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Interactive Video Distribution Systems > User-requested Video Program System User-requested Video Program SystemUser-requested Video Program System patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.11/08/07 - 20070261084 - Interactive event display system for tracking items during events A system for displaying information to allow an observer at an event to obtain event-related data of specific interest, such as a player's individual statistics, using a pre-existing event general purpose display, such as a scoreboard, is provided. The system includes an information control system receiving contact information, such as ... 09/20/07 - 20070220564 - Digital broadcast playback device and method, computer program, and storage medium A digital broadcast playback device for playing back AV content included in a broadcast program and executing an application included in the broadcast program is provided. A playback mode management unit manages whether the AV content is to be played in a real-time mode or in a time-shift mode. A ... 09/06/07 - 20070209052 - Method and system for provisioning a set-box A method and system of provisioning a set-top box (STB) with a STB provisioning system are provided which include storing STB profile information in a provisioning datastore, receiving a customer order at a service provisioning system, notifying a billing system of the customer order, and notifying a conditional access system ... 08/30/07 - 20070204308 - Method of operating a channel recommendation system The invention provides a method of operating a channel recommendation system, including, providing a channel recommendation bid interface, receiving a bid request on the interface, and displaying a recommendation link to the channel on at least one user recommendation display device based on the bid request. Real time viewership information ... 08/16/07 - 20070192807 - Apparatus and method for providing televison services using an aggregator The present disclosure provides an apparatus, method, and computer programs for obtaining content from a communications network. One aspect of the disclosure includes: storing an aggregator on a Set Top Box (STB) associated with a television set, wherein the aggregator is adapted to obtain content corresponding to a plurality of ... 08/09/07 - 20070186252 - Method and system for home shopping using video-on-demand services A network can provide consumers with remotely accessible video content selections, each presenting one or more sales offers. Consumers can send or transmit a prompt, request, message, or demand that triggers the transmission or downloading of video content for viewing, such as on television systems in consumer homes. As consumers ... 07/26/07 - 20070174878 - System and method for purchasing and viewing digital content from physical media A system and method for purchasing, viewing and reselling digital media content are disclosed. A purchasing user can request to purchase at least one digital medium having stored thereon the digital media content, the at least one digital medium being maintained in a physical media library. The digital media content ... 07/26/07 - 20070174877 - Device and method for automatically obtaining information relating to the audiences of programs transmitted by a communication network A device (DA) is dedicated to analyzing data relating to access to programs (or contents) that are transmitted by communication networks (R) to communication terminals (T1-T3) that are attached to them. The device (DA) comprises a memory (B) and processor means (MT) adapted i) on receiving a first message transmitted ... 07/05/07 - 20070157260 - Interactive media guidance system having multiple devices When selecting a television program for recording, a user may configure the delivery of the selected television program and associated data and interactive applications to different user equipment devices in a home network, which may have different capabilities. Because the user equipment devices in the home network may have different ... 06/07/07 - 20070130594 - Method and system for distributing content using podcasting A system is provided for streaming content to individual subscribers using podcasting technology. Each subscriber to the system is assigned a unique URL number that he uses to obtain content from a server. The server maintains a set of rules or attributes associated with each subscriber, said rules governing or ... 05/24/07 - 20070118865 - Recording device, recording method, and recording program The recording apparatus acquires now-on-air information at a certain interval of time. The now-on-air information shows the contents of broadcast signals being received. The recording apparatus records broadcast signals when detecting a keyword in the now-on-air information. Therefore, if the recording apparatus receives the broadcast signals which represent user's desired ... 05/17/07 - 20070113253 - On-demand service system and method thereof by applying broadcasting An on-demand service system is provided. The on-demand service system includes a positioning module providing a position information, a receiving unit receiving a digital broadcasting message, an input unit inputting an on-demand service command, a processing unit selecting a specific service information from the digital broadcasting message according to the ... 05/10/07 - 20070107021 - Shopping on demand transactional system with data warehousing feature, data tracking, shopping cart reservation feature, purchase commentary and external marketing incentives deployed in video on demand cable systems The shop on-demand (OD) purchasing method includes an on-line shopping list compiled via a supplemental communications channel (cell phone, land line, Internet, etc.) or compiled via the shop OD VOD process. The list is displayed on the interactive TV (STB-enabled TV) via VOD menu or asset metadata or VOD-VA assets ... 05/03/07 - 20070101377 - Access/edge node supporting multiple video streaming services using a single request protocol An access/edge network node (300) according to the invention includes a single proxy function (301) to terminate on the subscriber side a single requesting protocol for a plurality of streaming video services. ... 05/03/07 - 20070101376 - Information processing apparatus and method, program, recording medium, and content processing apparatus and method The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus that communicates with a content processing apparatus for executing a process related to recording or playback of content and has a display unit for displaying information. The information processing apparatus includes a schedule-information acquisition section acquiring schedule information regarding a recording ... 05/03/07 - 20070101375 - System and method for enhanced video selection using an on-screen remote A system and method for presenting video asset information to a viewer to assist the view in selecting a video asset for viewing is described. The video assets can be available from a plurality of different video asset sources, such as VOD (video on demand), PVR (personal video recorders) and ... 05/03/07 - 20070101374 - System and method for providing enhanced video programming to a user A system for providing extended video programming to at least one user, includes a remote management unit including an encoder for encoding into a short form advertisement a code related to the extended video programming. The short form advertisement is subsequently distributed by an MSO to a network of receivers. ... 05/03/07 - 20070101373 - Playlist synchronization A user device (1), such as an MP3 player, is capable of down-loading and storing content items, such as songs or video clips. To ensure that the memory of the user device is always filled to capacity, even when the downloading is interrupted, the user device marks any old content ... 03/15/07 - 20070061850 - Electronic device tuning system A consumer electronic device tuning system is disclosed. The system receives instructions form a user of the electronic device and converts the instructions into digital and/or analog signals. These command signals are then conveyed to a mapping unit which matches the command signals with available programs data mapped in a ... 03/15/07 - 20070061849 - Systems and methods for processing information or data on a computer Systems and methods are provided for processing information on a computer. In one embodiment, a method is performed by a computer for processing data that is available on the computer. The method processes the data in an ordered fashion, encounters within the data an identification of extra data that is ... 03/08/07 - 20070055999 - Method and system for initiating, controlling and managing a content-on-demand session via phone, mobile communication or internet based services A system and method providing end-user with an alternative way to initiate and control Content-On-Demand and Video-On-Demand sessions other than by using the dedicated equipment supplied by the COD or VOD service provider. An alternative return channel may be in the form of communication services such as SMS, WAP, telephone ... 03/01/07 - 20070050825 - Vod transaction error correlator A system and method for analyzing video-on-demand (VOD) transaction errors in a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) cable network. Raw XOD transaction error data is acquired from an XOD server. XOD-related subscriber information is acquired from a subscriber datastore. VOD transaction data is acquired from a VOD server. A correlator acquires ... 02/22/07 - 20070044127 - System for network and local content access Unique content identifiers allow users to find and select desired network or locally stored content or applications, solving a problem of user content search and selection in systems that provide access to large libraries of content. A method of selecting digital media content according to the invention includes the steps ... 01/25/07 - 20070022451 - Broadcasting receiving/transmitting device, wireless a/v system and control method of wireless a/v system A broadcasting receiving/transmitting device for encoding a broadcasting signal in an encoding format and transmitting it to an external device by wireless transmission is provided which includes a broadcasting signal processor for encoding the broadcasting signal according to the encoding format and outputting it, a wireless module for transmitting the ... 01/25/07 - 20070022450 - Image processing apparatus and control method thereof A control method of an image processing apparatus including a user input part and a display unit displaying an image according to a received broadcasting signal, includes determining whether broadcasting information is requested through operating the user input part; displaying a sub-channel image corresponding to at least one or more ... 11/30/06 - 20060271974 - Multi-tiered content management system A video on demand (VOD) system (100) for use in a distributed network environment. The distributed network environment contains a number of geographic networks (400A-400N) that are divided into a plurality of tiers (305-1 to 305-N), which are allocated to content providers (225). A content provider (225) provides content to ... 11/30/06 - 20060271973 - Video promotional and advertising systems for video on demand system The present invention provides a method for an interactive media services system to provide a plurality of promotional media to a user through an interactive media services client device coupled to a programmable media services server device. The method includes the step of implementing an interactive media guide and implementing ... 11/30/06 - 20060271972 - Popularity-based on-demand media distribution Popularity-based on-demand media distribution is described. An on-demand media system includes multiple media sources, each configured to serve on-demand media content to one or more clients. On-demand media content is distributed among the media sources based on popularity of the media content such that at least one of the media ... 11/30/06 - 20060271971 - Interactive television system A television system for presenting interactive television services to a user. The system comprises a local memory in which one or more data parameters are stored. The system is operable to determine the availability of data from a data source, and capture a first portion of the available data and ... 11/09/06 - 20060253882 - Methods and apparatus for auto-subscription in a network environment Methods and apparatus for auto-subscription in a network environment. A method is provided that includes determining an affiliate associated with a device, and identifying a package associated with the affiliate. The method also includes generating system information parameters that identify the package, and transmitting the system information parameters to the ... 11/09/06 - 20060253881 - Information processing device and method The invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method by which it is made possible to efficiently provide change information of broadcast contents in accordance with the necessity of a user. A server 2 compares contents information acquired from a contents information production apparatus 5 and contents information prior ... 10/26/06 - 20060242672 - Data scheduling A method of scheduling a series of data files, preferably digital movie files provided in encrypted form for transmission to hotels, for transmission by a predetermined transmission channel in a predetermined time period according to one aspect of the invention includes: determining the bandwidth of the transmission channel; determining the ... 09/28/06 - 20060218599 - Viewer selection of programs to be subsequently delivered Television users may record abstracts of programs that they desire and program providers may access the recorded program abstracts from time to time so as to provide the program content that matches the requested program. In one embodiment, the user may select a TV program (or movie) that is not ... 09/28/06 - 20060218598 - Wireless digital video recorders - content sharing systems and methods Embodiments of the present invention provide methods for distributing media content between portable media devices with digital rights management protections. Offering several applications in the technical arts, embodiments of the present invention provide methods for managing distribution of media content between portable media devices. Further, embodiments of the present invention ... 09/28/06 - 20060218597 - System and method for utilizing push to talk while watching television The present invention relates generally to a system and method of managing a Push To Talk (PTT) conversation while the recipient is watching television. PTT messages may be conveyed by an initiator to a recipient through the use of a telephone connected to a network. The network is also connected ... 09/21/06 - 20060212914 - Audio and video transmission and receiving system A system of distributing video and/or audio information employs digital signal processing to achieve high rates of data compression. The compressed and encoded audio and/or video information is sent over standard telephone, cable or satellite broadcast channels to a receiver specified by a subscriber of the service, preferably in less ... 09/21/06 - 20060212913 - Remote control system, controllable device, and remote control method In a remote control system to control remotely a controlled device through a network from a terminal at a remote place, the controlled device stores a channel table associating broadcast station numbers recognized by a remote control device and allocated to each broadcast station with channel numbers recognized by the ... 09/21/06 - 20060212912 - Method and device for distributing video information Method and device for distribution of video information over single or multiple distribution networks, in particular TV-networks, where secondary programs of commercial character are sent parallel to, or in between, a series of main programs, where each program is supplied with a program code (PID-code) at a central location, which ... 08/17/06 - 20060184977 - Method and apparatus for broadcast communications An interactive broadcasting system is arranged to receive and respond to user inputs in relation to broadcast material. A scheduler (1200) polls continuously for new user inputs and adjusts its scheduling appropriately, in accordance with algorithms. This might be for example to insert content from user inputs into a live ... 08/10/06 - 20060179460 - System and method for providing a graphical representation of a frame inside a central office of a telecommunications system A method is provided of presenting to a user a visual representation of a frame 275 resident at a central office 20 of a telecommunications system. The method includes the steps of: accessing a database including data as to a current condition of the frame; displaying, based on the accessed ... 07/13/06 - 20060156354 - Method and apparatus for reproducing data recorded on storage medium along with downloaded data A method and apparatus are provided for reproducing data stored in a storage medium together with content downloaded via a network. The method includes producing a virtual package by binding the content stored in the storage medium with content downloaded via a network based on predetermined binding information, and reproducing ... 07/13/06 - 20060156353 - Remotely-accessible wireless lan server A remote-controlled media system is described in which a remote control communicates over a conventional wireless local area network (WLAN) with a remote server. The remote control and remote server configure a network connection over the WLAN for communicating with one another. The remote server receives a remote command from ... 07/13/06 - 20060156352 - Mixed-media service collections for multimedia platforms A mixed-media service collection for multimedia platforms allows simultaneous access to various mixed-media services for rendering multimedia content, depending on current client conditions. In one implementation, in response to the client accessing a service collection, for example, by changing channels, only some of the mixed-media services in the service collection ... 07/13/06 - 20060156351 - Method and server for downloading a broadcasted multimedia content over a distribution network The invention applies to the transmission of a multimedia content from a server to a client terminal. The multimedia content is available from the server as one or more sets of files. Upon reception of an initial request from the client, the server sends a document back to the client, ... 06/08/06 - 20060123451 - Enhanced content in an on-demand environment A system, method and computer program product for providing enhanced interactive content about programming services in, e.g., a video on demand (VOD), subscription VOD, personal video recorder (PVR), or digital video recorder (DVR) environment is disclosed. The programming services may include movies, original series, sports and/or family programming. The interactive ... 06/01/06 - 20060117355 - Pushing content in a two-way network An apparatus and method enable multicasting a reply to a request for a module to a plurality of receivers on an interactive television network. Requests for multiple modules are packaged into a single request to be transmitted to a broadcast service provider. A request is multicast to a plurality of ... 05/25/06 - 20060112410 - Method and apparatus for presenting on-demand event records The present invention is a method and system for presenting on-demand event records in such a manner as to allow the user to easily identify which on-demand event records have been viewed already. Once a user views particular on-demand content, the present invention flags the particular on-demand content as pre-viewed ... 05/11/06 - 20060101499 - Method and system for secure sharing, gifting, and purchasing of content on television and mobile devices A method and system are provided for secure sharing and purchasing of content on television and mobile devices, where a user, while viewing or listening to content can, with a simple interface, send a link to a sample time slice of the content to another user (or group of users) ... 04/20/06 - 20060085825 - Controlling content presentation A content management (CM) system is provided to centrally control operation of one or more connected devices by issuing control requests and/or data requests. In some situations the connected device(s) include devices that control presentation of television programming-related content, such as digital video recorder (“DVR”) devices and media center devices, ... 04/20/06 - 20060085824 - Method and appartus for management of video on demand client device Method and apparatus for enhancing user experience in a VOD system by providing a facility to remotely control a client device is disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, a method to synchronize in-band and out-of-band settings of the client device is provided. In another embodiment, a method to perform synchronization of ... 03/30/06 - 20060070105 - Control of data distribution apparatus and data distribution system Upon distributing data from a first terminal apparatus to a second terminal apparatus, whether the data is to be distributed is determined in accordance with an access situation of a client to the first terminal apparatus, and, on the basis of a determined result, the data is distributed to the ... 03/23/06 - 20060064728 - Method and apparatus providing process independence within a heterogeneous information distribution system A method and apparatus for adapting the delivery of assets and/or content to set top terminals within a heterogeneous information distribution system based on graphics and/or processing capability of set top terminals receiving the assets and/or content. ... 03/09/06 - 20060053454 - Digital broadcast receiving device and method of providing vod content using the same A method of providing VOD (Video On Demand) content using a digital broadcast receiving device, and a digital broadcast receiving device using the method, the method including receiving broadcast programs and the VOD content through at least one tuner; storing the VOD content received through the at least one tuner; ... 02/23/06 - 20060041917 - Techniques for automatically detecting protocols in a computer network A method in a computer network for automatically detecting a most advantageous protocol for communication by a client computer, said client computer being configured to be coupled to a server computer via a computer network. The method includes initiating a plurality of protocol threads for sending from the client computer ... 02/16/06 - 20060037056 - Integrated radio recorder and a/v telecommunication device An A/V telecommunication device may include a network connection, a telecommunications processor connected to the network connection and a video processor connected to the network connection. An integrated audio recorder may be communicably connected to the network connection. ... 02/16/06 - 20060037055 - Audio data communication system, audio data transmission apparatus, audio data reception apparatus, composite data communication system, composite data transmission apparatus and composite data reception apparatus When an MFP receives an e-mail to which audio data is attached, an audio data storing unit and a control information storing unit in the MFP respectively store the audio data and control information related to the audio data. When the MFP receives a playback instruction of the audio data ... 01/12/06 - 20060010476 - Method for concurrently presenting multiple content types in a tv platform A first content is received and presented to a user on a television (TV) platform (16). A second content is also received and presented concurrently to the user. In an interactive TV platform (16), a user selects the second content. In one aspect, the first content is advertising content (40) ... 10/06/05 - 20050223408 - System and method for real-time, personalized, dynamic, interactive voice services for entertainment-related information A system and method for creation and automatic deployment of personalized. dynamic and interactive voice services relating to subscriber entertainment, including information derived from on-line analytical processing (OLAP) systems. More specifically, the invention relates to a system and method that enable personalized delivery of entertainment-related information in real-time, via natural ... 09/15/05 - 20050204394 - Movie distribution system A system is disclosed for distributing data representing movies and/or mini-series. The system includes a database for storing and cataloging data representing pre-recorded movies. A billing system is connected to the database for selectively providing and controlling access to the data. The system further includes a user interface including means ... 09/08/05 - 20050198676 - Method and device for the continuous transmission of a video in a communication network The invention relates to a method for the continuous transmission of a video from a server to a number of client machines over a communication network, comprising the following steps: obtaining requests from client machines, at least some of the requests obtained each specifying at least one spatial zone of ... 07/21/05 - 20050160465 - Interactive television system with automatic switching from broadcast media to streaming media An interactive television system is provided in which a user may perform playback control functions while watching a broadcast television program. When the user requests such a function, a television distribution facility may transmit an interactive streaming media version of the program to the user's equipment. The user equipment switches ... 07/14/05 - 20050155070 - Apparatus for and a method of sending and displaying images and data Apparatus and method for sending and displaying images and data includes a first computer and a second computer coupled to the first computer via a telecommunications network. Images and data are sent from the first computer to the second computer (and optionally to a third computer) for display using a ... 06/30/05 - 20050144643 - Data transmission method and apparatus The invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving video data arranged in data frames forming a data stream. Each frame has assigned a priority level. Once a data frame has been transmitted through an unreliable channel and has not been received at the receiver, the priority ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |