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Interactive Video Distribution Systems > Use Surveying Or Monitoring (e.g., Program Or Channel Watched) Use Surveying Or Monitoring (e.g., Program Or Channel Watched)Use Surveying Or Monitoring (e.g., Program Or Channel Watched) patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.11/08/07 - 20070261070 - Method and apparatus for detecting and viewing similar programs within a video system A device that detects and displays similar programs within a video system includes a memory, a display and a receiver that receives an input stream of television program content and electronic program guide data, wherein the program guide data includes a plurality of attributes characterizing television programs within the television ... 09/06/07 - 20070209047 - Method and system for configuring media-playing sets A remote support site having a detector internally collecting information on a user-selectable intrinsic broadcast characteristic of a media-playing set or television and a server enabling specification of a preferred setting for such characteristic from this information. A method including maintaining a remote site, therefrom internally collecting information from the ... 08/16/07 - 20070192782 - Methods and apparatus to monitor audio/visual content from various sources Methods and apparatus to monitor audio/visual content from various sources are disclosed. An example method to monitor media content provided by a selected one of a plurality of media content sources for presentation by an information presenting device disclosed herein comprises determining first information based on a video signal corresponding ... 07/05/07 - 20070157220 - Systems and methods for managing content A “New To Me” feature is provided for an interactive media guidance system implemented as a home network having multiple user equipment devices. Functionally speaking, the “New To Me” feature of the interactive media guidance system identifies programs or advertisements that have been previously viewed by an individual user or ... 06/14/07 - 20070136739 - Content distribution system and method A content distribution system is described. The content distribution system includes a show account database and a plurality of credit cards stored in the show account database. The content distribution system also has a linking module associating a viewer entering the call-in number with a credit card number in the ... 05/24/07 - 20070118848 - Automatically generated tv favorites list A favorite channel list for a media system is generated by observing the viewing, surfing, and recording habits of a user. The viewing habits may include the duration and frequency of viewing a channel. A user's surfing habits, including navigation habits of a guide, the method used for navigation to ... 05/10/07 - 20070107008 - System for gathering and recording real-time market survey and other data from radio listeners and television viewers utilizing telephones including wireless cell phones The invention records real-time radio and television listener data utilizing automated, interactive questions and radio and television broadcast audio segments recorded by telephone, including wireless cell phones. Telephone users are asked to hold their phone in the direction of any broadcast audio they are hearing or listening to. Streaming program ... 04/19/07 - 20070089125 - Content-processing system, method, and computer program product for monitoring the viewer's mood A content-processing system (100) processes a content (102) for presentation (103) to a user (104). The content-processing system (100) has input means (105) for receiving (106) commands (107) from the user (104) to control (108) the processing operation (101). The content-processing system (100) is arranged to modify (111) the processing ... 04/12/07 - 20070083882 - Methods and apparatus to export tuning data collected in a receiving device Methods and apparatus to export tuning data collected in a receiving device are disclosed. An example method of collecting audience measurement data comprises collecting tuning data within a receiving device, and modulating an LED associated with the receiving device to export the collected tuning data from the receiving device. ... 03/15/07 - 20070061830 - Audio-based tracking system for iptv viewing and bandwidth management In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a method determines whether a display device is being watched. A sound is emitted from the display device that is playing a content, and the sound is detected at a sensor that is distinct from the display device. A determination whether ... 02/22/07 - 20070044119 - System and method of managing video streams to a set top box A method of managing video streams is disclosed and includes monitoring the power to a display device coupled to a set top box. Also, the method includes determining whether the display device is in a low power mode and requesting that a content provider turn off a video stream to ... 02/15/07 - 20070039017 - Iconic micrographs systems and methods for presentation of information pertaining to trends A system accumulates trend related physiological information pertaining to an individual. Non-textual icons can be used to graphically present trend and condition information to the individual. ... 01/04/07 - 20070006250 - Portable audience measurement architectures and methods for portable audience measurement Portable audience measurement architectures and methods for portable audience measurement are disclosed. A disclosed system contains a plurality of portable measurement devices configured to collect audience measurement data from media devices, a plurality of data collection servers configured to collect audience measurement data from the plurality of portable measurement devices, ... 11/30/06 - 20060271946 - Method and system of monitoring media units A method and system of monitoring media units. The method and system relating to configuring to the media units to log data associated with particular events and to store the data in a manner suitable for transmission to a network element. The network element may include features to facilitate monitoring ... 10/26/06 - 20060242662 - Broadcasting signal receiving system A broadcasting signal receiving system includes: an obtaining part for obtaining program information of a receiving program; a broadcasting signal receiving part for receiving a broadcasting signal to obtain a video signal and an audio signal or a recorded image reproducing part for reproducing a previously recorded program to obtain ... 10/26/06 - 20060242661 - Method and device for generating a user profile on the basis of playlists This invention relates to a method (and corresponding device) of generating a user profile on the basis of playlists, wherein the user profile is generated on the basis of the user's own playlists and properties derived from them. In this way, more playlists are considered in the generation of a ... 08/10/06 - 20060179450 - Multimedia user behavior predictor A terminal device (TD) coupled to a multimedia distribution system (MDS). The terminal device is provided with an interface (IM) having selection buttons associated to sensors (SNS) for allowing a user not only to select multimedia outputs from the multimedia distribution system (MDS), but also for transmitting zapping intentions corresponding ... 07/27/06 - 20060168610 - System and method of managing content Systems and methods can be implemented to allow restricted content to be available using an apparatus within a system, while still protecting the privacy or one or more users. Metadata regarding restricted content may not be displayed if the user so desires or if other users do not have proper ... 07/27/06 - 20060168609 - Method and system for protecting cable television subscriber-specific information allowing limited subset access A television program ratings method and system includes transferring information associated with households from a cable provider to a ratings provider such that the ratings provider has access to information associated with sampled households and lacks access to information associated with non-sampled households. To this end, identity information and usage ... 06/29/06 - 20060143645 - Shoes employing monitoring devices, and associated methods Methods are disclosed for determining speed or distance traveled of moving persons by utilizing sensors in shoes. Methods and systems are disclosed to determine and report weight of a person wearing a shoe via a sensor with the shoe. Shoe based systems employing sensors (e.g., accelerometers) are disclosed to determine ... 04/06/06 - 20060075421 - Audience analysis According to the present invention there is provided a method of analysis of the audience for channels selectable by a channel selector device for presentation on a presentation device, the channel selector device providing data indicating which channels are selected and the lengths of time for which selected channels remain ... 04/06/06 - 20060075420 - Strategies for generating media consumption statistics Techniques are described for generating statistics that reflect the consumption of media resources, such as television program resources. The techniques involve polling a group of devices identified in a random sample list or a custom sample list to collect event data describing the consumption of resources by the devices. Lower-bound ... 02/23/06 - 20060041902 - Determining program boundaries through viewing behavior Program boundaries are determined through viewing behavior. More specifically, edge and/or commercial boundaries of programs may be determined by monitoring viewing behavior of different video segments using forward and backward correlations between video segments. In a described implementation, a video portion is divided into segments. To monitor the viewing of ... 02/16/06 - 20060037038 - System and method for display management based on user attention inputs A system and method are provided for managing data being displayed on at least one monitor screen based on monitoring user's attention in relation to the monitor screen. In one embodiment, upon detecting that the user's attention is leaving at least a portion of a screen, the system may alert ... 01/19/06 - 20060015891 - Television audience reporting system and method Disclosed is a television audience reporting system, and related method. The television audience reporting system includes a plurality of audience monitoring devices, a database server, and an internet server. The plurality of audience monitoring devices are located at a respective plurality of viewing locations for providing real-time program viewing information ... 01/19/06 - 20060015890 - Video check system and method There are provided a video viewing system and method thereof which are capable of easily grasping the usage status of a plurality of video groups. An on-air broadcast video, edited video, and raw material video are stored in a video storage unit 106, and mutual correlations obtained from a series ... 01/12/06 - 20060010464 - Method and apparatus for ranking broadcast programs Frequencies of viewing of first weekly broadcast programs by a user are detected in connection with past sections of the first weekly broadcast programs. At least one which has the detected viewing frequency greater than a predetermined threshold value is excluded from the first weekly broadcast programs to get second ... 12/22/05 - 20050283792 - Systems, methods and products for assessing subscriber content access Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for reporting a subscriber's content access selections to marketers. One such method stores when content is provided to a subscriber and when that content is displayed by the subscriber. The method then reports when the content is provided and when the content is viewed, ... 10/27/05 - 20050240955 - Tv programme material assemblage The present invention provides a method of assembling programme material involving the steps of (a) distributing clues defining or alluding to content to be broadcast as a television segment or assembled for that potential purpose; (b) receiving a plurality of content presentations, received content being based on an interpretation of ... 08/04/05 - 20050172310 - Processing application data in data broadcasting A system adapted to process data required by a bi-directional application in real-time in a digital data broadcasting based on the cable network includes: a data server adapted to collect data needed for data broadcasting and to transmit the data; a broadcasting station adapted to transmit an application including information ... 07/07/05 - 20050149964 - Program guide system with monitoring of advertisement usage and user activities A program guide system is provided in which interactive television program guide advertisement usage is monitored. Advertisement usage may be monitored by monitoring when advertisements are transmitted from a television distribution facility to user television equipment. Advertisement usage information may also be monitored by monitoring when advertisements are received by ... 06/02/05 - 20050120366 - Determining viewer watching behaviour from recorded event data A method (300) of determining whether a viewer (101) has watched a program is disclosed. The method (300) comprises the steps of accumulating program flipping data (1000) for the program, determining metadata for the program, selecting in a step (315) an algorithm dependent on the metadata, and applying, in a ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |