Patents
Patents for H04N 21 - Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television, vod [video on demand] (56,445)
09/2005
09/07/2005EP1423779A4 Method and apparatus for adaptively storing program guide data
09/07/2005EP1415471B1 Method and apparatus for permitting unconfirmed viewing time with addressable pay tv
09/07/2005CN1218579C Data destribution systems
09/07/2005CN1218573C Delivering video over an ATM/DSL network using a multi-layered video coding system
09/07/2005CN1218566C System and method for classifying program guding informations
09/07/2005CN1218266C Content reproducing equipment
09/07/2005CN1218258C Serial compressed bus interface having reduced pin count
09/06/2005US6941575 Webcam-based interface for initiating two-way video communication and providing access to cached video
09/06/2005US6941574 Interactive television system and method having on-demand web-like navigational capabilities for displaying requested hyperlinked web-like still images associated with television content
09/06/2005US6941559 Software bus and interface for digital television application software environments
09/06/2005US6941373 Network communications system and method for worldwide web broadcasting
09/06/2005US6940936 Alternate timing signal for a vestigial sideband modulator
09/06/2005US6940873 Data stream control system for associating counter values with stored selected data packets from an incoming data transport stream to preserve interpacket time interval information
09/06/2005CA2445176C Set top terminal for cable television delivery systems
09/06/2005CA2420426C User interface for television schedule system
09/01/2005WO2005081518A1 Television receiver and electronic device
09/01/2005US20050193413 Interactive electronic television program guide with database configurability
09/01/2005US20050193410 Advertisement subgroups for digital streams
09/01/2005US20050193194 Contents transmitting apparatus and method of transmitting contents
09/01/2005US20050191040 Processing digital data having variable packet lengths
09/01/2005US20050191033 Information processing system, information processing method, and computer program
09/01/2005US20050190763 Data transmission device and data transmission method
09/01/2005US20050190295 Apparatus and method for data processing, and storage medium
09/01/2005US20050190257 High resolution graphics side channel in video conference
09/01/2005US20050189477 Receiving apparatus, transmitting apparatus, and communication system
09/01/2005CA2783960A1 Information storage medium having recorded thereon text subtitle data synchronized with av data, and reproducing method and apparatus therefor
09/01/2005CA2766083A1 Storage medium for storing text-based subtitle data including style information, and apparatus and method reproducing thereof
08/2005
08/31/2005EP1569457A2 Information processing system, information processing method, and computer program
08/31/2005EP1569456A1 Splicing of video data in progressively refreshed video streams
08/31/2005EP1569453A2 Interactive television system and method for displaying web-like stills with hyperlinks
08/31/2005EP1569451A2 Communications apparatus and method of communication using the same
08/31/2005EP1569138A1 Index structure of metadata, method for providing indices of metadata, and metadata searching method and apparatus using the indices of metadata
08/31/2005EP1568229A1 Network camera system
08/31/2005EP1568221A1 Hybrid scalable encoder, method, and media for standard-definition and high-definition video formats on a single-disc
08/31/2005EP1374588B1 Encryption of a compressed video stream
08/31/2005EP1243137B1 A method and apparatus for providing voice/unified messaging services using catv terminals
08/31/2005EP1032881A4 A robust, reliable compression and packetization scheme for transmitting video
08/31/2005EP1025692B8 Computational resource allocation in an information stream decoder
08/31/2005EP0995191B1 Mixing audio streams
08/31/2005CN1662896A Cluster filtering
08/31/2005CN1662893A Content-related information providing apparatus, content-related information providing method, electronic bulletin board system, and computer program
08/31/2005CN1217547C Image signal data structure, image coding method, and image decoding method
08/31/2005CN1217489C Quick decoding
08/31/2005CN1217286C Reprogramable terminal for recommended program of television program transmission system
08/30/2005US6938269 Video file providing apparatus, video receiving/reproducing apparatus, internet broadcast system, and computer-readable recording medium
08/30/2005US6938208 Electronic program guide with graphic program listings
08/30/2005US6938166 Method of downloading of data to an MPEG receiver/decoder and MPEG transmission system for implementing the same
08/30/2005US6938101 Hand held device having a browser application
08/30/2005US6938015 Method for providing database security
08/30/2005CA2284153C Method of downloading of data to an mpeg receiver/decoder and mpeg transmission system for implementing the same
08/25/2005US20050188418 Bi-directional communication system, display apparatus, base apparatus and bi-directional communication method
08/25/2005US20050188417 Bi-directional communication system, display apparatus, base apparatus and bi-directional communication method
08/25/2005US20050188409 Pausing the display of a television program as a signal including the television program is received
08/25/2005US20050188405 System and method of providing integrated communications and broadcasting service
08/25/2005US20050188401 Bi-directional communication system, display apparatus, base apparatus and bi-directional communication method
08/25/2005US20050188229 Data transmission system
08/25/2005US20050188099 System and method of transmitting data packets
08/25/2005US20050185933 Television and multimedia viewing paradigm
08/25/2005US20050183601 Image printing order receiving system and image printing order receiving method
08/24/2005EP1566967A2 Interactive media system and method for presenting content
08/24/2005EP1382191A4 Method and system for transferring content to a networked unit
08/24/2005EP0928525B1 Method and apparatus for dynamic bandwidth allocation in a packet stream encoder
08/24/2005CN1659623A Network type content reproduction system
08/24/2005CN1658664A Recording/reproducing device, MPEGvideo stream recording/reproducing device, and medium
08/24/2005CN1216486C Coding system, coding method and receiver
08/23/2005US6934964 Electronic program guide viewing history generator method and system
08/23/2005US6934917 Automatic selection of favorite media selections of a user of a media presentation device
08/23/2005US6934759 Method and apparatus for user-time-alignment for broadcast works
08/23/2005US6934713 Method and system for presenting programs to a user that facilitate selecting programs from a multitude of programs
08/23/2005US6934693 System for controlling the distribution and use of digital works
08/23/2005US6934389 Method and apparatus for providing bus-encrypted copy protection key to an unsecured bus
08/23/2005US6934337 Video capture device and method of sending high quality video over a low data rate link
08/23/2005US6934330 Image processing apparatus
08/23/2005US6934303 Methods and apparatus for constructing a program association table when reducing multiplexed data streams
08/23/2005US6934300 Initialization method for an entertainment and communications network
08/23/2005US6932481 Projection display system, projector and menu image display method for same
08/23/2005CA2325373C Method and system for broadcast transmission of media objects
08/23/2005CA2181705C Television signal activated interactive smart card system
08/18/2005US20050183135 Bi-directional communication system, display apparatus, base apparatus and bi-directional communication method
08/18/2005US20050183131 System and method for providing integrated communications and broadcasting service
08/18/2005US20050183129 Proactive repair process in the xDSL network (with a VDSL focus)
08/18/2005US20050183127 System and method for the broadcast dissemination of time-ordered data with minimal commencement delays
08/18/2005US20050183126 Cable television system and method for providing cable television service using the system
08/18/2005US20050183111 Squeezable rebroadcast files
08/18/2005US20050182845 Data-providing system, transmission server, data terminal, apparatus, authoring apparatus and data-providing method
08/18/2005US20050180756 Receiving apparatus, transmitting apparatus, and communication system
08/18/2005US20050180735 Optical disk for high resolution and general video recording, optical disk reproduction apparatus, optical disk recording apparatus, and reproduction control information generation apparatus
08/18/2005US20050180734 Information playback apparatus and electronic POP advertising apparatus
08/18/2005US20050180728 Image recording and reproducing apparatus, and image reproducing method
08/18/2005US20050180595 Image distribution system of surveillance camera
08/18/2005US20050180511 H. 264 codec IC, DVD playback apparatus, H. 264 codec method
08/18/2005US20050180467 Demultiplexer and demultiplexing methods for digital broadcasting receiver
08/18/2005US20050180415 Medium streaming distribution system
08/18/2005US20050180289 Recording apparatus for recording digital information
08/18/2005US20050179822 Method and apparatus for automatically switching between analog and digital input signals
08/18/2005US20050179773 Picture phone monitor system
08/18/2005US20050179692 Video supply device and video supply method
08/17/2005EP1563411A1 Systems and methods for restriping files in a distributed file system
08/17/2005EP1446958A4 Two way communication using light links
08/17/2005EP1074022A4 Method of describing multiple level digest segment information scheme for multimedia contents and apparatus for generating digest stream from described multiple level digest segment information scheme and method thereof