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Interactive Video Distribution Systems > Video Distribution System With Upstream Communication > Server Or Headend > Communications Interface Communications InterfaceCommunications Interface 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.07/19/07 - 20070169162 - Hierarchical communications network with upstream signal controllable from head end A cable-TV-based network transmits data on relatively high-radio frequency signals from a head end toward clients and transmits data on relatively low radio frequency signals from clients to head end. Radio frequency switch assemblies are distributed hierarchically from head end descending toward the clients. Each radio frequency switch assembly splits ... 06/14/07 - 20070136778 - Controller and control method for media retrieval, routing and playback A remote control device for controlling a plurality of controllable devices, and a method for controlling devices using a remote control device. The remote control device includes a processor, a display screen coupled to the processor, and memory coupled to the processor, the memory including a program module to solicit ... 05/31/07 - 20070124789 - Wireless interactive communication system An interactive communication system including a web-based content brokerage engine for the matching of meta data to audio content and audio+video content, for the encoding of such meta data into the audio-band or video-band channel of the specified audio content and audio+video content with such resulting encoded content being capable ... 04/05/07 - 20070079348 - Kvm video & osd switch A high speed video switch in a KVM system using discrete Radio Frequency (RF) switch circuits. The RF switch circuits are configured into a multiplexed circuit to route video signals from a selected host computer to a target monitor. Voltage converters are used to provide control signals of the proper ... 03/29/07 - 20070074260 - Method and apparatus for providing content using a distribution network A method and apparatus for utilizing at least one packet stream at a regional site is described. In one embodiment, at least one packet stream is multicast from a master headend. A request is then submitted to access one of the packet stream(s) located at a multicast endpoint. The packet ... 03/15/07 - 20070061860 - Apparatus and methods of open and closed package subscription Apparatus and method for providing and receiving media programming information including providing programming package information comprising attributes of a package of media presentation channels. Further, a subscription characteristic is defined that determines an ability subscribe to the package and to present the programming package information on a device. The device ... 03/01/07 - 20070050833 - Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving broadcast and communication combined service information Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving broadcast and communication combined service information. The method of receiving broadcast and communication combined service information includes receiving a broadcast signal comprising receiving control information for communication service information to be serviced in association with broadcast service information to be ... 02/22/07 - 20070044133 - System and method for unlimited channel broadcasting A broadband broadcasting system and method that leverages existing commercial-off-the-shelf technologies and service providers to deliver video streaming content to viewers worldwide. First an event is acquired or captured by a digital media broadcast service provider (DMBSP) as “raw” content that is transmitted to an ingest and operations center. The ... 02/15/07 - 20070039034 - System and method of adjusting audiovisual content to improve hearing A system for adjusting audiovisual content having a server including a receiver for receiving a first content from a media source, a first circuitry configured to generate a second content based on the first content, the second content having multiple audio channels, a first transceiver for sending the second content ... 11/02/06 - 20060248563 - Method and apparatus for supporting a priority data transmission in a transmitter of a digital audio broadcasting system A method and apparatus for supporting a priority transmission of broadcasting data in a transmitter of a digital broadcasting system. A determination is made as to whether a priority transmission of one broadcasting service to be provided is supported. If the service supports the priority transmission, a plurality of subchannels ... 10/19/06 - 20060236358 - System and method for edge resource management The present invention relates generally to a system for managing bandwidth usage in a content delivery system such as a Video on Demand (VOD) network. Specifically, an Edge Resource Manager (ERM) makes use of a number of policies to optimally select a transmission device such as a Quadrature Amplitude Modulation ... 10/12/06 - 20060230425 - Method, device and system for cable television distribution Embodiments of the invention provide a method, device and/or system for communicating over a wideband distribution network. The device may include, for example, a downstream conversion module for converting a legacy downstream electrical signal of a legacy downstream frequency band into an extended downstream optical signal of an extended downstream ... 10/05/06 - 20060225117 - Multimodal service session establishing and providing method, and multimodal service session establishing and providing system, and control program for same A multimodal service establishing method is provided which is capable of achieving flexible combinations of a plurality of service contents. At least one integrated server is installed between a plurality of terminal devices and service servers of a plurality of types. A session establishment processing unit and service linking processing ... 07/13/06 - 20060156365 - Ever-decreasing network qos requirements for stored video streaming in a mobile wireless interworking environment A method for downloading and displaying a video program using a mobile terminal that includes a first radio access network having a first data transfer rate and a second radio access network having a second data transfer rate faster than the first data transfer rate. The downloaded video program is ... 06/29/06 - 20060143677 - Digital signal transmitter synchronization system Methods, and apparatus for carrying out the methods, are disclosed for synchronizing a plurality of RF transmitters that are supplied with a common digital information signal for carrier modulation and subsequent transmission on a common channel throughout a prescribed region, whereby the digital signal receivers within the region may receive ... 06/22/06 - 20060136975 - Radio communication apparatus A radio communication apparatus capable of switching modulation schemes includes a QPSK modulation signal generator configured to modulate transmission data by a QPSK modulation scheme and to output a QPSK modulation signal. A 64QAM modulation signal generator is configured to modulate transmission data by a 64QAM scheme and to output ... 05/18/06 - 20060107300 - Information providing system, information terminal device, information server device and information providing method An information providing system allows to intentionally modify the arrangement of clips to be reproduced from that of the first transmission. The program clips and the CM clips obtained by receiving those broadcast are stored in recorded result storage section 11 and rearrangement examining section 15 carries out a processing ... 03/09/06 - 20060053461 - Audio/video distribution system An audio/video distribution system that is cost-effective, highly flexible, and capable of being used over an extended area and without the need for a centralized switching and distribution mechanism. The audio/video distribution system includes a distribution cable, at least one audio/video transmitter, at least one receiver, and a control director. ... 03/09/06 - 20060053460 - Transmission communications management An interactive transmission system having a data management module that identifies at least one transmission characteristic of at least one transmitter module. The transmitter module transmits data over a transport medium. The data management module modifies its behavior based on the identified at least one transmission characteristic. ... 02/23/06 - 20060041921 - System and method for creating a virtual media channel A system and method for creating a virtual media channel including video, audio, multimedia, or other data, at or near the point of reception by end users remotely controls an operation of an end user receiving device. The present invention remotely controls an input source selection at the end user ... 02/23/06 - 20060041920 - Method and system for transparent addition of features to network devices A method of incrementally adding functions to a network that has a source device and a sink device, where the source device provides signals to the sink device. Accordingly, the type of the source signal from the source device is determined. It is then determined if the sink device is ... 02/09/06 - 20060031908 - Integrated machine readable code reader and an a/v telecommunications device A method of delivering content to an A/V telecommunication device in response to a scanned code is performed by reading a machine readable code and sending a signal to a host server in response to the read code. The A/V telecommunication device receives content from a content provider in response ... 01/26/06 - 20060020995 - Fast channel change in digital media systems A system for processing digital media streams includes a headend, a network, at least one set top box (STB), and at least one receiving device. The headend may be configured to generate the digital media streams. The network may be in communication with the headend and configured to receive the ... 12/08/05 - 20050273834 - [world news network] The method of combing a collection of live news media from countries or cities from around the world which is then broadcast on a single broadcasting channel. ... 11/10/05 - 20050251843 - Method and apparatus for programming blackout and retune A method for blackout and retune distribution including receiving a first wide area multiplexed feed, the first wide area multiplexed feed comprising a blacked out feed; and generating a requantized local service feed from a local replacement plus retune service feed, the local replacement plus retune service feed having a ... 10/20/05 - 20050235334 - information-provision control method, information reproduction system,information-provision apparatus, information reproduction apparatus and information-presentation control program When the information-provision apparatus is providing an audio signal to the specific information reproduction apparatus, the user enters an operation input to the specific information reproduction apparatus to switch processing to reproduce an audio content from the specific information reproduction apparatus to another information reproduction apparatus. In this case, the ... 09/29/05 - 20050216948 - Fast channel change A system and method that provide reduced latency in a video signal processing system. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise generating and receiving a request for a unit of video information. A video transmission system may, for example, receive the request for the unit of video information and ... 09/15/05 - 20050204399 - Portable terminal, digital data-distribution server, and data-sending/receiving system A portable terminal includes a tuner to receive broadcast signals; a receiver to receive data communication signals from a remote server; a display to show images represented by image data from the broadcast signals or the data communication signals; a detector coupled to the tuner to detect a signal intensity ... 08/25/05 - 20050188416 - Method and device for the distribution of an audiovisual signal in a communications network, corresponding validation method and device A method for the distribution of an audiovisual signal, in a communications network interconnecting a plurality of terminals, from a source terminal to one or more destination terminals comprises: a step for the detection of an initializing signal; a step for the transmission of the audiovisual signal to a first ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |