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| 20080243602 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING IPTV ADVERTISEMENTS - Systems and methods according to the exemplary embodiments provide advertisements to end users in IPTV systems. IMS core networks can be used to provide the advertisements, via an IP network, to an IPTV client. An ad server can subscribe to a service which notifies it when a targeted user or users are online and inform it regarding an IPTV end user equipment that is currently being used. Then, a personalized advertisement can be forwarded to that IPTV end user equipment for rendering. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080244710 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTHENTICATION USING IP MULTIMEDIA SERVICES IDENTITY MODULES - Systems and methods provide two levels of authentication for a user on an IMS-IPTV system. A first level of authentication validates an ISIM card (set-top box) with the network using, e.g., an IMSI comparison. A second level of authentication validates the user through comparing user entered information with information stored on the ISIM card. Additionally, methods for populating security information onto the ISIM card to facilitate the second level of authentication are described. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090013174 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HANDLING DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods according to the present invention address this need and others by providing methods and systems for translating media encrypted by various Digital Rights Management (DRM) techniques. This allows end user equipment to receive media in an IMS/IPTV environment when the end user equipment uses a DRM that is different from the media server which is providing the desired media in both unicast and multicast applications. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090016330 | PROVISION OF PACKET-BASED SERVICES VIA CIRCUIT-SWITCHED ACCESS - The present invention proposes a solution for providing IMS services and in particular mid-call services to users having circuit-switched controlled terminals and being not adapted to provide IMS services to the users. In particular, it is proposed to introduce a new node type called Mobile Access Gateway Control Function (MAGCF). This new node combines the logical functionality of a cellular switching center and the logical functionality of packet-based logic. The invention discusses a concept of the MAGCF handling mid-calls, which comprises identification of the received mid-call request, generating in accordance to the identified mid-call a corresponding message, tracking the status of the performed mid-calls. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090017796 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMMUNICATING BETWEEN IMS AND NON-IMS NETWORKS - Systems and methods according to the present invention allow non-IMS end users to communicate with IMS networks (and vice versa). These cross network communications occur through a gateway which allows for identity mapping between the networks. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090019469 | DYNAMIC UPDATE OF CHANNEL FILTERING INFORMATION IN IPTV SYSTEMS - Systems and methods according to the present invention address this need and others by updating the channel filtering information, e.g., whitelist, within the context of a streaming media system, e.g., an IMS-IPTV system. This updating of the channel filtering information occurs automatically through messages transmitted between a network node and an Internet Protocol television (IPTV) control function including intervening hardware. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090052365 | Method and Communication Node for Optimising Time Sensitive Communications - A method for communications and a communications node are provided, wherein when the node (a user terminal or server) subscribes to receive a certain type of notification messages using for example a SIP SUBSCRIBE mechanism. When node later engages in a time sensitive application, such as in a voice communication, responsive to the engagement in the time sensitive application, it requests a suspension of the subscription to the receipt of the certain type of notification messages. Such request may be achieved using, for example, SIP SUBSCRIBE, SIP NOTIFY or SIP PUBLISH messages. The communications node comprises a communications module subscribing to the receipt of a certain type of notification messages and initiating the time sensitive application, and service logic that responsive to the engagement in the time sensitive application, instructs issuance of a request to suspend the subscription to the receipt of the certain type of notification messages. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090055540 | Methods and Systems for Multicast Control and Channel Switching for Streaming Media in an IMS Environment - Systems and methods according to the present invention address this need and others by reducing the delay in channel zapping for streaming media, e.g., Internet Protocol television (IPTV). This delay is reduced by performing channel zapping through an Internet Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architecture using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) signaling. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090113508 | MULTICAST ADMISSION CONTROL - A resource admission control entity and method in an administrative domain (AD). The AD has a topology view that comprises link capacity and link usage information. The resource admission control entity receives a request intended for a user to obtain a multicast content, derives a list of links to be newly used by the multicast content based on the request and verifies if the multicast content can be admitted on the links to be newly used by the multicast content based on the topology view thereby providing an admittance verification result. If the admittance verification result is positive, the admission control module updates usage values in the topology view for the links to be newly used by the multicast content. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090147779 | METHODS, IPTV (INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION) TERMINAL, AND IPTV CONTROL SERVER FOR IPTV BANDWIDTH MANAGEMENT - An IP Television (IPTV) terminal, an IPTV control server, and methods for used therein are provided for delegating the service admission control from the network to the terminals. As an IPTV terminal initiates a new IPTV service (e.g. linear TV, Video-on-Demand), a bandwidth balance available for use by IPTV terminals of the given IPTV subscription is verified locally, and if sufficient bandwidth is found, then the service is allowed and started. The terminal then informs the IPTV control server of the service initiation and a new bandwidth balance is obtained by the server, and sent to all IPTV terminals for the subscription. Next time a new service is initiated by any of the IPTV terminals of the given subscription, that new bandwidth balance is used locally by the terminals, to determine if sufficient bandwidth remains available for using the new service, thus allowing or inhibiting initiation of the service. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090164642 | METHOD AND INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION (IPTV) CONTENT MANAGER SERVER FOR IPTV SERVICING - There is provided a method and an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) content manager server for IPTV service. The server comprises a Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) stack adapted to request an establishment of a first RTSP session with an IPTV media server responsive to an IPTV service request from an Internet Protocol Television Terminal (ITF). The RTSP stack stores an identifier of the first RTSP session responsive to the request for the establishment of the RTSP session. Subsequently, the RTSP stack receives an RTSP session initiation message from the ITF requesting an establishment of an RTSP session. Upon receipt of the message, the content manager server authenticates the message, determines the existence of an existing RTSP session for the ITF, and thus acts to discard the session initiation message received from the ITF and to return the identifier of the first, already established, RTSP session. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090225760 | SIP-HTTP APPLICATION CORRELATOR - Systems and methods according to the present invention facilitate communications between devices which utilize different signaling protocols. A gateway can analyze incoming messages, in a first protocol such as SIP, to identify an application instance to which the messages should be routed. The messages can then be converted into another protocol and forwarded to the identified application. | 09-10-2009 |
| 20090293113 | CONTROLLED DELIVERY OF EVENT INFORMATION TO IPTV USERS - A method and a gateway are provided for controlling delivery of event information to users sharing a user device. The gateway is informed of activity states of each user sharing a same user device. Events related to services used by the users are detected by the gateway. Because some users of a same device may be active while others are inactive, the gateway verifies the activity state of each user for whom an event is detected. Active users are informed of events that are of interest for them. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20100005517 | IPTV CONTENT SHARING IN IMS NETWORK - A Content Sharing AS facilitates the sharing of IPTV content distribution sessions between users in an IMS network. A first user's request to share an ongoing IPTV session is routed to the Content Sharing AS, with a SIP URI of a second user with whom to share the content, identification of the desired content, and the Mcast address of the IPTV session. The Content Sharing AS joins the IGMP session group and sends the first user a SIP URI for the content and a unique authentication token. The first user sends the content URI and token to the second user, such as via a SMS message. The second user may then send an SIP INVITE message toward the URI, which the IMS system routes to the Content Sharing AS. The second user provides the authentication token, which the Content Sharing AS uses to authenticate the second user, and share the IPTV content. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100046528 | Intelligent IMS Gateway for Legacy DSLAMs - Systems and methods according to the present invention address this need and others by improving service within the telecommunications field for gateways. According to exemplary embodiments, a gateway stores policy information which it uses to determine whether access to a requested service is permissible. The gateway manages a single Internet Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) session capable of supporting multiple requests for service from different requesting sources. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100107205 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RESUMING, TRANSFERRING OR COPYING A MULTIMEDIA SESSION - Methods and systems for resuming, transferring or copying an IMS session associated with a first terminal or user at a second terminal in e.g., a same household are described. If a session is to be transferred, resource reservations associated with establishing a second IMS session for the transfer can be bypassed by informing the IMS system, either explicitly or implicitly, of the relationship between the terminals involved in the transfer. A controller can select a content server to support the resumed session and coordinate session identities associated with the selection. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100157985 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDICATING CIRCUIT SWITCHED ACCESS AT IMS REGISTRATION - In IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) IMS Control Channel Protocol (ICCP) is used between a user equipment (UE) and IMS Control Channel Function (ICCF) and Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) interface (between to ICCF, Call Session Control Function and Application Server) to support the indication of Circuit Switched (CS) access utilizing P-Access-Network-Information header. The indication can be used by an S-CSCF or AS for different purposes such as routing decision, charging, and presence info. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100172367 | NETWORK BASED BANDWIDTH CONTROL IN IMS SYSTEMS - Systems and methods according to the present invention address this need and others by improving IMS service within the communications field. More particularly, systems and methods are described for controlling bandwidth. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100199341 | Methods, Subscriber Server, and User Equipment for Facilitating Service Provision - A User Equipment (UE), a Home Subscriber Server (HSS), and methods are provided for facilitating access to a second service (e.g. IPTV, IP Television) when the user registers with a network for a first service (e.g. IMS, IP Multimedia Subsystem service, or 2G mobile service). For example, the user employs his mobile terminal to register for IMS service, then requests a security token for the provision of the second service. The network validates the user subscription and provides the security token associated with the 2 | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100205642 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING A SESSION ACROSS DOMAINS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS - A system and method for transferring a session between IPTV Control Servers, or between IMS subscriptions, allows the IPTV Control Servers involved in the transfer to connect to each other and facilitate a transfer of session transfer information. This session transfer information allows the recipient of the transfer to connect to the same content distribution network and resume the session using the same content servers where appropriate. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100269132 | Method and System For Inserting Advertisements In A Content Stream In Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) - A method for inserting advertisements in a content stream in IPTV comprises: notifying an external decision point of advertisement insertion opportunities in the content stream; receiving, in response to the notification, advertisements selected by the external decision point, to be inserted in the advertisement insertion opportunities; and transmitting to a controlling node policies relative to the selected advertisements for insertion in the content stream. The method is carried out in a system, which comprises an advertisement management service for notifying the external decision point about the advertisement insertion opportunities, an input module, in response to the notification, for receiving the selected advertisements and an output module for transmitting to the controlling node the policies relative to the selected advertisements for insertion in the content stream. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100322215 | METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS DOMAIN SWITCHING, NETWORK NODES, USER TERMINAL AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREFOR - A technique for controlling an access domain selection is described. The technique is applicable to user terminals that are capable of switching from a first network access domain to a second network access domain while services are provided to the user terminals. According to a network aspect of this technique, a network node receives a request message from a user terminal. In response to this request message, the network node sends a rule set including one or more access domain switching rules to the user terminal. These access domain switching rules may be dynamically selected by the network node to control the access domain switching behaviour of the user terminal. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110029999 | POLICIES TRANSFER FOR SESSION TRANSFER - A system and method for transferring policies associated with a unicast session from one terminal node to another makes use of the IPTV controller in the network to obtain decryption keys that allow the transfer of viewing policies between the nodes when the program transfer is effected. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110030002 | ADM ENABLED OITF, SUPPORTING IPTV INFRASTRUCTURE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A system and method for the automated discovery of advertisement decision services and advertisement management services employs an advertisement application server which receives the address of an advertisement management service from an IPTV Controller during the registration phase. The advertisement application server then begins the configuration process by informing the advertisement decision server of the availability of a new advertisement management service. Additionally, an OITF having an embedded ADM makes use of markers in a received content stream to identify the location at which an advertisement is to be inserted, requests and receives advertisements from an ADS, and renders a video stream based on the received content and the received advertisement. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110055883 | METHOD FOR ACTIVE SWITCHING OF CONTENT IN AN IPTV-BASED PLAYLIST - A system and method for switching between content streams in a playlist makes use of a bookmarking and state information saving process to allow an intermediate node in an IPTV network to offer an enhanced user experience. By bookmarking a user position in a content stream before switching to a second content stream, the method and system allow the user to resume viewing the first content stream at a later point over the same user-side channel and at the bookmarked location. This can also provide the user with improved channel switching speeds. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110072477 | USING MOBILE TERMINALS FOR TEXT ENTRY IN IPTV CHAT SESSIONS - Systems and methods according to the exemplary embodiments provide for chat session handling in IPTV systems. A chat server can be configured to forward text messages associated with a particular chat session toward an IPTV terminal for output thereon. Chat message entry can be performed by using a wireless text entry device, e.g., a mobile phone. An IPTV control server can be configured to recognize a request for a chat session which involves output of chat messages on an IPTV terminal, and to verify that the user has a linked mobile phone and IPTV subscriptions. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110078727 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HANDLING ADVERTISEMENTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH NETWORK-BASED BOOKMARKING - Systems and methods according to the exemplary embodiments provide for bookmarking of content in IPTV systems. An IPTV control server can subscribe to receive notifications associated with the insertion of advertisements into other content. Upon receipt of a bookmark storing request, the IPTV control server can determine whether the bookmark storing request is associated with an advertisement or with the other content. A bookmark can then be stored by the IPTV control server including a content identifier based on the determination. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110138432 | Media Bookmarks - Specific instances in time, e.g., scenes, in a program or other media content can be marked in an unambiguous manner. A scene's marking information, which can be called a bookmark, is preferably stored in communication network as a part of a user's service profile. With such a bookmark, a user can, among other things, resume watching a program from the bookmarked point onwards on the same or a different media device, and send the bookmark to others, e.g., as a link in chat or other social networking interactions, so that they can watch the program from or around the bookmarked scene (provided, of course, that they have rights to access that content). | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110164857 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NETWORK-BASED BOOKMARKING - Systems and methods according to the exemplary embodiments provide for bookmarking of content in IPTV systems. Upon receipt of a bookmark storing request, an IPTV server can obtain information associated with the content to be bookmarked from an electronic program guide (EPG). The IPTV server can then determine a position in the content at which the content is to be bookmarked based upon the information received from the EPG. A bookmark can then be stored by the IPTV server including a content identifier and the position. | 07-07-2011 |
