A method and apparatus for displaying branded video tags. An advertiser provides additional content associated with broadcast advertising content to a service provider that downloads the additional content to a digital video recorder (DVR). The service provider inserts command tags into the content that are intercepted by the DVR and interpreted as commands that instruct the DVR to perform specific actions when the DVR receives the stream from a broadcaster. The DVR intercepts and translates any tags inserted into the content stream while the DVR is playing the content stream. Tags can cause the DVR to display a branded video tag to the user which is a displayed icon that requests an interaction by the user and has an advertiser's logo(s) displayed in its vicinity.

A method and apparatus for displaying branded video tags. An advertiser provides additional content associated with broadcast advertising content to a service provider that downloads the additional content to a digital video recorder (DVR). The service provider inserts command tags into the content that are intercepted by the DVR and interpreted as commands that instruct the DVR to perform specific actions when the DVR receives the stream from a broadcaster. The DVR intercepts and translates any tags inserted into the content stream while the DVR is playing the content stream. Tags can cause the DVR to display a branded video tag to the user which is a displayed icon that requests an interaction by the user and has an advertiser's logo(s) displayed in its vicinity.

A method and apparatus for secure transfer of previously broadcasted content enables the secure transfer of previously broadcasted content between DVRs on a computer network.

An information processing device that operates in an imaging device mounted on a mobile unit, and notifies the mobile unit of failed imaging, when imaging performed by the imaging device has failed.

An information processing device that operates in an imaging device mounted on a mobile unit, and notifies the mobile unit of failed imaging, when imaging performed by the imaging device has failed.

A method and apparatus for secure transfer of previously broadcasted content enables the secure transfer of previously broadcasted content between DVRs on a computer network.

The present application discloses a method and system for detecting image delay, the method comprises: for any one of image frames in an incoming data stream and a data packet of image delay detection for the image frame, displaying the image frame and analyzing the data packet; and obtaining a detected image delay T.sub.delay of the image frame according to a reference globe time T for collecting the image frame obtained by analyzing the data packet and current display time T.sub.display of the image frame. In the present application, delay detection data are identified in an image frame and the collection time is based on the time of a display device, which enables to provide an automatic and accurate method and system for accurately measuring camera delay without the need of manual operation.

The present application discloses a method and system for detecting image delay, the method comprises: for any one of image frames in an incoming data stream and a data packet of image delay detection for the image frame, displaying the image frame and analyzing the data packet; and obtaining a detected image delay T.sub.delay of the image frame according to a reference globe time T for collecting the image frame obtained by analyzing the data packet and current display time T.sub.display of the image frame. In the present application, delay detection data are identified in an image frame and the collection time is based on the time of a display device, which enables to provide an automatic and accurate method and system for accurately measuring camera delay without the need of manual operation.

A method and apparatus for secure transfer of previously broadcasted content enables the secure transfer of previously broadcasted content between DVRs on a computer network.

A method and apparatus for secure transfer and playback of multimedia content enables the secure transfer of multimedia content from a digital video recorder (DVR) to a personal computer (PC) and further to a handheld device. A DVR determines which devices on a Local Area Network (LAN) are authorized to share and/or retrieve content from the DVR. The DVR receives a connection request from a PC on the LAN, authorizes the connection request and establishes a secure connection between the DVR and the PC. Once the secure connection is established, the DVR receives a request for multimedia content from the PC, prepares the multimedia content for transfer and transfers the multimedia content to the PC.