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Program, Message, Or Commercial Insertion Or Substitution

Program, Message, Or Commercial Insertion Or Substitution 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.

10/04/07 - 20070234381 - Information setting system, terminal apparatus, server apparatus, electronic apparatus, information setting method, program for terminal apparatus, program for server apparatus, and program for electronic apparatus
An order number fixed at the time of purchasing a television set and supplementary information indicating a position to be set with the television set TV installed are sent to a server apparatus SV. The server apparatus SV generates regional information including channel information based on the information and send ...

09/27/07 - 20070226761 - Dynamic insertion of cinematic stage props in program content
Dynamically replaceable assets are inserted in program content and may be used for the insertion of cinematic stage props therein. Such assets can be used for advertising purposes in that images of different products and services can be inserted therein and are changeable via a network. Such assets may be ...

09/20/07 - 20070220544 - Method, system and program product for broadcast advertising and other broadcast content performance verification utilizing digital artifacts
A verification system that injects a inaudible identification code into a broadcast advertisement immediately prior to its radio frequency transmission is disclosed. An amplitude modulated sample sequence called a “digital artifact” containing, for example, a date and time code, is generated and inserted into the audio or video or composite ...

09/13/07 - 20070214476 - Dynamic replacement of cinematic stage props in program content
Stage props, such as consumer products, in legacy program content are replaced with dynamically replaceable assets. Such assets can be used for advertising purposes in that images of different products and services can be inserted therein and are changeable via a network. Such assets may be created by identifying props ...

08/09/07 - 20070186237 - Television receiver and digital broadcast system
Broadcast points in a broadcaster's sole region are turned into package information by processing the contents transmitted from a broadcaster, and the package information is stored in the receiver common information region of a television broadcast receiver, and thereby, it becomes possible even for a communication browser that is an ...

07/05/07 - 20070157227 - Advertising services architecture
An advertising framework registers context data sources and advertising display clients from a variety of resources on a local computer. The ad framework may then receive context data and display triggers from the registered context data sources. The context data and display triggers may be processed and an advertising request ...

06/21/07 - 20070143785 - Mobile device display of multiple streamed data sources
A system and method of navigating among multiple real-time data streams on a mobile device is presented. Multiple thumbnail image representations are displayed wherein each thumbnail image is associated with an available real-time data stream. A user provides navigation input via a user interface for navigating among the multiple displayed ...

06/14/07 - 20070136742 - Method, apparatus and system for replacing advertisements in recorded video content
A system (10), method (60) and apparatus (14) are provided for updating a first advertisement in a video program stream with a second advertisement, based on temporal metadata replacement rules and instructions embedded in or otherwise associated with the advertisements. The system (10) includes a video stream encoder (12) for ...

06/14/07 - 20070136741 - Methods and systems for processing content
Exemplary embodiments of methods and apparatuses to detect and process a repeating content are described. The repetition in the content is determined. Then the repeating content is identified thereby providing the ability to remove or to not present the repeating content. The repeating content may be removed while the information ...

05/24/07 - 20070118850 - Television signal reception method and module
the received main component (C1) and the acquired secondary component (C2) are reproduced (E6) on the multimedia receiver terminal (T) in compliance with the chronology of the secondary time stamps and the main time stamps, to reproduce for the user a coherent audiovisual content made up both of the main ...

05/17/07 - 20070113243 - Targeted advertising system and method
A targeted advertising system comprising an interface unit (110) configured to receive broadcast transmissions, a primary broadcast stream (101) for broadcast programming, a secondary broadcast stream (105) for targeted advertising content, and a storage device (115) for storing the targeted advertising content. The method comprises presenting a targeted advertising content ...

04/19/07 - 20070089127 - Advertisement filtering and storage for targeted advertisement systems
An advertisement storage and filtering system for selectively identifying targeted advertisements to be stored in the memory of the STB. This storing of the selected advertisements can be accomplished in a number of ways. In one embodiment, the advertisements, in real-time and as they are received at the STB, are ...

04/19/07 - 20070089126 - Apparatus and method for customizing a received signal
An apparatus and method for customizing a pre-existing signal that includes at least a video signal. The video signal is received at a video interface, and data used for customizing the video signal is received at a data interface. The data is applied to the video signal to generate a ...

04/05/07 - 20070079325 - In-program content targeting
In-program content targeting is described. A default data stream containing default content associated with multiple segments of a particular program is generated and transmitted. An alternate data stream containing alternate content for one or more of the multiple segments is also generated and transmitted. A client device receiving the default ...

03/29/07 - 20070074243 - Inserting commercials in time-shifted broadcast content
A method for inserting replacement commercials (7-10) into a data stream (100) is provided where the data stream has program (A, B, C) and commercial (1, 2) portions. The method including: detecting one or more of the commercial portions of the data stream; and replacing the detected one or more ...

03/22/07 - 20070067796 - Method and apparatus for providing advertisement in digital broadcasting system
A method and apparatus for providing advertisements in a digital broadcasting system. The method includes: multiplexing video elementary streams (ESs) for a service channel into at least two transmission streams (TSs); and storing priority information on each of the ESs, wherein the video ESs includes at least one video ES ...

03/08/07 - 20070055984 - Multi-tiered architecture for targeted ad insertion
A technique for multi-level ad insertion may include and/or involve identifying a device that provided an indication of an ad break in a program stream, attempting to select one or more ads particular to a region or regions served by the device, and if an ad or ads particular to ...

03/08/07 - 20070055983 - Logical content ad insertion
A method may include and/or involve identifying a received signal as an indication that advertising content should be provided, determining ad content to provide in response to the signal, specifying a playlist file as a file to provide the ad content, the playlist file including identifications of multiple digital content ...

03/01/07 - 20070050809 - Displaying programming and non-programming contents on user-display systems across computer networks
According to one embodiment, a system and method for displaying on a user-display system a program comprising a programming content including a plurality of programming content segments and a non-programming content including at least one non-programming content segment. The method includes receiving in the user-display system a first programming content ...

02/01/07 - 20070028261 - Selecting advertisement on a set top box in a television network
A method for selecting advertisement in a Set Top Box (STB) of a television network comprises receiving advertisement selection information for one or a plurality of advertisement associations. Each advertisement association associates an advertisement space with an advertisement. The advertisement selection information corresponds for each advertisement association to a value ...

01/25/07 - 20070022434 - Broadcasting signal receiving device and method for executing data broadcasting application of the same
A broadcast signal receiving device includes a profile management module that manages user profile information indicating whether to execute a data broadcasting application received via a channel, an application filtering module that filters data composing a data broadcasting application from data signals of broadcast signals, and an application management module ...

12/21/06 - 20060288361 - In a system for receiving and storing data representative of a plurality of broadcast television progams, an implementation for locating replacement portions for defective portions of stored programs from other broadcasts of corresponding television progr
A computer controlled interactive television system comprising receiving apparatus for and storing a transmitted data stream representative of television programs of defined duration originally broadcast at defined times comprising apparatus for receiving and storing the transmitted data, a television display in combination with apparatus enabling a user to select the ...

11/30/06 - 20060271951 - Display control apparatus, method thereof and program product thereof
When display switching is instructed in a state that a program schedule according to time is displayed, in which a time axis is set in a horizontal direction and a channel axis is set in a vertical direction, respectively, a program schedule according to channels is displayed in which the ...

11/23/06 - 20060265725 - Presentation of allocated media on a display device
Embodiments of the disclosure include systems and methods for allocating different media within an available display area on a display. For example, an exemplary embodiment includes an allocation device using configurable display rules to allocate the available display area to display content from two or more content inputs. ...

11/16/06 - 20060259924 - Scheduling trigger apparatus and method
A method of alerting a user of a scheduled event on a network includes transmitting a promotion to a first consumer premises equipment (“CPE”), the promotion being associated with event scheduling metadata, and causing the event scheduling metadata to be transmitted from the first CPE to a second CPE based ...

09/28/06 - 20060218579 - Apparatus and methods for broadcast monitoring
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for editing the content of a broadcast programming signal to provide a proprietary program signal that has been tailored to the preferences of an individual monitoring the broadcast programming signal. Accordingly, the systems and methods of the invention offer computer-integrated television monitoring. ...

09/28/06 - 20060218578 - Integrated offline product branding method
An improved method for advertising which provides synergism between published media and broadcast media. The method includes forming a video wherein the video has items of commerce in at least one frame. Capturing the frame. Annotating the captured frame with at least one product attribute of the item thereby forming ...

09/28/06 - 20060218577 - Viral advertising for interactive services
The subject invention provides a unique system and method that facilitates propagating selected advertisements among users of interactive services. Interactive service users can be targeted for specific types of advertisements for particular products or services. When a user selects at least one advertisement for more detailed viewing, the advertisement can ...

09/28/06 - 20060218576 - Searchable television commercials
A mechanism is provided for indexing commercials. A viewer may query a search engine for a particular product or service. The index may include descriptors that are provided within a blanking interval within the media stream or within program guide information associated with the stream. The index information may also ...

09/21/06 - 20060212899 - System and method for broadcast tagging
A system for directing play content for a media play is disclosed. The system for directing play content for a media play includes a hub that is at least partially remote from a media play point and that directs at least a portion of the play content for the media ...

09/21/06 - 20060212898 - System and method for broadcast target advertising
A system for developing plays of media content is disclosed. The system for developing plays of media content includes a hub that is at least partially remote from a media content play point that at least partially controls the plays of the media content, at least one input associated with ...

09/21/06 - 20060212897 - System and method for utilizing the content of audio/video files to select advertising content for display
Systems and methods for analyzing the content of audio/video files using speech recognition and data mining technologies are provided. As it can generally be assumed that a user's interest is highly correlated with an audio/video clip or television program the user may be watching, methods and systems for utilizing the ...

09/21/06 - 20060212896 - Content distribution systems and methods
Content distribution systems and methods. A content source comprises a service advertising channel and a content delivery channel. The content source provides service information on the service advertising channel, and provides content on the content delivery channel. At least one content sink couples to the content source to acquire the ...

08/31/06 - 20060195865 - Description document for a service offered by a server in a communication network and method of validating a multimedia document
A description document for a service offered by a server in a communication network comprises a first abstract part adapted to describe at least one message exchanged on the communication network when a service is implemented and a second concrete part adapted to describe the information relating to the transmission ...

08/17/06 - 20060184961 - Signature-based program identification apparatus and methods for use with digital broadcast systems
Signature-based program identification apparatus and methods for use with digital audio and/or video systems are disclosed. The disclosed systems and methods develop signatures of digital audio and/or video content from a digital data stream at two or more sites and compare the signatures to one another to identify the content. ...

08/03/06 - 20060174263 - Methods, apparatus, and program products for presenting replacement content instead of a portion of a recorded content
Apparatus, methods, and program products that present replacement/additional content in conjunction with an experiential data stream by maintaining a first playback position in the experiential data stream. Detecting proximity of the first playback position to an insertion coordinate associated with the replacement/additional content, and presenting from the replacement/additional content at ...

07/27/06 - 20060168615 - System circuit application and method for wireless transmission of multimedia content from a computing platform
According to some embodiments of the present invention, a receiver for receiving video content over a wireless data link may include a video encoder adapted to receive data packets containing video content according to fixed data video format and to produce a video signal suitable for a video presentation device ...

07/20/06 - 20060161945 - Method for informing video receiving delay and broadcast receiving apparatus thereof
Disclosed are a method for informing a user of video receiving delay and a broadcast receiving apparatus thereof. The method includes separating a video signal from a received broadcast signal, and decoding and storing the video signal; determining if a video signal corresponding to the first frame of video is ...

07/06/06 - 20060150212 - Video-on-demand embedded advertising system and method
Described is a system and method for providing advertising in a media system, including a media editor, or editing device, for embedding one or more advertisements into one or more media presentations for selective playing on one or more devices in a network. The media presentations are provided to a ...

06/29/06 - 20060143649 - Method and system of digital advertising
Method and system of digital advertising. The method and system relating to digital advertising with a number of modules operating according to an open-interface protocol such that multiple modules may be provided by different vendors in a multi-vendor environment. ...

06/08/06 - 20060123443 - Inserting local signals during channel changes
An apparatus and a method for inserting and displaying one or more signals during processing and display delays encountered in digital STB-receivers, including those delays encountered during channel changes. Moreover, a means for increasing the channel change delay period, while maintaining subscriber satisfaction, and thereby freeing up bandwidth for other ...

06/01/06 - 20060117339 - Synchronization system and method for audiovisual programmes associated devices and methods
The present invention relates in particular to a synchronization system and method. The synchronization system comprises a specification unit for specifying synchronization signals associated with an audiovisual programme, the latter comprising an audiovisual content and control information, a recognition unit for recognizing the synchronization signals in a transmitted stream carrying ...

05/18/06 - 20060107288 - Method of weeding out commercials by searching for the existence of key segments
A method for weeding out commercials by searching for the existence of key segments at the time the commercials are going to interrupt and resume a main program is provided. The method includes steps of receiving an input source, searching for a program interruption section and a program resumption section ...

05/18/06 - 20060107287 - Multimedia broadcast/multicast service announcement and notification
The present invention proposes a method of making use of Cell Broadcast to support MBMS transfer service announcement or service notification transfer. The method of transferring service announcement comprises the following steps: CBC commands UTRAN connected with it by a signaling message to send service announcement; UTRAN arranges the prescribed ...

05/11/06 - 20060101486 - System for preventing advertising removal from digital television bitstreams
The present system for preventing the removal of advertising from digital television bitstreams detects the various advertising-specific factors, including: the time-wise predictability of advertisements, anomalies in the bitstream caused by the advertisement insertion process, and differences in the characteristics of advertisements versus the digital media content, then eliminates these characteristics ...

04/06/06 - 20060075426 - Methods and computer program products for taking a secondary action responsive to receipt of an advertisement
A method for programming a secondary device responsive to an advertisement, including: requesting a file and associated content identifier responsive to the advertisement; receiving the advertisement and a supplementary information associated with the advertisement; presenting a user with an option to initiate a request for an activity in response to ...

04/06/06 - 20060075425 - System, method and computer program for content management in conjunction with a file download
A method for advertising in conjunction with a file download including: selecting a content identifier in response to a broadcast, the content identifier associated with the broadcast; initiating a request for a download via the content identifier, the content identifier being mapped to the activity wherein initiating said request includes ...

03/16/06 - 20060059511 - System and method for media content distribution
A media and content distribution system and method are provided, wherein specific media and content, including advertising material, real time traffic, news, sports, weather, and financial stock and/or other like information is delivered via cellular or other wireless network technology to locally distributed display panels, such as large plasma and ...

03/16/06 - 20060059510 - System and method for embedding scene change information in a video bitstream
Systems and methods for embedding scene change information in a multimedia bitstream to form a hybrid multimedia bitstream having data representing scene change information as well data representing a multimedia signal. The embedded scene change information may be extracted from the multimedia bitstream by an executable module to assist in ...

03/16/06 - 20060059509 - System and method for embedding commercial information in a video bitstream
Systems and methods for embedding commercial information in a multimedia bitstream to form a hybrid multimedia bitstream having data representing commercial information as well data representing a multimedia signal. The embedded commercial information may be extracted from the multimedia bitstream by an executable module to assist in playing, editing, or ...

03/09/06 - 20060053442 - Apparatus and method for insertion of material in broadcasting
A system, apparatus, and method for local insertion of analog or digital material into a television broadcast signal. A central insertion control unit controls the insertion of additional material while a remote insertion control unit locally controls the insertion of the additional material. The central insertion control unit contains a ...

02/16/06 - 20060037042 - Integrated interactive incentive promotions and an a/v telecommunication device
An A/V telecommunication device including a network connection, a telecommunications processor connected to the network connection, and a video processor connected to the network connection may include an integrated incentive promotion manager connected to said telecommunication processor. ...

02/16/06 - 20060037041 - Method and apparatus for transporting broadcast video over a packet network including providing conditional access
A method, an apparatus and a carrier medium for securely distributing multimedia while still retaining compatibility with existing CA systems. The method includes forming a packet including a plurality of encrypted multimedia stream segments. The packet further includes, for each segment of the plurality, a field providing conditional access information ...

02/16/06 - 20060037040 - Method of transmitting audio and video signals over radio and television channels
A method of transmitting audio and video signals includes transmitting an audio signal from one or more prerecorded audio/video sources, such as music videos, news/talk radio station programs or interview programs, over a radio channel; and with respect to the transmitting of the audio signal, contemporaneously transmitting the audio signal ...

02/02/06 - 20060026633 - Integrated interactive advertising promotions and an a/v telecommunication device
An A/V telecommunication device including a network connection, a telecommunications processor connected to the network connection, and a video processor connected to the network connection may include an integrated interactive promotion. ...

02/02/06 - 20060026632 - Formatting media for delivery to an a/v telecommunication device
A method of transforming general media content for delivery to an A/V telecommunication device is performed by inputting general media content and transforming the general media content to an A/V telecommunication format. The transformed content is delivered to an A/V telecommunication device. ...

02/02/06 - 20060026631 - Interactive incentive promotions over an a/v telecommunications device
A method for incentive based promotion on an A/V telecommunication device includes delivering promotional content to an A/V telecommunication device. User input is requested over the A/V telecommunication device and a response to the input is delivered to the A/V telecommunication device. ...

02/02/06 - 20060026630 - Method of advertising in a video answering message on an a/v telecommunication device
A method for providing advertising content in A/V messaging for an A/V telecommunication device including a network connection, a telecommunications processor connected to the network connection, and a video processor connected to the network connection may be performed by receiving a call initiation from a caller and recognizing a “no-answer” ...

02/02/06 - 20060026629 - Method for advertising via ip video telephone
A method for providing advertising to a video telephone is disclosed, including the steps of monitoring the usage of the video telephone to detect a number of user activities. The detected user activities are stored within a database. The stored user activities within the database are used to generate directed ...

02/02/06 - 20060026628 - Method and apparatus for insertion of additional content into video
A method and apparatus inserts virtual advertisements or other virtual contents into a sequence of frames of a video presentation by performing real-time content-based video frame processing to identify suitable locations in the video for implantation. Such locations correspond to both the temporal segments within the video presentation and the ...

01/26/06 - 20060020963 - Technique for making rewards available for an audience tuned to a broadcast
A technique for enabling access to supplementary materials related to a program that is broadcast to a plurality of audience members. A programming signal is obtained to be used for performing the program. A supplementary material ID signal is obtained that uniquely identifies particular program-related supplementary material from among a ...

01/26/06 - 20060020962 - Time-based graphical user interface for multimedia content
A graphical user interface (“GUI”) for a content management system is provided, such as to present information associated with various forms of multimedia content. In some situations, the GUI includes information presented simultaneously using at least first and second time scales, such as to provide relatively detailed information for content ...

01/26/06 - 20060020961 - Method and related system for high efficiency advertising detection
In the video signals provided by broadcasting media, advertising sections are inserted between normal programs, thus causing interruption. An end portion of the normal program will be repeated before an advertising section ends. The invention determines the continuity of two adjacent frames, to search for frame discontinuity to find out ...

01/19/06 - 20060015896 - Selective commercial broadcasting
A system and method for selectively broadcasting commercials wherein a control device receives at least one input from a viewer regarding her preferred commercials and then either selects commercials using the input as at least one selection criterion or passes the input onto a computer system which selects commercials using ...

01/19/06 - 20060015895 - Method and system for avoiding undesirable portions of a recorded audiovisual program
A method and system for avoiding undesirable portions of a recorded audiovisual program includes generating a data set indicating portions of the audiovisual program avoided by previous viewers and automatically avoiding those portions of the audiovisual program during subsequent replay using the data set. ...

01/12/06 - 20060010466 - System and method for inserting advertising content in broadcast programming
A system for inserting viewer-specific advertising content comprises a viewer device. The viewer device identifies viewer characteristics regarding the viewer. Upon receipt of advertising content, the viewer device identifies advertisements matching the viewer characteristics. The viewer device inserts the advertisements matching the viewer characteristics into broadcast content. ...

12/22/05 - 20050283795 - Broadcast monitoring system and method
According to an aspect of the present invention, a communications environment including a local client/hub for monitoring, tracking, and reporting of unsold advertising inventory information. The unsold advertising inventory information is identified by a particular identifier (the “unsold identifier”). The local client/hub monitors unsold advertising inventory information related to the ...

12/15/05 - 20050278734 - Method for time-sensitive delivery of on-screen television programming information
The present invention provides a method to display time-segmented descriptions of events that have happened in a currently airing television program. In this invention, the program is divided into segments. The present invention generates a description of the events that occur in each time segment. Each time segment will have ...

12/08/05 - 20050273808 - Method for companies to conduct transactions during media broadcasts
A system and method that allows a company or companies to conduct commercial transactions with broadcast viewers immediately during a broadcast or at a later time. The amount of time a viewer spends watching a particular broadcast is recorded along with information about the company or companies sponsoring the broadcast. ...

12/08/05 - 20050273807 - Audiovisual works and methods relating to creating, transmitting and/or displaying versions thereof
Audiovisual works and methods related to creating, transmitting and/or displaying versions thereof. In a preferred implementation, a method generally includes providing information about at least two different versions of an audiovisual work. Each version can include at least one segment of audiovisual material in common with the other versions, and ...

12/08/05 - 20050273806 - Remote control system for a multimedia scene
The invention relates to a control system for a multimedia scene defined by a scene description, said control system comprising a video receiver suitable for receiving the multimedia scene, and a remote control device provided with keys. The video receiver is intended to communicate with the remote control device. To ...

10/06/05 - 20050223403 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and distribution media
An information processing apparatus capable of accurately detecting commercials included in a television broadcast. A commercial candidate section detector detects a commercial candidate section based on the characteristics of transitions between a program and a commercial and based on the characteristics of commercials. Transitional criteria include quiet sections, scene change ...

09/29/05 - 20050216932 - Targeted advertising in conjunction with on-demand media content
Techniques for targeting advertisements to consumers of on-demand media content are described. When a television viewer chooses to record a broadcast program, an advertisement associated with the program is downloaded from a server. When the user chooses to watch the recorded program, the advertisement is rendered in conjunction with the ...

09/22/05 - 20050210501 - Method and apparatus for handling metadata
A system records a video program as well as metadata associated with the video program. The system then receives updated metadata associated with the video program. The previously recorded metadata is replaced with the updated metadata. ...

09/01/05 - 20050193409 - System and method of adaptive and progressive descrambling of streaming video
A method of distributing digital video sequences in the form of a stream including sequences of data containing digital images, including a modification stage of an original stream by modifying at least a part of the sequences, the modification producing a modified stream of the same nominal format as the ...

09/01/05 - 20050193408 - Generating, transporting, processing, storing and presenting segmentation information for audio-visual programs
Techniques (method, apparatus, system) are provided for efficiently delivering segmentation information of broadcast or other delivered programs to DVRs and the like associated with a conventional type program guide (for example, ATSC-PSIP or DVB-SI EPGs) for efficient random accessing to segments of a program which may be recorded in DVRs ...

07/28/05 - 20050166220 - Visual network appliance system
A visual network appliance system includes display, processor, memory, data communications interface, and local operating system and software in a self-contained chassis, and is suitable for deployment as an unattended remotely-managed information or entertainment device. ...

07/14/05 - 20050155055 - Summarization of sumo video content
Summarization of video content including sumo. ...

07/14/05 - 20050155054 - Summarization of sumo video content
Summarization of video content including sumo. ...

07/14/05 - 20050155053 - Summarization of sumo video content
Summarization of video content including sumo. ...

07/07/05 - 20050149968 - Ending advertisement insertion
In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes a method for ending advertisement insertion in a video stream. The method includes receiving a video stream and continually creating statistical parameterized representations for windows of the video stream. The statistical parameterized representation windows are continually compared to windows of a plurality ...

07/07/05 - 20050149967 - System and method for managing software alert messages on televisions
A method for displaying messages on a television screen comprising the steps of (a) displaying a video signal on the screen; (b) receiving at the screen an incoming notification message including a dialog and an icon associated therewith; (c) displaying the icon on the video screen in combination with the ...

07/07/05 - 20050149966 - Interactive television alert manager
The invention relates to an improved interactive television having an alert manager. The alert manager alerts a viewer of events. For example, the alert manager alerts the viewer that email has arrived in his inbox or that a text message has been sent to his computer. The alert manager manages ...

06/30/05 - 20050144635 - Scheduling trigger apparatus and method
Apparatus and methods for embedding and associating triggers within a promotion or other similar content element with the event being promoted are disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, consumer premises equipment (CPE) such as a digital set-top box is used to interface between the user and an external network (such as ...

06/23/05 - 20050138655 - Methods, systems and storage medium for managing digital rights of segmented content
A method of managing rights associated with content. The method includes receiving a request from a consumer for segmented content. Segments of the segmented content are classified as primary content and secondary content. A segment of primary content is delivered to a consumer along with at least one segment of ...

06/16/05 - 20050132400 - Multithread data processor
An apparatus for processing digital audio-visual data including a module class manager configured to evaluate code to determine an interpretative language in which the code is written, wherein the interpretative language is selected from a plurality of interpretative languages, and an interpreter specific to the interpretative language, wherein the interpreter ...



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