| British Broadcasting Corporation Patent applications |
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| 20110293196 | PICTURE ENCODING AND DECODING - Video is encoded by applying a vertically and horizontally separable transform to provide a block of transform coefficients; and quantising the transform coefficients. Prior to quantisation, a filtering operation is performed on the block of transform coefficients, the filtering operation applying a rotation to pairs of coefficients in the block. Each pair of coefficients may be symmetrically positioned with respect to the leading diagonal of the block. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110239249 | Surfacing On-Demand Television Content - A television receiver apparatus is described. The television receiver apparatus comprises an input interface arranged to receive commands from a user, a communication interface arranged to send and receive data over a one-to-one communication network, a broadcast receiver arranged to receive data sent over a broadcast network, a display interface arranged to connect to a display device, and a processor. The processor controls the display device to display an electronic programme guide comprising a schedule of programmes being broadcast and to be broadcast. The processor receives a selection of a programme displayed in the electronic programme guide and a command to find additional episodes of the programme, generates a list of additional episodes of the programme comprising at least one episode available on-demand via the communication interface, and controls the display device to display the list of additional episodes. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110239248 | Providing On-Demand and Broadcast Television - A television receiver apparatus is described. The television receiver apparatus comprises an input interface arranged to receive commands from a user, a communication interface arranged to send and receive data over a one-to-one communication network, a broadcast receiver arranged to receive data sent over a broadcast network, a display interface arranged to connect to a display device, and a processor. The processor controls the display device to display an electronic programme guide comprising a schedule of programmes currently being broadcast, programmes to be broadcast after the current time, and programmes previously broadcast in a time period prior to the current time. The processor receives a request to view a selected programme displayed in the electronic programme guide, retrieves the selected programme from the communication network if the selected programme was previously broadcast in the time period, and controls the display device to display the selected programme. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110145753 | CONTENT PROVISION - A graphical user interface for a computer program, the interface comprising an array of main panes each providing access to a particular aspect of the program, the panes being in register with one another at a vertex corresponding to the area in which all the panes meet, each of the panes being adapted to expand as a pointing device highlights a pane, the expansion of said pane relative to the other panes wherein the panes remain in register with one another at the vertex as a pane expands. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20100100899 | ACCESSING CONTENT - Various embodiments include a system for providing users access to audio/visual content, the system comprising means for storing content, means for broadcasting content on a scheduled basis, means for downloading the stored content from the storage means, means for enabling a user to access the downloaded content only within a specified time period, means for streaming content off the storage means, and means for receiving the content broadcast on a scheduled basis. | 04-22-2010 |
