Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of adjusting the sound levels originating from several audio sources, within a television receiver. The audio components originating from at least two audiovisual or audio sources are received in an audiovisual receiver and mixed so as to generate a single audio signal. The levels assigned to each source can be adjusted by the user with the aid of an icon displayed on a screen. The icon comprises at least two points representing the two sources and a cursor which moves along two dimensions, the distance between this cursor and the point representing a source being proportional to the sound level assigned to this source. The present invention also relates to the audiovisual terminal for the implementation of the method.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for implementing an update mechanism between an HTTP gateway and a web client, both connected to a non-IP based network, characterized by, said non IP based network having event management capabilities, the steps of: by the web client, subscribing with a local event manager for notification of events comprising information of an update of a data object of the HTTP gateway; by the HTTP gateway, sending said event on the non-IP based network when the update occurs; by the web client, receiving said event and requesting transmission of the updated data object from the HTTP gateway.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process and device for representation on a digital television screen. The process for the representation on a digital television screen of a display comprising the representation of a video signal, the representation of applications and the representation of the navigator is characterized in that it comprises a step of detecting the activation of the navigator, a step of resizing the display of the video signal and the representation of applications according to one and the same homothetic reduction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of control of a target device, by a client device, in a heterogeneous network containing at least one bus according to a first given protocol, and at least a second bus according to a second protocol. A gateway between the buses provides centralized means of control of devices that are connected to the buses and that are able to act as target devices. These centralized control means are used to control the target devices of each bus by using the control standard specific to the bus. These centralized control means are made accessible to the devices able to act as clients via a server on the gateway according to a standard communication protocol.

Abstract: Television receiver furnished with a memory (21, 22, 23) for receiving service data comprising a processing module (11) which correlates usage criteria received together with the service data and storage criteria characterizing the memory or memories of the receiver. By correlating the two criteria, the module determines the conditions of storage. Advantageously, a reorganizing module (12) can process the content of the memory so as to free some space in order to store new service data. The invention also relates to the storage process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of adjusting the sound levels originating from several audio sources, within a television receiver.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process and device for representation on a digital television screen.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for constructing databases for digital television services, wherein it comprises a step of tuning to a carrier frequency, a step of extracting the data representing the information table of the network corresponding to this frequency, a step of storing the trio of information items constituted by the information table, the carrier frequency, and an identifier, a step of extracting and storing the trio constituted by the service table, the frequency of the carrier and the identification of the SDT service table.

Abstract: Television receiver furnished with a memory (21, 22, 23) for receiving service data comprising a processing module (11) which correlates usage criteria received together with the service data and storage criteria characterizing the memory or memories of the receiver. By correlating the two criteria, the module determines the conditions of storage.

Abstract: A procedure for quantification of coefficients in a variable data rate image compression system, in the form of blocks and macroblocks, the system including circuitry for transformation of blocks of pixels into blocks of coefficients, circuitry for quantification of these coefficients, circuitry for storage of coded information before transmission, and circuitry for regulation of quantification as a function of the state of the circuitry for storage.