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Technique for effectively accessing programming listing information in an entertainment delivery system
ActiveUS7174126B2Facilitates user accessEasy accessTelevision system detailsPulse modulation television signal transmissionThe InternetBroadcast time
In a broadband communications system, e.g., a cable system, programming content can be readily reserved and accessed for viewing using an interactive program guide, a network home graphic user interface (GUI), Quick View Guide, etc., in accordance with the invention. Such programming content may include in-progress programs, future programs and previously broadcast programs which are recorded at a headend in the cable system, and which may or may not have overlapping broadcast times. In addition, the user may reserve programs at a set-top terminal, and may also do so remotely from the terminal through a communications network such as, the Internet, a public switched telephone network (PSTN), a wireless telephone network, etc.
Owner:TIME WARNER CABLE ENTERPRISES LLC
Data processing apparatus, data processing method and program, and data processing system
InactiveUS20060010470A1Facilitate decision-makingTelevision system detailsSpecific information broadcast systemsData processing systemHandling system
The present invention relates to a data processing apparatus, a data processing method and a program, and a data processing system which are configured to provide an EPG as a user interface that further facilitates decision on whether to view or record a program. By aggregating information uploaded from a user side, statistical data, such as the number of persons who viewed a program during its broadcast time, an audience rating of a program during its broadcast time, or a good impression level representing how the user feels about a program, are calculated, whereby an EPG page is automatically generated in which the statistical data and program guide data that gives guidance on programs are superimposed. The present invention is applicable to, e.g., a broadcasting system that broadcast television broadcasting programs.
Owner:SONY CORP
Synchronous play-out of media data packets
InactiveUS7675943B2Avoid distortionAccurately determineTime-division multiplexData switching by path configurationNetwork packetBroadcast time
A media source, including a sending unit that sends out time-stamped media data packets to one or more receiving media sinks. A timestamp of one of the time-stamped media data packets indicates a time of creation of the one of the time-stamped media data packets. The media source also includes a determining unit that determines a play-out time offset. The media source additionally includes a transmission unit that sends out the play-out time offset to the one or more receiving media sinks once for all time-stamped media data packets of a session.
Owner:SONY DEUT GMBH
System and method for real time video production and multicasting
InactiveUS7024677B1Easy to controlCost efficientBroadcast information characterisationElectronic editing digitised analogue information signalsPersonalizationBroadcast time
An integrated, fully automated video production system provides a video director with total control over all of the video production devices used to produce and broadcast a show. Such devices include, but are not limited to, cameras, robotic pan / tilt heads, video tape players and recorders (VTRs), video servers and virtual recorders, character generators, still stores, digital video disk players (DVDs), audio mixers, digital video effects (DVE), video switchers, and teleprompting systems. The video production system provides an automation capability that allows the video director to pre-produce a show, review the show in advance of “air time,” and then, with a touch of a button, produce the live show. In one embodiment, the invention provides a video production system having a processing unit in communication with one or more of the video production devices. The processing unit also records the show or elements from the show following its production. The show or elements can be recalled for subsequent broadcasts. An Internet interface supports live or on-demand requests for content from the video production. In an embodiment, an online user selects specific. elements and reorganizes the elements to personalize a broadcast. The processing unit receives and executes the online request to continuously stream or download the content to the user. In an embodiment, various supporting features enhance and extend the content of the video production, such as real time polling, hyperlinks to related web sites, video captions, and the like.
Owner:THOMSON LICENSING SA
Method and apparatus for displaying an electronic program guide
InactiveUS6538672B1Small sizeTelevision system detailsColor television detailsBroadcast timeEmbedded system
Owner:KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV
Series recording options using an interactive television program guide
InactiveUS20050240968A1Television system detailsColor television signals processingVideocassette recorderTime schedule
Owner:KNUDSON EDWARD B +4
System and method for combining several EPG sources to one reliable EPG
InactiveUS20030051246A1Television system detailsBroadcast with distributionThe InternetBroadcast time
The present invention relates to a device for acquiring electronic program guide (EPG) data from a plurality of different EPG sources (120), and combining the acquired data to a single EPG (10). At regular intervals, EPG data is acquired from different sources (120), which may include the Internet (122), digital programming broadcasters, and teletext service providers (126). Equivalent program listings (40) within the acquired EPG data are identified, and the best information is selected from the equivalent program listings (40) to be included in the combined EPG (10). The present invention is able to identify equivalent program listings (40), even if the program titles are written in different languages or when the scheduled broadcast times differ to some extent. The resulting EPG (10) is more reliable and contains more information than any of the EPGs (10) associated with the original sources (120).
Owner:KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NV
Broadcast management system
InactiveUS8606073B2Television system detailsColor television signals processingGraphicsBroadcast radiation
Owner:GOPRO
Method and apparatus for over-the-air activation of neighborhood cordless-type services
InactiveUS7181207B1Accounting/billing servicesNetwork topologiesMobile identification numberRegion selection
A method for providing a local cordless-type service comprises the steps of receiving subscriber neighborhood zone selection input so that a mobile telephone equipped subscriber may place or receive calls for a fixed rate, for example, per month without having to pay radio frequency air time charges any time they are located within their selected subscribed-to zones. If the subscribed-to zones are adjacent to one another and the mobile subscriber roams from one zone to another, the subscriber may continue their free call uninterrupted and without paying air time charges. However, when the subscriber roams outside their subscribed-to zones they may be switched from the present local cordless-type services to conventional personal communications services and pay air time charges. However for an active call, no air-time charges are incurred as the user transitions between the cellular / DPCS environment and the local cordless service environment. Associated apparatus comprises an IBS for automatically changing radio frequency channels as the subscriber roams within a subscribed-to neighborhood zone, roams to another subscribed-to zone or roams outside a subscribed-to zone. Subscribers may choose to use their mobile identification number, their current directory telephone number for wired public switched telephone service or obtain a new directory number. Subscribers can actuate their service over-the-air automatically without service personnel assistance from their home neighborhood zone.
Owner:AMERICAN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO
Program guide and reservation system for network based digital information and entertainment storage and delivery system
ActiveUS7073189B2EffectiveEasy accessTelevision system detailsPulse modulation television signal transmissionCommunications systemThe Internet
In a broadband communications system, e.g., a cable system, programming content can be readily reserved and accessed for viewing using interactive program guides in accordance with the invention. Such programming content may include in-progress programs, future programs and previously broadcast programs which are recorded at a headend in the cable system, and which may or may not have overlapping broadcast times. In addition, the user may reserve programs at a set-top terminal, and may also do so remotely from the terminal through a communications network such as, the Internet, a public switched telephone network (PSTN), a wireless telephone network, etc.
Owner:TIME WARNER CABLE ENTERPRISES LLC
Program guide system with video-on-demand browsing
InactiveUS7493643B2Reduce the amount requiredTelevision system detailsColor television detailsInteractive televisionRemote control
Owner:ROVI GUIDES INC
Digital remote recorder
InactiveUS6981050B1Analogue secracy/subscription systemsMultiprogramming arrangementsVideocassette recorderClient-side
A method and system for recording and publishing traditional media source programs over a network is disclosed. According to the method, a request for publication of one or more traditional media source programs in one or more encoding formats is received from a network client that is connected to the network. In response to receiving the request, the one or more traditional media source programs are captured from a traditional media source that broadcasts the one or more traditional media source programs at a particular broadcast time. The one or more traditional media source programs are encoded in one or more encoding formats to produce one or more encoded media programs and then published to the network client over the network at a time that is different from the actual broadcast time.
Owner:NOKIA TECHNOLOGLES OY
Client terminal for storing an initial program segment and appending a remaining program segment to provide a video program on demand
InactiveUS8769593B1Analogue secracy/subscription systemsTwo-way working systemsProgram segmentUser input
A client terminal to provide a video program on demand to a client is connected to a video distribution system and a display device. The video distribution system (VDS) broadcasts a video program to the client terminal including an initial program segment (IPS) and a remaining program segment (RPS). The IPS is broadcast during a first broadcast time interval (FBTI) and the RPS is repetetively broadcast during a second broadcast time interval (SBTI). A terminal controller of the client terminal is responsive to a video control program. During the FBTI, the terminal controller records the IPS in a local memory. During the SBTI, the terminal controller selects the video program in response to a user input and displays the recorded IPS. Further, the terminal controller receives the RPS from the VDS and records it in the local memory. After displaying the recorded IPS, the terminal controller displays the recorded RPS.
Owner:KEEN PERSONAL MEDIA
Media asset management system
ActiveUS7305354B2Two-way working systemsBuying/selling/leasing transactionsDocumentation procedureE-commerce
An asset management system is described that tracks in real-time any metric that a carrier requires pertaining to media assets within a network. In addition to tracking per-asset information relating to usage and air time, the system tracks information pertaining to individual object types (e.g., document, digital image, audio file, streaming media, or the like) as well as specific objects themselves (e.g., individual documents, photos, and the like, on a per-file or named basis). This information can be tracked against the various users and their individual devices (used to access a network). In this manner, the system can provide metrics relating to not only data size and air time, but also metrics about object types (e.g., digital image type) and specific objects (e.g., specific file transferred) that have passed through the network. Based on these various metrics that the asset management system can track, the system generates reports that are transmitted back in real-time to carriers and their e-commerce partners for implementing the various pricing schemes required for supporting their business or revenue models.
Owner:SYNIVERSE ICX LLC
Data receiving apparatus and method
InactiveUS7017179B1Easy to changeEasily reassignedSpecial service provision for substationTelevision system detailsProcedure PriorityBroadcast time
Different programs are broadcasted in a plurality of channels. A broadcast program which transmits same data in repetition is reserved in such programs to download the data. The GUI part 250 displays EPG data indicating a broadcast time zone of a data broadcast program and the like. When a user select and reserves a program, the virtual program processing part 224 groups the selected program into a virtual program in which priorities interfere each other. The priority processing part 222 assigns a unique priority to each reserved program for each virtual program depending on user's operation. The reception control part 230 controls a broadcast receiving apparatus (not shown) to download data of a program which is assigned the highest priority at each time.
Owner:IBM CORP
Automated playlist chaser
ActiveUS20050102695A1Television system detailsRecord information storageProgram segmentTime function
An automated playlist chaser (APC) improves the recovery time and robustness of playlists to component failures and / or human errors in a content sourcing and editing environment. Following detection and correction of an error in a content sourcing subsystem controlled by a playlist, the APC retrieves a last known good playlist from a playlist archive and automatically builds a new playlist for resynchronization of the subsystem. Building the new playlist involves iteratively solving for the first new program segment entry in the new playlist and the new “on-air time,”“start-of message,” and “duration” attributes for the entry as a function of a reference time (e.g., the present time of day), the original on-air time for the entry, the subsystem recovery time, the APC processing time, and the queuing delay of the audio-video source for the program segment.
Owner:HOME BOX OFFICE INC
Systems and methods for synchronizing time-shifted media content and related communications
InactiveUS20090235298A1Strengthen the systemImprove methodTelevision system detailsTwo-way working systemsTime segmentDisplay device
A method for assigning attributes to media content. A media content is first displayed on a television, computer, or other display. A communication created by a user while viewing the media content is then received. The communication is then analyzed, and at least a portion of the communication is linked to a portion of the media content. The communication is also analyzed to identify relevant keywords which are then saved as attributes of the media content. The assigned word or phrase can be used to recommend the media content to other viewers or to find the media content in response to a search function. A method for synchronizing communications with time-shifted media content is also disclosed. A media content such as a television program is displayed during a time period other than its original broadcast time. Communications created by users while watching the media content are then received. The received communications are time-stamped so they can be synchronized with the run-time of the media content. The communications may be analyzed to select and display targeted advertising.
Owner:UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES
Methodology for equalizing systemic latencies in television reception in connection with games of skill played in connection with live television programming
ActiveUS8149530B1Hinder advantageTelevision system detailsRecord information storageSkill setsBroadcast time
A method of and system for handling latency issues encountered in producing real-time entertainment such as games of skill synchronized with live or taped televised events is described herein. There are multiple situations that are dealt with regarding latencies in receiving a television signal with respect to real-time entertainment based on the unfolding games played along with the telecasts. Systemic delays, arbitrarily imposed delays of a broadcast signal and variances in the precise broadcast times of taped television programs have to be equalized so as to provide fair entertainment.
Owner:WINVIEW
Data processing apparatus, data processing method and program, and data processing system
InactiveUS7962935B2Facilitate decision-makingTelevision system detailsSpecific information broadcast systemsData processing systemData mining
Owner:SONY CORP
System and associated terminal, method and computer program product for providing broadcast content
InactiveUS20050097624A1Digital computer detailsAnalogue secracy/subscription systemsBroadcast timeWorld Wide Web
A system for providing broadcast content includes a content source and a terminal. The content source, in turn, includes a continuity server capable of maintaining at least one piece of content and a schedule. The schedule specifies broadcast time(s) the content source broadcasts the piece(s) of content. In this regard, the content source can broadcast the piece(s) of content in accordance with the schedule. The terminal can store, in a memory, at least one piece of pre-broadcast content comprising the same piece(s) of content maintained by the continuity server. The terminal can therefore access at least one piece of pre-broadcast content from the memory in accordance with the schedule. Then, the terminal can present the accessed at least one piece of pre-broadcast content as the content source broadcasts the same at least one piece of content.
Owner:NOKIA CORP
Systems and methods for trimming recorded content using a media guidance application
ActiveUS20110286719A1Television system detailsColor television detailsBroadcast timeOperating system
Systems and methods for trimming recorded content or segments using a media guidance application are provided. A first program scheduled for recording during one timeslot. A determination is made that the first program will run beyond the scheduled broadcast time. The first program may be rescheduled for recording during a second larger timeslot that overlaps with the scheduled broadcast time of a second program. Content provided by the program source may be recorded during the second timeslot. The recorded content may be trimmed to remove portions of the recorded content that correspond to the second program.
Owner:ROVI GUIDES INC
Adaptive playout scheduling for multimedia communication
A method of adapting a playout schedule of a stream of media packets according to network and channel conditions includes (a) setting a playout schedule for a next packet i+1 of the stream upon receiving a current packet i; (b) computing a length of the current packet i based at least in part on a target playout schedule for the next packet i+1; (c) scaling packet i if necessary; (d) outputting packet i; and (e) updating the playout schedule for next packet i+1 based at least in part on the playout schedule and the length of current packet i.
Owner:THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIV
Method and apparatus for detecting time-compressed broadcast content
InactiveUS6901606B2Analogue secracy/subscription systemsBroadcast information monitoringTime compressionTime data
Owner:NIELSEN COMPANY US LLC THE A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY
Method and system to request audiovisual content items matched to programs identified in a program grid
A method to obtain visual content items matched to scheduled programs comprising: providing a program guide display that includes a grid with grid locations that identify scheduled programs, and that correspond to respective a scheduled program air times and a respective program sources; wherein the program guide extends over a time frame prior to the current date; providing an icon associated with a grid location that indicates that a visual content item matched to the program identified by the grid location currently is available; providing an identifier that is encoded in computer readable storage device and that is associated with the grid location and that indicates a location where the visual content item can be obtained; and accessing the location indicated by the identifier in response to a user selection of the grid location associated with the icon.
Owner:FRONTIER COMM CORP
Broadcast verification system, broadcast verification method, broadcast verification apparatus and storage medium storing broadcast verification program
ActiveUS6880082B2Excellent in immediacy of operationEasy to detectUser identity/authority verificationAnalogue secracy/subscription systemsBroadcast channelsThird party
A broadcast verification system is provided which enables broadcast verification to be performed by a third party being independent of a broadcasting station, without being assisted by another, at low costs and to be reported to a client.The client submits CM (Commercial Message) images to the broadcasting station and registers feature descriptors in a database. When the broadcasting station broadcasts the CM images in accordance with a contract, a receiving device in a checking base extracts contents from received broadcasting waves and a checking section compares feature descriptors of the contents with that of contents stored in the database. When there is coincidence between them, the checking section transmits comparison results to an aggregating section which creates a report including broadcast time, broadcasting channel, broadcasting state and submits it to the client. A broadcast verifying agent receives a broadcast verification entrusting fee.
Owner:RAKUTEN GRP INC
Data broadcast content generation system
ActiveUS6983482B2Reduce workloadTelevision system detailsBroadcast information characterisationData displayComputer network
A data broadcast content generation system stores body data for displaying a body page, a plurality of sets of part data each being composed of display element data for determining a display element and attached data for displaying an attached page, and schedule information which associates each broadcast data slot with a set of part data. For each broadcast time slot, the body data, display element data of the set of part data, and attached data of the set of part data are related to each other, so that a display element determined by the display element data will be displayed in the body page and a link destination of the display element will be an attached page displayed using the attached data. The body data, the display element data, and the attached data are then set as carousel data to be transmitted during the broadcast time slot.
Owner:RAKUTEN GRP INC
Methods and systems for managing variable delays in packet transmission
InactiveUS7835280B2Vast majorityProgram initiation/switchingError preventionPresent methodPeak value
An improved method and system for the determination of jitter buffers enables the generation of buffers having sizes and delays such that, as designed, the buffers capture a substantial majority of packets while not being resource intensive. The present methods and systems provide for improved jitter buffer management by deriving playout buffer adjustments from a plurality of variances, centered around a distribution peak, or mean average delay. The playout buffer monitor uses the buffer adjustments, in size and delay, to select, store and playout packets at their adjusted playout time. The present invention may be employed in a media gateway that enables data communications among heterogenous networks and may be specifically deployed to manage jitter experienced in the course of receiving packetized data and processing the data for further transmission through a packet-based or circuit-switched network.
Owner:QUARTICS
Methodology for equalizing systemic latencies in television reception in connection with games of skill played in connection with live television programming
Owner:WINVIEW IP HLDG LLC
Technique for Effectively Accessing Programming Listing Information in an Entertainment Delivery System
ActiveUS20070130595A1Easy accessTelevision system detailsPulse modulation television signal transmissionGraphicsCommunications system
In a broadband communications system, e.g., a cable system, programming content can be readily reserved and accessed for viewing using an interactive program guide, a network home graphic user interface (GUI), Quick View Guide, etc., in accordance with the invention. Such programming content may include in-progress programs, future programs and previously broadcast programs which are recorded at a headend in the cable system, and which may or may not have overlapping broadcast times. In addition, the user may reserve programs at a set-top terminal, and may also do so remotely from the terminal through a communications network such as, the Internet, a public switched telephone network (PSTN), a wireless telephone network, etc.
Owner:TIME WARNER CABLE ENTERPRISES LLC
Broadcast program recording overrun and underrun scheduling system
ActiveUS7882520B2Extensive contentProcess controlTelevision system detailsRecording carrier detailsTime scheduleRecording duration
A broadcast program recording overrun and underrun scheduling system provides a system for adjusting the start and end times of a broadcast program's recording schedule that has a predetermined start and end broadcast time. An on screen program guide is displayed to the viewer via a monitor or television and lists the predetermined scheduled broadcast times and channels of a plurality of broadcast programs. The viewer selects a particular broadcast program to record from the program guide using a remote input device. The invention schedules the broadcast program to be recorded by inserting the program's information such as program identifier, start and end times, and storage duration into a recording schedule database. The invention allows the viewer to adjust the scheduled start and / or end recording times for a broadcast program by specifying the time increment to add or subtract from the start and / or end recording times of a specific program or series of programs. The invention adjusts the recording schedule to the viewer's modifications. Broadcast programs are recorded onto a persistent storage device when the recording schedule indicates that it is time to do so. The viewer is allowed to adjust the end recording time of a program while the program is being recorded. The viewer can randomly access the recorded programs on the persistent storage device for play back.
Owner:TIVO SOLUTIONS INC
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