Patents
Patents for H04N 21 - Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television, vod [video on demand] (56,445)
05/2000
05/30/2000US6070167 Hierarchical method and system for object-based audiovisual descriptive tagging of images for information retrieval, editing, and manipulation
05/30/2000US6070001 Addressability system
05/30/2000US6069619 Apparatus and method for displaying DPMS mode status using an OSD circuit
05/30/2000US6069614 Man machine interface via display peripheral
05/30/2000CA2186348C Data level selection for multilevel vsb transmission system
05/30/2000CA2181539C Trellis coded modulation system for hdtv
05/25/2000WO2000030361A1 Encoding auxiliary information with frame-based encoded audio information
05/25/2000WO2000030354A1 Digital broadcast program ordering
05/25/2000WO2000030346A1 Application programming interface (api) for accessing and managing resources in a digital television receiver
05/25/2000WO2000030291A1 Secure watermark method and apparatus for digital signals
05/24/2000EP1002407A1 Method and apparatus for a home network auto-tree builder
05/24/2000EP1002406A1 Programming tool for home networks
05/24/2000EP1002316A1 Model and command set for an av/c-based disc player/recorder subunit
05/24/2000CN1254478A Data processing system
05/24/2000CN1254477A Transmission and reception of television programmes and other data
05/24/2000CN1254476A Signal generation and broadcasting
05/24/2000CN1254475A Method of downloading of data to MPEG receiver/decoder and MPEG transmission system for implementing the same
05/24/2000CN1254474A Smartcard for use with receiver of encrypted broadcast signals, and receiver
05/24/2000CN1254473A Broadcast and reception system, and conditional access system therefor
05/24/2000CN1254472A Broadcast and reception system, and receiver/decoder and remote controller
05/24/2000CN1254469A Extracting data sections from transmitted data stream
05/24/2000CN1254423A Television or radio control system development
05/24/2000CN1254422A Downloading computer file from transmitter via receiver/decoder to computer
05/24/2000CN1254237A Data transmission device and method, data receiver and device and data transmission and receiving system and method
05/24/2000CN1254234A Information packet program composition detector
05/23/2000US6067571 Server, terminal and control method for transmitting real-time images over the internet
05/23/2000US6067401 Playing a version of and from within a video by means of downloaded segment information
05/23/2000US6067108 Solid-state mass storage data stream generator
05/23/2000US6067107 Response capacity management in interactive broadcast systems by periodic reconfiguration of response priorities
05/18/2000WO2000028739A1 System and method for information filtering
05/18/2000WO2000028737A1 Receiving terminal, method for controlling the same, and recorded medium on which program is recorded
05/18/2000WO2000028518A2 Graphics display system
05/18/2000WO2000028432A2 System and method for recording receipt of information
05/18/2000WO2000007361A9 Digital tv system with synchronized world wide web content
05/18/2000CA2348262A1 System and method for recording receipt of information
05/18/2000CA2348031A1 System and method for information filtering
05/17/2000EP1001630A1 Video reproducing apparatus with adjusted media change times
05/17/2000EP1001629A2 Receiving apparatus
05/17/2000EP1001614A1 A system for processing programs and parameter information derived from multiple broadcast sources
05/17/2000EP1001420A1 Method and apparatus for data reception
05/17/2000EP1000512A1 Data signal for modifying a graphic scene, corresponding method and device
05/17/2000EP1000042A1 Fluorescent dibenzazole derivatives and methods related thereto
05/17/2000CN1253697A System for forming program guide information for user initiation of control and communication functions
05/17/2000CN1253692A Interactive service device metering systems
05/17/2000CN1253454A Device and method of using frame structured video data transmitting and receiving
05/16/2000US6065042 System, method, and computer program product for presenting multimedia objects, including movies and personalized collections of items
05/16/2000US6064795 Method of and apparatus for data recording, method of and apparatus for data reproduction, recording medium, and method of and apparatus for data transmission
05/16/2000US6064724 Modem with automatic callback provisions
05/16/2000US6064676 Remultipelxer cache architecture and memory organization for storing video program bearing transport packets and descriptors
05/16/2000US6064449 Automatic characterization of a television signal
05/16/2000US6064438 Video indexing protocol
05/16/2000US6064376 Adjustable program guide display system
05/16/2000CA2171316C A system for local processing/accessing and representation of large volumes of data, and uses of the system
05/16/2000CA2142025C Programmable remote control transmitter
05/11/2000WO2000027127A1 System for storing and transmitting home network system data
05/11/2000WO2000027126A1 Method and apparatus for displaying a colored audio/visual program
05/11/2000WO2000027124A1 Method and apparatus for collecting and providing viewer feedback to a broadcast
05/11/2000WO2000027123A1 Purchasing upgraded media feature for transmission
05/11/2000WO2000027121A1 Consumption distance based rendering of entertainment programming
05/11/2000WO2000027120A1 System and method for transmitting and receiving data in a network
05/11/2000WO2000027119A1 Method and apparatus for selecting from multiple versions of a television program
05/11/2000WO2000027118A1 Method and apparatus for customized rendering of commercials
05/11/2000WO2000027117A1 Method and apparatus for channel surfing through multiple sources based on user-definable preferences
05/11/2000WO2000027067A1 A method and apparatus for distributing multimedia information over a network
05/11/2000WO2000026908A1 Embedding supplemental data in an information signal
05/11/2000WO2000026876A1 Apparatus and method pertaining to internal connections in an audio/video system
05/11/2000WO2000026820A1 Managing entertainment system data
05/11/2000CA2801136A1 Interactive program guide with continuous data stream and client-server data supplementation
05/11/2000CA2348916A1 Method and apparatus for selecting from multiple versions of a television program
05/11/2000CA2348914A1 Managing entertainment system data
05/11/2000CA2348408A1 Method and apparatus for channel surfing through multiple sources based on user-definable preferences
05/11/2000CA2347779A1 Method and apparatus for customized rendering of commercials
05/11/2000CA2316996A1 Embedding supplemental data in an information signal
05/10/2000EP0999707A2 Imaging system
05/10/2000EP0999705A1 Information processing device and method, providing medium, and recording medium
05/10/2000EP0999704A2 Improvements in receivers for television signals
05/10/2000EP0999703A2 Improvments in receivers for television signals
05/10/2000EP0999702A2 Improvements in receivers for television signals
05/10/2000EP0999679A2 Packet filtering apparatus that applies a plurality of filtering conditions including different comparison criteria to a single packet
05/10/2000EP0999501A1 Apparatus for transmitting image signals
05/10/2000EP0998817A1 Tv graphical user interface providing selection among various lists of tv channels
05/10/2000EP0998796A1 Method and apparatus for aligning sub-stream splice points in an information stream
05/10/2000EP0998744A1 A model and command set for an av/c-based disc media player/recorder subunit
05/10/2000EP0998726A2 Apparatus and method of splicing digital video streams
05/10/2000EP0815688B1 Machine vision control system
05/10/2000EP0779008B1 Transmission of graphic images
05/10/2000EP0756800B1 System for transmitting a plurality of video programs simultaneously through a transmission channel
05/10/2000EP0699369B1 Apparatus and methods for improving timing recovery of a system clock
05/10/2000CN1252675A Method for computer moderate distorsion in video compressing system
05/10/2000CN1052366C Method for forming data transmission image and system for carrying out said method
05/09/2000US6061720 Seamless scalable distributed media server
05/09/2000US6061719 Synchronized presentation of television programming and web content
05/09/2000US6061716 Computer network chat room based on channel broadcast in real time
05/09/2000US6061504 Video file server using an integrated cached disk array and stream server computers
05/09/2000US6061402 Methods and apparatus for efficiently decoding bi-directionally coded image data
05/09/2000US6061097 Interactive television program guide with selectable non-program options
05/09/2000US6061089 High-speed digital video serial link
05/04/2000WO2000025518A1 System for controlling data output rate to a network
05/04/2000WO2000025219A1 Seamless scalable distributed media server
05/04/2000DE19850574A1 System mit mehreren Geräten, die über eine digitale Schnittstelle miteinander in Verbindung stehen System with multiple devices that are connected via a digital interface with each other