55results about "Two-way working systems" patented technology

A remote control uses IR (infrared) commands to control various consumer appliances made by various manufactures. The remote control is low-cost, consumer-friendly, programmable, has its own graphical display so it does not interfere with a TV or other viewing screen, and is capable of interacting with the internet or other data source to provide a rich set of functionality.

A system and method for transmitting video and audio information among communicating wireless devices during a video conference in a wireless communications system. The audio information from all participants is received by a server, which selects a speaker among the participants. The speaker's audio and video data are transmitted to all participants according to a predefined criteria.

A set top box or like device utilizing trusted applications in conjunction with an untrusted software framework. In one implementation, trusted or certified applications are received from a service provider for execution by a software framework of the device. Certification of a trusted application may entail, for example, verifying that the application is executable by the device in a manner consist with the industry standard certification process. The software framework may comprise, for example, an Android framework supported by an underlying Linux operating system environment and isolated in a Linux resource container. A secure access client/server interface may also be provided to support interactions between the software framework and trusted portions of the device. In further embodiments, both trusted applications and a set top box application utilized by the device to perform traditional set top box operations are implemented in at least one version of an Android or like framework.

A control device that interacts with a television system. The control device may receive a user input identifying a video selection. At least one module of the control device may display video information corresponding to the video selection. The control device may alternately, or in addition, cause display of the video information on a television system. The control device may respond to a second user input identifying a storage selection by triggering storage of the video information in a storage unit corresponding to the storage selection. The control device may also receive a third user input identifying a replay request for other video information that may be selected from a plurality of stored videos. The control device may direct display of the other video information on the television system and/or on a display of the control device.

A method of distributing electronic audio or video content from a distributing computer system to a user device (such as a computer, PDA or mobile telephone) over a telecommunications network, comprising: the distributing computer system detecting at least one characteristic of the user device, the distributing computer system selecting a version of the content according to the characteristic, and the distributing computer system transmitting to the user device the selected version of the content. The invention also provides a method of processing electronic content comprising: encoding the content with programming code indicative of playback preferences, for facilitating preloading of the content, for detecting at least one characteristic of a user device or a communications link thereto, or any combination of these. The programming code may be inserted automatically or manually, and may comprise a link.

Techniques for keeping personalized settings across network are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, personalized settings (e.g., parameters or table) are managed in a primary client device associated with a subscriber. A copy of the copy of personalized settings is maintained in a server. When it is detected that the subscriber is logged on in a different client device (e.g., a box), a copy of the personalized settings is uploaded to the different client device that is configured to respond to the personalized settings. As a result, the subscriber sees the familiar settings on the different client device.

A user terminal is provided with a program by starting transmission of a media stream representing the first part of the program over a dedicated connection specific to the user terminal at a time selected by the user but at a rate enabling the user terminal to switch seamlessly to receiving the rest of the program from a regular broadcast media stream.

The main challenge in providing video on demand service is to meet the quality of service requirements under the conditions when both server and network are loaded. Disclosed is a system and method for meeting this challenge by using a streaming overlay network with edge and core nodes, by the determination of best possible path for bulk copying of a video data based on location information of the nodes thereby distributing load across the network, by the simultaneous frame streaming and bulk copying of a video data, by the caching of a video data in the overlay network, and by the streaming of the video data to a client from an edge node that is close to the client.

A passive optical network (PON) including an optical line termination (OLT) and a plurality of optical network units (ONUs) which are connected. The optical line termination includes a band setting control section; an upstream control cell receiving section; a use right transmitting section; and a downstream control cell transmitting section. Each of the plurality of optical network units includes a downstream control cell receiving section; a use right acquisition determining section; and an upstream control cell transmitting section.

The present invention discloses a method for an intuitive and easy-to-use multi-site ad hoc conference initiation by involving some or all features of a conference managing system. The main concept is to automatically reserve the resources needed to connect selected participants in a conference once the ad hoc conference is requested by the calling party.

A method and system for fast channel change (FCC) between multicast digital video feeds wherein each digital video feed is converted to a set of slotted multicasts, each having the same content but delayed in time relative to each other, metadata associated with the digital video feed and the slotted multicasts is published using an on-the-wire format to downstream client devices (e.g. set-top boxes), when a user selects the digital video feed (i.e. a new channel) the client device uses the metadata to select a slotted multicast that minimizes the total time to reach the next random access point (RAP) while allowing a maximum leave-join delay. Both a FCC server that generates the slotted multicasts and a FCC middleware on the client devices are connected to a common time reference, and the method and system provide for adjusting to clock drift on the FCC server relative to the common time reference.

The present invention provides a method by which the capabilities of a device that is not specifically adapted for use as a video endpoint can be determined. The capabilities of the device may be, for example, whether or not an application required for the device to act as a video endpoint is present at the device. If the application is not present on the device then the invention provides means by which the device can access the application. The capabilities of the device that are determined may, alternatively, be properties of the device, such as the amount of free memory available to the device's operating system. By determining properties of the device any application being used by the device to connect to a video conference can be altered in order to improve the device's connection to a video call.

Some embodiments of the invention are directed to, among other things, systems, computer readable media, methods and any other means for requesting information from a server. In some embodiments, a client generates a URL request that is provided to the server. The URL request includes a format identifier that is specific to the server's type. The format identifier is also associated with the data format of a video stored on the server that the user is interested in. The server may then provide data that is associated with the format identifier.

A video services receiver system and related operating methods provide alternative event information to a customer who is subject to a blackout for a desired event. If the blacked out content is available via a different event on a different service, the system will find the other event and provide an appropriate notification to the customer. A method of providing access to events by a customer associated with a video services receiver begins by identifying a first event on a first service, the first event corresponding to a first presentation of content. The method continues by retrieving an alternative event identifier for the first event and using the alternative event identifier to search for a second event on a second service, the second event corresponding to a second presentation of the content. Thereafter, the method generates an alternative event notification for the customer. The alternative event notification indicates availability of the second event for access by the customer.

A moving image reproducing apparatus which receives moving image data transmitted through a network and reproduces the moving image data includes an analysis unit adapted to analyze first moving image data stored in a storage unit and additional information of the first moving image data, a determination unit adapted to determine a storage destination on the network which is configured to acquire second moving image data following the first moving image data on the basis of the analysis result on the additional information, an acquisition unit adapted to acquire the second moving image data from the storage destination of the second moving image data, and a reproducing unit adapted to reproduce the second moving image data acquired by the acquisition unit concurrently with finishing reproduction of the first moving image data.

The invention provides a conference details recording system for recording various types of information presented during the course of a conference by associating the contents of the presentation with speakers and with words, phrases, etc. in the presentation together with time information so that any type of information as desired can be retrieved later by using a predetermined retrieval key. The system comprises a conference room 100, an entering and leaving control unit 200 to control entering and leaving of conference participants in the conference room, a display unit 300, an image/voice collecting unit 400, a recording unit 500, an information coordinating unit 600, a superintendence control unit 700, and a clock 800, and information of the conference recorded on the recording unit 500 is retrieved by using keywords or key phrases, etc. inputted via an input/output interface 900.

A method of image compression comprises the steps of recursively transforming a image using a Discrete Wavelet Transform. This creates a plurality of levels including at least a first level, multiple intermediate levels, and a low-low pass subband of the last level. The transformed image at each level is quantized, and datapacking the quantized image is performed. The step of datapacking further includes, encoding of the first level using adaptive run length of zero cofficients; encoding of the intermediate levels using run-length coding of zero coefficients and a predetermined two-knob huffman table for non-zero coefficients and encoding of the low-low pass subband using a low frequency packing algorithm.

The invention discloses the transmitting and receiving method for mobile digital multimedia broadcast physical layer signaling message. Wherein, the transmission method comprises: mapping the signaling message on the idle data sub-carrier or both the continual pilot frequency and idle data sub-carrier, and modulating former sub-carrier or both continual pilot frequency and sub-carrier in OFDM signal for transmitting. The receiving method comprises: receiving OFDM signal to demodulate the idle data sub-carrier or both the idle data sub-carrier and continual pilot frequency; hereby, obtaining the signaling message. This invention improves transmission efficiency, saves system resource, and reduces decoding complexity.

Determining a configuration for a conference. Input may be received specifying a plurality of devices for use in the conference. A configuration may be automatically determined for the plurality of devices for the conference. The configuration may be automatically determined based on the specified plurality of devices and may specify usage of the plurality of devices during the conference. The configuration may specify a first device of the plurality of devices as a control unit. Automatic determination may include obtaining information regarding capabilities of each of the plurality of devices, and creating the configuration based on the capabilities of each of the plurality of devices. Finally, the configuration may be displayed on a display device.

The application discloses a wireless transmission method and a wireless transmission device, belonging to the technical field of Internet. The wireless transmission method includes the steps of: broadcasting WiFi configuration information of a first terminal, wherein the WiFi configuration information is used to establish a wireless connection between a second terminal and the first terminal; receiving, by the wireless connection, code stream information transmitted by the second terminal; and transmitting the code stream information to a display device for display. By broadcasting the WiFi configuration information, the application is capable of realizing the wireless connection between the first terminal and the second terminal, and realizing the transmission of the code stream information through the wireless connection.

The invention provides a method and device for detecting a video service, a storage medium, and an electronic device. The method comprises: setting detection points at all determined nodes operating first video services; acquiring detection data of the operating situations of the first video services by the detection points of all nodes and obtaining a plurality of detection data; and according tothe multiple detection data, detecting the playing quality of the first video service. Therefore, a problem of inaccurate detection of the video services by correlated techniques is solved.

A method and system for providing interactive cinema, by collecting digital data from members of an audience in response to content projected in a cinema, processing the data, interfacing the data using a digital content interface with a digital content server, and providing interactive content based on the data.

A recording medium and a method for previewing and selecting digital audio/video data unit on the recording medium are provided. The recording medium includes an audio/video pack of the original film, an audio/video pack of the preview film, a background page, and a page control descriptor. After having received a switch button information from a user, a medium reproducing system reads, de-multiplexes, and decodes the information correspond to a specified audio/video pack of the preview film. The medium reproducing system also composes the decoded video data of the background page and the decoded video data of different resolutions to output to a display.

The present invention relates to a method of transmitting audiovisual streams between at least one device controlled by a user and a server. The audiovisual streams specified by the requests from the user are displayed on the device. The user enters a first command to change stream to the server in order to set up a communication for the transmission of the determined stream. The server then creates the determined stream and at least one second stream with a reduced bandwidth. This second stream corresponds to a stream that is immediately accessible by a second command from the user.

The invention also relates to a receiver and a transmitter for implementing the method.

A method of calculating a bandwidth for a mobile terminal including requesting, by the mobile terminal, a description of a streaming content from a network and receiving a response from the network, requesting, by the mobile terminal, a Quality of Service (QoS) value corresponding to a required amount of bandwidth resources of the network for receiving a streaming service of the contents from information about the content included in the received response, and receiving, by the mobile terminal, allocated bandwidth resources of the network according to the QoS value.