Abstract: A system is disclosed for checking grammar and usage using a flexible portfolio of different mechanisms, and automatically providing a variety of different examples of standard usage, selected from analogous Web content. The system can be used for checking the grammar and usage in any application that involves natural language text, such as word processing, email, and presentation applications. The grammar and usage can be evaluated using several complementary evaluation modules, which may include one based on a trained classifier, one based on regular expressions, and one based on comparative searches of the Web or a local corpus. The evaluation modules can provide a set of suggested alternative segments with corrected grammar and usage. A followup, screened Web search based on the alternative segments, in context, may provide several different in-context examples of proper grammar and usage that the user can consider and select from.

Abstract: A system is disclosed for checking grammar and usage using a flexible portfolio of different mechanisms, and automatically providing a variety of different examples of standard usage, selected from analogous Web content. The system can be used for checking the grammar and usage in any application that involves natural language text, such as word processing, email, and presentation applications. The grammar and usage can be evaluated using several complementary evaluation modules, which may include one based on a trained classifier, one based on regular expressions, and one based on comparative searches of the Web or a local corpus. The evaluation modules can provide a set of suggested alternative segments with corrected grammar and usage. A followup, screened Web search based on the alternative segments, in context, may provide several different in-context examples of proper grammar and usage that the user can consider and select from.

Abstract: A determination is made whether information scheduled to be broadcast is utilizing all bandwidth previous allocated to broadcasting the information, and if not, additional information is broadcast using an unused portion of the previously allocated bandwidth.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for generating and transmitting content on a broadcast network that facilitate content discovery. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a transport protocol is described that uses content discovery information within a broadcast data stream to identify content within the stream. The content discovery information may include a metadata stream and may be transmitted pre-show, in-band or real-time, in-band. A receiver connected with the broadcast network can use the metadata to determine whether the content may be of interest to a particular consumer or user. The receiver may also selectively filter, cache, or personalize the content for the particular consumer.