Patents
Patents for H04N 21 - Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television, vod [video on demand] (56,445)
03/2004
03/02/2004US6701383 Cross-platform framework-independent synchronization abstraction layer
03/02/2004US6701369 Method and apparatus for accessing a remote location by sensing a machine-resolvable code
03/02/2004US6701065 Methods and apparatus for buffering information prior to decoding
03/02/2004US6700995 Applying digital watermarks using dot gain correction
03/02/2004US6700932 MPEG video editing-cut and paste
03/02/2004US6700893 System and method for controlling the delay budget of a decoder buffer in a streaming data receiver
03/02/2004US6700624 Combined terrestrial wave/cable broadcast receiver and program information processing method therefor
03/02/2004US6700588 Apparatus and method for blending graphics and video surfaces
03/02/2004CA2151459C Network controller for cable television delivery systems
03/02/2004CA2151456C Reprogrammable terminal for suggesting programs offered on a television program delivery system
02/2004
02/26/2004WO2003058954A3 Epg video-clip previews on demand
02/26/2004WO2003053041A3 Metadata structure for providing access to epg features from within broadcast advertisements
02/26/2004WO2003043256A3 Method for generating a multiplexed sequence of media units
02/26/2004WO2003042795A3 Streamed content delivery
02/26/2004WO2003005697A3 System and method for the application of a statistical multiplexing algorithm for video encoding
02/26/2004US20040040042 System and method for synchronizing enhancing content with a video program using closed captioning
02/26/2004US20040039793 Program drawing-up apparatus, program providing system, methods to be used with the same, computer programs to be used with the same and recording medium storing such computer programs
02/26/2004US20040039791 Content providing device, content providing method, stram contrent reproducing program, and recorded medium on which stream content reproducing program is recorded recorded
02/25/2004EP1391125A2 Channel buffering and display management system for multi-tuner set-top box
02/25/2004EP1391120A2 Multi-rate transcoder for digital streams
02/25/2004EP1391115A2 Modular entertainment and data system
02/25/2004EP1391112A2 System and method for creating user profiles
02/25/2004EP1391109A1 Methods and apparatus for interactive television
02/25/2004EP1390928A1 Transformer remote control
02/25/2004EP1390879A1 System for audio-visual media user customization
02/25/2004EP1390817A2 Network control system for home appliances
02/25/2004EP1169710B1 Streaming information appliance with buffer read and write synchronization
02/25/2004EP1135741B1 Smart agent based on habit, statistical inference and psycho-demographic profiling
02/25/2004CN1477876A Video coding/decoding device and method for communication terminal
02/25/2004CN1477868A Information medium for storing and generating DTV flow information and method and device for switching DTV flow
02/25/2004CN1140133C Apparatus and method for dual compressed picture bitstream camera of universal serial bus connection
02/25/2004CN1140127C Picture synchronous circuit and method
02/25/2004CN1140124C Method and apparatus for digital advertisement insertion in bitstream
02/25/2004CN1140123C Receiving device for digital broadcasting and method for processing transmission flow in said device
02/25/2004CN1140120C Digital TV state displaying apparatus and displaying method
02/25/2004CN1140118C Method and apparatus for copy protection for various recording media using video finger print
02/24/2004US6698023 Internet access via one-way television channels
02/24/2004US6698022 Timestamp-based timing recovery for cable modem media access controller
02/24/2004US6698020 Techniques for intelligent video ad insertion
02/24/2004US6697949 Method and apparatus for controlling a user's pc through an audio-visual broadcast to archive information in the users pc
02/24/2004US6697869 Emulation of streaming over the internet in a broadcast application
02/24/2004US6697632 Multi-media coordinated delivery system and method
02/24/2004US6697121 Synchronous decoding method for AV packets
02/24/2004US6697103 Integrated network for monitoring remote objects
02/24/2004US6697099 Method and apparatus for displaying a colored audio/visual program
02/24/2004CA2151462C Television program delivery system
02/24/2004CA2151460C Set top terminal for cable television delivery systems
02/24/2004CA2151458C An operation center for a television program packaging and delivery system
02/24/2004CA2149989C Video data bus communication system and method
02/19/2004WO2003051030A3 Management and control of buffer in client device
02/19/2004WO2003005724A3 Communication protocol for content on demand system with callback time
02/19/2004US20040034866 System and method for grazing television channels from an electronic program guide
02/19/2004US20040034863 Fast digital channel changing
02/19/2004US20040032538 Television tuning system
02/19/2004US20040032348 Distributed on-demand media transcoding system and method
02/18/2004EP1389874A2 Fast digital channel changing
02/18/2004EP1389380A2 Interactive streaming media production tool using communication optimization
02/18/2004EP0932980B1 Video transmission apparatus employing intra-frame-only video compression that is mpeg-2 compatible
02/18/2004CN1476727A Method for generating scalable coded video bit stream having constant mass
02/18/2004CN1476726A Generation of program clock reference data for MPEG transport streams
02/18/2004CN1476717A Method for displaying object in panorama window
02/18/2004CN1476690A Antenna for wireless home network has UI functionality
02/18/2004CN1476558A Architecture for optimizing audio and video output states for multimedia devices
02/18/2004CN1139258C Apparatus for transmitting and receiving digital video signal
02/18/2004CN1139254C Terminal for composing and presenting MPEG-4 video programs
02/18/2004CN1139250C 电视接收机和附加信息发送方法 The television receiver and additional information transmission method
02/18/2004CN1139210C Method and device for multiplexing plurality of digital data flow into one global digital data flow, and method and device for demultiplexing one global digital data flow into plurality digital data
02/18/2004CN1139208C Audience measurement system for digital television
02/17/2004US6694251 Information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program
02/17/2004US6694060 Frame bit-size allocation for seamlessly spliced, variable-encoding-rate, compressed digital video signals
02/17/2004US6694023 Method and apparatus for protecting copyright of digital recording medium and copyright protected digital recording medium
02/17/2004US6693966 Transmitting and recording method, reproducing method, and reproducing apparatus of information and its recording medium
02/17/2004CA2333660C Apparatus and method for processing signals selected from multiple data streams
02/12/2004WO2003046761A3 System and method for retrieving information related to targeted subjects
02/12/2004WO2003005153A3 Electronic tokens to increase broadcasting revenue
02/12/2004US20040031047 screening audiovisual transmissions transmitted by a centre and received by a television receiver
02/12/2004US20040030798 Method and device for providing/receiving media content over digital network
02/12/2004US20040030759 Enhanced video programming system and method for incorporating and displaying retrieved integrated internet information segments
02/12/2004US20040030665 Methods and systems for preventing start code emulation at locations that include non-byte aligned and/or bit-shifted positions
02/12/2004US20040028388 Receiving storage device, transmission device, broadcasting system, receiving storage method, transmission method, broadcasting method, program, and medium
02/12/2004US20040028049 XML encoding scheme
02/11/2004EP1389012A1 Device for reproducing content such as video information and device for receiving content
02/11/2004EP1388260A1 Interactive media response processing system
02/11/2004EP1388232A1 Encryption/decryption engine for multiple data streams
02/11/2004EP1388079A2 Modular storage server architecture with dynamic datamanagement
02/11/2004EP1388035A2 Contextual web page system and method
02/11/2004CN1475083A Accessing meta information triggers automatic buffering
02/11/2004CN1475078A Method and apparatus for generating recommendations based on consistency of selection
02/11/2004CN1474991A Electronic document with automatically updated portion
02/11/2004CN1474973A Serial compressed bus interface having reduced pin count
02/11/2004CN1474400A Data reproducing method and data reproducing device
02/11/2004CN1138410C Apparatus and method for transmitting, recording and reproducing digital data
02/11/2004CN1138407C Internet TV apparatus and its peripheral device and moving method of hot-pot focus
02/11/2004CN1138379C Method and device for formating data frame
02/10/2004US6691313 Terminal apparatus and method for achieving interactive operations by displaying a desired piece of image information at high speed using cache memories, out of a large amount of image information sent in a one-way direction
02/10/2004US6691311 Digital signal receiving apparatus and receiving method
02/10/2004US6691262 Method and apparatus for quality evaluation of cable circuit
02/10/2004US6690926 Apparatus and method for receiving multiple data streams
02/10/2004US6690391 Modal display, smooth scroll graphic user interface and remote command device suitable for efficient navigation and selection of dynamic data/options presented within an audio/visual system
02/10/2004CA2177138C System and method for simultaneously authorizing multiple virtual channels