Patents Assigned to Rovi Corporation
  • Patent number: 8825699
    Abstract: Contextual search by a mobile communications device is described. In an implementation, a search query is a received and a context is detected of a user interface currently being displayed on a display device of a mobile communications device. One or more search results are displayed on a display device of a search performed in the detected context using the search query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: ROVI Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Kruzeniski, Darren A. Apfel, Jonathan D. Friedman, Kathleen W. Holmes, David Henry Wykes
  • Publication number: 20130318252
    Abstract: The systems, methods, and computer program products described herein provide for the streaming data from a server to a client without the use of a container. The server receives, from the client, a request for data. In response, the server prepares and sends metadata to the client describing the requested data. The server then wraps one or more frames of the requested data for transmission to the client. In an embodiment, the wrapping process includes the appending of header data to the one or more frames. The header data includes a frame size field, a stream identifier field, and a presentation timestamp (PTS) field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: Rovi Corporation
    Inventor: Yuri Bulava
  • Publication number: 20120014674
    Abstract: Systems and methods for converting interactive multimedia content authored for distribution via a physical medium for electronic distribution are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention includes building an object model of interactive multimedia content authored for distribution via a physical medium using a content authoring system, automatically authoring a user interface based upon the object model using the content authoring system, and packing the transcoded multimedia content into at least one container file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: Rovi Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony David Knight, Ian Michael Lewis, Andrew Maurice Devitt
  • Publication number: 20120014663
    Abstract: Systems and methods for electronic sell-through (EST) of multimedia content authored for distribution via physical media in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention includes building an object model of interactive multimedia content authored for distribution via a physical medium using a content authoring system, automatically authoring a user interface based upon the object model using the content authoring system, packing the multimedia content into at least one container file, and electronically distributing at least a portion of the authored user interface and the at least one container file via a network connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: Rovi Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony David Knight, Ian Michael Lewis, Andrew Maurice Devitt