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Interactive Video Distribution Systems > Video Distribution System With Local Interaction Video Distribution System With Local InteractionVideo Distribution System With Local Interaction 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 - 20070250898 - Automatic extraction of secondary video streams The automatic generation of one or more secondary video streams based on an input primary video stream may use analytics performed on the video to provide information on targets, events, and/or areas of interest to permit the one or more secondary video streams to concentrate on one or more targets, ... 10/25/07 - 20070250897 - System and method of providing selectable video content A system and method of providing selectable video content is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes receiving a selection of a first mnemonic input at a set-top box device. The method also includes receiving a plurality of numeric input selections at the set-top box device, where each of ... 10/25/07 - 20070250896 - Picture-in-picture mosaic The PIP system enables display of a mosaic of favorite channels in a Picture-in-Picture (PIP) format to a subscriber terminal. Picture-in-Picture support is efficiently provided by sending only I-Frames of the secondary video channel to the end-user. That is, any unnecessary packets (null, B-P frames, audio, etc.) in the secondary ... 10/04/07 - 20070234395 - Speeding up channel change A method and apparatus is described to reduce delay when changing channels in a television environment. The method may comprise receiving a plurality of television channels from a remote content provider wherein each channel includes channel information used to display the channel. At least one channel of the plurality of ... 09/20/07 - 20070220584 - Method and apparatus for receiving broadcasting service information in a digital broadcasting system Provided are an apparatus and a method for receiving PSI/SI in a DVB-H receiver, in which packets carrying PS/ISI are detected from TS packets received over a wireless network and counted, and the PSI/SI packets are read if the packet count number reaches a predetermined packet number. ... 09/20/07 - 20070220582 - Method and system for configuring media-playing sets A remote support site having a detector internally collecting information on a user-selectable intrinsic broadcast characteristic of a media-playing set or television and a server enabling specification of a preferred setting for such characteristic from this information. A method including maintaining a remote site, therefrom internally collecting information from the ... 09/13/07 - 20070214490 - Method for reducing channel change startup delays for multicast digital video streams Methods and systems for reducing channel change startup delays for multicast digital video streams are described. Packets of a multicast digital video transport stream having a plurality of normal Group of Pictures are received. Further, a channel change request is received and a speed-up Group of Pictures is inserted in ... 09/13/07 - 20070214489 - Media presentation operations on computing devices In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a communication interface to receive a data stream comprising subtitle content, a translation module to translate the subtitle content from a first language to a second language, and a user interface to present the subtitle content. ... 08/30/07 - 20070204321 - Methods, apparatus, and systems for providing media content over a communications network The present invention relates to broadcasting/multicasting of media content over a communication network using shared bandwidth available from peer-to-peer networking. The system of the present invention includes a plurality of broadcast devices, a plurality of receiving devices, a plurality of databases, and a control center. The control center is the ... 08/30/07 - 20070204320 - Method and apparatus for immediate display of multicast iptv over a bandwidth constrained network In a packet based multicast video streaming network, a method for minimizing delay in displaying video on a TV set in response to a viewer changing the channel is disclosed. For each live multicast video stream, one or more reference frames and corresponding compressed frames are temporarily stored in a ... 08/23/07 - 20070199042 - Delivering a supplemented cctv signal to one or more subscribers A method and a system are provided for delivering a supplemented CCTV message to subscribers, such as residents of a MDU. A processor combines the signal from a local CCTV camera system with a supplementary message to be provided to subscribers. The supplemented CCTV signal resulting from this combining is ... 08/09/07 - 20070186271 - Synchronization identifier generating method and apparatus for synchronizing digital contents Provided are a synchronization identifier generating method for synchronizing digital contents and an apparatus for the same. The synchronization identifier generating method includes setting a sampling level that indicates a frequency of sampling digital contents; sampling the digital contents on the basis of the set sampling level; generating a first ... 08/09/07 - 20070186269 - Interactive program manager and methods for presenting program content An interactive program manager comprises a receiver, a controller and an analyzer. The receiver presents audio and visual content for display. The controller directs the receiver to select a first channel and to forward a second channel different from the first channel. The analyzer monitors a program guide and at ... 08/09/07 - 20070186268 - Cross-encoding of information in independent channels Independent first and second information signals (content1 and conten2) are transmitted over separate independent physical channels to a receiving location. Security is provided by encoding (12a) at least the first information by means of the second information to produce encoded signals (1′, . . . N′). The encoded signals and ... 08/09/07 - 20070186267 - Information providing device, information providing method, and computer program A server searches a content information database for a piece of content viewed for example based on a viewing log obtained from a user by executing aggregation of data, extracts content tables associated with the content viewed for example, and counts appearance frequencies of the content tables by genre, performer, ... 08/02/07 - 20070180489 - User-configurable video data service and interface An embodiment of a system and method wherein a streaming ticker information relating to a video content is integrated with the video content and transmitted to a customer device over a communication network. ... 07/26/07 - 20070174895 - Video and audio front end assembly and method A Video and Audio Front End Assembly and Method. The device and method of this invention takes advantage of the hardware improvements available in personal computing machines that enable higher speed bus communications and much greater computational capacity. The system converts many of the processes needed to convert analog video ... 07/26/07 - 20070174894 - Transmitter, receiver, and broadcasting system A system for providing a broadcasting service considering the environment on a receiver end. A transmitter transmits a command for operating a receiver and its peripheral devices, and connection requirement data being a requirement for the command execution. In the receiver, a reception section receives, together with the command, requirement ... 07/19/07 - 20070169165 - Social network-enabled interactive media player Systems and methods for online social networking may include an interactive media player. The interactive media player may exhibit media and allow interaction between users and/or users and administrators. ... 07/19/07 - 20070169164 - System and method for broadcasting personalizes and where applicable interactive contents to terminals attached to a communication network A system (MD, SC, MT) is dedicated to broadcasting content data streams to communication terminals (T1-T3) attached at least to a first broadcast network (R1). The system comprises at least i) data content definition means (MD) adapted to insert at least interactivity points at selected places in contents to be ... 07/12/07 - 20070162952 - Method and apparatus for performing synchronised audio and video presentation A synchronisation of the presentation or reproduction of video data with audio data is described, which data each are processed on two non-synchronised computers. An MPEG-type stream is separated into video data and audio data, wherein the video data is processed utilising the first processing means and the audio data ... 06/21/07 - 20070143817 - Interactive job channel Interactive job channel is described. In an embodiment, a viewer having a television-based client device can register an employment profile with a content provider. Employment-related media content can then be associated with the viewer according to the employment profile registered by the viewer, and when an interactive job channel is ... 06/21/07 - 20070143816 - Methods for using broadcast media content information and related broadcast media receivers/playback devices Methods of displaying broadcast media content information to a user include receiving at a first receiver first content from a first channel of a multi-channel broadcast media system while receiving at a second receiver information regarding the content on a second off-channel of the multi-channel broadcast media system. Then, at ... 06/07/07 - 20070130611 - Triggerless interactive television Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that relate to providing interactive television by synchronizing content to live and/or recorded television shows. Content is synchronized without the use of in-band triggers. A broadcast stream is received, and search/action pairs are received from a transmission path, such as from the Internet or ... 05/31/07 - 20070124795 - Television message system A television message system is provided that allows users at user television equipment devices that are connected to a television distribution facility to transmit messages to each other relating to a television program or other suitable subject. The television message system permits users to participate in evaluations, contests, promotions, and ... 05/31/07 - 20070124794 - Method and apparatus for employing stored content at receivers to improve efficiency of broadcast system bandwidth use The invention relates generally to a receiver unit in a digital broadcast system for receiving a broadcast signal comprising content segments and control data, and generating an output signal using the content segments and previously stored content segments. The previously stored content segments are retrieved from a local memory device ... 05/24/07 - 20070118872 - Method and apparatus for providing preview service using electronic service guide in a digital broadcasting system A method and apparatus for providing a preview service using an ESG in a digital broadcasting system are provided. Metadata of ongoing broadcasting services are collected. In the presence of preview data for the preview service among the collected metadata, information associated with the preview service is set in a ... 05/17/07 - 20070113264 - System and method for updating digital media content A system and method for updating digital content are provided. The system and method of the present disclosure enable updating of content on digital media by dynamically presenting specialized selected content from a global computer network, e.g., the Internet, or other stored digital medium. The system and method provide for ... 05/17/07 - 20070113263 - Dynamic interactive content system An invention is provided for a dynamic interactive content system. The dynamic interactive content system includes a data receiver capable of receiving main content, such audio/visual video data, and supplemental content associated with the main content. In addition, a storage is included that is in communication with the receiver. The ... 05/17/07 - 20070113262 - Processing data packets using navigational hardware assist Herein described is a system and method for improving the performance in which data packets are processed in a set-top-box. The system determines and stores one or more values into a memory. The one or more values in memory are subsequently utilized when a firmware is executed. These values are ... 05/10/07 - 20070107038 - Methods and devices for presenting data A method and apparatus enables presentation of complementary data associated with output data presented in an electronic apparatus. The method includes presenting the output data via an output device of the electronic apparatus, obtaining event data associated with the presented output data and based on which the complementary data is ... 05/10/07 - 20070107037 - System and method for providing user-definable audio indicators for multimedia channel selections A method includes receiving user input indicating a selection of a first multimedia channel from a set of multimedia channels for display. The method further includes determining a first user-selected audio indicator associated with the first multimedia channel. The method additionally includes providing the first audio indicator for audible output ... 05/10/07 - 20070107036 - Method and system for broadcasting digital programs This invention provides a method that when the disturbance of the bandwidth or the signal quality occurs during the digital program broadcasting, so that the broadcasting quality of the currently broadcast normal program is below a predetermined value, a prearranged program having a specific broadcasting quality, such as advertisements, will ... 04/26/07 - 20070094704 - Audio/video task calculation method, method of providing summary information for audio/video task calculation, and apparatus using the methods An audio/visual (AV) task calculation method, a method of providing summary information for an AV task calculation, and an apparatus for the same are provided. The method includes requesting summary information on media data from an AV server storing media data, receiving the summary information from the AV server, and ... 04/26/07 - 20070094703 - System for transmitting information from a streamed program to external devices and media A method for selecting a section from a streamed broadcast program is disclosed. The method includes receiving a streamed broadcast program, rendering the received streamed broadcast program on a display, selecting a section from the received streamed broadcast program substantially when the section is rendered on the display, and producing ... 04/19/07 - 20070089158 - Apparatus and method for providing access to associated data related to primary media data Apparatuses and methods are described for distributing associated data to media recipients that are experiencing a primary media event, such as a television or radio program, a movie or a live event. The associated data may be in the form of direct links that may be used by the media ... 04/19/07 - 20070089157 - Television advertising number system Supplemental program information is provided to a television in conjunction with a television program, where the supplemental program information is related to the subject matter of the television program. The supplemental program information and an access number are embedded in a digital video data stream of the television program. The ... 04/19/07 - 20070089156 - Playback apparatus program and playback method A BD-ROM playback apparatus simultaneously executes playback of a title and execution of an application. The BD-ROM playback apparatus includes a playback control engine (32) for playing an AVClip belonging to one title, and a module manager (34) controlling branching between a plurality of titles, and a BD-J module (35) ... 04/19/07 - 20070089155 - Electronic system to make televisions interactive The present invention relates to an electronic system to make the current televisions interactive, such system comprising at least one micro-processor based TV module (1) with bi-directional communication means connectable to a television, at least one central server computer saving the required user data and evaluating received data and making ... 04/12/07 - 20070083911 - Intelligent media navigation Techniques and systems for intelligent navigation of sequential media content are disclosed. The intelligent navigation is well suited to enable users to better control media playback with regards to a media playback application operating on a computing device. ... 04/12/07 - 20070083910 - Method and system for seamless live broadcast of digital content A method and a system for live broadcast of digital content to a user switching between one or more electronic devices are provided. Each electronic device is connected to a network. The user makes a request to switch the live broadcast of the digital content from a first electronic device ... 04/05/07 - 20070079353 - Scheduling trigger apparatus and method Apparatus and methods for embedding and associating triggers within a promotion or other similar content element with the event being promoted are disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, consumer premises equipment (CPE) such as a digital set-top box is used to interface between the user and an external network (such as ... 04/05/07 - 20070079352 - System and method for supplementing a radio playlist with local content A method of rendering digital media encoded content on a client electronic device is disclosed. The digital encoded media content comprises digital encoded local media content stored on the client electronic device and/or digital encoded radio media content provided via a network from a remote computing device to the client ... 03/29/07 - 20070074266 - Methods and device for data alignment with time domain boundary Apparatus and methods of using content information for encoding multimedia data are described. A method of processing multimedia data includes obtaining content information of multimedia data, and encoding the multimedia data so as to align a data boundary with a frame boundary in a time domain, wherein said encoding is ... 03/29/07 - 20070074265 - Video processor operable to produce motion picture expert group (mpeg) standard compliant video stream(s) from video data and metadata Embodiments of the present invention are operable to produce MPEG or like video streams from video data that is accompanied by metadata. This greatly reduces the processing requirements associated with encoding an MPEG or other like standard video stream. This is achieved by decoding formatted video data received from a ... 03/29/07 - 20070074264 - Method for signalling time-slicing parameters in the service information A terrestrial digital video broadcasting (DVB-T) network is used to transmit IP datagrams to receiving devices using multiprotocol encapsulation (MPE). MPE datagram sections and, if forward error correction (FEC) is used, MPE-FEC datagram sections are transmitted in time-sliced bursts. Time slicing parameters specifying a minimum time between bursts and bit ... 02/22/07 - 20070044136 - Apparatus and method for processing informational signal An apparatus for processing an informational signal includes a first processing section for receiving the informational signal, executing a first processing on the informational signal, and outputting the processed informational signal. The apparatus also includes a second processing section, which is located at a posterior stage of the first processing ... 02/08/07 - 20070033633 - Method and apparatus for providing a transition between multimedia content A method and apparatus for providing a transition between multimedia content, e.g., video clips. The method and apparatus detects a transition trigger that identifies that a transition is necessary at a specific point within a currently playing video clip. The method and apparatus select a driver level API for producing ... 02/08/07 - 20070033632 - Temporal data previewing system A method and apparatus forming a user interface for examining and retrieving audio/video/data content from digital video recorders. This includes an improved time period selection mechanism, a rich array of temporal data presentations, such as timelines, lists, and thumbnail images, and a unified method of displaying content from either a ... 02/01/07 - 20070028287 - Television receiver and display control method thereof A television receiver which allows a user to view at least an image of a broadcast program, includes a first display unit adapted to display a video of a broadcast program upon selection of a first channel, a second display unit adapted to display a slide show that switches and ... 02/01/07 - 20070028286 - Systems, methods, and media for detecting content change in a streaming image system Systems, methods and media for transitioning detecting content change in a streaming image system are disclosed. One embodiment provides a method for detecting a content change between image frames in a streaming image system. Embodiments may include selecting a change detection algorithm from a plurality of change detection algorithms and ... 02/01/07 - 20070028285 - Using common-sense knowledge to characterize multimedia content The present invention relates to a method of processing multimedia content, such as audio or video content, wherein the method comprises the steps of: receiving a data signal comprising said multimedia content; identifying predefined features in the received multimedia content; determining characteristics of the received multimedia content on the basis ... 02/01/07 - 20070028284 - Method for browsing information with set top box having tv plaza function The present invention relates to a method for browsing an information with a set top box having TV plaza function, comprising the steps of: i) storing a TV plaza information signal, independently of a user's request, to a storage device of the set top box in order to construct a ... 01/25/07 - 20070022462 - Image forming apparatus, storage medium storing program for acquiring time stamp, digital data management system, and method for acquiring time stamp An image forming apparatus having a network communication function, includes a data input unit which inputs digital data; a data transmission unit which transmits the input digital data to a data management server for management of data; a digest generation unit which generates a digest of the input digital data; ... 01/25/07 - 20070022461 - Auxiliary information processing system A system and method is provided for switching between various VBI encoding standards of an MPEG2 digital television signal in order to obtain correct and virtually seamless VBI data. The decoded VBI data is then re-encoded into an NTSC video signal (24) for presentation to an NTSC display (26). The ... 01/11/07 - 20070011718 - Efficient customized media creation through pre-encoding of common elements A video clip containing certain customizable portions may be mass produced such that each copy of the video clip may be unique relative to the other copies. This customization is effectuated by pre-encoding the common elements and any reusable dynamic elements. Then, as the video clip is produced, the pre-encoded ... 01/11/07 - 20070011717 - Distribution of interactive information content within a plurality of disparate distribution networks An interactive information platform and method for distribution of interactive information content is shared by a plurality of disparate distribution networks. The interactive information platform includes a plurality of assignable sessions processors that render and encode the information content into a format capable of being decoded by a digital decoder ... 01/11/07 - 20070011716 - Unified receiver for layered and hierarchical modulation systems A satellite receiver includes a down converter for providing a received signal and a demodulator having at least two demodulation modes for demodulating the received signal, wherein one demodulation mode is hierarchical demodulation and another demodulation mode is layered demodulation. ... 12/28/06 - 20060294571 - Collaborative video via distributed storage and blogging Systems and methods for sharing video or media content on a distributed network are disclosed. End users may be induced through a variety of ways to allocate some amount of unused disk space and otherwise idle bandwidth for storing media produced in a blogging or web-publishing context. For example, when ... 12/28/06 - 20060294570 - Video language filtering based on user profile The invention relates to video player devices intended to play a video content DSC including audio tracks forming a disc audio languages list DAL and/or subtitles forming a disc subtitle languages list DSL, in a given number of languages. According to the invention, said device comprises a user interface UIA ... 12/07/06 - 20060277589 - System and method for presenting high-quality video A distribution system for vehicle information systems and methods for manufacturing and using same. The distribution system enhances the image quality of a conventional video display system via one or more video conversion systems. Each video conversion system receives information content via an incoming communication signal and enhances a video ... 12/07/06 - 20060277588 - Method for making a web-dvd A method of making a Web-DVD which integrates computer-based content, such as Web links/HTML content or images, with DVD-Video content by using a graphical user interface (GUI) is disclosed. The method provides a software application that allows a developer to add highly integrated computer-based content, such as, but not limited ... 11/30/06 - 20060271999 - Digital data receiver apparatus A digital data receiver apparatus includes: a view suspend detector that detects a suspend instruction by a user of suspending audio output and video output; and a controller that, when the view suspend detector detects a suspend instruction, controls a data receiver, a demultiplexer, an audio decoder, an audio output ... 11/30/06 - 20060271998 - Method and system to enable dynamic modification of metadata in content A method to enable dynamic modification of metadata in a content, the method comprising of constructing the content (305, 505) received from a plurality of content providers, determining a set of rules based on a criterion (310, 405) and sending the content and the set of rules (315, 410, 510) ... 11/30/06 - 20060271997 - Framework for delivering a plurality of content and providing for interaction with the same in a television environment The present invention provides messaging capabilities in conjunction with functionality for viewing and interacting with a plurality of content items t in a television environment. According to one embodiment, a method for providing one or more content items to a user comprises setting a context for a client device operated ... 11/30/06 - 20060271996 - System for providing service related information to content reproducing apparatus An apparatus reproducing content provided by a content providing server includes: a content processing unit for performing content reproduction; a communication unit providing communication through a prescribed network; and a template processing unit receiving service-related information including service identifying information indicating a content service and prescribed information related to the ... 11/30/06 - 20060271995 - Interactive service system and method for controlling the same, multimedia content creating device and method for controlling the same, message transmitting device and method for controlling the same, message receiving device and method for controlling th In an interactive service system, a service provider has an AV content combining/transmitting device for transmitting AV content and an AV content related service providing device for receiving a message, and a service requester has a mobile phone terminal for reproducing the AV content received from the AV content combining/transmitting ... 11/16/06 - 20060259944 - Method and apparatus for scheduling broadcast information Methods and apparatus are disclosed for efficiently scheduling incoming information objects so that timely objects from a variety of content classes are scheduled for broadcast. The incoming information objects are preferably received from one or more information sources, and are tagged with attributes that associate each object with one or ... 11/02/06 - 20060248572 - Gateway screen for interactive television A gateway screen for interactive television includes a television content panel and an internet content panel. The gateway screen is displayed by an interactive television (ITV), e.g., when the ITV is turned on. The gateway screen allows a user to quickly and easily view information from multiple sources, e.g., a ... 11/02/06 - 20060248571 - Compression of streams of rendering commands A distributed rendering system with compression of streams of rendering commands. The controlling device 110 fits streams of rendering commands to the rendering devices 120 within the frame duration by distributing compressed streams. Streams are compressed by caching relatively duplicative sequences of rendering commands. To provide additional efficiency, textures that ... 11/02/06 - 20060248570 - Customized media presentation In one disclosed embodiment, multiple content sources are identified, and displays of content from those sources are positioned on a common display. Content source selections and display preferences persist between user sessions, and fresh content is displayed each time the content loads. The user's customized display draws multimedia content from ... 11/02/06 - 20060248569 - Video stream modification to defeat detection A method and system for detecting automatic ad detection is presented in which video streams are modified such that features cannot be automatically recognized or statistical parameters and fingerprints derived from the video stream cannot be matched against fingerprints of known video segments in a database. ... 10/19/06 - 20060236362 - System and method for focused navigation within a user interface Graphical images representing television channels are provided to a display interface, which successively displays the graphical images within a focus area of a user interface in response to a single initiating action by a user. The display interface discontinues the successive display of video frames to show a particular video ... 10/19/06 - 20060236361 - Storing repetition information for dsmcc carousel A method (6,7) and device (8) for recording and/or reproducing interactive television data via a digital interface (45), wherein said data is transmit inside modules through a DSMCC data/object carousel (2) with a first bandwidth. The method comprises the steps of calculating repetition rates of said modules in said DSMCC ... 10/12/06 - 20060230429 - Channel number sorting for digital television Channel numbers are provided for a digital television receiver (200) that receives multiple transmissions (100, 10, 120), such as from different regions of a country or from different countries. The channel numbers for the home country transmission are assigned based on logical channel number (LCN) data in the transmission. The ... 10/05/06 - 20060225121 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing multi-viewpoint media collaboration services A method, system, and computer program product for providing multi-viewpoint media collaboration services is provided. The method includes receiving a first feed of content from a communications device. The first feed of content represents at least a portion of a primary event taken from a point of view of the ... 09/28/06 - 20060218618 - Dual display interactive video The disclosed process provides software based business methods for interactive content dissemination over the internet and a revenue framework for billing and tracking in relationship to usage by consumers and benefits to content sponsors. The system provides methods for client and server operations and the preparation of interactive video content ... 09/28/06 - 20060218617 - Extensible content identification and indexing Innovative techniques for identifying and distinguishing content, such as commercials, can be used with means for marking key frames within the commercials to facilitate replacement of commercials and other programming segments in such a way as to provide improved focus and relevance for targeted advertising based on known and/or dynamic ... 09/21/06 - 20060212920 - Broadcast reception terminal and broadcast device The broadcast receiving terminal (100) includes: a display unit (120) for displaying TV program content; a state administration unit (112) which judges whether or not to display the TV program content, based on the user's operation; and a first processing unit (110), which receives a digital broadcast wave and operates ... 08/24/06 - 20060190982 - Method for identifying extender text table of electronic program guide in digital tv A method for identifying extender text tables of an electronic program guide in a DTV is disclosed. In the present invention, the extender text tables are identified by processing an ETT section in the same manner as other tables using a value capable of identifying the extender text table sections. ... 08/24/06 - 20060190981 - Carousel technology for interactive television A broadcast data stream is received on a device with a receiver and a processor. The system allows to broadcast multiple ITV applications (such as games). This system serially organizes the data on the broadcast stream which hosts several applications but are available in order, one at a time. The ... 08/17/06 - 20060184993 - Method and system for collecting and using data The present invention provides at least a method and system for collecting and using data with a computing device for a smart closet. With respect to the present invention, a computing device processes information from the interaction of a user with an interactive device such as a mirror or display. ... 08/17/06 - 20060184992 - Automatic switching between high definition and standard definition ip television signals A user interface receives a user selection of a video content item. The video content item is available in a high definition (HD) format and a non-HD format via a broadband network access line. A format selector automatically selects which format of the video content item from the HD format ... 08/10/06 - 20060179470 - Interactive promotional method A method of promoting an entity such as people, products, and property. The method includes the steps of receiving descriptive information about the entity, receiving a video segment of the entity, and assigning a common unique identifier to both the descriptive information and video segment. The method further including the ... 08/03/06 - 20060174314 - Methods and apparatus for hybrid multimedia presentations System for providing hierarchical services in a data network. A method is provided for rendering hybrid presentations. The method includes caching one or more content items, and detecting a presentation event associated with a real-time service. The method also includes retrieving a selected content item from the one or more ... 08/03/06 - 20060174313 - Method for providing commentary audio and additional or replacement video content A computerized business method that provides content to supplement a presentation of an experiential data stream. The method includes a step of receiving a request for content configured to be included in said presentation of the experiential data stream. The method also determines content parameters from the request that are ... 08/03/06 - 20060174312 - Methods, apparatus, and program products to support a shared viewing experience from remote locations Systems, apparatus, methods, and program products that create a shared social space that enables a local audience member and a remote audience member to simultaneously experience a recorded experiential data stream. ... 08/03/06 - 20060174311 - Method, apparatus, and program products for socially synchronizing an experiential data stream Apparatus, methods, and program products that synchronize the presentation of an experiential data stream at a local device with the presentation of a similar experiential data stream using a playback position received over a control link. ... 08/03/06 - 20060174310 - Extended metadata and adaptive program service providing system and method for providing digital broadcast program service The present invention relates to extend metadata for providing a digital broadcast program service to diverse kinds of terminals, and a system and method for providing an adaptive program service to the terminals by using the extended metadata. The system and method performs integrated management of resource information suitable for ... 07/27/06 - 20060168640 - Media device and enhancing use of media device A media device and a method of enhancing the use of a media device are provided. The media device is configured to receive a broadcast media stream transmitted by a broadcast system by the media. A contact list comprising contact information of is maintained. The media device receives over a ... 07/27/06 - 20060168639 - Interactive television system with partial character set generator An interactive television system includes a partial font generator (38) which generates a character font file of only those fonts used by a given application program for text display. The partial font file contains the language character fonts utilized by the application program, but less than the complete character set ... 07/13/06 - 20060156376 - Information processing device for relaying streaming data According to one embodiment, a method is described for relaying streaming data from a first external device and to transmit streaming data to a second external device. The method comprises (i) receiving a first delay time to be needed by the second external device from the second external device, (ii) ... 07/13/06 - 20060156375 - Systems and methods for synchronizing media rendering Systems and methods for synchronizing rendering of common content across two or more network-coupled rendering nodes by embedding a time stamp into the metadata of the content. ... 07/13/06 - 20060156374 - Automatic synchronization of audio and video based media services of media content There is provided a method for automatically synchronizing playback between a first media service and a second media service both services corresponding to the same media content source. Common audio events in the first media service and the second media service are matched. A playback timing of at least one ... 07/13/06 - 20060156373 - Data reception terminal and mail creation method If a scene specifying button (202) is pressed while a TV program is being viewed (S601), scene specification information including a point in time, a channel, and the like is generated (S602). The broadcast data of a scene corresponding to this scene specification information is retrieved from a related information ... 07/06/06 - 20060150236 - Control of network plug-and-play compliant device The network device 200 includes the device unit 400 having service devices 404, 406 to execute a service, and the network protocol controller 302. The device unit 400 holds a device description defining a configuration of each service device according to the network plug-and-play protocol architecture. The network protocol controller ... 07/06/06 - 20060150235 - Display system and method A display method includes the steps of: providing a computer and at least one display terminal; extracting real-time playing pictures and corresponding sounds in the computer; compressing and encrypting the pictures and the sounds; transmitting the compressed pictures and sounds to the display terminal via a network; detecting whether network ... 07/06/06 - 20060150234 - Method for delivering non-anonymous user metadata using an soap operation in tv anytime metadata service The present invention relates to a method or an operation for providing a personalized TV-Anytime metadata service. According to the present invention, there is provided a method of transmitting non-anonymous user metadata to a TV-Anytime service agent using a SOAP operation, comprising the steps of a) defining a SOAP operation ... 07/06/06 - 20060150233 - Protection method and device for the secure distribution of audio-visual works A process for secure distribution of video sequences coded in accordance with a nominal stream format including visual data and data for configuration of decoding of the stream that does not represent the visual data, wherein, prior to transmission to client equipment, an analysis is made of the stream for ... 06/29/06 - 20060143683 - System comprising a receiving device for receiving broadcast information Systems (1) comprising receiving devices (2) for receiving broadcast information from sources (3), which is converted into audio/video information, are made more user friendly by introducing triggering devices (4) for, in response to user actions, transmitting selection information defining parts of the broadcast information to collecting apparatuses (5) and by ... 06/29/06 - 20060143682 - Interactive video communication system Interactive video communication system (1) comprising client systems (2) with transmitters (10) for transmitting client signals to further client systems (3) and first receivers (11) for receiving video signals from sources (4) and second receivers (12) for receiving further client signals from the further client systems (3) and screens (13) ... 06/29/06 - 20060143681 - Interactive entertainment center An interactive entertainment center is provided in the present invention. The interactive entertainment center includes a multimedia system providing plural multimedia services, a server system providing services for the interactive entertainment center, a dialogue system being a speech-commanded interface between a user and the interactive entertainment center, and a network ... 06/22/06 - 20060136982 - Incorporating graphics and interactive triggers in a video stream Triggers for interactive television display are incorporated into a video stream in coordination with graphics associated with the triggers. Graphic sources such as channels (16, 18) of a character generator (21) supply graphics associated with the triggers to graphic signal inputs (26, 28) of a switch. When a channel supplies ... 06/22/06 - 20060136981 - Transport stream demultiplexor with content indexing capability According to some embodiments, a multi-media Transport Stream (TS) that encapsulates at least one Packetized Elementary Stream (PES) is received, and an Elementary Stream (ES) is encapsulated in the PES. An event occurring in the ES may be detected while the ES is encapsulated in the PES, and event information ... 06/15/06 - 20060130119 - Advanced parental control for digital content According to one embodiment, a method for replacing scenes of objectionable content comprises receiving incoming content, which includes main content and replacement content. The main content is the content originally intended as a scene of a program while the replacement content is content for replacing the main content for the ... 06/15/06 - 20060130118 - Distributive system for marking and blocking video and audio content related to video and audio programs A system is provided for rating multimedia content streamed over a data network as a series of data frames, segments, or packets and for administering display of the rated content. The system includes at least one content source device for creating raw multimedia content; an intermediate content marking and delivery ... 06/15/06 - 20060130117 - Device and method for metadata management The present invention relates to a device and method for managing metadata. A principal object of the present invention is to provide a device and method for managing metadata by which only key metadata can be selected and provided in accordance with their priorities upon playback of audio content by ... 05/18/06 - 20060107304 - Data-driven media guide An electronic program guide system receives data that identifies various types of available media content. A data-driven media guide is then generated to display visual representations of the available media content. The media guide is dynamically generated based on attributes associated with the various types of available media content. ... 05/18/06 - 20060107303 - Content specification for media streams An apparatus and methods are disclosed that enable a user of a telecommunications terminal to dynamically supplant the video content of an outgoing media stream (e.g., an outgoing videoconference stream, etc.) with video from a document (e.g., a PowerPoint® file, a Windows Media Video [WMV] file, etc.) via the terminal's ... 05/18/06 - 20060107302 - Communicating primary content streams and secondary content streams including targeted advertising to a remote unit The invention relates to a method and system to communicate primary and secondary content streams to at least one remote unit, for example, via a television channel in a targeted television environment. The secondary content stream comprises a plurality of tertiary content streams (e.g., video streams) providing commercials, advertisements or ... 05/11/06 - 20060101502 - Method and device for processing digital data The invention relates to a device and a method for processing digital data descriptors stored in the form of description units of predetermined size. The method is such that: description units are constructed and stored in memory buffers prior to their recording on a recording medium, description units are utilized ... 04/13/06 - 20060080725 - Systems and methods for recording digital media content Methods and systems for automatic recording of digital media content of a main service when a sub-service is accessed are described. The method for recording comprises steps of receiving digital media content of a main service, receiving a sub-service signal indicating a request to access a sub-service, accessing the sub-service, ... 04/06/06 - 20060075457 - Methods and apparatus for banner information digital tv service and receivers therefore Methods and apparatus for interactive digital television service networks are shown which combine regular programming with commercial Banner Information pursuant to a Service Operator/end user agreement so that the Banner Information is simultaneously displayed with regular programs upon a receiver. ... 04/06/06 - 20060075456 - Methods and systems for collaborative capture of television viewer generated clickstreams Methods and systems provide clickstream captures at both local and remote components by receiving user commands generated by the viewer locally where at least some of those commands are then sent to the remote component concurrently relative to when they are generated by the viewer. Commands may be captured and ... 04/06/06 - 20060075455 - Digital rights management and payment for a file download A method for implementing interactive content-based activities, including: selecting a content identifier in response to a broadcast, the content identifier associated with the broadcast; initiating a request for a download via the content identifier, the content identifier being mapped to the activity wherein initiating the request includes a digital rights ... 04/06/06 - 20060075454 - Method and apparatus for summarizing moving picture of sports game A method and apparatus for summarizing a moving picture of a sports game, such as a basketball game, based on scores. The method includes detecting score information of each shot of a moving picture of a sports game, calculating a degree of importance of each shot using the detected score ... 04/06/06 - 20060075453 - Method for streaming multimedia content Streaming multimedia content from a content server to client, user multimedia devices (UMDs) connected to the content server through a network includes the steps of monitoring storage states, of UMDs connected to the network, for preset multimedia content, and automatically transmitting a starting block of the content to any UMD ... 04/06/06 - 20060075452 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing interactive content-based activities Exemplary embodiments relate to methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing interactive content-based activities. The method includes selecting a content identifier in response to a broadcast. The content identifier is associated with the broadcast. The method also includes initiating a request for an activity via the content identifier. The ... 04/06/06 - 20060075451 - Systems and methods for providing and processing print-augmented broadcast signals A process for providing a print-augmented broadcast signal for transmission to one or more convention broadcast receiver includes receiving a broadcast signal comprising (i) standard content for a particular broadcast program and (ii) a non-content portion. Supplemental content which is associated with the standard content of the particular broadcast program ... 03/23/06 - 20060064733 - Playing an audiovisual work with dynamic choosing A method of playing an audiovisual work supports dynamic user choosing of story branches and outcomes. For example, a first segment of a digital audiovisual work is played. Upon reaching a decision point associated with the first segment, one or more decision selection icons are displayed in association with the ... 03/16/06 - 20060059533 - Method of and device for caching digital content data The disclosure relates to a method of caching a part of digital content data from a content source (202), comprising the step of: acquiring the digital content data from the content source (202), wherein said part of the digital content data comprises interleaved segments (130; 131) of the acquired digital ... 03/09/06 - 20060053471 - System and method for transporting an ancillary data packet in the active area of a video stream In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a system and method for transporting an ancillary data packet in the active area of a video stream are provided. In particular embodiments of the present invention, the method includes coupling a playback server and a digital video projector with a ... 03/09/06 - 20060053470 - Management and non-linear presentation of augmented broadcasted or streamed multimedia content Methods and systems for presenting enhanced previously recorded broadcasted or streamed content are provided. Example embodiments provide an Enhanced Content Display System “ECDS,” which supports the management and presentation of prerecorded program content in a non-linear fashion. In one embodiment, the ECDS includes an Intelligent Media Data Server that generates ... 03/09/06 - 20060053469 - Method of transmitting interactive television A method (1) of transmitting interactive television, whereby interactive television applications are transmitted inside application-modules. These modules are transmitted in a broadcast stream. Recording systems cannot decide which modules are to be recorded. Therefore storage related information of said modules is signalled in the broadcast stream. Module identification information related ... 03/09/06 - 20060053468 - Multi-medium data processing device capable of easily creating multi-medium content A multimedia processing device implements a script haying a data structure that is formed of a drawing information describing portion where media data is chronologically described, and a user navigation information describing portion where correspondence between events and actions and implementation conditions are chronologically described. The multimedia processing device implements ... 03/02/06 - 20060048207 - Voice-operated television with telephone, digital video recording and weather alert functions The present invention is a television set that is operated by voice commands without the use of a remote control as is typical in the art. The device also is multifunctional in combining television viewing capabilities, with voice telephone sending and receiving capabilities, digital video recording capabilities and weather alert ... 03/02/06 - 20060048206 - Method and computer system for triggering an action on digital communication data The invention concerns a digital processing system fed by at least one filter having three possible states resulting from one or more conditions on one or more protocol attributes, specified for a semantic stream. Each protocol attribute is specified by an ordered sequence of protocol names used in the semantic ... 02/16/06 - 20060037061 - Image data transmitter and image data communication system Provided is an image data transmitter in which, in the event of transmission of the same image data to multiple recipients, the image data with added supplementary information different for each of the multiple recipients can be transmitted through easy operation. Further provided is an image data communication system using ... 02/09/06 - 20060031917 - Compressing and decompressing multiple, layered, video streams employing multi-directional spatial encoding A process for compressing and decompressing non-keyframes in sequential sets of contemporaneous video frames making up multiple video streams where the video frames in a set depict substantially the same scene from different viewpoints. Each set of contemporaneous video frames has a plurality frames designated as keyframes with the remaining ... 02/09/06 - 20060031916 - Management and non-linear presentation of broadcasted or streamed multimedia content Methods and systems for presenting enhanced previously recorded broadcasted or streamed content are provided. Example embodiments provide an Enhanced Content Display System “ECDS,” which supports the management and presentation of previously recorded program content in a non-linear fashion and allows subscribers, using a variety of techniques, to specify which portions ... 02/09/06 - 20060031915 - System and process for compressing and decompressing multiple, layered, video streams of a scene captured from different viewpoints forming a grid using spatial and temporal encoding A system and process for compressing and decompressing multiple video streams depicting substantially the same dynamic scene from different viewpoints that from a grid of viewpoints. Each frame in each contemporaneous set of video frames of the multiple streams is represented by at least a two layers—a main layer and ... 02/09/06 - 20060031914 - Synchronization and automation in an itv enviroment A synchronization mechanism embeds synchronization triggers into a television signal or stream at regular intervals. The triggers include an accurate representation of the time in which the triggers were embedded. A receiving device decodes the triggers and synchronizes its internal timer based on the triggers. In this regard, the receiving ... 02/02/06 - 20060026665 - Media-on-demand catalog viewing preference system The invention can be viewed as a system for providing media information to a user via an interactive media services client device coupled to a programmable television services server device. A method of the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes receiving user input and excluding one or more media ... 01/19/06 - 20060015925 - Sales presentation video on demand system A system for replaying a sales presentation television program using a video on demand (VOD) or digital video recording (DVR) system. Metadata is created that subdivides the original broadcast into segments, and associates descriptive information with each segment. Playlists that specify an ordered subsequence of the sequence may be selected ... 01/19/06 - 20060015924 - Human factors-based video compression Methods, systems and content have been developed for increasing the bandwidth available to a bandwidth-constrained medium for transmitting digital video content. The content that is to be transmitted is compressed in proportion to the desirability of the content. The desirability of the content is determined by obtaining human-factors data indicative ... 01/19/06 - 20060015923 - Collaborative interactive services synchronized with real events A collaborative interactive service is provided. Event messages are automatically generated and provided to a plurality of user devices via a networked communication environment, based on events of a subset of particular episodes of a plurality of episodes. User messages are received from the user devices via the networked communication ... 12/29/05 - 20050289636 - System and method for delivering video programs to a video distribution center Embodiments of the present invention are systems and methods for delivering video programs to a video distribution center. An embodiment of the invention is a method for delivering video programming to a distribution center that provides broadcast programming and store-and-forward programming, such as video on demand based on video programming ... 12/08/05 - 20050273839 - System and method for automated context-based data presentation The techniques described include presenting data based on a context. An exemplary technique involves defining a data context that includes keywords and data related to the data context, selecting a current data context, and providing an application with files only satisfying the current data context. ... 11/24/05 - 20050262548 - Terminal device, contents delivery system, information output method and information output program The present invention provides a terminal capable of receiving information corresponding to scenes of a television broadcast while the television broadcast is being viewed on a television set. A contents delivery system includes the terminal and an output device for receiving and displaying broadcast data delivered from a broadcasting station. ... 11/24/05 - 20050262547 - Method and apparatus for providing a platform-independent audio/video service A method and apparatus for providing a platform-independent audio/video service to a plurality of users over a packet-switched network. Audio/video signals are sent to a remote user where they are read using a sequence of processing operations that are independent of the remote user's processing unit. In other embodiments, the ... 11/10/05 - 20050251848 - Multimedia message delivery optimisation A method provides multimedia messages to a plurality of subscribers. The method includes receiving a multimedia message for delivery to the plurality of subscribers. The method also includes converting the multimedia message into a plurality of formats. The method also includes providing multimedia message to ones of the plurality of ... 11/03/05 - 20050246757 - Convergence of network file system for sharing multimedia content across several set-top-boxes A media exchange network and a method of exchanging media between electronic devices are disclosed herein. In an embodiment according to the present invention, media may be simultaneously exchanged between friends, family members, and 3rd party media providers over a closed and secure media exchange network. The media may include, ... 10/27/05 - 20050240982 - User interface for interactive television systems An interactive television system displays a television program having an associated channel. The system also displays an interactive television mode indicator if the displayed television program supports an interactive television mode. The interactive television mode is activated in response to a request from a viewer of the television program to ... 10/27/05 - 20050240981 - System and method for broadcasting advertisements A broadcast system provides consumers with inducement to consume portions in which they may not have an active interest, such as commercials. To dissuade consumers from leaving the vicinity of the broadcast receiver or from switching to other broadcasts while a first broadcast airs such a portion, the first broadcast ... 10/27/05 - 20050240980 - Method of constructing information on associate meanings between segments of multimedia stream and method of browing video using the same Disclosed are a method of constructing information on associate meanings between segments of a multimedia stream, which can describe the cause/effect or abstract/detail relationship between segments of the video streams to efficiently browse the video stream and a method of browsing a video using the same. The present invention defines ... 10/13/05 - 20050229234 - Method of filtering a bitstream according to user specifications The invention proposes a method of filtering a bitstream according to user specifications. The proposed method uses a semantic description and a syntactical description of the bitstream. The semantic description is scanned to select the elementary units that match the user specification. The time is used as a linking mechanism ... 10/13/05 - 20050229233 - Method and system for providing complementary information for a video program A method for providing complementary information 226 for a video program is provided that includes receiving complementary information 226 for a video program. A query is received from a consumer. The query is related to a specified portion of the complementary information 226. A query response is provided to the ... 10/06/05 - 20050223411 - Image processing system and method of processing image An image processing system and a method of the same conveniently transmit meta data without using an additional transmission apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes a meta data extraction unit extracting meta data, a markup language conversion unit converting the meta data into a markup language document, and a document ... 10/06/05 - 20050223410 - Video processing control and scheduling A method, apparatus, computer medium, and other embodiments for synchronizing control of one or more devices at predetermined times are described. A host scheduler loads a to-do list of predetermined events and corresponding time-tags into memory and broadcasts scheduled events to the devices to cause activation of the events on ... 09/29/05 - 20050216951 - Anticipatory video signal reception and processing A system and method that provide reduced latency in a video signal processing system. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise receiving a current request from a user for first video information. Such a request may, for example, be received with a user interface module. A first video stream ... 09/29/05 - 20050216950 - Multistream video communication with staggered access points A system and method that provide reduced latency in a video signal processing system. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise transmitting a first video information stream representative of a unit of video information. For example, the transmitted first video information stream may correspond to a video channel. A ... 09/08/05 - 20050198689 - Program selection mechanism governed by rate of program consumption Improved methods and arrangements are provided for use in: selecting candidate television and multimedia programs for recording; recording the candidate programs; viewing the recorded programs; and archiving the recorded programs. At the center of this capability is a time-dependent content buffering arrangement that allows candidate programs to be selected by ... 09/01/05 - 20050193425 - Delivery and presentation of content-relevant information associated with frames of audio-visual programs A method for delivery and presentation of content-relevant information associated with frames in an AV program enables TV viewers to retrieve information on the contents (for example, objects, items, concepts and the like) associated with a frame or a set of frames (video segments) when they watch TV or video ... 08/25/05 - 20050188418 - Bi-directional communication system, display apparatus, base apparatus and bi-directional communication method A bi-directional communication system comprising abase apparatus and a display apparatus. The display apparatus is a portable liquid crystal display for viewing video programs and browsing the internet. The base apparatus contains a television tuner for receiving broadcast signals and wirelessly transmits programming to the display apparatus. An infrared remote ... 08/25/05 - 20050188417 - Bi-directional communication system, display apparatus, base apparatus and bi-directional communication method A bi-directional communication system comprising a-base apparatus and a display apparatus. The display apparatus is a portable liquid crystal display for viewing video programs and browsing the internet. The base apparatus contains a television tuner for receiving broadcast signals and wirelessly transmits programming to the display apparatus. An infrared remote ... 08/18/05 - 20050183135 - Bi-directional communication system, display apparatus, base apparatus and bi-directional communication method A bi-directional communication system comprising a base apparatus and a display apparatus. The display apparatus is a portable liquid crystal display for viewing video programs and browsing the internet. The base apparatus contains a television turner for receiving broadcast signals and wirelessly transmits programming to the display apparatus. An infrared ... 08/11/05 - 20050177863 - Information storage medium containing interactive graphics stream for change of av data reproducing state, and reproducing method and apparatus thereof An information storage medium including AV data; presentation graphics data including subtitle information corresponding to the AV data; and interactive graphics data including menu data; wherein the interactive graphics data further includes a reproducing state change navigation command to change the reproducing state of the AV data and/or the presentation ... 08/11/05 - 20050177862 - Video information collection system An information collection method and apparatus retrieves, stores, and interactively displays block-oriented text and image information from broadcasting television video, by analyzing the information screen images from the video source providers on selected channels, with the unilateral processing at the viewer end alone. Also, the present invention provides a method ... 08/11/05 - 20050177861 - Asynchronous integration of portable handheld device A system is provided for seamless synchronization through asynchronous integration of Internet content with broadcast content within a portable handheld device (14), such as a remote control or a personal digital assistant (PDA). The handheld device (14) receives program-related data from the television (12) while the user is watching a ... 08/04/05 - 20050172331 - Communicating scripts in a data service channel of a video signal Described are methods and apparatus for enhancing an information resource, such as a Web page, simultaneously residing in memory on a number of remote receivers. A content creator, (e.g., a program producer, broadcaster, affiliate, cable company or satellite provider), embeds a trigger in a data service channel of a broadcast ... 08/04/05 - 20050172330 - Method and apparatus for accessing electronic data via a familiar printed medium The disclosed methods and apparatus relate generally to the electronics media industry, such as cable television (CATV), home shopping services, on-line computer services and computer memory applications. These methods and apparatus allow a user to access and make use of electronic media input and output devices by reference to and/or ... 07/28/05 - 20050166256 - User interface for interactive television systems An interactive television system displays a television program having an associated channel. The system also displays an interactive television mode indicator if the displayed television program supports an interactive television mode. The interactive television mode is activated in response to a request from a viewer of the television program to ... 07/07/05 - 20050149987 - Television viewing communities Digital technology based consumer media devices have many desirable features, including the ability to easily find and watch television shows, and/or automatically record programs of interest. Disclosed is a system and method for allowing a group of television viewers to share program viewing information. This information, exchanged through various on-line ... 06/30/05 - 20050144652 - Method and apparatus for generating a programme A method and apparatus for generating a programme for presentation as a sequence of programme elements from a set of pre-recorded programme elements which may be transmitted to a receiver. Programme elements each representing for example an event are classified on the basis of programme element content, that is the ... 06/23/05 - 20050138673 - Summarization of football video content Summarization of video content including football. ... 06/16/05 - 20050132420 - System and method for interaction with television content A system and method for interaction with television programming uses either existing analog television programming with interactive content transmitted via separate communications channel or digital television with embedded interactive content in conjunction with a powerful viewer interface to provide a fully interactive television experience that is dynamic and personalized to ... 06/16/05 - 20050132419 - Methods and systems for network based capture of television viewer generated clickstreams Methods and systems provide clickstream captures at a remote component, such as a video control system of a television network, by receiving user commands generated by the viewer that are sent to the remote component concurrently relative to when they are generated by the viewer. The commands are captured and ... 06/09/05 - 20050125844 - Method for extracting program and apparatus for extracting program This method facilitates an operation of selecting one program from among a plurality of programs each having the substantially same content without placing burden on the user and in particular, an operation of extracting an upward compatible program. The method retrieves a program scheduled to be broadcast having the same ... 06/02/05 - 20050120391 - System and method for generation of interactive tv content A system for manually and automatically generating interactive content for integration with television programming uses existing analog or digital television programming that is entirely devoid of interactive content, or can integrate legacy interactive content with fully interactive content generated automatically and/or with authoring tools in order to provide a complete ... 06/02/05 - 20050120390 - Method and apparatus for digital video distributing There is disclosed a system which realizes a digital video distributing service to provide summarized video content data supposed to be useful for an audience. The present system has an edition server which produces summarized video content data of video content data of a distribution object. The edition server produces ... 06/02/05 - 20050120389 - Selecting divergent storylines using branching techniques Divergent storylines for media such as movies are selected using branching techniques. Enhancing the “replay value” of a movie may be accomplished by introducing many logical branches in the action and plot during the movie. Consequently, repeat viewing is encouraged by creating a dynamic viewing environment based on the preferences ... 06/02/05 - 20050120388 - Method, system, computer program product, storage device, set-top box and television set for selecting an interaction field The navigation support through interaction fields in XML documents such as XHTML and SMIL is supported by the so-called tabindex attribute. In order to enable two dimensional navigation through the interaction fields, a method is proposed that divides the interaction fields into a plurality of sub-sets. Navigation according to one ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |