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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20050071881 | Systems and methods for playlist creation and playback Systems and methods for playlist creation and playback are disclosed. An exemplary method involves receiving a video. The video is played on a display device. A user's designation of a video segment from the video is received. The video segment is added to a playlist. A... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050071882 | Systems and method for adaptive scheduling and dynamic bandwidth resource allocation management in a digital broadband delivery system A technique for allocating bandwidth in a digital broadband delivery system (DBDS) using a bandwidth allocation manager to dynamically assign a content delivery mode to a plurality of digital transmission channels based on an allocation criteria received from a subscrib... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050071883 | Remote monitoring system and method for controlling the same There is provided a remote monitoring system, which includes: means for recognizing a visitor; means for obtaining video/voice data from the recognized visitor; a controlling means for checking whether the visitor is an intruder on the basis of the obtained video/audio ... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050071884 | Module and process for inter-user communication The present invention relates to a module and a process for inter-user communication across a bidirectional network. The module comprises a unit for triggering recording, in a storage space of a server, of information received by the server from users via the bidirectio... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050071885 | Contents reproduction system, reproduction device and contents reproduction method A recorder which reproduces contents and a remote controller which remotely operates the recorder are provided. The remote controller, which has a data base which stores context information indicating up to which position in the contents its reproduction has been made, ... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050071886 | Systems and methods for enhanced display and navigation of streaming video Systems and methods for enhanced navigation of streaming video are disclosed. An exemplary method involves receiving a video as it is streamed from a server over a computer network. A first user request is received to display a first navigation video strip on the displa... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050071887 | Information processing apparatus and information processing method An information processing apparatus comprises a receiving portion which receives a broadcast signal and outputs a video signal, a communication portion which outputs an image signal on the basis of a signal acquired via a network, a display portion which displays at lea... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050071888 | Method and apparatus for analyzing subtitles in a video A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for processing video data. Text in the subtitles in the multimedia program data is identified to generate a set of text. The set of text is analyzed to form an analysis. A video segment that should be altered based on the a... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050071889 | URI pointer system and method for the carriage of MPEG-4 data in a DVB-HMP MPEG-2 transport stream Systems and methods are provided for the broadcast and receiving of MPEG-4 data resources in a European DVB network. The receiving method comprises: at a DVB-Multimedia Home Platform (MHP) terminal, receiving an MPEG-2 TS, with a packetized DSM-CC U-U OC; locating a URI... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050071890 | Novel modified nucleic acid sequences and methods for increasing mRNA levels and protein expression in cell systems The invention provides modified recombinant nucleic acid sequences (preferably DNA) and methods for increasing the mRNA levels and protein expression of proteins which are known to be, or are likely to be, difficult to express in cell culture systems, mammalian cell cul... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050071891 | Repressible sterility of animals A construct which allows animals to be bred in captivity but renders them infertile in the wild by allowing reversible control over fertility and reproduction. The construct comprises: a first promoter that is activated in a defined spatial (tissue specific) or temporal... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050071892 | Techniques and applications of establishment of SARS-CoV primate model This invention relates to a primate animal model for SARS, namely, the techniques and applications of establishment of SARS by using Rhesus monkeys (Macaca Mulata) and Cynomogus Macaques (Macaca fascicularis). The Rhesus monkeys and Cynomogus Macaques free... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050071893 | SiRNA mediated gene silencing in transgenic animals The present invention relates to a process that enables constitutive and inducible gene knock down in living organisms using a short hairpin RNA expression vector integrated into the genome of the organism. ... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050071894 | Nonhuman model animal lacking the ability to control lymphocyte migration The present invention provides a animal model useful in identifying a molecule controlling in a lymphocyte-specific manner migration and thus elucidating immune-related diseases and pathogenic conditions such as allergy, autoimmune diseases, GvH and graft rejections at ... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050071895 | Generation of transgenic mice by transgene-mediated rescue of spermatogenesis The present invention provides transgenic mice and nucleic acid constructs and methods for creating them. The transgenic mice are generated preferably by electroporation-mediated transfection of a nucleic acid construct into the testes of a sterile spermatogenesis-defic... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050071896 | Wheat with altered branching enzyme activity and starch and starch containing products derived therefrom Wheat having a reduced level of SBEIIa activity, that may have a relative. high amylose content. Wheat having a mutant SBEIIa gene in the A genome. The wheat might additionally have reduced levels of SBEIIb activity. The wheat grain of this invention can be of a non-shr... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050071897 | Nucleic acid encoding GAI gene of Arabidopsis thaliana The GAI gene of Arabidopsis thaliana has been cloned, along with mutant and homologue gene sequences. Expression of such genes in plants affects characteristics of the plants including growth. GAI expression inhibits growth of plants, which inhibition is antagoni... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050071898 | Promotion of somatic embryogenesis in plants by wuschel gene expression The present invention relates to methods for promoting somatic embryogenesis from a tissue or organ of a plant, by overexpressing a Wuschel gene in said tissue or organ. In one embodiment, such overexpression can be used as a silent selectable marker for transgenic plan... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050071899 | Ozone -induced gene expression in plants The present invention relates to new DNA sequences, a method for producing new plants which contain a new DNA sequence, the coding sequence thereof being expressed after ozone induction. The invention also relates to said new plants and the use of DNA sequences to produ... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050071900 | Soybean cultivar S030150 A novel soybean cultivar, designated S030150, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S030150, to the plants of soybean S030150 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar S030150 with itself or another soy... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050071901 | Soybean plants having superior agronomic performance and methods for their production This invention provides compositions including favorable alleles of marker loci associated with genetic elements contributing to superior agronomic performance. Also provided are markers for identifying favorable alleles of marker loci associated with genetic elements i... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050071902 | Rice hybrid RH103 A novel rice hybrid, designated RH103, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice hybrid RH103, to the plants of rice RH103 and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar RH103 with itself or another rice variety. The invention... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050071903 | VERBASCUM PLANT NAMED 'PINK PETTICOATS' Verbascum ‘Pink Petticoats’ is a new and distinct cultivar of Mullein plant with large shell pink flowers tightly clustered on racemes to 120 cm tall and effective as cut flower or for six weeks as a landscape or potted plant. ... | 03/31/2005 |
| 20050071904 | TORENIA PLANT NAMED 'SUNRENILAPA' Disclosed herein is a Torenia plant that displays large globose flowers having strong purplish-red with moderate purplish-pink petals and a strong reddish-purple floral tube. The plant has a semi-erect growth habit and medium branching. A great profusion of bloom... | 03/31/2005 |
