Patents
Patents for H04N 21 - Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television, vod [video on demand] (56,445)
08/2001
08/30/2001WO2001063916A1 Method and system for selecting advertisements
08/30/2001WO2001063806A2 Method and system for transmission of content description information and connection information in digital broadcast networks
08/30/2001WO2001028147A3 Method and apparatus for upstream burst transmission synchronization in cable modems
08/30/2001US20010018772 Video server for video distribution system
08/30/2001US20010018766 Data broadcast content generation system
08/30/2001US20010018765 Game machine system, broadcasting system, data distribution system and method, program executing apparatus and method
08/30/2001US20010018718 Media manager for controlling autonomous media devices within a network environment and managing the flow and format of data between the devices
08/30/2001US20010018668 Method for providing advertising information and a system for evaluating the effectiveness of the advertising
08/30/2001US20010017920 Secure distribution of video on-demand
08/30/2001US20010017891 Methods and apparatus for decoding and displaying high definition and standard definition digital video images at standard definition resolution
08/30/2001CA2400654A1 System and method for displaying near video on demand
08/29/2001EP1128675A2 Charged rent distribution system for contents information and method thereof
08/29/2001EP1128674A1 Receiving terminal, method for controlling the same, and recorded medium on which program is recorded
08/29/2001EP1127465A1 System for storing and transmitting home network system data
08/29/2001EP1127463A1 Method and apparatus for collecting and providing viewer feedback to a broadcast
08/29/2001EP1127462A1 An interactive television system and method for converting non-textual information to textual information by a remote server
08/29/2001EP1127461A1 Method and apparatus for selecting from multiple versions of a television program
08/29/2001EP1127460A1 Algorithm for fast forward and fast rewind of mpeg streams
08/29/2001EP1127434A1 High speed video transmission over telephone lines
08/29/2001EP0852097B1 Electronic program guide schedule localization system and method
08/29/2001CN1310920A Cooperative television application system having multiple user television equipment devices
08/29/2001CN1310702A Nitric ester and nitrate salts of specific drugs
08/29/2001CN1310450A Apparatus and method for processing data
08/28/2001US6282713 Method and apparatus for providing on-demand electronic advertising
08/28/2001US6282510 Audio and video transcription system for manipulating real-time testimony
08/28/2001US6282366 Method and apparatus for digitally recording and reproducing data recorded in the vertical blanking period of video signal
08/28/2001US6282293 System and method for charging fee for video information
08/28/2001US6282240 Picture coder, picture decoder, and transmission system
08/28/2001US6282212 Repeat use data inserting apparatus and digital broadcast transmitting system
08/28/2001US6282208 Data traffic control in a data modem system
08/28/2001US6282206 Variable bandwidth communication systems and methods
08/28/2001US6282205 Digital audio-video network system
08/28/2001US6282168 Bit interleaving for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing in the transmission of digital signals
08/28/2001US6281940 Display of previewed channels with rotation of multiple previewed channels along an arc
08/28/2001US6281935 System and method for controlling a transmitter frequency
08/28/2001US6281898 Spatial browsing approach to multimedia information retrieval
08/23/2001WO2001062004A2 A method and apparatus for identifying media content presented on a media playing device
08/23/2001WO2001062002A2 Automatic channel selection system
08/23/2001WO2001061999A1 Multi-channel image encoding method and system
08/23/2001WO2001061992A1 Modularization of broadcast receiver driver components
08/23/2001WO2001061960A2 Method and apparatus for defining, managing and distributing broadcast names
08/23/2001WO2001061958A2 Method and system for synchronizing content
08/23/2001WO2001061931A2 Portable high speed internet device integrating cellular telephone and palm top computer
08/23/2001WO2001061866A1 Single clock reference for compressed domain processing systems
08/23/2001WO2001061591A1 Method and apparatus for implementing revocation in broadcast networks
08/23/2001WO1999056471A3 System for editing compressed image sequences
08/23/2001US20010016947 Tv planner for dss
08/23/2001US20010016944 Information providing apparatus and method, display controlling apparatus and method, information providing system, as well as transmission medium
08/23/2001US20010016942 Host apparatus for simulating two way connectivity for one way data streams
08/23/2001US20010016836 Method and apparatus for distributing multimedia information over a network
08/23/2001US20010016834 Digital content billing system using networks
08/23/2001US20010015983 Digital audio-video network system
08/23/2001US20010015770 Computer convergence device controller for managing disparate video sources
08/22/2001EP1126719A2 Apparatus and method for selecting a channel among a plurality of channels in a packetized signal
08/22/2001EP1126712A2 Data-providing system, transmission server, data terminal apparatus and data-providing method
08/22/2001EP1126711A2 Information providing system, information terminal device, information server device and information providing method
08/22/2001EP1126695A2 Video supply device and method
08/22/2001EP1126659A2 Method and apparatus for data transmission management
08/22/2001EP1126424A2 Digital content billing system using networks
08/22/2001EP1126395A2 Information processing, commercial message transaction, accounting, and recording media
08/22/2001EP1125438A1 Purchasing upgraded media feature for transmission
08/22/2001EP1125437A1 Consumption distance based rendering of entertainment programming
08/22/2001EP1125434A1 Method and apparatus for customized rendering of commercials
08/22/2001EP1125433A1 Method and apparatus for channel surfing through multiple sources based on user-definable preferences
08/22/2001EP0978195A4 Dual compressed video bitstream camera for universal serial bus connection
08/22/2001CN1309871A Access system and method for providing interactive access to information source through network distribution system
08/22/2001CN1309867A Interactive television program guide with remote access
08/22/2001CN1309866A Interactive television program guide system having multiple devices within household
08/22/2001CN1309790A Personalized time-shifted programming
08/21/2001US6278839 Optical disc, a recorder, a player, a recording method, and a reproducing method that are all used for the optical disc
08/21/2001US6278739 Digital data transmission apparatus
08/21/2001US6278733 System and method for digitally encoding and compressing analog signals carried in the vertical blanking interval of television signal
08/21/2001US6278717 Dynamic mapping of broadcast resources
08/21/2001US6278493 Information processor, information processing method as well as broadcasting system and broadcasting method
08/16/2001WO2001060073A2 Method and system for identification of pay-per-view programming
08/16/2001WO2001060069A1 Method and apparatus for the display of selected images at selected times using an autonomous distribution system
08/16/2001WO2001060064A2 Electronic program guide viewing history generator method and system
08/16/2001WO2001060063A2 Method and apparatus for evaluating television program recommenders
08/16/2001WO2001060061A2 Methods and apparatus for recording programs prior to or beyond a preset recording time period
08/16/2001WO2001060053A2 Incorporating graphics and interactive triggers in a video stream
08/16/2001WO2001059964A2 Distribution of media data using low-level objects and locator tables containing information about the low level objects
08/16/2001WO2001059552A1 System and method for advertisement sponsored content distribution
08/16/2001US20010014975 Transmitting viewable data objects
08/16/2001US20010014969 Information processing apparatus and information processing method as well as recording medium
08/16/2001US20010014882 System for controlling the distribution and use of digital works using digital tickets
08/16/2001US20010014210 System and method for synchronizing video indexing between audio/video signal and data
08/16/2001US20010014206 Method and device for recording and reading on a large-capacity medium
08/16/2001US20010014122 Method and apparatus for video compression and restructuring
08/16/2001US20010014121 Pre-processing of bit rate allocation in a multi-channel video encoder
08/16/2001US20010013876 Reproduction apparatus
08/16/2001EP1124377A2 System, method and apparatus for data transmission
08/16/2001EP1124372A2 Display of television program information using dynamically-adjusted scroll rate
08/16/2001EP1123532A1 Seamless scalable distributed media server
08/16/2001EP0888690B1 Interactive satellite broadcast system
08/15/2001CN1308463A Encryption and decryption method for protecting data stream and coder and decoder
08/15/2001CN1308460A Program record device and medium
08/15/2001CN1308437A Medium data transmission method and equipment
08/15/2001CN1308332A Access content method and device
08/14/2001USRE37327 Method for reproducing compressed information data from a disk using a spatial frequency less than the track pitch
08/14/2001US6275991 IR transmitter with integral magnetic-stripe ATM type credit card reader and method therefor