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20080229365 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING PERSONAL BROADCASTING SERVICE ACCORDING TO SCHEDULING - A system, apparatus, and method of providing a personal broadcasting service according to scheduling are provided. The system for providing a personal broadcasting service includes a producer client which produces and transmits a broadcasting schedule, a broadcasting server which establishes a broadcasting channel according to the broadcasting schedule and provides broadcasting content produced by the producer client through the broadcasting channel, and a viewer client which receives the broadcasting content through the broadcasting channel. | 09-18-2008 |
20080235738 | Channel searching system - Disclosed is a channel searching system including: a head end broadcasting a broadcasting signal over a broadcasting medium, the broadcasting signal including a multi-channel video containing a plurality of videos and video configuration information on the videos; and a receiver receiving the broadcasting signal over the broadcasting medium and showing a viewer a channel searching view edited from the multi-channel video based on the video configuration information and searching screen configuration information. | 09-25-2008 |
20080288984 | MINOR CHANNEL SELECTION METHOD FOR DIGITAL TELEVISION - Disclosed herein is a minor channel selection method for digital televisions. The method comprises storing a major channel number in response to an input of the major channel number, followed by determining whether or not the major channel number is consistently input for a first preset time; determining whether or not a minor channel number is input before an elapse of a second preset time after a complete input of the major channel number, if the major channel number is consistently input for the first preset time; and selecting a minor channel corresponding to the minor channel number, if the minor channel number is input before the elapse of the second preset time. With this method, it is possible to conveniently select a minor channel since no delimiter is needed to be inputted between major and minor channel numbers to divide them from each other. | 11-20-2008 |
20080295134 | RECEIVER AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED DEVICE | 11-27-2008 |
20080307464 | CHANNEL FILTER FOR A CONTENT PLAYER - A channel-selection filter. The channel-selection filter helps a user navigate to a desired channel. In particular, the channel-selection filter presents a filtered channel list to the user when the user issues one or more channel-filtering commands. The filtered channel list narrows a list of all available channels to those channels that correspond to the channel-filtering commands issued by the user. When presented with a filtered channel list, the user can select a channel from the filtered channel list. The user can also issue additional channel-filtering commands to further narrow the list of channels presented in the filtered channel list. | 12-11-2008 |
20080313677 | Channel selection device and method - There is provided a channel selection device receiving a multi-channel video including plural videos and video configuration information on each video from a head end. The channel selection device includes a first screen display unit editing the multi-channel video based on the video configuration information and searching view configuration information to generate a channel searching view and displaying the channel searching view on a sub-screen of a television; and a second screen display unit displaying on a main screen of the television a video selected by a viewer out of the videos included in the channel searching view. | 12-18-2008 |
20090055872 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA IN DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM - A digital broadcast receiver and a control method thereof are disclosed. The digital broadcast receiver includes a reception unit for receiving a broadcast signal which mobile service data and main service data are multiplexed, an extractor for extracting transmission parameter channel signaling information and fast information channel signaling information from a data group in the received mobile service data, an acquirer for acquiring a program table describing virtual channel information and a service of an ensemble, using the extracted fast information channel signaling information, the ensemble being a virtual channel group of the received mobile service data, a detector for detecting a descriptor defining additional information of an image file, using the acquired program table, and a controller for controlling such that the image file is displayed, based on the additional information of the detected descriptor. | 02-26-2009 |
20090064231 | DELIVERING ON SCREEN DISPLAY DATA TO EXISTING DISPLAY DEVICES - A method and apparatus for delivering screen display data to existing display devices. Some embodiments of an apparatus include an interface to receive an input stream for a display device. The apparatus further includes a module to generate on screen display data for the display device. The apparatus includes a multiplexer, the multiplexer to multiplex the on screen display data into the input stream. | 03-05-2009 |
20090064232 | PORTABLE MEDIA PROCESSING UNIT IN A MEDIA EXCHANGE NETWORK - A method for communication is disclosed and may include storing media and meta-data associated with the stored media. The storing may occur at a first location associated with a first communication device. A channel guide including representations of the stored media may be presented, based on the meta-data associated with the stored media, on a television in a second location. The presenting may occur when the first communication device is communicatively coupled to a second communication device at the second location. In response to receiving a selection via the presented channel guide, at least one media file corresponding to the received selection may be displayed based on the meta-data associated with stored media, on the television and/or a media player in the second location. The first communication device may be a media processing unit. | 03-05-2009 |
20090083801 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUDIBLE CHANNEL ANNOUNCE - Audibly announcing program channels is provided upon the detection of a channel information display, such as a programming banner or graphical channel representation. In response to the channel information display being detected, data corresponding to the channel information display may be captured and parsed. Once speech data representative of the current program channel has been generated, an audible announcement of the program channel may be made to the user, thereby enabling visually impaired individuals to ascertain the currently selected program channel. In another embodiment, the broadcast network corresponding to the current program channel may also be identified and audibly announced with the current program channel. | 03-26-2009 |
20090106799 | METHOD OF SORTING BROADCAST CHANNELS AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method of sorting broadcast channels and a display device using the same enables a sorted broadcast channel search list to be edited for use in channel searching. The method includes steps of receiving a broadcast signal including broadcast station information corresponding to a plurality of broadcast channels; detecting broadcast station information for each broadcast channel; searching, with reference to a lookup table, for a priority of each broadcast channel corresponding to the detected broadcast station information; generating a user interface device including a broadcast channel search list arranged in the lookup table in accordance with the searched priority, the user interface device receiving from a user an editing command corresponding to at least one broadcast channel of the broadcast channel search list; editing the broadcast channel search list according to the received editing command; sorting the plurality of broadcast channels based on the edited broadcast channel search list; and storing the sorted broadcast channel search list in correspondence to the detected broadcast station information. | 04-23-2009 |
20090106800 | Controlling supplementary data channels using display state information - Controlling supplementary data channels using display state information involves processing, at a user device, a first broadcast signal having a content channel and a second signal having a supplementary data channel. The supplementary data channel is related to the content channel. The broadcast channel and supplementary channel are rendered to a user via the user device. The supplementary channel is at least partially rendered on a display of the user device. An event is determined that causes the display to be no longer viewable by the user. In response to determining the event, processing and rendering the supplementary data channel is ceased. The action of ceasing to process the supplementary data channel results in lowering power consumption of the user device. | 04-23-2009 |
20090113484 | IMAGE OUTPUT DEVICE, DISPLAY AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image output device and image processing method are provided. The device includes a front end control unit and a color blending processing unit. The front end control unit switches a first program channel to a second program channel according to a channel switching signal and stores a final frame data of the first program channel and an initial frame data of the second program channel. The color blending processing unit receives a blending information and blends the final frame data of the first program channel and the initial frame data of the second program channel according to the blending information. Thus, the transition frame produced by the color blending processing unit is displayed between the final frame of the first program channel and the initial frame of the second program channel. | 04-30-2009 |
20090119714 | Method and System for Assigning Categories to Channels in a Subscriber Television System - In a subscriber television system, assigning categories to a channel as an entity reduces the searching requirements associated with searching a database of thousands of individual program records, identifying the channel on which an identified program will be displayed, and then sorting the resultant information. The channel information is searched for the assigned category information and the associated program information for just those channels is retrieved. This reduces the processor requirements for searching the thousands of records in the program records database. With the reduced processor requirements and the increased efficiency of information organization for searching, a single machine state change is possible between viewing full screen video and a browse banner or between viewing full screen program information and video with a browse banner. | 05-07-2009 |
20090138918 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE - A channel that a user is authorized to view, and channel that a user is not authorized to view are divided from each other and displayed in a channel map. | 05-28-2009 |
20090172741 | CONTENT REPRODUCTION CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTENT REPRODUCTION SYSTEM AND CONTENT REPRODUCTION CONTROL METHOD - A content reproduction control apparatus includes a storage unit storing a table representing in a correlated manner an identifier of at least one device and a radio frequency of a radio signal including a content and being transmitted from the device, a receiving unit receiving the radio signal, a radio intensity calculating unit calculating intensity of the radio signal, a display unit displaying the calculated intensity of the radio signal, and a transmitting unit transmitting to the device a signal instructing to change the intensity of the radio signal using the radio frequency stored in the table. | 07-02-2009 |
20090187950 | AUDIBLE MENU SYSTEM - An audible menu system associated with distribution of television content over a service provider network is disclosed. The menu system includes a speech synthesizer and screen reader. Electronic programming guide (EPG) elements are read by a screen reader and provided to a speech synthesizer for presenting audible representations of EPG elements to a user. The user may provide inputs to a remote control device to navigate an EPG that may also be presented through a graphical user interface. As a user navigates a cursor over selectable EPG elements, disclosed embodiments provide audible outputs that correspond to the selectable EPG elements. In some embodiments, users may provide customized audio inputs that are played as audio outputs during future menu navigation sessions. | 07-23-2009 |
20090193469 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A configuration is provided in which a device within a home network receives and plays back content from a server that is located outside the home network. A home IMS gateway maps the external server located outside the home network as a virtual home network device, and executes reception of a content provision service provided by the external server through application of the mapping information. Further, at the time of executing switching processing of channels that provide content provided by the external server, the home IMS gateway executes termination of an inactive channel that occurs due to the channel switching. | 07-30-2009 |
20090204998 | Television channel list system and method - Example systems and methods of generating a television channel list involve scanning virtual channels contained in a transport stream supplied to a television and determining, for each scanned virtual channel, whether that channel contains decodable video or audio content. A ring list used for tuning channels in channel up/down tuning operations is generated which contains only those scanned channels determined to have decodable video or audio content. | 08-13-2009 |
20090210910 | High Densitiy Interactive Media Guide - A high density interactive media guide interface provides for the selection of a source from a dense array of available sources by displaying an array of available sources in a dense format that illustrates the availability of a high number of sources and expanding the display of selected sources to provide additional information regarding that source. “Clickless selection” is provided by either positioning the cursor over the desired selection or positioning the desired selection under a pre-designated position. | 08-20-2009 |
20090254943 | TECHNIQUE FOR IDENTIFYING FAVORITE PROGRAM CHANNELS FOR RECEIVING ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMING CONTENT OVER A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A favorites list of program channels which a cable TV user likely prefers is generated automatically from which the user may select a program channel to watch. Each program channel in the favorites list is identified based on a measure of the duration in which the program channel is continuously tuned to. In an embodiment, this measure varies nonlinearly with such a duration. The favorites list may further comprise sublists of program channels which may correspond to different periods of a day, week, etc. The favorites list may be generated from programs watched on multiple viewing devices. | 10-08-2009 |
20090260040 | PROVIDING MULTIPLE TELEVISION CHANNEL PREVIEWING OF COMMERCIAL FREE CONTENT - A system for capturing commercial free video samples. In response to receiving multiplexed channels input from a television service provider, channel preferences and general preferences are applied. A channel number is selected based on the channel preferences and general preferences. Channel guide information is collected for the selected channel number. It is determined whether a video sample for the selected channel number will complete before a program change based on the channel guide information. In response to determining that the video sample for the selected channel number will complete before a program change, a capture of a video sample from the selected channel number is started. A content of the capture of the video sample is analyzed for commercial content. Then, in response to determining that the content of the capture of the video sample does not include commercial content, the video sample is saved in a data buffer for use by an active icons display and control function upon viewer request. | 10-15-2009 |
20090300682 | CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHANNEL SEARCHING IN IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are a system and a method for channel searching in an image display device. When there are requests for channel searching and setting with respect to a broadcasting signal received through a signal receiving unit, image or audio data set by a user are outputted to a standby screen or while the channel searching. Or, after calculating a required time for the channel searching, image or audio data having a playing time close to the calculated required time are extracted for output while channel searching. | 12-03-2009 |
20090320075 | Method and apparatus for multiplexing audio program channels from one or more received broadcast streams to provide a playlist style listening experience to users - A method and apparatus are provided for generating a personalized radio channel playlist by time division multiplexing songs from multiple received channels from one or more broadcast source streams in a queue. Users can specify favorite channels for building their personal playlists, or multiple default playlist channels can be provided by genre. Navigation tools permit users to see upcoming songs in their playlist queue and skip ahead and backward. Thumbs up/down buttons on the radio receiver permit entering a song or artist being played back into a favorites list that is used to search all channels for matches or a banned list used to block songs from future playlists. If matches are found, the channel carrying the favorite is extracted and added to the playlist. Channel searching for matches involves monitoring real-time song and artist labels for all channels carried in a separate data channel (e.g., Broadcast Information Channel (BIC)). Segments on the playlist are dynamically truncated to reduce the average time each segment is played to facilitate preview of playlist segments. Preview times can vary depending on the size of the playlist or number of channels used. During a preview of a segment, users can opt to listen to the full song or back up in the playlist to listen to a previous song. Connectivity options and web interfaces are provided to facilitate transfer and sharing of customization parameters for personalized radio configuration. | 12-24-2009 |
20100037266 | Multimedia Channel Sharing - An initiating viewer identifies a multimedia channel and submits a request to share the multimedia channel with at least one recipient viewer at another viewer premises. This request is processed by the multimedia receiver of the initiating viewer so as to generate a channel change request for submission to a service provider. In response to the channel share request, the service provider queries the recipient viewer to determine whether the recipient viewer accepts or rejects the offered multimedia channel. If the recipient viewer accepts the multimedia channel, the multimedia channel can be provided to the multimedia receiver of the recipient viewer either for storage for later playback or for immediate playback concurrent with the provision of the multimedia channel to the initiating viewer. Billing for costs associated with the shared multimedia channel is conducted based on billing feedback provided by the initiating viewer. | 02-11-2010 |
20100037267 | IP TV QUEUING TIME/CHANNEL CHANGE OPERATION - An Internet based television program delivery server, communicatively coupled to a plurality of television source devices and a plurality of recipient devices, that receives a plurality of Internet protocol television programs, buffers them, converts recipient device selected Internet protocol television programs to preview Internet television programs (having reduced per video frame data size) and transmits the preview Internet protocol television programs to the recipient device, for a short duration, until full scale Internet protocol television programs become available for viewing on the recipient device. A video conversion circuitry built into the Internet based television program delivery server performs the conversion of some of these television video contents to preview television video contents, to compensate for delay in full scale television program delivery during. The conversion itself includes reductions in frame rate, color and pixel resolutions, screen size and aspect ratios such that it produces lower bandwidth Internet protocol television program packets, during channel changing. | 02-11-2010 |
20100058391 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCOMMODATION OF DIGITAL AND ANALOG CHANNEL NUMBER CONFLICTS - There is provided a system and method for accommodation of digital and analog channel number conflicts. More specifically, in one embodiment, there is provided a method, comprising detecting an analog video signal with a channel number, detecting a digital video signal with the channel number, storing the analog video signal in a channel database with a first reference value, and storing the digital video signal in the channel database with a second reference value, the second reference value being different from the first reference value. | 03-04-2010 |
20100058392 | Virtual channel table for a broadcast protocol and method of broadcasting and receiving broadcast signals using the same - A virtual channel table for broadcasting protocol and a method for broadcasting by using the virtual channel table includes identification information identifying and permitting discrimination of active and inactive channels contained in the virtual channel table. At a receiver, the virtual channel table transmitted from the transmitting side is parsed, thereby determining whether the current received channel is an active or inactive channel. | 03-04-2010 |
20100107198 | METHOD FOR SERVICE MANAGEMENT - A method for managing a digital multimedia broadcasting channel includes receiving a broadcast data frame that includes an occurrence change field, and performing a service update responsive to reconfiguration version data defined within the occurrence change field. Alternatively, the method includes transmitting a broadcast data frame that includes an occurrence change field, and causing a receiving terminal to perform a service update for a new channel responsive to reconfiguration version data defined within the occurrence change field. A digital multimedia broadcast terminal includes a receiver for receiving a broadcast data frame that includes an occurrence change field, and a controller configured to generate a control signal causing a service update responsive to reconfiguration version data defined within the occurrence change field. | 04-29-2010 |
20100115560 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE TELEVISION - A system and method for interactive television (ITV) includes presenting both TV channels and “virtual channels” on an ITV. A virtual channel can be a Web page stored in memory of the ITV (or remote therefrom) and accessed by a microprocessor in the ITV when a user selects the virtual channel number using a conventional TV remote control. The particular Web page can be established based on consumer data, such as demographic data supplied by the consumer or consumer responses to prompts displayed along with a channel. The Web page associated with the virtual channel can be updated or changed by sending data to the ITV through the VBI of a TV signal or via the Internet, through a modem on the ITV. | 05-06-2010 |
20100122298 | Virtual channel table for a broadcast protocol and method of broadcasting and receiving broadcast signals using the same - A virtual channel table for broadcasting protocol and a method for broadcasting by using the virtual channel table includes identification information identifying and permitting discrimination of active and inactive channels contained in the virtual channel table. At a receiver, the virtual channel table transmitted from the transmitting side is parsed, thereby determining whether the current received channel is an active or inactive channel. | 05-13-2010 |
20100122299 | Virtual channel table for a broadcast protocol and method of broadcasting and receiving broadcast signals using the same - A virtual channel table for broadcasting protocol and a method for broadcasting by using the virtual channel table includes identification information identifying and permitting discrimination of active and inactive channels contained in the virtual channel table. At a receiver, the virtual channel table transmitted from the transmitting side is parsed, thereby determining whether the current received channel is an active or inactive channel. | 05-13-2010 |
20100138873 | RECEIVING DEVICE, SERVER, TELEVISION RECEIVER, MOBILE TERMINAL, SYSTEM, RECEIVING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A receiving device receives broadcast, information, etc. in response to a user selection by manipulation, in order to present the broadcast, information, etc. to the user. The device includes a channel set managing section ( | 06-03-2010 |
20100146555 | Method, Apparatus And Computer Program Product For Configuration Of A Display Screen - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate the configuration of a display screen, such as an idle screen, a home screen, etc. The method provides for presentation of a setup screen defining a plurality of display channels and a time scale for the display channels. The method also receives an indication of a user interface component configured to generate information to be presented in a respective display channel commencing at a respective time. Further, the method provides for presentation of a display screen that includes a plurality of display channels and further includes information generated by the user interface component in the respective display channel commencing at the respective time. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided. | 06-10-2010 |
20100146556 | METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING CHANNEL LIST AND SYSTEM ENABLING OF THE METHOD - Disclosed herein is a channel list provision method and apparatus which, when providing a channel list including channel information ( | 06-10-2010 |
20100154005 | CHANNEL SEARCHING BY CONTENT TYPE - Systems and method for receiving user channel search criteria, searching for channels based on representative content information, and presenting the channel results to the user. The interactive media guidance application prompts the user to enter channel search criteria by selecting categories or inputting keywords. The interactive media guidance application gathers information about channels in the form of channel attribute data. The channel attributed data identifies attributes of the typical programs provided by the channel over time. The application compares the channel attribute data for each channel with the user-entered channel search criteria. Matches or lack thereof are then displayed to the user by the interactive media guidance application. | 06-17-2010 |
20100162321 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING INDIVIDUALIZED SUBSCRIPTION PLANS IN A SWITCHED DIGITAL VIDEO SYSTEM - A content delivery system headend is provided which includes a Switched Digital Video (SDV) manager for coordinating SDV sessions requested by subscribers over an access network. The headend also includes an input for receiving content to be broadcast during the SDV sessions and a subscriber control unit. The subscriber control unit is configured to compare channel change requests received by the SDV manager from subscribers to a current subscription plan that specifies a pre-established set of channels to which the subscriber has previously subscribed. In this way tuning information for accessing channels specified in the channel change requests is only supplied if the channel change requests request channels included in the current subscription plan. | 06-24-2010 |
20100162322 | PRESENTING ADVERTISEMENTS WITH VIDEO PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS - A system may store program information associated with a group of video programs. The program information may include a program description associated with a particular video program of the group of video programs. The system may receive an instruction to provide the program description, read the program description in response to the received instruction, obtain an advertisement that is related to a content of the particular video program, and present the program description and the advertisement to a video display device, where the advertisement is presented adjacent to the program description on a screen of the video display device. | 06-24-2010 |
20100162323 | RECEIVING APPARATUS, RECEIVING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A receiving apparatus includes: a receiving section receiving a broadcast signal of a selected channel; a holding section holding, for each community, a broadcast channel list indicating one or more channels broadcast in the community and a representative channel of those channels, and an adjacent community list indicating adjacent communities adjacent to the community with an overlapping area; a specifying section specifying the community; an overlap list creating section creating an overlap list listing the community that is specified and its adjacent communities; a channel selection section selecting a channel received by the receiving section, and determining success/failure of reception of the broadcast signal of the selected channel; and a receive channel list creating section creating a receive channel list indicating receivable channels, on the basis of determination result of success/failure of reception of the broadcast signal of each channel broadcast in the communities listed in the overlap list. | 06-24-2010 |
20100186045 | DIGITAL TELEVISION AND CHANNEL EDITING METHOD THEREOF - A method and display device for displaying images are discussed. According to an embodiment, there is a method for displaying images using a display device, the display device including a memory, a display screen, and a controller for controlling the memory and the display screen, the method comprising: storing, in the memory, channel information pertaining to a predetermined number of broadcast channels; and displaying, on the display screen, a multi-window including a plurality of sub-windows, each of the plurality of sub-windows configured to display images from a different one of the broadcast channels, wherein a number of the sub-windows displayed on the display screen is variable according to the channel information. | 07-22-2010 |
20100186046 | DIGITAL TELEVISION AND CHANNEL EDITING METHOD THEREOF - A digital television and a channel editing method are provided wherein various channel information is edited efficiently. In the channel edit method of the digital TV, the channel information stored according to a user's request is displayed on a multi-window. If the user selects a channel based on the multi-window, the channel selected by the user is tuned by a tuner and displayed as a moving picture. The user can edit the corresponding channel referring to the multi-window. In another embodiment, the user can edit the set favorite channel(s) separately. The broadcast status of all channels can be recognized almost instantaneously by viewing the multi-window displaying all the broadcast programs of multiple channels. | 07-22-2010 |
20100211978 | DOWNLOADING TV CHANNEL MAP BASED ON LOCATION AND PROVIDER - A network-enabled TV sends a geographic location to an Internet server and in response receives back a list of TV service providers for the location. A user selects a provider and the server in response downloads the channel map pertaining to the selected provider. | 08-19-2010 |
20100251309 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A MULTI-DECODER BASED CHANNEL SURFING SERVICE - A method and system for providing a multi-decoder based channel surfing service are disclosed. An aspect of the invention provides a method of providing a multi-decoder based channel surfing service for a digital broadcasting system that is connected by a network to a broadcast receiver. This method includes: extracting a video signal from each AV (audio/video) signal for a multiple number of broadcast channels; generating a first and a second channel-surfing video source using the multiple extracted video signals, where the first and second channel-surfing video sources include sub-videos for different broadcast channels; and transferring the first and second channel-surfing video sources and source configuration information regarding the first and second channel-surfing video sources to the broadcast receiver, with the broadcast receiver generating a channel-surfing screen by simultaneously decoding the first and second channel-surfing video sources by way of a first and a second decoder. | 09-30-2010 |
20110004907 | Non-real time services - In certain embodiments, a method of receiving digital television signals involves tuning a radio frequency tuner to receive a radio frequency modulated channel containing a transport stream; demodulating the channel to produce an output transport stream; the output transport stream containing an Internet Protocol (IP) stream of packets containing non-real time content, a FLUTE file description table (FDT), NRT service metadata and NRT content metadata; demultiplexing the IP stream of packets to produce: NRT content that is stored in an electronic storage medium, the FLUTE FDT, NRT service metadata, and NRT content metadata; parsing the metadata to produces NRT service metadata; NRT content description text and NRT content metadata; and processing the NRT content description text derived from a Text Fragment Table (TFT). This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 01-06-2011 |
20110004908 | Non-real Time Services - In certain embodiments, a digital television broadcast method involves generating a digital television signal having one or more transport streams; where data in at least one of the one or more transport streams supports non-real time (NRT) services; where such data comprises an Internet protocol (IP) stream of packets containing non-real time content, a FLUTE file description table (FDT), NRT service metadata and NRT content metadata; where the NRT metadata further comprises NRT content description text that is contained in Text Fragment Table (TFT); and outputting the one or more transport streams for broadcast as a digital television signal. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 01-06-2011 |
20110016491 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING ONE OF A PLURALITY OF VIDEO CHANNELS FOR VIEWINGS - One of a plurality of video channels is selected for viewing. A specific one of a plurality of video channels is bookmarked. An object representing said bookmarked channel is displayed. A displayed object is selected to select the bookmarked channel. | 01-20-2011 |
20110030014 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARALLEL CHANNEL SCANNING - A system and method are disclosed for receiving a group of video channels at a client device, selecting a display set from the group of channels, and sending a communication to a display for displaying each channel in the display set in parallel wherein each one of the channels in the display set is displayed in one of a plurality of picture in picture (PIP) displays for a predetermined time. | 02-03-2011 |
20110047578 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method and an apparatus may provide thumbnail images for a display. A plurality of thumbnail images may be generated based on television channels that have been tuned during a first prescribed time period. A channel list including the plurality of thumbnail images may be provided for output to a display. At least one additional thumbnail image may be generated based on at least one additional television channel that has been tuned during a second time period, the second time period being a time period subsequent to the first time period. The channel list may be updated to further include the at least one additional thumbnail image with the plurality of thumbnail images. The updated channel list may be output to a display. | 02-24-2011 |
20110072467 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION BETWEEN CLIENTS IN MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST SYSTEM - A method for providing information between clients in a multimedia broadcast system. The method includes receiving information about a specific client connected to a home server; receiving and analyzing a request from the client; if the received request is a request for streaming information, which includes content currently being streamed in the home server and information about a client receiving the content, providing the streaming information to a client that transmitted the request; upon receiving from the client a streaming providing request for providing its streaming content to another client, extracting information about target content and a target client from the received streaming providing request; and delivering the information about the target content to the target client. | 03-24-2011 |
20110072468 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER AND BROADCAST DATA DISPLAY METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUS DISPLAY OF MULTI-CHANNEL VISUAL IMAGES - A broadcast data display method for a digital broadcast receiver is provided. In response to a broadcast reception request from a user, a channel list having identifiers of available channels is displayed. Broadcast data of a channel selected by the user from the channel list is displayed on a screen in a full-screen mode. In response to a request of all-channel view during channel list display or broadcast reception, the screen is divided into display areas corresponding to the individual available channels of the channel list. Real-time broadcast data of the selected channel is displayed in a corresponding display area of the screen. Still images of the remaining channels are displayed simultaneously or sequentially in their corresponding display areas. | 03-24-2011 |
20110078743 | CHANNEL CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS - A channel control method and apparatus of a broadcast reception system are provided for facilitating channel selection by providing multiple broadcast channel images on a screen. A method of managing channels for a channel control device includes receiving video images of plural channels from a content delivery device, displaying the video images of plural channels on a screen simultaneously, receiving an input for selecting at least one of the plural channels; and transmitting a channel selection request indicating the selected channel to the content delivery device. The channel control method and apparatus are capable of facilitating a user to search for broadcast channels, resulting in improvement of the user's convenience. | 03-31-2011 |
20110088066 | NAVIGATION METHOD OF MOBILE TERMINAL AND APPARATUS THEREOF - A method of controlling a television receiver, and which includes receiving, via an input unit, an automatic channel setting command for automatically setting channels; searching, via a processor, television broadcast channels including television airwave and cable channels and media sources different than the television airwave and cable channels; and assigning, via the processor, preset channels to the television broadcast channels and assigning non-preset channels to the media sources found in the searching step. | 04-14-2011 |
20110099586 | MULTI-VIEW OF MEDIA CONTENT - In a content processing device, a set of media channels to be provided in a graphical user interface is identified. Each channel in a subset of the channels is assigned to a cell that is included in a set of cells in the graphical user interface. The graphical user interface is provided to a display. Upon a predetermined indication, at least some of the subset of the channels are rotated through at least a subset of the cells, whereby the display shows each of the cells in the subset of cells to be including a channel other than a channel that was included in the cell before the rotating was performed. | 04-28-2011 |
20110107376 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING DIGITAL BROADCASTING CHANNELS - Method and apparatus for managing channels for a plurality of digital broadcasting methods. The method of managing channels comprises: detecting broadcasting channels which correspond to at least one broadcasting method predetermined from a plurality of digital broadcasting methods with respect to each physical channel in a predetermined reception range; and storing channel information of the detected broadcasting channels in a memory. Accordingly, an efficient and convenient method of managing channels is provided in a plurality of digital broadcasting standards. | 05-05-2011 |
20110131611 | System and Method for Managing Services on an Internet Protocol Television System - A service management system for an IPTV network includes a comparison module that provides a list of differences between a channel map and a change manifest, an optimizer module that receives the list and provides another IPTV channel map based on the differences, and a storage module that provides the first IPTV channel map to the comparison module and stores the second list and the second IPTV channel map. A method includes comparing a channel map with a change manifest in a comparison module, providing a list of differences between the channel map and the change manifest, evaluating the list to provide another list of services and another channel map, and storing the second list and the second channel map. | 06-02-2011 |
20110138425 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING CHANNEL MAP OF DIGITAL BROADCAST IN HOME NETWORK - A method and system for a plurality of devices to share a channel map of digital broadcast in a home network is provided. In a system and method for sharing a channel map of digital broadcast in a home network according to the present invention, a Remote User Interface Server (RUIS) stores a channel map including an occupied count field for indicating a number of devices using each of a plurality of digital broadcast channels and an occupier indicator field including indicators of the devices using corresponding digital broadcast channels, and at least one Remote User Interface Client (RUIC) as one of the devices receives and displays the channels for which occupier indicator fields include the occupier indicator of the RUIC. | 06-09-2011 |
20110145866 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING VIDEO CHANNEL, VIDEO DEVICE AND TV DEVICE - A method and apparatus for selecting video channel, a video device and a TV device are provided according to the embodiments of the present invention, wherein the state signal is obtained in said method for selecting video channel, wherein, the state signal is used for representing a video interface type of a accessed video deivce; and the video channel is selected according to the video interface type. The video channel selection and the upgrade of product of video devices such as DVD are realized through the solutions above. | 06-16-2011 |
20110154406 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display method of an image display apparatus that includes receiving a broadcast signal, displaying a first number of thumbnail images when the image display apparatus is in a first position (the thumbnail images being based on the received broadcast signal), rotating the image display apparatus from the first position to a second position, and displaying a second number of thumbnail images when the image display apparatus is rotated to the second position, and the second number is different than the first number. | 06-23-2011 |
20110173667 | Changing Channels in a Digital Broadcast System - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for changing digital broadcast channels. In one implementation, upon receiving a request for switching to a new channel in a digital broadcast receiving device, the device switches from a power saving mode, in which the device processes time-slices only for the currently selected broadcast channel, to a channel changing mode, in which broadcast data is buffered for more than one broadcast channels in anticipation of channel surfing. In another implementation, the user's perception of the channel change delay is mitigated by displaying channel information about the newly selected channel. | 07-14-2011 |
20110276998 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A QUEUE FOR COMMUNICATING CONTENT IN A BROADCAST COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system for scheduling content includes a scheduling system having a plurality of queues each having a priority level and a block type. The scheduling system assigns content to one of the plurality of queues. The scheduling system obtains a channel block from a schedule manager and assigns the plurality of queues to the channel block based on the priority level and block type. A communication system communicates the plurality of channel blocks to a user device through a channel using the channel blocks. | 11-10-2011 |
20110321099 | Television Channel Selection Canvas - A channel selection canvas for display on a video display device is disclosed. The video display device can be a television, a laptop computer, or personal digital assistant device. The channel selection canvas allows a user to preview and choose video signals to be watched. The channel selection canvas displays a set of television channel video thumbnails, which can be full motion video, slow motion video or sampled video snapshots. A channel selection canvas can also display video thumbnails for security cameras, baby monitors, video phones and the like. A channel selection canvas generator that generates channel selection canvases is also disclosed. The channel selection canvas generator can reside within a television, set top box or similar video processing device. | 12-29-2011 |
20120072954 | PORTABLE MEDIA PROCESSING UNIT IN A MEDIA EXCHANGE NETWORK - A method for communication includes performing by one or more circuits integrated within a single chip in a first communication device, functions that include storing media and meta-data corresponding to the stored media. The storing may occur at a first location of the first communication device. A channel guide including representations of the stored media that can be selected for presentation on a television in a second location, may be caused based on the meta-data corresponding to the stored media when the first communication device is communicatively coupled to a second communication device at the second location. In response to receiving a selection via the presented channel guide, at least one media file corresponding to the received selection may be displayed based on the meta-data corresponding to the stored media, on one or both of the television and/or a media player in the second location. | 03-22-2012 |
20120137331 | VIRTUAL CHANNEL TABLE FOR A BROADCAST PROTOCOL AND METHOD OF BRAODCASTING AND RECEIVING BROADCAST SIGNALS USING THE SAME - A virtual channel table for broadcasting protocol and a method for broadcasting by using the virtual channel table includes identification information identifying and permitting discrimination of active and inactive channels contained in the virtual channel table. At a receiver, the virtual channel table transmitted from the transmitting side is parsed, thereby determining whether the current received channel is an active or inactive channel. | 05-31-2012 |
20120144431 | VIRTUAL CHANNEL TABLE FOR A BROADCAST PROTOCOL AND METHOD OF BROADCASTING AND RECEIVING BROADCAST SIGNALS USING THE SAME - A virtual channel table for broadcasting protocol and a method for broadcasting by using the virtual channel table includes identification information identifying and permitting discrimination of active and inactive channels contained in the virtual channel table. At a receiver, the virtual channel table transmitted from the transmitting side is parsed, thereby determining whether the current received channel is an active or inactive channel. | 06-07-2012 |
20120144432 | VIRTUAL CHANNEL TABLE FOR A BROADCAST PROTOCOL AND METHOD OF BRAODCASTING AND RECEIVING BROADCAST SIGNALS USING THE SAME - A virtual channel table for broadcasting protocol and a method for broadcasting by using the virtual channel table includes identification information identifying and permitting discrimination of active and inactive channels contained in the virtual channel table. At a receiver, the virtual channel table transmitted from the transmitting side is parsed, thereby determining whether the current received channel is an active or inactive channel. | 06-07-2012 |
20120159553 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CHANNEL INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - An image display apparatus and a channel information display method thereof are discussed. According to an embodiment, the method includes displaying an image from a selected channel on at least one region of a screen; sequentially receiving, by a tuner, images from a plurality of channels; storing the received images in a storage unit; and displaying the stored images from the plurality of channels simultaneously on at least multiple regions of the screen in response to a channel information function. | 06-21-2012 |
20120159554 | IP TV QUEUING TIME/CHANNEL CHANGE OPERATION - An Internet based television program delivery server, coupled to a plurality of television source devices and a plurality of recipient devices, that receives a plurality of Internet protocol television programs, buffers them, converts recipient device selected Internet protocol television programs to preview Internet television programs and transmits the preview Internet protocol television programs to the recipient device, until full scale Internet protocol television programs become available for viewing on the recipient device. A video conversion circuitry built into the Internet based television program delivery server performs the conversion of some of the television video content to preview television video content, to compensate for delay in full scale television program delivery. The conversion itself includes reductions in frame rate, color and pixel resolutions, screen size and aspect ratio such that it produces lower bandwidth Internet protocol television program packets, during channel changing. | 06-21-2012 |
20120174163 | Tuner Control for Streaming Live Television - In embodiments of tuner control for streaming live television, a client device can be implemented to utilize the HTTP protocol and REST APIs to communicate with the media streamer to query a list of television channels and initiate tuning to a channel of streaming video content to be decrypted, transcoded, encrypted, and streamed to the client device. | 07-05-2012 |
20120210366 | INTERNET CONTENT SUBSCIPTION SERVICE VIA MULTIPLE DEVICES - Subscribing to channels and playing content, including: selecting an available subscription channel with an application on a second device; modifying a user's, subscription list based on the selected subscription-channel; and executing commands on any of the subscription channels of the user's subscription list. Keywords include: media, internet content, BIVL subscription and device infrastructure. | 08-16-2012 |
20120210367 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING VIRTUAL CHANNEL BROWSING AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus for performing virtual channel browsing and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which hardware design can be simplified using a virtual channel browsing scheme and by which a channel browsing data processing speed can be increased. | 08-16-2012 |
20120216229 | Non-real Time Services - In certain embodiments, a method of receiving digital television signals involves tuning a radio frequency tuner to receive a radio frequency modulated channel containing a transport stream; demodulating the channel to produce an output transport stream; the output transport stream containing an Internet Protocol (IP) stream of packets containing non-real time content, a FLUTE file description table (FDT), NRT service metadata and NRT content metadata; demultiplexing the IP stream of packets to produce: NRT content that is stored in an electronic storage medium, the FLUTE FDT, NRT service metadata, and NRT content metadata; parsing the metadata to produces NRT service metadata; NRT content description text and NRT content metadata; and processing the NRT content description text derived from a Text Fragment Table (TFT). This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 08-23-2012 |
20120278840 | USER INTERFACE HAVING READING LENS - A user interface, such as a graphical user interface or other electronic displayable interface, is contemplated. The user interface may include a reading lens portion configured to facilitate providing expanded viewing of content from other portions of the display. The reading lens portion may be displayed according to a non-linear timeline as to facilitate identifying upcoming contents without being constrained by a linear timeline used in other portions of the user interface. | 11-01-2012 |
20120331509 | CHANNEL SELECTION IN A MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM - A method for a client module to provide a channel selection request in a multimedia system begins by receiving an input signal from a client. The method continues by interpreting the input signal to determine type of signal. The method continues, when the type of signal is control information, by determining whether the control information relates to a local command or a system-level command. The method continues, when the control information relates to a system-level command, by processing the control information for conveyance to a multimedia server to produce a control message. The method continues by transmitting the control message to the multimedia server. | 12-27-2012 |
20130007813 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULATING HEAD-END CONNECTIVITY ON A SET-TOP BOX - An approach is provided for simulating a connection to a head-end system to enable execution of content and features of a set-top box. A simulation platform stores a plurality of control data signals associated with a head-end system. In response to a determined loss of connectivity to the head-end system, the platform invokes a head-end simulation process using the control data signals, including timing information, dynamic data and channel map data. | 01-03-2013 |
20130067521 | Method For Securely Linking Hospital Patients To Their Service Provider Accounts - Methods and systems for linking a service provider account with patient care information are disclosed. A patient's account information is received. A service account for the patient is identified, and an association between a patient's care record and the service account is stored. Care information for the patient is received and transmitted to a device associated with the patient's service account. | 03-14-2013 |
20130117787 | PORTABLE MEDIA PROCESSING UNIT IN A MEDIA EXCHANGE NETWORK - A method for communication includes performing by one or more circuits integrated within a single chip in a first communication device, functions that include storing media and meta-data corresponding to the stored media. The storing may occur at a first location of the first communication device. A channel guide including representations of the stored media that can be selected for presentation on a television in a second location, may be caused based on the meta-data corresponding to the stored media when the first communication device is communicatively coupled to a second communication device at the second location. In response to receiving a selection via the presented channel guide, at least one media file corresponding to the received selection may be displayed based on the meta-data corresponding to the stored media, on one or both of the television and/or a media player in the second location. | 05-09-2013 |
20130125174 | SCHEDULER APPARATUS EMPLOYING A GOPHER AGENT FOR USE IN A TELEVISION RECEIVER - In a television system in which at least program title information for programs which are to be transmitted in the future is transmitted in advance to form a channel guide listing, apparatus is provided for searching the listing for specific user-entered information, and upon successful conclusion to the search, the apparatus schedules the tuning of the desired program, or in the alternative, notifies the viewer of the availability of the program. In those instances where descriptive text accompanies the program listing, apparatus of the invention performs a search of the text for a particular text string which may relate to the title, the star, the director, or the context of the program, among other search criteria. | 05-16-2013 |
20130133008 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL BROADCASTING - An apparatus and method provide virtual broadcasting. A method of server operation for virtual broadcasting includes receiving a request for creation of a virtual broadcasting channel meeting a specific required condition from a first client, identifying a virtual group meeting the specific required condition, analyzing log data of second clients within the virtual group and, based on the analyzed result, providing broadcasting information meeting the specific condition, to the first client. | 05-23-2013 |
20130152136 | PROGRAM GUIDE APPARATUS - A method acquires program guide information in an image signal receiver, and program guide method and apparatus using the same. In the program guide apparatus, information immediately required by a user is obtained first, and information of less preferential channels is obtained next, thus presenting a smooth interface to the user. The method of acquiring program guide information for channels includes acquiring the program guide information for each channel by scanning accessible channels while a received program is not displayed. The program guide apparatus includes a tuner tuning a channel, a program guide information detector, a memory, a key input, a microprocessor, and a character signal generator. | 06-13-2013 |
20130152137 | PROGRAM GUIDE APPARATUS - A method acquires program guide information in an image signal receiver, and program guide method and apparatus using the same. In the program guide apparatus, information immediately required by a user is obtained first, and information of less preferential channels is obtained next, thus presenting a smooth interface to the user. The method of acquiring program guide information for channels includes acquiring the program guide information for each channel by scanning accessible channels while a received program is not displayed. The program guide apparatus includes a tuner tuning a channel, a program guide information detector, a memory, a key input, a microprocessor, and a character signal generator. | 06-13-2013 |
20130205347 | USER CLASSIFIABLE SET-TOP BOX - One embodiment may take the form of an apparatus for providing separate user classifications and interfaces to multiple users of a set-top box of the television system. Each user classification may be configurable to provide different interfaces, menus and available features to the users of the set-top box. Further, each user classification may include several sub-classifications to further personalize the set-top box to the various users of the system. Also, each user classification may also monitor the habits and usage of each class and store such information for use by the set-top box to suggest settings of the set-top box that the user may be interested in, such as a favorite channel list. | 08-08-2013 |
20130219433 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND SWITCHING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes an operation detection module, a first menu display module, a first instruction module, a second menu display module, and a second instruction module. The operation detection module detects first and second operation. The first and second menu display module display first and second menu on a display in accordance with the first and second operation. The first instruction module instructs display of content corresponding to a first display area displayed at a first predetermined position in the first menu. The second instruction module instructs display of content corresponding to a second display area displayed at a second predetermined position in the second menu. | 08-22-2013 |
20130263185 | Method and Apparatus for Channel Prioritization - A method includes detecting a client device, determining a maximum number of channels based on the client device and selecting different targeted channels from a set of available channels. At least one of the different targeted channels is selected to form a preloaded channel. | 10-03-2013 |
20130263186 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENT CHANNELS BASED ON SELECTION CRITERIA - An apparatus and method for creating channels dedicated to a particular type of content. The method includes acquiring seed content and using the seed content in the creation or updating of a content list. Additional content for the channel is acquired based on the common features of the content list. | 10-03-2013 |
20130263187 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENT CHANNELS USING REFERENCES - An apparatus and method for creating channels dedicated to a particular type of content. The method includes acquiring seed content and using the seed content in the creation or updating of a content list. Additional content for the channel is acquired based on the common features of the content list. | 10-03-2013 |
20130283318 | Dynamic Mosaic for Creation of Video Rich User Interfaces - Systems and methods for delivering video content for use in video rich user interfaces are disclosed. A mosaic channel may be generated, comprised of multiple video tiles each located at a different position within the mosaic channel, and transmitted to a receiving device. Audio for each video tile may also be provided. The receiving device may, using a 3D graphics engine (e.g., OpenGL), generate a video rich user interface navigable by a user to preview any of the different videos or other content included within the mosaic channel. The content included within the mosaic channel may be altered as the user is navigating the video rich user interface so that the user can continuously preview different content. | 10-24-2013 |
20130291022 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, RECEPTION APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING CONTENT FROM A PLURALITY OF CONTENT SOURCES - A method, computer program, reception apparatus, and information providing apparatus for providing one or more virtual channel tables corresponding to one or more content sources. The reception apparatus includes an input unit and a processor. The input unit receives a channel selection from a user. The processor determines a source of content associated with the channel selection based on at least one virtual channel table stored in a memory. Based on the determined source of content, the processor controls a first communication interface to receive first content or a second communication interface to receive second content. The processor controls the first communication interface to receive the first content when the selected channel is determined to be associated with a first source, and controls the second communication interface to receive the second content when the selected channel is determined to be associated with a second source. | 10-31-2013 |
20130312039 | METHOD FOR VIRTUAL CHANNEL MANAGEMENT, METHOD FOR RETRIEVING DIGITAL CONTENTS, AND NETWORK-BASED MULTIMEDIA REPRODUCTION SYSTEM WITH VIRTUAL CHANNELS - A method for virtual channel management is provided. The method includes the following steps. In response to a command, a control unit of a network-based multimedia reproduction system determines whether the command is associated with virtual channel switching. When the command is associated with virtual channel switching, the control unit checks whether a channel value corresponding to the command exists in an application virtual channel table. When the channel value exists in the application virtual channel table, the control unit determines an application corresponding to the channel number from the application virtual channel table, and executes the application. According to a first operation parameter set corresponding to the application, the control unit sets the executed application to retrieve digital contents through a network unit of the network-based multimedia reproduction system. | 11-21-2013 |
20130326560 | Digital Set Top Box with Composite Channel Table - A digital set top box with a composite channel table has a CPU connected to a signal input unit, a video/audio output unit and a memory unit, wherein the signal input unit has a plurality of media connecting ports. The composite channel table is programmed in the CPU and divided into a default channel section and a user-defined channel section with one or more channels. The default channel section and the user-defined channel section correspond to different media connecting ports. After the media information of each channel in the user-defined channel section has been recorded, a user selects one of the media connecting ports by designating the channel number through a remote control to display media data of the selected media connecting port on a TV. | 12-05-2013 |
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20140101704 | CHANNELIZATION METHOD OF DIGITAL CONTENT AND AUDIO-VIDEO SERVER SYSTEM - A channelization method of digital content and an audio-video server system are provided. A received operational behavior is packaged as an execution module, and the execution module is associated with a channel number. A correlation between the channel number and the execution module is recorded in a local channel list. Accordingly, when a switch command that contains the channel number is received, the execution module corresponding to the channel number is obtained from the local channel list, so as to perform the operational behavior to use the digital content. | 04-10-2014 |
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20140165109 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING CONTENT - A method includes receiving, at a computing device, a first selection of first video content. The method also includes sending the first video content to a display device. The method further includes adding a first element corresponding to the first video content to a list. The list includes multiple elements and each element of the list corresponds to respective previously displayed video content. The method includes sending the list to the display device. The elements of the list are ordered based on display times of the corresponding video content. | 06-12-2014 |
20140196094 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHING CHANNELS - A method and apparatus for automatically switching channels are provided. The method includes detecting an advertisement from content of a current channel that is displayed on a screen of a display apparatus; scanning at least one channel of a predetermined channel list to detect an advertisement-free channel, in response to the advertisement being detected on the current channel; and switching the current channel to the detected advertisement-free channel. | 07-10-2014 |
20140196095 | SERVER AND CLIENT PROCESSING MULTIPLE SETS OF CHANNEL INFORMATION AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE SAME - A technical method related to a server and a client processing multiple sets of channel information is disclosed. Herein, An apparatus of processing multiple channel information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a decoder decoding encoded data received from a server, a demultiplexer demultiplexing video data, audio data and metadata for each channel from the decoded data, a controller extracting video data, audio data and metadata for a channel group for on-screen display (OSD) data, the channel group including one or more channels, an OSD generator generating OSD data based on the extracted video data, audio data and metadata for the channel group, and a display module displaying the generated OSD data on a predetermined section along with a broadcast screen of a currently selected channel. | 07-10-2014 |
20140223489 | TELEVISION CHANNEL MAPPING TECHNIQUES - In one embodiment, a television configuration technique includes determining a location, from a web service, of a television set using an internet protocol address of the television set or a zip code corresponding to a physical location of the television. Electronic programming guide, interactive programming guide or the like data for a plurality of service providers in the determined location are downloaded. The electronic programming guide data, interactive programming guide data or the like for one or more channels that are unique between the plurality of service providers are checked against transmitting station identifier data or system information protocol data to identify the specific service provider that the television set is connected to. A channel list for the specific service provider is then determined from the electronic programming guide or interactive programming guide corresponding to the specific service provider. | 08-07-2014 |
20140259078 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC CHANNEL LINEUP DETERMINATION - A current geographical location of a portable device is used to facilitate selection of channel lineup that is appropriate for a Multi-System Operator (MSO) provider and the current geographical location of the portable device. A program guide GUI of the portable device is then configured using the selected channel lineup. The configured GUI is displayable to a user of the portable device whereupon the configured GUI is available for use in commanding tuning operations of a set-top box. | 09-11-2014 |
20140373074 | SET TOP BOX AUTOMATION - A computer-implemented method for integration of a set top box and an automation system is described. In one configuration, subscriber program content is provided. An aspect of a premises is monitored via one or more sensors. A monitor channel may be provided to display the monitored aspect of the premises. The monitor channel may be displayed in a channel guide among channels of the subscriber program content. | 12-18-2014 |
20150026734 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CUSTOM MEDIA CONTENT FLIPPING - Systems and methods for providing enhanced channel flipping are disclosed. A user may selectively mark and unmark channels as temporary favorite channels. These channels may be dynamically added or removed from the channel changing or channel flipping sequence. Unauthorized channels and channels locked by parental controls may also be automatically removed from the channel flipping sequence. A plurality of custom channel flipping sequences may be maintained on the user equipment device. Users may access any of these custom channel flipping sequences in order to flip only through the channels associated with the custom sequence. Channels in the flipping sequence may also be pre-tuned in order to reduce delays associated with tuning. | 01-22-2015 |
20160112766 | AUDIO-VIDEO SERVER SYSTEM - A channelization method of digital content and an audio-video server system are provided. A received operational behavior is packaged as an execution module, and the execution module is associated with a channel number. A correlation between the channel number and the execution module is recorded in a local channel list. Accordingly, when a switch command that contains the channel number is received, the execution module corresponding to the channel number is obtained from the local channel list, so as to perform the operational behavior to use the digital content. | 04-21-2016 |
20160127764 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A method for operating an image display apparatus includes providing input signals to the image display apparatus, displaying at least one image on a display based on the input signals, generating a plurality thumbnail images based on the input signals, and displaying a thumbnail-image list which includes a plurality of generated thumbnail images. | 05-05-2016 |
20160150271 | METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, RECEPTION APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING AVAILABLE CHANNELS AND/OR SERVICES - A method, computer-readable storage medium, reception apparatus, and information providing apparatus for generating a list of accessible channels. The method includes retrieving from a primary server terrestrial broadcast channel information associated with a predetermined geographical region. The terrestrial broadcast channel information includes, for each broadcaster associated with the predetermined geographical region, one or a combination of a broadcast channel and a secondary server location associated with the respective broadcaster. Service information is retrieved, for each of at least one broadcaster associated with the predetermined geographical region, from a secondary server associated with the respective broadcaster based on the terrestrial broadcast channel information. The reception apparatus determines, for each of the at least one broadcaster associated with the predetermined geographical region, whether the broadcast channel associated with the respective broadcaster is receivable by the reception apparatus. The reception apparatus generates the list of accessible channels based on the determination. | 05-26-2016 |