US Patent Application No: 2003/0208,767

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Network based digital information and entertainment storage and delivery system

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Abstract

Live television broadcast and other information and entertainment programs, e.g., videos-on-demand (VOD), are provided to a user through a communications network, e.g., a cable network. A processing unit is employed at an headend of the communications network to respond to user requests for PVR-like functions, e.g., pausing, rewinding and fast-forwarding, to be performed on the program content being viewed. The processing unit in accordance with the invention causes a delivery of an appropriate version of the program content to meet such user requests.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY, L.P.NEW YORK, NY40
TIME WARNER INTERACTIVE VIDEO GROUP INC.STAMFORD, CT6

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Buehl, Joseph Studio City, CA 9 54
Callahan, John W St. Paul, MN 29 162
Carlucci, John B - 39 618
Chiddix, James A New York, NY 5 65
Hayashi, Michael T Aurora, CO 25 1472
Leddy, Kevin J Wilton, CT 6 52
Williamson, Louis D Denver, CO 28 299

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Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
TIME WARNER CABLE ENTERPRISES LLC (6)
7,861,274 System and method for managing program assets 1 2004
8,392,952 Programming content processing and management system and method 0 2004
7,954,128 Methods and apparatus for variable delay compensation in networks 3 2005
8,181,206 Personal content server apparatus and methods 2 2007
8,332,885 System and method for content delivery with multiple embedded messages 0 2008
8,321,887 Displaying enhanced advertisements simultaneously across substantially all channels 2008
 
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P. (4)
7,818,775 System and method for recording and time-shifting programming in a television distribution system with limited content retention 0 2005
8,037,505 System and method for providing popular TV shows on demand 0 2006
8,285,818 System and method of recording and accessing multimedia data 0 2007
8,087,059 System and method for recording and time-shifting programming in a television distribution system with limited content retention 0 2010
 
BEACH UNLIMITED LLC (4)
7,194,188 System and method for facilitating fast-forwarding of first-run programs 4 2003
8,336,074 System and method for facilitating fast-forwarding of first-run programs 0 2006
8,196,172 System and method for facilitating fast-forwarding of first-run programs 0 2006
7,996,877 System and method for facilitating fast-forwarding of first-run programs 0 2006
 
MICROSOFT CORPORATION (4)
7,606,255 Selectively receiving broadcast data according to one of multiple data configurations 1 2003
7,546,383 Enabling broadcast of multiple data configurations 2 2003
8,302,124 High-speed programs review 0 2007
8,385,723 Recording of sports related television programming 0 2010
 
LG ELECTRONICS INC. (2)
8,001,164 Method for providing file information in portable device 1 2006
7,757,249 Emergency alert signaling method and digital television receiver 0 2006
 
COMCAST IP HOLDINGS I, LLC (1)
7,962,929 Using relevance to parse clickstreams and make recommendations 1 2003
 
HOME BOX OFFICE, INC. (1)
8,438,147 Media content searching and notification 0 2003
 
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (1)
8,140,622 Parallel metadata service in storage area network environment 0 2002
 
NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC, THE (1)
8,307,006 Methods and apparatus to obtain anonymous audience measurement data from network server data for particular demographic and usage profiles 0 2010
 
NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH, INC. (1)
8,381,241 Methods and apparatus to maintain audience privacy while determining viewing of video-on-demand programs 0 2010
 
TIME WARNER CABLE LLC (1)
8,312,504 Program storage, retrieval and management based on segmentation messages 0 2003
 
TIVO INC. (1)
8,261,300 Method and apparatus for advertisement placement in a user dialog on a set-top box 0 2006
 
UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC. (1)
8,370,884 Interactive television systems with digital video recording and adjustable reminders 0 2010
 
WRT INTERNATIONAL LLC (1)
8,234,679 Technique for selecting multiple entertainment programs to be provided over a communication network 0 2005
 
OTHER [CHECK PATENT PROFILE FOR ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION] (1)
8,443,383 Use of messages in program signal streams by set-top terminals 0 2003