Patents
Patents for H04N 21 - Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television, vod [video on demand] (56,445)
11/2002
11/14/2002US20020170062 Method for content-based non-linear control of multimedia playback
11/14/2002US20020170057 Electronic program guide displayed simultaneously with television programming
11/14/2002US20020170054 Mechanism of matching between a receiver and a security module
11/14/2002US20020170053 ECM and EMM distribution for multimedia multicast content
11/14/2002US20020170039 System for operating system and platform independent digital stream handling and method thereof
11/14/2002US20020169821 Server, terminal and control methods for transmitting real-time images over the internet
11/14/2002US20020169724 Pay by time system for content delivery to media playback systems
11/14/2002US20020169659 Method for including promotions in a broadcast schedule
11/14/2002US20020169012 Operation of a set of devices
11/14/2002US20020168178 Channel buffering and display management system for multi-tuner set-top box
11/14/2002US20020168012 Video encoding method and apparatus
11/14/2002US20020168004 Method for performing integer divides without propagation of truncation error
11/14/2002US20020167947 Method and apparatus for combining broadcast schedules and content on a digital broadcast-enabled client platform
11/14/2002US20020167608 Circuit and method for live switching of digital video programs containing embedded audio data
11/14/2002US20020167586 Real-time vidoe/audio quality adjustment method
11/14/2002DE10121527A1 System und Verfahren für den Betrieb von nachrichtentechnischen Geräten niedriger und hoher Datenrate System and method of low and high for the operation of telecommunications equipment data rate
11/14/2002CA2446293A1 System and method for providing targeted programming outside of the home
11/13/2002EP1257122A2 System for selectively extinguishing a light source that illuminates a television power button
11/13/2002EP1257104A2 Heirarchical transmission with multicarrier modulation and error correction coding
11/13/2002EP1257094A2 Browser based command and control network
11/13/2002EP1256950A1 Recording apparatus, reproducing apparatus, data processing apparatus, recording/reproducing apparatus, and data transmitting apparatus
11/13/2002EP1256231A1 Modularization of broadcast receiver driver components
11/13/2002EP1256225A2 System for distributed media network and meta data server
11/13/2002CN1379593A Image transmission method, image processing method and image processing device
11/13/2002CN1379591A Method and equipment for controlling video frequency data quality
11/13/2002CN1379377A Record regeneration device, control method and guard against illegal system
11/12/2002US6481011 Program guide system with user designated color coding
11/12/2002US6481010 TV planner for DSS
11/12/2002US6480961 Secure streaming of digital audio/visual content
11/12/2002US6480902 Intermedia synchronization system for communicating multimedia data in a computer network
11/12/2002US6480628 Method for computational graceful degradation in an audiovisual compression system
11/12/2002US6480539 Video encoding method and apparatus
11/12/2002US6480537 Active techniques for video transmission and playback
11/12/2002US6480233 NTSC co-channel interference detectors responsive to received Q-channel signals in digital TV signal receivers
11/12/2002CA2373542C Systems and methods for secure transaction management and electronic rights protection
11/07/2002WO2002089492A1 Apparatus and method for compressing video
11/07/2002WO2002089488A1 P2p network architecture for distributed storage
11/07/2002WO2002089483A1 System and method for broadcast-synchronized interactive content interrelated to broadcast content
11/07/2002WO2002089482A1 Television access control system
11/07/2002WO2002089480A1 Apparatus and method to provide supplemental content form an interactive television system to a remote device
11/07/2002WO2002089473A1 Alternative video program display control system
11/07/2002WO2002089461A1 Method and system for transferring content to a networked unit
11/07/2002WO2002089109A1 Remote control having a touch pad for highlighting preselected p arts of a displayed slide
11/07/2002WO2002089008A2 Automatic content analysis and representation of multimedia presentations
11/07/2002WO2002089006A2 Electronic document with an automatically updated portion
11/07/2002WO2002088868A2 System and method for adaptively interfacing different pod modules to a navigation device
11/07/2002WO2002060176A3 User interface for collecting viewer ratings of media content and facilitating adaptation of content recommenders
11/07/2002WO2002054775A3 Method for providing an extension code for a binary description for multimedia data
11/07/2002WO2002045430A3 Content/service handling and delivery
11/07/2002WO2001045419A9 Mpeg re-multiplexer having multiple inputs and multiple outputs
11/07/2002US20020166121 System and method for providing television programs on demand
11/07/2002US20020166120 Interactive television program guide system with local advertisements
11/07/2002US20020166119 System and method for providing targeted programming outside of the home
11/07/2002US20020165983 Method and apparatus for tagging media presentations with subscriber identification information
11/07/2002US20020165781 Interactive media management system and method for network applications
11/07/2002US20020165770 Method and system for providing content with an option
11/07/2002US20020164155 System for resolving conflicts due to simultaneous media streams and method thereof
11/07/2002US20020164151 Automatic content analysis and representation of multimedia presentations
11/07/2002US20020164022 Method and apparatus for providing bus-encrypted copy protection key to an unsecured bus
11/07/2002US20020164018 Encoding and decoding methods for secure scalable streaming and related systems
11/07/2002US20020164004 System and method for providing on-demand responses to inquiries made by information consumers
11/07/2002US20020163971 Video bitstream washer
11/07/2002US20020163970 Signal transmission system
11/07/2002US20020163966 Video encoding method and apparatus
11/07/2002US20020163964 Apparatus and method for compressing video
11/07/2002US20020163911 Method and system for midstream transcoding of secure scalable packets in response to downstream requirements
11/07/2002US20020163597 Digital multi-tile video display system
11/07/2002US20020163592 Portable terminal, overlay output method, and program therefor
11/07/2002US20020163548 System and apparatus for notetaking with digital video and ink
11/06/2002EP1255370A2 Method and apparatus for the operation of comunications devices which have low and high data rates
11/06/2002EP1254566A2 Method and system for identification of pay-per-view programming
11/06/2002EP1254563A2 Displaying enhanced content information on a remote control unit
11/06/2002EP1254562A2 Broadcast pause and resume for enhanced television
11/06/2002EP1254561A2 Broadcast program recording overrun and underrun scheduling system
11/06/2002EP1254549A2 Distribution of media data using low-level objects and locator tables containing information about the low level objects
11/06/2002EP0998744B1 A model and command set for an av/c-based disc media player/recorder subunit
11/06/2002EP0968610B1 Transmission and reception of television programmes and other data
11/06/2002EP0761047B1 method for generating product coupons in response to televised offers
11/06/2002CN1378743A Impulse pay per use method and system for data and multimedia service
11/06/2002CN1378382A Method for controlling data transmission and receiving containing encrypted data stream
11/06/2002CN1378352A Data communication system, transmission device and communication terminal
11/05/2002US6477707 Method and system for broadcast transmission of media objects
11/05/2002US6477704 Method of gathering and utilizing demographic information from request-based media delivery system
11/05/2002US6477579 Access system and method for providing interactive access to an information source through a networked distribution system
11/05/2002US6477508 System and apparatus for broadcasting, capturing, storing, selecting and then forwarding selected product data and viewer choices to vendor host computers
11/05/2002US6477320 Optical disc, a recorder, a player, a recording method, and a reproducing method that are all used for the optical disc
11/05/2002US6477253 Method and apparatus for television signal scrambling using vertical sync replacement
11/05/2002US6477252 Digital video content transmission ciphering and deciphering method and apparatus
11/05/2002US6477211 Transcoding of a data stream
11/05/2002US6477204 Video image decoding method and apparatus
11/05/2002US6477180 Optimizing method for digital content delivery in a multicast network
11/05/2002US6476871 Text display on remote device
10/2002
10/31/2002WO2002087254A2 System and data format for providing seamless stream switching in a digital video decoder
10/31/2002WO2002087243A2 Automatic selection of favorite media selections of a user of an media presentation device
10/31/2002WO2002087239A1 Pulling internet content onto interactive television using usage data
10/31/2002WO2002087237A1 Method for storing digital broadcast data
10/31/2002WO2002087236A1 System and method for retrieving and storing multimedia data
10/31/2002WO2002087224A1 Wireless communication point of deployment module for use in digital cable compliant devices
10/31/2002WO2002087220A2 System and method for interactive television
10/31/2002WO2002087216A2 Method and system for presenting a video stream of a video streaming device