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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7310670 | Multi-channel power line exchange protocol A scalable networking protocol that allows multiple nodes to communicate via a multi-channel network medium is described. The networking protocol allows any node on the network to assign itself as the active network server. The active network server polls client nod... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7302167 | Method for recording or reproduction of sub-picture data accompanying video signals corresponding apparatus signal and data carrier According to the invention sub-picture data are organized in sub-picture units, the sub-picture units comprising pixel data in a pixel data area as well as display control data and/or address information data, wherein a sub-picture unit of a second sub-picture strea... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299182 | Text-to-speech (TTS) for hand-held devices There is provided an Ebook. The Ebook includes a memory device, a text-to-speech (TTS) module, and at least one speaker. The memory device stores files. The files include text. The TTS module synthesizes speech corresponding to the text. The at least one speaker out... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7295755 | Method and apparatus for simplifying the access of metadata Available storage media capacity for personal video recording increases continuously. metadata can be used to organize the recordings, search for content and access specific recordings. If metadata are embedded within the multimedia content itself, like DVB specific... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294057 | Secure method for remote game management A game management center linked to at least one remote game terminal, sends the terminals to which it is linked, a message containing a game identifier and a question. The response from a player entered via a remote game terminal is transmitted in a form blinded wit... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292638 | Transform-based alias cancellation multi-channel tuner A satellite receiver includes a signal cancellation tuner for processing a plurality of different transponder signals to simultaneously provide a plurality of different bit streams. The signal cancellation tuner includes (a) a demultiplexer for demultiplexing a rece... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289157 | Method for detecting saturation of a motion vector field The process is characterized in that it performs: counting of the number of motion vectors, at least one component of which is greater than a predetermined value less than the maximum value, comparision of this num... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7290142 | System and method for initializing a simple network management protocol (SNMP) agent A system and method for initializing a SNMP agent in SNMPv3 mode. In one aspect of the invention, a method is provided that allows an operator to securely enter the initial SNMPv3 privacy and authentication keys into a SNMPv3 device and cause the device to enter in ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289644 | Anti-piracy coding of motion pictures A method for uniquely identifying a copy of a motion picture disposed on a medium. A first sequence and a second sequence of the motion picture each can be selectively marked with an identifier mark to collectively define a uniquely identifiable marking pattern. A t... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289569 | HDTV trellis decoder architecture A trellis decoding system for use in processing a High Definition Television signal. The trellis decoding system includes a traceback unit that identifies a sequence of antecedent trellis states in accordance with a state transition trellis. A branch metric computer... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286598 | Bit recovery scheme for an asymmetric data channel A method for bit recovery in an asymmetric data channel, the method comprising the steps of: providing a non-linear equalization filter with two coefficient sets; using the non-linear equalization filter with a first coefficient set for compensating defects of a fir... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283175 | System and method for determining lip synchronization between audio and video in a digitized environment using buffer calculation The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for maintaining synchronization between a video signal and an audio signal that are processed using clocks that are locked. The system may comprise a component that determines at least one initial level of a bu... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280528 | Call setup for IP/Internet telephony A method for setting up a voice call over an IP network is described. The method first initiates an IP voice call to a called device connected to a telephone line. The method then determines whether the called device is already connected to the IP network. If the ca... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280600 | Blockwise coding process, of MPEG type, in which a resolution is assigned to each block The invention relates to a process for coding images transmitted according to the so-called multiresolution technique. According to this process, a step of pixel level processing of so-called mixed blocks of pixels, that is to say those shared between at least one z... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274653 | Hierarchical QAM transmission system with varying grouping factor A hierarchical QAM system allows the transmission of different sources by embedding the relative constellation points. A QAM transmitting system, includes a source of a level 1 and a level 2 data stream, each data stream carrying successive symbols. A hierarchical Q... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272295 | Commercial skip and chapter delineation feature on recordable media A method and apparatus for controlling an MPEG video media recording device to automatically identify and selectively skip segments of a video signal, such as commercial advertisements, during a recording session. During an MPEG video data recording session the syst... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272791 | Device, method and system for multimedia content adaptation The invention concerns a device receiving data associated with a first profile and generating data associated with a second profile, comprising means to extract facts associated with the first profile, means to extract facts associated with the second profile, a set... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272296 | Navigating to a particular program or specific time increment in a personal video recorder A method and a system for accessing recorded video programming, which can be displayed while the programming is being recorded to a storage medium (148). Program information can be automatically stored in a memory location. The program information can be dete... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268835 | Device and method for noise reduction of a video signal The disclosure relates to a device and to a method for noise reduction of a video signal. The device is comprised of the following components. A motion-compensated interpolation means, a recursive filter intended to receive the output of the recursive filter motion-... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266057 | Method for generating a lens position signal and corresponding apparatus for reading from and/or writing to an optical recording medium In order to generate a lens position signal, which describes the position of the optical axis of an objective lens of an apparatus for reading from and/or writing to an optical recording medium with regard to the optical axis of the remaining components contained in... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262833 | Circuit for addressing a memory A circuit is proposed which has a memory to which input data can be written at different write addresses with a first clock rate and from which output data can be read at different read addresses with a second clock rate. The memory can be fed a write reset pulse th... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7263141 | Code mapping in a trellis decoder A trellis decoder system uses a feed-forward trellis demapping configuration to prevent error propagation. In a system for processing encoded binary data symbols representable as a symbol constellation, a decoder includes a delay for delaying received encoded symbol... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260308 | Content identification in a digital video recorder The invention concerns a method and apparatus for controlling a video-media recording device configured for automatically identifying and selectively skipping commercial message segments of a video signal. The method can include the steps of recording the video sign... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7248747 | Method and arrangement for the correction of video signals In a method for the correction of video signals whose processing is distributed between a plurality of segments having different transfer characteristics, it is provided that, from values in each case of a predetermined number of pixels before the boundary of two se... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243297 | Method for bit recovery in an asymmetric data channel A demodulator performs bit recovery in an asymmetric data channel, such as an optical recording media, by detecting runlength violations prior to demodulation, and correcting the detected runlength violations prior to the demodulation. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7243135 | Method for finding an Internet or E-mail address The invention is based on a method for finding an Internet or E-mail address. Internet or E-mail addresses are noted in the content of many teletext pages regardless of whether they contain advertising or information. The addresses are currently transmitted w... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7230654 | Channel acquisition processing for a television receiver Channel acquisition in a digital television signal receiver is improved by determining the carrier tracking loop frequency offsets and the symbol timing recovery offsets for each channel in the television receiver. Offsets are stored in respective EEPROMs for each c... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7215679 | Method, apparatus and data structure enabling multiple channel data stream transmission A method, apparatus and data structure enabling multiple channel data stream transmission by inserting data to be transmitted into portions of a plurality of transport streams nominally including NULL packets. The inserted packets have associated with them stream id... | 05/08/2007 |
| RE39568 | Method for tracking control A method for tracking control of a head unit with respect to data tracks on a magnetic tape determines a first tracking signal and a second tracking signal from control tracks recorded on the tape. The data tracks are divided into successive data sections, each of w... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206494 | Detection rules for a digital video recorder The invention concerns a method and system for identifying commercial message segments of a video signal. A set of rules is applied for determining the occurrence of commercial messages with a higher degree of accuracy as compared to conventional methods. In general... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7203358 | Method and device for measuring similarity between images A method is disclosed for measuring similarity between images, comprising the performance of the following steps for each of the images: segmentation of the image into segments, classification of the segments as a function of their orientation to give classes, calcu... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7194026 | Blind equalization method for a high definition television signal An adaptive equalizer updates its tap coefficients with the aid of an error signal e(k)=sign[z(k)]*(RS−|z(k)|2) where sign[ ] is the sign function, z(k) is the equalizer output at symbol time k, | | is the magnitude function and RS | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190842 | Elementary cell of a linear filter for image processing The present invention relates to an elementary cell of a linear filter for image processing, as well as to a corresponding module, element and process. The cell comprises a data circulation output and a calculation output, as well as a main delay line and an auxilia... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7177291 | Method for associating an apparatus in a communication network The subject of the invention is a process for associating an apparatus to a first communication network, the transmissions in the first network being performed on a first channel. The process comprises: detection by said apparatus ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174494 | Method and system for coded null packet-aided synchronization A communication system comprising a transmitter that is adapted to transmit a data signal that is broken into a plurality of time slots. The transmitter inserts communication data into a subset of the plurality of time slots and to create null data representative of... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170945 | Method of determining parameters of an OFDM signal and associated receiver The invention relates to a method of determining parameters of a signal of OFDM type in a receiver comprising a tuner and a demodulator, as well as such a receiver. The method comprises the steps: (a) programming the demodul... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167215 | Gain control for a high definition television demodulator A demodulator for a high definition television receiver includes a first circuit element which receives a signal, and is operative in a first arrangement to produce an output signal having a first dynamic range, and operative in a second arrangement to produce an ou... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167479 | Multi-chassis broadcast router having a common clock Supportably mounted by each chassis of a multi-chassis broadcast router are primary router matrix cards, redundant router matrix cards and clock-demanding input and output cards. A first master clock resides on the primary router matrix card of a first chassis while... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7158568 | Equalizer/forward error correction automatic mode selector An apparatus for automatically selecting one of a standard decision directed mode and a soft dd mode in a decision feedback equalizer for receiving a data signal includes an equalizer utilizing forward error correction for providing first and second output signals c... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155657 | Device and method for inserting error correcting codes and for reconstructing data streams, and corresponding products Device and method for inserting error correcting codes and for reconstructing data streams, and corresponding products The present invention relates to a device (1) for inserting error correcting codes into data streams (11) intended to be sent ... | 12/26/2006 |
