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20100131968 - Account-specific encryption key: One embodiment takes the form of a method and apparatus for creating a customer-specific encryption key for encrypting digital information. The encryption key may be based on a customer number and may be associated with several devices such that the devices may encrypt and decrypt the digital information. Because each... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP On Behalf Of Echostar Technologies, L.L.C.

20100131969 - Methods and apparatus for audience research in a content-based network: Methods and apparatus for accurate, secure and uniform exchange of audience research data. In one embodiment, viewership data is provided in real-time and offers the ability to monitor audience activities regarding, among others, broadcast, VOD or DVR content. A standardized message configuration is optionally used also to permit maximum uniformity... Agent: Robert F. Gazdzinski Attorney Of Record

20100131970 - Audience measurement apparatus, system and method: An audience measurement system generates signatures of unknown pieces of content viewed by panel members, and generates multiplexed reference signatures of known pieces of content. The signatures of the unknown pieces of content are stored and transmitted to a central processing site, where they are compared with the reference signatures... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20100131971 - Addressing theft of cable services and breach of cable system and security: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for addressing theft of cable services and breach of cable system privacy and security. In one example, a method for preventing suspect cable modems from stealing cable services and breaching cable system privacy and security includes (i) determining in a cable modem termination system... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP

20100131972 - Method and apparatus for synchronizing digital multimedia broadcasting between terminals: A method and apparatus for synchronizing Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) are provided. An operation method of a first Mobile Station (MS) for synchronizing DMB includes sending a broadcast channel synchronization request message to a second MS, receiving a broadcast channel synchronization request grant message from the second MS, after broadcast... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20100131973 - System and method for managing entitlements to data over a network: A system and method for determining entitlement to content residing on a server. A subscriber computing device operated by a subscriber generates a request for access to a requested content residing on a content access provider server. The subscriber has an account with a multi-channel video program distributor (MVPD) and... Agent: The Marbury Law Group, PLLC

20100131974 - Advertisement delivery system, call control apparatus, and advertisement delivery method: An advertisement delivery system by a telephone service utilizing IP telephone communication technology. The system comprises at least a call control apparatus controlling calling between a sending side terminal provided with a reproduction device and a receiving side terminal, and an advertisement delivery apparatus delivering advertisement video information to the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20100131975 - Locally stored advertisements: The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing supplemental content during a broadcast. The supplemental content is provided by the operation of a interactive application resident on a receiver. The interactive application is initiated through a trigger that is received during a otherwise standard broadcast. The... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP On Behalf Of Echostar Technologies, L.L.C.

20100131976 - Promotional philosophy for a video-on-demand-related interactive display within an interactive television application: Systems and methods for providing an interactive display having indicators of video-on-demand programs are described. The systems and methods select indicators for inclusion in the interactive display according to a promotional selection algorithm.... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20100131977 - Interactive media portal: Techniques are disclosed herein for a media center portal. One implementation includes displaying first content in an expanded state and second content in a contracted state. At least a portion of the first content is presented in a viewport. A request is received to expand the second content. The first... Agent: Vierra Magen/microsoft Corporation

20100131979 - Systems and methods for shared multimedia experiences: An embodiment of the invention provides systems and methods for a shared multimedia experience. An embodiment of the invention identifies media content, automatically obtains related media content and provides a wide variety of options for users of the system to interact with the system and each other via other electronic... Agent: Ference & Associates LLC

20100131978 - Visualizing media content navigation with unified media devices controlling: A method (and a computer-readable medium comprising executable instructions for generating a user interface on a display) are disclosed for controlling a plurality of media objects connected to a network. The method displays a subset of a group of predefined functional interfaces. A functional interface comprises one or more user... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20100131980 - Receiver for accelerating channel change time: In one embodiment, a receiver for an accelerated channel change is provided. The receiver receives a first version of a video stream for a first channel and causes display of video for the first version of the video stream for the channel. A second version of a video stream is... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20100131981 - Method for displaying a widget and a broadcast receiving apparatus thereof: A method for displaying a widget and a broadcast receiving apparatus thereof are provided. The apparatus includes an information receiving unit which receives information for at least one widget, a broadcast receiving unit which receives a broadcast signal, a signal processing unit which processes the broadcast signal to obtain a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100131982 - Method for generating and accessing scheduled program list and multimedia device for the same: The configuration of the data link between the multimedia device and a network-ready external host allows the external host for accessing the media files in the multimedia device and performing scheduling recording. By generating the scheduled program list and converting the scheduled program list into program files, the information of... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20100131983 - Systems and methods for a modular media guidance dashboard application: Systems and methods for a modular media guidance dashboard application are provided that present a customizable interactive user interface across multiple media platforms through which personalized media content listings may be delivered. In particular, the modular media guidance dashboard application categorizes listings for media content into a number of different... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20100131984 - Signal processing apparatus for producing a program information table and a method thereof: A broadcast receiving apparatus and a broadcast guiding method are provided. A broadcast receiving apparatus includes a video output unit which outputs a program information table in which broadcast information is arranged using rows and columns according to a plurality of references, an interface unit which enables a user to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100131985 - Method and apparatus for providing customized information: A method for providing customized information to a plurality of portable communication devices. A customer premises equipment (CPE) synchronizes with at least one of the plurality of portable communication devices. The CPE extracts descriptive data of media content stored in the at least one portable communication device. The CPE searches... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20100131986 - System and method for distributed local content identification: The invention provides systems and methods to identify local market media content utilizing a disturbed system and to determine what additional content is relevant in a self-aware, automatic way. A central location stores identification information and related content so in the future it is available if and when another user... Agent: Ference & Associates LLC

20100131987 - System and method to record media content: Systems and methods of recording media content are provided. A particular method includes accessing user configuration settings. The user configuration settings include at least one premier recording option. Selection of the premier recording option indicates that initial episodes of series programs are to be recorded. The method also includes searching... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Toler Attn: Patent Docketing

20100131988 - Systems and methods to schedule recording of media content: Systems and methods to schedule recording of media content are provided. A particular method includes accessing at least one recording rule that specifies a first condition. The at least one recording rule indicates that a program of media content is to be scheduled for recording when the program satisfies the... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Toler Attn: Patent Docketing

20100131989 - Apparatus and method for managing media content for mobile devices: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server having a controller to access a broadcast of media content in response to a request to record the media content from a mobile communication device, and adjust a format of the media content based at... Agent: At&t Legal Department - As Attn: Patent Docketing

20100131990 - Virtual iptv-vod system with remote satellite reception of satellite delivered vod content and method of providing the same: A virtual system and method is provided for delivery of Video-On-Demand content. The system comprises one or more communications satellites, i.e., domestic and/or international, positioned and adapted for receiving and relaying packet data communications encapsulating a selected video file. A satellite receiver at a first location or remote node acquires... Agent: Pollack, P.C.

20100131991 - Communication system, transmitter, receiver, communication method, program, and communication cable: The present, invention relates to a communication system, a transmitter, a receiver, a communication method, a program, and a communication cable for providing high-speed bidirectional communication while maintaining compatibility. When an HDMI (R) source 71 performs bidirectional IP communication with an HDMI (R) sink 72 using a CEC line 84... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20100131992 - Delivery of content in video-on-demand system: A method of delivering and playing content includes delivering, through first-group channels, an entirety of content at a content bit rate with a time difference between each delivery commencement, delivering, through one or more second-group channels, only a start portion of the content at two or more times the content... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20100131993 - Method and apparatus for the efficient generation, storage and delivery of multiple versions of a video: Multiple versions of a video such as a movie are generated, stored and delivered to a user by generating and storing a single “master” version of the video in combination with one or more lists of editing information (“edit lists”) which are used to modify the “master” version to create... Agent: Alcatel-lucent Usa Inc. Docket Administrator

20100131994 - Dynamic medium content streaming system: A streaming on demand system includes an on-demand requester object installed on a computing device. The on-demand requester object is configured to receive I/O requests for an application for which data is available in data packs for streaming delivery. The on-demand requester object includes a minifilter associated with a filter... Agent: Mark Young, P.A.

20100131995 - Reducing unicast session duration with restart tv: A first portion of programming aired prior to a first time is obtained via a unicast session with a server, the first portion including previously aired programming. When the programming data being sent via the unicast session catches up to a multicast broadcast of the programming, the unicast session is... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100131996 - System and method to distribute video-on-demand content: Method, system and computer-readable medium to distribute VOD content are disclosed. A method of displaying video content includes accessing an association table for video-on-demand (VOD) content. The association table includes a first segment entry associated with a first video segment of a first length and a second segment entry associated... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Hb Patent Docketing

20100131997 - Systems, methods and apparatuses for media integration and display: The invention, according to at least one embodiment, broadly contemplates systems, methods and apparatuses for preparing media from a plurality of media sources for display. The media sources include, but are not limited to, component media sources and related media sources. Identification of media is supported, as is the selective... Agent: Ference & Associates LLC

20100131998 - Multimedia frame capture: A method of communicating image capture commands is provided. The method includes receiving a user command to capture an image. The image to be captured is incorporated in multimedia content delivered by a multimedia distribution system via a network to an end-user device. The method further includes sending an image-capture... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Toler Attn: Patent Docketing

20100131999 - Upstream power control for multiple transmit channels: A novel apparatus for and method of upstream power control for multiple transmit channels. The invention is particularly useful in environments that include two level amplification, wherein the first level corresponds to each channel separately and the second level corresponds to the joint sum of all the channels. When working... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20100132000 - Management methods of a video device and corresponding video device: The invention relates to the remote management of a digital terrestrial television device. In order to improve the terrestrial television reception, a control command is transmitted by a distant remote management server through another communication channel, the control command requesting the video device to set at least a digital terrestrial... Agent: Robert D. Shedd, Patent Operations Thomson Licensing LLC

20100132001 - Transmission device and reception device: [Solving means] A disk recorder 210 transmits function information indicating that a communication unit (high-speed data line I/F 213) configured to execute communication with an external device via a communication path made up of a reserve line and an HPD line of an HDMI cable 350 to a television receiver... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20100132002 - Video transmission method and device: The method of transmitting a video stream over a network between a transmission device and at least one reception device comprises: —a step (502) of encoding so-called “primary” data of the video stream according to a first type of encoding, —a step (516, 518) of obtaining so-called “secondary” video data,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20100132004 - Communication device and conversion adapter: A communication device includes a first communication unit that complies with an HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) standard and a second communication unit that complies with a USB (Universal Serial Bus) standard. The communication device selects one of the first communication unit and the second communication unit as a communication unit... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20100132003 - Providing wireless pathway adapter support via set-top boxes: Internal or external pathway adapters are utilized to enable playing personal media streams via STBs. The personal media streams are forwarded from local and/or remote sources. The personal media sources communicate directly and/or indirectly with the pathway adapters. The pathway adapters support a plurality of wireless and/or wired interfaces. The... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20100132005 - Recapping media content: A system in accordance with the present invention may include one or more processors, memory that receives instructions from the one or more processors according to a clock operating at a frequency, one or more programs stored in the memory, with instructions to: open a media file or receive a... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP/ Ai

20100132006 - Broadcast receiving apparatus and broadcast outputting apparatus for providing time-shifted broadcast signal, and method for providing time-shifted image thereof: A broadcast receiving apparatus, a broadcast outputting apparatus, and a method for providing a time-shifted image are provided. The broadcast receiving apparatus transmits a received broadcast signal to at least one display apparatus, and time-shifts a stored broadcast signal and transmits the time-shifted broadcast signal to at least one of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100132007 - Accelerating channel change time with external picture property markings: In one embodiment, a method for accelerating channel change time is provided. The method comprises determining when a channel change occurs. A video stream of pictures is then determined. For example, the video stream may be for a channel that is tuned to by a user. Picture discardability information transmitted... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20100132008 - Semiconductor integrated circuit and video/audio processing device using the same: A program distribution unit transfers programs of a plurality of signal processing blocks input to a data input terminal of a semiconductor circuit via a path different from a loading path of a program of a CPU to respective ones of instruction memories of microcontrollers of the plurality of signal... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20100125864 - Mobile remote control of a shared media resource: Systems and methods for controlling a shared media resource are disclosed. One embodiment includes an edge device adapted to control the media resource based on content selection votes received from users in the shared space who transmit their votes to the edge device over a wide area communication network. In... Agent: Mauriel Kapouytian & Treffert LLP

20100125866 - System and method for verifying a conditional access blackout in a video data distribution system: A system is disclosed for verifying an occurrence of a blackout event in a data distribution system, the system including but not limited to a processor in data communication with a computer readable medium; and computer program comprising instructions to receive restricted content data at the data distribution system; instructions... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Roebuck Attn: Patent Docketing

20100125865 - System and method of monitoring blackout events: Systems and methods of monitoring blackout events are provided. A particular method includes receiving a server blackout event associated with a scheduled blackout of a first media service. The method also includes receiving at least one client blackout event from at least one set top box (STB) affected by the... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Toler Attn: Patent Docketing

20100125867 - System and method for managing conditional access blackout events in a video data distribution system: A computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed by a computer configure blackout event data indicating at least one event criterion data for selecting client devices subject to the blackout event for restricted content data; configure client devices into a client device group subject to the blackout event in... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Roebuck Attn: Patent Docketing

20100125870 - Content player and method of controlling the same: A content player which receives a broadcast content and an information content and plays back a video image concerning a content, comprises a channel selection unit configured to select a channel to view the broadcast content; an acquisition unit configured to acquire location information of an information content corresponding to... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20100125869 - Customer voting on timeslots for shows: A method includes receiving, by a video client, interactive television content that permits a customer to select from two or more television shows competing for a timeslot, displaying, by the video client, the interactive television content on a display, receiving, by the video client, a selection of one of the... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20100125868 - System and method for content delivery: Systems and methods of content delivery are provided. A particular content delivery system includes a gateway to deliver content to an end user device. The particular content delivery system also includes a content delivery module to deliver content to the gateway for display on the end user device. The particular... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Toler Attn: Patent Docketing

20100125871 - Video play through rates: A request for video advertisements is received and video advertisements that can be provided in response to the request are identified. Performance features associated with the video advertisements are identified and are provided as input to a video advertisement performance model trained to estimate a play through rate for each... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20100125872 - System and method for actively programming aggregated media on-demand networks: A method, apparatus and system for programming media content on an aggregated media on-demand network are provided which models the MoD network by identifying a plurality of distribution channels that provide media content to a plurality of targeted consumers associated with a specified passion area and generating consumer profile information... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20100125873 - Event-calendar display apparatus, event-calendar display method, event-calendar display program, and event-information extraction apparatus: An event-calendar display apparatus includes: a content acquisition section acquiring a television program; an event-information extraction section analyzing the television program acquired by the content acquisition section and extracting event information from the television program; a storage control section storing the event information extracted by the event-information extraction section into... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20100125874 - Method and apparatus for controlling screen configuration of broadcast contents received in digital broadcasting receiver: Disclosed a method and apparatus for providing received broadcast data in a digital broadcasting system. The apparatus for controlling a screen configuration in a digital broadcasting receiver includes: a data reception/conversion unit for receiving head-end-side data including configuration data of lattice-type moving picture contents sent through a broadcasting network, and... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20100125875 - Method and apparatus for delivering video and video-related content at sub-asset level: A method and apparatus for delivering an ordered list of items of supplemental content to a consumer comprising determining a context of a portion of media selected for consumption, determining consumer preference information corresponding to the consumer, generating the ordered list of items of supplemental content as a function of... Agent: Banner & Witcoff , Ltd Attorneys For Client Number 007412

20100125876 - Systems and methods for supporting multi-user media content access using index points: Systems and methods for providing more flexible multi-user media content access using index points is provided. A plurality of custom index points are maintained in a multi-user or multi-room media system. After receiving a request to view an asset, a listing of the index points associated with the requested asset... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20100125877 - Catv entry adapter and method for preventing interference with emta equipment from moca signals: A community access or cable television (CATV) entry adapter interfaces to a CATV network and serves as a hub in a Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) network. MoCA signals communicated between active ports of the entry adapter are rejected by MoCA frequency rejection filters to avoid interfering with the functionality... Agent: John R Ley, LLC

20100125878 - Embedded wireless antenna for network tv: A WiFi chipset is integrated into a TV chassis as are wireless audio-video signal antennas that feed the chipset. The TV processor causes signals from home network components received through the antennas and chipset to be displayed on the TV.... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20100125880 - Community generated content channels: A method and system are disclosed for providing community defined and/or controlled channels where content for a channel may be continuously streamed to users based on input from users that participate in the channel. Channel definitions and content for different community channels may be stored in a community channel store... Agent: Vierra Magen/microsoft Corporation

20100125881 - Method and apparatus for conveying content acquisition opportunities upon detection of proximity to interactive signage: Automatically conveying content acquisition opportunities to users following detection of proximity to interactive signage. This may entail detecting proximity of a portable device to an interactive sign. The interactive sign is associated with a content item, such as music or a video that may be playing on or with the... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20100125879 - Method and apparatus for purchasing a soundtrack when viewing a movie or other program delivered by a content delivery system: A method is provided for offering for purchase supplemental content associated with a multimedia program. The method includes receiving over a content delivery system a multimedia program and supplemental content associated with the program. While the program is being rendered, an option is presented to a user to acquire the... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20100125882 - Method and apparatus for creating and using video playlists within a network: The invention pertains to a method and apparatus for creating and using video playlists within a network. In accordance with the invention, a user is enabled to create a playlist comprising a plurality of video segments and store the playlist for later access and viewing. In some implementations, the user... Agent: Banner & Witcoff , Ltd Attorneys For Client Number 007412

20100125883 - Creating channel sequence segments for fast channel change in iptv: Embodiments of the present invention are methods for selecting, out of a lineup of IPTV channels, a subset of channels for caching. The methods take into account viewers' tendency to walk through the channels that lie between their current channel and their desired channel if that walking distance is short,... Agent: Mendelsohn, Drucker, & Associates, P.C.

20100125884 - Method and apparatus to provide supplemental media content: Method and apparatus to provide supplemental media content are presented. In a particular embodiment, a method of providing supplemental content in a Video-On-Demand (VOD) system is provided. The method includes receiving a selection of a first supplemental content title selected from a plurality of supplemental content titles provided by a... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Toler Attn: Patent Docketing

20100125885 - System and method of providing near video on demand: Aspects include methods, systems, and apparatuses for periodically providing a content item by broadcasting segments of the content item. The method may include identifying a plurality of successive time segments of the content item, wherein each of the time segments is of substantially the same duration; assigning each of the... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20100125886 - Network diagnostics: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a controller to automatically check lower level layer test results of an IPTV or iTV network, automatically retrieve inventory data from an inventory system, automatically retrieve a Layer 4 data from a live router by executing a... Agent: At&t Legal Department - As Attn: Patent Docketing

20100125887 - Method and system to influence a viewer to select a feed: A method and apparatus for influencing a viewer to select a second feed. A shared medium is loaded beyond a loading threshold. One or more high viewership feeds being provided over the shared medium are designated preferred feeds, and one or more user devices providing low viewership feeds to viewers... Agent: Flashpoint Technology And Withrow & Terranova

20100125888 - Systems and methods for providing distributed television services to a subscriber: Systems and methods may provide television services to a subscriber without relying on coaxial cable for distributing television signals throughout the subscriber's building. Instead, various systems and methods may provide a distributed television system in which a hub or central television receiving device is configured to receive television signals from... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP On Behalf Of Echostar Technologies, L.L.C.

20100125889 - Digital broadcasting system and data processing method thereof: A digital broadcasting system and a data processing method thereof are provided. An apparatus for generating a transport stream includes a packet generator for generating a plurality of packets by compressing video and audio signals; a counter for counting the number of the generated packets and outputting the count result;... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100125890 - System and method to manage a content stream: A method of managing bandwidth usage at a customer premises includes receiving a content stream at a set-top box device coupled to a display device. The method also includes receiving a signal at the set-top box device from an external power interface. The signal indicates that a low power state... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Lna Attn: Patent Docketing

20100122274 - Systems and methods for distributing and redeeming credits on a broadcast system: Methods and systems enable receiver devices to receive electronic coupons from mobile TV broadcast service providers. Coupon templates may be broadcasted to mobile devices. Coupon templates may be used to communicate with coupon managers to receive digitally signed coupons. Coupon managers may use received data to create digitally signed coupons... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20100122275 - Methods, systems, and products for customizing content-access lists: Systems, methods, and computer program products describe customizing the presentation of a content-access list. A preference for a subscriber is received, and a content database is searched for content related to the preference and for content unrelated to the preference. An option list is received including an option, and a... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Sz Attn: Patent Docketing

20100122276 - Method and system for protecting cable television subscriber-specific information allowing limited subset access: A television program ratings method and system includes transferring information associated with households from a cable provider to a ratings provider such that the ratings provider has access to information associated with sampled households and lacks access to information associated with non-sampled households. To this end, identity information and usage... Agent: Banner & Witcoff , Ltd Attorneys For Client Number 007412

20100122277 - device and a method for playing audio-video content: A device and a method for playing audio-video content (205) during which loss of attention of a user (192) is detected. Loss of attention of the user generates at least one attention loss marker (255) that is stored in an attention loss storage unit (210). The user may revert playback... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20100122278 - Method and an automated direction following system: A method and further an automated direction following system invented according to the said method are disclosed. The system comprising a position tracking system composed of a signal-sending device and a positioning detecting device receiving the signals, or a body tracking device; a micro-processor that is capable of processing signals... Agent: Alfred Xueliang Xin

20100122279 - Method for automatically monitoring viewing activities of television signals: A method for automatically monitoring the viewing activities of television signals, characterized by providing a measurement device, in which the television signals are adapted to be communicated to the measurement device and the TV set, making the measurement device receive the same signals as the TV set; the measurement device... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20100122281 - Method and system for controlling authorization of service resources: A method for controlling authorization of service resources includes: by a Proxy Call Session Control Function (P-CSCF) entity, receiving a message that carries a list of resources allowed to be used from an SCF entity; and obtaining the list of resources allowed to be used from the message, and controlling... Agent: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20100122280 - System and method for monitoring and alarming ip-based video blackout events: Systems and methods for selecting a video transmission event to be blacked out and storing a data record with instructions to color code an element within a graphical user interface based on the blackout are disclosed.... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Toler Attn: Patent Docketing

20100122282 - System and method for enhanced advertising in a video content network: A video content network having a plurality of program channels is operated, and a target time slot for an enhanced advertisement is identified. At least some of the plurality of program channels have programs scheduled during the target time slot. The target time slot is signaled to a plurality of... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20100122283 - Targeted advertising via mobile enhanced reality: A method, device and system for providing product recognition services to a mobile device that permits a user to obtain enhanced images of the product and/or additional information and/or website links related to the product directly through the product recognition services is disclosed. A mobile device is utilized to capture... Agent: Alcatel-lucent

20100122284 - Broadcasting receiver and method of processing emergency alert message: A broadcasting receiver capable of receiving cable broadcasting and a method of processing an emergency alert message thereof are disclosed. Each time an emergency alert message is received, each time an execution of a received emergency alert message such as a channel switching and/or a message display is needed, or... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20100122285 - System and method for dynamically constructing audio in a video program: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer readable-media for dynamically constructing audio in a video program. The method includes extracting video metadata from a video program displayed on a playback device to a viewer, extracting component metadata from a plurality of audio components stored in a media object library, extracting... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Ndq

20100122286 - System and method for dynamically constructing personalized contextual video programs: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer readable-media for dynamically constructing personalized contextual advertisements. The method includes extracting video metadata from a video program displayed on a playback device to a viewer, extracting component metadata from a plurality of video components stored in a media object library, extracting viewer preferences... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Ndq

20100122287 - Television advertising for local businesses: A server may select an advertisement based on a location of a set-top box and information relating to television programming to be provided to the set-top box or being provided to set-top box. The server may further provide the selected advertisement to the set-top box for simultaneously displaying with the... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20100122288 - Methods and systems for selecting content for an internet television stream using mobile device location: Methods and systems for selecting content for outputting on a mobile device during a program break in an Internet television stream using mobile device location information. In one aspect, the methods and systems seamlessly select content for outputting on a mobile device during a program break in an Internet television... Agent: Scot A. Reader, Esq.

20100122289 - Portable client-side settings for a multimedia content distribution network: A disclosed portable settings service for use in conjunction with a multimedia content distribution service includes enabling a user to define settings for aspects of a multimedia content delivery network (MCDN) client. The service may include storing the defined settings to a settings file. The service may further include enabling... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Jw Attn: Patent Docketing

20100122290 - System and method for focused navigation within a user interface: A method for navigation of television program listings within a user interface includes successively displaying a first set of visual cards in a first area of the user interface. Each visual card of the first set of visual cards represents a corresponding broadcast time slot associated with a graphically represented... Agent: Arris Group C/o Stoel Rives LLP

20100122291 - Apparatus and method for processing image: Disclosed is an image processing apparatus including: an image processing unit which processes and displays a broadcasting signal; a user input unit through which a user inputs a key selection signal; and a controller which performs a switch to a favorite channel or performs a certain function in association with... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100122292 - Program guide application interface system: A program guide system is provided that supports a program guide application and multiple non-guide applications. The program guide system has a program guide application interface that allows the non-guide applications to use both device resources and program guide resources. The application interface maintains a list of registered applications and... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20100122293 - Systems and methods for detecting inconsistent user actions and providing feedback: Systems and methods are provided for detecting inconsistent user actions and providing feedback about assets. A user may perform a first action restricting access to a first asset. The system may detect whether a second action performed relative to a second asset that has a similar attribute as the first... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20100122294 - Systems and methods for creating custom video mosaic pages with local content: Systems and methods for providing custom video mosaic pages are provided. The custom pages may be locally-generated, remotely-generated, or partially locally-generated and partially remotely-generated. The custom pages may include local content, such as content recorded to a digital video recorder (DVR), overlaid on a multi-video composite feed. A local compositing... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20100122295 - Method for defining television content lineup: The present disclosure is directed to a method for defining a content lineup for a television. The method may comprise receiving a list of scheduled contents from at least one television channel; adding a plurality of user-selected contents to the content lineup having a start time and an end time,... Agent: Ibm Corporation US C/o Suiter Swantz PC Llo

20100122297 - System and method for user likes modeling: Modeling user likes and dislikes is an important aspect of target marketing. Typically, a user performs several activities related to a particular domain, and the outcomes of these activities indicate the extent of liking/disliking that resulted on account of these activities. Further, many of these activities are performed on a... Agent: Venable LLP

20100122296 - Television tuning on start-up: A method includes requesting most-watched program information from a subscription television service and identifying the most-watched program for a current time slot. The method further includes receiving a channel identification for the most-watched program for the current time slot, automatically tuning to the most-watched program based on the channel identification,... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20100122298 - Virtual channel table for a broadcast protocol and method of broadcasting and receiving broadcast signals using the same: A virtual channel table for broadcasting protocol and a method for broadcasting by using the virtual channel table includes identification information identifying and permitting discrimination of active and inactive channels contained in the virtual channel table. At a receiver, the virtual channel table transmitted from the transmitting side is parsed,... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20100122299 - Virtual channel table for a broadcast protocol and method of broadcasting and receiving broadcast signals using the same: A virtual channel table for broadcasting protocol and a method for broadcasting by using the virtual channel table includes identification information identifying and permitting discrimination of active and inactive channels contained in the virtual channel table. At a receiver, the virtual channel table transmitted from the transmitting side is parsed,... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20100122300 - Interactive content reproduction: In an interactive content reproduction apparatus, user information is stored in the content reproduction apparatus, which is not at a server but at a client, and the content reproduction apparatus selects unit contents of specific levels from among interactive content according to the user information and reproduces a user-adaptive story... Agent: North Star Intellectual Property Law, PC

20100122301 - Satellite broadcast receiving and distribution system: The present invention provides for a satellite system that will permit for the transmission of signals of two different frequencies and polarities to be transmitted simultaneously, also the system will accommodate two different polarity commands from two or more different sources at the same time. The satellite system of the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20100122302 - Method of management of trick mode commands destined to control a digital content streaming server: a step of transmission of the received command to the at least a digital content streaming server if none of determined conditions applies, whereby the determined conditions comprises: if the elapsed time is smaller than a determined first delay; and if the command issuer of the received command does not... Agent: Robert D. Shedd, Patent Operations Thomson Licensing LLC

20100122303 - User authentication in a content delivery network: Embodiments generally disclosed herein include computer-implemented methods for delivery of video content across a network. Such methods comprise a content delivery manager capable of receiving a video stream from a content source for delivery to a end user of a content publisher. The content delivery manager is further capable of... Agent: Level 3 Communications, LLC C/o Cpa Global

20100122304 - Synchronized media experience: A synchronized media experience is described. A media server identifies a group of two or more remote media entertainment systems through which user-controlled play of media content may be presented. The server generates and transmits one or more synchronization commands to the remote media entertainment systems to synchronize presentation of... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20100122305 - Dynamic processing of streamed content: Embodiments generally disclosed herein include computer-implemented methods for delivery of video content across a network. Such methods comprise a content delivery manager capable of receiving a video stream from a content source for delivery to a end user of a content publisher. The content delivery manager is further capable of... Agent: Level 3 Communications, LLC C/o Cpa Global

20100122306 - System and method for tagging video content: A method of tagging video content includes receiving video content at a set-top box device via a private video distribution access network. The method also includes receiving a tag associated with the video content at the set-top box device and sending the tag to a tag management system via the... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Lna Attn: Patent Docketing

20100122307 - Method for processing digital broadcasting data application: A method for processing a digital broadcasting data application is disclosed. In accordance with the method of the present invention, a data of a minimum quantity required for executing a data application is received the digital broadcast network and other data is received by a pull method to minimize a... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20100122308 - Information processing device, node device, method for processing reproduction information, and reproduction information processing program: An information processing device includes: a communication unit, an obtaining unit, a deter urination unit, and a generation unit. The communication unit communicates with node devices. The obtaining unit obtains specific information that specifies a reproduction interval on a reproduction time axis during which content data are reproduced by the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100122309 - Comment delivery server, terminal device, comment delivery method, comment output method, and recording medium storing comment delivery program: There is provided a comment delivery server in a comment delivery system having: a video delivery server which delivers video data a comment delivery server which delivers comments relating to the video; and a terminal device, wherein the comment delivery server has: a conversion data storage section which stores conversion... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20100122310 - Digital broadcast receiver: The digital broadcast receiver, including a decoding continuation determining unit in the system control unit, does not stop decoding and outputting video and audio when determining hierarchical switching and continues decoding and outputting video and audio until the digital broadcast receiver receives given video/audio data after switching, or until the... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20100122311 - Processing latticed and non-latticed pictures of a video program: In one embodiment, a method that includes receiving plural representations of a video signal, the video signal comprising plural sequenced pictures corresponding to at least a portion of a video program, wherein two or more of the plural representations of the video signal (PROTVS) includes a respective sequence of latticed... Agent: Merchant & Gould Scientific Atlanta, A Cisco Company

20100115540 - System and method to enable access to broadband services: A provisioning system includes a services management system operable to enable a set-top box device configured to receive broadband services at a first network location to access one or more of the broadband services at a second network location. The first network location is associated with a subscriber account and... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Toler Attn: Patent Docketing

20100115541 - Interactive computer system for providing television schedule information: The present invention provides systems and methods for providing television schedule and/or listing information to a viewer, and for allowing the viewer to link, search, select and interact with information in a remote database, e.g., a database on the internet. The television schedule and/or listing information can be displayed on... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20100115542 - Methods and apparatus for identifying media content using temporal signal characteristics: Methods and apparatus to identify media content using temporal signal characteristics are disclosed. An example method to identify media content includes receiving a reference signal corresponding to known media content and generating a reference signature based on the reference signal. The method further includes generating a plurality of sums based... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20100115543 - Simulcast resolution in content matching systems: An audience measurement system generates signatures of unknown pieces of content viewed by panel members, and generates reference signatures of known pieces of content. The signatures of the unknown pieces of content are stored and transmitted to a central processing site, where they are compared with the reference signatures for... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20100115544 - System and method for controlling alternative access to video events associated with video broadcast services: A video services receiver system and related operating methods provide alternative event information to a customer who is subject to a blackout for a desired event. If the blacked out content is available via a different event on a different service, the system will find the other event and provide... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (echostar)

20100115545 - Systems and methods for setting a timer via an interactive trigger: Systems and methods may provide for setting a timer via an interactive trigger. The interactive trigger may be combined with a video stream and detected when the video stream is to be displayed. Based on the detection, a selectable display object associated with the interactive trigger may be displayed with... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP On Behalf Of Echostar Technologies, L.L.C.

20100115546 - Interactive special events video signal navigation system: A system interactively controlled by a TV viewer remote control transmitter displays current or future programming information superimposed over the normal programming displayed on any channel accessible to the viewer's display screen. Identification signal data are accessed and generated by the computer for durations defined in the identification signal data... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20100115547 - System, apparatus, and method for conditional broadcast reception without cablecard: A broadcast reception system, apparatus, and method for a Conditional Access System (CAS) function without a cablecard are provided. A security processor for performing a CAS function without using a cablecard includes a security processor for receiving Entitlement Control Message (ECM) information and Entitlement Management Message (EMM) information from a... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, LLP

20100115549 - Digital multimedia broadcasting application format generating method and apparatus thereof: Provided are method and apparatus for generating a digital multimedia broadcasting application format. The apparatus includes: generating metadata for DMB contents; and combining the generated metadata and the DMB contents, wherein the metadata includes copyright information for the metadata, user information for a user who consumes the DMB contents, and... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20100115548 - Patient entertainment system with supplemental patient-specific medical content: A medical information delivery system configured for operation in conjunction with an entertainment device (30) configured to present an entertainment audio/video content datastream (26) includes a multiplexor (56) for inserting additional content into the entertainment audio/video content datastream, and a controller (42) for selecting patient-specific content for insertion into the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20100115550 - Graphical interface navigation based on image element proximity: A method of facilitating navigation of a graphical user interface is presented. In the method, an image associated with the graphical user interface is generated for presentation to a user. The image includes a plurality of image elements, wherein the image elements collectively occupy less than the entirety of the... Agent: Setter Roche LLP

20100115553 - Aggregating discovery data in a discovery interface: A discovery interface presents aggregated discovery data in a discovery interface through which a user may select between television content and Internet Protocol content. In one implementation, the discovery interface includes a television channel region associated with a television channel that lists television programs. The discovery interface further includes an... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100115552 - Method and apparatus for receiving electronic service guide by mobile communication terminal in digital video broadcasting-handheld system: A method and apparatus is provided for receiving an Electronic Service Guide (ESG) by a mobile communication terminal in a Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld (DVB-H) system including a service provider providing a broadcast service and the mobile communication terminal receiving the broadcast service from the service provider. Upon receipt of a... Agent: Docket Clerk

20100115551 - Method for transmitting mobile multimedia broadcast electronic service guide: A method for transmitting mobile multimedia broadcast electronic service guide, and the method comprises: a multiplexer receives the electronic service guide message; the multiplexer multiplexes the electronic service guide message into a multiplexing frame, the multiplexing payload of the multiplexing frame includes one or more multiplexing sub-frames; the multiplexer sends... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20100115554 - Intelligent tv mosaic for ip tv: A method of building an interactive display related to TV programs in an internet protocol television (IPTV) environment includes parsing a plurality of TV programs provided in an IPTV environment for display to a user. The step of parsing includes capturing an image in each TV program, identifying video content... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20100115556 - Method and apparatus for displaying video clips: A television viewer uses a PIP format for display of program related information such as television program listings from a program schedule data base in the background and moving, real time or stored video clip images of a program selected from the displayed listings in the PIP window. All the... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20100115555 - Method and apparatus for reproducing video data in video distribution system using network: According to one embodiment, a video-data reproduction apparatus is connected by a network to a server that distributes moving-picture content in unit of programs. The apparatus has a browser and a monitor. The browser can reproduce moving-picture content in units of programs, each at a time on the entire screen... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20100115557 - Presenting media guidance search results based on relevancy: Systems and methods for presenting search results based on relevancy in an interactive media guidance application are disclosed. After performing a user-initiated or automatic search for media content, the interactive media guidance application determines which of the hits are most relevant to the user. The guidance application then displays, or... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20100115558 - Methods and devices for receiving and transmitting program listing data: The method of receiving program listing data comprises the steps of receiving program listing data, determining whether the program listing data would fit into a certain memory when stored according to a first policy and selecting a second policy for storing program listing data if the program listing data would... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20100115559 - Interactive television system with newsgroups: An interactive television system is provided that supports newsgroup features. An interactive television application, such as an interactive television program guide, may be used to allow a user to view and post newsgroup messages to one or more newsgroup servers. The newsgroup servers may be located at a television distribution... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20100115560 - System and method for interactive television: A system and method for interactive television (ITV) includes presenting both TV channels and “virtual channels” on an ITV. A virtual channel can be a Web page stored in memory of the ITV (or remote therefrom) and accessed by a microprocessor in the ITV when a user selects the virtual... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20100115561 - Method and system for operating a receiving circuit for multiple types of input channel signals: A receiving circuit module and method for operating the same includes a housing receiving a first signal, a first encoder disposed within the housing encoding the first signal to form a first encoded signal and a second encoder disposed within the housing encoding the first signal to form a second... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

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20100115564 - Information device: A device for obtaining, storing and displaying information from a remote server, the device has a modem for establishing communication sessions with the remote server. A memory coupled to the modem stores the obtained information, and a display is coupled to the memory for displaying the stored information. The device... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20100115565 - Content and cm delivery system and content information server: In a content delivery system comprising a content information server, a content delivery server, and a terminal information server all located within a communications carrier network, the content information server obtains location information of a content requesting terminal from the location information server and generates a play list per terminal... Agent: Mattingly & Malur, P.C.

20100115566 - Fast channel change request processing: A fast channel change request is processed in a signal distribution system comprising a network element coupled between a user interface device and a fast channel change server. The network element detects a fast channel change request sent from the user interface device for processing by the fast channel change... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20100115568 - System and method for altering the display of television content in response to user preferences: A method of controlling a television includes receiving an indication of a user preference. The user preference associated with a telephone and further associated with a set-top box. The method also includes altering the display of television content by the set-top box in response to the received indication.... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20100115567 - System and method for pausing programming of a television for a telephone call: A method of controlling a television includes receiving an indication of a telephone call at a set-top box and pausing the display of television content by the set-top box in response to the received indication.... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20100115571 - Information device: A device for obtaining, storing and displaying information from a remote server, the device has a modem for establishing communication sessions with the remote server. A memory coupled to the modem stores the obtained information, and a display is coupled to the memory for displaying the stored information. The device... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20100115570 - Methods and devices for providing dedicated bandwidth on-demand: A media converter that includes a QAM modulator converts and maps packets within RF frequencies to 802.1q VLAN identifications (ID). Use of the media converter solves content delivery, bandwidth capacity issues and simplifies head end design.... Agent: Capitol Patent & Trademark Law Firm, PLLC

20100115569 - Multimedia information receiving apparatus: A multimedia information receiving apparatus receives multimedia information which is transmitted by a broadcast system and receives multimedia information which is simultaneously transmitted by another transmission system such as IP communications, and generates one received information by selecting elements having a few errors from elements of demodulated broadcast system information... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100115573 - Methods and apparatus to verify presentation of media content: Example methods and apparatus to verify presentation of media content are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus for use with a set-top box (STB) and a media presentation device includes an audio input interface to receive a first audio signal associated with a program selected by a user via the STB,... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20100115572 - System and method for providing digital content: A method of providing access to content based upon one or more adequately-credentialed keys being proximate to a certain location, said method comprising: (a) acquiring credential information from at least one key tagged with credential information using a credential acquisition device (CAD) at said certain location; (b) confirming that said... Agent: Banner & Witcoff , Ltd Attorneys For Client Number 007412

20100115574 - Digital video recorder having live-off-disk buffer for receiving missing portions of buffered events: In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a method of receiving content over a content delivery system is provided. The method includes receiving a user request to initiate a rewind operation on content locally available in a live-off-disk (LOD) buffer. The content is associated with an event received over... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20100115575 - System and method for recording and distributing media content: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a digital video recording (DVR) system having a controller to record video content supplied by an interactive television (iTV) communication system, receive from a communication device of one of said users a request for a portion of... Agent: At&t Legal Department - As Attn: Patent Docketing

20100115576 - Firmware recovery of wireless devices: One embodiment may take the form of a method and apparatus for remotely providing firmware to a wireless device. The wireless device may be configured to detect when the device's firmware is corrupted or may need updating. The device may then transmit a request for a firmware image on a... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP On Behalf Of Echostar Technologies, L.L.C.