Patents
Patents for H04N 21 - Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television, vod [video on demand] (56,445)
03/2003
03/06/2003US20030046704 Method and apparatus for pay-per-quality of service for bandwidth consumption in a video system
03/06/2003US20030046702 Program server and a receiver
03/06/2003US20030046700 Navigational user interface for interactive television
03/06/2003US20030046690 Advertisement swapping using an aggregator for an interactive television system
03/06/2003US20030046688 Video distributing method and system
03/06/2003US20030046687 Techniques for manipulating programming breaks in streaming content
03/06/2003US20030046684 Method and system for distributing video content over a network
03/06/2003US20030046683 Server-side preference prediction based on customer billing information to generate a broadcast schedule
03/06/2003US20030046579 System and method for enabling a remote control to automatically and dynamically set-up a V-chip
03/06/2003US20030046497 Method and apparatus for stripping data onto a plurality of disk drives
03/06/2003US20030046431 Direct RTP delivery method and system over MPEG network
03/06/2003US20030046255 Functional planning system
03/06/2003US20030046075 Apparatus and methods for providing television speech in a selected language
03/06/2003US20030044166 System for multiplexing video data streams in a digital video recorder and method of operating the same
03/06/2003US20030044165 Video data recorder with for recording predefined format shows
03/06/2003US20030044164 Method and apparatus for receiving and/or reproducing digital signal
03/06/2003US20030044162 Implementation of mandatory segments in multimedia content
03/06/2003US20030043924 Apparatus and method for synchronizing video and audio MPEG streams in a video playback device
03/06/2003US20030043923 System and method for transcoding multiple channels of compressed video streams using a self-contained data unit
03/06/2003US20030043919 System for detecting start codes in MPEG video streams and method of operating the same
03/06/2003US20030043915 Method and system to improve the transport of compressed video data
03/06/2003US20030043908 Bandwidth scalable video transcoder
03/06/2003US20030043807 Modem front-end apparatus and method
03/06/2003US20030043260 Videophone answering device
03/06/2003US20030043149 Method and apparatus for preserving, enlarging and supplementing image content displayed in a graphical user interface
03/05/2003EP1289306A2 Apparatus and method for synchronizing video and audio mpeg streams in a video playback device
03/05/2003EP1289296A2 Reservation control unit
03/05/2003EP1289292A2 Programme generation
03/05/2003EP1289290A2 Methods and apparatus for the display of advertising material during personal versatile recorder trick play modes
03/05/2003EP1289279A2 System for multiplexing video data streams in a digital video recorder and method of operating the same
03/05/2003EP1288781A1 Receiving/storing device, transmission device, broadcasting system, receiving/storing method, transmission method, broadcasting method, programme and medium
03/05/2003EP1287704A2 Video size conversion and transcoding from mpeg-2 to mpeg-4
03/05/2003EP1287696A2 Method and apparatus for embedding data in encoded digital bitstreams
03/05/2003EP1287694A2 Method and system for uniform resource identification and access to television services
03/05/2003EP1287692A1 Pay by time system for content delivery to media playback systems
03/05/2003EP1287683A1 A system to deliver encrypted access control information
03/05/2003EP1287679A2 System and method for merging interactive television data with closed caption data
03/05/2003EP1138157A4 Method and apparatus for displaying a colored audio/visual program
03/05/2003EP0903034B1 Decoding of digital data including program specific information
03/04/2003US6530086 System and method for VDSL real time response to video programming
03/04/2003US6530085 Configuration for enhanced entertainment system control
03/04/2003US6530084 Automated control of interactive application execution using defined time periods
03/04/2003US6530083 System for personalized settings
03/04/2003US6530021 Method and system for preventing unauthorized playback of broadcasted digital data streams
03/04/2003US6529994 Method of striping data onto a storage array
03/04/2003US6529935 Graphics display system with unified memory architecture
03/04/2003US6529685 Multimedia direct access storage device and formatting method
03/04/2003US6529558 Coding and decoding a signal modified in accordance with the feedback states of an encoder
03/04/2003US6529528 Multimedia multiplexing method
03/04/2003US6529526 System for processing programs and program content rating information derived from multiple broadcast sources
03/04/2003US6529517 Router for which a logical network address which is not unique to the router is the gateway address in default routing table entries
03/04/2003US6529146 System and method for simultaneously encoding data in multiple formats and at different bit rates
02/2003
02/28/2003CA2399237A1 Modem front-end apparatus and method
02/28/2003CA2398875A1 Apparatus and methods for providing television speech in a selected language
02/28/2003CA2357552A1 Interactive digital video (i-dv) software product enabling real-time interactive messaging and contextual-commerce information exchange to be accessed though traditional-type media programming
02/27/2003WO2003017678A1 Multiplexed mpeg compression
02/27/2003WO2003017671A2 Navigation for mpeg streams
02/27/2003WO2003017669A1 Content providing apparatus, content providing method, stream content reproduction program, and recording medium containing the stream content reproduction program
02/27/2003WO2003017668A1 Content providing apparatus and content providing method
02/27/2003WO2003017667A1 A method of providing multilevel quality signals
02/27/2003WO2003017666A2 System and method for hybrid conditional access for receivers of encrypted transmissions
02/27/2003WO2003017665A1 Method and apparatus for monitoring the provision of a utility
02/27/2003WO2003017662A1 Content providing device, content providing method, stram contrent reproducing program, and recorded medium on which stream content reproducing program is recorded
02/27/2003WO2003017661A1 System and method for data distribution network
02/27/2003WO2003017660A1 Content rating, advisory and profiling system for interactive television
02/27/2003WO2003017651A1 Remote control device having a display for displaying a television channel guide
02/27/2003WO2003017650A1 Method and system for providing improved user input capability for interactive television
02/27/2003WO2003017644A1 A system and method for conditional access key encryption
02/27/2003WO2003017640A2 Digital data monitoring and logging in an itv system
02/27/2003WO2003017617A1 A method and apparatus for managing tv broadcast content that has synchronized web applications
02/27/2003WO2003017220A1 Method and apparatus for extending video content analysis to multiple channels
02/27/2003WO2003017079A1 Interactive television devices and systems
02/27/2003WO2003015619A1 Reduced area imaging device incorporated within wireless endoscopic devices
02/27/2003WO2002103998A3 Interactive television virtual shopping cart
02/27/2003WO2002103470A3 System and method for access and placement of media content information items on a screen display with a remote control device
02/27/2003WO2002102014A3 Media server
02/27/2003WO2002100150A3 Anonymous ordering system
02/27/2003WO2002058400A3 Client-assisted motion estimation for client-server video communication system
02/27/2003WO2002056579A3 Automatic on-screen display of auxiliary information
02/27/2003WO2002043395A3 Multimedia transfer system
02/27/2003WO2002043385A3 System and method for special reproduction modes of a digitally encoded video data stream
02/27/2003WO2002035832A3 Trick-mode processing for digital video
02/27/2003US20030041336 Selective downloading of specific code images to broadband terminals
02/27/2003US20030041334 Broadcast video channel surfing system based on internet streaming of captured live broadcast channels
02/27/2003US20030041333 System and method for automatically answering and recording video calls
02/27/2003US20030041332 System and method for mitigating interruptions during television viewing
02/27/2003US20030041331 System and method for mitigating interruptions during television viewing
02/27/2003US20030041326 System and method for screening incoming and outgoing video communications within an interactive television system
02/27/2003US20030041325 Intelligent digital audiovisual reproduction system
02/27/2003US20030041258 Encoding and decoding methods for scalable streaming and related systems
02/27/2003US20030041158 Method and apparatus for user-time-alignment for broadcast works
02/27/2003US20030041104 System and method to provide local content and corresponding applications via carousel transmission to thin-client interactive television terminals
02/27/2003US20030040965 Method and device for rendering a content item
02/27/2003US20030040334 Apparatus and method of interacting with a mobile phone using a TV system
02/27/2003US20030039472 Method of and apparatus for selecting subtitles from an optical recording medium
02/27/2003US20030039471 Switching compressed video streams
02/27/2003US20030039398 Dynamic bandwidth adaptive image compression/decompression scheme
02/27/2003US20030038895 System and method for providing program status information
02/27/2003US20030038840 System and method for customizing an interface related to accessing, manipulating and viewing internet and non-internet related information
02/27/2003US20030038830 Method and system for simultaneous display of a video sequence in multiple time-offset windows