User Customization Of Display Content Patents (Class 725/47)
  • Patent number: 8528033
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing subscription data are described. Subscription data may be received from a subscription data source. The video content may be provided for presentation. A determination may be made of whether the subscription data is contextually relevant to the video content. The subscription data may be provided for presentation in accordance with the determination and the providing of the video content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Mary McCarthy, Roland Noll, Bryan M. Cardenas
  • Patent number: 8522279
    Abstract: An image display device and a method for operating the same is disclosed. The method of controlling the display device may include displaying a video on the display received through a channel of a broadcast signal tuned by a tuner or over a network. The first and second multifunctional menu screens may be configured to include at least one of a first card object configured to display a scaled image of the video, a second card object that includes at least one link to tune to one or more channels of the broadcast signal or the network, or a third card object that includes at least one link for connecting to a content provider or to a storage device, wherein the first multifunctional menu screen is configured to be different than the second multifunctional menu screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Sangseok Lee
  • Patent number: 8522280
    Abstract: A client device includes a display control unit for setting a current time line indicating a current time on the display screen to divide the display screen into a fixed region and a moving region across the current time line as boundary, for moving a program object set in the moving region toward the current time line at a predetermined speed to set, among program information contained in the EPG data obtained by the EPG data obtaining unit, a program object describing therein program identification information contained in the program information on certain program information whose program start time is earlier than a current time, which is contained in the program information, at a position reaching the current time line in the moving region when the program start time comes, and for, when the program object reaches the current time line, shifting the program object to the fixed region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Mamoru Tokashiki, Fujio Nobori
  • Patent number: 8516087
    Abstract: In one embodiment a method is disclosed for interacting with a controllable device in an internet protocol television (IPTV) system. The method receives at a control server, device state data for the controllable device from a first client device in the IPTV network; accesses user interface (UI) data from a database accessible to the control server; reflects the device state data in the UI data at the control server; and sends the UI data from an IPTV server to the first client device. In another embodiment a system is disclosed for interacting with a controllable device in an internet protocol television (IPTV) system. The system receives at a control server, device state data for the controllable device from a first client device in the IPTV network; accesses user interface (UI) data from a database at the control server; reflects the device state data in the UI at the control server; and sends the UI from an IPTV server to the first client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Brian B. Wilson, Carlton L. Brownfield, Mark B. Hubacher, Jason E. Savard, Mari S. Wul
  • Patent number: 8516523
    Abstract: A second set of broadcasted programs is added to a first set of broadcasted programs. The second set of broadcasted programs includes broadcasted programs viewed by a viewer for a period of time at least equal to a first threshold. A third set of broadcasted programs is removed from the first set of broadcasted programs. The third set of broadcasted programs includes broadcasted programs not viewed by a viewer for a period of time at least equal to a second threshold. In one embodiment, a fourth set of broadcasted programs selected by the viewer is added to the first set of broadcasted programs. In one embodiment, the first threshold and the second threshold are updated upon the viewer indicating dissatisfaction. In one embodiment, the first threshold and the second threshold are updated upon the viewer returning to a schedule list more than a predetermined number of times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: JLB Ventures LLC
    Inventor: Yakov Kamen
  • Patent number: 8516520
    Abstract: A television viewer interface system provides a viewer interface that allows the viewer to access different functions of a system. Information is presented in a successive disclosure format where the user navigates through menus by moving the highlight bar to the right to obtain more information or to the left to see less information and return to the previous location. A banner is displayed in the upper region of the screen and the user can rotate through three different levels of banners, each successively containing more information about the program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: TiVo Inc.
    Inventors: Howard Look, Robert Vallone, David Avraham Brown, Karen Bedard, Wijnand Van Stam, Ain McKendrick
  • Patent number: 8516518
    Abstract: A video client receives an advertising map over a subscription multimedia network, where the advertising map includes a schedule of default advertisements during a programming break and indications of available alternate advertisements. The video client provides, for display to a user, indicators for the schedule of default advertisements and receives user input to alter the schedule of default advertisements. The video client retrieves advertising content for the altered schedule and presents, on the display and during the programming break, the advertising content for the altered schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Yuriy Bolyukh, Dolapo Kukoyi, Armando Stettner, Aamer Charania
  • Patent number: 8516521
    Abstract: A method may include providing a live, interactive program or information associated with the live, interactive program on a video display device; and providing a live interactive content icon on the video display device when a current time is before an end time of the live, interactive program, the live interactive content icon indicating that live interactive content is available for the live, interactive program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Mousumi Dasgupta
  • Publication number: 20130212617
    Abstract: One embodiment provides an electronic apparatus including: a scanning module configured to perform a scanning process to scan broadcast waves including channel information of broadcast channels; a memory configured to store setting information including the channel information obtained by the scanning process; a transmission module configured to transmit the setting information stored in the memory, to an external server through a network; a reception module configured to receive program information specified by the server based on the channel information included in the setting information; and a display control module configured to make control to display a first program guide based on the program information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
  • Patent number: 8510779
    Abstract: A system, method and software program is provided for creating and implementing self-contained mini-applications that store, retrieve and display data and allow user interaction in a constrained computing environment such as a set-top box used in the delivery of digital television. The system, method and software program of the present invention, also known as “TV widgets” allows users to personalize data and facilitate the access of such data with a click of a button from a remote control unit. The TV widgets include a myriad of widgets of which some are, “My 8 ball”, a widget that recommends television programming to a viewer, “My TV search” for searching specific television programs, “My Weather”, “My Yellow Pages”, “Smart Navigation”, “Instant Messaging with Smart User Interface”, as well as others. A TV widget framework provides user interface context for launching and managing the widgets, in addition, it maintains a library code that implements the TV widget components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Fourthwall Media, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis P. Slothouber, Aaron Yong Ye
  • Patent number: 8504711
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for integrating web services into a content item are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving a request for web services from a publisher, retrieving the web services file that corresponds to the web services requested from the location provided, identifying the web services contained in the web services file, retrieving a content item from the publisher, integrating the content item and the web services defined by the web services file to create augmented content, receiving a request for augmented content, and providing the augmented content. Other implementations of this aspect include corresponding systems, apparatus, and computer program products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Eric M. Lunt
  • Patent number: 8505051
    Abstract: A method for outputting content information and a display apparatus enabling the same are disclosed. The method for outputting contents information of a display apparatus includes identifying whether predetermined contents are series or single, generating a content information display object according to the result of the identification, and outputting the content information display object in a display screen, wherein a content information display object corresponding to the series contents is different from a content information display object corresponding to the single contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sae Hun Jang, Ji Hea Kim, Jae Hee Shim, Uni Young Kim, Hyung Nam Lee
  • Patent number: 8495693
    Abstract: Systems and methods may provide for control of one or more feeds of a multi-feed channel. Such control may implement functions such as pausing, playing, rewinding, fast forwarding, slowing, replaying and zooming. The control may be selectively applied to the feeds so that one, selected ones or all of the feeds are controlled. Thus, implementations may allow a user to selectively interact with video feeds, as well as corresponding audio feeds, while viewing the multi-feed channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C
    Inventor: David Christopher St. John-Larkin
  • Patent number: 8488058
    Abstract: A method for setting a frame rate conversion (FRC) and a display apparatus using the same are provided. According to a method for setting FRC, an FRC level is received from a user; and a motion estimation and motion compensation level when performing FRC is set according to the input FRC level. Therefore, a user may set the FRC level according to the user's preference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jeong-woo Kang
  • Patent number: 8489692
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, computer readable medium, and system are provided for associating content with a conference. A viewer of content may elect to partake in a conference and may select one or more options associated with the conference. The viewer may be authenticated and billed based on the viewer's participation in the conference. The viewer may be assigned to a conference group based on a location of the viewer and/or the viewer's selections of conference options. A lookup may be performed to determine conference parameters, comprising one or more of a terminal identifier associated with the viewer, a conference code identifier and a participant code. A conference setup message may be transmitted to one or more of a switch and a customer premise equipment device (CPE) based on the conference parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher J. Kennedy
  • Patent number: 8490134
    Abstract: Moving program cells with advertisement cells on a displayed electronic guide using different scrolling schemes is provided. An advertisement cell may be moved based on the movement of program cells during a first time interval. The advertisement cell may be kept stationary during a second time interval in which the program cells scroll and subsequently moved upon expiration of the second time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Cumnor Technologies LLC
    Inventors: George Gerba, Michael R. Nichols
  • Patent number: 8490136
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided to inform a user of a broadcast stream, which has multiple, concurrently received channels of program content, about recommendations of a subset of the content currently playing across the available channels or to be played within a selected future time period. The subset of content is selected based on user preferences and system data (e.g., program topic and channel affinities among the broadcast content and channels) to recommend a more diverse subset of content than would be discovered if only user preferences were employed to make the selection of recommended content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Sirius XM Radio Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart Cox, Michael A. Barton
  • Patent number: 8479232
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a method for scheduling a broadcast using the same. The broadcast scheduling method includes generating a program information table, in which broadcast information is arranged, if a broadcast program selected by a user in the program information table is moved into an area adjacent to an icon, displaying the broadcast program being added to an item folder, and scheduling the broadcast program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won-il Kim, Yong-hwan Kwon, Joon-hwan Kim, Heui-jin Kwon, Chang-soo Lee, Jeong-yeon Lee, Victor Szilagyi
  • Patent number: 8479233
    Abstract: An interactive television program guide is provided. The interactive television program guide provides a user with the opportunity to select a language for playing television programming and displaying program guide text. Television program audio in the desired language may be obtained from a SAP or digital audio track and played in the selected language. Television related information in the desired language may be obtained from a digital track. If television program audio or related information is not provided in the selected language, the program guide may use a default language. The program guide may coordinate program guide display screen text with languages available for television programs when the programs are broadcast to users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: United Video Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Ellis, W. Benjamin Herrington, Steven C. Williamson, Kevin B. Easterbrook, Joshua A. Rosenthol, David M. Rudnick
  • Patent number: 8479231
    Abstract: Provided is a program reception terminal that can more kindly remind the user of the existence of a forgot-to-view program. The program reception terminal comprises: a want-to-view program identifying unit 149 that identifies a want-to-view program of a viewer based on the viewing history; a not-yet-viewed program extracting unit 301 that extracts not-yet-viewed programs; a forgot-to-view program determining unit 148 that searches whether there is a want-to-view program in the not-yet-viewed programs and that determines the program found out by the searching as the forgot-to-view program; a related program determining unit 154 that determines whether a related program identified from the forgot-to-view program based on a predetermined rule exists in a program group in a predetermined period later than the predetermined time; and a program guide display control unit 144 that displays the existence of the forgot-to-view program if the related program exists.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiki Yamamoto, Kazutaka Nishio
  • Patent number: 8473628
    Abstract: In general, in one aspect, streams associated with a playlist are received from a server. The playlist includes an ordering of streams that are queued for client-side playback from the server according to the ordering. Information associated with the receipt and playback of at least one of the streams is accessed. The client-side application requests to alter the streams of the playlist in response to the accessed information. The request identifies a desired playlist alteration and includes information that controls the playlist alteration. The streams of the playlist are displayed according to a playlist alteration made in response to the request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Abhinav Kapoor, Kevin Streeter, Asa Whillock
  • Patent number: 8473981
    Abstract: A metadata augmentation system trains individual classifiers associated with digital objects, such as digital videos. Textual features of the classifiers determined to be significant from the weights of the classifier are chosen to be added to the video as metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Ullas Gargi
  • Patent number: 8473979
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide for displaying an electronic program guide (EPG) on a display generated by a set top box (STB) or other television receiver. The electronic program guide is presented in at least a portion of the display. A resize indicator is also provided on the display so that viewer inputs corresponding to the resize indicator can be received. The size of the electronic program guide presented on the display can be adjusted in response to the viewer input corresponding to the resize indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
    Inventors: James Matthew White, Matthew Coburn, Luke Vanduyn, Karen Michelle Taxier, Daniel L. Rudolph
  • Patent number: 8473983
    Abstract: A method and apparatus to process customized recording contents includes generating customized replay control information at a time of recording contents. The method also includes extracting broadcasting-associated additional information from a broadcasting stream, extracting user interaction information by matching the extracted additional information with one or more viewing preferences of a user, selectively parsing the broadcasting stream according to the user interaction information to generate stream parsing information, and generating replay control information corresponding to the broadcasting stream based on the user interaction information and stream parsing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong-seok Park, Ju-hee Seo, Seong-hun Jeong
  • Publication number: 20130152129
    Abstract: A method of populating a series of tiles of an interactive user interface with information is disclosed. The interactive user interface is in a form of a visual display of a representation of an object having a surface contour, and the method includes the step of populating the tiles such that information of greater priority is initially populated in tiles that are most prominently displayed on the object and information of lesser priority is initially populated in tiles that are less prominently displayed on the object. Apparatus and a computer readable storage medium for performing the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: MOTOROLA MOBILITY, INC.
    Inventors: William P. Alberth, Geoffrey S. Roman, Dean E. Thorson
  • Patent number: 8464293
    Abstract: A method and system of selecting assets for display in an interactive media guidance application includes receiving a user input indicating interest in a media item; generating a list of media assets related to the media item, selecting, based on priority rules, a subset of the media assets to display in an interactive media guidance application, and displaying an identifier for each of the subset of media assets in the interactive media guidance application screen. The priority rules may assign a first priority to one type of media asset and a second priority to a second type of media asset, and may be based on: whether the media asset has been viewed, and a respective time associated with the media asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Carr, Charles White, Gerard Kunkel, Kyle Aaron
  • Patent number: 8464289
    Abstract: A system and method of delivering personalized media items to users of an interactive television is disclosed. The system comprises a television terminal, a computing device and a remote control device. The system stores a personal profile for each of its users. Personal mobile devices associated with the users are connected wirelessly to the computing device. Identities of the users may be transmitted from the personal mobile devices to the computing device. Media items are selected based upon the personal profiles according to a predetermined algorithm. Media items may be displayed using scrolling tickers on the television terminal. In one embodiment, a detailed content of a selected media item may be delivered either on the television terminal or on a display of one of the personal mobile device. In another embodiment, scrolling tickers may also be displayed on displays of the personal mobile devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Inventor: Yang Pan
  • Patent number: 8464292
    Abstract: A system is configured to: receive identification information from a client device; identify a corresponding profile based on the identification information, where the corresponding profile is one of user profiles, device profiles, or generic profiles; generate a personalized television guide based on the corresponding profile, and transmit the personalized television guide to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Hong (Jeff) Xiao, Andre R. Turner, Dongchen Wang, Rahul Khushoo
  • Patent number: 8464294
    Abstract: A method, terminal, and system for playing programs are disclosed. The method includes: creating virtual channels corresponding to keywords in a keyword list according to the keywords, and using the virtual channels to form a virtual channel list; identifying programs inclusive of the keywords among received programs; using the programs inclusive of the keywords to generate a playlist of the virtual channels corresponding to the keywords according to a preset playlist generation rule; and playing the programs in the playlist. Through the present disclosure, the same type of BTV programs that match a keyword on different channels are scheduled together, the required operations of pressing keys are reduced, and the user experience is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dawei Yu, Zhikun Guo, Yaosheng Lin, Yu Tan
  • Patent number: 8453192
    Abstract: A system may include a set-top box to detect a trigger and capture a first snapshot from a first television channel in response to detecting the trigger and based on a set of slideshow configuration parameters. The system may further provide the first snapshot to a display as a part of a television slideshow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Syed Zafar Beyabani
  • Patent number: 8453175
    Abstract: The multimedia content presentation system and method includes a preparation component, a deployment component, an interface component and a metrics component. Multimedia content assets and targeted advertising are placed by the preparation component with a hierarchal N×M matrix of display cells. The deployment component uses conventional transmission networks, such as the Internet, broadband cable and wireless phone systems to transmit to the interface component a configuration file defining a matrix of display tiles. The interface component presents and navigates the user through a hierarchy of display palettes, multimedia assets and targeted advertisements on a variety of platforms, such as televisions, personal computers, personal digital assistants and cell phones. The interface component further collects usage data and provides the data to the metrics component for use by the preparation component and the deployment component for targeted content and advertisements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Eat.tv, LLC
    Inventors: Duane M. Reid, James P. Theberge, Noel J. Rubin
  • Patent number: 8448208
    Abstract: A user interface allows for blending of television program choices from which a viewer may select, the blending representing options for linear and non-linear programming presented together within a single hierarchy of a designated category. The blending may further include managed content relevant to the designated category, where desired. Such designated categories may include television programming categories and/or content categories. The options for linear and non-linear programming may be presented together within a single screen of the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: TVWorks, LLC
    Inventors: Samuel Moreau, Donald Ahrens, Georgia Gibbs, John Carney, David de Andrade
  • Patent number: 8448209
    Abstract: A system and method for utilizing data stored in an EPG database for modifying advertisement information. In this way, a service provider and/or an advertiser can transmit a single advertisement to all the television stations regardless of their geographic location and other user specific information, and need not re-transmit the advertisement even if there is a change in the show's program description. When the advertisement is displayed, the correct updated information is retrieved from the EPG database and inserted into the advertisement. In one aspect, the present invention describes a method for modifying an advertisement in an EPG comprising the steps of: storing television schedule information in a first database; storing advertisement information in a second database; incorporating a portion of the television schedule information into a portion of the advertisement information to form a modified advertisement; and displaying the modified advertisement on a screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Gemstar Development Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas E. Ward, III, Kenneth Hancock, Douglas B. Macrae
  • Patent number: 8448207
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing an interactive service during a broadcast service includes a transmitting element and a processing element. The transmitting element is capable of communicating broadcast content of the broadcast service to a plurality of receiving terminals. The processing element is configured to at least partially control the transmitting element. The processing element is configured to communicate with a network device in order to request a program specific group for communication of the interactive service to a receiving terminal that is a member of the program specific group. The interactive service is communicated to the receiving terminal that is a member of the program specific group with reception of the broadcast service. The content associated with the interactive service originates from the receiving terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Francesco Balestrieri
  • Patent number: 8434109
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a managing unit that manages a scale calculated based on descriptions of an operation performed on a predetermined item and a series to which the item belongs in association with each other, a first extracting unit that extracts items belonging to the same series as top N series, obtained by sorting the scales, from among a plurality of items, a taste managing unit that manages taste of a user, a second extracting unit that calculates the degree of similarity between the taste managed by the taste managing unit and each item to extract items with higher degrees of similarity, and a recommending unit that recommends a predetermined number of items among the items extracted by the first extracting unit and the items extracted by the second extracting unit to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Kamimaeda, Hiroyuki Masuda, Tomohiro Tsunoda
  • Patent number: 8429688
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a broadcast programming guide. Based on either designation by or a habit of a user, a programming guide comprising one or more favorite channels of the user is created by a microcomputer of a receiver. The programming guide comprises programming information. Preferably, the programming information is obtained from one or more external sources. The programming guide preferably also comprises one or more suggested channels based on the favorite channels. The programming guide is presented to the user when the receiver is powered on or when the programming guide is requested by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Edward Michael Silver, Linda Ann Roberts
  • Patent number: 8424039
    Abstract: The invention concerns user profiles associated with terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Emmanuel Marilly, Gérard Delegue
  • Patent number: 8418182
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling a scheduling order per category is disclosed. A scheduling order can be designated for the delivery and playback of multimedia content (e.g., music, news, other audio, advertising, etc) with respect to particular slots within the scheduling order. The scheduling order can be configured to include a forward order per category or a reverse order per category with respect to the playback of the multimedia content in order to control the scheduling order for the eventual airplay of the multimedia content over a radio station or network of associated radio stations. A reverse scheduling technique provides an ideal rotation of songs when a pre-programmed show interferes with a normal rotation. Any rotational compromises can be buried in off-peak audience listening hours of the programming day using the disclosed reverse scheduling technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Clear Channel Managment Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Nigel Attwell
  • Patent number: 8413192
    Abstract: A multifunction video navigation display is achieved without adding an extra load onto hardware or software of a viewing apparatus. In such a video content viewing apparatus, a memory unit acquires video contents and metadata to execute video navigation functions from an external server and stores them, a metadata analysis unit verifies completeness of the acquired metadata and corrects/complements an incomplete portion of the metadata, and a navigation unit executes the selected video navigation function according to an analysis result provided from the metadata analysis unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Kato, Jyunichi Kimura, Minako Toba
  • Patent number: 8413190
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Otani
  • Patent number: 8402488
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing custom video mosaic pages are provided. The custom pages may be locally-generated, remotely-generated, or partially locally-generated and partially remotely-generated. The custom pages may include local content, such as content recorded to a digital video recorder (DVR), overlaid on a multi-video composite feed. A local compositing system may render the mosaic pages and dynamically customize the pages based on user profile data, user preferences, and active user monitoring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc
    Inventor: Michael L. Craner
  • Patent number: 8402489
    Abstract: To make it possible for a user to smoothly find content which satisfies the user's current taste without the need to carry out a troublesome input operation. Each of the content reproduction devices reproduces a content selected from among one or more reproduction object contents according to designation by the user. The content presentation assistance server analyzes, for every user attribute, relevance of one or more symbols relevant to each of the contents reproduced according to the designation of the user having that user attribute, and sends an analyzed result to the content reproduction used by the user having user attribute relevant to that analyzed result. Each of the content reproduction devices acquires, for the content, one or more relevant symbols, and displays content relevance information which describes the relevance of the reproduction object contents based on the symbols and the analyzed result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.
    Inventors: Takayuki Ishida, Hirotoshi Maegawa
  • Publication number: 20130067519
    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed that allow a user to efficiently navigate media selections in an interactive media guidance application and easily identify media for viewing. The disclosed methods and systems provide an environment wherein video assets are displayed according to a user preference on a mosaic page with multiple cells. A subset of the assets appropriate for display in a particular cell is determined based on the user preference. Relevance scores of the assets meeting the user preference are computed, and the asset having the greatest relevance for the user is selected and displayed the corresponding cell. The relevance scores can be computed based on the user's historic viewing habits, user interaction with a media guidance application, or on specific user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC.
    Inventor: UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC.
  • Patent number: 8397260
    Abstract: This display includes a control portion controlling a selected screen portion to display a program other than a program displayed on a nonselected screen portion if a program subsequently displayed on the selected screen portion and the program displayed on the nonselected screen portion are identical to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takafumi Adachi
  • Patent number: 8397262
    Abstract: Systems and methods provide for graphically providing features on a set top box (STB) or other television receiver in response to viewer instructions received from a remote control. Imagery including various tiles each corresponding to one of the provided features is presented on the display. A two-dimensional input is received from the remote control that indicates a selected one of the plurality of tiles, and, in response to the received two-dimensional input, the feature associated with the selected tile is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
    Inventors: James Matthew White, Luke Vanduyn, Matthew Coburn, Karen Michelle Taxier, Daniel L. Rudolph
  • Patent number: 8387083
    Abstract: Monitoring one or more media content channels is disclosed. Monitoring includes receiving one or more search criteria associated with desired media content, receiving channel data associated with media content being broadcast via a channel, detecting a match between at least one of the search criteria and the channel data, and providing a notification of the detected match.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventor: Rithesh R. Prasad
  • Patent number: 8386304
    Abstract: A environment of server and client systems for revenue generation, where a component is provided for broadcasters to broadcast and/or transmit programming, and where advertisers can create advertisement, and bid for advertising time on the transmitted programming. Advertisers are empowered by the network's ability to perform targeted advertising and/or product placement base on viewer attribute, programming content, and other criteria collected by the environment. Broadcasters are empowered by the network's ability to produce relatively high conversion rate using an viewer interface allowing enabling viewers to perform click-to-buy, click-to-send-lead, and/or click-to-send information, without much disruption to viewing of the transmitted programming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Inventors: Yu Chen, Ramin Rahbari
  • Patent number: 8387087
    Abstract: A system and method for applying a database to video multimedia is disclosed. Certain embodiments provide media content owners the capability to exploit video processing capabilities using rich, interactive and compelling visual content on a network. Mechanisms of associating video with commerce offerings are provided. Video server and search server technologies are integrated with ad serving personalization agents to make the final presentations of content and advertising. Algorithms utilized by the system use a variety of techniques for making the final presentation decisions of which ads, with which content, are served to which user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Virage, Inc.
    Inventors: David Girouard, Bradley Horowitz, Richard Humphrey, Charles Fuller
  • Patent number: 8387093
    Abstract: A media recommendation system gathers negative user feedback associated with media content. Based on the gathered feedback, the media recommendation system extracts a list of recommended media content from program data describing available media content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Danker, Peter T. Barrett
  • Publication number: 20130047187
    Abstract: An exemplary method includes a media content presentation system detecting an access event initiated by a user and performed by a media content processing subsystem with respect to a media content program during a time period associated with a provider-scheduled presentation of the media content program, identifying a programming block of which the media content program is a part, determining that the user has failed to direct the media content processing subsystem to perform an additional access event with respect to one or more additional media content programs that are also a part of the programming block during a time period associated with a provider-scheduled presentation of the one or more additional media content programs, and facilitating, in response to the determining, access by the user to the one or more additional media content programs included in the programming block. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.
    Inventors: Kristopher T. Frazier, Brian F. Roberts