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Interactive video distribution systems December patent applications/inventions, industry category 12/09

20090328086 - Apparatus for monitoring use status of image apparatus, method of monitoring external connection apparatus and television receiving apparatus: According to the present invention, for example a TV receiver can be connected to a game apparatus, for example. The game apparatus outputs at least image data. The TV receiver outputs an image of the image data to a display module. A restriction information storage module, which stores operating time... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090328085 - System for up-selling content during periods of likely viewer disinterest: A system for up-selling content during periods of likely viewer disinterest may include a content delivery network configured to provide media content and at least one choice of alternative content, a content viewing device, and a content processing device for interfacing the viewing device with the content delivery network. The... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090328088 - Iterative media playing by increment and decrement of an ad-to-program variable: A new paradigm of watching television allows watching programs and watching ads and maintaining a score that is based on the times of watching the programs and the ads. The paradigm can be carried out by increasing the value of a variable when programs are watched and decreasing the value... Agent: Scott C Harris

20090328087 - System and method for location based media delivery: A system and method for selecting and presenting media on a network to tune an environment to the tastes of the users within that environment, thus improving the experience of that location. A physical location of a media presentation device is received over a network. The physical location of a... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20090328089 - Audience response measurement and tracking system: A system performs audience response measurement and tracking using neuro-response data such as central nervous system, autonomic nervous system, and effector data. Subjects are exposed to stimulus material such as marketing and entertainment materials and data is collected using mechanisms such as Electroencephalography (EEG), Galvanic Skin Response (GSR), Electrocardiograms (EKG),... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP

20090328090 - Digital television channel trending: Channel trending, including determining a number of viewers watching a multimedia program, is achieved in a digital television network. Cached multimedia frames that correspond to portions of the multimedia program are maintained, for example, on a device located on an edge (i.e., in a network edge device) of the digital... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Jw Attn: Patent Docketing

20090328091 - Method and apparatus for real-time iptv channel searching and switching: A method of providing real-time channel searching and switching for IPTV is provided. Initially, a first communication is received from an IPTV subscriber at an IPTV application server upon the subscriber logging in to the server via the subscriber's Web-accessible device. The server communicates with a subscriber database to access... Agent: Fay Sharpe/lucent

20090328092 - Personalizing any tv gateway: A system and method for personalizing a TV gateway is disclosed. Specifically, the disclosed system includes a TV gateway authentication infrastructure and a user authentication infrastructure in communication with external networks. The TV gateway authentication infrastructure accesses the external networks and authenticates the TV gateway. The user authentication infrastructure authenticates... Agent: Michael N. Haynes

20090328093 - Multimedia content filtering: A disclosed method for facilitating automated and user-specific filtering of multimedia content includes a backend server receiving a content identifier from a user's multimedia handling device (MHD), e.g., a set top box. The content identifier indicates of a program of multimedia content (PMC) requested or otherwise desired by a user.... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Jw Attn: Patent Docketing

20090328094 - Method for transmitting a stream of digital data and control messages associated to said stream to mobil equipments: The invention concerns a method for transmitting a flow of digital data and of controlled messages associated with said flow addressed to mobile terminals. The flow comprises successive bursts of data of encrypted contents with control words included in the control messages transmitted in parallel with said flow. The method... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090328095 - Managing undesirable content in ip video broadcast traffic: A method and apparatus are provided for suppressing display of advertisements within a video over IP stream provided by a content provider. Metadata is prepended to advertisements within the stream. When the stream is received by an access aggregation point, the access aggregation point compares the metadata of an advertisement... Agent: Marks & Clerk

20090328096 - Preconditioning ad content for digital program insertion: Methods are provided for inserting advertisements or the like and/or to perform grooming functions for a video, audio and/or data stream. Video programming is received in a network stream. Alternate content, such as advertisements, is received in content stream. The content stream is preconditioned to provide an entrance point therein... Agent: Lipsitz & Mcallister, LLC

20090328097 - System and method for displaying television program information on a remote control device: A remote control device comprising a display, a receiver module, and a detection module. The receiver module is configured to receive, from a set-top box device, information about content currently displayed on a screen connected to the set-top box device, and configured to display the information on the display. The... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Lna Attn: Patent Docketing

20090328099 - Broadcast system with a local electronic service guide generation: A broadcast system includes a terminal system having a display module for displaying an Electronic Service Guide (ESG) of programs to be broadcasted. The ESG initiates the storing of a program selected through such ESG and broadcasted to the terminal system. The broadcast system includes a module for creating and... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090328100 - Program information display apparatus and program information display method: According to one embodiment, a program information display apparatus includes a signal processing module which acquires program information which announces contents of a scheduled program from a broadcast signal to output the program information for display, and a magnetic disk drive which accumulates the program information acquired by the processing... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090328098 - System for proactively troubleshooting set top box issues: A system for proactively troubleshooting set top box issues may include a media distribution network with a remote requesting device and a programming guide server. The programming guide server may be configured to identify a guide data retrieval profile of the requesting device, compare the guide data retrieval profile to... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090328101 - User interface for mobile tv interactive services: A method includes providing an electronic program guide that presents content programming information for one or more program channels on a broadcast TV device; detecting a selection of a program block in the electronic program guide, the selected program block corresponding to a program scheduled on a program channel; and... Agent: Perman & Green, LLP

20090328102 - Representative scene images: Representative scene images are described. In embodiment(s), an episodes user interface can be generated to include scene images that each represent and visually distinguish a different episode in a television program series. The episodes user interface can then be communicated to a media device to be rendered for display where... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090328103 - Genre-based segment collections: Genre-based segment collections is described. In embodiment(s), program segments that have been segmented from multiple television programs can be determined to have a common association based on a genre of the program segments. A segment collection can then be generated to include the program segments that have been determined to... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090328107 - Apparatus and method for automatically recording content, and recording medium and program thereof: An apparatus automatically recommends content. A preference operation history managing unit generates history information of an operation relating to a preference for a content according to a plurality of operations relating to a preference for the content and explanation information relating to the content and using preference value parameters for... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090328104 - Methods, systems, and computer products for personalized channel services: Methods, systems, and computer program products for personalized media service. A programming preferences questionnaire is submitted to a user, and selections to the programming preferences questionnaire input by the user are received. Expected satisfaction values to available programs are assigned in accordance with selections input by the user, and programs... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Cc Attn: Patent Docketing

20090328105 - Systems and methods for ranking assets relative to a group of viewers: Systems and methods are provided for ranking assets relative to a group of viewers. A group is formed by a user by selecting a number of different viewer preference profiles or automatically by the system as a function of analyzing similarities among viewer preference profiles. Individual preference values are computed... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090328106 - Video content control system with automatic content selection: For selection of entertainment of the most personal interest to a user, a video content control system processes records of video programs against user data. A program record contains data pertinent to user preferences and an impartial rating of program quality or significance determined with no regard to preferences of... Agent: Gutman Levitan

20090328108 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and information processing system: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: transmission data acquisition section configured to acquire transmission data including program data and EPG data including program information for a predetermined period of time; EPG extraction section configured to extract the EPG data from the transmission data; program selection section configured to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090328109 - Providing television broadcasts over a managed network and interactive content over an unmanaged network to a client device: A client device receives a broadcast content signal containing an interactive identifier over a managed network at a client device. The interactive identifier may be a trigger that is included in a header or embedded within the digital video data. The trigger may have a temporal component, wherein the trigger... Agent: Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP

20090328110 - Antenna system for satellite lock-on and method for operating the same: An antenna system and a corresponding method for satellite lock-on applied to vehicles automatically lock on at least one satellite in the space by means of a lock-on signal. The technique features on a scan driving signal that initiates a space scan of the antenna system so as to obtain... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090328111 - Content distribution system, server, and content distribution method: According to one embodiment, a content distribution system includes a receiver device, a distribution device, and a management device. The distribution device is located in a network, and distributes content to the receiver device. The management device is located in the network, and manages, as user interface information, information on... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090328113 - Contextual media content placement: Advertisements and other media content may be placed with or in content items according to contextual information relating to particular portions of the content. For example, advertisements may be matched to products shown in a movie, lyrics used in a song or places named in a work of literature. The... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20090328114 - Method and receiving unit for fast change of services: The present invention relates to a method of changing between a plurality N of distinct services, e.g. television channels, receivable on a receiving unit, such as a mobile phone/cellular phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a handheld television unit, or similar devices. The receiving unit is adapted to receive the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090328112 - Methods, devices, and computer program products for providing instant messaging in conjunction with an audiovisual, video, or audio program: Methods, devices, and computer program products for providing instant messaging in conjunction with an audiovisual, video, or audio program are provided. The methods include providing an audiovisual, video, or audio program to a user. Viewer/listener input is received requesting activation of a program-based instant messaging function. A viewer/listener identifier corresponding... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Cc Attn: Patent Docketing

20090328116 - System and method for providing mobile traffic information: A system comprises a server operable to deliver an Internet Protocol Television stream to a set-top box, and operable to retrieve an image from a first traffic camera. Upon receipt of a request from the set-top box, the image is sent to a wireless device.... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Lna Attn: Patent Docketing

20090328115 - Systems and methods for distributing digital content: A method for distributing digital content can include receiving a first request from a first client for a digital content of the plurality of digital content and providing a first portion of the digital content to the first client. The method can further include receiving a second request from a... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Lna Attn: Patent Docketing

20090328117 - Network based management of visual art: Works of visual art are provided over a digital television provider network for local display by a user. Live or substantially live video of works of visual art may be streamed to the user's location. Alternatively, still images of the works of visual art may be captured and stored as... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Jw Attn: Patent Docketing

20090328118 - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing an enhanced call alert service via a television service network: Methods, systems, and computer readable media providing an enhanced call alert service via a television service network are described. In one embodiment, the system comprises a call alert service mediator (CASM) that includes a telephone network interface for receiving, from a telecommunications network, a query message for a call to... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20090328119 - Packet recovery server based triggering mechanism for iptv diagnostics: A monitoring system and method are described herein that obtain retry request information from packet recovery server(s) and based at least in part on the obtained retry request information determine whether or not to launch probes to monitor specific network element(s) within an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network to diagnose... Agent: Capitol Patent & Trademark Law Firm, PLLC

20090328120 - Arrangement for connectivity within an advanced multimedia content framework: Arrangements and methods are provided that allow integration of connected online services within a high-definition interactive framework, and in particular within an advanced content interactivity layer. In this way, the online services may enjoy enhanced features on an advanced content media device. For example, content running on an advanced content... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090328121 - Television receiver, method of controlling the receiver, and network construction device: According to one embodiment, the present invention is designed to automatically determine the language of the content distributed when connecting to the Web server so as to agree with the language configured at the initial setup. The present invention has following elements. An initial setup module maintains initial setup information... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090328123 - Certification program for devices operating with an entertainment access system: In order to ensure that an entertainment access system is enabled to unify and simplify a user's enjoyment of content by managing the user's devices, entertainment content and usage rights, it is important to ensure the user devices, and the services they offer, function in accordance with well-established specifications and... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090328122 - Method and apparatus for presenting media programs: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller to collect one or more temporal actions initiated by each of a plurality of users while presenting a media program to said plurality of users, generate one or more symbolic overlays according... Agent: At&t Legal Department - As Attn: Patent Docketing

20090328124 - Adaptive video switching for variable network conditions: A method for video playback switching in response to changing network conditions. The method includes accessing a server to retrieve respective index files for a low bit rate version and a high bit rate version of the video file, and instantiating a low bit rate media player and a high... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090328125 - Video fingerprint systems and methods: A method that provides identification information for a portion of a video stream includes receiving a video stream, wherein the video stream includes one or more successive video scenes, wherein the one or more successive video scenes respectively corresponds to one or more sets of visual information, wherein each of... Agent: Merchant & Gould Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20090328126 - Neural networks for ingress monitoring: A method of identifying a source of ingress into a network includes storing frequency spectra of known sources of ingress, comparing the frequency spectrum of ingress to the frequency spectra of known sources of ingress, and determining from the comparison which of the frequency spectra of known sources of ingress... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20090328128 - System and method for an interactive broadband system-on-chip with a reconfigurable interface: A method and apparatus are disclosed, in an interactive broadband set-top box receiving broadband signals from a headend, to facilitate communications with an installed card within the set-top box using a single IC chip that processes the broadband signals. The single IC chip is configured to a PCMCIA PC-card mode... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090328127 - System and method for implementing a personal information mode in an electronic device: A system and method for implementing a personal information mode in a television device includes personal information data that is selectably accessed from at least one remote information source. A display of the television device is configured to display a personal information interface to a system user. A personal information... Agent: Gregory J. Koerner Redwood Patent Law

20090320055 - Systems and methods for conserving energy in an entertainment system: Apparatus, systems and methods are described for conserving energy in an entertainment system. An entertainment device tracks usage patterns of a user over time while outputting presentation content and utilizes the collected information to determine whether to automatically enter a low power mode state at appropriate times.... Agent: Echostar Technologies, L.L.C. Legal Department

20090320056 - System of using set-top box to obtain ad information: A system of using a set-top box to obtain ad information includes a remote control, a set-top box, a program system server, and an advertising server. A first ad request corresponding to a target ad is transmitted to the set-top box via the remote control so as to obtain ad... Agent: Juan Carlos A. Marquez C/o Stites & Harbison PLLC

20090320057 - Enhanced parental control: A parental control method, including receiving a channel selection command from a user to select from a plurality of channels for playing, each of the channels having a plurality of programming content, performing a parental control procedure prior to allowing playing of the programming content of one of the channels,... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090320058 - Multimedia content distribution system and method for multiple dwelling unit: A method for distributing video programs in a multiple dwelling unit from a receiver device associated with the unit to a plurality of client devices located in the multiple dwelling unit, including: receiving a plurality of video programs associated with a plurality of television channels from a signal source; receiving... Agent: Robert D. Shedd, Patent Operations Thomson Licensing LLC

20090320060 - Advertisement signature tracking: Advertisement signature tracking is described. In embodiment(s), a video feed of television media content can be received for distribution to media devices, and the video feed can include advertisements. An advertisement can be detected in the video feed of the television media content, and a signature of the advertisement can... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090320059 - Method and system for providing interactive advertisement customization: A system and method may include providing a media stream via a network, the media stream comprising one or more advertisement content segments, identifying aggregate information associated with a viewer, assigning the one or more advertisement content segments to one or more categories and a category score associated with the... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090320061 - Advertising based on keywords in media content: In accordance with one or more aspects, a trigger including both a criteria portion and a payload portion is accessed, the criteria portion identifying one or more criteria that includes a keyword, and the payload portion identifying one or more actions for presenting advertising content. Data corresponding to media content... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090320063 - Local advertisement insertion detection: Local advertisement insertion detection is described. In embodiment(s), a video feed of television media content can be received for distribution to media devices, and the video feed can include national advertisements and spliced-in local advertisements. A splice point in the video feed can be detected that indicates where a local... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090320062 - Retail outlet tv feature display system: An automatic feature demonstration mode for TV products that can be used in retail stores. TV features that otherwise would be overlooked by customers or misrepresented by the sales staff are advertised on the TV itself. The system maybe used to convey information beyond TV features.... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20090320064 - Triggers for media content firing other triggers: In accordance with one or more aspects of the triggers for media content firing other triggers, a check is made as to whether a presentation of media content satisfies a criteria portion of a trigger. When the presentation satisfies the criteria portion, one or more actions in a payload portion... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090320065 - Content selection and output: Content selection and output techniques are described. In an implementation, a user interface is output at a client device that provides for selection of television content via a website for output on a television. A communication is formed to be communicated to the website based on interaction with the user... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090320066 - Referencing data in triggers from applications: In accordance with one or more aspects of the referencing data in triggers from applications, a device can store multiple triggers for media content. For each of these triggers, a check is made as to whether a presentation of media content satisfies a criteria portion of the trigger. When the... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090320068 - Communicating video content: A method is disclosed that includes receiving a selection of a channel at a set-top box device. In response to the selection of the channel, a still image associated with a program being transmitted via the selected channel is displayed at a display device. The method further includes receiving a... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Toler Attn: Patent Docketing

20090320069 - Method and system for electronic program guide temporal content organization: A method and system which temporally sorts data such as program guide data for example, to ensure that near-term data (i.e. most likely to be used, or “now data”) is always available for rapid access from a physical memory location such as a high-speed temporal cache. The method incorporates two... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090320067 - System for downloading audio content: A method for recording a clean broadcast free of background, such as fade-ins and fade-outs on a receiver includes providing program data associated with an upcoming broadcast, the broadcast being selected by a broadcaster, on the receiver to describe the upcoming broadcast to a user. The receiver records the upcoming... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090320070 - Electronic device, display system, display method, and program: An electronic device comprising: a content acquiring means capable of acquiring content acquired via a network or from inside of the electronic device, or generated inside of the electronic device; a first displaying means capable of displaying the acquired first content; a second displaying means arranged as a touch panel... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090320071 - Program guide system with combination category search: An interactive television program guide system is provided in which the program guide may provide the user with a selectable list of combination categories. Combination categories are composed of multiple simple categories such as sports, news, comedy, movies, children, etc. Program listings are supplied to the program guide. At least... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090320072 - Custom channels: The technology is a system and method for generating a virtual channel in an electronic program guide. Scheduling instructions, which are configured by a user, indicate content that should be presented for selection in the virtual channel. The scheduling instructions are executed in priority order. The virtual channel is populated... Agent: Vierra Magen/microsoft Corporation

20090320073 - Method and apparatus for browsing using multiple coordinated device sets: Systems and methods for navigating hypermedia using multiple coordinated input/output device sets. Disclosed systems and methods allow a user and/or an author to control what resources are presented on which device sets (whether they are integrated or not), and provide for coordinating browsing activities to enable such a user interface... Agent: Chadbourne & Parke LLP

20090320074 - Information system and method: Example systems and methods provide information such as, but not limited to, interactive program guide (IPG) information for display on a display device such as a television. In the case of IPG information, an IPG server includes an IPG data store that stores IPG data such as program titles, actors,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090320075 - Method and apparatus for multiplexing audio program channels from one or more received broadcast streams to provide a playlist style listening experience to users: A method and apparatus are provided for generating a personalized radio channel playlist by time division multiplexing songs from multiple received channels from one or more broadcast source streams in a queue. Users can specify favorite channels for building their personal playlists, or multiple default playlist channels can be provided... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20090320076 - System and method for processing an interactive advertisement: A set-top box device comprises a speech recognition module, a video image recognition module, and a voice over Internet protocol bridge. The speech recognition module is configured to perform speech recognition on a voice command signal to determine an action to take in the set-top box device. The video image... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Lna Attn: Patent Docketing

20090320078 - Hybrid telecommunication system, method, and device: A hybrid telecommunications system, method, and device are provided. The system may include a plurality of unidentified users, a broadcaster, a source of information content, and a packet or switched network. The users may each be equipped with a transreceiving device for receiving broadcast communications and generating communications of their... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090320077 - Method and apparatus for on-demand content transmission and control over networks: Methods and apparatus for delivering content over network infrastructure are disclosed. In one embodiment, the network comprises a content-based (e.g., cable) network coupled to a radio or other service provider network, and a portion of the infrastructure comprises that nominally used for on-demand (OD) services such as VOD. Mobile or... Agent: Robert F. Gazdzinski, Esq. Gazdzinski & Associates

20090320079 - On-vehicle equipment for receiving and displaying digital broadcasting: An on-vehicle equipment mounted on a vehicle and adapted to receive a data broadcasting transmitted in digital broadcasting and display it on a display unit, holds a contents of the data broadcasting in correspondence with a combination of component tag value and module ID for discriminating the contents, displays, in... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090320080 - Wireless streaming media systems, devices and methods: A system includes one or more transmitter devices constructed and adapted to transmit wireless streaming media, the transmitter device connected to at least one video source, wherein the transmitter device is further constructed and adapted to automatically detect a type of active source signal from the at least one video... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20090320081 - Providing and displaying video at multiple resolution and quality levels: A method provides video from a video data source comprising a sequence of multi-level frames. Each multi-level frame comprises multiple copies of a respective frame. Each copy has an associated video resolution or quality level that is a member of a predefined range of levels that range from a highest... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP. (pa)

20090320082 - Method of delivering content data: A system and method are provided for delivering video content data from a first computer to a second computer. In such system, a first computer can store video content in first and second encoded video files having first and second data encoding formats. The video content may be stored in... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090320083 - Personal media viewer: A media viewer includes a housing having a monocular configuration having forward and rearward ends and defining an interior space. The forward end includes a lens through which a user may look into the interior space. A rear wall of the housing encloses the housing. A display is mounted upon... Agent: Harshaw Research, Inc.

20090320084 - Providing program restart functionality in a digital video network: A technique for providing program restart functionality in a digital video network involves receiving requests from different end-user devices to restart a program and servicing the program restart requests from the different end-user devices via a single broadcast stream. In an embodiment, program restart requests that are received within an... Agent: Wilson & Ham

20090320085 - House amplifier with return path gating: In addition to combining all RF signals, the return path system combines all the ingress noise from all the RF connection points, which has an adverse impact on signal quality. This invention takes advantage of the burst nature of RF return path signals to insert an automatic gating function into... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090320086 - Loss reduction in a coaxial network: An in-house coaxial network includes an input (10) capable of connection to a cable or satellite television signal provider and which is connected to a signal splitting device (12) for communicating the signal to a plurality of outlets in the form of subscriber equipment, wherein a filter (36: 38) is... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20090320087 - Method for mapping between signaling information and announcement information and broadcast receiver: A method for mapping signaling information to announcement information and a broadcast receiver are disclosed herein. A method of providing a Non-Real-Time (NRT) service, the method comprises extracting identification information of first signaling information and second signaling information based upon a program specific information/program and system information protocol (PSI/PSIP) table,... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090313648 - Audio/video distribution apparatus: An apparatus is described herein, wherein the apparatus includes a housing, wherein the housing includes a first aperture and a second aperture. The apparatus also includes a display screen that is located in the first aperture of the housing. An interface module may be located in the second aperture of... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090313649 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus, including: an acquisition section configured to, based on taste information representing taste of a user and learned beforehand, acquire related data related to the taste information; an extraction section configured to extract a keyword from the acquired related data; and a learning section... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090313650 - Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving viewing restriction information of application: Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving viewing restriction information of an application of data broadcasting. The method includes acquiring an application and viewing restriction information set on a unit-by-unit basis of the application, and performing viewing restriction functions differently for each unit of a plurality of units the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090313651 - Electronic apparatus having operation restriction function: The first unlock code is composed of a number “m” of characters, all of which belong to a predetermined category. The second unlock code is composed of a number other than the number “m” of characters, or composed of characters at least one of which does not belong to the... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090313652 - Ad splicing using re-quantization variants: In one embodiment an apparatus for splicing an ad into a data stream includes an ad segmenter, an ad variant generator coupled to the ad segmenter, and an ad variant selector coupled to the ad variant generator. The ad segmenter designates end portions, including beginning and ending portions, of the... Agent: Wilson & Ham Pmb: 348

20090313654 - System and method for insertion of advertisement into presentation description language content: A method includes receiving a content update for content presented using a presentation description language and inserting complementary information in the content based on the content update using the presentation description language. The content presented in the presentation description language may be Rich Media Environment (RME) content, and the complementary... Agent: Nokia, Inc.

20090313653 - System capable of broadcasting information by designated displaying frames in designated locations and time periods, and its methods: A system capable of broadcasting information by designated displaying frames in designated locations and time periods, comprises a server and some displays. The server, the displays and at least one terminal are connected with each other via communication networks. After one terminal selects one display, one time period and one... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090313655 - Apparatus, method, computer program and user interface for enabling access to programs.: A method, and associated apparatus, computer program and user interface, the method including receiving information comprising the trigger time of programs on a plurality of media channels; assigning a priority to the programs based on the trigger time of the program relative to a given time point such that programs... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20090313656 - Method for updating electronic programming guide (epg) or broadcast receiving apparatus and broadcast receiving apparatus using the same: A method for updating an electronic programming guide (EPG) or a broadcast receiving apparatus, and a broadcast receiving apparatus using the same are provided. The method for updating the EPG includes setting a time point within a time period when the broadcast receiving apparatus is not operating to be an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090313657 - System and method for scheduling a remote recording: A method for scheduling a remote recording includes receiving a selection by a user of a web interface element associated with an Internet protocol television program to be broadcast by a provider. Additionally, determining that the user does not subscribe to the provider of the Internet protocol television program, providing... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Lna Attn: Patent Docketing

20090313658 - Systems and methods for displaying media content and media guidance information: A system comprises television equipment and a number of portable electronic devices. The television equipment includes a large display and control circuitry. The control circuitry receives media content and media guidance data for display on the display. The control circuitry also includes communication components for communicating with the portable electronic... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090313659 - Campus audio-visual control and communication system: A method and system for distributing audio, visual, data, annunciator and other information within an educational facility utilizes a bit-wise addressing scheme to route UDP message packets to individual classrooms. The audio/video network system includes a central processor that controls a plurality of audio/video sources (e.g., DVD players, cable TV... Agent: The Marbury Law Group, PLLC

20090313660 - Home entertainment system and operating method thereof: A home entertainment system includes a first audio/video device and a remote controller. The first audio/video device has a wireless signal receiver. The remote controller includes a main body, a motion-sensing unit, a microprocessor, and wireless transmission unit. The main body is held by a user. The motion-sensing unit is... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20090313663 - Content providing apparatus and method, content receiving apparatus and method, program, and content downloading system: A content providing apparatus for providing a content to a content receiving apparatus. The content providing apparatus includes: a content-information providing mechanism providing content information necessary for specifying a content to be downloaded to the content receiving apparatus; a control-information providing mechanism providing download control information necessary for downloading the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090313661 - Dynamic video-on-demand navigation and on demand ingest: A technique for supporting over-the-top video-on-demand separates metadata ingest and real content ingest such that navigation needs only the metadata ingest to have been completed. The real content ingest can occur later if the navigation results in the real content being selected and if the selected content has not been... Agent: Wilson & Ham

20090313662 - Methods and systems for processing multi-latticed video streams: An apparatus for facilitating reception of multiple representations of a video signal. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a mechanism for receiving plural representations of the video signal corresponding to plural decimated versions of the video signal, associating pictures of the received plural representations of the video signal, and outputting... Agent: Merchant & Gould Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20090313664 - Providing a video user interface: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a user interface. First, a first content type may be displayed on a display device in a full mode. Next, a first user input may be received. In response to the received first user input, a shrunken version of the first content type... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090313665 - Digital rights management licensing over third party networks: A user on a cable network can request and receive a digital license for viewing certain requested content provided to the user at a set top box on the cable network. The set top box generates a request for a license to the Cable Service Provider, which screens the request,... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090313667 - Method, device and system for managing contents of vod services: A method for managing contents of Video On Demand (VOD) services, where a Middle Ware (MW) controls the stored contents on a VOD server according to the VOD service information correlated with a channel is provided. The corresponding device and system are also provided. Therefore, the specific service forms are... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090313666 - Television content management for clients: Techniques to manage television content for clients are described. In an implementation, a call is formed to an application programming interface (API) to include an identifier of a client that requested television content and a network address via which the television content is accessible. Whether the television content is to... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090313669 - Method of transmission of digital images and reception of transport packets: c

20090313668 - Time-shifted transport of multi-latticed video for resiliency from burst-error effects: An apparatus for facilitating robust data transport. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a first mechanism for selecting plural lattices of an input video signal, processing plural decimated video signals, and time shifting corresponding portions of plural video streams in accordance with a second relative temporal order. A second mechanism... Agent: Merchant & Gould Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20090313670 - Television receiver program, and recording medium: Provided is a television receiver including a multiscreen function and a web browser function and capable of performing web browser page transition without requiring manual operation of a viewer. The television receiver can perform a multiscreen display, i.e., simultaneously displaying input video data received from a plurality of video sources... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090313671 - Web television having a two-way communication bus interconnecting a television controller and an internet module: A web television includes a display, a tuner, an internet module, and a PIP module. The tuner is arranged to select television video for display on the display and to select television audio for display by a speaker of the web television. The internet module is arranged to supply internet... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20090313672 - Hand-held data recorder, system and method for in-vivo sensing: An in-vivo sensing system including an in-vivo sensing device, a data recorder, a receiver and a work station. The data recorder is maintained in a position adjacent a region of interest being sensed by the in-vivo sensing device. The data recorder receives via a receiving antenna a data signal including... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20090313673 - Method and system for protecting mpeg frames during transmission within an internet protocol (ip) network: A system and method in accordance with exemplary embodiments may include identifying video data traffic as at least one of I-frame video data traffic, B-frame video data traffic, and P-frame video data traffic, classifying the video data traffic based on the identification, applying at least one of Expedited Forwarding (EF)... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090313674 - Pid obfuscation: A method, system, and computer program product for providing a decoy identifier, such as an MPEG PID, for a non-encrypted component. By obscuring the true identifier, an MPEG receiver that can decode ‘clear channels’ can not locate, and therefore, can not decode and present the true component for the program... Agent: Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP

20090313676 - Buffer control method, relay apparatus, and communication system: Disclosed is a relay apparatus including a video buffer control unit that controls a video buffer according to a control instruction received by an instruction receiving unit, a threshold set by a threshold setting unit, and a timing set by a timing generation unit. The video buffer control unit controls... Agent: Mr. Jackson Chen

20090313675 - System and method for distribution of a television signal: A system and method for distribution of media signals. Wireless communications are established between a set-top box and a wireless adapter in communication with a television. The wireless adapter is powered by the television. A signal is received from the set-top box at the wireless adapter. The signal is formatted... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090307718 - Method and apparatus for user configurable table for blocking or allowing of video and audio signals: A method of selectively blocking television programming content wherein the user may use a free-form textual input means to input one of a number of various keywords, times, viewers, dates, ratings, programs or any number of keyword-based input. The method is capable of blocking content, based upon this input, without... Agent: Kleinberg & Lerner, LLP

20090307719 - Configurable access lists for on-demand multimedia program identifiers: Program identifiers from an electronic programming guide are added to a wish list. The wish list may be created automatically from user preferences or from manual user selections. In some embodiments, the wish list is available from different platforms including set-top boxes, personal computers, and mobile telephones. Users are not... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Jw Attn: Patent Docketing

20090307720 - Apparatus and method for providing an emergency alert function for mobile units: An apparatus provides an emergency alert function for mobile units such as motor vehicles, airplanes, portable devices and/or any other type of mobile structures. According to an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus includes a memory operative to store data including (i) location data that correlates first location information to second location... Agent: Thomson Licensing LLC

20090307721 - Providing content related to an item in an interactive data scroll: A system may present video content with a data scroll on a video display device. The data scroll may include data scroll items that are automatically and consecutively presented on the video display device. Each of the data scroll items may include information associated with a particular topic. The system... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090307722 - System to deliver targeted advertisements in a live video stream: A system for inserting video advertisements into a video stream that does not require the inserted video advertisements to be determined at the time of the creation of the video stream. The choice of advertisement to insert is controlled by a targeting mechanism that can use any number of factors... Agent: Jesse Gross

20090307723 - Methods and apparatuses for managing assets stored in local memory of an optical disc player device: Methods and apparatuses are provided, which may be implemented for use in managing data assets stored in local memory of the optical disc player device.... Agent: Disney Enterprises, Inc C/o Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20090307724 - System and method for grazing television channels from an electronic program guide: A television system comprises an electronic program guide (EPG) including a picture-in-picture (PIP) window and means for returning to a last channel viewed full screen (LCF) in a television viewing mode prior to entering the guide mode. The EPG displays a program list including a listing for the LCF and... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090307725 - Method for providing contents information in vod service and vod system implemented with the same: Provided are a method for providing contents information in a video on demand (VOD) service and a VOD service system implemented with the same. The VOD service system includes a transmitting unit, a contents storing par, a contents producing unit, and a controlling unit. The transmitting unit receives a VOD... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP Floor 30, Suite 3000

20090307726 - Systems and methods for recommending age-range appropriate episodes of program content: Electronic program guide (EPG) data is parsed to identify and categorize age-range appropriate programming content and organize the identified content into kids recommended categories of programming content. In this implementation, information corresponding to the EPG data is organized into at least one custom category based on age specific criteria to... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090307727 - Packet reformatting for downstream links: Systems, devices, and methods are described for formatting packets for downstream satellite links. The generation of a broadband wireless signal is described, the signal to be transmitted between a gateway and subscriber terminals via satellite. Respective data link layer addresses for the subscriber terminals may each be associated with one... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP Viasat, Inc. (client #017018)

20090307728 - Systems and methods for wirelessly transmitting television content received via a satellite antenna: Systems and methods allow for wirelessly providing television content from a satellite antenna to a television. An antenna is configured to receive a satellite broadcast signal that includes the television content, and a demodulator coupled to the antenna demodulates the received satellite broadcast signal. A wireless transmitter coupled to the... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (dish)

20090307729 - Mobile entertainment system with retrieval of audio and video media content from a remote library: A mobile entertainment system includes a video system in combination with a media source. The video system and media source are housed within a housing secured within an automobile. The media source includes a storage medium upon which audio and video media content is stored for display upon the video... Agent: Welsh & Flaxman LLC

20090307730 - Media enhancement module: A media enhancement module (13) can be used in conjunction with a media delivery system such as an in-flight entertainment system to enhance media delivered to a user depending on the user's preferences. The module (13) can be provided between a media transmission network and a media player device (15)... Agent: Jackson Walker, L.L.P.

20090307732 - Personalized insertion of advertisements in streaming media: Apparatus (20) for digital media distribution includes a plurality of client devices (26) coupled to a network (24). Each client device is configured to receive and play a primary digital broadcast media stream from a first server (22) and to receive, via the network, an indication of an interval in... Agent: Martin P Hoffman Hoffman Wasson & Gitler

20090307731 - Predictive content presentation: A system may automatically send a request for a list of programs over a network, obtain, in response to the request, a user profile that includes a list of programs that a viewer has accessed, send information identifying at least one of the programs over the network, and output the... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20090307733 - Downloading method and apparatus of terminal entity: Provided are downloading methods and apparatuses related to a terminal entity presenting an event related to at least one download item related to an Internet protocol television (IPTV) service.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090307734 - Communication device for providing communication between electronic apparatuses: A communication device includes: a first communication module configured to perform a first communication with a counterpart communication device using a first set of communication lines; a second communication module configured to confirm with the counterpart communication device using a second set of communication lines whether the counterpart communication device... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090307735 - Split personal computer system: A cable television interface box for interconnecting a television display unit to a cable television connection. The cable television interface box includes a television accessory unit in communication with the television display unit and the cable television connection. The television accessory unit interfaces with a remote portion of a split... Agent: Dunlap Codding, P.C.

20090307736 - Method and browser for providing iptv to multiple ims users: A method and terminal for providing Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and other communication services to a group of users, such as a family, using an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network. A group private user identity is associated with a group public user identity and with a plurality of individual public... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20090307738 - Web television having a two-way communication bus interconnecting a television controller and an internet module: A web television includes a display, a tuner, an internet module, and a PIP module. The tuner is arranged to select television video for display on the display and to select television audio for display by a speaker of the web television. The internet module is arranged to supply internet... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20090307737 - Web television having a two-way communication bus interconnecting a television controller and internet module: A web television includes a display, a tuner, an internet module, and a PIP module. The tuner is arranged to select television video for display on the display and to select television audio for display by a speaker of the web television. The internet module is arranged to supply internet... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20090307740 - Method and apparatus for selective caching of burst stream transmission: Embodiments relate to systems and methods for the selective caching of burst stream transmissions. A digital video (e.g., DVB-H) or other transport stream can be received on a cellular telephone or other device. The transport stream can be divided into bursts in a sequence of cyclical time slots, each slot... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090307739 - Remote distributed antenna: Methods and apparatus are described for configuring a CATV system as base station with a distributed antenna supporting a wireless communication system. The CATV system can be configured to implement a frequency translating repeater at each of a plurality of distribution points within the CATV distribution network.... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20090307741 - Methods and apparatus for dividing an audio/video stream into multiple segments using text data: Various embodiments of apparatus and/or methods are described for identifying multiple segments of content in a recorded audio/video stream. Thus, an audio/video stream may be segmented into various logical chapters, scenes or other sections and the like. The segments of the audio/video stream may then be selectably viewed by a... Agent: Echostar Technologies, L.L.C. Legal Department

20090300668 - Open cable application platform (ocap) and set-top box (stb)-based bill notification and payment application: One exemplary aspect is advanced multimedia communications via OCAP using customer specific profiles resident in the STB for bill management. Aspects of the invention also relate to managing payment preferences, auto payment of bills or invoices, managing bill notification preferences, triggering a notification to be sent to one or more... Agent: Sheridan Ross P.C.

20090300669 - Portable multi-purpose audience measurement systems, apparatus and methods: Portable multi-purpose audience measurement systems, apparatus and methods are disclosed. An example method to monitor a media presentation device disclosed herein comprises sensing a media content signal output by the media presentation device using a portable device separate from the media presentation device, the portable device supporting media metering functionality... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090300670 - Presenting media content to a plurality of remote viewing devices: Methods and systems for processing and provisioning media content for display on a viewer device are provided. An example method may comprise accessing an advertisement database to obtain a plurality of advertisement media components The advertisement media components may be provided by an advertisement provider that pays to have the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090300671 - Controlling access to multimedia content: A disclosed access control application and an associated method for managing access to multimedia content include enabling an administrator, e.g., a parent, to create a user account for a user, e.g., a child, and a password and a profile for the user account. The method further includes assigning an access... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Jw Attn: Patent Docketing

20090300672 - Method of associating program content data in a digital television network: There is provided a method of associating program content data in a peer-to-peer digital television network. The network comprises a program content source, a network comprising a plurality of network nodes operable to receive data blocks corresponding to program content propagated from the program content source, and at least one... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090300673 - Peer- to- peer set-top box system: A content sharing system, for implementation in a requesting peer, to receive at least a part of a chunk from a serving peer, the chunk being part of a content item, the requesting peer being operationally connected to a plurality of peers including the serving peer via a communications network,... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP Welsh & Katz

20090300674 - Method, system and apparatus for delivering enhanced programming information: A method, system and apparatus for delivering enhanced programming information. In some non-limiting embodiments the method comprises obtaining channel grid information for identifying a programming event, the programming event being associated to an occurrence interval. The method further comprises receiving a dynamic program description associated with the programming event. Receiving... Agent: Smart & Biggar

20090300675 - Targeted television advertisements associated with online users' preferred television programs or channels: In an automatic, computer-implemented method, a selected television advertisement is presented automatically in association with a television program or channel, which in turn is selected based at least in part on information from an online user profile that contains information indicating a user's preference for that television program or channel.... Agent: Louis J. Hoffman, P.C.

20090300676 - Generating a combined video stream from multiple input video streams: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for generating a combined video stream from multiple input video streams. A first video stream including a first product commercial generated to be played at a first playback speed and a second video stream including a second product commercial generated to... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20090300677 - Integration of control data into digital broadcast content for access to ancillary information: Ancillary information associated with one or more images embedded in a digital broadcast data stream may be accessed by a digital broadcast receiving device. The device may include a receiver unit, a processor, and a memory. The processor may execute program instructions to access the ancillary information. Control data may... Agent: Joshua D. Isenberg Jdi Patent

20090300678 - Broadcast receiving apparatus to provide external devices with a list of recorded files, method for providing recorded file, and system using the same: A broadcast receiving apparatus, and a method and system for providing recorded files are provided. The broadcast receiving apparatus generates a recorded file list having information regarding addresses at which recorded files are stored, and transmits the generated recorded file list to an external apparatus. Therefore, a user may conveniently... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090300679 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program and information processing system: An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a content information acquisition unit that acquires content related information related to content data managed by a content management server from the content management server managing the content data, a selection unit that selects content from a content list which... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090300680 - Method and apparatus for displaying interactions with media by members of a social software system: A media viewing method and system monitors user interaction with an electronic program guide. An awareness engine collects data generated by the user interaction and forms awareness indicators and information. The awareness information is output to end users and is indicative of which users in a social circle are accessing... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds

20090300681 - Method for displaying an electronic program guide and device therefor: A device for displaying an electronic program guide includes a program guide display unit configured to display an electronic program guide in which a program channel including scheduled broadcast television program entries and a content channel including content entries stored in a storage device are arranged parallel to each other,... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090300682 - Control device and method for channel searching in image display device: Provided are a system and a method for channel searching in an image display device. When there are requests for channel searching and setting with respect to a broadcasting signal received through a signal receiving unit, image or audio data set by a user are outputted to a standby screen... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090300684 - Method and system of marking and recording content of interest in a broadcast stream: A system and method for marking and recording content includes a network operation center receiving an incoming programming stream, monitoring the incoming programming stream, generating descriptive data corresponding to the programming stream, combining the descriptive data with the programming stream to form a composite signal and broadcasting the composite signal... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20090300683 - System and method for scheduling an audiovisual information recording: A novel method and system is provided for scheduling the recording of audiovisual information based on pre-programmed user specified criteria including at least one user preferred channel and user preferred content description. In a preferred embodiment, applicable to the Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) standard, a broadcast stream conformant to the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090300687 - Edge device establishing and adjusting wireless link parameters in accordance with qos-desired video data rate: A video processing device receives a request to forward a video stream from a video source to a remote wireless device and, based upon characteristics of the video stream, determines data throughput requirement sufficient to transport the video stream. The video processing device establishes a wireless communication link with the... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20090300686 - Edge device reception verification/non-reception verification links to differing devices: A video processing system and method of operation transports a video stream between a video source and a remote wireless device and includes a communication interface and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry couples to the communication interface, establishes a reception verified communication link with the remote wireless device via the... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20090300688 - Map indicating quality of service for delivery of video data to wireless device: Providing Quality of Service (QoS) information regarding video content delivery to a requesting wireless device. QoS/position information is first collected by, for each wireless device of a plurality of serviced wireless devices operating within a service area, receiving position information regarding a wireless device during delivery of video content and... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20090300690 - Method and apparatus for sending and receiving broadcast service in a digital broadcasting system: A method and apparatus for sending a broadcast service in a digital broadcasting system. The method includes assigning a same Internet Protocol (IP) address for a common broadcast service when the common broadcast service is provided in at least two IP platforms, each of the at least two IP platforms... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, LLP

20090300689 - Method for transmitting broadcast services in a radiocommunication cellular network through a femto base station, and corresponding femto base station: The invention concerns a method and a Femto base station for transmitting broadcast services from a radiocommunication cellular network (10) to a mobile terminal (2), said mobile terminal (2) being adapted to receive said broadcast services either, in a first general mode, directly from one global base station (1) among... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090300685 - System, method, and device for transmitting video captured on a wireless device: Aspects include methods, systems, and apparatuses for processing video for display on a display device. The method may include receiving a plurality of video segments from a wireless device, wherein each video segment comprises video data captured by the wireless device; determining a data rate at which at least one... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090300691 - Method and system of operating content streams: A method and system of operating content streams. The method includes detecting that a playing of first and second content streams is asynchronous, each of the first and second content streams respectively including first and second turning points, and selectively synchronizing at least the first and second turning points of... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Europe

20090300692 - Systems and methods for video streaming and display: For display of, at a user device, a region of interest within video images and associated applications. In a particular example embodiment, a streaming video source provides streaming data to a user device, with the streaming data being representative of a sequence of images, and each image including a plurality... Agent: Crawford Maunu PLLC

20090300693 - Method, apparatus and system for dynamic grouping and content distribution: In one embodiment of the present invention, a system for dynamic content distribution and grouping includes a server for providing a plurality of content channels, at least one tuning/decoding means for receiving/decoding at least one of the plurality of content channels, and at least one respective display means for displaying... Agent: Thomson Licensing LLC

20090300694 - Open cable application platform (ocap) and set-top box (stb)-based calendering application: One exemplary aspect is advanced multimedia communications via OCAP using customer specific profiles resident in the STB for calendar management. Additional aspects relate to invitation management including auto-calendaring, forwarding of an invitation details to a specific destination, conflict resolution, auto-rescheduling, global rescheduling and automatic reminders based on an invitation. Still... Agent: Sheridan Ross P.C.

20090300695 - System and method of identifying events scheduled at a media recorder: A system and method of identifying events scheduled at a media recorder. In a particular embodiment, a system to identify events scheduled at a media recorder is disclosed. The system includes an identification module to determine a time interval and an address and to identify one or more media content... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Toler Attn: Patent Docketing

20090300696 - Receiving apparatus, display control method, and program: A receiving apparatus includes: a receiving means for receiving broadcasted broadcast content and information relating thereto; an acquisition means for acquiring network content and information relating thereto from a predetermined server via a network; and a start-up controlling means for starting up, in a non-display state, a browser which provides... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090300698 - Edge device that enables efficient delivery of video to handheld device: A video processing system includes a communications interface and video processing circuitry. The communications interface receives video data from a video source, receives at least one operating parameter regarding a remote wireless device, and transmits an output video stream to the remote wireless device. The video processing circuitry couples to... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20090300697 - Method and arrangement for storing and playing back tv programmes: The invention relates to a method and a PVR server for storing and playing back TV programmes, in particular to an improved method for operating a network PVR and to an improved PVR server (102). The inventive method consists in determining the number of users storing in the personal archives... Agent: Michael Haynes

20090300699 - Methods and apparatus for presenting substitute content in an audio/video stream using text data: Various embodiments of apparatus and/or methods are described for skipping, filtering and/or replacing content from an audio/video stream using text data associated with the audio/video stream. The text data is processed using location information that references a segment of the text data of the first audio/video stream to identify a... Agent: Echostar Technologies, L.L.C. Legal Department

20090300700 - Replayable tv system: A replayable TV system (100) comprises a multicast server (10), access to an IP TV network (20), a media server (30), at least one set top box (40), and a time-shift server (50). The multicast server multicasts a TV program to the media server and the at least one set... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090300701 - Area of interest processing of video delivered to handheld device: Processing a video stream intended for a remote wireless device by a video processing system based upon identified area of interest information to produce an output video stream having lesser required data throughput. Operation commences with receiving the video stream and buffering the video stream. Then the video processing system... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20090300702 - Early warning fault identification and isolation system for a two-way cable network: A system and method for determining an operational status of a segment of a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) cable network. Subscriber premises units (SPUs) connected to the HFC cable network are “pinged” and their responses recorded. The two most responsive SPUs in each node of the HFC cable network are... Agent: The Marbury Law Group, PLLC

20090300703 - Communicating ancillary information associated with a plurality of audio/video programs: A system includes a receiver and a communication interface. The receiver is adapted to tune to an audio/video portion over a transport medium. The communication interface is adapted to receive announcement data associated with the tuned audio/video content directed to a first addressable location and to receive a special announcement... Agent: Trop, Pruner & Hu, P.C.