Abstract in simplified Chinese:本文中阐述用于在一可携式通信设备中提供一可延展屏幕之设备及机构。一种可携式通信设备可具备一多部分屏幕,该多部分屏幕之一部分可延展以提供一延伸观看显示表面或可缩回以提供一缩减看模式及增加之可携性。在一缩减看模式中,可将一图形显示提供于一多部分显示屏幕之一第一可见部分上,其中一或多个其他屏幕部分缩回及/或被遮掩而无法观看以便提供该通信设备之一可携式模式。在一延展观看模式中,该一或多个其他屏幕部分可延展及/或被带入至与该多部分显示之一第一部分相同之平面中以便提供增加之显示大小及分辨率。
Abstract in simplified Chinese:各项实施例呈现关于感兴趣节目之信息。一些实施例基于先前所观看的节目提供电子节目单。在一些情形中,一电子节目单产生器(“EPGG")基于一个或一个以上所调度之节目产生一针对指定时间周期之电子节目单,该一个或一个以上所调度之节目各自具有至少一个属性,该至少一个属性与先前在对应于该指定时间周期之一时间观看的一节目之一属性相匹配,该电子节目单包含关于该一个或一个以上所调度节目之信息。然后,可在一呈现设备上呈现所产生之电子节目单。另一实施例提供关于与一所指定之感兴趣节目相关之一个或一个以上节目之信息。
Abstract:
Described herein are systems and methods for hardware enforcement of hardware functionality in a client television receiver. An activation message containing an activation code for a specific hardware component within the client television receiver can be transmitted from a television service provider system to a host television receiver having an associated smart card. The smart card can decrypt the activation message, identify the client television receiver as the destination of the activation message, security check the activation message, encrypt the activation message with a local key, and transmit the activation message to a security processor on the client television receiver. The security processor can decrypt the activation message, security check the activation message to ensure it is from the smart card and has not been tampered with, and enable the hardware component within the client television receiver based on the activation code within the activation message.
Abstract:
A distributed indoor antenna system for over the air television reception includes technological improvements that increase signal quality on a display device. The system includes a plurality of active distributed antenna nodes and a reception gateway. The distributed antenna nodes are placed and oriented at various spaced-apart locations around a user's residence or other location of interest. Each of the plurality of active distributed antenna nodes includes an antenna, a demodulator, and a Wi Fi converter. The plurality of active distributed antenna nodes receives the broadcast signals, decodes the broadcast signals, and transcodes the decoded broadcast signals into a Wi Fi signal format. The reception gateway receives the transcoded broadcast signals and determines which signal or which signal combination to retransmit to the display device.
Abstract:
Systems, methods, and computer program products for determining network characteristics are provided. The network characteristics may be used to facilitate changes to how content is delivered over a network, such as to avoid network congestion, to provide improved throughput, or to provide a good (or better) user experience, such as when streaming media. For example, the network characteristics may be determined, in part, by tracking domain name resolution requests by using specially formulated domain names that require resolution at an authoritative name server.
Abstract:
Various arrangements for providing audio calibration are presented. A remote control may determine that it is in position for an audio-based command to be received by the remote control from a user. Via a condenser microphone incorporated as part of the remote control, a calibration sound may be output. The condenser microphone may receive the output the calibration sound in the form of a reflected sound that is an acoustic reflection of the calibration sound. The remote control may analyze an amount of time that has elapsed between outputting the calibration sound and receiving the reflected sound to determine a distance between the condenser microphone and the user. One or more audio input settings may be configured that are used for modifying audio received by the condenser microphone based on the determined distance.
Abstract:
Multimedia systems and related methods and devices are provided for recommending media programs to a user. Viewing characteristics of the user are determined based on usage information detailing preceding viewing sessions for the user. In one or more embodiments, the user's current interest in one or more currently available media programs that originated after the user's preceding viewing session is predicted based on the user' s viewing characteristics and the current viewing context, and media programs having the highest predicted current interest are indicated to the user as being recommended.
Abstract:
Various embodiments of systems, apparatus, and methods are described for assembling at least one transport stream from satellite transponder signals. In one example, the method includes capturing at least one satellite feed, the at least one satellite feed including a plurality of transponder signals; demodulating each of the plurality of transponder signals, each demodulated transponder signal corresponding to a transport stream including a plurality of input streams; parsing one or more selected streams from the plurality of input streams; assembling at least one new transport stream from the one or more selected streams; modulating the at least one new transport stream to generate at least one new transponder signal; adding the at least one new transponder signal to a channel stack; and transmitting the channel stack to a receiving device.