Patents
Patents for H04N 21 - Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television, vod [video on demand] (56,445)
11/2001
11/22/2001US20010043659 Signal detection method and apparatus, relevant program, and storage medium storing the program
11/22/2001US20010043622 Method and apparatus for upstream burst transmission synchronization in cable modems
11/22/2001US20010043621 Embedded clock recovery and difference filtering for an mpeg-2 compliant transport stream
11/22/2001US20010043617 Allocating access across a shared communications medium
11/22/2001US20010043562 Method of using routing protocols to reroute packets during a link failure
11/22/2001US20010043272 Camera control apparatus and method
11/22/2001US20010043268 Method and apparatus for displaying a colored audio/visual program
11/22/2001US20010043218 Apparatus and method for storing a movie within a movie
11/21/2001EP1155571A1 Method and apparatus for recommending television programming using decision trees
11/21/2001EP1155548A1 System and method for interactive distribution of selectable presentations
11/21/2001CN1323492A System for storing and transmitting home network system data
11/21/2001CN1323490A Use of a watermark for the purpose of copy protection
11/21/2001CN1323489A Electronic program guide with digital storage
11/21/2001CN1323142A Limited receiving system capable of conducting partial audivision
11/21/2001CN1323007A System and method for searching and providing content and software storing medium
11/21/2001CN1075319C Consumer interface for digital TV system
11/21/2001CN1075315C An on-screen signal generating apparatus for a cable television
11/20/2001US6321385 Data receiving-processing apparatus and method, and broadcasting method
11/20/2001US6321383 Information supplying device that can store multiple types of information and supplies composite information in response to a request
11/20/2001US6321382 System for resolving channel selection in a multi-channel convergence system
11/20/2001US6321025 Method and apparatus for receiving and/or reproducing digital signal
11/20/2001US6320965 Secure watermark method and apparatus for digital signals
11/20/2001US6320621 Method of selecting a digital closed captioning service
11/20/2001US6320600 Web-based video-editing method and system using a high-performance multimedia software library
11/15/2001WO2001086949A1 Universal programming system and method for epg with added offline archive
11/15/2001WO2001086945A2 Content propagation in interactive television
11/15/2001WO2001086937A2 System and method for broadcasting information in a television distribution system
11/15/2001WO2001086654A1 Content reception terminal and recording medium
11/15/2001WO2001084905A2 Statistical multiplexer and remultiplexer that accommodates changes in structure of gop
11/15/2001WO2000057642A9 Processing of closed caption in different formats
11/15/2001US20010042253 Multimedia service system using virtual server
11/15/2001US20010042249 System and method of joining encoded video streams for continuous play
11/15/2001US20010042246 Home entertainment system and method of its operation
11/15/2001US20010042245 Remote control system
11/15/2001US20010042234 Code image data output apparatus and method
11/15/2001US20010042203 System for determining successful reception of a message
11/15/2001US20010042128 Data-providing system, transmission server, data terminal apparatus and data-providing method
11/15/2001US20010042102 Contents delivery system
11/15/2001US20010042049 Secure document access system
11/15/2001US20010042043 Cryptographic methods, apparatus and systems for storage media electronic rights management in closed and connected appliances
11/15/2001US20010041062 Multimedia direct access storage device and formatting method
11/15/2001US20010041061 Information processing apparatus and method
11/15/2001US20010041055 Data recording method and apparatus, data recording medium, and data reproducing method and apparatus
11/15/2001US20010040926 Video coding
11/15/2001US20010040913 Information signal communication apparatus, method and system
11/15/2001US20010040889 Content-based multiplexer device and multiplexing method
11/15/2001US20010040713 Receiving apparatus, transmitting apparatus, and communication system
11/15/2001US20010040640 Television caption data and method for composing television caption data
11/15/2001CA2405820A1 Content propagation in interactive television
11/14/2001EP1154650A2 A method for computational graceful degradation in an audiovisual compression system
11/14/2001EP1154646A1 Multimedia provider system, multimedia conversion server, and multimedia terminal
11/14/2001EP1154608A2 Multiresolution receiver
11/14/2001EP1153508A1 Electronic program guide with support for rich program content
11/14/2001EP1153357A1 Managing entertainment system data
11/14/2001EP1118044A4 Aircraft data management system
11/14/2001EP0782807B1 Smart carcd, signal processing apparatus and method for signal processing
11/14/2001CN1322433A Interactive program guide navigator
11/13/2001US6317885 Interactive entertainment and information system using television set-top box
11/13/2001US6317884 Video, data and telephony gateway
11/13/2001US6317883 System and method for content-based television program selection
11/13/2001US6317881 Method and apparatus for collecting and providing viewer feedback to a broadcast
11/13/2001US6317795 Dynamic modification of multimedia content
11/13/2001US6317784 Presenting supplemental information for material currently and previously broadcast by a radio station
11/13/2001US6317714 Controller and associated mechanical characters operable for continuously performing received control data while engaging in bidirectional communications over a single communications channel
11/13/2001US6317500 Method and apparatus for location-sensitive decryption of an encrypted signal
11/13/2001US6317463 Method and apparatus for filtering data-streams
11/13/2001US6317462 Method and apparatus for transmitting MPEG video over the internet
11/13/2001US6317168 Digital TV receiver for performing channel selection using stored channel information and method performing the same
11/13/2001US6317162 Digital television receiver including non-volatile memory
11/13/2001CA2223025C Intelligent memory management system and method
11/08/2001WO2001084841A2 Method and system for uniform resource identification and access to television services
11/08/2001WO2001084834A1 Video recording system utilizing external video storage to record streaming video data via an isochronous interface
11/08/2001WO2001084831A2 Navigation menu for access to television services
11/08/2001WO2001084824A2 Television terminal for processing and controlling memory resources for plural applications
11/08/2001WO2001084753A2 System and method for providing content interruptions
11/08/2001WO2001084501A2 Method for interactive multi-user sustomizable web data retrieval and rendering
11/08/2001WO2001084340A1 Media player with programmable playlists
11/08/2001WO2001084336A1 System and method for reducing the resources required to deliver streaming media
11/08/2001WO2001084320A2 System and method for a communication terminal to manage memory and maintain a current application version for multiple applications
11/08/2001WO2001040961A8 Control and observation of physical devices, equipment and processes by multiple users over computer networks
11/08/2001WO2000054161A9 Queuing architecture with multiple queues and method for statistical disk scheduling for video servers
11/08/2001WO2000039724A3 Internet surveillance system and method
11/08/2001US20010039660 Home area network including arrangement for distributing television programming over local cable
11/08/2001US20010039659 Transaction system for transporting media files from content provider sources to home entertainment devices
11/08/2001US20010039582 Allocating access across a shared communications medium in a carrier network
11/08/2001US20010039520 Communication service method and communication apparatus thereof
11/08/2001US20010038668 Bit rate allocation in joint bit rate transcoding
11/08/2001US20010038650 Multimedia multiplexing method
11/08/2001US20010038649 Decoder, decoding method, multiplexer, and multiplexing method
11/08/2001US20010038647 Method and apparatus for upstream burst transmission synchronization in cable modems
11/08/2001US20010038645 Allocating access across a shared communications medium of a DOCSIS 1.0 compliant cable network
11/08/2001US20010038644 Transfer rate controller, decoding system, medium, and information aggregate
11/08/2001US20010038640 Computerized method for allocating access across a shared communication medium
11/08/2001US20010038639 Monitoring and allocating access across a shared communications medium
11/08/2001US20010038392 Browser based command and control home network
11/08/2001CA2408280A1 Method and system for uniform resource identification and access to television services
11/07/2001EP1152618A2 Data transmission and receiving apparatus
11/07/2001EP1152616A2 Asymmetric data communications system
11/07/2001EP1152605A1 Electronic television program guide schedule system and method with data feed access
11/07/2001EP1151613A1 Hybrid temporal-snr fine granular scalability video coding