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Interactive Video Distribution Systems > Video Distribution System With Upstream Communication > Receiver (e.g., Set-top Box) > Programmable Or Upgradeable Programmable Or UpgradeableProgrammable Or Upgradeable 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 - 20070266417 - Portable electronic devices, methods and computer program products for updating frequency settings Portable electronic devices are provided that include a digital video broadcast (DVB) receiver and a DVB frequency adjustment module. The DVB receiver is configured to use a reference clock of the portable electronic device as a DVB reference clock. A DVB frequency adjustment module is configured to receive adjustment information ... 08/16/07 - 20070192818 - System and method for creating, distributing, and executing rich multimedia applications The aim of this invention is to provide a complete system to create, to deploy and to execute rich multimedia applications on various terminals and in particular embedded devices. A rich multimedia application is made of one or more media objects, being audio or visual, synthetic or natural, metadata, and ... 08/09/07 - 20070186265 - Television having a java engine and a removable device port Method and apparatus for use with televisions having an internal Java engine are included among the embodiments. In exemplary systems, a PCMCIA port allows the Java engine to load and execute Java applets selected by the viewer. Provision is made for system-aware applets to run concurrently with platform-independent applets on ... 08/09/07 - 20070186264 - Backup communication modes Systems and methods for implementing a communication mode for a communication terminal are provided. An embodiment of a method for implementing a communication mode includes receiving a first type of data over a first type of communication channel, determining that the first type of data is subsequently not available over ... 06/28/07 - 20070150929 - Electronic apparatus and method for controlling data transfer rate in electronic apparatus According to one embodiment, there is provided an electronic apparatus including: a processor that executes an application program for processing data; and a wireless communication unit that wirelessly transfers data to an external apparatus at a first data transfer rate, while the application program is inactive. The wireless communication unit ... 06/07/07 - 20070130609 - Method of controlling power supply of digital tv and digital tv therefor A method of controlling a power supply of a digital TV with a function of executing applications is provided. According to the method, in a digital TV apparatus with the application executing function, a power supply of a general-purpose CPU platform which processes data required for executing an application and ... 06/07/07 - 20070130608 - Method and apparatus for overlaying broadcast video with application graphic in dtv A method and apparatus for overlaying broadcast video with application graphics in a digital TV having an application-execution function are provided. The apparatus includes a decoding unit which decodes a received digital broadcast signal and outputs a video signal, a memory unit which stores graphic data used for the application, ... 06/07/07 - 20070130607 - Method of enabling the programming of a universal remote control system A method of enabling the programming of universal remote control system for controlling a CE device of a combination type providing a combination of functionalities equivalent to that provided by a combination of devices with respective basic features, the CE device including an interface for receiving remote control signals to ... 05/17/07 - 20070113259 - Presenting programs The invention relates to provision of improved services in connection with presenting a program for a user. Information of the user is stored in a remote management unit, preferably in a database thereof. A broadcasting system provides a terminal with a program signal and the program is presented to the ... 05/03/07 - 20070101393 - Separate-type signal processing apparatus and software version updating method therefor A separate-type signal processing apparatus includes: a first device having a data acquisition part; and a second device connected with the first device by wire or wireless, wherein the first and second devices work in cooperation to execute a predetermined process, the first device acquires version renewal data for addition ... 05/03/07 - 20070101392 - Direct computing experience Described is a technology by which a computer system operates in a mode that is different from a general purpose operating mode, upon detection of a special actuation mechanism coupled to the computing device. For example, actuation of a special hardware button may boot or resume a sleeping computer system ... 04/26/07 - 20070094698 - Consumer access systems and methods for providing same Apparatus and methods for providing enhanced consumer access to information sources and controllable entities. An Access device can be a stand alone device such as a DVD player in which the DVD disk contains the back-end information network. Other Access devices obtain the back-end information network from remote sources. By ... 04/19/07 - 20070089151 - Method and system for delivery of digital media experience via common instant communication clients An approach provides delivery of digital media. One of a plurality of distribution channels is assigned to transport the digital media to an instant communications process. The digital media is transmitted to the instant communications process over the assigned distribution channel. ... 03/29/07 - 20070074263 - Programmable selective broadcasting reception system, broadcasting apparatus, and reception apparatus In a programmable selective broadcasting reception system, a broadcasting station includes a unit for broadcasting a broadcasting contents program formed from broadcasting contents, a contents attribute, and an execution program. A reception apparatus includes a reception unit, user attribute storage unit, current time acquisition unit, current place acquisition unit, attribute ... 03/08/07 - 20070056009 - System and method for viewing and controlling a personal computer using a networked television Presented are systems and methods for controlling a PC from an interactive TV display. The system includes a network which interconnects a TV set-top-box (STB) to a PC. The STB includes a network interface so as to communicate with the network, a remote control receiver, a display controller, and a ... 02/08/07 - 20070033631 - Method and apparatus for providing interactive program guide (ipg) and video-on-demand (vod) user interfaces An apparatus for providing multiple session-based services at a terminal, an exemplary apparatus includes a memory configured to support a plurality of software layers including a service layer communicating with terminal resources via a root layer disposed therebetween; and a processor, for executing instructions associated with a plurality of service ... 02/01/07 - 20070028283 - Ocap engine module An apparatus for facilitating use of OCAP (OpenCable™ Applications Platform) standard in a host cable television device, the host cable television device having a connector consistent with certain embodiments has a removable module. An OCAP engine resides on the removable module suitable for execution of Java™ code as specified by ... 02/01/07 - 20070028282 - Start up method for a television apparatus A method for use in a television/set-top box (1) for showing video/audio to a viewer prior to the completion of a high level system software boot process (2). The method includes the acts of monitoring said television/set-top box device (1) to detect when the television/set-top box (1) is activated by ... 11/16/06 - 20060259941 - Distributed publishing network A system and method for distributing of various media content is described. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a device is coupled to a remote server through a network. The device includes a storage memory that includes markup language content, wherein the remote server can update the markup ... 11/02/06 - 20060248568 - Method and apparatus for providing cross-channel programming Within a digital television environment comprising an operator, a distribution network, at least one set-top box, the set-top box is communicatively associated with at least one viewing device, an apparatus and method for using interactive applications within a digital television environment, the apparatus and method assisting in implementing cross channel ... 08/03/06 - 20060174307 - Broadcast terminal and method for multi-tasking A broadcast terminal and method for multitasking are disclosed. The broadcast terminal for multitasking includes a module unit for executing a plurality of tasks; a multitask unit for managing a plurality of executed tasks as a first task group and a second task group; a controller for providing a control ... 08/03/06 - 20060174306 - Video apparatus having software upgrade capability and method for controlling the same Disclosed herein are a video apparatus with a software upgrade function and a method for controlling the same, wherein software of the video apparatus can be downloaded through the use of a broadcast signal and the existing software of the video apparatus can be upgraded with the downloaded software, and ... 07/13/06 - 20060156371 - Interactive television reception and transmitting processes and associated devices The invention relates to an interactive television process applicable to a system where one or more transmitting stations transmit programmes to receivers. This process provides for: a) reception in one of the receivers, of a startup application and of a normal application; b) testing for the presence in a memory ... 07/13/06 - 20060156370 - Method and arrangement for indicating requirements for broadcast and multicast reception The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for indicating requirements for broadcast and multicast service reception. A basic method comprises a step of transmitting a message indicating the requirements over the air interface to terminals within the service range. An alternative method comprises a step of informing the ... 06/01/06 - 20060117372 - System and method for searching for specific types of people or information on a peer-to-peer network The present invention provides a system and a method for searching for specific types of people or specific types of information on a Peer-to-Peer network, and in particular, using specific types of search terms as a means of profiling to find specific types of information or specific types of people ... 03/16/06 - 20060059530 - Distributed configuration of entertainment devices Methods and systems for managing configuration settings on remote entertainment devices are described. The method may include: storing values for a first subset of configuration settings from the set of configuration settings, each of the values for the first subset having an associated precedence level; storing values for a second ... 03/16/06 - 20060059529 - Systems and methods for providing security through sessions Systems and methods are described for providing security through sessions. In an implementation, a method includes initiating a session, by an operating system, in which operating system services are executable and initiating another session, by the operating system, in which a user-interactive application is executable. ... 02/23/06 - 20060041925 - Method of obtaining additional network information in digital satellite broadcasting and a satellite broadcast receiver using the same A method of obtaining additional network information in digital satellite broadcasting. The method includes extracting a boot object including information of each network from a digital satellite broadcast signal, determining whether the information of each network included in the boot object is extended network information, checking validity of the extended ... 02/23/06 - 20060041924 - Digital television middleware service for home networking domains The middleware service interacts with data carousel data objects and acts as a bridge between the data carousel and subscribed control points. The middleware service can serve a variety of objects, including streams, applications, stream events and also enables new applications and services to be deployed on home networks. It ... 02/09/06 - 20060031912 - Integrated resource management and a/v telecommunication device An A/V telecommunication device including a network connection, a telecommunications processor connected to the network connection, and a video processor connected to the network connection may include an integrated resource management organizer communicably connected to the video processor. ... 12/15/05 - 20050278770 - Apparatus, medium, and method for displaying download status of data An apparatus, medium, and method for displaying the downloading progress of data on an auxiliary display window when software is downloaded into a digital broadcast receiver (e.g., a set-top box). The apparatus for displaying the downloading progress of data includes a reconstruction unit, which receives broadcast signals from a broadcasting ... 10/13/05 - 20050229232 - Data processing device and method for interactive television A programmable data processing device for a digital TV set-top box comprises: a loading engine for receiving portions of code of a first type and/or data from a DSM-CC Carousel, a storage means for storing the portions received by the loading engine, an execution engine for executing an application embodied ... 07/21/05 - 20050160474 - Information processing device and program Receiving a boot instruction of the operating system, performing management by making a first recording area recognizable to the first operating system booted based on the boot instruction in an operating status of the first operating system stored in the first recording area, and making a second recording area unrecognizable ... 07/07/05 - 20050149986 - Home entertainment system A dedicated apparatus for playing unmodified software, housed in a home entertainment system chassis, for playing in a home entertainment environment the existing body of interactive multimedia software that has been formatted and published for compatibility with standard personal computer platforms. Video and audio output signals are generated in response ... 06/09/05 - 20050125842 - Modular set top box The invention consists to propose an ultra low cost basic set top box with extension module connection possibility. Instead of proposing one STB for each market, which increase the overall costs, only one STB is marketed. In addition of this unique referenced STB, a set of modules are proposed. To ... 06/02/05 - 20050120384 - Methods and systems for enabling software and firmware downloads to high definition television appliances The present invention enables software and firmware downloads to high definition television (HDTV) appliances via a television terminal. A download control message received at the terminal may comprise: (i) a first version identifier identifying a version of an available software or firmware download; (ii) a first type identifier identifying a ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |