Patents
Patents for H04N 21 - Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television, vod [video on demand] (56,445)
01/1997
01/15/1997EP0753235A1 Buffer management in variable bit-rate compression systems
01/15/1997CN1140381A Method and apparatus for operating transport packet stream encoder for data representing plurality of component signals
01/14/1997US5594859 Graphical user interface for video teleconferencing
01/14/1997US5594794 For providing video services to consumers via an information network
01/14/1997US5594509 Method and apparatus for audio-visual interface for the display of multiple levels of information on a display
01/14/1997US5594493 Television signal activated interactive smart card system
01/14/1997US5594492 Method and apparatus for rapid channel selection
01/14/1997US5594491 Near-video-on-demand digital video distribution system utilizing asymmetric digital subscriber lines
01/11/1997CA2180752A1 Service for transmitting a video film
01/09/1997WO1997001245A1 A three-dimensional (3d) video presentation system providing interactive 3d presentation with personalized audio responses for multiple viewers
01/09/1997WO1997001236A1 Hybrid fiber coax communications system
01/08/1997EP0752786A1 Apparatus and method for authenticating transmitted applications in an interactive information system
01/08/1997EP0752705A2 Method of and apparatus for recording information on record medium, and apparatus for reproducing the same
01/08/1997EP0752678A2 Apparatus and method for executing game programs having advertisements therein
01/08/1997CN1033783C Apparatus for synchronizing main and uaxiliary video signals
01/07/1997US5592551 Method and apparatus for providing interactive electronic programming guide
01/07/1997US5592450 Method for reproducing compressed information data from a disk using a spatial frequency less than the track pitch
01/03/1997WO1997000577A1 Data communication device
01/02/1997EP0751655A2 Multimedia transmission system
01/02/1997EP0751640A2 Method for meging supplementary broadcast programmes into a main broadcast programme
01/02/1997DE19626064A1 Device for correcting faults in monitoring block for master position in optical TV cable
01/01/1997CN1139507A Circuit for the acquisition of a carrier signal by applying a substitute pilot to a synchronous demodulator
12/1996
12/31/1996US5590202 Countdown system for conditional access module
12/31/1996US5589945 Method of retrieving video segments
12/31/1996US5589892 Electronic television program guide schedule system and method with data feed access
12/27/1996WO1996042169A1 Video decoder with dedicated mpeg processor
12/27/1996WO1996042151A2 Steganographic method and device
12/25/1996CN1138802A Data receiving-processing apparatus and method and broadcasting method
12/25/1996CN1138795A Signal processing apparatus and method
12/24/1996US5588029 MPEG audio synchronization system using subframe skip and repeat
12/24/1996US5588025 Single oscillator compressed digital information receiver
12/19/1996WO1996041478A1 Electronic television program guide schedule system and method with data feed access
12/19/1996WO1996041471A1 Electronic program guide schedule localization system and method
12/19/1996WO1996041470A1 Intelligent memory management system and method
12/19/1996WO1996041468A1 Method and apparatus for copy protection for various recording media using a video finger print
12/19/1996WO1996041438A1 Encoder apparatus and decoder apparatus for a television signal
12/19/1996WO1996041423A1 Compression of an electronic programming guide
12/19/1996WO1996041285A1 System and method for delivery of video data over a computer network
12/19/1996CA2228607A1 System and method for delivery of video data over a computer network
12/19/1996CA2222293A1 Compression of an electronic programming guide
12/18/1996EP0749240A1 Digital video signal multiplex transmission system
12/18/1996EP0748567A1 Buffering for digital video signal encoders using joint bit-rate control
12/18/1996EP0748543A1 Video distribution network
12/17/1996US5586121 Asymmetric hybrid access system and method
12/17/1996US5585858 Simulcast of interactive signals with a conventional video signal
12/17/1996US5585838 Program time guide
12/11/1996EP0748124A2 Signal processing apparatus and method
12/11/1996EP0748123A2 Multimedia server system and method for communicating multimedia information
12/11/1996EP0748122A2 Multimedia control system and method for controlling multimedia program presentation
12/11/1996EP0748121A2 Multimedia direct access storage device and formatting method
12/11/1996EP0746944A1 Multiplexing digital signals for transmission to remote locations
12/11/1996EP0746943A1 Multi-service data receiver architecture
12/11/1996EP0746941A1 Interactive television security through transaction time stamping
12/11/1996EP0746937A1 Interactive multimedia communication system
12/11/1996CN1137723A Illegal view and copy protection method in digital video system and controlling method thereof
12/10/1996US5583937 Method for providing video programming nearly on demand
12/10/1996US5583922 Telecommunication system for automatic switching between voice and visual data communications using forms
12/10/1996US5583889 Data receiver
12/10/1996US5583863 Full service network using asynchronous transfer mode multiplexing
12/10/1996US5583576 Rating-dependent parental lock-out for television reception
12/10/1996US5583569 Video camera having asynchronous digital output including header data
12/10/1996US5583562 System and method for transmitting a plurality of digital services including imaging services
12/10/1996US5583560 Method and apparatus for audio-visual interface for the selective display of listing information on a display
12/10/1996US5583491 Method for displaying state of remote controller battery on a television set
12/08/1996CA2170469A1 Signal processing apparatus and method
12/05/1996WO1996038985A1 Interactive television system for processing viewer responses
12/04/1996EP0746158A2 Scalable interactive multimedia server system
12/04/1996EP0746126A2 System for data copyright management using key distribution
12/04/1996EP0746119A2 Satellite communications system for transmitting information from an information centre to a satellite receiving terminal with identifier allocated to information
12/04/1996EP0745307A1 Subtitling transmission system
12/04/1996EP0745295A1 Multimedia multiplexing device and method using dynamic packet segmentation
12/04/1996CN1137147A Recording medium, recording apparatus and method, and apparatus and method reproducing
12/03/1996US5581784 Method for performing I/O's in a storage system to maintain the continuity of a plurality of video streams
12/03/1996US5581706 Method forming an audio/video interactive data signal
12/03/1996US5581368 Data-reducing coding method for transmitting information from a transmitter to a receiver
11/1996
11/28/1996WO1997037490A1 Bookmarking television program and channel selections
11/28/1996WO1996038002A1 Asymmetric data communications system
11/28/1996WO1996037999A1 Logical and composite channel mapping in an mpeg network
11/28/1996WO1996037996A1 Improvements in receivers for television signals
11/28/1996CA2778121A1 Asymmetric data communications system permitting subscriber interaction
11/27/1996EP0744868A2 Method and apparatus for guaranteeing average case disk transfer bandwith and seek time for a video server
11/27/1996EP0569350B1 Television programme distribution system
11/26/1996US5579523 Method for controlled locking/unlocking of a system using a locking mode flag during an interrupt routine
11/26/1996US5579317 In an audio and video signal transmission system
11/26/1996US5579183 Recording and reproducing an MPEG information signal on/from a record carrier
11/26/1996US5579143 Optical system with tunable in-fiber gratings
11/26/1996US5579061 Transmitter for transmitting tuning data in a television signal and receiver for receiving same
11/21/1996WO1996037075A1 Compressed digital-data interactive program system
11/20/1996EP0743796A2 An easily expandable transport stream encoder
11/20/1996EP0743795A2 Transport packet stream encoder and method for operating the same
11/20/1996EP0742985A1 Method and system for scheduling the transfer of data sequences utilizing an anti-clustering scheduling algorithm
11/20/1996CN1136257A Data multiplexer, data multiplexing method, data recording medium, data recorder, data demultiplexer and data demultiplexing method
11/20/1996CN1136202A Recording medium and apparatus for protecting copyrighted digital data
11/19/1996US5577072 Timing phase detector and timing recovery using the same
11/19/1996US5576835 Method for run-length coding for shortening transmission time
11/19/1996CA2036205C Program monitoring unit
11/16/1996CA2618611A1 Serving signals
11/16/1996CA2618308A1 Serving signals
11/16/1996CA2614843A1 Serving signals
11/16/1996CA2614583A1 Serving signals