Interactive video distribution systems inventions

20080109838 - System and method of multimedia access: The present disclosure is directed to a system and method of multimedia access. In an embodiment, an authorization signal can be received from a multimedia distribution system at a multimedia receiver having a peripheral device interface. The authorization signal can authorize data transfer via the peripheral device interface.... Agent: Toler Law Group

20080109840 - System and method for advertisement skipping: An Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) Set Top Box (STB) provides an option to skip one or more advertisements in an IPTV video broadcast, and receives input from a subscriber relating to the option. The IPTV STB transmits the input to an IPTV server, and then receives back from the IPTV... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20080109839 - System and method of message notification and access via a video distribution network: Methods and systems of message notification and access via a video distribution network are disclosed. A method may include receiving, via an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network, a data stream including video content. The method may also include receiving, via the IPTV network, a notification of a message directed to... Agent: Toler Law Group

20080109841 - Product information display and product linking: An interactive video player includes the capturing of one or more frames of active video. While the active video is displayed in a first or primary display, a captured frame may be displayed in a secondary display. In response to user input, one or more elements within the frame may... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080109844 - Playing video content with advertisement: Playing video content together with an advertisement is disclosed. A first message is sent to a video player server indicating a video content. A video player is instantiated to play the video content. A second message is initiated from the video player to an advertisement server. One or more advertisements... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20080109845 - System and method for generating advertisements for use in broadcast media: This document describes, among other things, systems and methods for generating advertisements for use in broadcast media. A method comprises receiving an advertisement script at an online system; receiving a selection indicating a voice characteristic; and converting the advertisement script to an audio track using the selected voice characteristic.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20080109846 - System and method for audiovisual content playback: A method of playing back audiovisual content with an electronic device that has a keypad with a plurality of user operable keys includes associating respective items of audiovisual content with one or more of the keys. Operation of a key that has an associated item of audiovisual content is detected... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080109847 - Method and device for displaying program information of broadcasting: A method of displaying an EPG and a device thereof. According to one aspect of embodiment of the present invention, the method of displaying the EPG (Electronic Program Guide) in a broadcasting electronic device displays an EPG default mode screen having a channel field and an event field in accordance... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080109850 - Customized interface based on viewed programming: In one embodiment, a system generates a customized interface based on viewed programming. The system stores a program that a user viewed through a media device; searches through a network for information related to the viewed program; and extracts data associated with the information related to the viewed program. A... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20080109849 - Viewer profiles for configuring set top terminals: A set top terminal is provided that includes a receiver/tuner for receiving programming content over a broadband communications network and a decoder for decoding the programming content provided by the receiver/tuner. The set top terminal also includes a database capable of storing a plurality of viewer profiles each containing at... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20080109851 - Method and system for providing interactive video: A method and system are described for providing an interactive video player. The method may include, responsive to a first user input, generating a secondary display from a primary display, wherein the primary display is an active video and the secondary display is a frame captured from the primary display.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080109853 - Media channel management: A method of managing a unicast-based media session is disclosed. A user terminal (100) having access to channel identifiers of media channels (400, 410) available at a media server compiles a SIP-based channel request comprising a channel identifier of one of the available media channels (400, 410) and a port... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080109852 - Super share: A method and apparatus for sharing media content between electronic equipment includes transferring session data from a first electronic equipment to a second electronic equipment, said session data including a queue of media content executing or executable on the first electronic equipment, and transferring media content identified in the session... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080109856 - System and method for content planning in electronic displays: Methods, systems, and computer readable media are disclosed for presenting media content, which may include visual content and audio content, on a display network. A computing server and a plurality of electronic displays at a variety of display locations and in communication with the computing server are provided. A plurality... Agent: Trask Britt

20080109858 - Method and system for movie distribution: A method and an associated system for distributing movie contents among the public, comprising the steps of: (a) freely distributing a plurality of first movie contents via a service provider connected to a distribution net; (b) distributing, upon payment of a fee, a plurality of second movie contents via said... Agent: Leffert Jay & Polglaze, P.a.

20080109860 - Method and system of video on demand dating: Method and system of video on demand (VOD) dating. The method and system permitting a user to select video personals for on demand view. The video personal include recordings of individual interviews or other activities which may be used to introduce the individual to the user and/or to otherwise facilitate... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c.

20080109857 - Time-shifted broadcast delivery: The present invention provides a network based time-shifting architecture where broadcast content is replicated and delivered toward subscribers at different times in different content streams. In operation, a content source delivers unshifted content over a network to a media server, which replicates the unshifted content to provide multiple content blocks.... Agent: Withrow & Terranova, P.l.l.c.

20080109859 - Video on demand system for providing graceful degradation and fault tolerance and method thereof: A video on demand system for providing graceful degradation and fault tolerance comprises a plurality of media storage ends, a first level network device, and a plurality of video trunk combiners. Each of the media storage ends respectively stores a plurality of video files, and provides a plurality of frequency... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080109842 - Advertisements in an end-user controlled playback environment: This invention discloses a method for displaying advertisements transmitted to a user unit, the method includes receiving, at the user unit, at least one advertisement tagged with a delay tag indicating whether display of the at least one advertisement can be delayed and only if the delay tag allows delaying... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080109843 - Methods and systems for securing content played on mobile devices: Methods and systems are disclosed herein for managing content, including advertising content, delivered to various network-connected devices, including screens, mobile devices, computers, televisions, radios, and the like, based on usage profiles associated with device-specific identifiers for mobile devices, short-distance wireless technologies for transmission of content and detection of proximity, and... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080109848 - Summarization of football video content: Summarization of video content including football.... Agent: Kevin L. Russell Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel LLP

20080109855 - Control method and control equipment: In order to easily download a program obtained from the outside onto a connected device while a device on which a program is to be downloaded is being properly selected, when a second device connected to a first device is controlled by executing a first program inputted to the first... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080109854 - Satellite television ip bitstream generator receiving unit: A receiving unit 28 includes a tuner circuit board 100 that receives a first signal that may include a satellite signal. The tuner circuit board 100 demodulates the satellite signal to form a second signal. The second signal is provided to an internet protocol (IP) and control module circuit board... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20080109861 - Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving service variation information in digital broadcasting system: Provided are a method and apparatus for indicating service variation in a Convergence of Broadcasting and Mobile Service (CBMS) system. A network entity aggregates information about a first service that can be provided by a current network and information about a second service of associated another network in order to... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.c.

20080109862 - Method and apparatus for predicting failures in set-top boxes and other devices to enable preventative steps to be taken to prevent service disruption: A method and apparatus are provided for predicting failures of hard disk drive systems in set-top boxes (STBs) to enable preventative steps to be taken to prevent a disruption of services to the subscriber. One or more conditions in a STB, such as, for example, ambient temperature, available disk drive... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20080109863 - Video apparatus and signal processing method thereof: A video apparatus including a processing unit, a tuner, a video processor, a network unit and an information-converting module is provided. The tuner receives a video signal. The information-converting module includes a download module, an analysis module and a graphics module. The download module downloads a web page with internet... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, Pc

20080109864 - System and method for detecting and reporting cable modems with duplicate media access control addresses: The detection of devices with duplicate media access controller (MAC) addresses in a cable network may be accomplished by reference to a value indicative of a DOCSIS version supported by the device or by reference to a having a MAC address/giaddr pair. Where a version value is used, the detection... Agent: Roberts, Mardula & Wertheim, Llc

20080109865 - Dynamic adjustments of video streams: A method and apparatus for the dynamic adjustments of video streams sent from a server to a client is provided. Using both short term and long term thinning mechanisms, the server reduces its data transfer rate when bandwidth is reduced and increases its data transfer rate when bandwidth is available.... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP/apple Inc.

20080109866 - Context based secure sharing and voice and video communication on a television: A system is disclosed for providing context-based sharing of TV input data over a secure communications link via the Internet. Data, such as image, music and video files and metadata, related directly to the media currently displayed on the television set by way of a broadcast medium may be captured... Agent: Kevin L. Russell Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel LLP

20080104624 - Method and system for selection and scheduling of content outliers: A content recommendation system (100) to schedule a delivery of diverse content when a user is more receptive to the recommendation is provided. The system can include an outlier scheduling module (120) for scheduling an insertion of an outlier (224) in a recommended content based on a schedule model (125)... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080104625 - Channel control techniques: Techniques involving the reception of content are disclosed. For example, an apparatus may include a tuning detection module, a channel selection module, and a remote tuning module. The tuning detection module determines a local tuning of a user device. This determination may be made from a leakage signal (e.g., local... Agent: Kacvinsky LLC C/o Intellevate

20080104626 - System and method for ranking media: A system and method for ranking media. Embodiments enable presenting media in a first venue, obtaining feedback from at least one user and providing an indication whether to present the media in a second venue. The media may be audio, video, and/or text or any combination thereof. The first venue... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20080104627 - System and method for ranking media: A system and method for ranking media. Embodiments enable presenting media in a first venue, obtaining feedback from at least one user and providing an indication whether to present the media in a second venue. The media may be audio, video, and/or text or any combination thereof. The first venue... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20080104628 - Television broadcasting receiving apparatus: Disclosed is a television broadcasting receiving apparatus which carries out a parental control including a receiving unit to receive the television broadcasting wave, a storage unit to store a rating table which corresponds to the rating information so as to correspond to a version of the rating table, a rating... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080104629 - Television broadcasting receiving apparatus: Disclosed is a television broadcasting receiving apparatus which carries out a parental control based on rating information in a video/audio data included in a television broadcasting wave including a receiving unit to receive the television broadcasting wave, an auto preset unit to orderly tune channels in which a video/audio data... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080104630 - System and method of providing voice communication: A method is presented of providing voice communication, including receiving at a set-top box device a selection of a first contact, receiving data indicating that a first call has been placed to a phone associated with the first contact, and sending data to a display device coupled to the set-top... Agent: Toler Law Group

20080104631 - Method and apparatus for emergency map display system: A method and system for delivering emergency directions is provided. The disclosure includes the government delivering a warning message for potential evacuees on a gas station pump or automated teller machine point of service display screen. The method includes receiving an emergency alert from a government entity, constructing a warning... Agent: Fay Sharpe/lucent

20080104634 - Product placement: A device may include a receiver to receive a data stream. The device may also include logic to insert a product placement into the data stream based at least one of a location of the device or information associated with a user of the device.... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20080104636 - Digital broadcast channel selection apparatus, digital broadcast receiving apparatus, and digital broadcast channel selection method: According to one embodiment, A digital broadcast channel selection apparatus comprises first and second tuners each receive digital broadcast signals, select a channel and provide program data containing video data and audio data of the channel selected, a selection unit which selects one of the first and second tuners and... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080104635 - Television channel selection: A receiver apparatus, having a receiver unit selectively configured to receive a television signal of any one of a plurality of channels, provides a display of a channel listing comprising an array of representations of channels arranged in two dimensions. Responsive to navigational user inputs a cursor marking a representation... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080104638 - Method and apparatus for storing broadcast program: A method and apparatus for storing a broadcast program are provided. The apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives a broadcast program, a user input unit that receives a folder selection signal for selecting a folder in which the broadcast program is to be stored, and a controller that controls... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080104640 - Information receiving apparatus and control method thereof: A channel selection order to receive, from each channel, program data corresponding to a designated partial period is determined based on the start timing of the reception and the receiving timing of each of N program data received for each channel. A channel is selected in accordance with the determined... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080104639 - Method for displaying broadcast-related information in mobile terminal capable of broadcast reception and mobile terminal implementing the same: A method for displaying broadcast-related information and a mobile terminal capable of receiving broadcasting implementing the same, are discussed. According to an embodiment, the method for displaying broadcast-related information, in a mobile terminal capable of being operated in a broadcast receiving mode and a normal mode comprises: checking broadcast-related information... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080104633 - Data referencing system: This application describes a method of referencing content in an application. The method comprises, for a content element, creating a reference to the content element and associating that reference with the content element. This enables the content element (for example, text or images) to be dissociated from other features related... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080104632 - Method of controlling reproduction in broadcast recording device: A method of controlling reproduction in a broadcast recording device, is discussed. According to an embodiment, the method includes when there is a request for reproduction of a title, determining if an outputting of advertisement associated with the title is required for the reproduction of the title; selectively outputting the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080104637 - Selective advertising presentations: A method for providing commercials includes receiving user input for selecting an advertising parameter and providing a user with a commercial corresponding to the advertising parameter.... Agent: Scientific-atlanta, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20080104641 - Broadcast terminal and method of reproducing broadcast data: A broadcast terminal and method for reproducing broadcast data includes reproducing broadcast data received from a first broadcast channel, switching from the first broadcast channel to a second broadcast channel, storing the data received from the first broadcast channel in a storage medium, and reproducing second broadcast data received from... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080104642 - Cabin management and entertainment system: An aircraft cabin management system that provides passengers and crew with a number of entertainment and productivity enhancing options. Such options include, without limitation, audio, video, control and status of aircraft data systems and electro-mechanical devices. Located proximate to each seat and in various other strategic locations throughout the cabin... Agent: Steve Galipeau

20080104643 - Apparatus and method for peer to peer vod system: Video On Demand system providing video programs between a program provider and a plurality of clients coupled over a peer to peer network. Transmitting a requested video program from a first client on a first channel. Allocating a second channel for transmitting the video program requested by a second client.... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080104644 - Video transferring apparatus and method: The present invention relates to a technology for satisfactorily realizing trick play in a video-on-demand system that transmits video contents to video receivers. For example, even when the interval between key frames which is coded in intra-frame coding is unequal and the data size of a key frame is not... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080104645 - Contents receiving unit and picture recording unit, reproducing unit and receiving unit: A contents receiving unit includes a contents receiving section for receiving contents; a contents information storing section for storing contents information of contents received by the contents receiving section; a duplicated contents discriminating section for determining whether or not content to be newly received by the contents receiving section accords... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080104646 - Receiver, reception system and communication method: According to one embodiment, a receiver includes a communication section that links with an external device to receive moving image information corresponding to a link destination and link information; an update section that updates the link information to latest link information repetitively at a predetermined timing; a combining section that... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080104648 - System for providing a video service, and apparatus and method for the same: A method, apparatus and system for providing a video service of a video service system including multimedia video in real time to a mobile terminal connected by a wireless network. A video frame coded by a coding scheme is transmitted to the mobile terminal for decoding and display. The coding... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080104647 - Data transmission: A data transmission system (10) is provided for transmitting a data signal between a server (12, 14, 16, 18) and a communications terminal (20, 22) over a transmission link having a variable bandwidth. The data signal is a scalable compressed multimedia clip comprising a sequence of images. Each image has... Agent: Perman & Green

20080104649 - Automatic association of reference data with primary process data based on time and shared identifier: A method and system for automatically associating primary process data with reference data. The primary process data may include image, video, audio, text, search data, and the like. The reference data may include location, temperature, pressure, and the like. A primary process data processor device, such as a digital camera,... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20080104650 - Broadcast transmission relay circuit: A transmission relay circuit, a broadcast signal relay method, and a signal detection device are disclosed. Preferably, the transmission relay circuit includes a microcontroller, a broadcast signal sensing and discerning circuit configured for determining the broadcast signal selected from a group consisting of (NTSC, ASI, DS-3, SDI, and HD-SDI signals).... Agent: Fellers, Snider, Blankenship, Bailey & Tippens

20080104652 - Architecture for delivery of video content responsive to remote interaction: Systems and methods pertaining to a client-server architecture for communicating video frames across a network are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a first engine residing on a first device, with the first engine adapted to encode a succession of video frames of a user interface of a program... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080104651 - Procedure control method for simplex system: A procedure control method for a simplex system is provided. The method can be applied to the simplex system of a digital TV and includes the following steps: transmitting a first communication message to a corresponding system and requiring the corresponding system to respond to the first communication message in... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080104654 - Digital broadcast receiver and digital broadcast content processing method: A digital broadcast receiver and data broadcast content processing method are disclosed. The method uses Program Associated Data (PAD) and includes receiving PAD-based broadcast contents; selecting one of the PAD-based broadcast contents to be stored; storing the selected PAD-based broadcast content in a state existing at the time of selection;... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080104653 - Broadcast receiver and method of controlling operation of the broadcast receiver: A method of controlling operation of a broadcast receiver includes receiving a request for receiving a broadcast program at a scheduled time, measuring a level of a broadcast signal corresponding to the broadcast program prior to the scheduled time for the receiving of the broadcast program, and outputting an indicator,... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080104655 - Digital video recorder having a pause feature displaying the first frame of a program: A method and apparatus is provided for rendering a frame or image of a selected video program. The method begins by receiving a single user command specifying an operational mode of a video rendering device that displays and pauses a first frame or image of the program. A control signal... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20080104656 - Method of storing and reproducing interactive digital broadcast signals and apparatus therefor: A method of concurrently storing an input history of a user as interactive service control information in addition to an AV stream and data content which are digital broadcast signals and an apparatus therefor are provided. Accordingly, the user can determine when and how the user acted during an interactive... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080104657 - Digital broadcast reception device: A digital broadcast reception device comprises a tuner for receiving a digital broadcast to output a transport stream, a demultiplexer for separating packets from the transport stream, a decoder for decoding the packets to output data, an output section for outputting video and audio of a program based on the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080104658 - Simultaneously reproducing broadcast and replay content on a display: A media reproducing apparatus includes a receiving unit for receiving primary content, memory for storing replay content from an identified portion of the primary content for time-shifted display of the primary content, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to cause a display to display at a first... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080104659 - Prioritized real-time data transmission: Real-time data is transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver. For each frame of the real-time data, portions of the frame are transmitted from the transmitter to the receiver within a time period allocated for transmission of the frame, in order from one or more higher-priority portions of the frame... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080104660 - Signal output device of hdmi device and method thereof: A signal output device of an HDMI device and a method thereof, which can automatically determine a type of an HDMI cable such that a display device such as a television set can always display an optimal screen. The signal output method of a digital interface device to output a... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080098417 - Viewer participatory television shows in conjuction with a system and method for real-time data collection and statistical assessment: A system and method for collecting data and statistically assessing such data for real time voting results. According to a preferred embodiment, input from a plurality of voters may be received through multiple modalities, namely, mobile/cellular phone networks, land line phone networks, set top boxes and/or the Internet. Voting data... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20080098418 - Electronic module for digital television receiver: An electronic module for a digital television receiver comprises a multimedia CPU (211), a non-volatile memory block (212) connected with the multimedia CPU (211) via a memory interface (220) and storing a booter application for initializing the start-up of the digital television receiver, and a buffer (213) connected to the... Agent: Matthias Scholl

20080098419 - Television broadcasting recording apparatus: Disclosed is a television broadcasting recording apparatus including a television broadcasting recording apparatus including a receiving unit to receive a digital television broadcasting signal, a storage unit to store a video/audio data of a program based on the television broadcasting signal received by the receiving unit in a storage medium... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080098420 - Distribution and display of advertising for devices in a network: A system and associated apparatus and methods for the distribution, selection and display of advertising content for devices operating in a network. The devices need not initiate a point-to-point communication with an ad server to provide the ability to filter received advertising content and enable the display of advertisements that... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080098423 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for selecting and inserting advertising into slots in broadcast content: Methods, systems, and computer program products that facilitate selecting advertisements for insertion into advertisement slots in broadcast content are provided. Broadcast criteria for the content and viewer criteria are identified. Broadcast criteria includes information about the content and viewer criteria includes information about viewers to whom the content is targeted.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20080098424 - Operating room educational television \"oredutv\": An apparatus for viewing information includes a wireless interactive monitor including a screen for displaying the information and adapted to receive the information wirelessly and a surgeon scrub sink for allowing a surgeon to sterilize the hands of the surgeon, positioned under the wireless interactive monitor.... Agent: Wilson Daniel Swayze, Jr.

20080098427 - Broadcast receiving device and method for searching channels thereof: A broadcast receiving device which automatically detects whether digital channels are scrambled according to a command and a method for searching channels thereof are provided. The broadcast receiving device includes a channel map storage unit which stores broadcast channel data regarding broadcast channel, an input unit which receives a command,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080098426 - Decoding multiple remote control code sets: A method of processing remote control commands at a control device consistent with certain embodiments involves at the control device, receiving commands directed to the control device; at the control device, receiving a command directed to a source device, the source device being operative to provide video content to a... Agent: Miller Patent Services

20080098429 - Epg generation apparatus, and epg generation method: An electronic program guide (EPG) generation apparatus that generates an EPG, the apparatus comprising: an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding each program to be displayed in the EPG; a first determination unit configured to determine the size of a first display area representing the broadcast times of... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080098430 - Method for providing program image information in digital broadcasting receiving device: A method for providing program image information in a digital broadcasting receiving device. The method includes receiving image broadcasting information segments containing pre-edited program image information about a plurality of channels to be displayed by displaying in a plurality of areas of a display screen and displaying the received image... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080098432 - Metadata from image recognition: A method of acquiring data associated with a television program consistent with certain embodiments involves acquiring information that identifies a currently playing television program; receiving a command from a user interface that selects an image forming a portion of a frame of video displayed on the television, wherein said frame... Agent: Miller Patent Services

20080098433 - User managed internet links from tv: A method of providing access to content associated with a television program consistent with certain embodiments involves acquiring information that identifies a currently playing television program; accessing a specified web site that contains a database that relates television programs with links to associated content on the Internet; querying the specified... Agent: Miller Patent Services

20080098434 - Digital broadcasting receiving device and method for audibly informing of channel change: Provided are a digital broadcasting receiving device and method for audibly informing a user of a channel change. The method includes searching for channel information and channel audio guide signal premapped to the channel information, upon sensing a channel change, selecting a channel audio guide signal corresponding to the channel... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080098435 - Method of tuning according to varying length of key input and broadcast receiving apparatus using the same: Provided are a tuning method according to a variable key input length and a broadcast receiving apparatus using the tuning method. The tuning method includes: if it is determined that an input length of one of at least one or more key inputs is more than or equal to a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080098437 - System and method for reserving preference event of broadcasting program: There is provided a preference event reservation system of a broadcasting program including: a head end inserting event information into a broadcasting program sued broadcasting the broadcasting program containing the event information and an event information list; and a client terminal. The client terminal includes a controller displaying the event... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080098436 - Top recording events list for media device: In one embodiment, a method comprises extracting future event recording selections scheduled on a plurality of media devices. Each of the plurality of media devices is coupled through a private access network to a service provider and includes a digital video recorder. The method further comprises aggregating recorded data based... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080098442 - Delivering individualized content over a broadcast network: In various embodiments, a unidirectional broadcast network is utilized to provide digital content to users in a manner that allows users' computing devices to maintain synchrony with personal, relevant information. In at least some embodiments, the broadcast network utilizes a data channel and a signaling channel. The data channel is... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080098422 - Triggering of television advertisements: A method for providing television advertising includes determining a number of times that an advertisement has been presented to a user via a digital home communication terminal (DHCT), and presenting the advertisement only if it is determined that the advertisement has been presented less than a predetermined number of times.... Agent: Scientific-atlanta, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20080098421 - User preference television advertising: A method for providing television advertising includes receiving user input for selecting an advertising parameter and providing a user with an advertisement corresponding to the advertising parameter.... Agent: Scientific-atlanta, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20080098425 - Method and apparatus for displaying and enabling the purchase of products during video playback: A method for obtaining product information and purchasing a product. While viewing images on a video display device, an input device is used to initiate display of a video frame. A product of interest which appears is selected to obtain a display of product information. A portion of the display... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080098428 - Network managed channel change in digital networks: There are provided a circuit and corresponding method for enabling a channel change in a digital network. The circuit has inputs for receiving a channel change stream and a normal stream. The circuit further includes a multiplexer, a memory device, and a picture element detector. The multiplexer is for transmitting... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20080098431 - User interface for 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

20080098438 - System and method for object oriented hardware: A system of inter-connectable modules that can be used to build consumer electronic sub-systems and products. Familial features are included for easy setup and control. Data is passed between modules using a common interface to permit easy routing and reconfiguration of data flows.... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20080098439 - Digital broadcast receiving apparatus: A digital broadcast receiving apparatus has two systems as a receiving system: a first receiving demodulation section including a first tuner 2 and the like; and a second receiving demodulation section including a second tuner 5 and the like. A controller 19 establishes either a first receiving mode or second... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080098440 - Method and system for transmitting broadcast data: An in-vehicle device receives broadcast data from a base station A, calculates a checksum of the received broadcast data, and transmits the checksum to a base station B. The base station B determines whether the checksum received from the in-vehicle device is correct. If the checksum is not correct, the... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20080098441 - Method and apparatus for managing services provided by devices in home network: A method is provided for managing services provided by devices in a home network. A home network apparatus manages information related to services provided by all devices in a home network, and requests from a second device a substitute service capable of substituting for a service of a first device... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080098443 - Apparatus and method for activating an interactive application: An activating apparatus (300) is arranged to conditionally activate an interactive application associated with a digital program. The activating apparatus (300) has a receiving means (310) for receiving program information of the digital program and application information regarding the interactive application, a detecting means (320) for detecting a program mode... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080098444 - Content storage control apparatus and control method therefor: If there are program-related associated Web pages, a TV receiver 1000 acquires the content information of the associated Web pages from a Web server 2000 and stores it in a Web page storage unit 1006. The correspondence between the stored content information and recorded program is stored in a correspondence... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080098445 - System and method of supporting transport and playback of signals: A method and system of supporting transport and playback of signals, such as audio, video, and data signals. A reference model configured to support transport of signals according to a baseline, extended mode (1), and extended mode (2) architecture, and a subscriber video device (SVD) configured to support playback of... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080098446 - Multicast and broadcast streaming method and system: In a multicast and/or broadcast streaming environment over wired and/or wireless networks, a server provides a plurality of different streams to each group (such as multicast groups) of client devices. Each of the client devices in the respective groups tune in to one of the plurality of streams that is... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080098447 - Programming of informational channels for digital video broadcasting: a back-end system (BES) capable of generating informational programs, characterized by content and schedule, feedable into a digital video broadcasting (DVB) system connectable thereto, wherein the BES is configured to receive input signals from external sources and, in response, to alter the content and/or the schedule that characterize the program... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20080098448 - Controller configured to track user's level of anxiety and other mental and physical attributes: A method for use in an interactive system includes receiving position information for a controller that is being manipulated by a user, analyzing the position information, and estimating a condition of the user based on the analysis of the position information. Another embodiment provides a method for use in an... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080098449 - Mobile terminal and method of reproducing broadcast data using the same: The present invention relates to reproducing broadcast data in a mobile terminal. The present invention comprises receiving broadcast data through a broadcast channel, storing a part of the received broadcast data, receiving a command to reproduce the broadcast data, and reproducing the stored broadcast data from a past time point... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080098450 - Dual display apparatus and methodology for broadcast, cable television and iptv: A set top box (“STB”) apparatus configurable for handling broadcast, cable television and Internet protocol television (“IPTV”) formats by multiple operators via a single flexible operating system is provided. The set top box is enabled to receive and run different operating systems from multiple providers or operators. In another aspect,... Agent: Steven Fischman, Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20080098451 - Digital broadcasting receiver and scambled channel determination method thereof: A digital broadcasting receiver and a scrambled channel determination method thereof are provided. The digital broadcasting receiver includes a header analyzing unit which analyzes headers of a video packet and an audio packet separated from a transport stream, to thereby determine existence of a start portion of a packetized elementary... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080098452 - Tv-centric system: A TV has a TV processor and a display presenting a map showing the topology of the home network of which the TV is a part. A user can manipulate the user input device to navigate around the map and cause content to be transmitted from a source component shown... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20080092154 - Pay program providing system and television broadcast reception apparatus: A pay program providing system has: a television broadcast reception apparatus receiving video data of a pay program and address data for accessing a predetermined communication server, and displaying the address data on a screen; a communication terminal acquiring the address data displayed on the screen and accessing the communication... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080092155 - Systems and methods for automatically identifying a user profile: Systems and methods for automatically recognizing a user of an interactive media guidance application are provided. The interactive media guidance application may monitor a plurality of users' interactions with the interactive media guidance application, and determine, from the interactions, user profiles. For example, the interactive media guidance application may determine... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080092156 - Systems and methods for automatically identifying a user profile: Systems and methods for automatically recognizing a user of an interactive media guidance application are provided. The interactive media guidance application may monitor a plurality of users' interactions with the interactive media guidance application, and determine, from the interactions, user profiles. For example, the interactive media guidance application may determine... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080092157 - System and method of restricting access to video content: Disclosed are a system and method of restricting access to video content. In a particular embodiment, the method includes sending a request for video content to a set-top box device from a remote user device via a video distribution network. The method also includes receiving location data at the remote... Agent: Toler Law Group

20080092158 - Interactive content for media content access systems and methods: In one of many possible embodiments, a system includes a content delivery subsystem providing an enhanced content data stream, which includes media content from a first source and interactive advertising content from a second source. The system further includes a content processing subsystem communicatively coupled to the media content delivery... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080092160 - System and method for view of transactions and events with dynamic updates: In one embodiment, a method that can be performed on a system, is provided for view of transactions with dynamic updates. In one embodiment, the method comprises a portal assigned to a user, receiving one or more syndication feeds; the portal receiving one or more events, the events being non-syndication... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20080092159 - Targeted video advertising: A computer-implemented method of providing targeted video promotional material is disclosed. The method includes transmitting a promotional item for display on a video terminal, determining whether the promotional item was skipped, and updating a profile corresponding to the promotional item or a viewer of the promotional item based on whether... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080092161 - Interactive television service system for providing personalized advertising message: An interactive television service system for providing personalized advertising message is provided, which connects to at least one set-top box by a network. The system includes a back-end interactive television server and an advertising message management module. The back-end interactive television server connects to the set-top box through the network,... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080092164 - Providing a supplemental content service for communication networks: Communication networks and methods are disclosed that provide a supplemental content service. The supplemental content service provides synchronized supplemental content, such as media clips, to a user over a communication network (e.g., a mobile wireless network). A content provider offering a primary content stream (e.g., a television program) broadcasts the... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20080092165 - Video signal receiving apparatus, display device, display system, and information updating method of display system: A video signal receiving apparatus, includes: a plurality of receiving parts which receive a video signal; a plurality of communicating parts which transmit the video signal to a plurality of external display devices, and transmit and receive control data for changing a display property of the video signal and a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080092171 - Control tools for media content access systems and methods: In one of many possible embodiments, a system includes a media content processing subsystem including an output driver configured to provide at least a component of a media content instance to a display for presentation to a user, and a receiver configured to receive an input command initiated by the... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080092169 - Systems and methods for modifying an interactive media guidance application interface based on time of day: Systems and methods for automatically displaying personalized interactive media guidance application screens based on the time of day are provided. The interactive media guidance application may monitor user interactions with the user equipment, and identify individual user profiles for different times of day. Using this information, the interactive media guidance... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080092170 - Systems and methods for modifying an interactive media guidance application interface based on time of day: Systems and methods for automatically displaying personalized interactive media guidance application screens based on the time of day are provided. The interactive media guidance application may monitor user interactions with the user equipment, and identify individual user profiles for different times of day. Using this information, the interactive media guidance... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080092172 - Method and apparatus for a zooming feature for mobile video service: The new zooming feature of the present invention applies to video service on mobile phones. The feature offers more interaction between the end user and the video server and it provides more interesting viewing. It has the potential to become a service differentiator for video services provided by wireless service... Agent: Lucent Technologies Inc. Docket Administrator - Room 3j-219

20080092173 - Systems and methods for modifying an interactive media guidance application interface based on time of day: Systems and methods for automatically displaying personalized interactive media guidance application screens based on the time of day are provided. The interactive media guidance application may monitor user interactions with the user equipment, and identify individual user profiles for different times of day. Using this information, the interactive media guidance... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080092174 - Method for using a video content recording apparatus with card-slot-specific recording: A method for using a video content recording apparatus with card-slot-specific recording is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is provided comprising selecting one of a plurality of inputs based on information about video content, and recording the video content onto a removable memory device received by the selected one... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/sandisk

20080092175 - Methods and apparatus for implementing dynamic program guides on mobile devices: Mechanisms are provided for allowing a mobile device to dynamically obtain program guide data. A mobile device having the capability of playing media streams is configurable to dynamically request program guide structure information followed by program guide content information. In one example, the program guide structure information allows a user... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080092176 - System and method of providing interactive content: In a particular embodiment, a method includes receiving a request for interactive content at a mediation device, the request sent from a set-top box device via a secure network. The method also includes receiving the interactive content at the mediation device from at least one content provider via an unsecured... Agent: Toler Law Group

20080092177 - Mobile digital video recorders: With mobile devices and computers coming together and being internet-ready, there is tremendous potential for improved content-delivery mechanisms. What external Digital Video Recorders (DVR) and set-top boxes have done for traditional television industry, a similar set up is proposed to do the same for mobile devices. The fusion of a... Agent: Moazzam & Associates, LLC Matters For Cingular Wireless Ii, LLC

20080092179 - Multifunctional mobile communication device: A multifunctional mobile communication device includes a main body (10) provided with a screen (102), at least one keypad, a main board (12), a TV button (221), a screen button (223), one ore more ports (241) and an antenna. The main board is electronically connected with a display module (14),... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080092178 - Streaming video: A system for streaming video is disclosed. A requesting device transmits a streaming video request to an intermediate server. The intermediate server sends a WAP Push to a receiving device. The receiving device may accept or reject the request. If it accepts, a video streaming session is opened between the... Agent: Moazzam & Associates, LLC Matters For Cingular Wireless Ii, LLC

20080092180 - Satellite ground control system using communication satellite: Provided is a satellite ground control system and method based on a communication satellite. The system includes: a communication satellite link means for monitoring and controlling a system device and transmitting remote measurement data and a process result to the central control station; an interface for analyzing the command, transmitting... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080092162 - System, method, apparatus, and computer media for distributing targeted alerts: A method of presenting content, including steps of: determining a location associated with a user; receiving notice of a dynamic content alert (DCA); creating an advertisement that includes real-time information related to the dynamic content being within a predetermined range of the location associated with the user; and presenting the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080092163 - Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving electronic service guide in digital broadcasting system: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving signaling information to transfer Electronic Service Guide (ESG) data using a multi-stream mode in providing an ESG in a digital broadcasting system the method including collecting ESG data to be transmitted, setting a number of IP streams to transmit the ESG data... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080092166 - System for handling program meta-data: A method of accessing program meta-data is disclosed. The method includes receiving a plurality of program meta-data virtual containers, at least one of the virtual containers comprising normalized program meta-data of programs having instances in a plurality of time windows, receiving an input indicating a selected time window, the input... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20080092168 - Audio and video program recording, editing and playback systems using metadata: A system for utilizing metadata created either at a central location for shared use by connected users, or at each individual user's location, to enhance user's enjoyment of available broadcast programming content. A variety of mechanisms are employed for automatically and manually identifying and designating programming segments, associating descriptive metadata... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080092167 - Display apparatus and information saving method thereof: A display apparatus includes: a saving part; a user inputting part; a receiving part which receives broadcasting signal including at least one data information; a signal processing part which performs signal processing by extracting the data information from the received broadcasting signal; and a controlling part which enables a user... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080092181 - Methods and apparatus for providing virtual content over a network: Methods and apparatus for selecting, purchasing and delivering content to users of a network so that the user has “virtual” ownership of and access to the content, thereby obviating the need for physical media (e.g., DVDs or CDs). In an exemplary embodiment, the network comprises a hybrid fiber coax (HFC)... Agent: Gazdzinski & Associates

20080092182 - Methods and apparatus for sending content to a media player: The present disclosure provides methods and apparatus for sending content to a media player. In general, a user of the disclosed system consumes a plurality of media content (e.g., audio content, visual content, audiovisual content, etc.) distributed from a media server. The content preferably include advertising content and non-advertising content.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080092183 - Multi-carrier frequency-division multiplexing (fdm) architecture for high speed digital service: An architecture for providing high-speed access over frequency-division multiplexed (FDM) channels allows transmission of ethernet frames and/or other data across a cable transmission network or other form of FDM transport. The architecture involves downstream and upstream FDM multiplexing techniques to allow contemporaneous, parallel communications across a plurality of frequency channels.... Agent: Scientific-atlanta, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20080092186 - Video display with built-in optical drive: A video display capable of receiving, decoding and displaying video content received via a data network while also having the capability to play video content from a built-in optical disk drive.... Agent: Rory Briski

20080092184 - Apparatus for receiving adaptive broadcast signal and method thereof: An apparatus for receiving an adaptive broadcast signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes linking an IP network, sending display status information for a receiver to a service provider via the linked IP network, receiving an available service information list provided by the service provider based on... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20080092185 - Apparatus for receiving adaptive broadcast signal and method thereof: An apparatus for receiving an adaptive broadcast signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes linking an IP network, sending network environment information for a receiver and program selection information to a service provider via the linked IP network, and providing the receiver with at least one service... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP Song K. Jung

20080092187 - Catv system, management device, cable modem and program: A cable modem of a CATV system includes an address monitoring unit and a proxy requesting unit. The address monitoring unit monitors an address of at least one set top box connected to the cable modem based on a content of transmission sent to the cable modem from the set... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080092188 - Method and system for integrated cable modem and dvb-h receiver and/or transmitter: Certain aspects of a method and system for processing multimedia data may include receiving a DVB-H signal via a DVB-H receiver integrated within a cable modem. The cable modem may include a wireless interface and/or a wired interface. The received DVB-H signal may be routed from within the cable modem... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080092189 - Web video distribution system for e-commerce, information-based or services websites: A method of presenting video content to clients of an e-commerce, information-based or services website is provided enabling their website designers or providers to benefit from the vastly growing amount of video content on the Internet and automate the integration of already generated video content into their web services pages,... Agent: Lumen Patent Firm, Inc.

20080092190 - Video delivery of oilfield data: A data delivering system comprises a video server receiving and processing oilfield data into a video delivery, and a network delivering the video delivery from the video server to at least one client device, where the video delivery including a plurality of sections.... Agent: Schlumberger Information Solutions

20080092191 - Dynamic program rebroadcast: A method of negotiating the rebroadcast of a desired program, comprising: determining that a desired program is available for rebroadcast; selecting a specific rebroadcast time; communicating the specific rebroadcast time to the television service provider; and setting the desired program to record at the selected rebroadcast time.... Agent: Tod Debie

20080092192 - Method and system for tuning an antenna using injection: Certain aspects of a method and system for tuning an antenna using injection may include mixing a received DVB-H signal with a reference oscillator signal to generate an added DVB-H signal. A mixed signal may be generated from the added DVB-H signal using the reference oscillator signal. A wireless antenna... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080092193 - Methods and systems for creating video files for a mobile device: A method for creating a video clip for a mobile device using a video processing system is provided. The method includes uploading at least one video file to the video processing system, the video processing system including a video editor module, editing using the video editor module to produce a... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080092195 - Digital broadcast receiver and broadcast data processing method: A digital broadcast receiver and broadcast data processing method includes: separating received digital broadcast data into audio data and video data; detecting an image frame of a specified type in the video data to decode the detected image frame into output video data; synchronizing the output video data with the... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080092194 - Beam combining and hybrid beam selection method for improving digital broadcasting reception performance, and digital broadcasting receiving apparatus using the same: Provided are a beam combining and hybrid beam selection method that can improve digital broadcasting reception performance by combining more than two beam output signals (beam combination type) instead of simply selecting one of beam output signals (beam selection type), or even selecting an optimal method between the beam selection... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080092197 - Method of upgrading software by using common module shared by multiple models, and digital broadcast receiver therefor: Provided are a method of upgrading software by using a common module shared by a plurality of models, and a digital broadcast receiver therefor. The method includes receiving a digital broadcast signal which contains a common module shared by a plurality of models of the digital broadcast receiver, separately from... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080092196 - Non-provisional utility method and apparatus for receiving, storing, and executing data broadcast application: Provided are a method and apparatus for receiving, storing, and executing a data broadcast application. The apparatus includes an application controller that determines whether receiving of application data needed to execute an application is completed before storing of a data broadcast is completed, allows the received application data to be... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080092200 - Interface systems for portable digital media storage and playback devices: A docking assembly serves as an interface between (1) a portable digital media storage and playback (PDMSP) device, and (2) a media reproduction system. A remote controller preferably controls the docking assembly and PDMSP device, which may receive electric charge from the assembly. Media reproduction systems may reproduce audio and... Agent: Intellectual Property / Technology Law

20080092198 - Method for using a video content recording apparatus with electronic program guide functionality: A method for using a video content recording apparatus with electronic program guide functionality is disclosed. In one embodiment, a video content recording apparatus receives a removable memory device storing electronic program guide data, displays an electronic program guide that uses the electronic program guide data, and records, onto a... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/sandisk

20080092199 - System and method for distributing dynamic event data in an internet protocol television system: A method for distributing dynamic event notification data in an internet protocol television (IPTV) system including receiving at an IPTV server the dynamic event notification data indicating an occurrence of a dynamic event; identifying at the IPTV server a current IPTV viewer associated with an IPTV end user client device;... Agent: G. Michael Roebuck, PC

20080092203 - Approach for channel switch time reduction in ipdc over dvb-h: Provided are apparatuses and methods for reducing channel switching time in a network environment. The user of a mobile terminal may receive a data stream containing numerous television programs or services. Each of the programs or services may have a Packet Identification (PID) and/or IP address. The invention reduces channel... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080092202 - Portable golf spectator information system: A system for conveying viewer-selected information to viewers of a golf tournament includes a group of external input signals, a command facility, and a remote device able to convey viewer-selected information to the viewer. The external signals are from a group that includes at least a real-time identity of a... Agent: Berggren Law Offices, LLC

20080092201 - Providing a supplemental content service for communication networks: Communication networks and methods are disclosed that provide a supplemental content service. The supplemental content service provides synchronized supplemental content, such as media clips, to a user over a communication network (e.g., a mobile wireless network). A content provider offering a primary content stream (e.g., a television program) broadcasts the... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20080092204 - Configuring and connecting to a media wireless network: A method performed by a wireless media device such as a wireless loudspeaker subsystem for configuring and connecting to a media wireless network. The wireless media device first associates to an existing infrastructure based wireless network at a first phase. At a second phase, the wireless media device establishes a... Agent: Dov Rosenfeld

20080092205 - High-quality twisted-pair transmission line system for high-resolution video: A system comprising a first filter having an input and an output adapted to compensate for the characteristics of a first length of twisted-pair wire is disclosed. A first bypass path has an input and an output for bypassing the first filter. A second filter has an input and an... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.