Interactive Data Transmitted In Video Signal Band (e.g., Vbi Or Hbi Data) Patents (Class 725/136)
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Patent number: 8646006Abstract: A system and method is provided to automatically generate content for ITV products and services by processing primary media sources. In one embodiment of the invention, keywords are automatically extracted from the primary media sources using one or more of a variety of techniques directed to video, audio and/or textual content of the multimodal source. In some embodiments, keywords are then processed according to one or more disclosed algorithms to narrow the quantity of downstream processing that is necessary to associate secondary sources (reference items) with the primary video source. Embodiments of the invention also provide automatic searching methods for the identification of reference items based on the processed keywords in order to maximize the value added by the association of reference items to the video source.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2011Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.Inventors: Lee Begeja, David Crawford Gibbon, Zhu Liu, Bernard Simon Renger, Behzad Shahraray, Mitchell J. Weinraub, Stephanie A. Morrison
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Patent number: 8646015Abstract: An Internet gateway video server transmits selection information to a set top box connected to a television. The set top box displays the selection information on the television. A user views the selection information, and inputs user selection requests to the set top box. The Internet gateway video server receives user the requests for information and retrieves the information. The server then converts the network information from a network format to a television format. The conversion includes scanning the network information for selection elements, and adding selection elements for transmission in the television format. The converted network information is then transmitted to the set top box for display on the television. The user may then make further selections based on the displayed network information.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2002Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Verizon Communications Inc.Inventors: Eric Lin, Howard S. K. Wan
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Patent number: 8645995Abstract: A remote control device for consumer broadcast receivers, particularly television and radio receivers, is disclosed. In addition to the remote control features normally found on such a device, the device also contains a display on which advertisements, product and service offers, and other information (collectively, “display data”) may be shown to the user. The device receives such display data via a radio link from one of a plurality of central processing stations. The user of the device may interact with such display data (for example, to purchase an advertised good), and the device may send back details of such interactions to a central processing station, which in turn may initiate a transaction with the appropriate sponsoring party.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2007Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.Inventors: Gavin Robert Ferris, Peter Charles Florence
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Patent number: 8646021Abstract: An approach provides interactive application and advertisement within media streams. A program map table of a media stream is retrieved, wherein the program map table includes a plurality of private descriptor fields that permit user specified tag values. One of the descriptor fields is configured to indicate whether the media stream is associated with an interactive application or advertisement information.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2011Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Sudhanshu Sharma, Neena Pandey
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Patent number: 8640184Abstract: A unified system of programming communication. The system encompasses the prior art (television, radio, broadcast hardcopy, computer communications, etc.) and new user specific mass media. Within the unified system, parallel processing computer systems, each having an input (e.g., 77) controlling a plurality of computers (e.g., 205), generate and output user information at receiver stations. Under broadcast control, local computers (73, 205), combine user information selectively into prior art communications to exhibit personalized mass media programming at video monitors (202), speakers (263), printers (221), etc. At intermediate transmission stations (e.g., cable television stations), signals in network broadcasts and from local inputs (74, 77, 97, 98) cause control processors (71) and computers (73) to selectively automate connection and operation of receivers (53), recorder/players (76), computers (73), generators (82), strippers (81), etc.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Personalized Media Communications, LLCInventors: John Christopher Harvey, James William Cuddihy
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Patent number: 8621547Abstract: A unified system of programming communication. The system encompasses the prior art (television, radio, broadcast hardcopy, computer communications, etc.) and new user specific mass media. Within the unified system, parallel processing computer systems, each having an input (e.g., 77) controlling a plurality of computers (e.g., 205), generate and output user information at receiver stations. Under broadcast control, local computers (73, 205), combine user information selectively into prior art communications to exhibit personalized mass media programming at video monitors (202), speakers (263), printers (221), etc. At intermediate transmission stations (e.g., cable television stations), signals in network broadcasts and from local inputs (74, 77, 97, 98) cause control processors (71) and computers (73) to selectively automate connection and operation of receivers (53), recorder/players (76), computers (73), generators (82), strippers (81), etc.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 1995Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Personalized Media Communications, LLCInventors: John Christopher Harvey, James William Cuddihy
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Patent number: 8615783Abstract: A reception processor converts an MXF file to internal content data pieces, and converts replacement caption data to internal caption data pieces and then stores the internal content data pieces and the internal caption data pieces in a memory. A separator separates a video data piece, an audio data piece and an ANC data piece from the internal content data piece received from the memory. When a caption replacer receives synchronously the internal caption data piece outputted from the memory and the ANC data piece outputted from the separator, the caption replacer replaces a caption data piece included in the ANC data piece with a replacement data piece in the internal caption data piece. Subsequently, the multiplexer multiplexes the video data piece and the audio data piece outputted from the separator, and the ANC data piece outputted from the caption replacer, and thus outputs an SDI signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2011Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Kenshi Dachiku
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Patent number: 8607296Abstract: A unified system of programming communication. The system encompasses the prior art (television, radio, broadcast hardcopy, computer communications, etc.) and new user specific mass media. Within the unified system, parallel processing computer systems, each having an input (e.g., 77) controlling a plurality of computers (e.g., 205), generate and output user information at receiver stations. Under broadcast control, local computers (73, 205), combine user information selectively into prior art communications to exhibit personalized mass media programming at video monitors (202), speakers (263), printers (221), etc. At intermediate transmission stations (e.g., cable television stations), signals in network broadcasts and from local inputs (74, 77, 97, 98) cause control processors (71) and computers (73) to selectively automate connection and operation of receivers (53), recorder/players (76), computers (73), generators (82), strippers (81), etc.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Personalized Media Communications LLCInventors: John Christopher Harvey, James William Cuddihy
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Patent number: 8601509Abstract: A set-top box device includes a detector module and an electronic programming guide module. The detector module is configured to detect a closed captioning flag in a video stream, and to cache electronic programming guide information for the video stream if the video stream includes the closed captioning flag. The detector module is further configured to create a closed captioning electronic programming guide including the electronic programming guide information. The electronic programming guide module is in communication with the detector module, and is configured to output the closed captioning electronic programming guide.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2008Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, LPInventors: Frank Mitchals, Douglas Medina, Todd W. Jones
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Patent number: 8595762Abstract: In an interactive broadcasting system, television programming may be broadcast with interleaved web content information. The progress in broadcasting the web content information over one or more transports and over one or more channels within those transports, may be monitored to provide a time based indication of what content has been broadcast. In one embodiment, markers may be inserted into the data transmission flow and a method may be utilized to associate a handle with a particular marker. A method may be called which obtains the handle and another method may be utilized to invoke the handle to obtain current information about broadcast transmissions. This information may be used within a broadcast encoder or may be provided to a content provider, for example, through a log-in server.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2011Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Intel CorporationInventor: Ramanathan Ramanathan
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Patent number: 8572670Abstract: To provide a video distribution device which can realize a smooth change of reproduction speed without increasing a data transfer rate from the time of a normal reproduction and decrease a decoding load even when the reproduction speed is changed. The video distribution device which distributes a video content composed of a basic signal and one or more extended signals that are hierarchically configured includes content read-out means for reading out the basic signal and the extended signal in the video content at mutually independent bit rates and reproduction speed change means for changing a content reproduction speed by specifying a read-out bit rate for each signal to the content read-out means.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2009Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: NEC CorporationInventor: Kazuo Asami
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Patent number: 8572656Abstract: A mobile terminal and a method for controlling a broadcast displays information on an interactive service associated with a broadcast program, the information provided prior to displaying the associated broadcast program. The present invention includes a wireless communication unit receiving interactive service information, an input unit selecting an interactive service using the received interactive service information, and a controller scheduling the execution of the selected interactive service.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2008Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Beom Seok Cho, Ki Hoa Nam
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Patent number: 8559635Abstract: A unified system of programming communication. The system encompasses the prior art (television, radio, broadcast hardcopy, computer communications, etc.) and new user specific mass media. Within the unified system, parallel processing computer systems, each having an input (e.g., 77) controlling a plurality of computers (e.g., 205), generate and output user information at receiver stations. Under broadcast control, local computers (73, 205), combine user information selectively into prior art communications to exhibit personalized mass media programming at video monitors (202), speakers (263), printers (221), etc. At intermediate transmission stations (e.g., cable television stations), signals in network broadcasts and from local inputs (74, 77, 97, 98) cause control processors (71) and computers (73) to selectively automate connection and operation of receivers (53), recorder/players (76), computers (73), generators (82), strippers (81), etc.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 1995Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Personalized Media Communications, L.L.C.Inventors: John Christopher Harvey, James William Cuddihy
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Patent number: 8554046Abstract: A system may receive an enhanced media stream that includes media content and interactive content relating to the media content, present the media content for display on a video display device, detect initiation of a trick mode during presentation of the media content, and present information, relating to the interactive content, superimposed on the media content presented for display on the video display device during the trick mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2008Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: D. Beau Morley, Andrew J Afram, Hannah Y Moon
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Patent number: 8555326Abstract: A method, system and apparatus provide for detection by a display device of an idle mode of a remote sender device. Information received from a remote sender device by a display device is monitored during a normal operating mode of operation of the display device to determine whether the remote sender device is not providing primary content for display by the display device, such as might occur during a sleep or idle mode of the remote sender device. If the display device determines that primary content is not being provided by the remote sender device, then the display device acquires alternate content that may be displayed.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2008Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.Inventors: Brant Candelore, Robert N. Blanchard
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Patent number: 8548977Abstract: A computer-related and/or business type method is presented for embedding one or more media hotspots within a digital media file and, in response to interaction from a separate target entity, such as via an associating request, associating one or more resultant actions with the media hotspot(s). In exchange for associating the one or more resultant actions with the media hotspot(s), an interactive media service entity being affiliated with a web site displaying the digital media file and/or a user being affiliated with the digital media file itself is compensated based upon at least one compensation plan.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2012Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Clayco Research Limited Liability CompanyInventor: Leigh Rothschild
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Patent number: 8542621Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for providing and receiving a video service in digital audio broadcasting (DAB) are provided. The method includes inserting a profile ID (identifier) indicating an encoding method used for a provided video service stream and program type information indicating the type of the provided video service stream into a fast information channel (FIC) that is different from a service data channel and multiplexing service data channel including the video service stream and the FIC into a transmission frame for transmission.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2006Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jeong-hoon Park
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Patent number: 8539529Abstract: In some implementations, closed captioning streams of textual data are extracted from video signals received by a client device. The closed captioning streams may be searched for occurrences of textual data in the closed captioning streams that match one or more search terms. When the number of matches between the search terms and a particular closed captioning stream exceeds a threshold number, a notification may be sent indicating that content programming determined to be of interest to a viewer has been located and/or the content programming may be recorded.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventor: David Hendler Sloo
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Patent number: 8528017Abstract: Closed caption (CC) data is carried across a digital interface such as HDMI by a source such as a set top box arrange CC data into a HDMI packet that is then transmitted, along with video packets, across the interface to a sink such as a TV. The CC data is kept in the same format that it was received and the TV's decoder processor processes the packets and renders CC text as if the CC data had been received by the tuner of the TV.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2010Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Robert Noel Blanchard
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Patent number: 8521079Abstract: A service registry for a radio broadcasting system includes a memory for storing information relating to services to be provided over the broadcasting system, a processor coupled to the memory, and a core interface for exchanging messages between the processor and a plurality of users, the processor being programmed to retrieve the information from the memory in response to the messages received on the interface, and to output the retrieved information to an importer. A method of broadcasting and a broadcasting system are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2007Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: iBiquity Digital CorporationInventors: Rodney Burke, Steven Andrew Johnson, Joseph F. D'Angelo
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Patent number: 8505043Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for limiting a content usage authority scope of a client by using metadata in an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service. The method performed by a metadata server adds control information to the metadata and transmits the metadata, wherein the content usage authority scope of the client is defined in the control information. The client of a user limits a content control operation according to a user input by using the control information extracted from the metadata.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2009Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: In-chul Hwang, O-Hoon Kwon, Sung-jin Park, Mun-jo Kim, Eun-hee Rhim, Sung-wook Ahn
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Patent number: 8498628Abstract: A method and system for delivering content to a plurality of devices is provided. In one embodiment, the method may be for delivering content elements of one or more presentations to a device configured to communicate via a wireless data network, wherein the content elements include static content elements, dynamic content elements, and on-demand content elements. The method may comprise delivering to the device, data, such as compilation data, of the content elements included in the one or more presentations; delivering the static content elements to the device via the wireless data network during one or more time periods of increased available wireless data network capacity; delivering the dynamic content elements to the device via the wireless data network substantially according to a schedule; and delivering the on-demand content elements to the device via the wireless data network substantially immediately after a user request for an on-demand content element.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2007Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Iocast LLCInventors: Andrew J. Shapiro, Seth M. Skolnik
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Patent number: 8495674Abstract: A network system provides delivery of customized target content, such as advertising, to individual users. A profile is produced at a home client user having parameters with values associated with the home client user, such as geographic and demographic infonnation. The receiver software at the home client matches the spot content flame for each spot content to the profile of the user to select those spot content units which have a match. These selected spot content units are stored at the home user and are blended into the media stream at the locations of the spot markers to produce an information data stream for the user that is customized for that user. A spot auditor at the home client measures the type and quantity of play back of the spot content received by the home user and this is reported to the spot content provider for measurement of the effectiveness in the distribution of the spot content.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2009Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: Lightningcast, Inc.Inventors: Jayne F. Johnson, G. Thomas DesJardins
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Patent number: 8489887Abstract: Systems and methods for integrating biometric authentication with video conference sessions are described. An individual seeking to participate in a video conference may first be identified with a biometric parameter such as an iris scan based on a comparison of the scanned iris with a database of stored parameters. If authorized, the system may connect the individual to the video session. In addition, the system may generate dynamic tags that allow the participants to identify and locate individuals in the video conference. For example, if one of the participants is speaking and moving within the room, her tag may change color and move with her on the video screen.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2008Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Bank of America CorporationInventors: Kurt D. Newman, Debashis Ghosh, Michael James O'Hagan, David Joa, Timothy J. Bendel
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Patent number: 8490145Abstract: A system and method are described for providing interactive television services and for switching between television programs, such as to an interactive program session from another program. An interactive server, capable of providing requested interactive video services to a set of subscribers in a given geographic area, is coupled to a network to which subscriber set top boxes are also coupled. Television programming, which may be furnished by any number of sources, is accompanied by a signal that indicates the availability of other programming, such as interactive television service related to the program being viewed, as well as information to be used in requesting such service. The user, when notified by this signal, may input to the set top box a request for a second program, such as an interactive program or application. The identity of the original program channel is stored, and a session with the video service provider is established over the network.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2003Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Wayne R. Howe, Fred Thomas Danner, III, John R. Mauney
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Patent number: 8479252Abstract: When electronic mail is arrived while digital broadcasting is being viewed in a portable receiving terminal (2), a process for automatically opening the electronic mail, or a process for opening the electronic mail according to an instruction by a user is to be carried out. In addition, when the process for opening the electronic mail is thus carried out while a video obtained by receiving broadcast is being displayed, a process for switching to a display screen for an electronic mail content (body text) is not carried out. Instead, the video obtained by receiving broadcast is remained displayed, and the content (body text) obtained as a result of opening the electronic mail, too, is displayed by an OSD function within the same screen (liquid crystal display panel 202).Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2004Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Kyocera CorporationInventor: Ko Matsuoka
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Patent number: 8479251Abstract: A client-server architecture synchronizes streaming content with enhancing content via pre-announced triggers. The architecture includes server-based components to generate announcements containing information specifying how and when to receive upcoming triggers that will be transmitted at a later time. The server transmits the announcements to a general broadcast or multicast IP address. Client-based components monitor the IP address to receive and filter the announcements. Selected announcements are stored in a guide database in correlation with the streaming content programs to indicate that the programs are interactive. When a user tunes to an interactive program, the client opens a container HTML page that contains controls to receive the streaming content program and to extract the announcements from the guide database. The latter control monitors the IP address at the times specified in the selected announcements to receive the triggers corresponding to the interactive program.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2004Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: David A. Feinleib, Isaac A. Sheldon
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Patent number: 8458758Abstract: A system and method for controlling closed-captioning at a client device includes a client device and a server device that communicates content to the client device. The server device determines a content type corresponding to the content communicated from the server device to the client device, generates a closed-captioning disable signal and communicates the content type disable signal to the client device. The client device disables the closed-captioning in response to the closed-captioning disable signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2010Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.Inventors: Diem V. Nguyen, Titus Winters, Walter F. Filbrich, Jr., Jonathan Kochel
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Patent number: 8458760Abstract: System and method for providing location data associated with broadcasted media to a display device. In one embodiment, the method may include receiving broadcasted media data over a communication network connection, displaying the received media data on a display device and receiving location data associated with the broadcasted media data. The method may further include displaying a graphical representation of the location data on the display.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2008Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.Inventor: Libiao Jiang
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Patent number: 8451380Abstract: A method for use with content includes analyzing a sequence of frames of the content, determining whether an area exists in a scene depicted by the sequence of frames where additional content such as advertising can be inserted without obstructing activity in the scene, for any such area, determining an amount of time that the area is available when the sequence of frames is being played, and for any such area, determining a size of the area. A storage medium storing a computer program for causing a processor based system to execute these steps and an apparatus for use with content are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2007Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment America LLCInventor: Gary M. Zalewski
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Patent number: 8448184Abstract: A method of and an apparatus are provided for signaling a transmission code set in data broadcasting. A client using the transmission code set signaling method includes a demultiplexer demultiplexing a packetized elementary stream (PES) packet corresponding to a program selected by a user from the broadcasting stream received by the system interface, an image decoder decoding the demultiplexed PES for images, a sound decoder decoding the demultiplexed PES for sound, and a CPU fetching information about a transmission code set of a character string used in an object carousel message from the demultiplexed message PES and decoding the character string used in the object carousel message based on the fetched information about the transmission code set.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2010Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Doh-hyeong Lee, Glenn A. Adams, Kwang-kee Lee
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Patent number: 8442125Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and computer program products provide social and interactive applications for mass media based on real time ambient-audio and/or video identification. In some implementations, a method includes: receiving descriptors identifying ambient audio associated with a media broadcast; comparing the descriptors to one or more reference descriptors; and determining a rating for the media broadcast based at least in part on the results of the comparison.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2006Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Michele Covell, Shumeet Baluja, Michael Fink
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Patent number: 8437601Abstract: A method of reproducing one interactive graphics stream among one or more interactive graphics streams from an information storage medium, via a reproduction apparatus providing a visual display of interactive graphics, including obtaining attribute information in a player status register in the reproducing apparatus, and reading and reproducing one of the interactive graphics streams corresponding to the obtained attribute information among one or more interactive graphics streams from the information storage medium, the one interactive graphics stream being used to control reproduction of audio-visual data and being reproduced with the audio-visual data. With the method, text information written in a variety of languages and data shared by those languages are multiplexed and stored in one menu stream such that data is not redundantly stored and less storage space is wasted.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2008Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung-wook Park, Seong-jin Moon
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Patent number: 8438592Abstract: Methods and devices for alerting users to live programming on digital television broadcast receiver devices provide an on-screen object revealing a content item broadcast in an overhead flow portion of a broadcast signal. Information regarding programs available on other channels or content flows may be presented in a portion of the display screen. A variety of user touch gestures may be recognized on a touchscreen-equipped digital television receiver to enable users to respond to promotion messages. Users may use touch gestures to request a next promotion message, request further details regarding a promotion, discontinue promotion displays, and select a promoted program. Digital broadcast television systems may be configured to transmit promotion messages within the overhead flow in response to developments in broadcast content, special messages received from content providers, and the programs currently being broadcast.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2009Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventor: Allen W. Smith
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Patent number: 8436891Abstract: A viewer may directly interact with a 3D object that is virtually placed in a physical location in a video scene. Initially, the object appears as an integral part of the original video scene and does not interfere with the general viewer's experience of the program. A viewer may initiate interaction with the object using an input device. An interested viewer may navigate through the object's architecture based on the viewer's interest. For example, the viewer may drag the object to a new physical insertion point in the scene. The user may rotate the 3D object into different orientations and zoom in. Each orientation of the object, if selected by the viewer, may invoke a new linked object in the predefined architecture. For example, the viewer may walk through the linked objects in the predefined architecture or observe an object at an increasing level of detail.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2009Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Smadar Gefen, Gregory House, Jay Digiovanni
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Patent number: 8424052Abstract: System and methods for finding and accessing desired audio content from audio content sources, including means and methods for extracting captions from a broadcast; aggregating the captions in a database; indexing the database content; searching the captions for a mention of at least one target; analyzing the results for desired content; indexing into the database to extract the desired content; thereby providing a method for quickly finding and accessing desired audio and video content from a large number of sources.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Inventor: Samir Abed
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Patent number: 8424035Abstract: Enhanced television broadcasts including triggers with expires attributes may be utilized in a variety of situations where the expires attribute may adversely affect the utilization of the trigger. For example, in situations where the broadcast is recorded, playback may be enabled even after the trigger expiration. Similarly, local affiliates or FNOCs may rebroadcast enhanced television content by adjusting the expires attributes of the original trigger.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Intel CorporationInventor: Jim B. Estipona
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Patent number: 8413190Abstract: The present invention relates to a television receiver having a display to indicate a banner thereon, and a controller to adjust a position of the banner on the display. Further, the controller is capable of adjusting the position of the banner on the display according to television program information received.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2009Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kazuhiro Otani
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Patent number: 8413206Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for enabling viewers to participate in a television program. In one aspect, a method includes transmitting a linear television program that includes a request for viewer responses to be submitted using a user device and receiving, through a communication network, an electronic message including a viewer response to the request from a user. Consideration is received from the user, and the consideration is associated with the viewer response. Credits are allocated to the user in response to receiving the viewer response and consideration. A record of the one or more credits is stored in association with an identifier of the user, and in response to a request from the user, credits associated with the identifier of the user are redeemed in exchange for virtual goods or services associated with delivery of content over a network.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2012Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Youtoo Technologies, LLCInventors: Christopher W. Wyatt, Mark A. Harwell, Ryland M. Reed
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Patent number: 8407744Abstract: A system may include logic to provide a video program to a video display, logic to provide interactive content to indicate that a snapshot of the video program can be captured, and snapshot capturing logic to capture a video frame of the video program.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2007Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Hannah Y. Moon, D. Beau Morley, Alexander N. Zaenchik
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Patent number: 8401900Abstract: A computer readable medium is disclosed containing a computer program including but not limited to computer executable instructions that when executed by a computer are useful in performing a method for presenting advertising data, the method including but not limited to sensing current trick-play command data at an end user device; updating trick-play trend data for the end user device based on the current trick-play command data; and adjusting a number of advertising data items in an advertising data buffer presented at the end user device based on the trick-play trend data. A system is disclosed useful for performing the method. A data structure is disclosed for containing data used by the system and method.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2008Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LPInventors: James L. Cansler, Charles Scott, Scott White
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Patent number: 8395707Abstract: A unified system of programming communication. The system encompasses the prior art (television, radio, broadcast hardcopy, computer communications, etc.) and new user specific mass media. Within the unified system, parallel processing computer systems, each having an input (e.g., 77) controlling a plurality of computers (e.g., 205), generate and output user information at receiver stations. Under broadcast control, local computers (73, 205), combine user information selectively into prior art communications to exhibit personalized mass media programming at video monitors (202), speakers (263), printers (221), etc. At intermediate transmission stations (e.g., cable television stations), signals in network broadcasts and from local inputs (74, 77, 97, 98) cause control processors (71) and computers (73) to selectively automate connection and operation of receivers (53), recorder/players (76), computers (73), generators (82), strippers (81), etc.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1995Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Personalized Media Communications LLCInventors: John Christopher Harvey, James William Cuddihy
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Patent number: 8391773Abstract: A handheld electronic device for use at a venue hosting a live sporting event, having a receiver for receiving a wireless RF transmission conveying a plurality of video streams derived from video cameras filming the live sporting event, a display and a user interface for selecting a video stream among the plurality of video streams to be displayed on the display. The handheld electronic device is capable to acquire a locked mode of operation and an unlocked mode of operation, in the locked mode of operation the handheld electronic device being precluded from displaying the video streams to a spectator, in the unlocked mode of operation the handheld electronic device being enabled to display the video streams to the spectator, the handheld electronic device capable to acquire the unlocked mode of operation in response to reception of authentication data wirelessly transmitted to the handheld electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2006Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Kangaroo Media, Inc.Inventors: Marc Arseneau, Alain Charette, Jean Arseneau, Stéphane Blain, Robert Tardif
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Patent number: 8392958Abstract: [Object] To make it possible for the reception side to carry out an optimum process for an image signal (image data) depending upon the type of a content. [Solving Means] An AV system 40 composed of an HD recorder 41 and a display unit 42 uses a communication interface of the HDMI. An HDMI source 53 of the HD recorder 41 transmits image data (image signal) in the form of differential signals to an HDMI sink 61 of the display unit 42 through three TMDS channels. The HDMI source 53 inserts content identification information for the identification of the type of a content of image data to be transmitted into an AVI InfoFrame packet placed in a blanking period. A control section 64 of the display unit 42 controls operation of a display processing section 62 which carries out a process for displaying for the image data based on the content identification information (ITC, CT1 and CT0) received by the HDMI sink 61 and a display section 63 for displaying an image.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2007Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Toshihide Hayashi, Masayuki Tsumura, Koki Tsumori, Katsuhiro Shimizu, Ban Kawamura
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Patent number: 8387101Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing an interactive service and a method and apparatus for performing communication are provided. An Open Cable Application Platform (OCAP) application may be directly executed in at least one broadcasting receiving apparatus by determining whether an application for providing the interactive service is independently executable using middleware installed in the broadcasting receiving apparatus and selectively requesting a set-top box to provide data needed for executing the application based on the determination result.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2008Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jong-rip Lee, Ye-youl Lee, Min-gyu Lee, Hyung-chan Kim, Si-cheol Kim
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Patent number: 8374845Abstract: A word coinciding with a key word input by speech and a word related to the word are set as retrieval candidate words based on a word dictionary in which words representing formal names and aliases of the formal names are registered in association with a family attribute indicating a familiar relation among the words. Content related to any one of retrieval words selected out of the retrieval candidate words and a word related to the retrieval word is retrieved.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2008Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Miwako Doi, Kaoru Suzuki, Toshiyuki Koga, Koichi Yamamoto
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Patent number: 8370892Abstract: An interactive method includes receiving background video including a multiplicity of video frames, at least one of the multiplicity of video frames include a plurality of sub-pictures, each of the plurality of sub-pictures representing an alternative background (1200), and switching between a first sub-picture of the plurality of sub-pictures and a second sub-picture of the plurality of sub-pictures (1210).Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2010Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: NDS LimitedInventors: Ian R. Shelton, Michael B Costello, Ronnie Israel Dan, Nicholas Thexton, Nicholas Ashton Hall, James Geoffrey Walker, Stuart P Ashby, Neil Cormican, Rahul Chakkara
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Patent number: 8369690Abstract: AVClip recorded in BD-ROM is obtained by multiplexing a graphics stream and a video stream. The graphics stream is a PES packet sequence that includes 1) PES packets storing graphics data (ODS) and 2) PES packets storing control information (PCS). In each ODS, values of DTS and PTS indicate a timing of decoding start for corresponding graphics data, and a timing of decoding end for corresponding graphics data, respectively. In each PCS, a value of PTS indicates a display timing of corresponding decoded graphics data combined with the video stream.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2009Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Joseph McCrossan, Tomoyuki Okada, Kazuhiro Mochinaga
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Patent number: 8365238Abstract: The vertical blanking period is an idle period in video transmission that was originally intended for allowing the trace back of an electron beam to its point of origin. When sending the video signal over a wireless channel, the wireless channel may remain free of transmission of data during this period. However, in wireless transmission of a video signal in general, and in the transmission of an essentially uncompressed video signal in particular, there is a need to use all the bandwidth available, especially when transmitting a high-definition video signal. Therefore, a method is taught for using the vertical blanking period of a video signal for modem maintenance.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2007Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Amimon LtdInventors: Zvi Reznic, Nathan Elnathan, Meir Feder, Shay Freundlich
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Patent number: RE43988Abstract: A device for provisioning, retrieving, and using data guide information transmitted in a digital broadcast signal is disclosed. A receiver receives the digital broadcast signal which includes digital television programming packets multiplexed with data packets and thereafter routes the received signal to a demodulator. The demodulator provides a demodulated signal to a detector which identifies data packets contained therein. A processor then determines the types of data in the data packets, as well as the respective channels on which the identified types of data are transmitted. The processor prepares a menu for a display screen enabling a user to select the channel of interest, and enables the user to be connected accordingly.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2011Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Tom L. Sorensen