Abstract: A method for identifying a peripheral device from a digital content having been received by said peripheral device from a master device located at a user end, said master device being further configured to be connected to a server located at a back end, said method comprising the steps of: receiving, by the master device from the peripheral device, at least peripheral identification data; generating, at the master device, a first mark as a function of at least a part of said peripheral identification data; and watermarking said digital content using said first mark before transmitting said digital content to said peripheral device.

Abstract: A post-processing of video content in order to provide a capability to insert ad content, having a method to produce a modified video content from an original video content. The method comprising: analyzing the original video content to detect at least one marker, said marker comprising a marker surface delimited by a marker identification; loading profile data of a target user; determining, based at least on the profile data a replacement content; adjusting the replacement content into the marker surface; and replacing into the original video content the marker surface by the adjusted replacement content to produce the modified video content.

Abstract: Methods and systems for transmitting and receiving data, such as, for example, entertainment data, are presented. In one example, a data file is segmented into a plurality of data modules. A header is generated for each of the data modules, with the header including a module identifier for the data module associated with the header. An indication of a number of the plurality of data modules associated with the data file, and at least one multicast address from which the plurality of modules may be received via a multicast transmission, are generated and transmitted. The data modules with their associated headers are transmitted over a communication network in the multicast transmission.

Abstract: A decoder comprises an input interface for receiving audio-video content in a compressed form, an output interface for outputting said compressed audio-video content, at least one application frame relating to at least one application service, and control data, wherein the control data comprises identification data and implementation data, the identification data being used for identifying at least a part of the audio-video content and/or a part of the at least one application frame, and the implementation data defining the rendering of at least one of the audio-video content and the at least one application frame.

Abstract: Methods and systems for transmitting and receiving data, such as, for example, entertainment data, are presented. In one example, a data file is segmented into a plurality of data modules. A header is generated for each of the data modules, with the header including a module identifier for the data module associated with the header. An indication of a number of the plurality of data modules associated with the data file, and at least one multicast address from which the plurality of modules may be received via a multicast transmission, are generated and transmitted. The data modules with their associated headers are transmitted over a communication network in the multicast transmission.

Abstract: In example embodiments, a system and method for managing switching between devices are provided. A consolidated catalog of applications available on devices coupled to a master device is maintained. The consolidated catalog of applications is graphically presented on a screen controlled by the master device. A selection of an application from the consolidated catalog of applications is received via a control device. Based on the selected application being located at a device coupled to the master device, input is automatically switched from the master device to the device having the selected application. As a result, a display corresponding to the selected application is presented on the screen.

Abstract: A method and system for updating a table of correspondence between a logical address associated to a user unit in a communication network and a unique identification number associated to one of a group of user units managed by a management center, a method where messages are exchanged between said management center and a specific user unit of said group by using said communication network, these messages being forwarded to the logical address of the specific user in said network, the method including searching in said table for the logical address of the user unit in said communication network corresponding to the unique identification number of the specific user unit; sending of messages to the user unit having the concerned unique identification number, to the logical address corresponding to said communication network; and if the messages are received incorrectly, sending a request containing an identifier of said specific user unit.

Abstract: Malware detection logic executed by a secured device residing in a home network may receive a message from an unsecured device of a first unsecured network and intended for a destination device of the home network, the destination device comprising a security client. The malware detection logic may establish a secure communication channel between the malware detection logic of the secured device and the security client of the destination device. The malware detection logic may execute a validation test on the message to determine that the message includes malware. The malware detection logic may report an alarm to the security client of the destination device. The malware detection logic may transmit information related to the malware to a cloud computing server. The malware detection logic may prevent an application associated with the destination device from processing the message.

Abstract: Methods and systems for providing health care remotely via a television communication system are presented. In one example, a communication gateway configured to communicate with a head-end of a television communication system may receive information associating a user with the communication gateway. Health care information related specifically to the user, as well as a gateway identifier associated with the user, may be received at the gateway from the head-end. The health care information may be forwarded to a display communicatively coupled to the gateway based on the gateway identifier corresponding to the communication gateway.

Abstract: An adaptive watermarking service receives a request including a device identifier and a requested address associated with a first segment of content. The requested address may be identified in a published manifest describing multiple segments for a content item, where each segment is encoded at multiple different bitrates. The adaptive watermarking service identifies multiple storage locations of the first segment in view of the requested address. The multiple storage locations each have a version of the first segment with a watermark value. The adaptive watermarking service selects a return version from the versions associated with the first segment in view of a watermarking rule, where the return version has a watermark value satisfying the watermarking rule. The adaptive watermarking service sends a message with the device identifier and a return storage location that identifies the selected return version.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention may be deployed in a system comprising a media player and a remote server operably connected to communicate with one another. The invention allows for a settings file to be stored on the remote server, the settings file comprising parameters useful for adjusting different settings on the media player such that rendering of a particular content to be made possible on the media player according to a user's predetermined taste by downloading the settings from the server onto the media player.

Abstract: In example embodiments, a system and method for managing switching between devices are provided. A consolidated catalog of applications available on devices coupled to a master device is maintained. The consolidated catalog of applications is graphically presented on a screen controlled by the master device. A selection of an application from the consolidated catalog of applications is received via a control device. Based on the selected application being located at a device coupled to the master device, input is automatically switched from the master device to the device having the selected application. As a result, a display corresponding to the selected application is presented on the screen.

Abstract: In example embodiments, a system and method for managing switching between devices are provided. A consolidated catalog of applications available on devices coupled to a master device is maintained. The consolidated catalog of applications is graphically presented on a screen controlled by the master device. A selection of an application from the consolidated catalog of applications is received via a control device. Based on the selected application being located at a device coupled to the master device, input is automatically switched from the master device to the device having the selected application. As a result, a display corresponding to the selected application is presented on the screen.

Abstract: A database containing personal information of a user can be selectively read from and written to by multiple entities. Access level rules determine who gets access to which entries of a user record in the database. Access to some entries and actions taken on some entries may be possible only by producing, in real time, a smartcard-based authorization for such access or actions.

Abstract: Techniques for visual presentation of video objects on a display screen include providing an overflow area around a primary or active video display area. The video objects are selectively displayed in the overflow area to provide a sense of three dimensionality or giving an appearance that the object is spilling out of the display and is present at the display. Operational modes to selectively turn on or off the use of the overflow area may be encoded in video bitstream or may be configured via a user interface.

Abstract: This invention relates to a Method for updating a table of correspondence between a logical address associated to a user unit in a communication network and a unique identification number associated to a user unit of a group of user units managed by a management centre, a method in which messages are exchanged between said management centre and at least one specific user unit of said group by means of said communication network, these messages being forwarded to the specific user unit using the logical address of said user unit in said network, wherein it includes the steps of searching in said table of correspondence for the logical address of the user unit in said communication network corresponding to the unique identification number of the specific user unit; of sending of messages to the user unit having the concerned unique identification number, to the logical address corresponding to said communication network; in the case of incorrect reception of the messages, sending of a request containing an iden

Abstract: A method for updating a table of correspondence between a logical address associated to a user unit in a communication network and a unique identification number associated to one of a group of user units managed by a management center, a method where messages are exchanged between said management center and a specific user unit of said group by using said communication network, these messages being forwarded to the logical address of the specific user in said network, the method including searching in said table for the logical address of the user unit in said communication network corresponding to the unique identification number of the specific user unit; sending of messages to the user unit having the concerned unique identification number, to the logical address corresponding to said communication network; and if the messages are received incorrectly, sending a request containing an identifier of said specific user unit.

Abstract: Methods and systems for providing health care remotely via a television communication system are presented. In one example, a communication gateway configured to communicate with a head-end of a television communication system may receive information associating a user with the communication gateway. Health care information related specifically to the user, as well as a gateway identifier associated with the user, may be received at the gateway from the head-end. The health care information may be forwarded to a display communicatively coupled to the gateway based on the gateway identifier corresponding to the communication gateway.

Abstract: In example embodiments, a system and method for managing switching between devices are provided. A consolidated catalog of applications available on devices coupled to a master device is maintained. The consolidated catalog of applications is graphically presented on a screen controlled by the master device. A selection of an application from the consolidated catalog of applications is received via a control device. Based on the selected application being located at a device coupled to the master device, input is automatically switched from the master device to the device having the selected application. As a result, a display corresponding to the selected application is presented on the screen.

Abstract: A method for updating a table of correspondence between a logical address associated to a user unit in a communication network and a unique identification number associated to one of a group of user units managed by a management centre, a method where messages are exchanged between said management centre and a specific user unit of said group by using said communication network, these messages being forwarded to the logical address of the specific user in said network, the method including searching in said table for the logical address of the user unit in said communication network corresponding to the unique identification number of the specific user unit; sending of messages to the user unit having the concerned unique identification number, to the logical address corresponding to said communication network; and if the messages are received incorrectly, sending a request containing an identifier of said specific user unit.