Abstract: Various embodiment(s) of a digital device and a method for controlling the same are disclosed in this specification. Herein, the method for controlling a digital device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include f receiving a signal requesting for outputting a recommended content page, receiving recommended content page data of a most recently update version from a cloud server, and displaying the recommended content page received from the cloud server, wherein the recommended content page may include a first window including broadcast content information and a second window including VOD content information, and wherein the first window and the second window may include thumbnail images of each content.

Abstract: A last viewed zone comprising video streams of a predetermined number of last viewed channels is provided. Channels selected by a user are identified and added to a channel list, which is maintained and stored in a temporary repository. When a selection of the last viewed zone is received, a last viewed zone user interface comprising a predetermined number of channels from the channel list is generated for display on the user's display device in a mosaic fashion such that the video streams of each of the channels may be viewed simultaneously. Additional functionalities like audio may be provided for the video stream of user's choice. The channels within the channel list may include the last channels tuned-to on the viewing device and user selected channels.

Abstract: The current invention is an interactive advertising and marketing system that operates to provide users with an opportunity to identify objects within video media and create virtual hotspots with respect to the objects, which allows viewers the ability to select objects within the video media that are associated with one of the hotspots, and transmits their interest in the selected object to one or more users. Preferably, the system operates such that hotspots can be created for previously created video, newly created video media, as well as live broadcasts.

Abstract: Methods and devices for presenting an interactive media guidance application are provided. In some embodiments, methods for presenting an interactive media guidance application in a user equipment device are provided, the methods comprising: determining a location of the user equipment device; determining a destination of the user equipment device; determining an arrival time for the user equipment device to be located at the destination; selecting, as guide listings, listings corresponding to media available at the destination at/after the arrival time; and presenting the guide listings on the user equipment device.

Abstract: A method is provided, that initiates with providing a video over a network to a plurality of client devices, wherein each client device is configured to render the video and track movements of a pointer during the rendering of the video. Movement data that is indicative of the tracked movements of the pointer is received over the network from each client device. The movement data from the plurality of client devices is processed to determine aggregate pointer movement versus elapsed time of the video. The aggregate pointer movement is analyzed to identify a region of interest of the video. A preview of the video is generated based on the identified region of interest.

Abstract: System and method for providing clear screen TV broadcasting to subscribed users. Two signals are provided by the broadcasters for the same channel: a mixed signal that includes the main program and additional content to overlap portions of the main program on the display, and a clear screen signal which includes only the main program. By default, decoding machines e.g. STB at the user's location, are adapted to decode the mixed signal to output on the display the main program and the additional content. The embodiments provide a mechanism to provide the additional content separately to subscribed users and switch the decoding at the STB to the clear screen mode for decoding and outputting the clear TV signal instead of the mixed signal.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a transmission apparatus, including: an application data transmission section adapted to transmit data of an application for HbbTV; and an AIT transmission section adapted to transmit an AIT including an application profile which represents one or more additional functions to the application and is configured from a first bit region of high-order n bits and a second bit region of lower-order (16?n) bits which represent presence or absence of functions allocated to bit positions thereof with a bitmap structure and wherein, in the first bit region, values for changing over the functions to be allocated to the bit positions in the second bit region are set.

Abstract: An ACR service is realized by an information provision server which has not prepared feature point information of a sub sound because only the feature point information is extracted from a main sound and an inquiry is made to the information provision server even when the sub sound is listened to in a client device. In addition, even when content that has a main sound and a plurality of pieces of audio information is distributed, it is not necessary for the information provision server to prepare feature point information of sub sounds, and the capacity of the database may not increase.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for synchronizing playback of media assets from multiple sources. For example, if a media asset is being delivered from two sources, a media guidance application may compare features in the media asset from the two sources and determine the amount of time that the two sources are out of synchronization. If the amount of time is greater than a threshold amount of time, the media guidance application may transmit supplemental content to a device receiving the media asset from the source that is ahead, such that the two sources are synchronized after the supplemental content is finished. If the amount of time is less than a threshold amount of time, the media guidance application may instruct the device receiving the media asset from the source that is ahead to pause the media asset until the two sources are synchronized.

Abstract: A method for computing the distance between two encrypted data vectors using elliptic curve cryptography.

Abstract: A digital video conversion device is communicatively coupled to a TV set and a TV signal source, respectively, to pass TV signals from the TV signal source to the TV set. Upon receipt of a TV channel identification request from a mobile terminal via a wireless communication channel, the digital video conversion device acquires an image from the TV signals currently broadcasted on the TV set and extracts a plurality of station logo characteristic sets from the image, each station logo characteristic set corresponding to one of a plurality of station logo templates. After calculating a similarity score between each station logo characteristic set and a corresponding station logo template, the digital video conversion device identifies one of the plurality of station logo templates as matching the image based on their similarity scores and returns TV channel information associated with the identified station logo template to the mobile terminal.

Abstract: A fault tolerant video streaming distribution service utilizes multiple distribution servers to receive and process a video stream simultaneously. Each distribution server performs a mapping of each encoded timestamp associated with a transport stream having time discontinuities to a continuous time sequence. The distribution servers coordinate the timestamp mapping through a distributed leader election protocol that elects a leader to coordinate the timestamp mapping in an environment where failures are anticipated and the number of distribution servers dynamically changes without notice.

Abstract: A method and system for switching television channels. A mobile terminal receives channel information, and displays the channel information on a display screen, to allow a user operating the mobile terminal to submit an instruction for switching to a user desired channel. The mobile terminal transmits the user instruction to a set-top box to instruct the set-top box to switch to the user desired channel according to the user instruction. A registration code generated using IMEI or MEID of the mobile device is registered at the set-top box to verify the mobile device before receiving or executing the user instruction. The transmission or the execution of the user instruction may be delayed to a scheduled time without affecting the currently played program.

Abstract: A method for transmitting broadcast signals by an apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, the method includes encoding service data according to a 16200 bit codeword and a 11/15 code rate based on addresses in a parity check matrix, wherein the encoded service data comprises information bits and parity bits; building at least one signal frame by mapping the encoded service data; modulating data in the built signal frame by an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) scheme; and transmitting broadcast signals having the modulated data, wherein the encoding of the service data comprises: initializing the parity bits, adding the information bits to the parity bits of which addresses are based on values of entries in each row of the parity check matrix, wherein a row of the parity check matrix corresponds to a 360 bit group of the information bits.

Abstract: A method, a system, and a computer program product for providing media to a requester at a particular playback rate associated with the requester. The method includes receiving a request from a requester for a playback session of media that includes a time varying content. In response to receiving the request, a profile associated with the requester is accessed to determine a playback rate of the media for the requester. In response to determining the playback rate of the media for the requester, the media is provided to the requester at the determined playback rate. The method further includes monitoring the playback session of the media for playback changes by the requester and dynamically adapting the playback rate associated with the requester based on the type and frequency of playback changes.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for controlling access to media content includes defining a viewing profile for at least one viewing user according to a multiplicity of attributes associated with the media content, assigning allowable limits to the multiplicity of attributes in the viewing profile, where each of the allowable limits indicates a rating limit for one of the multiplicity of attributes, receiving attribute ratings associated with a media content item, where each of the attribute ratings is associated with one of the multiplicity of attributes, determining viewing permissibility for the media content item by the at least one viewing user by comparing the attribute ratings with the allowable limits, and based on the viewing permissibility, allowing or disallowing the at least one viewing user to view the media content item.

Abstract: Methods and systems for a media guidance application that may enhance viewer experience. The media guidance application may receive video assets from content capture devices at different locations, determine characteristics of the media assets and assign content tags, corresponding to the characteristics, to the media assets. The media guidance application may receive a video-feed request from another location and determine video feed criterion associated with the request. The media guidance application may use a database to determine media assets with characteristics matching the video feed criterion, and may generate for display the media assets in a video feed.

Abstract: Systems and methods for managing available bandwidth in a household are provided. A request to access a first media asset is received. A determination is made as to whether a bandwidth currently available in the household is sufficient for enabling access to the first media asset. When the bandwidth currently available in the household is insufficient for enabling access to the first media asset, a search is performed for a second media asset currently consuming a portion of the household bandwidth needed for enabling access to the first media asset. A third media asset is identified having a remaining duration that is more than a remaining duration of the second media asset. A message is displayed that indicates the bandwidth currently available in the household is insufficient to access the first media asset and that has an option to access the third media asset instead of the first media asset.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically detecting date information in electronic documents. In some embodiments, a media guidance application may automatically associate a first partial calendar date-and-time indicator to a second partial calendar date-and-time indicator that appears at a separate location in a document. The media guidance application may determine whether the partial calendar date-and-time indicators are correlated, and then combine the partial calendar date-and-time indicators to obtain a complete date-and-time representation.

Abstract: A content providing apparatus, system, and method for recommending content. The method includes: receiving user information from a display apparatus; determining whether a terminal apparatus of a user is registered, based on the received user information; when the terminal apparatus is determined to be registered, determining whether recommended content for the user exists, based on pattern information about content usage of the user and content information; and when the recommended content for the user is determined to exist, transmitting a notification message for the recommended content to the terminal apparatus. Therefore, utilization of a notification service for recommended content is further improved.