Patents
Patents for H04N 21 - Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television, vod [video on demand] (56,445)
08/1999
08/26/1999CA2287388A1 Dual compressed video bitstream camera for universal serial bus connection
08/25/1999EP0938091A2 Information recording system
08/25/1999EP0937359A1 Multiple user profile remote control
08/25/1999EP0937345A1 Method and device for multiplexing a plurality of digital data flows into one global digital data flow, and method and device for demultiplexing one global digital data flow into a plurality a digital data flows
08/25/1999EP0878092A4 Video viewing supervision system
08/25/1999EP0845188A4 Television schedule system with enhanced features
08/25/1999CN1227029A Video delivery system and method which displays slider bar on subscriber video screen for indexing into video stream
08/24/1999US5943605 Arrangement for controlling extraction of data from a broadband digital stream employing a symbol table for translating symbolic program names to program and channel numbers
08/24/1999US5943422 Steganographic techniques for securely delivering electronic digital rights management control information over insecure communication channels
08/24/1999US5943383 Method of determining a receiver time at a reception instant of a transmission time marker contained in received data elements
08/24/1999US5943374 Out-of-synchronization recovery method and apparatus of data transmission system
08/24/1999US5943304 Method of reproducing multimedia data and multimedia data server system
08/24/1999US5943046 Systems and methods for the distribution of multimedia information
08/19/1999WO1999041910A1 Digital av data transmitting unit, digital av data receiving unit, digital av data transmitting/receiving unit, and medium
08/19/1999WO1999019804A3 Method and apparatus for sending and receiving lightweight messages
08/18/1999EP0936816A2 Video clock and framing signal extraction
08/18/1999EP0936616A2 Transmitting apparatus
08/18/1999EP0935886A1 A method and apparatus for enhancing the broadcast of a live event
08/18/1999EP0796538A4 System and method for scheduling broadcast of and access to video programs and other data using customer profiles
08/18/1999CN1226359A Self-adaptive decoding system for processing enciphered and unenciphered video-frequency data
08/18/1999CN1226357A Block data form for digital data storage medium
08/18/1999CN1226355A Decoding to digital data containing performance specific information
08/18/1999CN1226354A Process for digital data and performance guide information
08/18/1999CN1226064A Method and apparatus for protecting copyright of digital recording medium and copyright protected digital recording medium
08/17/1999US5940863 Apparatus for de-rotating and de-interleaving data including plural memory devices and plural modulo memory address generators
08/17/1999US5940600 Isochronous channel having a linked list of buffers
08/17/1999US5940387 Home multimedia network architecture
08/17/1999US5940148 Method and apparatus for receiving and recording digital packet data
08/17/1999US5940137 Symbol timing generation and recovery for data transmission in an analog video signal
08/17/1999US5940074 In a networked computer system
08/17/1999US5940073 Method and system for displaying other information in a TV program guide
08/17/1999US5940072 System for decompressing graphics data
08/17/1999US5938741 Information transmission/reception system for transmitting information to requesters, where it is recorded, in response to a plurality of requests
08/12/1999WO1999040753A1 Communication network, method for transmitting a signal, network connecting unit and method for adjusting the bit rate of a scaled data flow
08/12/1999WO1999040723A1 Method and apparatus for still image capture during video streaming operations of a tethered digital camera
08/12/1999WO1999040721A1 Vsb encoder and rf modulator for digital television receiver
08/12/1999WO1999030468A3 System for monitoring and reporting viewing of television programming
08/12/1999DE19804564A1 Kommunikationsnetz, Verfahren zum Übertragen eines Signals, Netzverbindungseinheit und Verfahren zum Anpassen der Datenrate eines skalierten Datenstroms Communication network, A method for transmitting a signal, network connecting unit and method of adapting the data rate of a scaled data flow
08/11/1999EP0935394A2 Transmission of time-shifted data to a plurality of channels
08/11/1999EP0935393A2 Set top terminal for cable television delivery systems
08/11/1999EP0935385A2 Decoder device and receiver using the same
08/11/1999EP0935381A2 Dynamic network configuration of a one-way adapter
08/11/1999EP0935360A2 Method and apparatus for receiving digital broadcasts
08/11/1999EP0934660A1 Method and apparatus for masking the effects of latency in an interactive information distribution system
08/11/1999EP0934659A1 Method and apparatus for generating television program guides utilizing icons
08/11/1999EP0934639A1 Device and method for receiving data transmitted by means of an asynchronous data transmission technique
08/11/1999EP0934571A1 Data distribution system
08/11/1999EP0934565A1 A digital information library and delivery system
08/11/1999EP0901718A4 Method and apparatus for splicing compressed information streams
08/11/1999EP0673583B1 Advanced set top terminal for cable television delivery systems
08/11/1999CN1225776A Television schedule system and method of operation
08/11/1999CN1225770A Method and apparatus for incorporating appliance unit into computer system
08/10/1999US5936660 Digital video converter box for subscriber/home with multiple television sets
08/10/1999US5935207 Method and apparatus for providing remote site administrators with user hits on mirrored web sites
08/10/1999US5935004 System and method for scheduled delivery of a software program over a cable network
08/10/1999CA2189122C Method and apparatus for graceful degradation of image playback frames rates
08/05/1999WO1999039506A1 Apparatus and method for digital advertisement insertion in a bitstream
08/05/1999WO1999023813A3 Automatic characterization of a television signal
08/05/1999WO1999012091A3 Multiple-screen video adapter with television tuner
08/04/1999EP0933941A2 Multi-media data automatic delivery system
08/04/1999EP0933940A1 Information transmitting method and television broadcast receiver
08/04/1999EP0933933A1 Receiver, program retrieval method, and receiving method
08/04/1999EP0933892A2 Audio and visual transmission and receiving system
08/04/1999EP0932981A1 Digital camcorder apparatus with mpeg-2-compatible video compression
08/04/1999EP0932980A1 Video transmission apparatus employing intra-frame-only video compression that is mpeg-2 compatible
08/04/1999EP0932958A1 Device interoperability
08/04/1999EP0932949A1 Apparatus and method for analyzing bitstreams
08/04/1999CN1224982A Generation of bit stream containing binary image/audio data that is multiplexed with code defining object in ASCII format
08/04/1999CN1224972A Method and apparatus for preparing and transmitting electronic program information and apparatus for producing electronic program guide from electronic program information
08/03/1999US5933834 System and method for re-striping a set of objects onto an exploded array of storage units in a computer system
08/03/1999US5933603 Video file server maintaining sliding windows of a video data set in random access memories of stream server computers for immediate video-on-demand service beginning at any specified location
08/03/1999US5933500 Adaptive decoding system for processing encrypted and non-encrypted broadcast, cable or satellite video data
08/03/1999US5933499 Image processing apparatus
08/03/1999US5933398 Apparatus for reproducing recording medium with synthesis method and default value and method therefor
08/03/1999US5933195 Method and apparatus memory requirements for storing reference frames in a video decoder
08/03/1999US5933192 Multi-channel digital video transmission receiver with improved channel-changing response
08/03/1999US5931922 Media server system for preventing FIFO buffer underflow during multiple channel startup by waiting until buffer receives plurality of data blocks before enabling buffer to transmit received data
08/03/1999US5931908 Visual object present within live programming as an actionable event for user selection of alternate programming wherein the actionable event is selected by human operator at a head end for distributed data and programming
08/03/1999CA2136603C Television signal distribution network
07/1999
07/29/1999WO1999038326A1 Image transmitting method, image processing method, image processor, data storage medium
07/29/1999WO1999038287A1 Method for synchronizing network nodes
07/29/1999WO1999038162A1 Protection of data on media recording disks
07/29/1999WO1999029107A3 Method and apparatus for video-on-demand with fast play capability
07/29/1999WO1999027713A3 Video buffer for seamless splicing of mpeg streams
07/29/1999WO1999020010A9 Variable bandwidth communication systems and methods
07/29/1999WO1999019854A8 Method and apparatus for sending presence messages
07/29/1999WO1999019820A8 Electronic audio connection system and methods for providing same
07/28/1999EP0932307A2 Compressed video and audio transport stream multiplexer
07/28/1999EP0931418A2 Apparatus and method for multi-service transport multiplexing
07/27/1999US5930526 System for progressive transmission of compressed video including video data of first type of video frame played independently of video data of second type of video frame
07/27/1999US5930515 Apparatus and method for upgrading a computer system operating system
07/27/1999US5930493 Multimedia server system and method for communicating multimedia information
07/27/1999US5930475 CATV communication system, method of communication by the same, and center and terminal devices thereof
07/27/1999US5929932 Program guide display controller at user terminal of television broadcasting system
07/27/1999US5929927 Method and apparatus for providing a modulated scroll rate for text display
07/27/1999US5929914 Method and device for global bitrate control of a plurality of encoders
07/27/1999US5929850 Interactive television system and method having on-demand web-like navigational capabilities for displaying requested hyperlinked web-like still images associated with television content
07/27/1999US5929849 Integration of dynamic universal resource locators with television presentations
07/27/1999CA2177163C Data modulation arrangement for selectively distributing data
07/22/1999WO1999037094A1 Small-format subsystem for broadband communication services