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Interactive Video Distribution Systems > User-requested Video Program System > Vcr-like Function > > With Particular Transmission Scheme (e.g., Transmitting I-frames Only) With Particular Transmission Scheme (e.g., Transmitting I-frames Only)With Particular Transmission Scheme (e.g., Transmitting I-frames Only) 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.08/16/07 - 20070192811 - Broadcast-receiving device and method for displaying menu Broadcast-receiving device has a broadcast-receiving section that receives a broadcast signal and generates an image signal on broadcast contents, an image-processing section that generates a menu signal for displaying a menu and generates an image display signal based on any one of the menu signal and the image signal, and ... 08/16/07 - 20070192810 - Encrypting content in a tuner device and analyzing content protection policy A tuning device uses a counter mode encryption cipher to encrypt counters associated with media content in order to protect the media content when it is sent to requesting device or controller. The encrypted counters are decrypted in order to consume the media content. The controller may send particular direction ... 07/26/07 - 20070174881 - Media delivering apparatus and media receiving apparatus A media delivering apparatus includes a parameter acquiring unit 3007 for acquiring at least one of the communication capability of a network 203, and the receiving capability of a media receiving apparatus 202, a media selecting unit 3006 for selecting media data to be delivered based on both the degree ... 07/05/07 - 20070157268 - Portable media device with improved video acceleration capabilities Improved techniques for performing accelerated video presentation on a media device are disclosed. The improved techniques enable smooth, uniform accelerated video presentation by displaying key frames from a video file in a periodic fashion. The rate and direction of accelerated video presentation can be controlled. The improved techniques are well ... 07/05/07 - 20070157267 - Techniques to improve time seek operations Techniques to improve time seek operations are described. An apparatus may include a digital media server having a media content seek module. The media content seek module may perform video sequence header alignment for media content in response to a time seek request. Other embodiments are described and claimed. ... 06/07/07 - 20070130596 - Method and apparatus for delivering compressed video to subscriber terminals Method and apparatus for distributing a content stream from a headend to a subscriber terminal is described. In one example, the content stream is processed at the headend to generate a sequence of instances having successively staggered reference frames. A request for the content streams is received from the subscriber ... 05/03/07 - 20070101379 - Method of fault tolerance and synchronous failover for broadcast video across the network A system and a method are disclosed for detecting a multicast stream fault condition at a variety of points within a digital broadcast video distribution system. In addition, a method of seamless switchover from a primary to a redundant multicast stream is provided. ... 05/03/07 - 20070101378 - Redundant transmission of programmes A compression system 110 compresses a programme into a first and second sequence of corresponding blocks. A transmission system 120 transmits blocks of the second sequence according to a predetermined real-time delivery schedule. The transmission system transmits the blocks of the first sequence earlier than corresponding blocks of the second ... 04/19/07 - 20070089148 - Apparatus for providing supplementary function of digital multimedia broadcasting and method of the same An apparatus for providing a supplementary function of digital multimedia broadcasting includes a control unit that receives a selected instruction message for a digital multimedia broadcasting signal input by a user, a demodulating unit that receives a digital multimedia broadcasting signal corresponding to the selected instruction message by using at ... 04/19/07 - 20070089147 - Technique for synchronizing deliveries of information and entertainment in a communications network In a broadband communications system, e.g., a cable system, a broadcast program stream is transmitted to broadcast programming content, and the broadcast program stream is recorded in a headend of the system to enable a user to perform network private video recorder (NPVR) functions (e.g., rewinding, pausing, and fast-forwarding) on ... 03/22/07 - 20070067812 - Information providing method An information providing method distributes in advance a playback file upon downloading which is to be played in a period between the start of downloading files and the start of playing the files. Also, a piece of streaming content is distributed by switching a distribution method between streaming distribution and ... 03/08/07 - 20070056000 - Systems and methods for distributing and/or playing multicasted video signals in multiple display formats Video distribution methods include providing a primary video data stream having a first image size and formatted in a first video display format. A transmission data stream is formed having a plurality of blocks of data including at least first and second data fields. The first data field includes a ... 02/22/07 - 20070044128 - Video compression system A system involves encoding key frames within a data stream as both key frames and delta frames. A data stream including all encoded key and delta frames is formed and upon receipt of a request signal, the formed data stream is transmitted with the first key frame occurring in the ... 02/01/07 - 20070028274 - Technique for addressing frame loss in a video stream A technique for addressing frame loss in a video system includes a number of steps. Initially, a first video stream and a second video stream are received. The first and second video streams each include related video information having a plurality of video frames. At least one of the first ... 11/30/06 - 20060271981 - Information recording method, information recording medium, and information reproducing method, wherein information is stored on a data recording portion and a management information recording portion With this invention, at least one of a video file containing video information, a still picture file containing still picture information, and an audio file containing audio information and a management file having management information on a control method of reproducing the information in the file are recorded on an ... 11/30/06 - 20060271980 - Method and apparatus for time-shifting video and text in a text-enhanced television program A television system allows a viewer of a text-enhanced television program to pause the program at a particular frame, browse the enhancements at his or her leisure, and then resume viewing the program from that frame, without losing continuity of the video and enhancement portions of the program, or program ... 10/19/06 - 20060236353 - Method and system for buffered digital entertainment The present invention relates generally to multimedia, and more specifically, to a system and method of improved television viewing using automatic parallel recording of television channels. The invention continuously captures and records multimedia content for a set of “channels” in a central location, buffering all available channels for a number ... 09/07/06 - 20060200848 - Method of transmitting layered video-coded information Video-coded information is transmitted over a network at a priority level that is determined based on feedback from the network. In an embodiment, the feedback comprises a response to a request for information on whether the network currently has the available capacity to transmit additional high priority traffic. In an ... 08/17/06 - 20060184985 - Adaptive and progressive system and method for the secure distribution of wavelet-coded still images A process for secured distribution of digital fixed pictures in the form of streams comprising sequences of data each containing a part of information of the picture comprising: modifying the original stream by modifying at least a part of the data sequences to produces a stream modified in the same ... 08/10/06 - 20060179463 - Remote surveillance At a remote location, audio-visual data is received and processed to produce processed audio-visual data. The processed audio-visual data is communicated to a central location using a programmable logic controller communication protocol. ... 08/10/06 - 20060179462 - Receivers for television signals A television signals receiver for receives and stores television signals encoded at a variable data rate. Time information is generated based on the time of receipt of the signals that defines the duration of the television signals when output in decompressed form at a substantially constant data rate. The received ... 08/03/06 - 20060174296 - System and method for evaluating predictive video decoders Embodiments can include the steps of 1) predicting a test frame or region from a plain frame or region, such as a gray frame or region, using the compressions tools, or features under test, that are to be tested by a test bitstream, and 2) predicting from the test frame ... 08/03/06 - 20060174295 - Method of selecting an element from a list by moving a graphics distinction and device implementing the method The invention makes it possible to select an element from a list of elements represented by icons. A first element is selected by affixing a graphics distinction on its icon. When the user activates and holds a command, said graphics distinction moves from the first icon to a second icon. ... 08/03/06 - 20060174294 - Digital broadcasting receiver for receiving analog broadcasting and a method thereof A broadcasting receiver of a display receiver and method thereof receives a digital broadcasting signal and an analog broadcasting signal. A tuning unit selectively receives the digital and analog broadcasting signals. A processing unit processes the digital and analog broadcasting signals in accordance with the selection by said tuning unit, ... 08/03/06 - 20060174293 - Method and apparatus for associating commentary audio with a position in an experiential data stream Apparatus, methods, and program products for determining where to position received transitory audio within a experiential data stream so as to provide minimal disruption to the experiential data stream. ... 08/03/06 - 20060174292 - Methods, apparatus, and program products for controlling presentation of an experiential data stream responsive to conversations in a shared social space Apparatus, methods, and program products that enable a presentation device to automatically accommodate conversations in a social space. ... 07/13/06 - 20060156358 - Method and apparatus for synchronizing data streams containing audio, video and/or other data Several data streams contain video, audio and/or other data. Some of the data streams are pre-recorded in a multiplex on a storage medium while other data streams are located out of the data stream multiplex on the storage medium. The data streams are synchronized using a navigation file, which comprises ... 07/13/06 - 20060156357 - System and method for providing programming in a multi-dwelling unit or multi-tenant unit network A system and method for providing programming to a client in a Multi-Dwelling Unit or Multi-Tenant unit network. The system and method includes various embodiments for converting pay per view content to video on demand content, collecting and displaying popular programs to a client, and billing a client for the ... 06/29/06 - 20060143669 - Fast channel switching for digital tv A method for digital video distribution includes transmitting a multicast stream over a network. Upon receiving, at a time subsequent to a first anchor point and prior to a second anchor point in the multicast stream, a request from a client to begin receiving the multicast stream, a boost stream ... 06/01/06 - 20060117359 - Fast start-up for digital video streams Described herein is a technology facilitating the presentation of digital video streams. An implementation, described herein, reduces the effective start-up delay in the presentation of the first frames of the video content that occurs when a system tunes into a video stream. This abstract itself is not intended to limit ... 06/01/06 - 20060117358 - Fast start-up for digital video streams Described herein is a technology facilitating the presentation of digital video streams. An implementation, described herein, reduces the effective start-up delay in the presentation of the first frames of the video content that occurs when a system tunes into a video stream. This abstract itself is not intended to limit ... 06/01/06 - 20060117357 - Methods and systems for controlling trick mode play speeds In one of many possible embodiments, a method is provided for controlling trick mode playback speed. Frame indices associated with video frames of a digital video stream are monitored and a Group-of-Pictures (GOP) size is determined from the frame indices. One or more trick mode play speed parameters are calculated ... 02/16/06 - 20060037057 - Method and system of enabling trick play modes using http get A method of providing operational commands to a AV program transmitted using HTTP protocol includes storing an AV program in a server; generating meta data in the server, wherein the meta data includes a mapping table associating time ranges for the AV program to byte ranges for the AV program; ... 12/08/05 - 20050273828 - Method for enhancing digital video recorder television advertising viewership A method for enhancing digital video recorder television advertising viewership provides a method wherein the first or last number of seconds of a commercial break are carefully authored to provide a “teaser” to entice the viewer to watch multiple commercials during the commercial break instead of skipping the commercial break ... 12/08/05 - 20050273827 - Set-top box for internet-based distribution of video and other data A subscriber video player for use in a communication network that communicates with a plurality of video content servers that provide a plurality of video files for download to a subscriber. The subscriber video player comprises: 1) a storage medium for storing selected ones of the plurality of video files ... 11/24/05 - 20050262540 - Method and system for managing timed responses to a/v events in television programming Exemplary embodiments provide an incentive for a viewer to watch and react to audio/video programming. For example, the viewer may be prompted during a program to provide an indicated response to an event within an indicated time period. Thereafter, the indicated response to the event may be detected, a response ... 11/24/05 - 20050262539 - Closed caption tagging system A closed caption tagging system provides a mechanism for inserting tags into an audio or video television broadcast stream prior to or at the time of transmission. The tags contain command and control information that the receiver translates and acts upon. The receiver receives the broadcast stream and detects and ... 11/24/05 - 20050262538 - Data reception storage device The invention relates to the provision of broadcast data processing and display apparatus comprising at least two parts. The first part acts as a base and onto which base, said second part can be selectively positioned for use. The second part can be selectively usable independently and/or by connection to ... 11/03/05 - 20050246748 - Motion picture data transmission method and system A motion picture data transmission method for transmitting motion picture data from a server system via a transmission line to a client system is disclosed. The content of the transmitted motion picture data is checked and the transmission interval in each unit time is adjusted on the basis of the ... 08/18/05 - 20050183127 - System and method for the broadcast dissemination of time-ordered data with minimal commencement delays A stream of time-ordered data, such as a movie, is divided into multiple fragments of equal length, which are repetitively transmitted at different respective repetition rates. The fragments are reordered for transmission so that those which occur near the beginning of the original data stream are transmitted more frequently than ... 06/30/05 - 20050144644 - Broadcast receiving device and display method for broadcast receiving device A broadcast receiving device has a receiving unit which receives and modulates broadcast signals and outputs encoded signals, an acquiring unit which acquires program information relating to the broadcast signals, a detecting unit which detects information indicating whether or not downloading is necessary for each content from the program information, ... 06/02/05 - 20050120377 - Technique for effectively providing various entertainment services through a communications network A switched broadcast service and a network personal video recorder (NPVR) service are provided synergistically in a cable TV system having limited resources. For example, in providing the switched broadcast service, a resource manager allocates network bandwidth for broadcast of materials from selected program channels on an as needed basis. ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |