A display device includes a display for displaying at least one piece of content, a user input interface for receiving a signal from a remote control device, and a controller for controlling operation of the display device. The controller performs control to display a video of first content in an overall area of a first layer of a screen, to display a first on screen display (OSD) window having predetermined first transparency in a first area of a second layer of the screen upon receiving a first OSD window output request signal, and to change the first transparency to predetermined second transparency when a pointer is located in the first area of the second layer of the screen.

An image processing apparatus includes a chipset unit which processes data; a connector which includes a plurality of terminals, and is configured to connect with a cable so that the chipset unit can transmit and receive a signal to and from an external device; a switching unit which supplies power to the external device through a first terminal of the connector, and selectively controls a switching operation regarding whether or not to supply power to the first terminal on the basis of a signal state of a second terminal of the connector when the cable is connected to the connector. A control method of the image processing apparatus is also disclosed.

Adaptively adjusting the layout of a video conference includes receiving, at a first video conference endpoint, a video stream from a second video conference endpoint. Activity in an environment of the first video conference endpoint or an environment of the second video conference endpoint is detected with at least one physical activity sensor. Based on the detected activity, a presentation of the video stream at the first video conference endpoint is dynamically adjusted.

A network communications node includes a local processor, a first remote physical device (RPD), and at least a second RPD all contained in a node housing. The local processor receives a first signal on a logical link control layer and transforms it to a second signal on a medium access control (MAC) layer. The first and second RPDs receive the second signal and respectively convert it to third and fourth signals on a physical layer. The two RPDs implement different communication protocols. Amplification for the RPDs occurs mostly outside the node housing. The node is upgraded by software patching the local processor or by physically swapping one or more of the RPDs.

A network communications node includes a local processor, a first remote physical device (RPD), and at least a second RPD all contained in a node housing. The local processor receives a first signal on a logical link control layer and transforms it to a second signal on a medium access control (MAC) layer. The first and second RPDs receive the second signal and respectively convert it to third and fourth signals on a physical layer. The two RPDs implement different communication protocols. Amplification for the RPDs occurs mostly outside the node housing. The node is upgraded by software patching the local processor or by physically swapping one or more of the RPDs.

Videos may be loaded to an electronic device at any of a plurality of bitrates, each bitrate corresponding to a certain video quality level. The bitrate selected may be based on, for example, bandwidth capabilities and/or video quality standards. However, bandwidth capabilities may be taxed or exceeded if multiple videos are loaded simultaneously to the electronic device. Examples of the disclosure can be used to manage bandwidth, adjust bitrates, and/or selectively load video and audio in accordance with bandwidth capabilities to provide uninterrupted video play-back at a relatively high quality. Further, video players may be allocated in memory and re-used as a user scrolls and switches through a number of videos playing on-screen concurrently.

Videos may be loaded to an electronic device at any of a plurality of bitrates, each bitrate corresponding to a certain video quality level. The bitrate selected may be based on, for example, bandwidth capabilities and/or video quality standards. However, bandwidth capabilities may be taxed or exceeded if multiple videos are loaded simultaneously to the electronic device. Examples of the disclosure can be used to manage bandwidth, adjust bitrates, and/or selectively load video and audio in accordance with bandwidth capabilities to provide uninterrupted video play-back at a relatively high quality. Further, video players may be allocated in memory and re-used as a user scrolls and switches through a number of videos playing on-screen concurrently.

Described herein are systems and methods for hardware enforcement of hardware functionality in a television receiver. An activation message containing an activation code for a specific hardware component within the television receiver can be transmitted from a television service provider system to a television receiver having an associated smart card. The smart card can decrypt the activation message, security check the activation message, confirm the activation message is intended for the television receiver, encrypt the activation message with a local key, and transmit the activation message to a security processor on the 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 television receiver based on the activation code within the activation message.

Described herein are systems and methods for hardware enforcement of hardware functionality in a television receiver. An activation message containing an activation code for a specific hardware component within the television receiver can be transmitted from a television service provider system to a television receiver having an associated smart card. The smart card can decrypt the activation message, security check the activation message, confirm the activation message is intended for the television receiver, encrypt the activation message with a local key, and transmit the activation message to a security processor on the 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 television receiver based on the activation code within the activation message.

A TV-Internet Integration Box allows display of first data broadcast over a TV subscriber channel simultaneously together with second data broadcast over a digital data communications network has respective first and second inputs for receiving at a user premises the first data and the second data according to a user-profile associated with the second data. A combiner unit combines the first data and second data to form a combined video signal; and a video output coupled to the combiner unit conveys the combined video signal to a TV set in a user premises for displaying a first image corresponding to a first data and having a superimposed thereon a second image corresponding to the second data. A user at the user premises may interact with the second image for redirecting to the digital data communications network and displaying a program broadcast thereby is a least a portion of the TV set.