| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7054547 |
Disc having a segment code for prohibiting a play control function during a playing of a video s |
May 30, 2006 |
| An apparatus comprising the means for, and a method comprising the steps of: receiving (1) a video program including within a set of parallel segments that provide for at least two versions of a scene of the video program, each parallel segment comprising a sequence of video frames, (2) |
| 6714723 |
Video-on-demand purchasing and escrowing system |
March 30, 2004 |
| An electronically integrated video-on-demand system and method comprising receiving a communication from a viewer; selecting, responsive to the communication and from a plurality of video advertisements, a video advertisement; transmitting the selected video advertisement to the view |
| 6553178 |
Advertisement subsidized video-on-demand system |
April 22, 2003 |
| A random access pointcast video delivery system provides the capability for a viewer to select a video advertisement. The video advertisement is automatically customized responsive to the application of the viewer's video content preferences to a video segment map defining a plurality of |
| 6504990 |
Randomly and continuously playing fragments of a video segment |
January 7, 2003 |
| A method of, and a system capable of, playing at least a portion of at least one video segment of a video, the method comprising the steps of, and the system comprising processing, random accessing, and buffering means for, enabling a user to define for a fragmented playing, at least |
| 6463207 |
Playing a variable-content-video having a user interface |
October 8, 2002 |
| A system for, and a method of, playing a variable content video contained in a memory device, such as an optical disk, the memory device further providing user interface routines and control codes; the video having a non-sequential logical arrangement of parallel, transitional, and o |
| 6408128 |
Replaying with supplementary information a segment of a video |
June 18, 2002 |
| A method of, and a system capable of, replaying a portion of a video comprising the steps of, and the means for receiving, during a playing of a video, a replay request to replay a portion of a video, the replay request comprising a voice command; storing a request position of the pl |
| 6304715 |
Disc having a code for preventing an interference with a playing of a video segment |
October 16, 2001 |
| A system for, or method of, playing a video provided by an optical disk, the video including within at least one segment excluded from at least one playing of the video and at least one other segment excluded from at least one other playing of the video, wherein the at least one segment |
| 6289165 |
System for and a method of playing interleaved presentation segments |
September 11, 2001 |
| A method of, and a system capable of, playing at least a portion of at least one presentation segment, such as a camera angle segment, from a set of interleaved presentation segments included within a video, the method comprising the steps of, and the system comprising preferencing, |
| 6269216 |
Intermittently arranged frames for instantaneously shifting among video segments |
July 31, 2001 |
| A system capable of, and a method of, transmitting video, the system comprising a storage and communications for, and the method comprising the steps of, storing a plurality of video programs; receiving a video program request from a remote player; and transmitting, responsive to said vi |
| 6208805 |
Inhibiting a control function from interfering with a playing of a video |
March 27, 2001 |
| An apparatus capable of, and a method of, playing an optical disc storing (1) a video program including within, and not provided by an alternative program source, at least one parallel video segment for variably playing a scene of the video program; (2) segment information, not created b |
| 6192340 |
Integration of music from a personal library with real-time information |
February 20, 2001 |
| An apparatus capable of, and a method of, playing audio, the apparatus comprising communicating, processing, and playing means for, and the method comprising the steps of: communicating a user's information preferences to an information provider; receiving, from the information provi |
| 6151444 |
Motion picture including within a duplication of frames |
November 21, 2000 |
| A video disc and a motion picture playing method comprising retrieving segment information of a motion picture, the motion picture including within a duplication of frames, at least one overlapping segment, and/or a segment that is congruent in at least one frame with at least one other |
| 6091886 |
Video viewing responsive to content and time restrictions |
July 18, 2000 |
| A method and a system for a user (e.g. a parent) to restrict a time (e.g. a time of day and/or an accumulated viewing during a specified time frame), and to restrict the videos and/or versions of videos that may be viewed by a viewer (e.g. a child) and/or a plurality of individually rest |
| 6072934 |
Video previewing method and apparatus |
June 6, 2000 |
| A video method and system for providing a viewer an automatically customized version of a video responsive to an editor's determination of the suitability of possibly unsuitable segments and the viewer's video content preferences. The video previewing system comprising a video and a |
| 6067401 |
Playing a version of and from within a video by means of downloaded segment information |
May 23, 2000 |
| A system comprising the means for, and a method of comprising the steps of, preestablishing a content preference with respect to a level of explicitness in each of plurality of content categories; downloading, by means of a communication, segment information for a video comprising a |
| 6038367 |
Playing a Video Responsive to a comparison of two sets of Content Preferences |
March 14, 2000 |
| A method of, and a system capable of, playing a video, the method comprising the steps of, and the system comprising retrieving, processing, random accessing, and buffering device for retrieving a first set of content preferences and a second set of content preferences, each includin |
| 6011895 |
Keyword responsive variable content video program |
January 4, 2000 |
| A retrieval of programs, segments from a program, and/or segments from a plurality of programs comprising enabling a user to establish content preferences by means of at least one keyword; retrieving from a plurality of previously produced programs each having at least one program segmen |
| 6002833 |
Disc storing a variable-content-video and a user interface |
December 14, 1999 |
| A laser readable disc comprising at least one spiral track storing a video program including within at least three segments containing respectively (1) content unique to one of at least two versions of, and playable from within, the video program, (2) content unique to another of the at |
| 5987211 |
Seamless transmission of non-sequential video segments |
November 16, 1999 |
| A memory device, such as an optical disc, comprising a variable content video, user interfaces, program routines, system control codes, and gaming software (where applicable); the video having a non-sequential logical arrangement of parallel, transitional, and overlapping segments, and |
| 5953485 |
Method and system for maintaining audio during video control |
September 14, 1999 |
| A video method and system maintains a transmission of an audio of a video during a viewer controlled freezing, slowing, and/or zooming of the transmission of the video component of the video by automatically selecting, adjusting audio levels, looping, and producing audio effects, fro |
| 5913013 |
Seamless transmission of non-sequential video segments |
June 15, 1999 |
| A system for, and a method of, playing a selected one of at least two versions of, and from within, the same variable content video program stored in a laser readable disc comprising at least one spiral track, the video program including within at least three segments containing resp |
| 5724472 |
Content map for seamlessly skipping a retrieval of a segment of a video |
March 3, 1998 |
| A variable content video comprising a video and a segment map, the segment map defining a plurality of video segments of the video responsive to at least one preestablished content category, the segment map providing information for a video system to automatically select, retrieve, and |
| 5717814 |
Variable-content video retriever |
February 10, 1998 |
| A video retrieving method/system that permits a viewer to establish video content preferences, request a video from a remote video provider, and receive a version of the requested video that is responsive to an application of the content preferences to a content map that provides for |
| 5696869 |
Variable-content-video provider system |
December 9, 1997 |
| A video delivery system and methodology for storing a plurality of videos and video segment maps, each of the video segment maps defining a plurality of video segments of a corresponding video, the plurality of video segments comprising non-sequential parallel, transitional, and over |
| 5684918 |
System for integrating video and communications |
November 4, 1997 |
| In a video-on-demand and communications system, the enhancements comprising the automatic integration of the video and communication services delivered to a viewer. Specifically, during the viewing of a video, when a phone call, audio or audio/video, is received, the delivery of the vide |
| 5664046 |
Autoconfigurable video system |
September 2, 1997 |
| A video system and method comprising an automatic configuration with a viewer's video content preferences, and the automatic selection of video segments from a plurality of video segments responsive to an application of the viewer's video content preferences to a segment map of a video. |
| 5634849 |
Content-on-demand interactive video method and apparatus |
June 3, 1997 |
| A method and system for providing a player of a video game an automatically customized version of an interactive video game responsive to the player's content preferences in at least one category of possibly unsuitable content. A content-on-demand interactive video game method principall |
| 5610653 |
Method and system for automatically tracking a zoomed video image |
March 11, 1997 |
| A video method and system for automatically tracking a viewer defined target within a viewer defined window of a video image as the target moves within the video image by selecting a target within a video, producing an identification of the selected target, defining a window within the v |
| 5589945 |
Computer-themed playing system |
December 31, 1996 |
| This invention relates to a video system comprising integrated random access video technologies and video software architectures for the automated selective retrieval of non-sequentially stored parallel, transitional, and overlapping video segments from a single variable content prog |
| 5434678 |
Seamless transmission of non-sequential video segments |
July 18, 1995 |
| This invention relates to a video system comprising integrated random access video technologies and video software architectures for the automated selective retrieval of non-sequentially stored parallel, transitional, and overlapping video segments from a single variable content prog |
| 5426281 |
Transaction protection system |
June 20, 1995 |
| A transaction protection system is provided that permits non-related third parties to offer an impartial, readily accessible standardized service that will protect and encompass any moneys that are tendered by an individual or business entity to a transaction in relation to a second |
| 5422468 |
Deposit authorization system |
June 6, 1995 |
| This invention relates to an enhanced transaction approval system for processing transactions in which a deposit is tendered for the purchase of goods and services. Specifically, the credit authorization system for a deposit transaction permits the exclusion of card information on the |
| 5356151 |
Gameboard and scale model game |
October 18, 1994 |
| A playing apparatus including a plurality of representative components each representative of one of a plurality of computer components, each of the representative components structured for assembly as a completed structure, a gameboard defining a playing area, the playing area including |
| 5291395 |
Wallcoverings storage and retrieval system |
March 1, 1994 |
| A system and method for presenting, selecting and retrieving actual samples of wallcoverings based upon selected criteria generated by the user. The user is provided with an input card or brochure listing a number of design characteristics. This input card or brochure includes a chart of |
| 5253940 |
User selectable numeric keycaps layout |
October 19, 1993 |
| Enhancements to computer keyboards and calculator devices are provided that permit a user to select the function and labelling of said device's numeric keypad to conform to either the 123 layout or the 789 layout. The enhancements comprising labelling means for selectively labelling the |
