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Interactive Video Distribution Systems > Program, Message, Or Commercial Insertion Or Substitution > Specific To Individual User Or Household Specific To Individual User Or HouseholdSpecific To Individual User Or Household 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.11/01/07 - 20070256096 - System and method for pushing conditional message data between a client device and a server device in an internet protocol television network In one embodiment a method is disclosed for monitoring a multiplicity of set top boxes (STBs) in an internet protocol television (IPTV) network including receiving in an IPTV network server, conditional message data pushed from the multiplicity of set top boxes (STBs); analyzing in the IPTV server, the STB conditional ... 11/01/07 - 20070256095 - System and method for the normalization of advertising metrics The present invention relates to systems and methods for normalizing analytics data corresponding to one or more advertising metrics for one or more advertisements within a group of advertisements. The method of the present invention comprises receiving analytics data corresponding to one or more advertising metrics for one or more ... 11/01/07 - 20070256094 - Apparatus and method for distributing signals by down-converting to vacant channels A gateway apparatus is capable of distributing signals such as audio, video, and/or data signals in a household and/or business dwelling using the existing coaxial cable infrastructure, and the signal distribution is controlled using the coaxial cable infrastructure as a back channel. According to an exemplary embodiment, the gateway apparatus ... 10/25/07 - 20070250854 - View control system and view control method A view controller for controlling view is described on meta data and a view history (log) of a viewer recorded at the reception side is used to judge whether the condition of the view controller is satisfied. When the condition is satisfied, the view of the received content is permitted. ... 10/18/07 - 20070245372 - Management device, method and program for monitoring video data transmitted via network There is provided a management device comprising a network device recognition unit configured to identify at least one predetermined device in a network by judging whether the at least one predetermined device satisfies a predetermined condition, a monitoring target setting unit which sets the at least one predetermined device as ... 10/18/07 - 20070245371 - Auto-adaptive program distribution system An auto-adaptive program distribution system in which content is transmitted from one or more content providers to one or more subscribers each associated with a service group includes an auto-adaptive switch whose inputs is a set of programs from the content providers and whose outputs are grouped into at least ... 10/04/07 - 20070234382 - 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. ... 08/02/07 - 20070180465 - System and method for providing popular tv shows on demand Various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide methods and systems to automatically identify popular television programs based on the viewing of broadcast television programs by at least some of the subscribers of a television distribution system. One or more of the popular television programs identified are stored and offered ... 07/12/07 - 20070162926 - System and method for media play forecasting Systems and methods are described for forecasting media play on a broadcast station. The technique involves collecting media play data from a broadcast station for a period just ended. The collected media play data is used to update historical media play data for the broadcast station. The updated historical media ... 07/05/07 - 20070157229 - Analytic advertising system and method of employing the same An analytic advertising system couplable to a Web-based data network and method employing the same. The analytic advertising system includes a click2metrics module configured to receive advertising information from the Web-based data network and format the advertising information into an integrated flat file. The analytic advertising system also includes an ... 07/05/07 - 20070157228 - Advertising with video ad creatives The serving of advertisements with (e.g., on) video documents may be improved in a number of ways. For example, a system may (a) accept information defining at least one ad spot associated with at least one instance of an video document, (b) accept offers to have advertisements served in the ... 06/21/07 - 20070143787 - System and method for providing context-aware local advertising in iptv systems System and method for providing personalized advertising in an Internet protocol television (“IPTV”) system are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises awaiting notification of an impending ad insert period for a plurality of active televisions in a household; and, for each of the active televisions, selecting an ad from ... 06/14/07 - 20070136745 - Brokering of personalized rulesets for use in digital media character replacement An apparatus, program product and method utilize a brokering service for use in controlling the incorporation of likeness data for an individual into a media presentation. The brokering service maintains a plurality of rulesets respectively associated with a plurality of individuals. Each ruleset is used to restrict or otherwise control ... 06/14/07 - 20070136744 - System, device and method for collaborative zapping The invention relates to a system of apparatuses for receiving content items, e.g. television sets, a method of controlling the apparatuses for receiving content items and a remote control unit for communicating with the apparatus for receiving content items. The system comprises selection control means (120, 130, 140) for controlling ... 05/10/07 - 20070107012 - Method and apparatus for providing on-demand resource allocation An approach is provided for allocating resources relating to completion of a workflow within, for example, a service level agreement (SLA) defined for that instance. An activity related to video processing is detected. An attribute associated with the activity is determined. A portion of shared resources are allocated for the ... 05/10/07 - 20070107011 - System and method for differentiated service levels in an internet protocol television network Various embodiments of the inventive subject matter provide a framework that may be used to provide service level differentiation in an IPTV delivery system based on program content for any given television channel or programming. For example, for the same TV channel, different service levels may be offered and provided, ... 05/10/07 - 20070107010 - Interactive advertising and program promotion in an interactive television system Systems and methods are provided for interactive advertising and program promotion that may attract and maintain user interest. The interactive advertisements may be displayed within interactive television application display screens, such as, an interactive television program guide display screen. A user may be able to select an interactive advertisement and ... 05/03/07 - 20070101360 - Commercial insertion into video streams based on surrounding program content A method for inserting replacement commercials into a data stream is provided. The method including: receiving the data stream; detecting at least one commercial in the data stream; determining a characteristic of program content at least prior to the at least one commercial; and replacing the at least one commercial ... 04/19/07 - 20070089128 - Method and system for producing program-integrated advertisements A method and system for incorporating thematic content from a particular program into product or service advertisements uses program-advancing elements of a program in an advertisement in order to entice viewers to view the advertisements. Increased viewership of advertisements can result in increased revenue generated from advertisements that may be ... 04/12/07 - 20070083886 - Seamless arbitrary data insertion for streaming media An arrangement for inserting advertisement media into a streaming multimedia file destined for an end-user uses a caching inserter including a first cache for storing a loaded advertisement file and a second cache for holding the streaming multimedia file that needs to be buffered as the advertisement file is sent ... 04/12/07 - 20070083885 - On-line process for bidding on advertising spots A method for buying and/or selling advertising spots electronically is provided. Buyers (agencies) may enter requests describing a desired advertising spot, and the requests may be correlated and/or filtered against available inventory posted by sellers (stations). A station may be notified of a request to and may respond by offering ... 04/05/07 - 20070079326 - Display of user selected advertising content in a digital environment A system and method for placing an advertisement in a digital environment based upon a user's choice, subject to certain predetermined parameters, is disclosed. Through the method, a user is assigned a rating based upon, for example, his performance in a game. A list of advertisements which correspond to that ... 03/29/07 - 20070074245 - Virtual channels A request is received to view a virtual television channel. A user associated with the request is identified along with user preferences associated with that user. Content, such as television programs, music, and games, is identified that satisfies the identified user preferences. The identified content is ranked based on the ... 03/29/07 - 20070074244 - Method and apparatus for presenting content of images The present invention is a method for presenting the content of images, in which, out of images that include at least moving images and can be segmented into a plurality of scenes, groups of two or more key images included in the individual scenes are extracted, and a digest screen ... 03/15/07 - 20070061837 - System and method for software driven advertising The present invention includes a system and method for providing active advertising for businesses or organizations. In a preferred embodiment, a particular audience is identified for being most likely to respond to an offer, and advertisements are developed, adjusted and placed accordingly. Preferably, a plurality of variables are identified, including ... 03/08/07 - 20070055987 - Audience measurement systems and methods for digital television A television audience measurement system measures viewing of a television program viewed on digital television located in a statistically selected site by (i) retrieving an audience measurement data packet from a television set in order to identify the television program, (ii) detecting an audio code embedded in the television program ... 03/08/07 - 20070055986 - Movie advertising placement optimization based on behavior and content analysis An ad is placed in a movie, by analyzing inherent characteristics of the movie, analyzing viewed characteristics of the movie, analyzing viewer characteristics of a viewer of the movie, obtaining advertiser preferences for placement of the ad in the movie, determining costs of placing the ad in the movie based ... 03/08/07 - 20070055985 - Ad insertion in switched broadcast network A system, such as a switched broadcast content delivery system, may include and/or involve at least one video server, and logic to select one or more ads for streaming by the at least one video server, the one or more ads selected at least in part according to information about ... 02/01/07 - 20070028263 - System and method for optimizing advertisement campaigns using a limited budget The present invention relates to systems and methods for the optimized selection and delivery of one or more advertisements from among one or more advertising campaigns. The method of the present invention comprises generating one or more media plans identifying execution parameters for the optimized selection and delivery of one ... 02/01/07 - 20070028262 - Virtual discovery of content available to a device Discovering content on data streams available to a device such as a satellite radio. A satellite radio may be able to receive channels from a satellite network as well as over an IP-based network. The device can be configured to tune multiple channels selected from the channels available to the ... 01/11/07 - 20070011700 - System for broadcasting advertisements A system for broadcasting inter-programme and/or intra-programme advertisements to a viewing or listening audience is disclosed. A given advertisement's target audience profile is matched to an obtained real audience profile to dictate not only that certain advertisements shall be broadcast only between and/or during certain programmes but also that certain ... 12/21/06 - 20060288363 - System and method for transmitting and displaying targeted information A system and method for transmitting and displaying information in a television distribution system (10), or the like, transmits information that is targeted to a viewer matching particular demographic data. ... 12/21/06 - 20060288362 - Technique for providing advertisements over a communications network delivering interactive narratives Advertisements associated with actions related to interactive programs are provided over a communications network. Advertisement content is based on information related to interactive program content. Records are maintained in a database for dynamically managing the assignment of advertisement locations within interactive programs to advertisers and their corresponding advertisements, and for ... 12/07/06 - 20060277568 - Method and system for making compensation for advertising on display device of home appliance Method for making compensation for advertising on a display device of a home appliance including the steps of displaying a predetermined advertisement data on a display device of the home appliance, producing a display result data on a result of the display of the advertisement data, accumulating electronic cash of ... 12/07/06 - 20060277567 - System and method for targeting audio advertisements An improved system and method and system for advertising to audio program listeners that uses an embedded main signal from an audio program service that contains an audio program file, advertisement audio file, program information file, and advertisement audio information file to a listener's addressable digital audio recording device (DAR). ... 11/30/06 - 20060271953 - System and method for delivering personalized advertisements A method of personalizing advertisements comprises retrieving a profile of a given user, the profile including at least one characteristic of the given user and at least one rating of a content item; retrieving from the profile at least a portion of the characteristics of the given user and at ... 11/02/06 - 20060248555 - Targeted advertising through electronic program guide A mechanism for matching Electronic Program Guide (EPG) advertisements to subscribers or groups of subscribers and delivering those advertisements within the EPG. The subscribers are initially characterized in different groups by using commercially available data, such as demographic data. Furthermore, the groups of subscribers may be formed according to their ... 10/26/06 - 20060242663 - In-email rss feed delivery system, method, and computer program product A system, method, and computer program product that allows an email program to passively display information in conjunction with incoming emails that include RSS feeds and may include contextual advertising at the same time. The system, method, and computer program product of the present disclosure targets at least a portion ... 10/12/06 - 20060230416 - Systems and methods for event triggered advertising Systems and methods of event triggered advertising where at least one embodiment includes an event monitoring module, an advertising database, and an advertising vehicle. The event monitoring module identifies and characterizes events based on a plurality of content variables. The advertising database stores a plurality of advertisements with particular content ... 10/12/06 - 20060230415 - Electronic device and methods for reproducing mass media content The present invention relates to an electronic device and methods of distributing content to at least one user, comprising the steps of: transmitting mass media content to a user device for being reproduced to the user; matching content which is related to the mass media content, information descriptive of the ... 09/21/06 - 20060212900 - Method and apparatus for delivery of targeted video programming A system residing preferably in a television set-top box monitors the television watching habits of one or more viewers and creates one or more profiles for each viewers descriptive of various characteristics of each viewers, including television watching preferences and demographics. The set-top box is able to select among various ... 09/07/06 - 20060200842 - Picture-in-picture (pip) alerts Strategies are described for detecting events that match pre-established criteria based on a consumer profile, formulating picture-in-picture (PIP) alerts based on the matching events, and providing the PIP alerts to the consumer's output device. The output device can present plural PIP alerts, either by presenting multiple PIP alerts at the ... 08/31/06 - 20060195866 - Television system targeted advertising Television system targeted advertising is described. In an embodiment, a content provider monitors a real-time state of television-based systems for a power on/off state and a tuning configuration. The content provider delivers advertising content to one or more of the television-based systems when they are powered-on and configured to receive ... 08/10/06 - 20060179453 - Image and other analysis for contextual ads The subject invention provides a unique system and method that facilitates providing contextual advertisements based on one or more identified terms extracted from a non-text object such as an image, video, and/or audio object. Terms can also be identified and extracted from metadata associated with or other data derived from ... 08/03/06 - 20060174265 - Method and apparatus for detecting radio content A central database provides a location for creating and storing samples of known television commercials. The database of commercial samples is downloaded to a set-top box via a communicate link. The set-top box incorporates a processor for comparing a television signal with the database of known commercial messages to detect ... 08/03/06 - 20060174264 - Content personalization for digital conent A method of providing personalized content to a user is disclosed. In particular, the method relates to receiving incoming content that includes primary content being content originally intended for use in a program and personalized replacement content being content for replacing the primary content in the program. If the personalized ... 07/27/06 - 20060168616 - Targeted advertisement selection from a digital stream According to one embodiment, a method of targeted advertisement to a user that includes selecting advertisements based upon user preferences is disclosed. In particular, the method relates to receiving incoming content, which includes a primary advertisement and one or more replacement advertisements. If one of the replacement advertisements is determined ... 07/20/06 - 20060161947 - Method and apparatus for customizing messaging within a cable system A method and apparatus for customize messaging within a cable system includes processing that begins by obtaining a user profile of a user of the cable system. The processing continues by obtaining audience specific messages that includes a desired user profile. The desired user profile indicates targeted user profiles. The ... 06/15/06 - 20060130092 - Method and system for producing program-integrated advertisements A method and system for incorporating thematic content from a particular program into product or service advertisements uses program-advancing elements of a program in an advertisement in order to entice viewers to view the advertisements. Increased viewership of advertisements can result in increased revenue generated from advertisements that may be ... 06/01/06 - 20060117341 - Method and apparatus to transmit data broadcasting content and method and apparatus to receive data broadcasting content A method and device to transmit data broadcasting contents and a method and device to receive data broadcasting contents allowing data broadcasting contents reflecting a preference of a user to be transmitted. The method of transmitting data broadcasting contents includes: receiving content preference information indicating a preference for a transmitted ... 06/01/06 - 20060117340 - Interactive cable television system without a return path A method for providing interactive information content in an analog cable system having only a one-way communication path from a cable head end to a communication device, such as a set-top box that is associated with a television is disclosed. A set-top box receives a plurality of interactive information content ... 05/11/06 - 20060101487 - Method and user interface for downloading audio and video content filters to a media player A client server arrangement for downloading media content filters from a server device to a client device. The media content filters define portions of a separate audio visual presentation containing potentially objectionable subject matter. Depending on user selections, identified portions of the audio/visual presentation may be skipped and/or muted during ... 04/20/06 - 20060085817 - Multi-media device having function of backing up broadcasting contents in home network environment and method of backing up the broadcasting contents A multimedia device having a function of backing up received broadcasting contents in a home network environment and a method of backing up the broadcasting contents. The multimedia device includes a local storage unit for storing received broadcasting contents, and a storage controlling unit for controlling storage of the broadcasting ... 04/20/06 - 20060085816 - Method and apparatus to control playback in a download-and-view video on demand system Rules concerning whether or not to insert advertisement and/or allow trick mode capabilities during playback of locally stored content downloaded from a content provider's or a VOD service providers server are communicated to the client device and may be specified by a variety of mechanisms including a Web-page based tool ... 04/20/06 - 20060085815 - Multimedia advertising marketplace A method for matching advertisements with broadcasts includes: receiving at least one characteristic of an advertisement into a pool of available advertisements; searching the pool of available advertisements for a broadcasting match to the at least one characteristic; and signaling that the advertisement matches the at least one characteristic. Another ... 04/13/06 - 20060080704 - Method and system for transmitting a video message to television set Data are transmitted to a television receiver by creating audiovisual stimuli and a video message that convey these stimuli, has an identifier of its recipient, and is in the form of a stream of digital data. The stream of digital data is converted into an analogue signal which is compatible ... 04/13/06 - 20060080703 - Content storage method and system A content storage method and system for use in a content distribution network are provided. A personal file locker is established on the network for a user. A content-storage-request database is established. The database tracks requests by the user for placing video programs into the user's file locker for personal ... 04/06/06 - 20060075427 - Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for recording media files An apparatus for recording media files from a portable storage medium, includes a content receiver for receiving a broadcast and a content identifier, the content identifier associated with the broadcast. The apparatus also includes a content storage/player in communication with the content receiver, the content storage/player operable for selecting the ... 02/02/06 - 20060026634 - Creating standardized playlists and maintaining coherency Updating automatically generated playlists in response to media content being edited. Aspects of the invention associate a playlist type or other code with each playlist to define the structure of the playlist. When media content is added to or deleted from a collection of media files, one or more playlist ... 01/12/06 - 20060010467 - Personalized video entertainment system One or more content sequences are created from a store of video content, which could simply be broadcast content which has been captured and stored at a server within a network. The content sequences are generated according to the viewer's specified, or demonstrated, viewing preferences. The viewer preferences are captured ... 12/29/05 - 20050289587 - Method and related interface system for facilitating advertising detection in a video signal through a visual interface A method and related interface system for facilitating manual detection of advertising sections within a video signal. The method includes sampling frames from every N1 frames to be reference frames in the video signal, and showing the reference frames to a user. If the user finds that a given reference ... 12/15/05 - 20050278736 - System and method for optimizing media play transactions A database interface for developing at least one media play is disclosed. The database interface for developing at least one media play includes a plurality of templates, generated in accordance with feedback prior ones of the at least one media plays, at least two desired criteria limiting circumstances for play ... 12/15/05 - 20050278735 - System and method for offering guest amenities The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for use in hospitality facilities to enable customers to interact with the video system used to provide directed acquisition of goods and services. ... 12/08/05 - 20050273810 - Method and system for providing personalized news A method for providing personalized news to a consumer is provided that includes receiving news from a plurality of external sources. A subset of the received news is identified based on a consumer profile for the consumer. The identified news is stored. The stored news is prioritized. At least a ... 11/10/05 - 20050251820 - Method and system for providing targeted advertisements Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed that target content to a subscriber. One such device has a processor communicating with memory. The processor receives a library of content associated with a demographic and stores the library in memory. The processor receives an instruction to retrieve particular content from the library ... 10/20/05 - 20050235310 - Internet-based submission of cable network content A cable network content delivery system providing advertising information via a cable network and an advertising content interface are described. An advertiser submits advertising content over an internet which is then adapted for a cable network. A data gateway stores the advertising information. The system processes a user command received ... 09/29/05 - 20050216933 - Method and system which enables users to select videos from cable provider web site for on-demand delivery from the cable provider to user televisions via cable television network A video-on-demand system and method includes a cable provider having videos available for delivery to an STB associated with a user television. The user accesses the provider's Internet web site which lists titles of the videos to provide user identification (ID) information to the provider and to select a video. ... 09/22/05 - 20050210502 - 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 ... 09/15/05 - 20050204381 - Targeted advertising based on consumer purchasing data Techniques for targeting advertisements based on consumer purchasing data are described. Consumer purchasing data is used to generate a profile associated with a subscriber to a broadcast television system. Consumer profile characteristics may also be associated with an advertisement that is to be targeted. Prior to broadcasting a targeted advertisement, ... 09/01/05 - 20050193410 - Advertisement subgroups for digital streams A targeted advertising system based on subgroups. Different subgroups are formed based on one or more subscriber characteristics, and different targeted advertisements transmitted to the different subgroups. In the Internet-environment, the subgroups are formed by utilizing multicast addresses. In cable-based and satellite-based systems, the subgroups are formed by node configurations. ... 08/25/05 - 20050188399 - Methods, systems, and storage mediums for providing multi-viewpoint media sharing of proximity-centric content Exemplary embodiments of the invention relate to methods, systems, and storage mediums for providing multi-viewpoint, media-sharing activities related to proximity-centric media content associated with an event whereby the media-sharing activities are performed via portable communications devices. The method includes identifying an alternate feed of media content by a first portable ... 06/16/05 - 20050132401 - Method and apparatus for exchanging preferences for replaying a program on a personal video recorder Personal video recorders (PVRs) contain many desirable features, including the ability to skip undesirable portions of a recorded broadcast program. Disclosed is a method and system for a PVR user to share with other users tags identifying desirable program portions or segments (“Hot-Spots”) and undesirable segments (“Cold-Spots”). Other users are ... 06/09/05 - 20050125823 - Promotional philosophy for a video-on-demand-related interactive display within an interactive television application Systems and methods for providing an interactive display having indicators of video-on-demand programs are described. The systems and methods select indicators for inclusion in the interactive display according to a promotional selection algorithm. ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |