Patents
Patents for H04N 21 - Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television, vod [video on demand] (56,445)
02/2004
02/05/2004WO2004012101A1 Automatic keyword extraction device and method, recording medium, and program
02/05/2004WO2003053039A3 Method and system to perform content targeting
02/05/2004WO2002080548A3 Storing and using personal profile from the remote
02/05/2004WO2002048973A3 A remote control account authorization system
02/05/2004US20040025184 Data transmission method and apparatus
02/05/2004US20040024898 Delivering multimedia descriptions
02/05/2004US20040024735 Card reading device for service access
02/05/2004US20040022330 Serial digital signal transmission apparatus
02/05/2004US20040022319 Methods for reduced cost insertion of video subwindows into compressed video
02/05/2004US20040022271 Signal generation and broadcasting
02/05/2004US20040021898 Image printing order receiving system and image printing order receiving method
02/05/2004US20040021793 Television receiver and method for counting the number of accesses from the receiver
02/05/2004US20040021668 Method for displaying an object in a panorama window
02/05/2004DE10331893A1 Verfahren zum Sparen von Leistung durch Reduzierung der Zeit des aktiven Empfangs im Standby-Betrieb Method for conserving power by reducing the period of active reception in standby mode
02/04/2004EP1387575A1 Broadcast program processing apparatus, computer system, broadcast program evaluation system, and computer program
02/04/2004EP1386492A2 Method and apparatus for streaming video
02/04/2004EP1386491A1 P2p network architecture for distributed storage
02/04/2004EP1386488A1 Television access control system
02/04/2004EP1386483A1 Alternative video program display control system
02/04/2004EP1386479A1 Wireless communication point of deployment module for use in digital cable compliant devices
02/04/2004EP1386477A2 Managing time shift buffers
02/04/2004EP1386459A1 Apparatus and method for decision feedback sequence estimation for reduction of error propagation in a decision feedback equalizer
02/04/2004EP1386457A1 A two stage equalizer for trellis coded systems
02/04/2004EP1386260A2 Electronic document with an automatically updated portion
02/04/2004EP1386238A2 Portable terminal, overlay output method, and program therefor
02/04/2004EP1118044B1 Aircraft data management system
02/04/2004CN1473431A Information processing device, electronic device, information processing method, and medium
02/04/2004CN1473430A Mixed-media telecommunication call set-up
02/04/2004CN1472910A Transmitting device and receiving device
02/04/2004CN1137582C Set top terminal and correspondent menu generating and sequencing method
02/04/2004CN1137581C Upgrading module for enhancing decompressing device of cable TV delivery system and method, set-top converter and remote controlling unit and interface system
02/04/2004CN1137579C Reprogrammable terminal for suggesting programs offered on television program delivery system
02/04/2004CN1137578C Operations center for television program packaging and delivery system and program alloting method
02/03/2004US6687907 Prevention of broadband cable service theft
02/03/2004US6687384 Method and apparatus for embedding data in encoded digital bitstreams
02/03/2004US6687076 Recording medium and apparatus for protecting copyrighted digital data
02/03/2004CA2160477C Media pipeline with multichannel video processing and playback
01/2004
01/29/2004WO2004010335A1 Index structure of metadata, method for providing indices of metadata, and metadata searching method and apparatus using the indices of metadata
01/29/2004US20040019908 Method and apparatus for channel surfing through multiple sources based on user-definable preferences
01/29/2004US20040017518 High-resolution image projection
01/29/2004US20040017398 Graphics display system with graphics window control mechanism
01/28/2004EP1385332A2 Information storage medium storing information for generating DTV stream, and method and apparatus for converting DTV stream
01/28/2004EP1384382A2 System and data format for providing seamless stream switching in a digital video decoder
01/28/2004EP1384347A2 Method and system for secure transcoding
01/28/2004EP1384173A2 Portable high speed internet access device
01/28/2004EP1384164A2 Customizing database information for presentation with media selections
01/28/2004EP1384125A2 Multimedia marketing and distribution system
01/28/2004EP0895694B1 System and method for creating trick play video streams from a compressed normal play video bitstream
01/28/2004CN1471794A Method of sizing an embedded media player page
01/28/2004CN1471773A Enforcement of rights and conditions for multimedia content
01/28/2004CN1471672A Method of collecting data using an embedded media player page
01/28/2004CN1471669A Method of disseminating advertisements using an embedded media player page
01/28/2004CN1136691C Apparatus for reproduction of encoded signal
01/28/2004CN1136678C Apparatus for image signal transmission
01/27/2004US6684400 Method and apparatus for providing dynamic pricing services for an interactive information distribution system
01/27/2004US6684399 Electronic program guide including live network multimedia broadcast channels
01/27/2004US6684240 Method of setting parental lock levels based on example content
01/22/2004WO2003044835A3 Viewing limit controls
01/22/2004WO2003041392A3 Video on demand gateway
01/22/2004WO2002085022A3 Method, system, and display apparatus for encrypted cinema
01/22/2004US20040016001 CATV tuner
01/22/2004US20040015986 Content/service handling and delivery
01/22/2004US20040015730 Contents delivery system, and device, method, recording media, or program for the same
01/22/2004US20040015446 Usage rights grammar and digital works having usage rights created with the grammar
01/22/2004US20040014505 Method of saving power by reducing active reception time in standby mode
01/22/2004US20040013401 Broadcast confirmation system, broadcast confirmation device and method, recorded medium where broadcast confirmation program is recorded
01/22/2004US20040013398 Device for reproducing content such as video information and device for receiving content
01/22/2004US20040013195 Methods and apparatus for video size conversion
01/22/2004US20040012718 Method and apparatus for providing information in video transitions
01/21/2004EP1383330A2 Client-server based interactive television program guide system with remote server recording.
01/21/2004EP1383328A2 Transmission apparatus and receiving apparatus using encryption
01/21/2004EP1383327A2 Content distributing system and data-communication controlling device
01/21/2004EP1383319A1 Television apparatus with security function
01/21/2004EP1383307A2 Apparatus and method for drawing-up programs, computer programs to be used with the same and recording medium storing such computer programs
01/21/2004EP1382208A1 Dynamic complexity prediction and regulation of mpeg2 decoding in a media processor
01/21/2004EP1382204A1 System and method for broadcast-synchronized interactive content interrelated to broadcast content
01/21/2004EP1382203A2 Burst-mode digital transmitter
01/21/2004EP1382201A1 Pulling internet content onto interactive television using usage data
01/21/2004EP1382197A2 System and method for interactive television
01/21/2004EP1382191A1 Method and system for transferring content to a networked unit
01/21/2004EP1382147A1 A network and method for transmitting reverse analog signals by sub-sampling the digital reverse bandwidth
01/21/2004EP1381934A1 Electronic program guide including virtual channels for interactive television
01/21/2004EP1138157B1 Method and apparatus for displaying a colorized audio/visual program
01/21/2004CN1470132A Transcoder-based adaptive quantization for digital video recording
01/21/2004CN1469266A Content pack, signal transfer requested, planning list transmission, server and terminal apparatus
01/21/2004CN1135845C Image transmitting method, image processing method, image processing apparatus and data storage medium
01/21/2004CN1135760C Method and apparatus for dynamic bandwidth allocation in a packet stream encoder
01/20/2004US6681397 Visual improvement of video stream transitions
01/20/2004US6681326 Secure distribution of video on-demand
01/20/2004US6681315 Method and apparatus for bit vector array
01/20/2004US6680944 Apparatus for and method of predictive time stamping of isochronous data packets transmitted over an IEEE 1394-1995 serial bus network
01/20/2004US6680753 Method and apparatus for skipping and repeating audio frames
01/20/2004CA2300757C Method and apparatus for reducing start-up delay in data packet-based network streaming applications
01/20/2004CA2237689C Method and apparatus for multiplexing video programs
01/20/2004CA2199153C Telecasting service for providing video programs on demand with an interactive interface for facilitating viewer selection of video programs
01/15/2004WO2003056833A3 Transcoding mpeg bitstreams for adding sub-picture content
01/15/2004WO2003047255A3 Security system for digital cinema
01/15/2004US20040010797 Television audience interaction system
01/15/2004US20040010729 Multi-media jitter removal in an asynchronous digital home network
01/15/2004US20040010614 System, method, and format thereof for scalable encoded media delivery