公开(公告)号：US20090320069A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-24

申请号：US12550254

申请日：2009-08-28

申请人： Michael Ficco ,  Lou King ,  Sean Lee

发明人： Michael Ficco ,  Lou King ,  Sean Lee

IPC分类号： G06F13/00

CPC分类号： H04N21/4435 ,  H04N5/4401 ,  H04N5/44543 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/781 ,  H04N5/782 ,  H04N7/20 ,  H04N9/8042 ,  H04N21/2665 ,  H04N21/4331 ,  H04N21/4332 ,  H04N21/4345 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/84

摘要： A method and system which temporally sorts data such as program guide data for example, to ensure that near-term data (i.e. most likely to be used, or “now data”) is always available for rapid access from a physical memory location such as a high-speed temporal cache. The method incorporates two low-priority background processes or algorithms, termed “event horizons” into the storage and manipulation of the data so that applications using the data may be run without having to always access a mass storage device. The method and system are highly applicable to all set top boxes (STBs) used in various communication systems such as satellite communication, Cable-TV and DVB systems. The method and system are economical in that superior STB and/or system performance may be obtained with the inclusion of lesser amounts of expensive high-speed RAM.

摘要翻译： 一种方法和系统，其例如暂时分类诸如节目指南数据的数据，以确保近期数据（即最有可能使用或“现在的数据”）始终可用于从物理存储器位置快速访问，例如 高速时间缓存。 该方法将两个低优先级后台进程或算法称为“事件层次”，用于存储和操纵数据，以便可以运行使用数据的应用程序，而无需始终访问大容量存储设备。 该方法和系统高度适用于各种通信系统（如卫星通信，有线电视和DVB系统）中使用的所有机顶盒（STB）。 该方法和系统是经济的，因为可以通过包含较少量的昂贵的高速RAM来获得优异的STB和/或系统性能。

公开(公告)号：US20080276282A1

公开(公告)日：2008-11-06

申请号：US12172340

申请日：2008-07-14

申请人： Lou King ,  Michael Ficco ,  John May ,  Jorge Guzman ,  Yong Gao

发明人： Lou King ,  Michael Ficco ,  John May ,  Jorge Guzman ,  Yong Gao

IPC分类号： G06F13/00

CPC分类号： H04N21/42692 ,  H04N5/4401 ,  H04N5/44543 ,  H04N21/42661 ,  H04N21/4435 ,  H04N21/4821

摘要： A method, system and computer program product for efficient storage of data for use by an application, including a set top box. The set top box including a physical memory, a bulk storage device, and a memory management unit (MMU) coupled between the application and the physical memory and the bulk storage device. The physical memory and the bulk storage device are configured to store the data. The MMU is configured to translate a virtual address provided by the application to a physical address used by one of the physical memory and the bulk storage device.

摘要翻译： 一种方法，系统和计算机程序产品，用于有效存储数据以供应用程序使用，包括机顶盒。 机顶盒包括物理存储器，大容量存储设备和耦合在应用与物理存储器和大容量存储设备之间的存储器管理单元（MMU）。 物理内存和大容量存储设备被配置为存储数据。 MMU被配置为将由应用提供的虚拟地址转换为物理存储器和大容量存储设备之一使用的物理地址。

公开(公告)号：US07409703B2

公开(公告)日：2008-08-05

申请号：US09978469

申请日：2001-10-17

申请人： Lou King ,  Michael Ficco ,  John May ,  Jorge Guzman ,  Yong Gao

发明人： Lou King ,  Michael Ficco ,  John May ,  Jorge Guzman ,  Yong Gao

IPC分类号： H04L12/28

CPC分类号： H04N21/42692 ,  H04N5/4401 ,  H04N5/44543 ,  H04N21/42661 ,  H04N21/4435 ,  H04N21/4821

摘要： A method, system and computer program product for efficient storage of data for use by an application, including a set top box. The set top box including a physical memory, a bulk storage device, and a memory management unit (MMU) coupled between the application and the physical memory and the bulk storage device. The physical memory and the bulk storage device are configured to store the data. The MMU is configured to translate a virtual address provided by the application to a physical address used by one of the physical memory and the bulk storage device.

摘要翻译： 一种方法，系统和计算机程序产品，用于有效存储数据以供应用程序使用，包括机顶盒。 机顶盒包括物理存储器，大容量存储设备和耦合在应用与物理存储器和大容量存储设备之间的存储器管理单元（MMU）。 物理内存和大容量存储设备被配置为存储数据。 MMU被配置为将由应用提供的虚拟地址转换为物理存储器和大容量存储设备之一使用的物理地址。

公开(公告)号：US20090327451A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-31

申请号：US12554325

申请日：2009-09-04

申请人： Michael Ficco

发明人： Michael Ficco

IPC分类号： G06F3/048 ,  G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04N21/2146 ,  H04N7/17336 ,  H04N7/18 ,  H04N21/25891 ,  H04N21/41407 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/47202 ,  H04N21/812

摘要： A method, system and computer program product for aircraft multimedia distribution, including a multimedia server provided within an aircraft of an airline and a multimedia communications network within the aircraft coupled to the multimedia server. The multimedia server is configured to distribute, over the aircraft multimedia communications network, multimedia in-flight to a device of a passenger for at least one of viewing, listening and purchasing by the passenger.

摘要翻译： 一种用于飞机多媒体分发的方法，系统和计算机程序产品，包括提供在航空公司的飞行器内的多媒体服务器和耦合到多媒体服务器的飞机内的多媒体通信网络。 多媒体服务器被配置为在飞行器多媒体通信网络上将飞行中的多媒体分发到乘客的设备，用于乘客的观看，收听和购买中的至少一个。

公开(公告)号：US20070127887A1

公开(公告)日：2007-06-07

申请号：US11699675

申请日：2007-01-30

申请人： Adrian Yap ,  Michael Ficco

发明人： Adrian Yap ,  Michael Ficco

IPC分类号： H04N7/00

CPC分类号： H04N5/782 ,  G11B27/031 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/4333 ,  H04N21/47214 ,  H04N21/482

摘要： A method and device for performing enhanced recording, editing and management features for content in a communication system. The device may be a set top box (STB) for example, and preferably a STB equipped with digital video recording (DVR) capabilities. The method offers users an ability to select, record and manipulate desired program content using mutually exclusive menus, or directly from an electronic program guide (EPG). This is done by displaying various parameter menus of selectable parameters for recording operations, so as to select one or more parameters via a suitable user interface in order to effect a desired recording feature or function.

摘要翻译： 一种用于对通信系统中的内容执行增强的记录，编辑和管理特征的方法和装置。 该设备可以是例如机顶盒（STB），并且优选地是配备有数字视频记录（DVR）能力的STB。 该方法使用户能够使用相互排他的菜单或直接从电子节目指南（EPG）来选择，记录和操纵所需的节目内容。 这通过显示用于记录操作的可选参数的各种参数菜单来完成，以便通过适当的用户界面选择一个或多个参数，以便实现所需的记录特征或功能。

公开(公告)号：US07099472B2

公开(公告)日：2006-08-29

申请号：US09729010

申请日：2000-12-04

申请人： Michael Ficco

发明人： Michael Ficco

IPC分类号： H04N7/167 ,  H04N7/16

CPC分类号： H04N21/4147 ,  H04N5/913 ,  H04N21/4331 ,  H04N21/4405 ,  H04N21/4408 ,  H04N2005/91364

摘要： An approach is provided for storing and retrieving digital audio/video data. A system bus of fixed width transfers data bits. The data bits form a bit pattern. An interface is coupled to system bus and is configured to alter the bit pattern of the data bits, according to a prescribed scheme. A hard disk drive is coupled to the interface and is configured to store the altered data bits. The approach has particular applicability to a digital set-top box for a direct satellite television system.

公开(公告)号：US08312490B2

公开(公告)日：2012-11-13

申请号：US09837844

申请日：2001-04-18

申请人： Adrian Yap ,  Michael Ficco ,  Robert Davis

发明人： Adrian Yap ,  Michael Ficco ,  Robert Davis

IPC分类号： H04N5/76 ,  G06F3/00 ,  G06F13/00 ,  H04N5/445

CPC分类号： H04N21/472 ,  G11B27/034 ,  G11B27/105 ,  G11B27/34 ,  G11B2220/20 ,  G11B2220/455 ,  H04M1/6505 ,  H04N5/4401 ,  H04N5/4448 ,  H04N5/44543 ,  H04N5/50 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/775 ,  H04N5/781 ,  H04N5/782 ,  H04N5/783 ,  H04N5/85 ,  H04N5/907 ,  H04N7/163 ,  H04N7/17345 ,  H04N21/4104 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/426 ,  H04N21/4312 ,  H04N21/4314 ,  H04N21/4316 ,  H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/4335 ,  H04N21/4345 ,  H04N21/44222 ,  H04N21/443 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/4583 ,  H04N21/47202 ,  H04N21/47214 ,  H04N21/47217 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/488 ,  H04N21/4882

摘要： A personal video on-demand system and method which permits a user to receive available content using a single tuner and perform one of a plurality of operations on the available content. These operations include recording two or more signals, where one or both may be simultaneously viewed, recording one or more signals and playing back one or more signals, playing back two or more signals, watching one or more signals while recording one or more other signals, viewing two or more signals live, or viewing at least one signal live, while viewing one or more signals in a playback mode. These operations also include selecting an even based on actor, actress, director, etc., alerting a user to an attempt to record a duplicate program, displaying a status of a program from the available content the user is watching, playing paused programming or converting paused programming to recorded programming during a channel change, allowing a user to record an entire program after viewing the program for a period of time, permitting a user to capture a snippet of the available content, permitting a user to rewind recording in an increment for playback of a portion of the available content, enabling a user to jump back from a live broadcast to a last paused video segment.

摘要翻译： 一种个人视频点播系统和方法，其允许用户使用单个调谐器接收可用内容，并对可用内容执行多个操作之一。 这些操作包括记录两个或更多个信号，其中可以同时观看一个或两个信号，记录一个或多个信号并播放一个或多个信号，回放两个或更多个信号，在记录一个或多个其它信号的同时观看一个或多个信号 ，在播放模式下观看一个或多个信号的同时观看两个或更多个信号，或观看至少一个信号。 这些操作还包括基于演员，演员，导演等选择偶数，提醒用户尝试记录重复节目，从用户正在观看的可用内容显示节目的状态，播放暂停的节目或转换 暂停编程以在通道改变期间记录的编程，允许用户在观看程序一段时间之后记录整个程序，允许用户捕获可用内容的片段，允许用户以递增的速度倒带记录 播放可用内容的一部分，使得用户能够从实时广播跳回到最后暂停的视频段。

公开(公告)号：US20050166224A1

公开(公告)日：2005-07-28

申请号：US11043713

申请日：2005-01-26

申请人： Michael Ficco

发明人： Michael Ficco

IPC分类号： H04H1/00 ,  H04H60/46 ,  H04H60/65 ,  H04N7/16 ,  H04N7/025 ,  H04H9/00 ,  H04N7/10

CPC分类号： H04N21/4331 ,  H04H20/106 ,  H04H60/46 ,  H04H60/65 ,  H04N7/088 ,  H04N7/163 ,  H04N7/165 ,  H04N21/242 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/812

摘要： Techniques of adapting an advertisement previously broadcast or in the process of being broadcast are disclosed. An advertisement selection factor is generated in order to adapt ads to a particular recipient. The advertisement selection factor can be derived from a database of information concerning the recipient and/or from data input by the recipient. The ad may be adapted in a variety of ways including replacing a broadcast ad segment with another segment. The replacement ad segment may be stored in a local device such as a set-top box or hardware card of a TV or PC and selected according to the advertisement selection factor. The replacement ad segment is synchronized with the on-going broadcast to produce a seamless ad. Alternatively, an ad processing can change audio or visual characteristics of the ad according to the ad selection factor. Such ad processing also includes dynamical texture mapping, object replacement, object addition, and audio/video data layering. The ad processing may also be combined with ad segment replacement. The result is a broadcast advertisement specifically targeted for a recipient and thereby likely to have a greater impact on that recipient's buying patterns. These techniques may also be applied to a variety of content such as sitcoms and sports shows to adapt the content to a particular recipient.

摘要翻译： 公开了适应先前广播的广播或广播过程中的技术。 生成广告选择因子以便将广告适配到特定的收件人。 广告选择因子可以从关于收件人的信息的数据库和/或从接收者输入的数据中导出。 该广告可以以各种方式进行调整，包括将广播广告片段替换为另一片段。 替换广告段可以存储在诸如TV或PC的机顶盒或硬件卡的本地设备中，并且根据广告选择因素来选择。 替换广告片段与正在进行的广播同步，以生成无缝广告。 或者，广告处理可以根据广告选择因素改变广告的音频或视觉特征。 这种广告处理还包括动态纹理映射，对象替换，对象添加和音频/视频数据分层。 广告处理也可以与广告片段替换相结合。 结果是专门针对接收者的广播广告，从而可能对该接收者的购买模式产生更大的影响。 这些技术也可以应用于各种内容，例如情景喜剧和体育节目，以使内容适应特定的接收者。

公开(公告)号：US06922845B2

公开(公告)日：2005-07-26

申请号：US09761202

申请日：2001-01-17

申请人： Adrian Yap ,  Michael Ficco ,  Robert Davis

发明人： Adrian Yap ,  Michael Ficco ,  Robert Davis

IPC分类号： G11B27/034 ,  G11B27/10 ,  G11B27/34 ,  H04M1/65 ,  H04N5/44 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N5/50 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/775 ,  H04N5/781 ,  H04N5/782 ,  H04N5/783 ,  H04N5/85 ,  H04N5/907 ,  H04N7/16 ,  H04N7/173

CPC分类号： H04N5/4448 ,  G11B27/034 ,  G11B27/105 ,  G11B27/34 ,  G11B2220/20 ,  G11B2220/455 ,  H04M1/6505 ,  H04N5/4401 ,  H04N5/44543 ,  H04N5/50 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/775 ,  H04N5/781 ,  H04N5/782 ,  H04N5/783 ,  H04N5/85 ,  H04N5/907 ,  H04N7/163 ,  H04N7/17345 ,  H04N21/4104 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/426 ,  H04N21/4312 ,  H04N21/4314 ,  H04N21/4334 ,  H04N21/4345 ,  H04N21/44222 ,  H04N21/443 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N21/454 ,  H04N21/47214 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/488

摘要： A set top box (STB) includes multiple processors that handle either real time or non-real time functions within the STB. One of the processors may perform substantially all of the real time operations, such as control of a data pipeline to the STB, conditional access, and control of a program guide stored within the DVR. The other processor may control substantially all non-real time functions that are executed within the STB, such as graphics user interface and browser functions. The STB may be embodied as a digital video recorder (DVR). The additional processor(s) provide for increased overall system bandwidth, improved system security and greater system stability for an STB and/or DVR configured with these multiple processors, as compared to a conventional STB having a single micro-controller or processor.

摘要翻译： 机顶盒（STB）包括处理STB内的实时或非实时功能的多个处理器。 其中一个处理器可以执行基本上所有的实时操作，例如控制到STB的数据流水线，条件访问以及存储在DVR内的程序指南的控制。 另一个处理器可以控制基本上在STB内执行的所有非实时功能，例如图形用户界面和浏览器功能。 STB可以被实现为数字录像机（DVR）。 与具有单个微控制器或处理器的常规STB相比，附加处理器提供增加的整体系统带宽，改进的系统安全性和配备有这些多处理器的STB和/或DVR的更高的系统稳定性。

公开(公告)号：US06868292B2

公开(公告)日：2005-03-15

申请号：US09878855

申请日：2001-06-11

申请人： Michael Ficco ,  Adrian Yap ,  Ernest Seah ,  Rajeshwari Karthikeyan

发明人： Michael Ficco ,  Adrian Yap ,  Ernest Seah ,  Rajeshwari Karthikeyan

IPC分类号： H04L12/24 ,  H04L12/28 ,  G06F9/40 ,  G06F9/44

CPC分类号： H04L12/282 ,  H04L12/2803 ,  H04L41/0806 ,  H04L41/22

摘要： A method and system of controlling devices with digitally stored content. Devices such as home electronic appliances, lighting systems, heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment, home security systems and home entertainment systems are controlled from a single, centralized device. A set top box (STB) stores scripts that include program content for controlling the operation of a plurality of these devices from the STB. A user of the STB selects the desired scripts, and the STB accesses the selected scripts from storage based on a triggering mechanism such as time, content, event, etc. The STB selectively controls operation of certain devices designated in the script. The method provides ease of control over multiple and diverse devices, applications and media within a user's own home environment, with more functionality and flexibility than currently available.

摘要翻译： 控制具有数字存储内容的设备的方法和系统。 诸如家用电器，照明系统，供暖，通风和空调（HVAC）设备，家庭安全系统和家庭娱乐系统等设备由单一的集中式设备控制。 机顶盒（STB）存储包括用于控制来自STB的多个这些设备的操作的节目内容的脚本。 STB的用户选择所需的脚本，并且STB基于诸如时间，内容，事件等的触发机制从存储器访问所选择的脚本。STB选择性地控制脚本中指定的某些设备的操作。 该方法提供了对用户自己的家庭环境内的多种多样的设备，应用和媒体的易于控制，具有比目前可用的更多的功能和灵活性。