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Interactive Video Distribution Systems > Video Distribution System With Upstream Communication > Having Link To External Network (e.g., Interconnected Computer Network) > Connection To External Network At Receiver (e.g., Set-top Box) Connection To External Network At Receiver (e.g., Set-top Box)Connection To External Network At Receiver (e.g., Set-top Box) 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 - 20070250887 - Integrated broadcasting system for digital broadcasting programs The present invention provides an integrated broadcasting system for digital broadcasting programs, comprising: a broadcasting server, a VOD (Video On Demand) server and user players. The broadcasting server broadcasts the digital broadcasting programs in accordance with preset broadcasting schedule. The VOD server stores the backups of digital broadcasting programs broadcasted ... 08/23/07 - 20070199035 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing content synchronization or control among one or more devices Exemplary embodiments include a system for providing content including: a controller in operable communication with a first display device and a second display device that provides first interactive content to the first display device and second interactive content to the second display device and an interface for receiving a command ... 07/26/07 - 20070174886 - Method for supporting services in an ip-based video network on the basis of subscriber-controlled status information In one aspect, a method to for supporting services of an IP-based video network is provided. A plurality of subscribers of the video network registers with a presence server, each subscriber registers via an IP-capable terminal. The plurality of subscribers includes a first subscriber that logs onto the presence server ... 05/31/07 - 20070124787 - Apparatus, system, and method of electronic mail processing An electronic mail processing apparatus includes a data receiving section (101) that receives mail data including video data or audio data, a cited data detecting section (103) that detects a cited part of the received video data or audio data as cited data from the mail data received by the ... 05/10/07 - 20070107031 - Information distribution and processing system An information distribution and processing system contains a sender and a plurality of processing units. The sender delivers a set of digital data, without receiving a request signal, to the plurality of processor units. The set of digital data contains a first set of displayable data, a second set of ... 05/10/07 - 20070107030 - Combining real-time and batch mode logical address links Systems and methods for displaying Internet content associated with television programming. Content associated with a program included in the television programming is automatically displayed by a set top box. Before the broadcast of a program, listing information or EPG data is stored at the set top box. The listing information ... 04/12/07 - 20070083906 - Content-based navigation and launching on mobile devices Techniques are disclosed for a content-based navigation and launching for portable computing devices such as PDAs and smart phones. A content navigator and launcher allows a user to personalize content groupings. The techniques can run on top of any OS file system that has a mechanism to associate files with ... 03/22/07 - 20070067818 - Means and method for mobile television A method for selecting television content in mobile television communications is provided. Descriptions of predefined possible video sequences (112) is transmitted from a video system (110) to a selection server (120). The selection server collects information on user preferences with regard to video, e.g. from a user profile holding unit ... 02/22/07 - 20070044130 - System and method for implementing channel change operations in internet protocol television systems System and method for facilitating channel change operations in an Internet Protocol television (“IPTV”) system are described. One embodiment is a method of implementing a channel change in an IPTV system comprising a set top box (“STB”) connected between a TV and an access network. The method comprises, responsive to ... 02/15/07 - 20070039031 - User interface indicating past, present and future songs played in a streaming music channel A user interface for a receiver of a streaming music service simultaneously displays a current-song display, a past-song display and a future-song display. The current-song display indicates a current song being broadcast to a plurality of subscribers in a channel of the streaming music service. The past-song display indicates at ... 11/23/06 - 20060265730 - Mixing and producing individualized media files Embodiments relate to a web-based interactive fitness program for generating individualized fitness media content for subscribers. A database is maintained that includes scriptlets that identify exercise routines that have been provided or augmented by a trainer. One or more of the scriptlets are selected for a subscriber based on the ... 10/12/06 - 20060230424 - System and method for implementing a cable system A system and method for implementing a cable system. The system includes a paddle card system that includes a card, and a circuit coupled to the card and configured to couple to a server system node. The circuit indicates when the card is properly seated when the card is plugged ... 09/28/06 - 20060218614 - Educational television broadcast system An educational live television broadcast system is provided which provides a virtually inexhaustible array of subject matter for students who have access to television sets. The programming is provided on a pay-per-view basis and presents those students all over the world who have access to television with a wide variety ... 09/07/06 - 20060200850 - Image processing apparatus, network system, and method of communication A plurality of image processing apparatuses and a management server are connected to an IP network. Upon receiving the IP address of an image processing apparatus, the management server assigns identification information corresponding to its IP address, for a predetermined limited period. If a user inputs identification information of a ... 09/07/06 - 20060200849 - Systems and methods for providing client-side accelerated access to remote applications via tcp pooling The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for dynamically deploying and executing acceleration functionality on a client to improve the performance and delivery of remotely accessed applications. In one embodiment, the client-side acceleration functionality is provided by an acceleration program that performs a transport layer connection pooling technique ... 08/31/06 - 20060195877 - Convergence system and method One embodiment of a method may provide, through a convergence system, a browser having a first start page and a second start page. The method may present, through the convergence system, the first start page, in response to a viewer selection of (i) a first television channel and (ii) the ... 08/24/06 - 20060190978 - Remotely accessing a set-top terminal An Internet server is operatively coupled to a configurable set-top terminal (STT), thereby providing remote access to the configurable STT through the Internet server. The Internet server is configured to provide web-pages that preferably emulate the user interface for the configurable STT. In that regard, a subscriber can log into ... 08/17/06 - 20060184989 - Interacting with internet applications via a broadband network on electronic input/output devices A system and method for interacting with internet applications by way of a broadband network that includes one, or a combination, of cable television, satellite television, internet protocol television, cellular network, or digital subscriber line network. The system and method allow a user to execute at an end user device, ... 08/10/06 - 20060179468 - System and method of providing a television content guide A method of providing a content guide includes receiving a request for a content guide. The request for the content guide is transmitted to a web server. Thereafter, the content guide is received from the web server. Further, the content guide is modified according to one or more parental controls ... 07/27/06 - 20060168635 - Device control system, device control method, and control program According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided with a device control system including: an acquiring unit which acquires a BML document which can be delivered in digital broadcasting; a BML interpreting unit which interprets a description described in the BML document, for controlling an external device; ... 07/13/06 - 20060156362 - Discovery information for ip multicast A method for broadcasting over an IP multicast network an offer of multimedia services received in form of a bundle of transport streams, comprises attributing for each offer (offer 1, offer 2) a determined service provider offer localisation (LN0,1, LN0,2) of the IP multicast network, and creating a file of ... 06/15/06 - 20060130109 - Multimode interactive television chat A user interface device has a graphical user interface that can simultaneously display a combination of television and Internet content in various display modes. The display modes may have different proportions, positioning or other features of the Internet and television content. Means are included in each display made for conveniently ... 06/15/06 - 20060130108 - Control method for television A method of controlling a television having a teleweb function that receives a broadcasting signal and teleweb information of a selected channel from a server providing the broadcasting signal and the teleweb information includes: setting the teleweb function to be in an on state via a user menu; selecting a ... 06/15/06 - 20060130107 - Method and apparatus for high bandwidth data transmission in content-based networks Methods and apparatus for delivering data 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 the allocation of dedicated end-to-end network resources via a “session request, ... 05/18/06 - 20060107299 - Method for association between telephony and television network equipment A method for user assisted association between a television and a telephony device is provided. A set-top box requests an identification code from a server. The server identifies the set-top box, generates the code and transmits it to the set-top box. The set-top box displays the code and a user ... 10/20/05 - 20050235332 - Interactive icon management A method for providing a television presentation enhancement includes receiving from a remote location trigger attribute data identifying at least one display attribute of an interactive icon, responsive to receiving the trigger attribute data, causing an interactive icon having the at least one attribute identified by the trigger attribute data ... 08/25/05 - 20050188412 - System and method for providing content list in response to selected content provider-defined word A word in TV content or a word spoken by a user can be used to generate a list of auxiliary content related to the word. The user can select auxiliary content from the list. ... 08/25/05 - 20050188411 - System and method for providing content list in response to selected closed caption word A remote control device for a TV can be used to select a word in a closed caption text, and if the word is associated with additional content, a list of the content is displayed on the TV. The user can select a piece of content from the list. A ... 06/23/05 - 20050138668 - System and method for enhanced hot key delivery According to one embodiment, a service provider determines whether to inform one or more users of an interactive television service of available content. Responsive to determining to inform the one or more users of the available content, a hot key signal is generated. The hot key signal is sent to ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |