Abstract: A method for controlling the quality of storage media, and more specifically a method for determining if the quality of a storage medium decreases. The method includes: determining one or more quality parameters of the storage medium; and comparing one or more of the determined quality parameters with previously determined quality parameters of the storage medium stored in a memory in case the quality of the storage medium has been determined before.

Abstract: A management device (D) that is part of a communication network (R1) to which can be connected items of communication equipment (T1-T4) constituting peers storing content data and operating in P2P mode.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method and system for downloading multimedia content corresponding to a set of program types at a terminal. The method comprises, at a terminal, the steps of filling in a file with a set of program types, sending said file to a server, receiving content corresponding to the file, and receiving said content being regularly updated. Another object of the invention is a method for channel surfing between multimedia content at a terminal. It comprises the steps of downloading content and complementary content according to the previous method, playing the complementary content, receiving a request for channel surfing, checking whether channel surfing is allowed and, if channel surfing is not allowed, continuing playing the complementary content.

Abstract: A management device (D) that is part of a communication network (R1) to which can be connected items of communication equipment (T1-T4) constituting peers storing content data and operating in P2P mode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling the quality of storage media, and more specifically to a method for determining if the quality of a storage medium decreases. A method according to the invention has the steps of: determining one or more quality parameters of the storage medium; and comparing one or more of the determined quality parameters with previously determined quality parameters of the storage medium stored in a memory in case the quality of the storage medium has been determined before.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for error correction of an encoded data stream. A demodulated data stream is saved in an input buffer. A first correction process is performed on-the-fly in the input buffer. The data is transferred to an external SDRAM after correction. A data frame is copied from the external SDRAM to an embedded SRAM. A multipass correction is started in the embedded SRAM. The corrected data frame is copied back from the embedded SRAM to the external SDRAM.

Abstract: A method for providing access rights to access rights controlled digital content. A file comprising a playable preview, instructions on how to procure access rights, and the access rights controlled digital data is transferred to the device that plays the preview and the instructions. The user then provides instructions to obtain the access rights to the access rights controlled digital content, which the device requests from a content owner that delivers the access rights to the device. Also provided is a device. The invention makes it possible to reduce the time needed between the preview and the viewing of the digital content, as no downloading time is needed.

Abstract: The invention is based on a method for finding an Internet or E-mail address. Internet or E-mail addresses are noted in the content of many teletext pages regardless of whether they contain advertising or information. The addresses are currently transmitted within the visible area of a teletext page so that the user must normally copy them and enter them into an Internet browser. The invention is based on the object of creating a simplified method for finding an Internet or E-mail address. The method according to the invention for finding an Internet or E-mail address which is reproduced in a teletext system, comprising visible areas and non-visible areas of the teletext system, a selection unit, a control unit and a link unit, is distinguished by the fact that the address in the visible area is selected by the selection unit, the control unit recognizes the selected address, the control unit accepts and/or modifies the address format and the address is selected via the link unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to soft-decision decoding of Reed-Solomon product codes. According to the invention, a method for error correction of an encoded data stream comprises the steps of: saving the demodulated data stream in an input buffer; performing a first correction process on-the-fly in the input buffer; transferring the data to an external SDRAM after correction; copying a data frame from the external SDRAM to an embedded SRAM; starting a multipass correction in the embedded SRAM; and copying the corrected data frame back from the embedded SRAM to the external SDRAM.