...When G.G. Hubbard learned of his future son-in-law's invention, he called it "only a toy." His daughter was engaged to a young man named Alexander Graham Bell.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7617272 | Systems and methods for enhancing streaming media Streaming media is delivered in various scenarios that include live/on-demand events, Real/Windows Media platforms, and Netscape/Internet Explorer browsers. Systems and methods for enhancing streaming media delivery in this environment are disclosed. ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7533061 | Delivering media files to consumer devices Techniques are described for delivering copies of digital media items to consumers, such as to in some situations provide to a consumer a single file with multiple distinct copies of a digital media item for use by multiple distinct devices of the consumer, with eac... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7434267 | Method of preventing reduction of sales amount of records due to a digital music file illegally distributed through communication network A method of preventing reduction of sales amount of records due to a digital music file illegally distributed through a communication network is disclosed. The method comprises a)collecting an illegally produced digital music file, which is derived from a record of ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7299498 | System and method of sharing digital literary works while protecting against illegal reproduction through communication network A system and method of sharing digital literary works while protecting against an illegal reproduction through a communication network is disclosed. The system comprises a data communication network, a list providing server, at least one agent server, at least one u... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7124125 | System and method for providing media samples on-line in response to media related searches on the internet A method and system are described for providing a streamlined method for using, for example, streaming media samples to promote and sell music, videos and related merchandise on the Internet in response to searches for entertainment related information. When a consu... | 10/17/2006 |
| 6981050 | Digital remote recorder A method and system for recording and publishing traditional media source programs over a network is disclosed. According to the method, a request for publication of one or more traditional media source programs in one or more encoding formats is received from a net... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6873877 | Distributed production system for digitally encoding information A method and system for encoding digital information is disclosed. According to the method, media program information is captured and used to produce a media program file. An encoding request is received from a client which requests that the media program informatio... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6801576 | System for accessing, distributing and maintaining video content over public and private internet protocol networks A system for handling video content in a network, such as the Internet. Aspects of the system provide for accessing, distributing and maintaining digital video or other image content. Video content is acquired from content providers. Searching, and identification of... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6732151 | Methods for forwarding voice messages to an email account A method and system forwarding voice messages to an email account is disclosed. According to one method, a voice message that is associated with a particular user is retrieved from a voice mail system. The voice message is then encoded into a streaming media file an... | 05/04/2004 |