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Interactive Video Distribution Systems > Operator Interface > To Facilitate Tuning Or Selection Of Video Signal > Electronic Program Guide > Content Arrangement > Based On Genre, Theme, Or Category Based On Genre, Theme, Or CategoryBased On Genre, Theme, Or Category 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.10/25/07 - 20070250860 - Television station dedicated to senior citizens and method of operation A television, cable or satellite channel dedicated to issues relevant to senior citizens is disclosed. The content of the channel involves programming on healthcare, politics, insurance and many related seniors' issues. Advertisements are also limited to goods and services directed to seniors. Indeed, one version limits advertisements to the subject ... 10/18/07 - 20070245375 - Method, apparatus and computer program product for providing content dependent media content mixing A method of providing content dependent media content mixing includes automatically determining an emotional property of a first media content input, determining a specification for a second media content in response to the determined emotional property, and producing the second media content in accordance with the specification. ... 08/23/07 - 20070199023 - Audiovisual systems and methods of presenting audiovisual content A system for presenting an audiovisual program at a workstation within a healthcare office. The system includes a local area network associated with the office, having a server, a user interface associated with the server, a client device located at the workstation and connected to the server, and an audiovisual ... 08/02/07 - 20070180468 - Universal digital code for unique content identification A universal digital code for unique content identification is provided herein. ... 07/05/07 - 20070157239 - Sports video retrieval method A sports video retrieval method involves segregation of the video into multiple segments of different indexing conditions based on audience cheers recorded; the exciting intensity of the cheers being scored as the audio level of the cheers being in proportion of the wonderful performance of the athletes; cheer segments being ... 06/21/07 - 20070143794 - Information processing apparatus, method, and program The invention relates to an auto zapping function corresponding to user' taste. A block receives a particular channel and disassembles the received channel into intervals (chapters) of predetermined length. The block calculates scores of chapters, based on a result of comparison of EPG information of a program from an EPG ... 05/31/07 - 20070124768 - Media content menu navigation and customization Media content menu navigation and customization is described. In an embodiment, a content menu is displayed that includes a listing for a category of media content that is available for viewing. A user-selectable input is then received to select the category of the media content from the content menu. In ... 05/17/07 - 20070113249 - Context information management system and method A context information management system provides service mobility that allows user to maintain service even while moving the service environment. That is, when user service environment movement is sensed, user service provided in previous service environment is consecutively provided to the user in the new service environment using the service ... 05/17/07 - 20070113248 - Apparatus and method for determining genre of multimedia data The invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining a genre of multimedia data by analyzing the multimedia data, the apparatus including: a feature extractor extracting predetermined feature information from multimedia data; and a genre determination unit analyzing the extracted feature information of the multimedia data according to multimedia ... 05/03/07 - 20070101368 - Framework for providing digital home services The systems and methods of the present invention provide for a number of improvements to the TV consumption process, including personalization, community viewing, shared presence and context, messaging, access to ratings and recommendations (including community reviews), alerts, etc. One method that the present invention provides allows for the indication of ... 04/26/07 - 20070094686 - Apparatus for setting mood mode and transforming images and method of setting mood mode and transforming images A method and apparatus are provided for setting a mood mode and transforming images. The apparatus for setting a mood mode includes an image supplying unit supplying images, a setting unit setting a mood mode for the supplied images, and a storing unit storing a setting value of the mood ... 04/19/07 - 20070089135 - Network-enabled audio device A network-enabled audio device that provides a display device that allows the user to select playlists of music much like a jukebox is disclosed. The user can compose playlists from disk files, CD's, Internet streaming audio broadcasts, online music sites, and other audio sources. The user can also select a ... 03/29/07 - 20070074251 - Method and apparatus for using random field models to improve picture and video compression and frame rate up conversion A method and apparatus for processing multimedia data comprising segmenting data into a plurality of partitions, assigning each of the plurality of partitions to one of a plurality of categories comprising a first category and a second category, encoding the plurality of partitions assigned to the first category using an ... 02/22/07 - 20070044121 - Methods and apparatus for providing content information to content servers Methods and apparatus for maintaining program-guide records comprises the steps of requesting a program-guide index, receiving the program-guide index, and determining whether there exists any new program-guide record based on the received program-guide index. The method further comprises requesting a new program-guide record and receiving the program-guide record. In one ... 02/08/07 - 20070033614 - Method for creating unique customized television schedules A method for creating unique customized television schedules and renting viewing rights to those schedules to customers includes the computer-implemented steps of receiving an offering from a producer, the offering being a description of an unproduced episodic show; displaying a list of these offerings to customers through a website; receiving ... 02/01/07 - 20070028265 - System and method for displaying editorial content through television navigation controls and electronic program guides A system and method for delivering editorial content via at least one distribution network. The system includes an operations center that receives editorial content items and for modifies the editorial content items to a standard format for presentation via an electronic program guide (EPG). The EPG is associated with an ... 01/25/07 - 20070022439 - Display apparatus for automatically classifying recorded programs and method thereof A display device for automatically classifying programs and the method thereof is disclosed. The present invention includes a display device for automatically classifying a program to be stored comprising a decoder for decoding transport streams of the program to be stored and retrieving a rating information of the program to ... 01/25/07 - 20070022438 - System and methods for perfoming online purchase of delivery of service to a handheld device A handheld electronic device for use at a venue hosting a live sporting event, having a receiver for receiving a wireless RF transmission conveying a plurality of video streams derived from video cameras filming the live sporting event, a display and a user interface for selecting a video stream among ... 01/11/07 - 20070011702 - Dynamic mosaic extended electronic programming guide for television program selection and display The present invention teaches a method of creating and presenting a user interface comprising a Dynamic Mosaic Extended Electronic Programming Guide (DMXEPG) using video, audio, special applications, and service dynamic metadata. The system enables television or digital radio service subscribers to select and display of various programs including video, interactive ... 12/07/06 - 20060277575 - Method for providing an electronic program guide using icons in a digital multimedia broadcasting system A method for providing Electronic Program Guide (EPG) information using icons in a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) receiver of a DMB system includes: receiving DMB data and extracting EPG information by the DMB receiver, dividing the extracted EPG information according to a broadcasting channel and classifying the divided EPG information ... 11/30/06 - 20060271956 - Method for searching layered data Enables search and test for at least one value in layers of audience specific data comprising language, regional, regulatory and/or cultural specific values per layer. The word “audience” for the purposes of this specification means a group of document consumers such as people or computers that are associated with a ... 11/30/06 - 20060271955 - Program information display device A program information display device is capable of using an electronic program guide using arbitrary attributes as axes of scatter diagram displaying program information, and allowing to find a desired program easily. Also, a program information display device has an electronic program guide capable of displaying program information at high ... 10/12/06 - 20060230417 - Standardized theme handling for digial television Genre or theme assignment data (104) for a program in a digital television or other data transmission is recovered by a receiver (100) and mapped to a genre in a standardized genre assignment schedule (240). A country associated with the transmission is identified, such as by obtaining a country code ... 10/05/06 - 20060225094 - Enabling customization and personalization of views in content aggregation frameworks Techniques for customizing and personalizing content views that are provided using content aggregation frameworks (such as portal applications). Content transformations may be provided, such that a component is automatically transformed if copied or moved to a content receiver having a particular type. A visual representation of a content component may ... 08/10/06 - 20060179454 - Method and apparatus for internet-based interactive programming A method and system for the creation of interactive programming incorporating viewer interactions. An interactive program includes moderator content generated by the moderator and edited participant commentary, such as interactive messages, and is served by a moderator server. Moderators create and manage interactive programs using a Web site. Viewers register ... 08/03/06 - 20060174274 - Methods of receiving movie previews and wireless communication devices configured for the same Methods of providing movie information are provided. Movie previews are broadcast in an order customized according to priority information associated with a movie provider. Related wireless communication devices are also discussed. ... 05/25/06 - 20060112408 - Displaying data associated with a data item An assistance method for selecting a program using a display device (112) is disclosed. The method (1200) selects one or more attributes associated with a first program, the one or more attributes being selected dynamically by a processor associated with the display device (112) according to one or more predetermined ... 05/18/06 - 20060107292 - Digital broadcast method, digital broadcast apparatus, and data structure A digital broadcast method, a digital broadcast apparatus, and a data structure thereof are disclosed. A digital broadcast Service Information (SI) data structure includes a Service Information (SI) structure equipped with a service and a service component, and transmits necessary data via a Fast Information Channel) and a Main Service ... 05/11/06 - 20060101490 - Method and apparatus for providing a selection list of content items The invention relates to a system for providing a selection list of content items to a user. The content items may comprise video content, audio content and multimedia content including received or recorded TV or radio programmes. An apparatus comprises a content receiver (103) for receiving content items. The content ... 05/04/06 - 20060095937 - Program guide system with combination category search An interactive television program guide system is provided in which the program guide may provide the user with a selectable list of combination categories. Combination categories are composed of multiple simple categories such as sports, news, comedy, movies, children, etc. Program listings are supplied to the program guide. At least ... 04/06/06 - 20060075431 - Apparatus, method, and computer program for processing information An information processing apparatus includes a selector for selecting removal information concerning contents to be removed, the removal information prepared on a per content basis for the contents to be removed and including a value uniquely determined from data within a data range of whole or part of a content ... 03/02/06 - 20060048186 - Method and apparatus for storing and accessing videos from a remote location A method and apparatus that enables a remote application platform the ability to allow any Internet website to receive and play video contributions from its users. The application platform provides websites with a number of functions related to uploaded videos that requires only that websites place relevant code on their ... 03/02/06 - 20060048185 - Method and apparatus for storing and accessing videos A method and apparatus that includes a central repository for a plurality of videos, which are associated with a category. Once the video is uploaded or stored at the central repository, it is reviewed to determine whether what type of access, if any, should associated with the video. A tracking ... 03/02/06 - 20060048184 - Method and system for use in displaying multimedia content and status The present embodiments provide methods, apparatuses, and systems for use in controlling the display of information relative to the playback of programming content and displaying programming guide data. Some embodiments provide a method for use in controlling the display of an electronic programming guide. The method receives programming guide data, ... 02/09/06 - 20060031880 - Time-based graphical user interface for television program information A graphical user interface (“GUI”) for a content management system is provided, such as to present television program information and/or information associated with other 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 ... 02/09/06 - 20060031879 - Management and non-linear presentation of news-related broadcasted or streamed multimedia content Methods and systems for presenting enhanced previously recorded broadcasted or streamed content are provided. Example embodiments provide an Enhanced Content Display System “ECDS,” which supports the management and presentation of previously recorded program content in a non-linear fashion and allows subscribers, using a variety of techniques, to specify which portions ... 12/29/05 - 20050289595 - Processing controller, data processor, processing controlling method, program thereof and recording medium storing the program On retrieving manual recording reservation request information, a CPU 290 of a storing/reproducing apparatus 200 generates manual reservation information in which recording start date/time information, recording end date/time information and the like are described and incorporates the manual reservation information in manual reservation list information. On retrieving automatic recording reservation ... 12/29/05 - 20050289594 - Processing controller, data processor, processing controlling method, program thereof and recording medium storing the program A CPU 290 of a recording/reproducing device 200 acquires automatic video recording request information, and generates, based on EPG data previously acquired, new automatic reservation information incorporating basic video recording information with video recording start date and time or video recording finish date and time for contents corresponding to a ... 12/29/05 - 20050289593 - Method and system for displaying and selecting content of an electronic program guide A method of presenting an interactive electronic program guide (EPG) in a hierarchal data form which interactively allows users to find content more quickly. Search results of the EPG are stored in data records which are associated with meta criteria based on functional interrelationships. The method depicts the selections available ... 12/29/05 - 20050289592 - System and method for service listings Systems and methods applicable, for example, in the provision of service listings, channel listings, and/or the like. A device may, for example, detect one or more datacast signals, receive one or more service parameters corresponding to detected signals, and/or offer one or more available service listings, channel listings, and/or the ... 12/29/05 - 20050289591 - System and method for program guides Systems and methods applicable, for example, in the provision of Unified Program Guides. A provided Unified Program Guide might, for instance, be employed in learning about available programs, requesting programs, requesting program recording, initiating software, functionality, operation, and/or the like, and/or the like. ... 12/22/05 - 20050283802 - Information descriptor and extended information descriptor data structures for digital television signals According to an aspect, there is provided a digital television (DTV) data stream including program and system information protocol (PSIP) data associated with content of the DTV data stream, the PSIP data including a virtual channel table (VCT) and an event information table (EIT), the EIT comprising: a source identification ... 12/22/05 - 20050283801 - Information descriptor and extended information descriptor data structures for digital television signals There is provided according to an embodiment, a digital television (DTV) data stream containing a program and system information protocol (PSIP) table associated with content of the DTV data stream, the PSIP table comprising a descriptor which comprises: a descriptor tag identifying the descriptor as a genre descriptor; a descriptor ... 12/08/05 - 20050273816 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, computer program, and recording medium According to the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus including a data input section for inputting article management information including article information relating to a broadcast program and having an article identifier and a program identifier for a program relating to the article, a storage section for ... 12/08/05 - 20050273815 - Method and apparatus for the display of electronic program guide information A method and apparatus for the display of electronic program guide information includes receiving a plurality of viewing event indicators indicating a plurality of viewing events. The viewing event indicators may be any suitable data representation of the corresponding viewing event, such as a multi-digit program identifier and a program ... 11/03/05 - 20050246740 - Apparatus and method for evaluating media The apparatus and methods of the present invention create an effective and efficient method for evaluating, rating, and categorizing media content intended for consumption by the general population. The present invention incorporates a plurality of media categories, category ratings, and category limits that, when taken together, provide information relative to ... 11/03/05 - 20050246739 - Service and method for providing a single point of access for multiple providers' video and audio content A method that uses a computer network to provide a single point of access between a plurality of video & audio devices and a plurality of video & audio content provider systems. The present invention is a method for providing a searchable, aggregated directory view of available video & audio ... 10/27/05 - 20050240966 - Data structures and methods adapted for heterogeneous clients in an information distribution system A method includes processing data associated with event and service information to create a base data block and an index table. The base data block has an array of objects, and each object in the array may have at least one attribute. The index table also has an array of ... 10/27/05 - 20050240965 - Interactive media program guide An interactive media programming guide for displaying a plurality of pictorial icons to a viewer indicating to the viewer, orally or visually, using well known icons, what programming content is on at the time of viewing, upcoming, etc., that may be of interest to the viewer. ... 09/15/05 - 20050204385 - Processing and presentation of infomercials for audio-visual programs Techniques are provided enabling users to search for, select and/or watch an infomercial of interest including commercials, advertisements, and the like from a recorded stream. The user's history can be analyzed in the DVR, and replacing an original advertisement in a live/recorded program by one or more other advertisement(s) belonging ... 09/01/05 - 20050193413 - Interactive electronic television program guide with database configurability An interactive television program guide system is provided in which an interactive television program guide is implemented on user television equipment containing a memory. The system allocates the memory among different categories of program guide data used by the program guide. When new channels are added to the channel line-up, ... 07/21/05 - 20050160457 - Annotating programs for automatic summary generations Audio/video programming content is made available to a receiver from a content provider, and meta data is made available to the receiver from a meta data provider. The meta data corresponds to the programming content, and identifies, for each of multiple portions of the programming content, an indicator of a ... 07/21/05 - 20050160456 - Method and apparatus for displaying electronic program guide information The present invention provides a logically organized electronic program guide separated into categories. Each category has a theme. Inside each theme-based category there is a listing of television programming. In this way, the subscriber can locate a desired theme and then determine a desired program from the list in the ... 06/30/05 - 20050144638 - Interactive program guide navigator An interactive program guide system is provided. The program guide system has a logically flat navigator menu structure made up of program guide categories and selectable program guide options. Program guide categories correspond to fairly broad groups of program guide features. Selectable program guide options correspond to more specific program ... 06/23/05 - 20050138657 - Multiple database, user-choice-compiled program and event guide An electronic programming guide generator utilizes filters to select only programming filtered to display in an electronic programming guide display. ... 06/23/05 - 20050138656 - Interactive television program guide with enhanced user interface An enhanced program guide interface is provided. The interface may use colors and other display characteristics, and may provide navigational interface elements, and other displays, to enhance the user's guidance experience. The system may include advertisements that are tied to the subject matter of program guide features, options or functions. ... 06/09/05 - 20050125826 - Control framework with a zoomable graphical user interface for organizing selecting and launching media items Systems and methods according to the present invention provide a control framework for organizing, selecting and launching media items including graphical user interfaces coupled with an optional free space control device for collection of the basic control primitives of point, click, scroll, hover and zoom which permit for easy and ... 06/09/05 - 20050125825 - Broadcast system, recording device, recording method, program, and recording medium A broadcasting system which can automatically record only contents matching needs of a user and effectively save a capacity of storing means. First, with a transmission apparatus, the broadcasting system sends contents data and classification identifying information, which corresponds to and indicates details of a data part considered to have ... 06/02/05 - 20050120370 - Full option scheduling timer related to media database The presented invention relates particularly with getting media channels schedules in form of database. The database is filled initially with entries comprising program schedules from different sources. The database can be fed with values directly from broad casting stations, some web site or through some external source. After filling the ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |