Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110122314 | SYSTEM FOR GENERATING CLOSED CAPTIONING COMPATIBLE WITH LEGACY AND NEWER SET-TOP BOXES - A caption formatting method and computing system that receives an input video stream that includes a sequence of input transport stream packets. The method locates user data in the sequence of input transport stream packets, where the user data includes input caption data compliant with an input caption data format. The method extracts EIA-608 captions and EIA-708 captions from the input caption data, and formats the EIA-608 captions as caption data compliant with SCTE-20 format. The method creates a sequence of output transport stream packets based on the sequence of input transport stream packets, where the sequence of output transport stream packets include the caption data compliant with SCTE-20 format and the input caption data. The method sends an output video stream from the computing device, where the output video stream includes the sequence of output transport stream packets. | 05-26-2011 |
20120144420 | TARGETED ADVERTISEMENT DISTRIBUTION IN AN SDV ENVIRONMENT - A system and method for distributing targeted advertisements in a switched digital video system. The method monitors a content stream associated with a channel selected by a subscriber, where the content stream includes an advertisement segment having a start time and an end time, and an advertisement replacement opportunity inserted in the content stream. The method detects the advertisement replacement opportunity at a detection time that is prior to the start time of the advertisement segment, and sends a request to select an advertisement replacement for the advertisement segment, thereby broadcasting a service associated with the advertisement replacement prior to the start time for the advertisement segment. The method receives tune data to identify an advertisement replacement stream associated with the advertisement replacement, and tunes to the advertisement replacement at the start time for the advertisement segment. | 06-07-2012 |
20120151037 | Adaptive Download Bandwidth Allocation System, Apparatus and Method - Apparatus for controlling the downloading conditions of software objects from a carousel server to a population of remotely-located, in-service, software-configurable consumer devices communicating via a network is disclosed. The apparatus includes an electronic controller programmed to automatically generate an announcement over the network to a target population of consumer devices. The announcement concerns the availability of a software object loaded for download on the carousel server. The controller receives replies from the target population of consumer devices and analyzes the replies to determine a quantity of the consumer devices in the target population that require the download and to determine an optimal allocation of bandwidth for the download based on information provided by the replies. A download system and method are also provided. | 06-14-2012 |
20130201395 | SYSTEM FOR GENERATING CLOSED CAPTIONING COMPATIBLE WITH LEGACY AND NEWER SET-TOP BOXES - A caption formatting method and computing system that receives an input video stream that includes a sequence of input transport stream packets. The method locates user data in the sequence of input transport stream packets, where the user data includes input caption data compliant with an input caption data format. The method extracts EIA-608 captions and EIA-708 captions from the input caption data, and formats the EIA-608 captions as caption data compliant with SCTE-20 format. The method creates a sequence of output transport stream packets based on the sequence of input transport stream packets, where the sequence of output transport stream packets include the caption data compliant with SCTE-20 format and the input caption data. The method sends an output video stream from the computing device, where the output video stream includes the sequence of output transport stream packets. | 08-08-2013 |
20140281985 | Maximum Value Displayed Content Feature - Techniques for enhancing a user's viewing experience include providing new opportunities for viewing information or manipulating data during the viewing experience. The user may take an action that has an intended purpose of changing a mode of play of content displayed at the client device. An event prompted by the user action, such as a pause or rewind of the displayed content, may be an event that triggers at least one extended option associated with the displayed content. | 09-18-2014 |
20140304373 | Filtering Content for Adaptive Streaming - Creating a filtered adaptive streaming playlist in a content delivery network. The playlist is for delivery of a plurality of chunks of stored video content to a streaming client device. The filtering is based on a determination of whether information associated with each chunk is in compliance with a personalized rule set associated with the streaming client device. | 10-09-2014 |