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20100333124 - Post processing video to identify interests based on clustered user interactions: Methods and systems for post-processing video to identify interests based on clustered user interactions are provided. A client application program running on a set-top box is provided to enable a user to interactively select a point of interest within video content being played via the set-top box. The selected points... Agent: Mpg, LLP And Yahoo! Inc.

20100333123 - User-based media content chaptering systems and methods: An exemplary method includes providing, by a media content access subsystem, a media content program for presentation to a user, receiving user input with the media content access subsystem, capturing, by the media content access subsystem, a snapshot image of the media content program based on the user input, associating,... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20100333125 - Subscriber characterization system with filters: A subscriber characterization system with filters in which the subscriber's selections are monitored, including monitoring of the time duration programming is watched, the volume at which the programming is listened to, and any available information regarding the type of programming, including category and sub-category of the programming. The raw subscriber... Agent: Carlineo, Spicer & Kee, LLC

20100333126 - Source detection apparatus and method for audience measurement: A system identifies which of first and second signal sources is supplying a program signal to a monitored receiver. The first and second signal sources and the monitored receiver are located in a household. The system extracts a reference program signature representative of an output of the monitored receiver and... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20100333127 - Shared multimedia experience including user input: Systems provide shared multimedia content to a plurality of members of a collaboration group, request input related to the multimedia content from a portion of the plurality of members, modify the shared multimedia content to include an indication of a portion of the input, and provide the modified shared multimedia... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Jw Attn: Patent Docketing

20100333128 - Control and monitoring of content by access devices: A device for controlling access to content. The device includes memory for storing data, a processor, coupled to the memory, for authorizing a user and presenting to the authorized user identification of access devices and information regarding the content being accessed by the access devices and a communications interface, coupled... Agent: Merchant & Gould - Cox

20100333129 - View confirmation for on-demand multimedia content: A computer implemented method and system is provided for confirming that a viewer viewed multimedia content on a client device. A server provisioned with the multimedia content is provided. The viewer creates a viewer account and accesses the server by supplying the viewer credentials. The viewer receives a list of... Agent: Ashok Tankha

20100333131 - Apparatus systems and methods for securely sharing content with a plurality of receiving devices: Various embodiments facilitate secure content sharing between a plurality of receiving devices, such as set-top boxes. One embodiment is a system with a distribution server communicatively coupled via a satellite communication system to a plurality of set-top boxes that are located at different customer premises. The distribution server is operable... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20100333130 - Systems and methods for verifying receipt of broadcast transmissions prior to billing: Methods and systems allow mobile TV broadcast service providers to verify reception of broadcast transmissions to mobile devices prior to billing for such services. When a request for a broadcast service is received, a mobile TV broadcast service provider may transmit a first long term decryption key message including a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20100333132 - Methods and systems for indexing on-demand video content in a cable system: In one embodiment, an index is created by a first user for a specified video program that is applied when a second user request viewing the specified video program. The index is typically embodied by a file, which identifies one or more content segments of the video program that are... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20100333134 - System, method and computer program product for advertising: A system, method and computer program product to provide content and information. Exemplary embodiments may include a server that provides variable content to one or more people in the form of a website. The website may be dynamic to allow for the targeting of people with certain interests or targeted... Agent: Maier & Maier, PLLC

20100333133 - Systems and methods for media guidance applications for browsing video-on-demand listings: Systems and methods for media guidance application for browsing and displaying video-on-demand listings are described. A user interacting with the media guidance application may select or highlight a channel in the program listings grid guide. The user may then view, browse, and select video-on-demand listings that relate to the selected... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20100333137 - Methods and systems for content scheduling across multiple devices: Methods and systems for scheduling media content presentation across multiple devices are disclosed. A media planner application generates media event presentation schedules for one or more users based on user-scheduled media events and automatic media event recommendations. Media events can be scheduled for presentation on multiple user devices, including portable... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20100333135 - Systems and methods for providing interactive media guidance on a wireless communications device: A wireless communications device provides users with opportunities to access interactive media guidance or other applications and to control interactive media guidance applications running on user equipment. The wireless communications device may have a touch-sensitive screen with controls that are coordinated with the features of the interactive media guidance or... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20100333136 - Systems and methods for providing interactive media guidance on a wireless communications device: A wireless communications device provides users with opportunities to access interactive media guidance or other applications and to control interactive media guidance applications running on user equipment. The wireless communications device may have a touch-sensitive screen with controls that are coordinated with the features of the interactive media guidance or... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20100333138 - Systems and methods for providing remote access to interactive media guidance applications: Systems and methods for providing remote access to interactive media guidance applications are provided. In particular, the systems and methods for providing remote access to interactive media guidance applications provided herein generally relate to enhancing remote access capabilities by providing algorithms and techniques for managing and correcting disparities that may... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20100333141 - Apparatus and method for editing a list of digital broadcast channels: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for editing a list of digital broadcast channels. A list of channels listed in order set according to channel information is displayed. At least one of the channels in the list is selected according to a user's input, and temporarily stored. When a user... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, LLP

20100333140 - Display processing apparatus, display processing method, and computer program product: According to one embodiment, an display processing apparatus includes an operation receiver, a relation calculator, a keyword extractor, a display information generator, and a display controller. The operation receiver receives operation to select key content. The relation calculator calculates the relation of second contents to the key content. The keyword... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20100333139 - Search-based media program guide systems and methods: An exemplary method includes receiving a program guide data search request, associating a time block with the program guide data search request, identifying a set of program guide data associated with the time block, searching the set of program guide data associated with the time block to identify at least... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20100333142 - Method and apparatus for creating a personalized programming guide: An approach is provided for creating a personalized programming guide. A guide manager receives input from a user for creating a personalized programming guide. The guide manager retrieves one or more search criteria associated with a community of other users to construct a query. The guide manager then performs the... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20100333143 - System and method for an active video electronic programming guide: Techniques for transmission and preparation for display of real-time audio-visual content of a plurality of TV programs over electronic communications network channels and display of the audio-visual signals as a part of a TV Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) are disclosed herein. In particular, the use of video coded using a... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20100333144 - Apparatus and method for providing and obtaining product information through a broadcast signal: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing and obtaining product information through a broadcast signal. In this present invention, information identifying a product item, which is in a scene to be presented from a broadcast signal, is provided together with a broadcast signal, then a signal... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20100333145 - Programmable personal infotainment system: The present invention discloses a system, which can be used to run one or more widgets randomly at specific schedule according to user preference. The system, in one of the embodiments, comprises, a memory, for storing one or more of the widgets and an inputted schedule according to the user... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20100333146 - Vehicle infotainment system and method for entertaining passengers in a rear portion of a vehicle: An infotainment system includes a rear entertainment system hub assembly disposed within the rear portion of the interior space of the vehicle. The rear entertainment system hub assembly includes a plurality of entertainment platforms, each adapted to receive and process a respective entertainment medium. The plurality of entertainment platforms is... Agent: Panasonic Automotive System Company Of America

20100333147 - Method for broadcasting video data sequences by a server to a client terminal: A method for broadcasting video data sequences by a server to a client terminal via a network includes generating a request by the client terminal following an event, sending the request to the server, the request including a video sequence broadcasting order to the client terminal, the video sequence defining... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20100333148 - Wireless video distribution system, content bit rate control method, and computer readable recording medium having content bit rate control program stored therein: A buffer monitoring section of the display device monitors a usage status of a buffer for storing video data, and transmits this usage status information to the tuner device. A remaining buffer time estimation section estimates a remaining time of video data within the buffer based on the usage status... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20100333149 - Delivery of pre-statistically multiplexed streams in a vod system: Methods and apparatus are provided for delivering a plurality of video on demand (VOD) streams to customers. Video streams are received from a VOD server. The received streams are statistically multiplexed to transrate them and to optimize their video bandwidth. The statistically multiplexed streams are modulated, and then delivered to... Agent: Lipsitz & Mcallister, LLC

20100333150 - Methods and apparatuses for providing load balanced signal distribution: Methods and apparatuses provide load balanced signal distribution to client devices in a network, such as a digital home network. According to an exemplary embodiment, one of the methods includes the steps of receiving a request from a client device for downloading video from one of a plurality of video... Agent: Robert D. Shedd, Patent Operations Thomson Licensing LLC

20100333151 - Cross platform entertainment architecture: A broadcast video platform that includes a first communications interface, a second communications interface, and a decoder. The first communications interface is coupled to a broadcast-based user equipment device and is configured to receive a request for a video item from the user equipment device according to a first transport... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20100333152 - Method and apparatus for content distribution to and playout with a digital cinema system: The present principles relate to a technique for distributing content destined to be played out on digital cinema systems. The content is preferably distributed compact, but non-digital-cinema-ready encodings. Upon receipt in the theatre, the content is transcoded as needed and played out on theatre systems. The system provides for miscellaneous... Agent: Robert D. Shedd, Patent Operations Thomson Licensing LLC

20100333153 - Method and system for transforming content for execution on multiple platforms: A method and system are disclosed for acquiring and transforming existing content (e.g., Hyper Text Markup Language HTML content) for display and execution on multiple platforms and architectures. In one embodiment, capture templates are created to harvest content from disparate content sources on multiple platforms. Data is extracted from the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff , Ltd Attorneys For Client Number 007412

20100333154 - Systems and methods for providing a mashup in a content provider environment: Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for providing a mashup in a content provider environment. In particular embodiments, the systems and methods provide a mashup that is customized based on a subscriber's preferences on what content to include in the mashup and on what format the... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20100333155 - Selectively using local non-volatile storage in conjunction with transmission of content: Content is created at a first location using a video camera or other device. At least a subset of the created content is stored in non-volatile storage at the first location. At least a portion of the content stored in the non-volatile storage is transmitted to a remote entity via... Agent: Vierra Magen/sandisk Corporation

20100333156 - Interactive internet browser based media broadcast: A method of providing one-way video transmission and corresponding interactive two-audio communication to remote recipients via a world wide computer network comprising the steps of creating a source digital video signal, broadcast transmitting the source digital video signal via an internet connection, transmitting a corresponding source digital audio signal a... Agent: Liu & Liu

20100333157 - Methods, systems and computer program products for providing internet protocol television communication services: A method of providing communications services to customer premise equipment (CPE) coupled to a television. The method includes operating a network element as a communications terminal server, the network element being part of a communications network. The network element receives from the CPE a request to initiate communications with a... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Cc Attn: Patent Docketing

20100333158 - Analysis of packet-based video content: A system for receiving and decoding packet-based video signals, and method of operation and computer program product for such system are disclosed. The system receives a packet-based data stream encoding a video or television signal. The content is analysed in accordance with user-editable rules to find matches between conditions specified... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20100333159 - Method of presenting multimedia contents of multiple multimedia channels by networking and related electronic apparatus and multimedia system thereof: An electronic apparatus includes a tuner, a network interface, and a controller. The tuner is implemented for tuning in one of a plurality of multimedia channels to derive a first multimedia content from a selected multimedia channel. The network interface is implemented for receiving a second multimedia content from a... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20100333160 - Segmentation of multicast distributed services: The present invention relates to methods and arrangements to optimize bandwidth usage in a Multicast Services Control System (MSCS) for digital information transport. The system comprises a service provider (Server) and service receivers (STB1-STB5) able to receive multicast streams from the service provider along multicast trees in an IP network... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20100333161 - System and method for recording and time-shifting programming in a television distribution system with limited content retention: Various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide methods and systems to record broadcast programming for at least one television channel for a period of time, wherein the recording is performed upstream from subscribers in a television distribution system, and further including after the period of time, keeping recorded programming... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Gmg Attn: Patent Docketing

20100333162 - System and method to provide an extensible storefront: A computer implemented method includes receiving a search query at a computing device of a private media delivery network. After receiving the search query, the computer implemented method includes performing a first search with respect to first content available from a first platform within the private media delivery network and... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Toler Attn: Patent Docketing

20100333163 - Voice enabled media presentation systems and methods: Various embodiments facilitate voice control of a receiving device, such as a set-top box. In one embodiment, a voice enabled media presentation system (“VEMPS”) includes a receiving device and a remote-control device having an audio input device. The VEMPS is configured to obtain audio data via the audio input device,... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20100333164 - System and method for controlling playback time for stored transport stream data in a multi-channel broadcast multimedia system: A system is provided for controlling playback time for stored transport stream data content in a multi-channel broadcast multimedia system having a plurality of system components. The system includes a pause packet processor having a memory for storing said stored transport stream data, and at least one receiver is connected... Agent: Robert D. Shedd, Patent Operations Thomson Licensing LLC

20100325646 - Virtual community for incentivized viewing of multimedia content: A computer implemented method and system for creating a virtual community network for incentivized multimedia content viewing is provided. A first viewer receives the multimedia content for viewing on a client device from a server provided in a networked environment. The first viewer refers the multimedia content to one or... Agent: Ashok Tankha

20100325647 - Methods and apparatus for indirect illumination in electronic media rating systems: Methods and apparatus for indirect illumination in electronic media rating systems are disclosed. A disclosed example method to detect an audience member includes reflecting non-visible light off of a room surface to indirectly illuminate a first portion of the room, receiving reflections of the indirect illumination, processing the received reflections... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20100325648 - Contents watching device and contents recommending method: A conventional contents-watching device, etc. calculate users' tastes of contents only on the basis of watching frequencies, so that variety programs that the users are less interested in but that are broadcasted every week are apt to get a higher degree of users' tastes than a soccer game of the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100325649 - Systems and methods for auditing authorization of a service using displayed watermarks: Auditing systems and methods detect access authorization of a media device for a service during an audit. An exemplary embodiment receives an audit trigger at a media device communicating the service to a media presentation device, determines whether the media device is authorized to communicate the service to the media... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham PLLC

20100325650 - Systems and methods for using playlists: Systems and methods for automatically generating a playlist of series assets and systems and methods for grouping assets of a playlist in clusters are provided. In one embodiment, series assets may automatically be included into a playlist for that series. In another embodiment, an interactive media guidance application may group... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20100325651 - Video signal processing apparatus and set top box: This video signal processing apparatus includes a first resolution conversion portion, a first analog video output portion, a digital video output portion and a control portion. The control portion is so formed as to make the first resolution conversion portion convert a video signal to a digital video signal of... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20100325652 - Method of performing data communication with terminal and receiver using the same: A method of performing data communication with a terminal and a receiver using the same enables viewing of a broadcast program and a video program of an external device outside the home. The method includes steps of receiving a control signal from a terminal via a network, the control signal... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20100325653 - Methods, systems, and products for blocking content: Methods, systems, and products block objectionable content and substitute alternative content. Multiple fields of a preferred tag are retrieved from memory. Multiple fields of an alternative tag, associated with alternative content, are retrieved from the memory. A number of matching fields, between the multiple fields of the preferred tag and... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Sz Attn: Patent Docketing

20100325654 - Communicating a device descriptor between two devices when registering onto a network: A method for registering a first device with a second device over a wireless network includes receiving a registration request from the first device and sending one or more user input choices to the first device. The user input choices each specify a user input action available though a user... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20100325655 - Dynamic adjustment of electronic program guide displays based on viewer preferences for minimizing navigation in vod program selection: Items of video content offered for viewing on a video-on-demand (VOD) platform of a digital TV service provider are each assigned a respective title and hierarchical address corresponding to hierarchically-arranged categories and subcategories within which the title for the video content is to be categorized. The title is listed in... Agent: Leighton K. Chong Patent Attorney

20100325656 - Speculative video on demand: A method of transmitting a Video-on-Demand (VOD) program involves at a service provider head-end, separating VOD program data into first and second parts; transmitting the first part over a communication network to a recipient receiver for storage at a storage device as cached speculative data, where the transmitting is carried... Agent: Miller Patent Services

20100325657 - Insertion of recorded secondary digital video content during playback of primary digital video content: A method of operating a digital video service set top box system is provided. The set top box system accommodates playback of locally stored recorded secondary digital video content. The method begins by initiating playback of a primary digital video program. Insertion points associated with the primary digital video program... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20100325658 - Targeted advertisements using an edge qam: An edge quadrature amplitude modulator (QAM) including an input module configured to receive a switched digital video (SDV) stream containing at least one ad opportunity, at least one ad stream containing a plurality of alternative advertisements, and an ad playlist that contains a list of one or more of the... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20100325660 - Re-addressable alternate content: Providing re-addressable alternate video content to consumers during trickplay modes of operation. For example, providing first video content for standard playback to a consumer; receiving a first consumer request for a first trick mode operation during the standard playback of the first video content; responsive to the first consumer request,... Agent: Banner & Witcoff , Ltd Attorneys For Client Number 007412

20100325659 - Targeted television advertisements based on online behavior: In a method for delivering targeted television advertisements based on online behavior, IP addresses indicating online access devices and IP addresses indicating television set-top boxes are electronically associated for a multitude of users. Using user profile information derived from online activity from one of the online access IP addresses, a... Agent: Louis J. Hoffman, P.C.

20100325661 - Video/audio broadcasting system and customized broadcasting method of same: A video/audio broadcasting system and customized video/audio broadcasting method selects a corresponding graphic user interface among multiple graphic user interfaces according to an operation of a user on the video/audio broadcasting system, and uses the corresponding graphic user interface to operate the video/audio broadcasting system, for receiving and broadcasting corresponding... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20100325663 - Broadcast receiving apparatus and method for switching channels thereof: A broadcast receiving apparatus and a method for channel switching in a broadcast receiving apparatus are provided. The method includes enabling a decoding unit when a broadcast receiving mode starts, decoding, when a serving transport stream is received via a serving broadcast channel, the received serving transport stream in the... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20100325662 - System and method for navigating position within video files: A video navigation system that provides substantial video context to enable a user to more accurately navigate to the relevant portion of the video. A user is provided with visual content that is temporally and spatially organized. By moving a pointer either horizontally or vertically along the time-organized content a... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20100325664 - Method and apparatus for displaying electric program guide: In a display apparatus, an Electric Program Guide (EPG) is distinctively displayed to overlap with current broadcasting data being displayed. A method for displaying EPG includes determining whether an EPG display request signal is received while broadcasting data is displayed. When the EPG display request signal is received, at least... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20100325665 - Automatic web searches based on epg: An enhanced graphical user interface to a user, such as an electronic programming guide, including certain selectable attributes. When a particular attribute is selected, a network transaction may be initiated to a website or other network node. Information or other content received from the network node may be displayed as... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP On Behalf Of Echostar Technologies, L.L.C.

20100325666 - System for content delivery: A system for and method of transmitting audio and visual programming content, by identifying an amount of broadcast transmission capacity available for transmitting the content to one or more users. The content is separated into at least first and second portions based on user demand for the content and/or the... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20100325667 - System, server and method for providing supplementary information service related to broadcast content: The present invention relates to a system and method for providing a supplementary information service related to broadcast content. The system for providing a supplementary information service related to broadcast content being broadcasted to user terminal comprises a Time Information Creating Server for Identifying a start time information of the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20100325668 - Television schedule system: Screen (10) for a user interface of a television schedule system and process consists of an array (24) of irregular cells (26), which vary in length, corresponding to different television program lengths of one half hour to one-and-one half hours or more. The array is arranged as three columns (28)... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20100325669 - Band converter and satellite television system thereof: A band converter consists of a band-pass filter, a band-stop filter, a first power distributor, a local oscillator, a mixer, a switch circuit, a high-pass filter, a second power distributor, and a low-pass filter. The band-pass filter and the band-stop filter respectively filter a down-converted input signal to generate a... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20100325670 - Satellite signal distribution: Disclosed is a system and method for receiving satellite television signals. A centralized system component may be provided in association with the satellite antenna. The centralized system component includes at least one or more tuners and one or more demodulators. The centralized component may provide output through a network adaptor... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP On Behalf Of Echostar Technologies, L.L.C.

20100325671 - Systems and devices for controlling a satellite television outdoor unit via a network: Various systems and methods allow control information to be provided between a set top box (STB) or other receiver and the outdoor unit (ODU) associated with the satellite antenna over a control network in a network format, such as an IEEE 802.15.4 or other peer-to-peer network format. The ODU includes... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (echostar)

20100325672 - In-home distribution residential gateway and/or set top box: A multimedia residential gateway device for providing video services to multiple televisions within a home. The device receives incoming video content from a DSL, DOCSIS, or Ethernet data stream and outputs selected content to individual televisions, with the content for each television being transmitted over an ATSC or NTSC channel... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20100325673 - Interactive television program guide system with pay program package promotion: A system is provided that allows a user to select a pay program for purchase from a program guide. The program guide determines whether the selected program is part of a package of pay programs. If the selected program is part of a package, information regarding the package is provided... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20100325674 - Method of reducing the number of real-time video transcodings with adaptive sourcing: An apparatus comprising a video transcoding engine (VTE), a video source storage (VSS) coupled to the VTE, a network engine (NE) coupled to the VTE and in communications with a plurality of user devices, and a media management system (MMS) coupled to the VTE, the VSS, and the NE, and... Agent: Futurewei Technologies, Inc. C/o Conley Rose, P.C.

20100325675 - System and method for utilizing a secured service provider memory: A system and method for utilizing a secured service provider memory are disclosed. An electronic device is associated with a subscriber and is in communication with a data distribution network configured to deliver data by a service provider to the subscriber. The data distribution network comprises a server in communication... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20100325676 - System for transmitting/receiving digital realistic broadcasting based on non-realtime and method therefor: Provided are a transmitting and receiving system for non-realtime based digital realistic broadcasting, and a method thereof. The transmitting system includes a broadcasting TS generator for generating a 2-D TS for a 2-D image and an auxiliary TS for auxiliary information necessary for realistic broadcasting of the 2-D image, and... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20100325677 - Tv network-based ethernet data transmission method and physical layer transmission apparatus: Embodiments of the present invention provide a television, TV, network based Ethernet data transmission method and a physical layer, PHY, transmission apparatus. The method includes: determining in advance data transmission speed according to bidirectional frequency spectrum width reserved in a TV network; setting working speed of transmitting and receiving of... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20100325678 - Broadcast system, transmission device, transmission method, reception device, reception method, presentation device, presentation method, program, and recording medium: A broadcast system, transmission device, transmitting method, reception device, receiving method, presentation device, presentation method, program, and storage medium, whereby presentation of content can be flexibly performed. A transmission/reception system is configured of a transmission device to transmit data, and a reception device to receive data. The transmission device transmits... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100325679 - Preference based program deletion in a pvr: Systems and methods are described for personal video recorders (PVRs) and other devices configured for recording and playing back media content from a data storage unit, preferably a random access unit such as a hard drive. A system is described having network connectivity, such as a power-line communications, with other... Agent: O'banion & Ritchey LLP/ Sony Electronics, Inc.

20100325680 - Steering mirror for tv receiving high frequency wireless video: In a home system in which a TV receives video from various sources over directional wireless links such as 60 GHz links, a mirror apparatus is provided that can be configured to physically steer a signal toward a receiver on the TV to optimize received signal strength. In this way,... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20100325681 - Receiver, receiving method, and data communication system: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a receiver configured to perform browsing of information relating to a broadcast program to be received and/or recorded by accessing to an Internet server being independent of the broadcast program, the receiver including: a browsing module configured to perform... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20100325683 - Media broadcast emulator: Media broadcast emulator. A media processing device is operative to create a live program type experience for a user. Various types of media are combined to emulate a live media broadcast. Different portions of various media types (e.g., real-time media, stored media, etc.) may be combined to generate a program... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20100325682 - System, method, and apparatus for managing timeshift and permanent recording in a storage device on a video broadcast receiver: Presented herein are system(s), method(s), and apparatus for managing timeshift and permanent recording in a storage device on a video broadcast receiver. In one embodiment, there is presented a system for recording programs. The system comprises memory, another memory, and a processor. The memory buffers recently displayed programs on a... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20100319014 - Multimedia mobile personalization system: A multimedia mobile personalization system allows a user to record and play multimedia content on a set top box at a location other than his home using the user's preferences from his home DVR.... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20100319013 - Program guide system with targeted advertising: An interactive television program guide system is provided in which targeted advertisements may be presented to a user and targeted actions taken in the program guide based on the user's interests. The program guide monitors the user's interactions with the program guide to determine the user's interests. Interactions that may... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20100319015 - Method and system for removing advertising content from television or radio content: A method and an automated system of identifying and editing commercials are provided. The audio signals of broadcasted television or audio content is received and processed to generate voice print profiles of the actors of a particular show. The voice print profiles are stored in a system database and are... Agent: Jerry Haynes Law

20100319016 - Method and apparatus for receiving broadcasting signal: A broadcast receiving method and apparatus are provided. The broadcast receiving method receives application data for a messaging service, through a data channel. The broadcast receiving method configures a message image with the received application data. The broadcasting receiving method compares personal identification information with identification information which is included... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20100319017 - Portable media asset: A method, apparatus, and system are disclosed that provide for a secure download of a media asset from a video-on-demand server responsive to a user request. The media asset may be routed to a recorder device for storage purposes. The media asset may also be streamed to a set top... Agent: Banner & Witcoff , Ltd Attorneys For Client Number 007412

20100319018 - Directing interactive content: An entertainment capsule is described which includes at least one viewer selectable icon and content. The viewer selectable icon may be displayed simultaneously with entertainment segments. Entertainment capsule content may be sequenced to be displayed at a later time in response to viewer selection of the icon.... Agent: Patentforge

20100319019 - Directing interactive content: An entertainment capsule is described which includes at least one viewer selectable icon and content. The viewer selectable icon may be displayed simultaneously with entertainment segments. Entertainment capsule content may be sequenced to be displayed at a later time in response to viewer selection of the icon.... Agent: Patentforge

20100319020 - Systems and methods for advertising traffic control and billing: In one embodiment, the present invention is a computer system for managing advertisements for use in an interactive electronic television program guide (EPG) comprising: a memory storing information regarding advertisements to be displayed on the EPG including one or more of the group of: times of day of ad display,... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20100319021 - System and method for emergency communications through a set-top box: A system and method for sending an emergency communication from a set-top box. A user and location of the user is associated with the set-top box. An indicator of an emergency is received through the set-top box. The user and the location associated with the set-top box are determined in... Agent: Snr Denton US LLP

20100319022 - Personalized video segment in broadcast world: A personal mobile TV system (T, CP) stores an end-user profile, and it stores and runs a content personalization program controlling the system into automatic selection of a video segment source (BN2) depending on the end-user profile.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20100319023 - Mobile terminal, method of participating in interactive service therein, internet protocol television terminal and communication system including the same: A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) terminal and to receive participation information for participating in an interactive service from the IPTV terminal, an output unit configured to output the received participation information for the interactive service, a user... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100319024 - Broadcast receiving apparatus: There is provided a broadcast receiving apparatus 10, comprising a reception unit 13 receiving a broadcast signal from a plurality of channels; a display unit 20 displaying video which corresponds to the broadcast signal; a touch panel 23 accepting handwritten input by a user; a character recognition unit 24 recognizing... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20100319026 - Client server based interactive television program guide system with remote server recording: An interactive television program guide system is provided. An interactive television program guide provides users with an opportunity to select programs for recording on a remote media server. Programs may also be recorded on a local media server. The program guide provides users with VCR-like control over programs that are... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20100319025 - Method of processing data on epg in receiver connected to network and the receiver: A digital broadcast receiver is disclosed. The receiver includes a network interface configured to receive provisioning information from a service provider during SP (Service Provider) attachment, wherein the provisioning information has both first metadata on EPG provider information giving locations where EPG data from an EPG data provider can be... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20100319027 - Search advertisement bidirectional data broadcasting system and generation method thereof: The following invention is about a system for searching information and using interconnected advertisement service by TV Search System and Advertisement Managing System. The system following a desirable application of the invention includes a TV search application that enters a search word that works on a interactive data broadcasting TV... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100319028 - Display apparatus and method for providing broadcast program information: A display apparatus and method for providing broadcast program information are provided. The display apparatus includes a communication unit which receives electronic program guide (EPG) information, a display panel which displays a current program being broadcast in full screen, and a control unit which if display of an EPG detailed... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100319029 - Method and apparatus for controlling channel for providing internet protocol television service: A method and apparatus for controlling a channel for providing an IPTV is disclosed, which is capable of improving use efficiency of network resource and reducing a channel zapping time by controlling a channel type of each channel and a bit rate of video data to be transmitted through each... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100319030 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: An image processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive image data of program content and genre information relating to the program content, a selection unit configured to select a size selection parameter for causing the genre information received by the receiving unit to be reflected in a block... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20100319031 - Hot video prediction system based on user interests social network: A hot video prediction system is provided. A video comments database stores video comments submitted by a plurality of users. A user social network constructor establishes a user social network according to the video comments. When new comments of a new video are received, a hot video predictor uses the... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20100319032 - 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

20100319033 - Apparatus and method for supporting multiple services: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method is disclosed that comprises receiving a first signaling message from a transmitting station indicating a burst reception timing on a broadcast receiving channel; sending a second signaling message to a coupled base station including the burst reception timing;... Agent: Nokia, Inc.

20100319034 - Systems and devices for presenting social networking events via a television receiver: Systems and methods provide for presenting updates or events from a social networking website or other community to a viewer on a television. Information describing the event occurring at a social networking community is received at the television receiver. Television imagery that includes television content and also a description of... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (echostar)

20100319035 - Multiple dwelling unit satellite television delivery system: Systems for delivering satellite signals to multiple dwelling units (MDUs). A system in accordance with the present invention comprises an antenna for receiving the satellite signals, a conversion unit, coupled to the antenna, for stacking the satellite signals onto a single cable, a distribution unit, coupled to the conversion unit,... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20100319036 - Method and apparatus for receiving broadcasting signal, and broadcasting system using the same: A broadcast receiving method and apparatus and a broadcasting system using the same are provided. The broadcast receiving method receives a broadcasting signal of a broadcasting channel. The broadcast receiving method receives application data for a data broadcasting service by using a data channel. The broadcast receiving method combines the... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20100319037 - Method of controlling devices and tuner device: A control method for recording audio/video data streams in a display device of a wireless network comprises transmitting a Give Tuner Device Status message to a tuner device to request status information of the tuner device that senses a record command signal input from a user and transmits A/V data... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20100319038 - Enhanced simultaneous recording in multi-room digital video recorder: A computing device receives from a user, a request to simultaneously record two or more programs from a content server onto the computing device and initiates a streaming video session between the computing device and a video client. The computing device provides, to the video client, recording parameters for one... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20100319039 - Interactive television systems with digital video recording and adjustable reminders: An interactive television system is provided in which an interactive television application is used to support network-based or local personal video recorder capabilities. A user may use this application to view lists of program listings. The user may select a program listing of interest. The interactive television application may allow... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20100319040 - System for adding or updating video content from internet sources to existing video-on-demand application of a digital tv services provider system: A video-on-demand (VOD) content delivery system has a VOD Application Server which manages a database of templates ordered in a hierarchy for presentation of video content elements of different selected types categorized in hierarchical order. The templates include those for higher-order displays which have one or more links to lower-order... Agent: Leighton K. Chong Patent Attorney

20100319041 - Interactive television systems with digital video recording and adjustable reminders: An interactive television system is provided in which an interactive television application is used to support network-based or local personal video recorder capabilities. A user may use this application to view lists of program listings. The user may select a program listing of interest. The interactive television application may allow... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20100319042 - Media content rebroadcast: Media content rebroadcast is described. In embodiments, requests for a missing data segment of television media content are received from client devices that determine the missing data segment has not been received. The requests from the client devices can be prioritized based on demand for the missing data segment. The... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100319043 - Interactive television architecture: A set top box that is placed in communication with a television is described herein and includes a receiver component that receives viewer-generated data from a portable electronic device, wherein the viewer-generated data is provided by a viewer responsive to display of interactive television content viewed by the viewer on... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100319044 - Efficient distribution of remote storage data: Described are apparatuses and methods for remote recording of digital data. A remote server digital video recorder (RS-DVR) server system includes one or more computer readable storage devices and a digital video recorder (DVR) server. The DVR server includes an input controller, a buffer unit, and a storage controller. The... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20100319045 - Production of multimedia content: A computer readable medium and method for production of multimedia content are provided. In this regard, one embodiment of such a computer readable medium, among others, can be broadly summarized as including instructions executable by a computer that control the computer to perform importing a source content; receiving a selection... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20100319046 - System and method to expand catv transmission spectrum using high frequency spectrum overlays: A system and method for the expansion of the spectrum by the generation and introduction of high frequency spectrum overlays is disclosed. In an electronic content distribution system a plurality of input stream are combined at a head end into two combined signals having separate frequency band ranges. The signals... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20100319047 - Digital broadcast receiver: There is provided a digital broadcast receiver that can readily cope with a change in a time lag between simultaneous broadcasts and opening of a new broadcast station and that enables smooth switching between the simultaneous broadcasts without addition of devices entailing performance of enormous amounts of processing. A characteristic... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20100319048 - Publication of television content to television distribution sites: A device receives updated television content, and generates a file that provides an indication to copy the updated television content to multiple television distribution sites, where each television distribution site includes multiple television distribution devices. The device identifies one of the multiple television distribution devices, associated with each of the... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20100313213 - Client-server based interactive television program guide system with remote server recording: An interactive television program guide system is provided. An interactive television program guide provides users with an opportunity to select programs for recording on a remote media server. Programs may also be recorded on a local media server. The program guide provides users with VCR-like control over programs that are... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20100313214 - Display system, system for measuring display effect, display method, method for measuring display effect, and recording medium: A display system (100) comprises a display device (11), a camera (21) for acquiring an image of an area in which display images on the display device (11) can be observed, and an effect measurement device (41) for analyzing images acquired by the camera (21), discriminating observers and determining distance... Agent: Mr. Jackson Chen

20100313215 - Video and digital multimedia aggregator: The present invention utilizes an aggregator for searching, packaging and delivering content. The aggregator processes requests, searches, provides search results and acquires content. The aggregator, operating in a communications network, includes a request and results processing server, a search engine server coupled to the request and results processing server and... Agent: Banner & Witcoff , Ltd Attorneys For Client Number 007412

20100313216 - Integration of television advertising with internet shopping: For integration of televising advertising with Internet shopping, a link to a web page intended for ordering of advertised product is multiplexed with a stream of video data. At the receiving side, a processor embedded in a set-top box with a USB port detects the link and when the commercial... Agent: Gutman Levitan

20100313217 - Methods and systems for recovering from errors associated with advertisement streams: An exemplary method includes switching, by a media content access subsystem, from a program stream to an advertisement stream in response to a switching instruction received by the media content access subsystem, detecting, by the media content access subsystem, a predetermined number of markers included within the advertisement stream, the... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20100313218 - Targeting television advertisements based on automatic optimization of demographic information: Systems and procedures which allow for the placement of advertisements in an optimized manner are presented. Systems may be provided which may be configured to optimize a media plan (either automatically or manually, or a combinations of both) using demographic vectors, and may display the optimization results in a quantifiable... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20100313219 - Method and apparatus for previewing broadcast channel in portable terminal: A method and apparatus for previewing a broadcast channel in a portable terminal are provided. The method of previewing the broadcast channel in the portable terminal includes detecting whether a channel preview event is generated in a state where a broadcast application is not accessed, if the preview event is... Agent: JeffersonIPLaw, LLP

20100313220 - Apparatus and method for displaying electronic program guide content: Provided are a method and apparatus for displaying electronic program guide (EPG) content for a plurality of programs, the method including: receiving the EPG content for the plurality of programs; and displaying tags associated with the received EPG content in a tag cloud.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100313221 - Client-server based interactive television program guide system with remote server recording: An interactive television program guide system is provided. An interactive television program guide provides users with an opportunity to select programs for recording on a remote media server. Programs may also be recorded on a local media server. The program guide provides users with VCR-like control over programs that are... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20100313222 - Method for updating broadcasting program information in terminal and mobile terminal using the same: A method for updating broadcasting program information in a mobile terminal, the terminal capable of receiving the broadcasting program from a plurality of frequency bands is disclosed, the method includes selecting at least one frequency band including the plurality of broadcasting channels or a broadcasting channel in the plurality of... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20100313223 - User selection of software components in a television set-top box: A method for allowing user selection of interactive video software components in a television STB operatively coupled to a video content network includes the steps of: affording the user a selection of interactive video software components to run on the set-top box; and loading selected interactive video software components onto... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20100313224 - Client-server based interactive television program guide system with remote server recording: An interactive television program guide system is provided. An interactive television program guide provides users with an opportunity to select programs for recording on a remote media server. Programs may also be recorded on a local media server. The program guide provides users with VCR-like control over programs that are... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20100313225 - Media bridge apparatus and methods: Methods and apparatus for content, media and data delivery and access between devices of a premises and one or more portable media devices. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a media bridge between a portable media device (PMD) and a user's home network and/or home devices (e.g., set-top boxes, DVRs,... Agent: Gazdzinski & Associates, PC

20100313226 - Media bridge apparatus and methods: Methods and apparatus for content, media and data delivery and access between devices of a premises and one or more portable media devices. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a media bridge between a portable media device (PMD) and a user's home network and/or home devices (e.g., set-top boxes, DVRs,... Agent: Gazdzinski & Associates, PC

20100313227 - System and method for partial push video on demand: A system and method of delivering video content over a network in communication with a subscriber having an associated electronic device is disclosed. A plurality of staggered streams of video content is delivered over a network. A segment of the video content is pushed onto the electronic device. A request... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20100313228 - Dynamic vod channel allocation based on viewer demand: A system and method for delivering video content over a network in communication with a subscriber having an associated electronic device is disclosed. A network server is provided and is configured to transmit a plurality of multicast streams of video content over the network. A scheduled start time for the... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20100313229 - Threshold based computer video output recording application: An application that is capable of monitoring Internet or network traffic and performing recordings of computer video output based on network activity thresholds. The recording application is typically not installed on the computer to be recorded but can reside on the computer to be recorded. The application contains a configuration... Agent: Peter Anthony Martini

20100313230 - Testing a content-delivery system: A content delivery networked is monitored to verify operation of control channels for the delivery of content to a customer. Monitoring includes joining a connection with at least one control channel in the network, decoding content of a signal in the control channel, determining whether the decoded content complies with... Agent: Banner & Witcoff , Ltd Attorneys For Client Number 007412

20100313231 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program: A television receiver accesses an application server to acquire an application list. The television receiver accesses the application server again to acquire an application selected from the application list. While a processing based on the acquired application is being executed, the television receiver accesses a contents server to acquire contents... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20100313232 - Integrated satellite-tv broadband wireless system: Systems and methods for combining a satellite broadcast system with a wireless system are described. The system comprises a satellite receive antenna and a wireless system device coupled thereto, the wireless system device comprising a wireless network antenna, a wireless radio system coupled to the antenna, a networking bridge coupled... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20100313233 - Media content delivery systems and methods: An exemplary method includes receiving, by a media content delivery subsystem from an end-user media content processing device via a network, a request to record a live transmission of a media content instance, recording, by the media content delivery subsystem, the live transmission of the media content instance, and transmitting,... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20100313234 - Communication apparatus, communication method, electronic apparatus, control method for controlling electronic apparatus, and storage medium: Since a second electronic apparatus of a given user is controlled based on control information of a second electronic apparatus of another user to which first electronic apparatus information of the user is similar, electronic apparatus control service is performed in a manner adaptively matching preference of the user without... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20100313235 - Providing syndication feed content on a television set-top box with limited decoder capability: Techniques are afforded for providing syndication feed content on a television STB with limited decoder capability. A request is initiated for syndication feed content from a networked content source through the STB. The syndication feed content is obtained through a proxy device in communication with the networked content source. When... Agent: Otterstedt, Ellenbogen & Kammer, LLP

20100313236 - Techniques for ungrading software in a video content network: It is determined that a substantial portion of set-top terminals connected to a video content network require a software upgrade. In-band video bandwidth (e.g., video-on-demand or switched digital video) is allocated for the software upgrade. The software upgrade is broadcast to the set-top terminals from a carousel in a first... Agent: Otterstedt, Ellenbogen & Kammer, LLP

20100313237 - Techniques for ungrading software in a video content network: A method and device of transmitting and receiving a signal corresponding to a service from among a plurality of services, said signal being transmitted in the time slicing mode in the form of a plurality of bursts, the transmission method comprising the steps of storing a time table in each... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20100313238 - Personal video recorder systems and methods: Systems and methods are disclosed for providing an interactive television system for recording television programming. The interactive television system may include components for providing personal video recorder (PVR) functionality, such as an interactive television program guide (IPG), PVR extensions, PVR application programming interfaces (APIs), a PVR device, any suitable hardware... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20100306791 - Digital video signature apparatus and methods for use with video program identification systems: Digital video signature apparatus and methods for use with video program identification systems are disclosed. The disclosed apparatus and methods identify a video program using a sequence of signatures. Each of the signatures includes a set of centroids corresponding to one of a plurality of frames of the video program.... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20100306792 - Methods and systems for correlated information services: Methods and systems are disclosed for providing correlated information services with broadcast multimedia content. In conjunction with a broadcast system offering a plurality of primary channels that carry entertainment, informational, and educational multimedia programs, the disclosed systems may provide one or more auxiliary channels containing complementary, correlated, or/and personalized information.... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20100306793 - Method, system and computer program product for detecting pornographic contents in video sequences: A method for detecting the presence of pornographic contents in a sequence of video frames having associated respective motion vectors, includes identifying groups of motion vectors having similar orientation and the presence, in subsequent frames of the sequence, of motion types defined by affiliated groups of motion vectors having homologous... Agent: Hogan Lovells US LLP

20100306794 - Method and device for channel management: A channel management method is provided for use in a channel management device. The channel management method includes the following steps. First, a scan request is received. Also, a number of television channels are scanned to generate a first set of channel list. Next, a number of network channels are... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20100306795 - Subscriber identity module and associated broadcasting server adapted for managing programs having undefined duration: The invention relates to a value-added service applied to the broadcasting of video programs or content and more particularly to mobile television (Mobile TV). The invention promotes service continuity during the broadcasting of programs having an undefined duration and the broadcasting of which has been subject to a Pay-Per-View type... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20100306796 - Multimedia system generating audio trigger markers synchronized with video source data and related methods: A multimedia system may include at least one audio comment input device configured to permit at least one commentator to generate audio comment data based upon viewing video data from a video source. Furthermore, a media processor may cooperate with the at least one audio comment input device and be... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist

20100306797 - Systems and methods for a national emergency alert test message: National emergency alert test systems and methods are operable to test a national emergency alert system. An exemplary embodiment initiates a test of the national emergency alert message system, retrieves a national emergency alert test message from a memory, communicates the national emergency alert test message to a programming stream... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham PLLC

20100306798 - Image display apparatus and operating method thereof: An operating method of an image display apparatus includes displaying a screen on a display and displaying a thumbnail image screen in response to a command to display an input image list. The thumbnail-image list includes a plurality of groups of thumbnail images that respectively correspond to a plurality of... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20100306799 - Broadcasting receiver and method for providing information in the same: In a broadcasting receiver according to one implementation of this document, a method for providing information comprises displaying items to be included in a menu by arranging the items based on preference information managed by the broadcasting receiver; and, if a predetermined item is selected from the displayed menu, displaying... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20100306800 - Image display apparatus and operating method thereof: A method for operating an image display apparatus includes providing input signals to the image display apparatus, displaying at least one image on a display based on the input signals, generating a plurality thumbnail images based on the input signals, and displaying a thumbnail-image list which includes a plurality of... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20100306801 - Methods and apparatus for delivering content from a television channel: A system receives a plurality of streaming videos from a plurality of providers of television channels. Each television channel provider delivers a respective streaming video. The television channel content delivering process creates a thumbnail image representation of the content for each of the streaming videos of each television channel. The... Agent: Barry W. Chapin, Esq. Chapin Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20100306802 - Method and device for selecting a set of schedule items: The method of selecting a set of schedule items, e.g. program listings, of the invention comprises the steps of selecting a first set of schedule items and upon detecting that at least one of one or more of the first set of schedule items has an end time which precedes... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20100306803 - Receiving device and receiving method for receiving digital broadcast: A receiving device for receiving digital broadcasting. The receiving device includes a receiving unit to receive broadcasting waves multiplexed with a program and attached data from a broadcasting station; a guide information extracting unit to extract guide information from the received attached data; a Web page acquiring unit to acquire,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20100306804 - Systems and methods for accessing electronic program guide information over a backchannel communication path: A systems and methods access electronic program guide (EPG) information via a backchannel link. An exemplary embodiment receives a first portion of EPG information residing in a data channel of a program content stream, establishes a communication link between a media device and a remote EPG content system, and receives... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham PLLC

20100306805 - Methods for displaying contextually targeted content on a connected television: Systems and methods for deriving data from television signals received by a connected television system, the derived data being indicative of a subject related to a video segment being displayed on said screen. The systems and methods may further provide contextually targeted content to the television system, the contextually targeted... Agent: Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman PC

20100306806 - System and method for providing video on demand preview channel through channel zapping in real-time broadcast service: Disclosed is a system and a method of providing a VOD (Video On Demand; below referred to as ‘VOD’) preview channel through channel zapping in a real-time broadcast service. To do this, the present invention includes a VOD preview channel for a VOD service between real-time broadcast channels, and allows... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20100306807 - Content reproduction apparatus and content reproduction method: According to one embodiment, a content reproduction apparatus comprises a receiving module that receives, from a server via a network, a channel including a plurality of contents arranged along a time base so as to be distributable, a reproduction module that selectively reproduces the contents included in the received channel,... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20100306808 - Methods for identifying video segments and displaying contextually targeted content on a connected television: Systems and methods for identifying which video segment is being displayed on a screen of a television system. The video segment is identified by deriving data from the television signals, the derived data being indicative of the video segment being displayed on the screen. This feature can be used to... Agent: Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman PC

20100306809 - method for distributing a file content of an interactive network television system: The present invention discloses a distributing method for a file content of an interactive network television system, including the following steps: a content preparation function module transmitting a distributing request of a file content to a content distribution and position control function module; the content distribution and position control function... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20100306810 - Methods and apparatus for format selection for network optimization: Method and apparatus for optimizing network bandwidth utilization by delivering to users only the minimum number of programs required by service provider policies. In one embodiment, the method comprises switching some users from lower quality versions of programs to higher quality versions of the same programs, and removing those lower... Agent: Gazdzinski & Associates, PC

20100306811 - Method and apparatus for navigating and playing back media content: An approach is provided for navigating media content by specifying a time to start playback of the media content.... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20100306813 - Qualified video delivery: A video server is configured to provide streaming video to players of computer games over a computing network. The video server can provided video of different games to different players simultaneously. This is accomplished by rendering several video streams in parallel using a single GPU. The output of the GPU... Agent: Peters Verny , L.L.P.

20100306812 - System for and method of targeting broadcast messages: A system for and method of targeting a broadcast message to a subset of potential electronic receivers in a broadcast network is presented. The system and method may comprise collecting identifying information associated with designated electronic receivers of a targeted broadcast message, generating, using a computer processor, a data set... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20100306814 - Integrated set-top box with daisy-chaining: The present invention is an integrated set-top box having daisy-chaining capability. The set-top box includes a down-stream path having a tuner and a digital receiver portion and an up-stream path having a power amplifier. In one embodiment, the tuner, digital receiver, and power amplifier can all be disposed on a... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20100306815 - System and method for sharing user content through a set-top box: A system and method for managing video content through a set-top box. User input is received to record the video content to a set-top box. Digital rights management parameters associated with the set-top box are determined. The video content is recorded directly to the set-top box in response to the... Agent: Snr Denton US LLP