Presenting notifications in response to viewer-initiated actions

Providing alternative programming on a radio in response to user input

Apparatus and method for receiving digital multimedia broadcasting without image discontinuity during channel switching

User selectable content stream

Methods for controlling apparatuses having an emergency alert function

Tuning apparatus and television receiver provided with the same

Control device, smart card reading activation device and associated products

Apparatus and method for providing digital broadcasting service based on multiple broadcasting sites and frequency bands

Robust mode staggercasting

Apparatus and method for receiving emergency alert signals

Apparatus and method for providing alert outputs

Robust mode staggercasting storing content

Robust mode staggercasting with adjustable delay offset

Broadcast receiver and tuner control method therefor

Methods for controlling apparatuses having an emergency alert function

Method and apparatus for providing channel key data

Receiving apparatus and control method therefor

Method and apparatus for performing channel detection

Signal selector selecting one of a ground wave digital signal and a digital cable television signal in accordance with program selection information and transmits the selected signal to a tuner

Automatic signal error display and user guided signal recovery in a digital television signal receiver

Electronic device with communication unit

Real-time signal strength measurement and display of digital television signals

Auto search device and a method thereof

Digital cable broadcast system, TV receiver, and method

Highly integrated single chip set-top box

System and method for managing, converting and displaying video content on a video-on-demand platform, including ads used for drill-down navigation and consumer-generated classified ads

Receiving device and receiving method

Automatic TV signal and tuner setup

Broadcasting receiver

Television broadcast receiver

Digital television broadcast signal receiver

Broadcast receiver

Broadcasting receiver using a directivity-switching antenna

Television broadcast receiver

Electronic device, tuning system and channel-setting program

Broadcast receiving apparatus and broadcast receiving method

Television broadcast receiver

High frequency signal receiving apparatus

Digital television broadcast signal receiver

System, method and channel line-up processor for localizing an electronic program guide schedule

Automatic tuning system for a mobile DVB-T receiver

System and method for providing video services

Interactive broadcast system

Apparatus and method for providing user selectable alert modes for a television signal receiver

Reception device, station selection method, and stream distribution system

Methods and apparatus for tuning signals

Mobile device

Method for quickly identifying network session resources

Method and apparatus for programming blackout and retune

Method of prioritizing entries within a service group map to facilitate auto channel discovery

Method for initializing a digital decoder and decoder implementing such a method

Multi-description coding for video delivery over networks

Method for searching ordered entries in a service group map to facilitate auto channel discovery

Digital television broadcast signal receiver

User interface for interactive television systems

Device for receiving video signals and a method of controlling one such device

System and method for controlling transmission of video and audio signals to at least one display device

Tuner input filter with electronically adjustable response for adapting to antenna characteristic

Apparatus and method for switching between an interactive mode and a television program mode

Interactive television program guide with simultaneous watch and record capabilities

Interactive television program guide with simultaneous watch and record capabilities

Program information acquisition apparatus, program information acquisition method, and program information acquisition program

Television channel selection canvas

High frequency tuner

Method and apparatus for downloading content using channel bonding

RECEIVER OF ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL TELEVISION SIGNALS AND METHOD OF RECEIVING ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL SIGNALS

Communication devices capable of using system clock inputs for embedded television applications

Apparatus and method for displaying multiple channels and changing channels in a portable terminal having a television video signal receiving function

Fast channel change

Receiving device for digital broadcasting

Method and apparatus for managing channel information

Method and system for providing faster channel switching in a digital broadcast system

Channel switching method in broadcast recorder

Conditional access system

Playout buffer management to minimize startup delay

Media stream splicer

Method and system for an integrated VSB/QAM/NTSC/OOB plug-and-play DTV receiver

Video display system and video display control apparatus

ONU device for switching channels

ONU device for providing EPG information and program notifying method thereof

Apparatus and method for data caching to reduce channel change delay

Receiver capable of receiving radio signal with high quality

Digital motion picture decoding apparatus and digital motion picture decoding method

User interface for interactive television systems

User interface for interactive television systems

User interface for interactive television systems

Parental control channel list tracking

Television signal receiver capable of receiving emergency alert signals

System and method for limiting dead air time in internet streaming media delivery

Communicating a channel-change event from a set top box to a digital video recorder

MPEG-2 decoding system and method

Virtual channel table for a broadcast protocol and method of broadcasting and receiving broadcast signals using the same

Tuner input filter with electronically adjustable center frequency for adapting to antenna characteristic

Disk device integral type television receiver set and reproducing apparatus integral type television receiver set

Method for using a delivery system descriptor so that a receiver automatically can modify itself, if the broadband transmission delivery parameters changes

Apparatus to change a channel using a channel map based on program genre and method thereof

Method and apparatus for detecting an inactive channel selecting resource in a television converter

Media transmission system and method

User terminal, media system and method of delivering objects relating to broadcast media stream to user terminal

Internet protocol tuner for classifying internet packets into broadcasting packets and communication packets and method therefor

Open cable set-top box diagnosing system and method thereof

Method and system for predicting and streaming content utilizing multiple stream capacity

Settop cable television control device and method including bootloader software and code version table for maintaining and updating settop receiver operating system software

Apparatus and method for controlling program

Scheduling trigger apparatus and method

Voice-activated tuning of channels

Personnalization module for interactive digital television system

Personal video recorders with automated buffering

Digital audio/video recorders with user specific predictive buffering

Program data file storage method in broadcast receiver and broadcast receiver

Authenticated program execution method

Digital broadcasting receiver to search channels in parallel and channel searching method thereof

Universal history menu

Communication terminal device

System and method of remotely controlling a TV tuner over a TCP/IP network

Signal receiver for reveiveg simultaneously a plurality of broadcast signals

Method for searching television channels

Reception apparatus

System and method for allowing time-shifted access to multiple programs at the same time

Systems and methods for representing a tuner device in a media server content directory service

Automatic program restoration when a programming break ends

System and method for local video distribution

Modularization of broadcast receiver driver components

Video information stream distribution unit

Display apparatus and computer program

Modularization of broadcast receiver driver components

Selecting apparatus and selecting method

Apparatus and method for use in television channel mapping

Method and apparatus for determining channel to which a TV or VCR is tuned

Fast channel change

Transport stream and channel selection system for digital video receiver systems and associated method

Picture displaying apparatus, receiving apparatus and method of presenting commercial message

Fast channel scanning and acquisition system and method for cable modem applications

Encoded video time-of-day information resolution and correction

System for receiving broadcast digital data comprising a master digital terminal, and at least one slave digital terminal

Receiving apparatus and television set for receiving broadcast signals

Method for reception by a terminal of contents broadcast by a plurality of channels through a computer network

Television receiver

Tuner capable of receiving analog and digital broadcasting signal and integrated DTV having the tuner, and a broadcasting signal receiving method thereof

Television receiver

Interactive protocol for remote management of access control to scrambled data

Method of scanning channel of digital television

Caching data from multiple channels simultaneously

Open cable set-top box diagnosing system and method thereof

Information processing apparatus

Technique for effectively delivering targeted advertisements through a communications network having limited bandwidth

Digital receiving device and digital broadcasting receiving method

Apparatus and method for accommodating fast change of digital streaming sources and formats

Apparatus and method for providing advertisements on digital TV

Interactive inter-channel game

Mobile terminal device and display/speech control method in mobile terminal device and program thereof

Re-transmitter and digital broadcast receiving system

Open cable set-top box diagnosing system and method thereof

Open cable set-top box diagnosing system and method thereof

Displaying complementary content sources

Communication system

Open cable set-top box diagnosing system and method thereof

Open cable set-top box diagnosing system and method thereof

Apparatus and method for displaying out-of-band channel information in open cable system

Method and apparatus for selectively altering a televised video signal in real-time

Broadcasting signal receiver apparatus provided with controller for controlling demodulation mode, and apparatus for controlling demodulation mode

Virtual channel table for a broadcast protocol and method of broadcasting and receiving broadcast signals using the same

Resource management for a networked personal video recording system

Seamless and automatic transmission of provisioning data

Locally relayed broadcast and community service television

Seamless and automatic transmission of provisioning data

Techniques for receiving non-real time (NRT) data whilst traversing a multi-frequency network boundary

Offline video presentation

Seamless and automatic transmission of provisioning data

Locally relayed broadcast and community service television

Gap filling using personalized injectable media

Devices, systems and processes for facilitating seamless use of tuners across multiple devices within a local area network

Automatically generated personalized media channel

Locally relayed broadcast and community service television

Temporally-seamless channel change functionality during multichannel streaming sessions

Modified channel surfing based on monitored viewing habits

Service group discovery

Systems and methods for causing a stunt switcher to run a multi-video-source DVE

Customer premise equipment (CPE) and set top box quality control test system providing scalability and performance

Systems and methods for achieving ad avoidance by selectively switching media streams

System and method for presenting multiple pictures on a television

Method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for managing pricing of channels included in composite channels of an internet-based content platform

Apparatus and method for providing power on and power off for a display device

Channel bar user interface

Wireless set-top box pairing and quality of service user interface

Tuning efficiency and delivery of content

System and method for digital program insertion in cable systems

Technique for providing programming content through a communications network having limited bandwidth

Method and apparatus for enhancing television programs with event notifications