System and method for dynamically optimizing a banner advertisement to counter competing advertisements
The adaptive advertising system and associated method of the present invention satisfy this need. The adaptive ad system dynamically adapts the content of a banner ad to the advertising environment of... Read More
Inventors: Kraft, Reiner; Mortinger, Alison Douty;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
System for the transmission and reception of directional radio signals utilizing a gigahertz implosion concept
A broadcast system is provided that utilizes a plurality of RF transmit sites. These transmit sites are pointed inward and are located to provide the maximum practical percentage of coverage for the p... Read More
Inventors: Stiles, Walter J.; Richey, Milford G.; Haddon, Perry W.; Ziegler, Malcolm I.;, Assignee: GHZ Equipment Company (Tempe, AZ) |
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Bookmarking television program and channel selections
The present invention overcomes or substantially mitigates some of these problems by providing for an apparatus which is coupled to broadcast signals, such as television signals, and a television set ... Read More
Inventors: Bedard, Karen;, Assignee: Hyundai Electronics America (San Jose, CA) |
Processing and display of images retrieved from digital still image files generated from digital moving images
These and other objects, features and advantages are accomplished by an apparatus and method for displaying an image based on coded digital moving image data. In accordance with the present invention,... Read More
Inventors: Izumi, Nobuaki; Fukushima, Shinichi; Tsukamoto, Junichi;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Technique for reducing overload in a shared transmission network
Briefly, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for reducing the incidence of overload in a shared network caused by excessive noise and/or interference passi... Read More
Inventors: Dzuban, Mark L.;, Assignee: AT&T Corp. (Middletown, NJ) |
Level 1 gateway for video tone networks
We claim: 1. A communication method comprising: receiving a request for service from a subscriber's terminal at a level 1 gateway control element of a broadband communication network; in response to t... Read More
Inventors: Lightfoot, Regina; Goodman, William;, Assignee: Bell Atlantic Network Services, Inc. (Arlington, VA) |
Smart channel entry system
These and other objects of the invention are accomplished in accordance with the principles of the present invention by providing an interactive channel entry system. The system may display program li... Read More
Inventors: Ellis, Michael D.;, Assignee: United Video Properties, Inc. (Tulsa, OK) |
Method and apparatus for recording picture information using a photographic single sheet printer
An object of the present invention is to provide an improved method and apparatus for recording generic picture information by increasing the throughput even with the processing of smaller sheet sizes... Read More
Inventors: Frick, Beat;, Assignee: Gretag Imaging Ag (Regensdorf, CH) |
Automatic balancing circuit for longitudinal transmission system
In accordance with a first aspect of the invention, first and second signals transmitted and received over a telephone local loop are balanced in phase and amplitude, said first signal being coupled b... Read More
Inventors: Sues, John M.; Sun, Jing H.;, Assignee: The Inteleplex Corporation (Paramus, NJ) |
Video telephone
Taking such circumstances into consideration, it is an object of the present invention to provide a video telephone which a user can easily operate. To achieve the above object, the present invention ... Read More
Inventors: Mikami, Shinichi; Tamada, Naoki; Nagai, Kunio; Yamazaki, Akira;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Intelligent television receivers combinations including video displays, and methods for diversion of television viewers by visual image modification
With the above discussion in mind, it is one purpose of this invention to provide a human observer of television programming or similar content viewed by means of a video or video-like display with th... Read More
Inventors: Bertram, Randall L.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Transmodulator with dynamically selectable channels
The present invention relates to a low cost system and method for distributing a set of program multiplexed A-V signals and, possibly, existing terrestrial signals, to a multiplicity of receiver units... Read More
Inventors: Williams, Jim C.;, Assignee: Hughes Electronics Corporation (El Segundo, CA) |
Temporary simulated off state in a restart of a video display
FIG. 1 illustrates a flow chart for explaining modes of operation of a liquid crystal display (LCD) or a liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) projection television (TV) receiver 300 of FIG. 3, embodying ... Read More
Inventors: Mears, Mark Gilmore; Duggan, Scott Joseph; Gospel, Thomas Edward; Johnson, Gene Harlow;, Assignee: Rhomson Licensing S.A. (Boulogne, FR) |
Three dimensional television system
In FIG. 1, a conventional incoming color video signal (from a camera or recorder) appears on line 10. This signal is fed to a sync generator 12 and a decoder 14. The sync generator 12 produces the ti... Read More
Inventors: Etra, William;, Assignee: |
Signal processing device and method for switching signal processors thereof
According to a first aspect of the invention, we provide a signal processing device for converting a first digital broadcast signal having a predetermined transmission frequency on a first network sig... Read More
Inventors: Ohishi, Katsumi; Kitazato, Naohisa; Inose, Kenji;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Multicasting video
For many applications, streaming video transmission occurs from a server simultaneously to a large number of heterogeneous clients that have different resource capacities (e.g. buffer sizes) and that ... Read More
Inventors: Sen, Subhabrata; Towsley, Don; Zhang, Zhi-Li; Dey, Jayanta Kumar;, Assignee: University of Massachusetts (Boston, MA) |
Video signal reproduction apparatus replacing drop-cut signal portions
An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems. Another object of the present invention is to provide a video signal reproduction apparatus capable of preventing image information f... Read More
Inventors: Shimokoriyama, Makoto; Aoki, Akio; Kato, Masato;, Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Remodulation of a cable box output signal to a UHF channel
OF THE DRAWING Referring to FIG. 1, a cable converter box 100 includes an input terminal CABLE IN for receiving cable television signals and an output terminal at which cable television signals are d... Read More
Inventors: Wignot, Leroy S.;, Assignee: Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. (Indianapolis, IN) |
System for personalized settings
The present invention is directed to a method for adjusting the system parameters or settings of an information handling system based on the individual user preferences of one or more users. The metho... Read More
Inventors: Liebenow, Frank;, Assignee: Gateway, Inc (Poway, CA) |
Distributed termination system for two-way hybrid networks
FIG. 6 shows a prior art system with a lumped ITS 56 with the burst receivers 106 conventionally included in the ITS 56. The calibration and synchronization (C&S) function between the MAC 182 and the... Read More
Inventors: Nazarathy, Moshe; Bonen, Adi; Kepten, Ilan; Piehler, David;, Assignee: Harmonic, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) |
Audio synchronization apparatus
The audio synchronizer apparatus and method described herein provides a low cost delay detector for accurately measuring the delay of a video signal through a video apparatus, coupled with a controlla... Read More
Inventors: Cooper, J. Carl;, Assignee: |
Dual audio signal derived color display
The visual display apparatus of the instant invention is intended to be connected between standard sound reproduction apparatus and some type of display unit. In the preferred embodiment, the sound re... Read More
Inventors: Paist, Roger M.;, Assignee: |
Multimedia information processing system
The present invention has been made to solve the above problems. The first object of the present invention is to provide a multimedia information processing system in which, in a sequence of processin... Read More
Inventors: Murakami, Tokumichi; Matsuzaki, Kazuhiro; Kato, Yoshiaki; Ohira, Hideo;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Cooperative system for measuring electronic media
Generally, according to one aspect of the invention, media information presented to a panel member by means of a panel member-computing device is measured by a media research controller for subsequent... Read More
Inventors: Houston, John S.;, Assignee: One River Worldtrek, Inc. (New York, NY) |
Circuit arrangement for the digital identification of a transmission standard
The object of the invention is to provide a circuit arrangement for the digital identification of a transmission standard which automatically identifies the incoming transmission standard and automati... Read More
Inventors: Friesen, Viktor;, Assignee: Temic Telefunken microelectronic GmbH (Heilbronn, DE) |
Multi-channel digital video transmission receiver with improved channel-changing response
The multi-channel digital video receiver and method that are the subject of this invention can provide significantly quicker channel changes when a user scrolls through adjacent channels or otherwise ... Read More
Inventors: Crosby, Jeffrey W.; Friedman, Michael A.;, Assignee: Hughes Electronics Corporation (El Segundo, CA) |
Device for receiving satellite broadcast and a receiving method therefor
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a satellite broadcast receiver and a method for receiving satellite broadcasts which enables users to detect a position of satellites and ... Read More
Inventors: Jeong, Ki-Won; Park, Joong-Jeh; Kim, Min-Gu; Lee, Jang-Hee; Lee, Yong-Kook;, Assignee: Handan Broadinfocom Co., Ltd. (Seoul, KR) |
Recording apparatus which avoids ink sheet sticking and image streaking
It is an object of the present invention to provide a heat-transfer recorder and facsimile apparatus which are capable of improving the quality of the image recorded. It is another object of the prese... Read More
Inventors: Ono, Takeshi; Yoshida, Takehiro; Kobayashi, Makoto; Wada, Satoshi; Terajima, Hisao; Yokoyama, Minoru; Awai, Takashi; Tomoda, Akihiro; Ishida, Yasushi;, Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Organic electroluminescent element
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an organic EL element with high durability which is provided with the electron-transporting properties. The above-mentioned object of the ... Read More
Inventors: Nagai, Kazukiyo; Adachi, Chihaya; Tamoto, Nozomu; Sakon, Yohta;, Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
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