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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20050091681 | Systems and methods for video storage and display Systems and methods for cost effectively making video content available to users are disclosed. In particular, a prescient abundant viewer (PAW) is described. A PAW includes a content receiver, a media vault encoder, a media vault interface, a media vault decoder, a dig... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091682 | System and method for providing advertising after a video program has been paused A system and method for inserting advertising into a video program after the video program is paused. When the video program is paused a still image from the video program is provided in its stead. An advertisement image is provided in addition to the still image. ... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091683 | Method and apparatus for recording and editing digital broadcast content A wireless mobile terminal (10) and method for utilizing digital broadcast content records (204) selected digital broadcast content as received, for example, by a digital broadcast receiver (16) and provides editing of the selected digital broadcast... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091684 | Robot apparatus for supporting user's actions A robot apparatus includes a memory unit that stores schedule information indicative of a user identifier for designating one of a plurality of users, an action that is to be done by the user designated by the user identifier, and a start condition for the action, a det... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091685 | Audiovisual information management system A method of using a system with at least one of audio, image, and a video comprises a plurality of frames comprising the steps of providing a usage preferences description where the usage preference description includes at least one of a browsing preferences description... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091686 | Audiovisual information management system with seasons A method of using a system with at least one of audio, image, and a video comprises a plurality of frames comprising the steps of providing a usage preferences description where the usage preference description includes at least one of a browsing preferences description... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091687 | Apparatus and method for controlling recording operation for video cassette recorder having digital tuner An apparatus and a method for controlling a recording operation for a video cassette recorder system having a digital tuner, prevent broadcast signals from being combined with menu screen data when a GUI is activated in the course of a watching and a recording operation... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091688 | System and method for establishing viewer shopping preferences based on viewing and listening preferences A system and method for establishing recommended items for purchase or rental at a shopping kiosk, based on TV/DVD/CD etc. viewing profiles. A removable media such as a flash memory device can be inserted into an entertainment device receptacle, and the viewer's subsequ... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091689 | Apparatus and method for controlling broadcast channel using position information of mobile communication terminal An apparatus and method for controlling a broadcast channel using position information of a mobile terminal. The broadcast channel control apparatus maintains a radio or TV broadcast channel currently broadcast to a user who is in motion when the same broadcast channel ... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091690 | Method and system for controlling recording and playback of interactive applications Disclosed are methods and systems for controlling the playback and recording of television programming containing interactive applications. In particular, the disclosed methods and systems detail how “trick modes” can be handled when playing applications that are di... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091691 | Client/server multimedia presentation system A method of presenting, at a client terminal, a video program stored in a server linked with the client terminal via transmission path of a limited transmission band width. Each frame of the video program comprises a basic data portion and at least one level of quality ... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091692 | Providing compressed video A computer may be remotely accessed. At a first location, display commands are generated. The display commands are covered into a compressed video data stream. Each display element (5) is checked if it is encoded (52). If object is encoded, it is transcrib... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091693 | Dual mode set-top box that optimizes the delivery and user selection of audio or video programming over data networks This disclosure discloses a dual mode set-top box 10 that displays streamed video and/or plays streamed audio where both data streams are received from a media delivery network. The set-top box comprises a processor 100 that executes an operating system, c... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091694 | System and method for simultaneously displaying video programming and instant messaging Instant messaging (IM) and TV programming are displayed simultaneously on a TV screen. An instant messaging window on the screen displays posted messages and identifies the TV program (if any) being currently viewed by each user posting messages. An icon accompanying a ... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091695 | Providing compressed video A computer may be remotely accessed. At a first location, display commands are generated. The display commands are covered into a compressed video data stream. Each display element (5) is checked if it is encoded (52). If object is encoded, it is transcrib... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091696 | Method and system for adaptive transcoding and transrating in a video network A video server adaptively selects an appropriate video encoding standard and an appropriate video encoding rate for encoding video content to be downloaded to one or more video client devices over a communication network. The video server adaptively selects the video en... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091697 | Apparatus for receiving broadcast signal A broadcast signal receiving apparatus, which is capable of simultaneously processing a plurality of transport streams in an appropriate manner, is comprised of: a pre-processing unit 1202 that determines and extracts a piece of viewing-related data from each of ... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091698 | Contents acquisition system A contents acquisition system facilitating the downloading is disclosed. A digital TV set presents a scheduled time of acquisition of selected contents against the reservation of contents acquisition. With the arrival of the scheduled acquisition completion time, the TV... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091699 | Method and system for directing the download of software and firmware objects over a network such as a cable television system A Download Control Message instructs a set-top terminal in a cable television system to located and immediately begin downloading a code or other data object available over the cable system. The Download Control Message specifies, for example, the size, name, version an... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091700 | Data receiving-processing apparatus Information relating to print contents is presented to the user in an easily understandable manner. A demultiplexer separates picture data, speech data and other data from received data. Such data include EPG data, data broadcast data, print contents data and supplement... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091701 | Video transmitting device, receiving device, video transmitting system, video transmitting method, video transmitting program, and storage medium storing video transmitting program A PC includes a processing section and a storage section. The processing section controls operation of the PC, based on connection request data for requesting a connection. The connection request data is transmitted from a receiving device. The storage section stores vi... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091702 | Expression of polypeptides in rod outer segment membranes The invention provides a transgene construct consisting of a transgene encoding a membrane polypeptide comprising a rod outer segment (ROS) targeting signal, and an operably associated species specific rod-specific regulatory sequence, wherein said polypeptide is not rh... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091703 | Nonhuman model animal of th2-mediated hyperimmune response An object of the present invention is to provide a nonhuman model animal of Th2-mediated hyperimmune response lacking PIR-B gene function on its chromosome by which the Th2-mediated immune response mechanism and allergy onset mechanism in vivo can be analyzed and which ... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091704 | Ant2 conditional knockout mouse and methods Described are methods for inactivating adenine nucleotide transporter proteins in specific tissues of a transgenic nonhuman animal using a conditional knockin/knockout technology such as the Cre-LoxP, Flip-FLP recombinase, or Tet-on/off technologies. Specifically, the A... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091705 | High essential oil and eugenol yielding cultivar of Ocimum sanctum 'CIM-AYU' The present invention relates to a high herb yielding essential oil herb variety of Krishna Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum, Family—Lamiaceae, 2n=32) named as ‘CIM-AYU’, more particularly, the invention is related to the development of a high eugenol yielding variety... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091706 | Recombinant viral switches for the control of gene expression in plants The invention describes a method of controlling a biochemical process or a biochemical cascade in plants utilizing a process of interaction between a heterologous DNA sequence in a transgenic plant, on one side, and a heterologous DNA sequence in a plant viral transfect... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091707 | Modification of lignin biosynthesis The present invention relates to the modification of lignin biosynthesis in plants, using the nucleotide sequences encoding the enzymes 4-coumarate CoA-ligase (4CL), cinnamoyl-CoA reductase (CCR), cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD) of the lignin biosynthetic pathway, ... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091708 | Nucleic acid compositions conferring altered metabolic characteristics This invention encompasses the identification and isolation genes and gene fragments that confer altered metabolic characteristics in Nicotiana benthamiana plants, when expressed using GENEWARE™ viral vectors. These genes are derived from a variety of sources. ... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091709 | Transgenic organism epressing fungal mrp-like abc transporters The present invention relates to an isolated DNA encoding fungal MRP (multidrug resistance associated protein) subfamily of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter protein which confers organisms with resistance to and/or accumulation of toxic materials such as heavy met... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091710 | Novel transposon-like element The object of the present invention is to obtain a novel transposon-like element specifically present in the genome of rye and the like. According to the present invention, a DNA sequence of a transposon-like element Revolver comprising 3,041 nucleotide pairs, and DNA s... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091711 | Paraquat resistance gene and a vascular tissue - and trichome-specific promoter A paraquat resistance gene and a vascular tissue- and trichome-specific promoter are provided. The paraquat resistance gene and the vascular tissue- and trichome-specific promoter are isolated by identifying and analyzing genes of Arabidopsis thaliana. ... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091712 | Method and composition for clonal propagation of pandanus amaryllifolius The present invention provides a method of clonal propagation of Pandanus amaryllifolius and further provides a composition for the clonal propagation of scented Pandanus amaryllifolius. ... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091713 | Nucleic acid nematicides The invention is the identification of double stranded RNA nematcides to nematode genes and a screening assay for the identification of agents, typically dsRNA's, with nematicidal activity ... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091714 | Methods for obtaining nucleotide sequences coding for polypeptides specifically active for larvae of S. littoralis This invention provides a method for obtaining a nucleotide sequence that codes for the active part of a polypeptide specifically active for larvae of S. littoralis. The method comprises hybridizing at least one nucleotide probe to DNA from a strain of B. thur... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091715 | Cacao endoproteinases and production of cocoa flavor from same The present invention pertains to novel aspartic endoproteinases from Th. cacao which are involved in the production of cocoa flavor and DNA sequences coding for them. These enzymes are advantageously used in the manufacture of cocoa flavor. ... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091716 | Novel plants and processes for obtaining them The invention relates to a transgenic or mutated plant having genomic material which alters the normal starch synthesis pathway within the plant. More specifically, the present invention relates to a plant having a genotype which creates new forms of starch in significa... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091717 | Alteration of flowering time in plants The present invention provides genetic identification and use information about a family of genes, the FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC) genes, that is part of the regulate the timing of the onset of flowering in plants. This information enables creation of transgenic plants in w... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091718 | Shrub rose plant named 'WEKsacsoul' A new variety of Shrub rose suitable for garden decoration, having flowers of cerise coloration with a yellow center. ... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091719 | Shrub rose plant named 'Meigadraz' A new and distinct variety of landscape shrub rose plant is provided which forms in abundance on a substantially continuous basis attractive red-purple blossoms commonly bearing approximately 13 to 15 petals. The new variety is a spontaneous mutation of unknown causatio... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050091720 | Seedless grape The present invention relates to a seedless grape variety, which is a bud sport of a Chardonnay grape. A seedless variety has considerable advantages in wine-making in that the wine being produced can be left on the skins for longer than in the case of conventional Char... | 04/28/2005 |
