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Cloaking System Using Optoelectronically Controlled Camouflage
A Cloaking System designed to operate in the visible light spectrum, utilizes optoelectronics and/or photonic components to conceal an object within it.
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| 7197759 | Electronic program guide displayed simultaneously with television programming A method for displaying an electronic program guide (EPG) to a viewer. The method includes displaying one or more data slices representative of broadcast programming to a viewer. In response to input from the viewer, the displayed number of data slices is increased,... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7188188 | Methods and computer program products for providing network quality of service for World Wide Web applications Methods and computer program products are disclosed for providing Qos for Web applications via an internet service application programming interface (“ISAPI”) filter running on an internet information server, wherein the ISAPI filter uses a traffic control appli... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7177356 | Spatially transcoding a video stream Systems and methods for transcoding a video stream. An incoming video stream is spatially transcoded to reduce the bit rate of the video stream. The incoming video stream is decoded and the stream parameters are saved for use in generating the output video stream. T... | 02/13/2007 |
| 6889258 | Automatic compiling of address filter information Automatic compilation of address filter information that permits a cable modem to appropriately route incoming data packets to destination devices is described. Cable modems use address filter information to identify incoming data packets that are addressed to commu... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6874161 | Utilizing a high bandwidth communications channel for broadcasting network data during off-peak hours A method and apparatus for utilizing a high bandwidth communications channel for broadcasting network data during off-peak hours is disclosed. A demodulation unit includes, 1) a standard television broadcast signal receiver, the signal having a plurality of channels... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6850571 | Systems and methods for MPEG subsample decoding Decimating MPEG or other video data by subsampling the output of an inverse discrete cosine transform (IDCT) module. The decimation process is useful for reducing the volume of data that must be processed to display images on a display device, particularly when the ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6829779 | User interface for entertainment system setup Systems and methods for providing interactive instructions directing a user how to establish interactivity between multiple consumer electronics devices. A first consumer electronics device is connected to the television set. The user is requested to identify anothe... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6785902 | Document data structure and method for integrating broadcast television with web pages Described are a method and apparatus for incorporating broadcast television into Web pages. Broadcast television can be embedded into Web pages using, for example, a “tv:” attribute in conjunction with common HTML tags. Within the “tv:” attribute, a Web-page... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6775713 | Application program interface for abstracting control of a cable modem Provided is a system and method for integrating a cable modem with a host customer premises equipment, such as a computer or set top box. An interface is provided which receives data packets from the cable modem of any manufacturer and transmits the data packet to a... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6766524 | System and method for encouraging viewers to watch television programs Described are methods and apparatus for encouraging viewers to pay attention to television programs, commercials in particular, by offering viewers some incentive to watch. In one embodiment, viewers are notified that they can receive frequent-flier miles for answer... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6745245 | Managing access to set-top box objects using television conditional access system Methods for using a conditional access system to modify access control information maintained at a set-top box or another client system. The access control information regulates the availability of information or entertainment services at the client or controls the ... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6741259 | Applying multiple texture maps to objects in three-dimensional imaging processes Systems and methods for providing multi-pass rendering of three-dimensional objects. A rendering pipeline is used that includes one or more (N) physical texture units and one or more associated frame buffers to emulate a rendering pipeline containing more texture un... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6237039 | Method and apparatus for downloading auxiliary data to a client from a network during client idle periods A method and apparatus for downloading auxiliary data to a client during idle periods and for displaying the auxiliary data while the client is fetching information from the network is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the s... | 05/22/2001 |
