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1. 发明授权

US07607148B2 Method and apparatus for monitoring an information distribution system 有权
公开(公告)号：US07607148B2
公开(公告)日：2009-10-20
申请号：US09738959
申请日：2000-12-14
申请人： Brian Feinberg , Eugene Gershtein , Donald F Gordon , Yong Ho Son , Sadik Bayrakeri
发明人： Brian Feinberg , Eugene Gershtein , Donald F Gordon , Yong Ho Son , Sadik Bayrakeri
IPC分类号： H04H20/14
CPC分类号： H04N21/845 , H04N5/44543 , H04N5/44582 , H04N17/00 , H04N21/234 , H04N21/25883 , H04N21/25891 , H04N21/262 , H04N21/4307 , H04N21/4314 , H04N21/4316 , H04N21/44222 , H04N21/482 , H04N21/4821 , H04N21/6581
摘要： Techniques to monitor operation of an information distribution system and delivery of programming, guide data, and other information by the system. These techniques may be used for diagnostics, quality control, and other purposes, and for various types of systems. In accordance with one method, a directive is received to monitor a particular channel at a particular terminal. In response to the received directive, a command is sent (e.g., via a remote control unit) to the terminal. Contents are then received from the terminal, captured, and reported. The reported contents may be used to visually verify the contents being delivered to the terminals, check what the viewers may observe, mimic and test interactive experiences of the viewers, observe actual viewing conditions at the terminals, and perform other tests and diagnostics. The received contents may be captured as one or more video frames, as a video sequence, or in some other format.

2. 发明授权

US08225361B2 Remote monitoring and control method and apparatus for an information distribution system 有权
标题翻译：一种信息分发系统的远程监控与控制方法及装置
公开(公告)号：US08225361B2
公开(公告)日：2012-07-17
申请号：US09734496
申请日：2000-12-11
申请人： Brian Feinberg , Eugene Gershtein , Donald F. Gordon , Yong Ho Son , Sadik Bayrakeri
发明人： Brian Feinberg , Eugene Gershtein , Donald F. Gordon , Yong Ho Son , Sadik Bayrakeri
IPC分类号： H04N7/173 , G06F15/173
CPC分类号： H04N17/004 , H04N5/44582 , H04N21/23614 , H04N21/2404 , H04N21/26283 , H04N21/4348 , H04N21/482 , H04N21/4882
摘要： Techniques to remotely monitor and control operations performed by one or more head-ends (or servers) in an information distribution system. In one implementation, a monitor and control unit communicates with various elements (e.g., an IPG service manager and a session manager) within each head-end to receive information relating to the operations of the head-end. This information may include status and/or indications of possible error conditions relating to (1) various operations (e.g., encoding, multiplexing, and so on) performed by the head-end, and (2) the transport streams being transmitted from the head-end. The received information may then be forwarded to one or more remote devices (e.g., pagers, cellular phones, PDAs) designated to receive the information. Response messages may also be received from the remote devices and forwarded to the appropriate head-end, which may adjust its operation as indicated by commands included in the messages.
摘要翻译：用于远程监视和控制由信息分发系统中的一个或多个头端（或服务器）执行的操作的技术。在一个实现中，监视器和控制单元与每个头端内的各种元件（例如，IPG服务管理器和会话管理器）进行通信，以接收与头端的操作相关的信息。该信息可以包括与（1）由前端执行的各种操作（例如，编码，复用等）有关的可能的错误状态的状态和/或指示，以及（2）从头部发送的传输流 -结束。所接收的信息然后可以被转发到被指定为接收信息的一个或多个远程设备（例如，寻呼机，蜂窝电话，PDA）。还可以从远程设备接收响应消息，并将其转发到适当的前端，该头端可以根据包括在消息中的命令所指示的方式调整其操作。

3. 发明授权

US07992172B1 Method and systems for multicast using multiple transport streams 有权
标题翻译：使用多个传输流的组播方法和系统
公开(公告)号：US07992172B1
公开(公告)日：2011-08-02
申请号：US09679210
申请日：2000-10-04
申请人： Donald F. Gordon , Brian Feinberg , Eugene Gershtein , Sadik Bayrakeri , John P. Comito , Edward A. Ludvig
发明人： Donald F. Gordon , Brian Feinberg , Eugene Gershtein , Sadik Bayrakeri , John P. Comito , Edward A. Ludvig
IPC分类号： H04N7/16
CPC分类号： H04N21/26283 , H04N5/45 , H04N7/0806 , H04N7/163 , H04N7/165 , H04N19/577 , H04N21/236 , H04N21/2385 , H04N21/2402 , H04N21/2408 , H04N21/482 , H04N21/6547
摘要： A system for delivering interactive program guide (IPG) includes a number of encoding units, at least one transport stream generator, and a session manager. The encoding units encode a number of IPG pages and generate a number of (e.g., guide, video, audio, and data) streams, with each stream being assigned a respective packet identifier (PID). Each transport stream generator receives and multiplexes selected ones of the streams from one or more encoding units into one or more transport streams. The session manager directs each transport stream generator to generate one or more transport streams based on usage. The system may further include a bandwidth manager that monitors usage and reports the usage to the session manager. The encoding units can be operated to encode only once each IPG page to be transmitted. Each transport stream generator can be operated to provide differentiated IPG for the neighborhood being served by the transport stream generator. The number of transport streams generated by each transport stream generator can be dynamically adjusted based on demands from the neighborhood being served by the transport stream generator. Each transport stream generator can be directed to generate an additional transport stream if usage exceeds the capacity of the currently transmitted transport streams.
摘要翻译：用于提供交互式节目指南（IPG）的系统包括多个编码单元，至少一个传输流发生器和会话管理器。编码单元对多个IPG页面进行编码，并生成多个（例如，引导，视频，音频和数据）流，每个流被分配相应的分组标识符（PID）。每个传输流生成器从一个或多个编码单元接收并复用选定的一个流到一个或多个传输流中。会话管理器指示每个传输流生成器基于使用来生成一个或多个传输流。该系统还可以包括带宽管理器，其监视使用情况并向会话管理器报告使用情况。编码单元可以被操作以仅对要发送的每个IPG页面进行编码。每个传输流发生器可以被操作以为由传输流发生器服务的邻域提供差异IPG。可以基于由传输流发生器服务的邻域的需求来动态地调整由每个传输流发生器生成的传输流的数量。如果使用超过当前传输的传输流的容量，则每个传输流生成器可以被引导以生成附加传输流。

4. 发明授权

US06904610B1 Server-centric customized interactive program guide in an interactive television environment 有权
标题翻译：以交互式电视环境为中心的以服务器为中心的定制互动节目指南
公开(公告)号：US06904610B1
公开(公告)日：2005-06-07
申请号：US09605522
申请日：2000-06-27
申请人： Sadik Bayrakeri , Donald F. Gordon , John P. Comito , Edward A. Ludvig , Harold P. Yocom , Jeremy S. Edmonds , Eugene Gershtein
发明人： Sadik Bayrakeri , Donald F. Gordon , John P. Comito , Edward A. Ludvig , Harold P. Yocom , Jeremy S. Edmonds , Eugene Gershtein
IPC分类号： G06T9/00 , H04H60/72 , H04N5/232 , H04N5/445 , H04N7/24 , H04N7/26 , H04N7/46 , H04N21/47 , G06F3/00 , G06F13/00
CPC分类号： H04N21/4312 , H04N5/232 , H04N5/44543 , H04N5/44591 , H04N5/45 , H04N7/165 , H04N7/17318 , H04N19/00 , H04N19/577 , H04N21/23424 , H04N21/23608 , H04N21/23614 , H04N21/2365 , H04N21/278 , H04N21/4143 , H04N21/4314 , H04N21/4344 , H04N21/4347 , H04N21/4348 , H04N21/4384 , H04N21/44016 , H04N21/4532 , H04N21/482 , H04N21/4821 , H04N21/4828 , H04N21/6547 , H04N21/8146 , H04N21/84
摘要： Techniques to create, generate, and deliver customized interactive program guide (custom-IPG). In one method, selections indicative of a set of channels to be included in the custom-IPG are received. In response, one or more custom-IPG screens having included therein the set of selected channels are rendered at a head end. The custom-IPG screens can be formed as subsets of the regular IPG screens, or as new screens. The rendered custom-IPG screens are provided from the head end to a set top terminal upon receiving a viewer request for the custom-IPG. Command indicative of a particular location at which to overlay the custom-IPG screens may also be received. In this case, the custom-IPG screens are re-rendered at the indicated location. The custom-IPG screens can be overlaid on a video sequence provided on a particular channel, which can be the channel currently being viewed, the channel used to carry regular program guide, or a channel that is independent of the channels used to carry regular programming and program guide. For example, either the custom or regular IPG can be provided on the program guide channel, depending on the viewer's selection.
摘要翻译：创建，生成和交付定制交互式节目指南（custom-IPG）的技术。在一种方法中，接收指示要包括在定制IPG中的一组信道的选择。作为响应，在其中包括所选择的通道集合的一个或多个定制IPG屏幕在头端呈现。定制IPG屏幕可以形成为常规IPG屏幕的子集，或作为新屏幕。渲染的定制IPG屏幕在接收到定制IPG的查看器请求时从头端到机顶终端提供。还可以接收指示覆盖定制IPG屏幕的特定位置的命令。在这种情况下，自定义IPG屏幕将在指定位置重新渲染。定制IPG屏幕可以覆盖在特定信道上提供的视频序列上，该视频序列可以是当前正在观看的信道，用于携带常规节目指南的信道，或独立于用于携带常规节目的信道的信道和节目指南。例如，根据观众的选择，可以在节目指南频道上提供自定义或常规IPG。

5. 发明授权

US06651252B1 Method and apparatus for transmitting video and graphics in a compressed form 有权
标题翻译：用于以压缩形式传输视频和图形的方法和装置
公开(公告)号：US06651252B1
公开(公告)日：2003-11-18
申请号：US09428066
申请日：1999-10-27
申请人： Donald F. Gordon , Sadik Bayrakeri , Jeremy S. Edmonds , Edward A. Ludvig , John Comito , Eugene Gershtein
发明人： Donald F. Gordon , Sadik Bayrakeri , Jeremy S. Edmonds , Edward A. Ludvig , John Comito , Eugene Gershtein
IPC分类号： H04N5445
CPC分类号： H04N5/44543 , H04N5/4401 , H04N5/45 , H04N21/23412 , H04N21/234318 , H04N21/235 , H04N21/23608 , H04N21/23614 , H04N21/2365 , H04N21/4316 , H04N21/4347 , H04N21/4348 , H04N21/435 , H04N21/4351 , H04N21/44012 , H04N21/44016 , H04N21/47205 , H04N21/482 , H04N21/8146 , H04N21/816 , H04N21/84
摘要： A method and apparatus for compressing and transmitting both video and graphics portions of an interactive program guide (IPG). For an IPG that comprises a graphics portion and at least one video portion, the inventive system separately encodes the video portion and the graphics portion. The video portion is slice-base encoded using a predictive encoder, e.g., an MPEG encoder, that produces a bitstream comprising intra-coded picture slices and predictive-coded picture slices. The graphics portion is separately slice-base encoded to produce encoded slices of the graphics image. The encoded slices of the graphics portion can be stored in a database and recalled as needed for transmission. To transmit an IPG, a transport stream is created containing the intra-coded and predicted picture streams as well as the encoded slices that comprise a graphics image that is to be included in the IPG. The receiver reassembles the components of the IPG into a comprehensive IPG.
摘要翻译：一种用于压缩和传送交互式节目指南（IPG）的视频和图形部分的方法和装置。对于包括图形部分和至少一个视频部分的IPG，本发明的系统分别对视频部分和图形部分进行编码。视频部分使用预测编码器（例如MPEG编码器）进行片基编码，其产生包含帧内编码图像片段和预测编码图像片段的比特流。图形部分被单独地进行片基编码以产生图形图像的编码片段。图形部分的编码片段可以存储在数据库中，并根据需要调用以进行传输。为了发送IPG，创建包含帧内编码和预测图像流的传输流以及包括要包括在IPG中的图形图像的编码切片。接收器将IPG的组件重新组合成一个综合IPG。

6. 发明授权

US08191104B2 Method and apparatus for providing interactive program guide (IPG) and video-on-demand (VOD) user interfaces 有权
标题翻译：提供交互式节目指南（IPG）和视频点播（VOD）用户界面的方法和装置
公开(公告)号：US08191104B2
公开(公告)日：2012-05-29
申请号：US11542419
申请日：2006-10-03
申请人： Donald F. Gordon , Sadik Bayrakeri , Jeremy S. Edmonds , Yong Ho Son , Edward A. Ludvig , Mike R Colligan
发明人： Donald F. Gordon , Sadik Bayrakeri , Jeremy S. Edmonds , Yong Ho Son , Edward A. Ludvig , Mike R Colligan
IPC分类号： H04N7/16
CPC分类号： H04N21/845 , H04N5/44543 , H04N5/44582 , H04N21/234 , H04N21/25883 , H04N21/25891 , H04N21/262 , H04N21/4307 , H04N21/4314 , H04N21/4316 , H04N21/44222 , H04N21/482 , H04N21/4821 , H04N21/6581
摘要： An apparatus for providing multiple session-based services at a terminal, an exemplary apparatus includes a memory configured to support a plurality of software layers including a service layer communicating with terminal resources via a root layer disposed therebetween; and a processor, for executing instructions associated with a plurality of service layer applications, a root layer application and a control mechanism; each of the service layer applications communicating with terminal resources to provide thereby a respective user interface; wherein the control mechanism selectively causing at least one of the service layer applications to enter an active state, the user interface associated with a service layer application being adapted in response to the service layer application entering the active state.
摘要翻译：一种用于在终端提供多个基于会话的服务的装置，一种示例性装置包括一个被配置为支持多个软件层的存储器，所述软件层包括经由设置在其间的根层与终端资源通信的服务层; 以及处理器，用于执行与多个服务层应用相关联的指令，根层应用和控制机制; 每个服务层应用程序与终端资源进行通信，从而提供相应的用户界面; 其中所述控制机制选择性地使所述服务层应用中的至少一个进入活动状态，与服务层应用相关联的所述用户界面响应于所述服务层应用进入所述活动状态而被适配。

7. 发明授权

US07505519B2 Method and apparatus for compressing video sequences 有权
标题翻译：用于压缩视频序列的方法和装置
公开(公告)号：US07505519B2
公开(公告)日：2009-03-17
申请号：US10655410
申请日：2003-09-04
申请人： Donald F. Gordon , Sadik Bayrakeri , Joseph R. Wild , Jeremy S. Edmonds , Edward A. Ludvig , John P. Comito , Eugene Gershtein
发明人： Donald F. Gordon , Sadik Bayrakeri , Joseph R. Wild , Jeremy S. Edmonds , Edward A. Ludvig , John P. Comito , Eugene Gershtein
IPC分类号： H04N7/12 , G06F3/00
CPC分类号： H04N21/4347 , H04N5/44543 , H04N5/44591 , H04N5/45 , H04N7/163 , H04N7/165 , H04N19/577 , H04N21/23424 , H04N21/23608 , H04N21/23614 , H04N21/2365 , H04N21/4314 , H04N21/4344 , H04N21/4348 , H04N21/44016 , H04N21/4532 , H04N21/482 , H04N21/4821 , H04N21/6547 , H04N21/812 , H04N21/84
摘要： A method and apparatus for compressing a plurality of video sequences, where each sequence has information that is common with other video sequences. The invention ensemble encodes the video sequences into an MPEG compliant transport stream using less predicted frame information than separately encoding each video sequence. One illustrative application of the invention is efficiently encoding and transmitting a user interface such as a program guide, interactive program guide, electronic program guide, navigator and the like. The user interface is illustratively embodied in an interactive program guide (IPG).
摘要翻译：一种用于压缩多个视频序列的方法和装置，其中每个序列具有与其他视频序列相同的信息。本发明使用比单独编码每个视频序列更少的预测帧信息将视频序列编码为MPEG兼容传输流。本发明的一个示例性应用是有效地编码和发送诸如节目指南，交互节目指南，电子节目指南，导航者等的用户界面。用户界面示意性地体现在交互式节目指南（IPG）中。

8. 发明授权

US06704359B1 Efficient encoding algorithms for delivery of server-centric interactive program guide 有权
标题翻译：高效的编码算法，用于交付以服务器为中心的交互式节目指南
公开(公告)号：US06704359B1
公开(公告)日：2004-03-09
申请号：US09602547
申请日：2000-06-21
申请人： Sadik Bayrakeri , Donald F. Gordon , Edward A. Ludvig , John P. Comito , Jeremy S. Edmonds , Eugene Gershtein
发明人： Sadik Bayrakeri , Donald F. Gordon , Edward A. Ludvig , John P. Comito , Jeremy S. Edmonds , Eugene Gershtein
IPC分类号： H04B166
CPC分类号： H04N21/4347 , H04N5/44543 , H04N5/44591 , H04N5/45 , H04N7/163 , H04N7/165 , H04N19/00 , H04N19/577 , H04N21/23424 , H04N21/23608 , H04N21/23614 , H04N21/2365 , H04N21/4143 , H04N21/4344 , H04N21/4348 , H04N21/44016 , H04N21/4532 , H04N21/482 , H04N21/4821 , H04N21/6547 , H04N21/84
摘要： A data structure for representing program data that includes a number of streams. Each stream comprises a group of pictures (GOP) having a first picture and remaining pictures. The data structure includes a first set of one or more elements for representing data for the first pictures in the GOPs, and a second set of one or more elements for representing data for the remaining pictures in the GOPs. At least one element in the first set represents data for the first picture of at least one respective GOP, with each such first picture having been encoded as a reference I picture. Each remaining element (if any) in the first set represents data for the first picture of a respective remaining GOP, with each such remaining first picture having been encoded as either a difference picture or a P picture. Each element in the second set represents data for a particular remaining picture in one of the GOPs, with each such remaining picture having been encoded as either a P or B picture. Each stream is represented by one or more elements in the first set and one or more elements in the second set.
摘要翻译：一种用于表示包括多个流的程序数据的数据结构。每个流包括具有第一图像和剩余图像的一组图像（GOP）。数据结构包括用于表示GOP中的第一图像的数据的一个或多个元素的第一组，以及用于表示GOP中剩余图像的数据的一个或多个元素的第二组。第一组中的至少一个元素表示至少一个相应GOP的第一图像的数据，其中每个这样的第一图像已被编码为参考I图像。第一组中的每个剩余元素（如果有的话）表示相应剩余GOP的第一图像的数据，其中每个这样的剩余第一图像已被编码为差分图像或P图像。第二组中的每个元素表示GOP中的一个中的特定剩余图像的数据，其中每个这样的剩余图像已经被编码为P图像或B图像。每个流由第一组中的一个或多个元素和第二组中的一个或多个元素表示。

9. 发明授权

US06584153B1 Data structure and methods for providing an interactive program guide 有权
标题翻译：提供交互式节目指南的数据结构和方法
公开(公告)号：US06584153B1
公开(公告)日：2003-06-24
申请号：US09293535
申请日：1999-04-15
申请人： Donald F. Gordon , Sadik Bayrakeri , Joseph R. Wild , Jeremy S. Edmonds , Edward A. Ludvig , John P. Comito , Eugene Gershtein
发明人： Donald F. Gordon , Sadik Bayrakeri , Joseph R. Wild , Jeremy S. Edmonds , Edward A. Ludvig , John P. Comito , Eugene Gershtein
IPC分类号： H04B166
CPC分类号： H04N21/4347 , H04N5/44543 , H04N5/44591 , H04N5/45 , H04N7/163 , H04N7/165 , H04N19/577 , H04N21/23412 , H04N21/23424 , H04N21/23608 , H04N21/23614 , H04N21/2365 , H04N21/4312 , H04N21/4314 , H04N21/4344 , H04N21/4348 , H04N21/44016 , H04N21/4532 , H04N21/482 , H04N21/4821 , H04N21/6547 , H04N21/812 , H04N21/84
摘要： A data structure suited to efficiently representing a plurality of image streams including common and non-common portions. Specifically, a plurality of similar group of picture (GOP) data structures representing the corresponding plurality of image streams including common and non-common portions is adapted to provide a first encoded stream comprising only P-picture and B-picture access units of one of the similar GOP data structures, and a corresponding plurality of encoded streams comprising only respective I-picture access units of the similar GOP data structures. In this manner, the redundant P-picture and B-picture access units within the encoded streams are eliminated, thereby greatly reducing the bandwidth or memory resources needed to transmit or store the plurality of image streams.
摘要翻译：适合于有效地表示包括公共部分和非公共部分的多个图像流的数据结构。具体地，表示包括公共和非公共部分的对应多个图像流的多个相似组的图像（GOP）数据结构适于提供仅包括P图像和B图像访问单元之一的第一编码流类似的GOP数据结构，以及仅包括相似GOP数据结构的相应I图像访问单元的对应的多个编码流。以这种方式，消除了编码流中的冗余P图像和B图像访问单元，从而大大减少了发送或存储多个图像流所需的带宽或存储器资源。

10. 发明授权

US08032906B2 Method and system for providing a program guide and multiple video streams using slice-based encoding 有权
标题翻译：用于使用基于片的编码来提供节目指南和多个视频流的方法和系统
公开(公告)号：US08032906B2
公开(公告)日：2011-10-04
申请号：US10265752
申请日：2002-10-07
申请人： Donald F. Gordon , Sadik Bayrakeri , Edward A. Ludvig , Eugene Gershtein , Jeremy S. Edmonds , John P. Comito
发明人： Donald F. Gordon , Sadik Bayrakeri , Edward A. Ludvig , Eugene Gershtein , Jeremy S. Edmonds , John P. Comito
IPC分类号： H04N5/455 , H04N11/02
CPC分类号： H04N5/44543 , H04N5/4401 , H04N5/45 , H04N21/23412 , H04N21/234318 , H04N21/235 , H04N21/23608 , H04N21/23614 , H04N21/2365 , H04N21/4316 , H04N21/4347 , H04N21/4348 , H04N21/435 , H04N21/4351 , H04N21/44012 , H04N21/44016 , H04N21/47205 , H04N21/482 , H04N21/8146 , H04N21/816 , H04N21/84
摘要： Methods for slice-based encoding of program guides and user interfaces are disclosed. The program guides include multiple video streams for picture-in-picture and other applications. A method for encoding the program guide includes encoding a first set of slices for each of a plurality of graphics pages; and encoding a second set of slices for each of a plurality of video streams.The user interfaces are multi-functional and may be used for electronic commerce and other applications. A method of generating the user interface includes encoding a set of slices for each of a plurality of objects, each object being characterized by an identity, at least one attribute, and at least one operation. In one embodiment of this method, the plurality of objects include an electronic commerce object, where the electronic commerce object is attributed with a first hyper text markup language (HTML) page.
摘要翻译：公开了用于程序指南和用户界面的基于片的编码的方法。节目指南包括用于画中画和其他应用的多个视频流。用于对节目指南进行编码的方法包括编码多个图形页面中的每一个的第一组片段; 以及为多个视频流中的每一个编码第二组片段。用户界面是多功能的，可用于电子商务和其他应用。生成用户界面的方法包括对多个对象中的每个对象的一组片段进行编码，每个对象的特征在于身份，至少一个属性和至少一个操作。在该方法的一个实施例中，多个对象包括电子商务对象，其中电子商务对象被归因于第一超文本标记语言（HTML）页面。

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