Abstract: An outdoor unit includes a pressure sensor for detecting an internal pressure of a first pipe. An outdoor unit controller is configured to: receive a switching signal; control an outdoor fan and a compressor to operate in a case where the switching signal instructs the outdoor unit to operate, the compressor operating at a first frequency; acquire a current state of the indoor fan in a case where the on signal instructs the outdoor unit to shut down; and control the compressor and the outdoor fan to operate if the current state of the indoor fan is an operating state, the compressor operating at a second frequency. The second frequency is lower than the first frequency. The current state of the indoor fan is obtained according to the internal pressure of the first pipe.

Abstract: A processing system receives a user-generated media recording, and metadata associated with the user-generated feedback, from a first device. The user-generated media recording is a recording of the public end-user captured during a live media broadcast using a public-user interface on the first device. The metadata includes information linking the user-generated media recording to the live media broadcast. The system stores the user-generated media recording and the first metadata in one or more storage devices, and transmits a version of the user-generated media recording and at least a portion of the first metadata to a private-user interface on a second device. The private-user interface is configured to receive input from a private end-user selecting the version of the user-generated media recording for broadcast during the same live media broadcast during which the user-generated media recording was created.

Abstract: An air conditioner includes: an indoor heat exchanger, an outdoor heat exchanger, an expansion valve, an indoor fan, a compressor, a four-way valve, a temperature control assembly, an outdoor assembly, a signal control assembly, and an indoor assembly. The indoor heat exchanger is configured to exchange heat between indoor air and a refrigerant flowing in the indoor heat exchanger. The outdoor heat exchanger is configured to exchange heat between outdoor air and a refrigerant flowing in the outdoor heat exchanger. The expansion valve is connected between the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger, and the expansion valve is configured to adjust a pressure of a refrigerant flowing through the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger, so that a flow rate of the refrigerant flowing through the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger is adjusted.

Abstract: An outdoor unit includes a pressure sensor for detecting an internal pressure of a first pipe. An outdoor unit controller is configured to: receive a switching signal; control an outdoor fan and a compressor to operate in a case where the switching signal instructs the outdoor unit to operate, the compressor operating at a first frequency; acquire a current state of the indoor fan in a case where the on signal instructs the outdoor unit to shut down; and control the compressor and the outdoor fan to operate if the current state of the indoor fan is an operating state, the compressor operating at a second frequency. The second frequency is lower than the first frequency. The current state of the indoor fan is obtained according to the internal pressure of the first pipe.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for providing list of a plurality of media programs responsive to a user search query is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of accepting an general search query from a user computer, identifying a synonym for the general search query, identifying a category for the general search query according to the identified synonym, performing a categorical search of a media program database using the identified synonym and the identified category to obtain a search result, and transmitting the search result to the user computer for presentation on a display communicatively coupled to the user computer.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for presenting a program guide for a video-on-demand system describing a plurality of media programs, each media program having a plurality of video frames. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of accepting a search request from a user, the search request comprising a search parameter having a search value; searching the media program database for the search value, the media program database having first metadata associated with a first individual video frame of the media program; and providing the program guide comprising a thumbnail depicting the first individual video frame of the media program associated with the first metadata to the user if the first metadata includes the search value.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for generating a media program database having a plurality of media programs is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method is comprises the steps of receiving first media program metadata from a first source, searching the Internet to find second media program metadata from a second source distinct from the first source, determining if the first media program metadata and the second media program metadata are associated with the same media program, merging the first media program metadata and the second media program metadata if the first media program metadata and the second media program metadata are associated with the same media program, and storing the merged first media program metadata and second media program metadata in the media program database.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for providing list of a plurality of media programs responsive to a user search query is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of accepting an general search query from a user computer, identifying a synonym for the general search query, identifying a category for the general search query according to the identified synonym, performing a categorical search of a media program database using the identified synonym and the identified category to obtain a search result, and transmitting the search result to the user computer for presentation on a display communicatively coupled to the user computer.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for providing list of a plurality of media programs responsive to a user search query is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of accepting an general search query from a user computer, identifying a synonym for the general search query, identifying a category for the general search query according to the identified synonym, performing a categorical search of a media program database using the identified synonym and the identified category to obtain a search result, and transmitting the search result to the user computer for presentation on a display communicatively coupled to the user computer.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for generating a media program database having a plurality of media programs is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method is comprises the steps of receiving first media program metadata from a first source, searching the Internet to find second media program metadata from a second source distinct from the first source, determining if the first media program metadata and the second media program metadata are associated with the same media program, merging the first media program metadata and the second media program metadata if the first media program metadata and the second media program metadata are associated with the same media program, and storing the merged first media program metadata and second media program metadata in the media program database.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for generating a media program database having a plurality of media programs is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method is comprises the steps of receiving first media program metadata from a first source, searching the Internet to find second media program metadata from a second source distinct from the first source, determining if the first media program metadata and the second media program metadata are associated with the same media program, merging the first media program metadata and the second media program metadata if the first media program metadata and the second media program metadata are associated with the same media program, and storing the merged first media program metadata and second media program metadata in the media program database.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for providing list of a plurality of media programs responsive to a user search query is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of accepting an general search query from a user computer, identifying a synonym for the general search query, identifying a category for the general search query according to the identified synonym, performing a categorical search of a media program database using the identified synonym and the identified category to obtain a search result, and transmitting the search result to the user computer for presentation on a display communicatively coupled to the user computer.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for providing list of a plurality of media programs responsive to a user search query is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of accepting an general search query from a user computer, identifying a synonym for the general search query, identifying a category for the general search query according to the identified synonym, performing a categorical search of a media program database using the identified synonym and the identified category to obtain a search result, and transmitting the search result to the user computer for presentation on a display communicatively coupled to the user computer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit arrangement for recirculating the energy produced during the braking of electric motors into a supply system. The object of the invention is to implement the feeding of the energy that can be obtained when braking electric motors to the supply system without the use of an isolating transformer. Said object is solved by a forward branch (3), comprising a rectifier (32) connected to the supply system (1). The rectifier is guided via a first intermediate circuit (33) to a first inverter (34) that is connected to the motor (2), and a backward branch (4), comprising a second intermediate circuit (42) connected to the output of the first intermediate circuit (33), wherein a second inverter (41) is connected to the second intermediate circuit, and the second inverter in turn is connected to the supply system (1) via a mains circuit (5).

Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for presenting a program guide for a video-on-demand system describing a plurality of media programs, each media program having a plurality of video frames. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of accepting a search request from a user, the search request comprising a search parameter having a search value; searching the media program database for the search value, the media program database having first metadata associated with a first individual video frame of the media program; and providing the program guide comprising a thumbnail depicting the first individual video frame of the media program associated with the first metadata to the user if the first metadata includes the search value.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for providing list of a plurality of media programs responsive to a user search query is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of accepting an general search query from a user computer, identifying a synonym for the general search query, identifying a category for the general search query according to the identified synonym, performing a categorical search of a media program database using the identified synonym and the identified category to obtain a search result, and transmitting the search result to the user computer for presentation on a display communicatively coupled to the user computer.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for generating a media program database having a plurality of media programs is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method is comprises the steps of receiving first media program metadata from a first source, searching the Internet to find second media program metadata from a second source distinct from the first source, determining if the first media program metadata and the second media program metadata are associated with the same media program, merging the first media program metadata and the second media program metadata if the first media program metadata and the second media program metadata are associated with the same media program, and storing the merged first media program metadata and second media program metadata in the media program database.

Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit arrangement for recirculating the energy produced during the braking of electric motors into a supply system. The object of the invention is to implement the feeding of the energy that can be obtained when braking electric motors to the supply system without the use of an isolating transformer. Said object is solved by a forward branch (3), comprising a rectifier (32) connected to the supply system (1). The rectifier is guided via a first intermediate circuit (33) to a first inverter (34) that is connected to the motor (2), and a backward branch (4), comprising a second intermediate circuit (42) connected to the output of the first intermediate circuit (33), wherein a second inverter (41) is connected to the second intermediate circuit, and the second inverter in turn is connected to the supply system (1) via a mains circuit (5).