searching for a second device relaying at least one IPTV service included in the same residential network as a first device, wherein the searching is performed by the first device, and receiving the IPTV service provided from outside of the residential network through a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090144786 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing media channel services: Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing media channel services are disclosed. A method includes provisioning an Internet-Protocol (IP)-enabled media channel in response to a request to create a media channel account, which includes creating an account record for the media channel account, assigning a media device identifier to... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Cc Attn: Patent Docketing

20090144790 - Broadcast receiver and method for receiving adaptive broadcast signal: A broadcast receiver and method for receiving an adaptive broadcast signal are disclosed. The present invention includes a network interface unit transmitting/receiving an IP packet via a network, a display unit displaying a broadcast signal included in the IP packet, a control unit controlling an available service information list including... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20090144788 - Method and system for accessing content for presentation via a set-top box: An approach is provided for presenting, via a set-top box, a first media content to a user. The user is prompted with an option to experience a second media content relating to the first media content. The set-top box presents the second media content to the user upon selection of... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090144789 - Systems, methods, and computer products for storage of music via iptv: Systems, methods, and computer products for storage of music via Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) are disclosed herein. Exemplary embodiments include a network-based method for audio storage. The method includes receiving a request to store audio data, retrieving the audio data through an Internet Protocol television (IPTV) network, and storing the... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Cc Attn: Patent Docketing

20090144791 - System and method of detecting potential video traffic interference: A method of detecting potential video traffic interference at a video head-end of a video distribution network is disclosed and includes detecting, at a video head-end, a signal populating an ultra high frequency (UHF) white space frequency. The method also includes determining that a strength of the signal is equal... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Toler Attn: Patent Docketing

20090144793 - Method for obtaining service map information, apparatus therefor, and method for fast performing application in service according to the service map information: A method for decoding a packetized transport stream containing a service comprising a program and an application is provided. The method includes steps as follows. Firstly, identify a program map information corresponding to the program and an application information corresponding to the application conveyed in the transport stream. Then, assemble... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090144794 - System and method for allocating packet identifiers in a transport stream in a subscriber network: An apparatus in a digital network includes the logic for allocating and assigning packet identifiers (PIDs) to digital packets, such as MPEG packets. The logic can reside in a device that transmits a transport stream or a device that controls a transport stream transmitter. In the preferred embodiment, a session... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20090144792 - Systems and methods of adjusting bandwidth among multiple media streams: Disclosed herein are systems and method for adjusting bitrate among multiple media streams delivered on a common subscriber connection. One such method comprises receiving information describing a maximum bitrate provisioned on the subscriber connection, and receiving a plurality of media streams. Each media stream utilizes a corresponding bitrate, and the... Agent: Scientific-atlanta, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20090144796 - Processing video streams of different picture formats: Methods and systems for the efficient and non-redundant transmission of a single video program in multiple frame rates, optionally employing a combination of video coding standards, in a way that is backwards-compatible with legacy receivers only supportive of some subsection of frame rates or of some subsection of video coding... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20090144795 - Systems, methods, and computer products for providing podcasts via iptv: Systems, methods, and computer products for providing podcasts via Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) are disclosed herein. Exemplary embodiments include a network-based method for providing digital media podcasts. The method includes receiving a request to render at least one podcast on a communications device authenticated on an IPTV network, retrieving the... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Cc Attn: Patent Docketing

20090144797 - Method and apparatus for delivering sdv programming with multiple advertisements: A set top terminal is provided that includes a receiver/tuner for receiving (i) switched digital video (SDV) programs over a broadband access network, at least one of the SDV programs including a primary advertisement and (ii) a plurality of alternative advertisements that are each substitutable for the primary advertisement. The... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department