Patents
Patents for H04N 21 - Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television, vod [video on demand] (56,445)
06/2004
06/15/2004US6751656 Apparatus and method for providing information about two-way computer communication services
06/15/2004US6751655 Method and apparatus for transport of scenegraph information across a network
06/15/2004US6751402 Set-top box connectable to a digital video recorder via an auxiliary interface and selects between a recorded video signal received from the digital video recorder and a real-time video signal to provide video data stream to a display device
06/15/2004US6751336 Digital authentication with digital and analog documents
06/15/2004US6751259 System and method for transcoding multiple channels of compressed video streams using a self-contained data unit
06/15/2004US6750803 Transformer remote control
06/10/2004WO2003054826A3 Activity-based remote control device
06/10/2004WO2003040860A3 Automatically recording content from a remote source into the electronic calendar of a pc
06/10/2004US20040111751 Anonymous ordering system
06/10/2004US20040111526 Compositing MPEG video streams for combined image display
06/10/2004US20040111317 Apparatus and method for executing a game program having advertisements therein
06/10/2004US20040109675 Terminal device for recording broadcast information and/or playing video and/audio data
06/10/2004US20040109501 Method for providing an extension code for a binary description for multimedia data
06/10/2004US20040109087 Method and apparatus for digital shopping
06/10/2004US20040109061 Internet surveillance system and method
06/09/2004EP1425918A1 A method and apparatus for disconnected chat room lurking in an interactive television environment
06/09/2004EP1425915A1 Method and apparatus for selective playing of digital media
06/09/2004EP1425913A1 Apparatus and method for installing a decryption key
06/09/2004EP1425912A1 Delivery of feedback information to scheduling service to determine optimum broadcast times based upon client platform tuner contention
06/09/2004EP1425911A2 Method and system for creating a subset of active channels
06/09/2004EP1425907A2 Method and apparatus for recordable media content distribution
06/09/2004EP1425906A2 Storing and using personal profile from the remote
06/09/2004EP1425902A2 Multi-standard channel decoder for real-time digital broadcast reception
06/09/2004EP1425885A1 Method and system for transmitting data from a first data network into a second data network
06/09/2004EP1425722A2 A remote control account authorization system
06/09/2004EP1142321A4 Method of data display for electronic program guides
06/09/2004CN1504051A Statistical remultiplexing with bandwidth allocation among different transcoding channels
06/09/2004CN1504034A Time division multiplexing over broadband modulation method and apparatus
06/09/2004CN1503960A 遥控帐户授权系统 Remote account authorization system
06/09/2004CN1503570A Interactive television program guide system with local advertisements
06/09/2004CN1503460A Apparatus and method for transmitting information signal
06/09/2004CN1153466C Transmission and reception of television programmes and other data
06/09/2004CN1153447C Packet data stream filtering method and set-top-box
06/08/2004US6748481 Streaming information appliance with circular buffer for receiving and selectively reading blocks of streaming information
06/08/2004US6748462 Activity-based remote control device
06/08/2004US6748372 Methods and apparatus for efficiently accessing sequentially broadcast data
06/03/2004WO2003063024A3 User interface for reviewing and controlling use of data objects
06/03/2004WO2003017666A3 System and method for hybrid conditional access for receivers of encrypted transmissions
06/03/2004US20040107439 Electronic program guide with support for rich program content
06/03/2004US20040107438 Display control device and method
06/03/2004US20040107437 Systems and methods for coordinating interactive and passive advertisement and merchandising opportunities
06/03/2004US20040107436 Digital broadcast signal distribution system and subscriber terminal
06/03/2004US20040107435 Information providing apparatus and information providing method
06/03/2004US20040107166 Usage rights grammar and digital works having usage rights created with the grammar
06/03/2004US20040107109 Contents directory service system
06/03/2004US20040105676 Video delivering system and video delivering device for vehicle
06/03/2004US20040105654 Image apparatus with zoom-in magnifying function
06/03/2004US20040105543 Video scramble/descramble apparatus
06/03/2004US20040105008 Image display apparatus and camera and image communication system
06/02/2004EP1424853A1 Digital broadcast reception apparatus and communication information transmission method
06/02/2004EP1424827A1 Method and system for disaggregating audio/visual components
06/02/2004EP1423976A1 Sequence counter for an audio visual stream
06/02/2004EP1423974A2 Apparatus for generating content codes for audiovisual programs by multiple viewers
06/02/2004EP1423825A1 Post production visual alterations
06/02/2004EP1423784A1 Method and apparatus for adaptively storing program guide data
06/02/2004EP1423779A1 Method and apparatus for adaptively storing program guide data
06/02/2004EP1423776A1 Interactive television devices and systems
06/02/2004EP1285345A4 Systems and methods for providing video-on-demand services for broadcasting systems
06/02/2004EP0815676B1 Single oscillator compressed digital information receiver
06/02/2004CN1502206A System and method for displaying a summary menu of stored user profiles
06/02/2004CN1502205A Portal for a communications system
06/02/2004CN1501379A Deck mechanism for magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus
06/02/2004CN1501283A Contents reproducing apparatus, contents reproduction control program and recording medium having a contents reproduction control program recorded thereon
06/02/2004CN1152571C Information transmitting/receiving apparatus and method, and broadcasting system
06/02/2004CN1152569C Multiplexed data producing, encoded data reproducing, and clock conversion apparatus and method
06/02/2004CN1152563C Interactive selection system for video decoder modulator channel
06/02/2004CN1152561C Method and apparatus for receiving digital broadcasting
06/02/2004CN1152560C Multimedia recorder with enhanced EPG-related functions
06/02/2004CN1152554C Coding/decoding method of information ensemble and decoding method of image information
06/02/2004CN1152509C Information recording system
06/01/2004US6745368 Methods, apparatus, and systems for storing, retrieving and playing multimedia data
06/01/2004US6745223 User terminal for channel-based internet network
06/01/2004US6744967 Program position user interface for personal video recording time shift buffer
06/01/2004US6744822 FEC scheme for encoding two bit-streams
06/01/2004US6744815 Method for synchronizing audio and video streams
06/01/2004US6744785 Network distributed remultiplexer for video program bearing transport streams
06/01/2004US6744763 Method and apparatus for media data transmission
06/01/2004US6744588 Recording medium and apparatus for protecting copyrighted digital data
06/01/2004US6744584 Recording medium and apparatus for protecting copyrighted digital data
06/01/2004US6744472 Graphics display system with video synchronization feature
06/01/2004CA2214767C System for providing closed captioning to an electronic discussion group
05/2004
05/27/2004WO2002080552A3 Virtual personalized tv channel
05/27/2004US20040103439 Access to internet data through a television system
05/27/2004US20040103305 Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection
05/27/2004US20040103293 Scaling independent technique for watermarking images
05/27/2004US20040103150 Method and system for providing a presentation on a network
05/27/2004US20040101137 Video scramble/descramble apparatus
05/27/2004US20040101057 Digital broadcast receiver and digital broadcast receiving method
05/27/2004US20040100942 Method and system for disaggregating audio/visual components
05/27/2004US20040100588 Expanded information capacity for existing communication transmission systems
05/26/2004EP1422944A1 IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND APPARATUS THEREOF
05/26/2004EP1422936A1 Broadcast reception method
05/26/2004EP1422863A1 INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD
05/26/2004EP1422666A1 Information processing apparatus and method
05/26/2004EP1422625A1 INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD
05/26/2004EP1421794A1 Improvements in and relating to content selection
05/26/2004EP1421790A1 A method of providing multilevel quality signals
05/26/2004EP1421785A2 Interactive program guide configuration system
05/26/2004EP1421782A1 Multimedia signal processing system
05/26/2004EP1421761A1 Broadcast video channel surfing system based on internet streaming of captured live broadcast channels