United Video Properties, Inc.

Rovi Guides, Inc.

Williams Communications, Inc.

Eric Cockrell

David M Berezowski

Timothy B Demers

Robert H McCoy

Franklin E Boyer

Bruce A Blackwell

Douglas E Naufel

Ronald R Russell

Robert A Wallis

Harlan Ford

Donald C Kern

Edward R Andes

Pamela S Klich

Alan K Roper

James T Buckley

Terry J Kroh

Randall C Lievsay

Jon R Braunsma

Steven P Reiser

James D Davis

Jamie Buckley

Multimedia distribution and broadcast systems and related processes are provided for transmitting multimedia contents and control information from a central uplink facility to a remote downlink via a satellite. The system is preferably implemented in order to generate sequences of multimedia that are broadcast from the remote downlink facility to viewers. The display arrangements of the multimedia sequences are varied and customized by each downlink facility using the control information in order to better inform and entertain viewers.

System and method for distributing and broadcasting multimedia

A method and apparatus of data comparison for statistical information content creation which will process and store raw data, compare the processed raw data with historical data and retrieve processed new content aggregated data with the raw data including a plurality of elements on real time statistical information about a sporting event. The invention includes a common computer network and a plurality of client devices connected to the common network. A server system connected to the common network includes a data storage device storing a plurality of databases including a first database and a second database, a memory device storing code for the system, a plurality of client devices coupled to the computer processor and a processor coupled to the data storage device and the memory device, the processor executing code for the system such that the system is operable to (a) receive raw data and convert the raw data into first formatted data (FFD); (b) route the FFD to the first database; (c) compare the FFD with historical data (HD) according to a set of predetermined rules and protocols in order to determine if a condition has been satisfied with the HD located in the second database; and (d) notify the plurality of client devices if the condition has been met and provide the new content aggregated data.

Method and apparatus of data comparison for statistical information content creation

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Eric Cockrell