Abstract: The invention provides technology to generate a graphical depiction on a video display device (VDD) for a stream of packets. Such a graphical depiction can take the form of a matrix of geometric shapes, e.g., squares, each geometric shape representing a packet. Each geometric shape can have an appearance that is indicative of what type the corresponding packet is. Colors can be assigned to the geometric shapes to denote the types of the corresponding packets, respectively. Such technology can also generate a graphical depiction on the VDD of a legend explaining color and packet type relations. Each color in the legend can be depicted in the form of the geometric shape, and each geometric shape can be operable as a pointing-device-clickable button so that, in response to a user clicking on one of the geometric shapes, an interface can be generated by which the color assigned to the geometric shape can be changed by the user.

Abstract: The invention, in part, provides an integrated digital television (DTV) diagnostic instrument comprising: at least one of a video display device (VDD) and an audio display device (AudDD); DTV circuitry (AV) to receive a DTV signal, to reconstruct at least one of a video stream and an audio stream from the DTV signal, and to display at least one of the video stream and the audio stream on the VDD or the AudDD, respectively; and at least one of monitoring circuitry (M), responsive to the DTV circuitry, to monitor digital properties of a live DTV signal and analysis circuitry (AN), responsive to the DTV circuitry, to analyze digital properties of a recorded DTV signal.

Abstract: A system and method for locating a referenced resource within a broadcasting environment. The method includes storing translation information into a receiver memory, identifying a location of additional translation information for the referenced resource based on the translation information stored in the receiver memory corresponding to that referenced resource, receiving the additional translation information from a transport stream identified by the transport information stored in the receiver memory for the referenced source, and locating the referenced resource based on the additional translation information received.

Abstract: The invention, in part, provides an integrated digital television (DTV) diagnostic instrument comprising: at least one of a video display device (VDD) and an audio display device (AudDD); DTV circuitry (AV) to receive a DTV signal, to reconstruct at least one of a video stream and an audio stream from the DTV signal, and to display at least one of the video stream and the audio stream on the VDD or the AudDD, respectively; and at least one of monitoring circuitry (M), responsive to the DTV circuitry, to monitor digital properties of a live DTV signal and analysis circuitry (AN), responsive to the DTV circuitry, to analyze digital properties of a recorded DTV signal.

Abstract: This invention provides technology (including apparatus, method, software, and/or data structures) to broadcast data from one or more content providers via one or more broadcast channels to one or more content recipients. This technology meets the different needs of the three major stakeholders—the content providers, the broadcasters, and the content recipients. The technology provides support for identifying the data to be broadcast, setting the broadcast schedule, getting the data inserted into the broadcast stream, extracting it from the broadcast stream at the receiver, and many ancillary activities such as compression, error correction, bandwidth management, bandwidth usage reporting, and content filtering at the receiver.

Abstract: The invention provides technology to generate a graphical depiction on a video display device (VDD) for a stream of packets. Such a graphical depiction can take the form of a matrix of geometric shapes, e.g., squares, each geometric shape representing a packet. Each geometric shape can have an appearance that is indicative of what type the corresponding packet is. Colors can be assigned to the geometric shapes to denote the types of the corresponding packets, respectively. Such technology can also generate a graphical depiction on the VDD of a legend explaining color and packet type relations. Each color in the legend can be depicted in the form of the geometric shape, and each geometric shape can be operable as a pointing-device-clickable button so that, in response to a user clicking on one of the geometric shapes, an interface can be generated by which the color assigned to the geometric shape can be changed by the user.