Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090080866 | Video Substitution System - A video substitution method for use with a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) which is operative to store video is disclosed. The method includes retrieving stored video recorded from a single video stream which includes a first positive integer n1 down-sampled video sequences, the n1 down-sampled video sequences being mutually synchronized and formatted in a second positive integer n2 video frames, each video frame comprising n1 spatially combined sub-pictures each of which corresponds to one frame of the n1 down-sampled video sequences, up-sampling at least part of a first one of the n1 down-sampled video sequences, thereby producing a first up-sampled video sequence, displaying the first up-sampled video sequence on a display during normal content viewing, detecting activation of a trick mode including one of the following: a fast forward mode; and a rewind mode, and in response to the detecting: up-sampling at least part of a second one of the n1 down-sampled video sequences, thereby producing a second up-sampled video sequence, and displaying the second up-sampled video sequence instead of the first up-sampled video sequence during at least part of an activation period of the trick mode. Related apparatus and methods are also disclosed. | 03-26-2009 |
20090208180 | CONTROLLED METADATA REVELATION - A method of controlling revelation of one or more metadata items is disclosed. Each of the one or more metadata items is associated with one or more parts of an audio-visual data stream ( | 08-20-2009 |
20100043028 | MULTI-DIRECTIONAL MOVEMENT - A system for preparing data and video sequences to enable a viewer to scroll content in a plurality of directions including a first and second direction, the content including at least one element in motion, the system including a video sequence preparation module to prepare the video sequences including a first and second video sequence, each video sequence including still images, each still image including at least part of the content, at least some of the still images including the at least one element, the video sequences being prepared such that playing the first and second video sequence effects scrolling the content in the first and second direction, respectively, and a switchover determination module to prepare the data including corresponding switchover points in the video sequences for switching between the video sequences and therefore for switching the direction of scrolling by the viewer. Related apparatus and methods are also described. | 02-18-2010 |
20100138865 | PRESENTING CONTENT - A method of presenting content to a viewer is described. The method includes: receiving a schedule of content at a client operable by the viewer, the schedule of content including a directed graph, the directed graph including a plurality of nodes, wherein each node in the plurality of nodes is connected to one or more other nodes in the plurality of nodes by one or more paths, wherein each path represents content presentable to the viewer; traversing the directed graph by following a route between nodes and along paths of the directed graph, wherein at each node the client determines a path to follow according to state information accessible by the client; and presenting content to the viewer as each path is followed. | 06-03-2010 |
20100146077 | PROVIDING INFORMATIN ABOUT VIDEO CONTENT - A method of providing information about video content to a client is disclosed. The method includes: receiving a request from a client requesting information about video content, the request including an internet protocol address of the client; establishing (a) a geographic location of the client from the internet protocol address; and (b) a time of the request; identifying one or more content providers available in the geographic location; in dependence on the one or more content providers and the time, retrieving information about the video content from a database; and providing the information to the client. Related apparatus and methods are also disclosed. | 06-10-2010 |