Patents
Patents for H04N 21 - Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television, vod [video on demand] (56,445)
10/2000
10/17/2000US6134607 Method and apparatus for controlling data flow between devices connected by a memory
10/17/2000US6134596 Continuous media file server system and method for scheduling network resources to play multiple files having different data transmission rates
10/17/2000US6134586 Striping data across disk zones
10/17/2000US6134554 System and method for recording receipt of information
10/17/2000US6134383 Recording medium, recording apparatus and recording method for recording data into recording medium, and reproducing apparatus and reproducing method for reproducing data from recording medium
10/17/2000US6134272 Data input/output apparatus of transport decoder
10/17/2000US6134243 Method and apparatus for media data transmission
10/17/2000US6133962 Electronic program guide having different modes for viewing
10/17/2000US6133938 Descriptor mechanism for assuring indivisible execution of AV/C operations
10/17/2000US6133913 Methods of scaling and displaying a server-provided image
10/17/2000US6133912 Method of delivering information over a communication network
10/17/2000US6133910 Apparatus and method for integrating a plurality of video sources
10/17/2000US6133909 Method and apparatus for searching a guide using program characteristics
10/17/2000CA2218039C An adaptor card providing conditional access
10/12/2000WO2000060873A1 Data format for a streaming information receiver
10/12/2000WO2000060871A1 Digital optical transmitter with compression
10/12/2000WO2000060870A1 Remote controlled platform for camera
10/12/2000WO2000060869A1 Perspective-corrected video presentations
10/12/2000WO2000060859A1 Broadcast enhancement trigger addressed to multiple uniquely addressed information resources
10/12/2000WO2000060857A1 Virtual theater
10/12/2000WO2000060854A1 Remote control for program selection by genre
10/12/2000WO2000060853A1 Method and apparatus for providing virtual processing effects for wide-angle video images
10/12/2000WO2000060820A2 Streaming information appliance with buffer for time shifting
10/12/2000WO2000060803A1 Reconstruction of messages distributed on frequency and time basis in a data collecting network
10/12/2000WO2000060784A1 Method and apparatus for remote update of clients by a server via broadcast satellite
10/12/2000WO2000060592A1 Information appliance for receiving streaming information and reading the information with a plurality of reader modules
10/12/2000WO2000060591A1 Streaming information appliance with buffer read and write synchronization
10/12/2000WO2000060500A1 Analyzing, indexing and seeking of streaming information
10/12/2000WO2000060447A1 System and method for accessing, manipulating and viewing internet and non-internet related information and for controlling networked devices
10/11/2000EP1043896A2 Conditional access system of CATV
10/11/2000EP1043895A2 Conditional access system of CATV
10/11/2000EP1043877A1 Method and apparatus for reducing start-up delay in data packet-based network streaming applications
10/11/2000EP1043854A2 Audience measurement system for digital television
10/11/2000EP1043853A2 Audience measurement system for digital television
10/11/2000EP1043852A2 Method and system for transmitting programme information in a CATV system
10/11/2000EP1043655A2 Method and apparatus for adaptably providing data to a network environment
10/11/2000EP1042915A1 A method and apparatus for reducing flicker in the television display of network application data
10/11/2000CN1269941A Opticaldisc for recording high resolution and normal image, optical disc player, optical disc recorder and playback control information generator
10/11/2000CN1269906A Integrated circuit with flag register for block selection of nonvolatile cells for bulk operations
10/10/2000US6131160 Method and apparatus for an adapter card providing conditional access in a communication system
10/10/2000US6131130 System for convergence of a personal computer with wireless audio/video devices wherein the audio/video devices are remotely controlled by a wireless peripheral
10/10/2000US6131129 Computer system within an AV/C based media changer subunit providing a standarized command set
10/10/2000US6131086 Method and system for allowing viewers to purchase program products
10/10/2000US6130986 Data transmitting apparatus
10/10/2000US6130726 Program guide on a remote control display
10/10/2000US6130722 Closed-caption broadcasting and displaying method and apparatus suitable for syllable characters
10/10/2000US6130624 Talking remote control
10/10/2000US6129633 Game apparatus for television and method of displaying game images
10/10/2000CA2078371C Soft coding for hdtv
10/05/2000WO2000059227A1 Apparatus and method of using the same for internet and intranet broadcast channel creation and management
10/05/2000WO2000059224A1 System and method for the near-real time capture and reporting of large population consumer behaviors concerning television use
10/05/2000WO2000059221A1 System for determining successful reception of a message
10/05/2000WO2000059214A1 Multimedia schedule presentation system
10/05/2000WO2000059213A1 Decimation method for providing pig windows
10/05/2000WO2000059212A2 Method and apparatus for an intuitive universal remote control system
10/05/2000WO2000058935A1 Method of using buttons associated with a display to access and execute associated functions
10/05/2000WO2000058934A1 Method of controlling multi-user access to the functionality of consumer devices
10/05/2000WO2000058860A1 Network of digital broadcast stations
10/05/2000CA2368980A1 Apparatus and method of using the same for internet and intranet broadcast channel creation and management
10/05/2000CA2367881A1 Network of digital broadcast stations
10/05/2000CA2363441A1 Decimation method for providing pig windows
10/04/2000EP1041824A2 Method and apparatus for transmission, receipt and display of advertisements
10/04/2000EP1041819A1 Playback control, authentication and decoding for datastreams including object streams
10/04/2000EP1040712A1 Device and method for controlling a data transmission operation between a first atm device and a second atm device
10/04/2000EP1040668A2 Scalable video coding system
10/04/2000EP1040664A1 System for acquiring information requested by a user via a program guide selection
10/04/2000EP1040660A1 Censoring device to censor closed captioning of video signal
10/04/2000EP1040658A1 Process and apparatus for converting an mpeg-2 bitstream into an smpte-259 compatible bitstream
10/04/2000EP1040651A1 Striping data across disk zones
10/04/2000EP1040645A2 Method and apparatus for receiving full-motion digital video multi-casts, interactive data and interactive voice via a dsl circuit
10/04/2000CN1269101A System for automatically ofrming program guid from information derived from multiple sources
10/04/2000CN1269100A 自动安装 Automatic Installation
10/04/2000CN1269097A TV graphical user interface providing selection among various lists of TV channel
10/04/2000CN1269033A Browser based command and control home network
10/04/2000CN1268846A Receiving device, receiving method and medium therefor
10/04/2000CN1268844A Method and device for automatic frequency channel searching for video-frequency display device
10/04/2000CN1268843A Device and method of of information processing
10/04/2000CN1268723A Virtual space control data receiving device and method, transmitting and receiving system, and recording medium
10/03/2000US6128712 Method and apparatus for improving playback of interactive multimedia works
10/03/2000US6128652 System for manipulating and updating data objects with remote data sources automatically and seamlessly
10/03/2000US6128605 Apparatus for data copyright management system
10/03/2000US6128484 Wireless transceivers for remotely controlling a computer
10/03/2000US6128467 Crosspoint switched multimedia system
10/03/2000US6128318 Method for synchronizing a cycle master node to a cycle slave node using synchronization information from an external network or sub-network which is supplied to the cycle slave node
10/03/2000US6128015 Multimedia computer system
09/2000
09/28/2000WO2000057646A1 Switching between decoded image channels
09/28/2000WO2000057644A1 Digital return path for hybrid fiber/coax network
09/28/2000WO2000057642A1 Processing of closed caption in different formats
09/28/2000WO2000027124A9 Method and apparatus for collecting and providing viewer feedback to a broadcast
09/27/2000EP1039761A1 Method for broadcasting digital data packets through a set of channels
09/27/2000EP1039756A2 Apparatus and method for encoding and decoding digital video data
09/27/2000EP1039751A2 Method and apparatus for converting a digital broadcast signal to a second digital broadcast signal, method and apparatus for receiving this signal and medium for providing a computer readable programme for processing the signal
09/27/2000EP1039682A2 Multiresolution transmission, in particular with multicarrier singals
09/27/2000EP1039681A2 Mutliresolution transmition and error correction coding, with multicarrier signals
09/27/2000EP1039680A2 Multiresolution transmission and error correction coding with multicarrier modulation
09/27/2000EP1039679A2 Multiresolution transmission with multicarrier signals
09/27/2000EP1039678A2 Multiresolution transmission, particularly with multicarrier signals
09/27/2000EP1039677A2 Multiresolution transmission and error correction coding, with multicarrier modulation
09/27/2000EP1039676A2 Multiresolution transmission, in particular with multicarrier signals
09/27/2000EP1039675A2 Multiresolution transmission with multicarrier signals