In a cable television system, a specific carrier is assigned to deliver programming content of
a program channel to a ser vice area for a period, defined as a function of viewership of the …

No. 10/356.338, filed on Jan. 31, 2003, and a Primary Examiner—Nathan Flynn continuation-
in-part of application No. 10/367,596, Assistant Examiner—Omar S Parra filed on Feb. 14 …

4,260,229 A 4, 1981 Bloomstein 5.430, 835 A 7/1995 Williams et al. 4,283,735 A 8/1981
Jagger 5,436,542 A 7/1995 Petelin et al. 4,319,286 A 3/1982 Hanpachern 5,436,653 A 7 …

US8046818B2 - System and method for the broadcast dissemination of time-ordered data -
Google Patents US8046818B2 - System and method for the broadcast dissemination of time-ordered …

(57) ABSTRACT A system and method for review of news content (audio, video and/or
textual news content), such that an overview of the news content can be quickly ascertained …

Related US Application Data Division of application No. 10/888,800, filed on Jul. 8, 2004,
now Pat. No. 7,849,475, which is a continuation of application No. 08/771,947, filed on Dec …

BACKGROUND The transmission of media data, such as audio and video data, over a
network is becoming more common. Users can now watch all types of media data, from a …

The invention enables the apparent display rate of an audio visual display to be varied. The
invention can modify an original set of audio data in accordance with a target display rate …

Techniques for fragmenting a file or a collection of media data are disclosed. According one
aspect of the techniques, a file pertaining to a title is fragmented into a header and several …

BACKGROUND The present invention relates generally to programming services, and more
particularly, to methods, systems, and computer products for implementing content …