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| 20080304406 | Method and apparatus for error messaging in a multimedia network - In certain home multimedia networks having a plurality of terminals, there are no provisions for sending error messages when a service cannot be delivered owing to conflicts with another service. The present invention proposes to let the media server of the tuner in such a network provide an image bearing the message and deliver this image to the terminal that otherwise would be left in the dark. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090019136 | Method of discovery of a domestic network and device implementing the method - The invention relates to audio and video interoperability over networks based on network technologies other than the 1394 bus. The invention relates more particularly to a method of discovery, by a device connectable to a communication network, of the other devices connected to this network, which comprises a step of connection of the device to the said network, a step of despatching of an announcement message containing autodescription information describing the device destined for all the other devices connected to this network, a step of despatching of an autodescription information request message to all the other devices connected to this network and a step of reception of a response message from each of the other devices of the network containing the autodescription information of this other device. The invention also relates to the corresponding connectable device. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090077236 | Apparatus and method for managing services received in a local area network - This invention concerns a method for managing access to reception services of resources of a distribution gateway within a local area network. The gateway comprises means for receiving digital services and the capacity to distribute over the local area network to clients the received services. It consists in using levels of priority among the users and modes for booking of the services to manage access conflicts. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090158366 | Method for optimising the transmission of DVB-IP service information by partitioning into several multicast streams - The present invention relates to a broadcast server of service information data streams, comprising a first step consisting in partitioning at least one part of the service information between the different streams, and a second step consisting in broadcasting the partition from the first step on at least two separate streams to a plurality of terminals. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090165042 | Methods of receiving and sending digital television services - The invention relates to a method of receiving digital television services, which comprises a step of receiving at least one information representative of the lag in the display of a new service, the information being inserted into control data which comprise at least one list of services. Thus, the invention allows the receiver to perform an action during the loading of a service as a function of this time. The invention also relates to the corresponding sending method. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090290638 | Simplified transmission method for a stream of signals between a transmitter and an electronic device - The present invention essentially relates to a transmission method, via a communications network using a packet data transmission protocol, of a stream of multimedia samples between a transmitter server and at least one decoder receiver intended to restore these data in real time, this stream of samples coding images of variable size, the stream of samples coding images (I, P, B) of variable size, characterized in that the method comprises notably different steps consisting in:
| 11-26-2009 |
| 20100107202 | Method of transmission of a digital content stream and corresponding method of reception - The invention concerns a method of transmission of a digital content stream to receivers and a corresponding method of reception. In order to synchronize digital content rendering over these receivers, while supporting trick mode commands, the method of transmission comprises a step of sending of a common time reference to the receivers, a step of reception of a trick mode command message, the received trick mode command message comprising information allowing identification of a point in the digital content stream, a step of sending of notification messages to all of the at least two receivers notifying them of the received trick mode command message and a step of sending of at least part of the digital content stream to all receivers in accordance with the received trick mode command message, the digital content stream comprising information allowing to identify a point in the digital content stream. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100122302 | Method of management of trick mode commands destined to control a digital content streaming server - The invention relates to a method of management of trick mode commands destined to control a digital content streaming server. In order to manage the transmission of trick mode commands from multiple trick mode command issuers, the method comprises:
| 05-13-2010 |
| 20100138886 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING THE ZAPPING TIME - The present invention concerns a system and a method for zapping in a video receiver and in a video server. The zapping method comprises, in a video receiver, the reception steps of a zapping command to a new program, registration for the reception of a first stream comprising the new programme and a second stream comprising the same programme as the first stream, the second stream being suitable to be processed more rapidly than the first stream by the receiver, reception of the first stream and of the second stream, the second stream being received delayed in respect of the first stream memorization of the first stream during a longer period than the memorization of the second stream, display of the second stream, then display of the first stream in the continuity of the second stream. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100242080 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A MOSAIC IMAGE A RECEIVER FOR THE SELECTION OF AUDIOVISUAL PROGRAMS, RECEIVERS AND RELATED SERVERS - The present invention makes it possible to present a mosaic image to a user of an audiovisual receiver. The method comprises a step for generating a list of at least one audiovisual channel in order to display its content in a mosaic image. Then, the list is transmitted to a server which then transmits visual data associated with each channel in the list. The visual data is aggregated in order to form a mosaic image which is then displayed at the level of the receiver. According to a first embodiment, the mosaic image is produced at the level of the receiver. According to another embodiment, the mosaic image is created at the level of the server before being transmitted. According to a refinement, a channel is graphically highlighted at the level of the mosaic image, the receiver receives either the audio stream or the video stream or both of the highlighted channel. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100329630 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN EARLY START OF AUDIO-VIDEO RENDERING - The present invention relates to a method at a receiver for playing a stream comprising a set of video samples and a set of audio samples, said audio samples and said video samples being adapted to be rendered at a standard rendering speed in a synchronized manner, comprising at the receiver the steps of starting the reception of the stream, starting the rendering of the video samples at a speed slower than the standard rendering speed and accelerating the rendering speed up to the standard rendering speed. The invention also concerns methods for an early rendering of audio samples, when the stream comprises a set of audio samples, wherein the audio and video samples are adapted to be rendered at a standard rendering speed in a synchronized manner. | 12-30-2010 |
