Patents
Patents for H04N 21 - Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television, vod [video on demand] (56,445)
04/2004
04/21/2004EP1410635A1 Media data use measurement with remote decoding/pattern matching
04/21/2004EP1410631A2 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROFILING iTV USERS AND FOR PROVIDING SELECTIVE CONTENT DELIVERY
04/21/2004EP1410629A1 System and method for receiving and storing a transport stream
04/21/2004EP1410628A1 Method and apparatus for selective recording of television programs using event notifications
04/21/2004EP1410624A1 Management of electronic program guides
04/21/2004EP1410623A1 A hand held device having a browser application
04/21/2004EP1410539A1 Wireless music and data transceiver system
04/21/2004CN1491389A Information dilivery system and apparatus, method, device and program products for content storage and output
04/21/2004CN1491381A Method and system for buffering streamed data
04/21/2004CN1491063A Method for shortening active receiving time and saving power in stand-by mode
04/21/2004CN1147162C Method and apparatus for reducing memory requirements for storing reference frames in video decoder
04/21/2004CN1147152C Method for decoding input bit flow in audio or video compression system
04/21/2004CN1147150C Method for shifting position in signal stream and interact TV transmission system
04/21/2004CN1147149C Method of sending and receiving compressed video signals
04/21/2004CN1147146C Data processing device and data processing method
04/21/2004CN1147145C Electronic program guide system with advertising message in pop-ups
04/21/2004CN1147136C Receiver and method for processing program signal component in receiving
04/21/2004CN1147132C Vignetting correction based on image sensor
04/20/2004US6725461 Reminder system for broadcast and non-broadcast events based on broadcast interactive applications
04/20/2004US6725460 Multi-media data automatic delivery system
04/20/2004US6725459 Descrambling device for use in a conditional access system
04/20/2004US6725421 Methods, apparatus, and systems for storing, retrieving and playing multimedia data
04/20/2004US6725267 Prefetched data in a digital broadcast system
04/20/2004US6725215 System and method for searching and providing contents, and software storage media
04/20/2004US6724978 Recording and reproducing an MPEG information signal on/from a record carrier
04/20/2004US6724977 Compressed video editor with transition buffer matcher
04/20/2004US6724825 Regeneration of program clock reference data for MPEG transport streams
04/20/2004US6724439 Low cost VSB encoder and RF modulator for supplying a substantially 6 MHZ VSB signal to digital television receiver
04/20/2004US6724405 User friendly remote system interface
04/15/2004WO2004032494A1 Information processing device and method, program, and recording medium
04/15/2004WO2002100106A8 On-demand interactive magazine
04/15/2004US20040073922 System and method for distinguishing between indentically titled programs
04/15/2004US20040073580 Information delivery apparatus, information processing terminal, external content storage method, external content output method, content data, output control program, and information delivery system
04/15/2004US20040073536 System and method for computer-assisted manual and automatic logging of time-based media
04/15/2004US20040073515 Method for metering and pricing of digital works
04/15/2004US20040073513 Method and system for conducting transactions between repositories
04/15/2004US20040073493 Broadcast reception method
04/15/2004US20040071216 Delivering video over an ATM/DSL network using a multi-layered video coding system
04/15/2004US20040070687 Method and apparatus for display of interlaced images on non-interlaced display
04/14/2004EP1408685A1 Program guide system with advertisements
04/14/2004EP1408644A2 Digital signatures for digital television application
04/14/2004EP1408501A2 Streaming information appliance with buffer read and write synchronization
04/14/2004EP1407614A1 Resource scalable decoding
04/14/2004EP1407605A2 Interactive information services system and associated method for capturing transaction data
04/14/2004EP1407598A1 Electronic program guide for processing content-related information configured using a reference information model
04/14/2004EP1407597A2 System and method for simplifying different types of searchs in electronic program guide
04/14/2004EP1407596A1 Video stream switching
04/14/2004EP0986907A4 Method and apparatus for splicing compressed information signals
04/14/2004EP0935886B1 Method and apparatus for enhancing signal portions of a television broadcast of a live event
04/14/2004CN1489863A Television receiver and for counting the number of accesses from the receiver
04/14/2004CN1489757A Remote control with status indicator
04/14/2004CN1146244C Method for en coding visible object in audio-visual compression system
04/14/2004CN1146237C A flow builder for an audio video interactive transmission system
04/14/2004CN1146236C Limited receiving system capable of conducting partial audivision
04/14/2004CN1146235C Conditional access system for broadcast digital TV.
04/14/2004CN1146233C Self-adaptive decoding system for processing enciphered and unenciphered video-frequency data
04/14/2004CN1146231C Intelligent electronic-performance guide memory management system and method
04/14/2004CN1146230C Decoder device and receiver using the same
04/14/2004CN1146157C Method and device for detecting data concerning the viewing of video information and the relaying of this information to a central processing installation
04/14/2004CN1145964C Data recording method and apparatus, data record medium and data reproducing method and apparatus
04/14/2004CN1145945C Audio-visual device and system thereof
04/13/2004US6721958 Optional verification of interactive television content
04/13/2004US6721956 Interactive information services system and associated method for capturing transaction data
04/13/2004US6721954 Personal preferred viewing using electronic program guide
04/13/2004US6721953 Display of television program information using dynamically-adjusted scroll rate
04/13/2004US6721850 Method of cache replacement for streaming media
04/13/2004US6721837 Graphics display system with unified memory architecture
04/13/2004US6721794 Method of data management for efficiently storing and retrieving data to respond to user access requests
04/13/2004US6721789 Scheduling storage accesses for rate-guaranteed and non-rate-guaranteed requests
04/13/2004US6721490 Hierarchical storage scheme and data playback scheme for enabling random access to realtime stream data
04/13/2004US6721015 Sound bite augmentation
04/13/2004US6720990 Internet surveillance system and method
04/08/2004WO2003058508A3 Methods and systems for providing streaming media content in existing video delivery systems
04/08/2004WO2003055210B1 Program position user interface for pvr buffer
04/08/2004WO2003030078A3 Method and apparatus for automatic set-up of electronic devices
04/08/2004WO2002089008A3 Automatic content analysis and representation of multimedia presentations
04/08/2004WO2002056579A9 Automatic on-screen display of auxiliary information
04/08/2004US20040068757 Digital signatures for digital television applications
04/08/2004US20040068741 Content preference calculation method and content reception apparatus
04/08/2004US20040068738 Event program distribution system and method
04/08/2004US20040068659 Method for secure distribution of digital data representing a multimedia content
04/08/2004US20040068541 Broadcast and reception, and conditional access system therefor
04/08/2004US20040066308 Systems and methods for implementing a learning remote control
04/08/2004CA2441186A1 Digital signatures for digital television applications
04/07/2004EP1406263A2 Recording/reproduction apparatus and methods, input/output apparatus and methods, storage apparatus, transmission apparatus, and information processing apparatus and methods
04/07/2004EP1405518A1 Video playback device capable of sharing resources and method of operation
04/07/2004EP1405517A2 Anonymous ordering system
04/07/2004EP1405516A1 Interactive tv using remote control with built-in phone
04/07/2004EP1405511A1 Apparatus and method for conditioning digital image data for display of the image represented thereby
04/07/2004EP1405508A1 A method and apparatus for generating a list of suggested scheduled television programs
04/07/2004EP1405251A1 Digital authentication with digital and analog documents
04/07/2004CN1488195A Distributed on -demand media transcoding system and method
04/07/2004CN1488132A Portable terminal, overlay output method, and program therefor
04/07/2004CN1487443A Information providing system and method and relative computer software and storing medium
04/07/2004CN1145354C Program guide processing
04/06/2004US6718553 Centralized aggregation of broadcast television programming and multi-market digital delivery thereof over interconnected terrestrial fiber optic networks
04/06/2004US6718552 Network bandwidth optimization by dynamic channel allocation
04/06/2004US6718551 Method and system for providing targeted advertisements
04/06/2004US6718507 System and method for representing compressed information
04/06/2004US6717961 Format converting apparatus and digital broadcasting receiver