Patents
Patents for H04N 21 - Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television, vod [video on demand] (56,445)
07/2005
07/14/2005US20050151676 Methods and systems for synchronizing data streams
07/14/2005US20050151675 Methods and systems for synchronizing data streams
07/14/2005CA2728486A1 Storage medium storing interactive graphics stream activated on response to user's command, and reproducing apparatus and method for reproducing from the same
07/13/2005EP1553780A2 Derivation and quantization of robust non-local characteristics for blind watermarking
07/13/2005EP1553773A2 Programme generation
07/13/2005EP1552699A2 Networked multimedia system
07/13/2005EP1552698A1 Video transmission systems and methods for a home network
07/13/2005CN1640143A Method and apparatus for decoding spatially scaled fine granular encoded video signals
07/13/2005CN1640132A Multimedia on demand for use in a near on demand environment
07/13/2005CN1640130A A method and system for internet content acquisition according to a program guide
07/13/2005CN1640129A System and method for broadcast-synchronized interactive content interrelated to broadcast content
07/13/2005CN1640128A Protocol for controlling access, through specific time ranges, to scrambled data
07/13/2005CN1640076A Medium streaming distribution system
07/13/2005CN1639736A Information processing apparatus and method
07/13/2005CN1638356A Transmitter device and relay device for performing data transmission control
07/13/2005CN1638342A System and method for managing protocol network failures in a cluster system
07/13/2005CN1210961C Video size conversion and transcoding from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4
07/13/2005CN1210949C Method for editing programme guide and equipment for customizing program guide information
07/13/2005CN1210897C Transmitting/receiving side system data distribution system and its method, and program executing device and its method
07/12/2005US6918135 Session oriented settop communication using dynamic, synchronized routing
07/12/2005US6918133 Method for identifying extender text table of electronic program guide in digital TV
07/12/2005US6918132 Dynamic interface method and system for displaying reduced-scale broadcasts
07/12/2005US6918131 Systems and methods for characterizing television preferences over a wireless network
07/12/2005US6918081 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
07/12/2005US6917655 Coding and decoding a signal modified in accordance with the feedback states of an encoder
07/12/2005US6917628 Allocating access across a shared communications medium of a DOCSIS 1.0 compliant cable network
07/12/2005US6917622 Allocating access across a shared communications medium in a carrier network
07/12/2005CA2284038C Broadcast and reception system, and receiver/decoder and remote controller therefor
07/07/2005US20050149980 Open cable set-top box diagnosing system and method thereof
07/07/2005US20050149974 Interactive reverse channel for direct broadcast satellite system
07/07/2005US20050149878 Resizing internet document for display on television screen
07/07/2005US20050149735 Watermark system
07/07/2005US20050149446 Process for distributing audiovisual documents using fixed downloading facilities and portable terminals, terminals and facilities for the implementation of the process
07/07/2005US20050146611 Method of and apparatus for generating a precise frame rate in digital video transmission from a computer system to a digital video device
07/07/2005US20050146605 Video surveillance system employing video primitives
07/07/2005US20050146448 Methods and systems for synchronizing data streams
07/06/2005EP1025692B1 Computational resource allocation in an information stream decoder
07/06/2005EP0758506A4 An improved modem to support multiple site call conferenced data communications
07/06/2005CN1636413A Methods and apparatus for identifying asset location in communication networks
07/06/2005CN1636410A System and method for inserting video and audio packets into a video transport stream
07/06/2005CN1636403A Splicing of digital video transport streams
07/06/2005CN1636400A Moving picture distribution system, moving picture distribution device and method, recording medium, and program
07/06/2005CN1636397A Method for verifying television receiver sets with access control and corresponding receiver set
07/06/2005CN1636396A Personal TV receiver (PTR) with program recommendation forwarding function
07/06/2005CN1636392A Cable modem upstream amplifier power management
07/06/2005CN1636390A Method and system for enabling channel set up in a television signal receiver
07/06/2005CN1636389A Television program selection system
07/06/2005CN1636388A System for parental control in video programs based on multimedia content information
07/06/2005CN1209931C 信号传输系统 A signal transmission system
07/06/2005CN1209904C Method and system for controlling access to at least one data service
07/05/2005US6915531 Open cable set-top box diagnosing system and method thereof
07/05/2005US6915398 Data reproduction system, data recorder and data reader preventing fraudulent usage by monitoring reproducible time limit
07/05/2005CA2386303C Method for content-based non-linear control of multimedia playback
06/2005
06/30/2005WO2005060258A2 Content distribution system and distribution method, and content processing device and processing method
06/30/2005US20050144652 Method and apparatus for generating a programme
06/30/2005US20050144643 Data transmission method and apparatus
06/30/2005US20050144638 Interactive program guide navigator
06/30/2005US20050144478 Content receiving/storing apparatus and content delivery system
06/30/2005US20050143128 Communication card
06/30/2005US20050141711 Data recording medium, data recording apparatus, data recording method, data reproduction method and data transmission apparatus
06/30/2005US20050141610 Image decoding apparatus, image coding apparatus, image communications system and coded bit stream converting apparatus
06/30/2005US20050141542 Personnalization module for interactive digital television system
06/30/2005US20050140667 Connection device capable of converting a pixel clock to a character clock
06/29/2005EP1549064A2 Signaling valid entry points in a video stream
06/29/2005EP1549055A1 Data processing device, data processing method, computer program, and data processing system
06/29/2005EP1548972A2 Transmitter device and relay device for performing data transmission control
06/29/2005EP1548606A2 Multiple user data storage, retrieval and distribution system
06/29/2005EP1547385A1 Diligent control of preview of stored contents
06/29/2005EP1547364A2 Adaptive and progressive video stream scrambling
06/29/2005EP1547322A2 System for efficient recovery of node-b buffered data following mac layer reset
06/29/2005EP1546923A1 Index structure of metadata, method for providing indices of metadata, and metadata searching method and apparatus using the indices of metadata
06/29/2005EP1254562B1 Broadcast pause and resume for enhanced television
06/29/2005EP1142330A4 A method and a system relating to digital television and broadcasting
06/29/2005EP1110388A4 Video data recorder with personal channels
06/29/2005CN1633817A Dynamic content delivery responsive to user requests
06/29/2005CN1633810A Method for controlling the billing of a broadcast service by units of time
06/29/2005CN1633809A Elementary stream partial encryption
06/29/2005CN1633808A Hierarchical decision fusion of recommender scores
06/29/2005CN1633802A Television system
06/29/2005CN1633794A ECM and EMM distribution for multimedia multicast content
06/29/2005CN1633653A Physical layer recovery in a streaming data delivery system
06/29/2005CN1633183A Image transmission method
06/29/2005CN1633147A A method for implementing calling and called party pay intelligent service
06/29/2005CN1208971C Predictive coding method and decoding method for dynamic image
06/29/2005CN1208945C Structurally programmable channel decoder for digital broadcast reception
06/28/2005US6912585 Method of data management for efficiently storing and retrieving data to respond to user access requests
06/28/2005US6912584 Media coding for loss recovery with remotely predicted data units
06/28/2005US6912431 Method and apparatus for indicating states of electronic devices
06/28/2005US6911982 Data signal for modifying a graphic scene, corresponding method and device
06/23/2005WO2005057865A1 Packet transmitter apparatus
06/23/2005US20050138673 Summarization of football video content
06/23/2005US20050138657 Multiple database, user-choice-compiled program and event guide
06/23/2005US20050138462 System and method for managing protocol network failures in a cluster system
06/23/2005US20050138372 Information delivering system, information delivering apparatus, information delivering method and computer readable information recording medium
06/23/2005US20050138083 System and method for computer-assisted manual and automatic logging of time-based media
06/23/2005US20050134686 Summarization of football video content
06/23/2005DE69729291T2 Markierung von fernsehprogrammen und kanalauswahlen Marking of television programs and channel selections
06/23/2005CA2731269A1 High data rate interface with improved link synchronization
06/22/2005EP1544751A1 Automatic keyword extraction device and method, recording medium, and program
06/22/2005EP1247400A4 System and method for transmitting data on return path of a cable television system