Abstract:
The present principles provide a method and apparatus for performing time window based adaptive advertisement insertion into video on demand (VOD) programs. The method inserts advertisements dynamically according to the actual content viewing time, as opposed to the fixed advertisement insertion points in traditional ad insertion. The method minimizes the negative impact caused by inserted ads to viewers in interactive session, in which trick modes, such as fast forward and rewind are frequently used.
Abstract:
There are provided a method and apparatus for synchronizing a plurality of media streams that use Forward Error Correction. The apparatus includes a memory device (110), a FEC encoder (120), and a control device (140). The memory device (110) is for buffering the plurality of media streams. The FEC encoder (120) is for generating FEC packets for streams. The control device (140) is for determining, for each stream, a respective threshold amount of buffer to be filled in order to initiate generation of the corresponding FEC packets, and upon a fastest one of the streams filling the respective threshold amount of buffer, causing an initiation of the generation of the FEC packets for the fastest stream, as well as for the other streams, irrespective of a current fill amount of the other streams, wherein said control device causes the initiation of the generation of the FEC packets by the FEC encoder via signaling.
Abstract:
A home network system that personalizes the selection of information content in accordance with an interest of a user of the network is disclosed. More specifically, a method and apparatus are described for automatically presenting an information content of interest to the user, being provided by an Internet site external to the network. The contents of interest may be determined in accordance with an access pattern of the user and a frequency of the use of particular topic in the content.
Abstract:
A method and system are provided that can automatically discover related images and recommend them. It uses images that occur on the same page or are taken by the same photographer for image discovery. The system can also use semantic relatedness for filtering images. Sentiment analysis can also be used for image ranking and photographer ranking.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for generating a custom application are disclosed. In one embodiment, a request to generate an application for modifying a database may be received. In response to the request, the application may be generated based on a previously defined view of another database, e.g. a repository containing metadata describing the database. Services (e.g. network services) may be validating and files (e.g. sample server pages, library files and instructional files) may be generated for customization.