Patents
Patents for H04N 21 - Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television, vod [video on demand] (56,445)
04/2002
04/17/2002EP1197074A1 System and method for utilizing epg database for modifying advertisements
04/17/2002EP1197072A1 Television viewer interface system
04/17/2002EP1197016A2 Hfc return path system using digital conversion and transport
04/17/2002EP1082850B1 Module manager for interactive television system
04/17/2002EP0740884B1 Transaction based interactive system
04/17/2002CN1345513A System and method for near-real time capture and reporting of large population consumer behaviors concerning television use
04/17/2002CN1083209C Video signal and variable bit rate audio information transmitting apparatus, and method therefor
04/17/2002CN1083206C Transmitting and recording method, reproducing method, and reproducing apparatus of information and its recording medium
04/16/2002US6374405 Module scheduling with a time interval and ending time
04/16/2002US6374404 Intelligent device having background caching of web pages from a digital television broadcast signal and method of same
04/16/2002US6374336 Computer system and process for transferring multiple high bandwidth streams of data between multiple storage units and multiple applications in a scalable and reliable manner
04/16/2002US6374042 Optical disc, a recorder, a player, a recording method, and a reproducing method that are all used for the optical disc
04/16/2002US6374041 Optical disc, a recorder, a player, a recording method, and a reproducing method that are all used for the optical disc
04/16/2002US6373855 System and method for using audio performance to control video bandwidth
04/16/2002US6373528 Electronic television program guide schedule system and method
04/16/2002US6373526 Processing of closed caption in different formats
04/16/2002US6373503 Multimedia computer and television apparatus
04/16/2002CA2297089C Tv graphical user interface providing selection among various lists of tv channels
04/16/2002CA2185053C Interactive reverse channel for direct broadcast satellite system
04/11/2002WO2002030124A2 Video processing
04/11/2002WO2002029602A1 Xml encoding scheme
04/11/2002WO2002019689A3 System for interactive television
04/11/2002WO2002011051A3 Systems and methods for etching digital watermarks
04/11/2002WO2002009351A3 Multi-media jitter removal in an asynchronous digital home network
04/11/2002WO2002001853A3 Automatic identification of a set-top box user to a network
04/11/2002WO2001093577A3 Authorization using ciphertext tokens
04/11/2002WO2001091466A3 Dynamically shifting control word
04/11/2002WO2001084841A3 Method and system for uniform resource identification and access to television services
04/11/2002WO2001082585A3 System and method for merging interactive television data with closed caption data
04/11/2002WO2001080565A3 Channel dancer, virtual channel scheduler
04/11/2002WO2001072041A3 Method and system for subject video streaming
04/11/2002US20020042924 Media server interconnect architecture
04/11/2002US20020042922 Video box of VOD system
04/11/2002US20020042918 Receivers for television signals
04/11/2002US20020042917 Receivers for television signals
04/11/2002US20020042916 Program information providing apparatus and method, program recording preset system and method, and program recording system and method
04/11/2002US20020042914 Systems and methods for providing targeted advertisements based on current activity
04/11/2002US20020042913 Systems and methods for building user media lists
04/11/2002US20020042855 Communication system for providing digital data transfer, electronic equipment for transferring data using the communication system, and an interface control device
04/11/2002US20020042777 Information distribution system, terminal apparatus, information center, recording medium, and information distribution method
04/11/2002US20020041756 Data reproduction apparatus that switches reproduction target
04/11/2002US20020041648 Terminal condition controlling method and apparatus
04/11/2002US20020041626 Media processing apparatus which operates at high efficiency
04/11/2002US20020041609 Multiplexed data producing apparatus, encoded data reproducing apparatus, clock conversion apparatus, encoded data recording medium, encoded data transmission medium, multiplexed data producing method, encoded data reproducing method, and clock conversion method
04/11/2002US20020041608 Digital television system
04/11/2002US20020041339 Graphical representation of motion in still video images
04/10/2002EP1195061A1 Multi-channel mpeg video transcoder using multiple programmable processors
04/10/2002EP1195060A1 Method of transmitting streams of video data, in multi-length frames, at a single average bit rate
04/10/2002EP1195059A1 Real-time, interactive and personalized video services
04/10/2002EP1195058A1 System and method for a miniguide implementation
04/10/2002EP1195056A1 Service navigation systems and methods
04/10/2002EP1195053A2 Selection between an in-band and an out-of-band channel for downloading code to a set top box
04/10/2002EP1194861A1 Interactive television triggers having connected content/disconnected content attribute
04/10/2002EP0916226B1 System and method for digitally encoding and compressing vbi signals
04/10/2002CN1343935A Image server, image communicating system and control method thereof
04/10/2002CA2322898A1 Broadcasting on networked distribution systems
04/09/2002US6370688 Method and apparatus for server broadcast of time-converging multi-media streams
04/09/2002US6370571 System and method for delivering high-performance online multimedia services
04/09/2002US6370321 Optical disc, a recorder, a player, a recording method, and a reproducing method that are all used for the optical disc
04/04/2002WO2002028108A2 Statistical remultiplexing with bandwidth allocation among different transcoding channels
04/04/2002WO2002028098A1 System and method for creating and displaying a preference based menu for a viewing session
04/04/2002WO2002028097A2 Client-based interactive digital television architecture
04/04/2002WO2002028006A2 Method and apparatus for networked information dissemination through secure transcoding
04/04/2002WO2002027988A2 System and method for seamless switching
04/04/2002WO2002027553A1 System for providing access to product data
04/04/2002WO2002027472A1 Architecture for optimizing audio and video output states for multimedia devices
04/04/2002WO2002003676A3 System for displaying an integrated portal screen
04/04/2002WO2001075887A3 Method, system and computer program product for full news integration and automation in a real time video production environment
04/04/2002WO2000064166A9 Transmitting viewable data objects
04/04/2002WO2000060870A9 Remote controlled platform for camera
04/04/2002WO2000060869A9 Perspective-corrected video presentations
04/04/2002US20020040478 Multimedia-data transmission system, apparatus and method
04/04/2002US20020040329 Data presentation for electronic purchasing system
04/04/2002US20020040322 Apparatus and method for executing a game program having advertisements therein
04/04/2002US20020039480 Recording medium of stream data, and recording method and playback method of the same
04/04/2002US20020039390 Digital broadcasting receiving apparatus and control method thereof
04/04/2002CA2421794A1 Statistical remultiplexing with bandwidth allocation among different transcoding channels
04/03/2002EP1193980A1 Synchronous control method
04/03/2002EP1193967A2 Providing quality of service for disks I/O sub-system
04/03/2002EP1193940A2 Apparatus and computer-implemented process for providing real-time multimedia data transport in a distributed computing system
04/03/2002EP1192802A2 Adaptive tv program recommender
04/03/2002EP0862826B1 Home multimedia network architecture
04/03/2002CN1343418A Electronic program guide with support for rich program content
04/02/2002USRE37620 Bandwidth efficient communication of user data in digital television data stream
04/02/2002US6367078 Electronic program-guide system with sideways-surfing capability
04/02/2002US6366328 Television control system for universal control of hospital televisions
04/02/2002CA2294511C System for adaptive video/audio transport over a network
04/02/2002CA2181761C Image transmission system
03/2002
03/28/2002WO2002025955A1 Processor allocation for channels in a video multi-processor system
03/28/2002WO2002025952A2 Regeneration of program clock reference data for mpeg transport streams
03/28/2002WO2002025951A2 Method and apparatus for determining a transmission bit rate in a statistical multiplexer
03/28/2002WO2002025939A2 Television program recommender with automatic identification of changing viewer preferences
03/28/2002WO2002025936A2 Follow up correction to epg for recording systems to reset requests for recordings
03/28/2002WO2002025556A1 Method and apparatus for digital shopping
03/28/2002WO2001097531A3 Electronic stereoscopic media delivery system
03/28/2002WO2001091460A3 Method and apparatus to adaptively program a recording device
03/28/2002WO2001086945B1 Content propagation in interactive television
03/28/2002WO2001052050A9 Electronic programming guide
03/28/2002US20020038460 Electronic cinema system, distribution apparatus, and showing apparatus
03/28/2002US20020038458 Apparatus for, and method of, receiving satellite television signals in an apartment building and providing television images in the receivers in such building