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Interactive Video Distribution Systems > User-requested Video Program System > Vcr-like Function Vcr-like FunctionVcr-like Function 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.11/15/07 - 20070266411 - Content reproduction device and menu screen display method Favorable visual appearance and ease of operation are required in the user interface of digital home appliances using a television screen. An array of function icons including multiple function icons representing respective types of media that can be played and an array of content icons including multiple content icons representing ... 11/15/07 - 20070266410 - Access of data resources using pause points A method of accessing a data resource identifies, by a personal domain controller, the data resource accessible by a first device and determines if there is a pause point for the data resource stored in the personal domain controller. ... 10/11/07 - 20070240193 - Programming distribution system A method is provided for distributing programming. A first set of programs is transmitted in real time according to a schedule of programming. A second set of programs is stored on a server, with at least one of the first set of programs having a counterpart in the second set ... 08/23/07 - 20070199031 - Interactive information retrieval system allowing for graphical generation of informational queries Methods, apparatuses, and systems enabling an interactive information retrieval system that includes a user interface allowing users to graphically generate information queries for objects of interest found in various media, such as television, video, and print. The invention can allow users to designate objects of interest within a television or ... 07/05/07 - 20070157264 - Method and system for providing a comprehensive integration of transmitted video, interactive television, video on demand and video catalogue services This invention comprises a comprehensive integrated method and system based on a unified hardware and software system whereby users can utilize a computerized catalogue to access and obtain video broadcast program material, can download video content on-demand, can store video content and can engage in a back and forth interactive ... 06/21/07 - 20070143802 - System and method for production, delivery, recording, and viewing of video and similar content primarily intended to be viewed in step-frame/frame-advance mode A method for content production (30) involves the steps of creating (32) a sequence of individual frames (19) from source material of step-frame/frame-advance content (181). The step-frame/frame-advance content (34) is intended to be received (35), recorded (35), and played back (36) as a sequence of individual frames (19) in step-frame/frame-advance ... 06/07/07 - 20070130595 - Technique for effectively accessing programming listing information in an entertainment delivery system In a broadband communications system, e.g., a cable system, programming content can be readily reserved and accessed for viewing using an interactive program guide, a network home graphic user interface (GUI), Quick View Guide, etc., in accordance with the invention. Such programming content may include in-progress programs, future programs and ... 03/15/07 - 20070061852 - Broadcast program recording apparatus and program for executing a broadcast program reproducing process A recorded broadcast program including CM portions is reproduced with CM portions skipped. When an instruction to execute a fast forward operation is entered at the beginning of CM portion and an instruction to execute a reproducing operation is entered at the termination of CM portion while the recorded broadcast ... 03/15/07 - 20070061851 - System and method for detecting user attention A system and method for conditioning execution of a control function on a determination of whether or not a person's attention is directed toward a predetermined device. The method involves acquiring data concerning the activity of a person who is in the proximity of the device, the data being in ... 03/01/07 - 20070050827 - System and method for content-based navigation of live and recorded tv and video programs A system, method and computer-readable medium are presented for providing real-time content-based navigation of live video programming. The method aspect of the invention comprises receiving a live video program, generating an index to the received live video program by extracting images and/or text from the video program, recording the live ... 02/08/07 - 20070033623 - Method and apparatus for providing continuous programming on a broadcast channel A method and apparatus for automatically providing continuous programming on a broadcast channel. The method and apparatus detect the occurrence of an event, selects content to use as the continuity programming in view of at least one characteristic of the event, and transmits the selected content through the broadcast channel. ... 12/28/06 - 20060294555 - Method and system for video on demand (vod) servers to cache content A method and system of enabling VOD systems efficiently caching contents (video programs) on its edge servers or user premises equipment. A new user interface and a new VOD system component are introduced. The new user interface allows viewers to specify not only the name of the video programs, but ... 12/21/06 - 20060288389 - Interactive presentation viewing system employing multi-media components An interactive, multi-media presentation viewing system and process for viewing educational or business presentations integrating presentation graphics in the form of presentation slides, video, audio, text, and other streaming media into a powerfully coordinated viewing experience for the end user. The viewing system is an aggregate of synchronized presentation graphics, ... 12/07/06 - 20060277581 - Local entity and a method for providing media streams A method for providing media streams from a local entity to multiple end users devices, the method includes:(i) receiving, at a local entity, multiple input media streams; (ii) processing a first media stream to facilitate trick play modes of said first media stream; and (iii) transmitting, to the multiple end ... 11/30/06 - 20060271977 - Browser enabled video device control In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for providing a self contained embeddable software component adapted to be deployed in response to a website video posting interaction, wherein the self contained embeddable software component is adapted to capture a video file from a video source and control ... 09/28/06 - 20060218602 - Replacement of trick mode content in a video on demand system A technique for managing video content for a video on demand (VOD) session involves replacing trick mode content with pre-defined replacement content when a trick mode command is executed. The replacement content is displayed in a clear and intelligible manner (e.g., at normal speed) even though a trick mode command, ... 08/24/06 - 20060190976 - Apparatus and method for searching start position of broadcasting program Provided are an apparatus and method for searching a start position of a broadcast program. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a received broadcast program is recorded in a recording medium while being output as video and audio. If a new broadcast program is started, position information regarding ... 08/24/06 - 20060190975 - Method and apparatus for providing video on-demand The present invention is generally related to a method and a device for providing video on-demand. Our method consists of transferring a selected video over a broadcast signal to a user platform where it will be saved and played under user's control. The user will have the video available for ... 08/17/06 - 20060184982 - Selection compression A method of generating a compressed video stream, comprising: providing a plurality of display commands which represents a display; generating a plurality of quantized transform coefficients from said display commands, wherein said quantization is different for different display commands; and creating a compressed video stream utilization said coefficients. ... 08/17/06 - 20060184981 - Image display delay time shortening apparatus during channel change, method thereof and broadcasting receiving apparatus thereof An image display delay time shortening apparatus during channel change, a method thereof and a broadcasting receiving apparatus thereof are disclosed. The broadcasting receiving apparatus extracts a sequence header from a video stream of the received broadcasting signal if a broadcasting signal of each channel is received. Henceforth, the broadcasting ... 08/17/06 - 20060184980 - Method of enabling an application program running on an electronic device to provide media manipulation capabilities Conventionally, media manipulation tools, such as tools for editing video, are an integral part of a video editing application. But with the present invention, these tools can be shared by any application that can generate a video window in which video can be played back Hence, a conventional media player ... 08/03/06 - 20060174291 - Playback apparatus and method The present invention provides a playback apparatus including a receiving unit for receiving entered instruction information for content to be played back; a storage unit for storing the instruction information received through the receiving unit; and a processing unit for reflecting a process corresponding to the instruction information stored in ... 08/03/06 - 20060174290 - Enhanced program viewing method A user is provided with the capability to view only those segments of TV broadcast programs and/or pre-recorded digital programs that are identified by the user (or other persons, e.g., parents) as acceptable. Preferences for the types of material that is desired for viewing are provided. The provider analyzes a ... 07/20/06 - 20060161959 - Method and system for real-time seeking during playback of remote presentation protocols A foreground protocol engine receives a request for rendering the contents of a packet in a recording of a protocol data stream, the protocol data stream comprising a plurality of packets. The foreground protocol engine identifies a state-snapshot having an associated timestamp previous to that of the requested packet. The ... 07/13/06 - 20060156355 - Reproduction apparatus, program, integrated circuit A reproduction apparatus that, when a same content is recorded in the HDD 1 and the SD card 102, allows the user to reproduce the content in one of the recording mediums to a certain viewing position and resume the reproduction of the content in the other recording medium from ... 06/29/06 - 20060143665 - Features of vcr-type controls for interactive media An interactive media control module provides flexible subscriber VCR controls of and functions for an interactive media system that limit the consumption of bandwidth capacity. According to some of the embodiments, a reactivation function is provided when pause and rewind controls are deactivated in a viewing window and presents information ... 06/29/06 - 20060143664 - Features for interactive media vcr-type control An Interactive Media Control Module provides flexible subscriber VCR controls of and functions for an interactive media system that limit the consumption of bandwidth capacity. According to some of the embodiments, a reactivation function is provided when pause and rewind controls are deactivated in a viewing window such that the ... 06/01/06 - 20060117356 - Interactive montages of sprites for indexing and summarizing video A “Video Browser” provides interactive browsing of unique events occurring within an overall video recording. In particular, the Video Browser processes the video to generate a set of video sprites representing unique events occurring within the overall period of the video. These unique events include, for example, motion events, security ... 04/06/06 - 20060075440 - Trick play of an encrypted video stream A stream of video data is normally played in forward direction. Units of control word information required to decrypt successive segments of the stream are supplied synchronized to the stream. During reverse mode replay sections of the stream are replayed in reverse order. The units of control word information are ... 03/30/06 - 20060070106 - Method, apparatus and program for recording and playing back content data, method, apparatus and program for playing back content data, and method, apparatus and program for recording content data A method, apparatus and program for recording and playing back content data, method, apparatus and program for playing back content data, and method, apparatus and program for recording content data. The recording and playback apparatus is configured to record content data including a content and play back the content of ... 03/16/06 - 20060059526 - Method and system for displaying portions of recorded media content instances A method and system for displaying a number of portions of a number of recorded media content instances during a single viewing session. A number of entries are defined to each correspond to one of the number of portions of the number of recorded media content instances. Each of the ... 02/09/06 - 20060031892 - Prevention of advertisement skipping A method for delivering digital media includes transmitting a stream of the digital media to be played by a client at a predefined play speed, the stream comprising main content and, in predetermined intervals, differentiated content. In response to a request from the client to pass over a portion of ... 12/29/05 - 20050289615 - Video distribution system, video distribution device, video reception device, video distribution method, video reception method, video distribution program, and video reception program A video delivery system includes: a video delivery device which delivers video data through a network. The video delivery device has a function of generating video data of the same contents as preceding delivery video data and succeeding delivery video data, and a function of delivering the preceding delivery video ... 11/24/05 - 20050262537 - Packet timing method and apparatus of a receiver system for controlling digital tv program start time A packet timing method and apparatus for use with a system for controlling digital TV program start time. An encoder inserts a program clock reference (PCR) timing field, in at least two intervals in transport packets. A decoder generates a decoder-clock signal from the PCR timing signal, which has the ... 11/17/05 - 20050257239 - Reverse presentation of digital media streams Described herein is an implementation that facilitates the reverse presentation of an encoded digital media stream. This abstract itself is not intended to limit the scope of this patent. The scope of the present invention is pointed out in the appending claims. ... 11/10/05 - 20050251835 - Strategies for pausing and resuming the presentation of programs An operations center stores a plurality of programs, some of which are pre-recorded, and some of which are in the process of being recorded. Pause and resumption functionality allows the user to pause the presentation of such programs using different pause modes, and to later resume the presentation of the ... 09/29/05 - 20050216941 - System and method for controlling video-on-demand content A system for remotely controlling playback of VOD content is provided. The system comprises at least one receiving station for receiving and playing VOD content; and a control station for remotely controlling the VOD content over a communication network, the control station selectively transmitting a control signal to the at ... 09/22/05 - 20050210518 - Method for displaying thread of program in broadcasting receiver When there is a request to display the thread of a program, a progress rate of the program that has been broadcast up to now is calculated, and the thread of portions of the program up to the calculated broadcasting progress rate is displayed. An electronic program guide (EPG) containing ... 09/08/05 - 20050198680 - Conditional access method and apparatus of a receiver system for controlling digital tv program start time A conditional access method and apparatus for use with a system for controlling of digital TV program start time. Subscriber access is authorized to digital program streams. Content are divided into a plurality of working periods. Each working period of the plurality of working periods is scrambled with a different ... 09/08/05 - 20050198679 - Method and apparatus of an input unit of a method and apparatus for controlling digital tv program start time A method of an input unit of a method and apparatus for controlling digital TV program start time. The input unit and method of the input unit receive digital channels from multiple sources, as a plurality of digital-transport streams, respectively. Each digital-transport stream has a multiplicity of transport packets. The ... 09/08/05 - 20050198678 - Control information file creating device, information display device, control information file creation method, and information distribution display system An information creating device that creates a control information file to play back and display a plurality of different programs includes a schedule creating unit that creates as a control information file a schedule file to successively play back and display the plurality of the programs one by one, and ... 08/25/05 - 20050188409 - Pausing the display of a television program as a signal including the television program is received A time shifting event recorder receives a time sequential signal representing an event through an antenna, cable or the like. A portion of the signal is recorded in a first recording medium. A second recording medium is used to record another portion of the signal different from the portion recorded ... 08/11/05 - 20050177855 - Methods and apparatus for variable delay compensation in networks Methods and apparatus for performing dynamic compensation for delays over extant infrastructure within a content-based network. In one embodiment, the network comprises a cable network, and the infrastructure comprises that nominally used for on-demand (OD) services such as VOD. The method includes periodically or situationally assessing variable delays within the ... 07/28/05 - 20050166242 - Visual communications system and method of controlling the same A visual communications system and a method of controlling the same for pausing the screens of two terminals at quite the same image. Video communications terminals receive the same channel in their respective broadcast program receiving units. A first video communications terminal temporarily stores the video of the received channel ... 07/14/05 - 20050155071 - Demultiplexing device The demultiplexing apparatus 200 comprises a data obtainment unit 210 operable to obtain the MP4 file data 100, a decoding unit 213 operable to demultiplex the MP4 file data 100 obtained by the data obtainment unit 210 into pairs of a moov 110 and a mdat 110 and pairs of ... 06/02/05 - 20050120376 - Content control in a device environment Devices and methods are disclosed for controlling content within a device environment through interaction among electronic devices of the environment. The device has a transmitter, receiver, memory storing interaction rules and content rules and a processor for implementing the interaction rules and content rules in association with the transmitter, receiver, ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |