| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D496665 |
User interface design for a television display screen |
September 28, 2004 |
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| D494186 |
User interface for a television display screen |
August 10, 2004 |
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| D490086 |
User interface design for a television display screen |
May 18, 2004 |
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| D486834 |
User interface for a television display screen |
February 17, 2004 |
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| D480733 |
User interface design for a television display screen |
October 14, 2003 |
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| D478912 |
User interface for a television display screen |
August 26, 2003 |
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| D478595 |
User interface for a television display screen |
August 19, 2003 |
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| D478090 |
User interface for a television display screen |
August 5, 2003 |
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| D476994 |
User interface for a television display screen |
July 8, 2003 |
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| D475718 |
User interface for a television display screen |
June 10, 2003 |
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| D474197 |
User interface design for a television display screen |
May 6, 2003 |
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| D470153 |
User interface design for a television display screen |
February 11, 2003 |
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| D470152 |
User interface for a television display screen |
February 11, 2003 |
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| D469443 |
User interface design for a television display screen |
January 28, 2003 |
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| D469105 |
User interface for a television display screen |
January 21, 2003 |
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| D469104 |
User interface for a television display screen |
January 21, 2003 |
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| D468274 |
Remote control |
January 7, 2003 |
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| D465227 |
User interface for a television display screen |
November 5, 2002 |
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| D463444 |
User interface for a television display screen |
September 24, 2002 |
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| D462340 |
Remote control |
September 3, 2002 |
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| D462339 |
Remote control |
September 3, 2002 |
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| D462333 |
Remote control |
September 3, 2002 |
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| D453936 |
User interface for a television display screen |
February 26, 2002 |
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| D453768 |
User interface for a television display screen |
February 19, 2002 |
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| D453767 |
User interface for a television display screen |
February 19, 2002 |
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| D450711 |
User interface for a television display screen |
November 20, 2001 |
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| D450324 |
User interface for a television display screen |
November 13, 2001 |
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| D450058 |
User interface for a television display screen |
November 6, 2001 |
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| 7440523 |
Apparatus and method for decode arbitration in a multi-stream multimedia system |
October 21, 2008 |
| An apparatus and method are described for mapping a plurality of multimedia streams (e.g., received from a set of satellite transponders) across a lesser plurality of decoders. In one embodiment, arbitration logic allocates the multimedia streams to divide the decoding load equally a |
| 7434246 |
Systems and methods for automatic personalizing of channel favorites in a set top box |
October 7, 2008 |
| A set top box for use in interactive television systems includes a generation engine and a display engine. The generation engine automatically stores channel favorites in a channel favorites table. The generation engine may include cumulative viewing time for each channel in the tabl |
| 7428023 |
Remote control device with integrated display screen for controlling a digital video recorder |
September 23, 2008 |
| A remote control for a digital video recorder includes an integrated display screen configured to display a list of programs. The list may be an EPG, a list of programs to be recorded, or a list of recorded programs. A user can navigate through the list to select a television program |
| 7391808 |
System and method for upgrading processing capabilities of a media center |
June 24, 2008 |
| Video data encoded according to new compression standards may be processed by an existing client terminal using an adaptive module that transcodes the video data into a format compatible with the processing capabilities of the client terminal. Further, the adaptive module may compress vi |
| 7386129 |
System and method for multimedia content simulcast |
June 10, 2008 |
| A computer-implemented method is described for processing multimedia channels comprising: encrypting a first group of multimedia channels using a first type of encryption to produce a first group of encrypted multimedia channels; encrypting the first group of multimedia channels usin |
| 7382838 |
Frequency drift compensation across multiple broadband signals in a digital receiver system |
June 3, 2008 |
| A system and method are described for providing drift compensation for a multimedia receiver which processes multimedia streams from a plurality of satellite transponders and/or cable/broadcast carriers. In one embodiment, the average drift amount for all multimedia signals in a firs |
| 7380260 |
Focused navigation interface for a PC media center and extension device |
May 27, 2008 |
| Within a personal computer media center, a user interface module generates graphical commands representing a user interface. A network interface then sends the graphical commands via a home network to a media center extension, where a display interface renders the graphical commands into |
| 7350157 |
Filtering by broadcast or recording quality within an electronic program guide |
March 25, 2008 |
| A memory associates a media quality indicator with each media program in a set of media programs. A filter selects from the set those media programs having at least a specified media quality. A display interface displays a list of the selected media programs in an electronic program guid |
| 7340761 |
System and method for delivering radio programs and related schedule information |
March 4, 2008 |
| An Internet-enabled television system provides an electronic program guide for the radio (radio EPG) depicting radio programs available via the Internet. The radio EPG displays the programming available for a plurality of radio stations and time slots. The radio EPG is interactive in |
| 7320137 |
Method and system for distributing personalized editions of media programs using bookmarks |
January 15, 2008 |
| An editing device accesses a media program and a user of the editing device designates points of interest within the media program. Bookmarks are generated for the designated points of interest. The bookmarks are transmitted via a network from the editing device to a playback device. |
| 7320134 |
System and method for cable operator control over enhanced programming |
January 15, 2008 |
| A system and method are described for allowing cable operators to actively block, pass through, modify, append, filter, or replace triggers corresponding to various forms of enhanced content being transmitted across a cable system. Accordingly, cable operators may offer enhanced cont |
| 7313802 |
Method and system to provide deals and promotions via an interactive video casting system |
December 25, 2007 |
| A viewer of an interactive video casting system can be presented with promotions having purchase offers or offers of credits toward future purchases. These promotions can be provided by correlating a program being viewed with user profile information and product information. If prese |
| 7310355 |
Apparatus and method for powering a network device |
December 18, 2007 |
| A system is described comprising: a first node coupled to a second node by a communications network, the first node and second node communicating digital and/or analog signals over the communications network; the first node comprising a power output selector module to apply a specified |
| 7302696 |
System and method to provide an interactive coupon channel a video casting network |
November 27, 2007 |
| A system and method to provide an interactive coupon channel via a video casting network. A viewer can tune to the coupon channel to search for coupons by keyword or category. The coupon channel can also be accessed through another channel, such as a shopping channel. Once a coupon is |
| 7272657 |
System and method for displaying video streams ranked by user-specified criteria |
September 18, 2007 |
| A plurality of video streams are simultaneously displayed on a terminal coupled to a network. The video streams are ranked according to a set of ranking criteria and displayed in accordance with the ranking. Highly ranked video streams may be displayed in prominent positions or empha |
| 7266835 |
Method and apparatus for secure transactions in an interactive television ticker |
September 4, 2007 |
| A user can perform secure transactions via an interactive television ticker. While viewing an advertisement scrolling in the ticker, the user can select that advertisement to initiate an on-line transaction. That resulting transaction can be performed within the ticker. A visual indi |
| 7266832 |
Advertisement swapping using an aggregator for an interactive television system |
September 4, 2007 |
| An aggregator is provided in connection with advertisement swapping. The aggregator can be implemented in an interactive television system so as to perform real-time aggregation of trigger information for advertisement swapping through cooperation with content providers or third-party |
| 7263362 |
System and method for deploying multi-function access points in a data network |
August 28, 2007 |
| An apparatus is described comprising: telephony circuitry electrically coupled to a telephone network, the telephony circuitry to transmit and receive telephone signals over the local telephone network; a first network controller electrically coupled to the telephone network, the net |
| 7251294 |
System and method for concurrently demodulating and decoding multiple data streams |
July 31, 2007 |
| An architecture and method are disclosed for concurrently processing multimedia data from several satellite transponders or satellite carriers. In one embodiment, a combination of a fast Fourier transform, a complex multiplication, and an inverse fast Fourier transform are performed |
| 7251255 |
System and method for allocating resources across a plurality of distributed nodes |
July 31, 2007 |
| A system is described comprising: an originating node having system resources to be utilized to deliver multimedia content and/or data to a plurality of multimedia devices; and a resource allocation module to allocate the system resources to each of the multimedia devices based on a |
| 7245817 |
Multimedia transfer system |
July 17, 2007 |
| A multimedia transfer apparatus is described comprising: a plurality of media readers; one or more encoder modules, configured to encode data read by the media readers in a specified encoding format; and a data communication interface configured to copy the encoded data to a media st |
| 7243123 |
Video call routing with presence determination |
July 10, 2007 |
| A request to establish video communication with a recipient associated with multiple communication devices is received. The recipient is identified using information contained within the request. A set of communication devices associated with the recipient is determined. A first comm |
