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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7739692 | Minimizing the dependency of source code on the in-band resources of a set-top box The present invention is directed to minimizing the dependency of source code on the characteristics of a set-top box's in-band (streaming video or audio) hardware. The set-top box software consists of a device driver layer, which is intimately aware of hardware cha... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7523475 | Method of data display for electronic program guides (EPGs) on a remote control A method of displaying Electronic Program Guide (EPG) data on a remote control in substantially a grid format, without using “channel” information as an axis. Instead of being presented by channel and time, the data is presented only by time. Thus, program infor... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7483465 | Near field optical apparatus A near field optical apparatus comprising a conductive sheet or plane having an aperture therein with the conductive plane including at least one protrusion which extends into the aperture. The location, structure and configuration of the protrusion or protrusions c... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7327667 | Semiconductor laser and associated drive circuit substrate A single monolithic semiconductor substrate comprises a first side and a second side. The first side includes an air bearing surface. A laser integrates with the first side. The laser has an emission facet substantially co-planer with the air bearing surface. A cont... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7298685 | Method and apparatus for recording to and reading from a multi-layer diffractive optics memory The present invention comprises an apparatus and method for recording information on a multi-layer diffractive optics memory to extend storage capacity. A composite mirror device comprises a plurality of sets of mirror elements. Each one of the mirror elements of th... | 11/20/2007 |
| RE39809 | Hard sectoring circuit and method for a rotating disk data storage device An apparatus for providing sector location pulses to a controller of a rotating disk data storage device having a counter clocked in proportion to the disk rotation rate and an accumulator for accumulating times to sectors on the disk. A comparator connected to the ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7254105 | Method and apparatus for diffractive information storage A petabyte diffractive storage system stores information on a diffractive storage tape. A light component generates a large reference beam to cover the plurality of points of the diffractive storage tape so as to simultaneously interfere with the plurality of object... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248556 | Fast duplication of diffractive storage device for mass production A master memory device that stores a plurality of pages of information. An unexposed memory device (190) is adjacent to the master memory device (180). The unexposed memory device and the master memory device are separated by a gap. An aperture unit ( | 07/24/2007 |
| 7210628 | Dynamic solid state diffractive optics applied for reading a diffractive optics memory The apparatus and method of the present invention employ solid state dynamic diffractive optical elements for reading information from a diffractive optics memory. The diffractive optics memory has stored therein information located at a plurality of points of the m... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7202984 | Double faced double storage capacity medium A first holographic data storage device has a first set of holograms stored thereon. A second holographic data storage device has a second set of holograms stored thereon. An opaque layer is disposed between and attached to one side of the first and the second holog... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200097 | Parallel recording and reading of diffractive memory using multiple object beams A parallel recording of diffractive storage system is provided. The recorded information is cellular for its designation. A laser beam is data modulated through a single reference beam and a plurality of object beams positioned at different angles. These object beam... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191442 | BCA writer serialization management A serialization management system consists of a job control host for assigning serial numbers to storage media, and for generating a job; a replication facility host communicatively coupled to the job control host, wherein the job control host communicates the job t... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7158470 | Near-field optical head system with integrated slider and laser A near-field optical apparatus having one or more solid state lasers and an aerodynamically shaped slider which comprise a single integrated, monolithic device fabricated from the same base semiconductor material. The monolithic optical head can be quickly and easil... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7133171 | Double facing double storage capacity A first holographic data storage device has a first set of holograms stored thereon. A second holographic data storage device has a second set of holograms stored thereon. An opaque layer is disposed between and attached to one side of the first and the second holog... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7129006 | Optical data storage system and method An optical storage system and method having separate, independent format hologram writing and data writing mechanisms to allow optimization of data writing separately from format hologram recording. In its most general terms, the invention comprises an optical mediu... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7117441 | Grid-based system and method for interacting with electronic program guide grid An embodiment of the invention is a technique to navigate a user interface for program selection. Program information of a plurality of program cells is displayed in a visible window. The plurality of program cells is in an electronic program guide (EPG) grid. A vis... | 10/03/2006 |
