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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181120 | TV widget animation An example television Widget movement method involves receiving a dedicated command from a remote controller that activates the plurality of Widget programs, wherein the Widget programs, when in Display mode, display Widget representations on a display; receiving a ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176855 | Food and beverage tray A food and beverage tray in various implementations has one or more of drink bands, retractable legs and/or a collapsing tray assembly. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 05/15/2012 |
| 8165302 | Key table and authorization table management In certain embodiments, a player device that receives and plays content stored on packaged media, the player device has a media reader that receives a packaged media to read digital data stored thereon. The player device has a secure persistent storage device storin... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8139162 | Rapid television channel scan using frequency plans to identify channels In accord with embodiments and implementations consistent with the present invention, rather than perform a full scan of every frequency to find a channel, the tuner is programmed to find a reasonable sample of channels. For example, the tuner can search for at leas... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135001 | Multi ad hoc interoperable communicating networks An audio gateway gains access to the network by receipt of network communication parameters from a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server via the network interface; and communicates with an audio server to obtain operational attributes for communication w... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8104066 | User identification and prioritization using Bluetooth In certain implementations, a method of automatically changing an attribute defining operation of a television system involves determining that a plurality of short range radio frequency (RF) transceiver devices have entered RF range of the television system, the te... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103969 | Automatic generation of TV history list that stacks TV channels and other objects A television system presents the user with a list of recently viewed objects as a History list that meets one of a set of History list criteria. The History list is maintained as an ordered stack list with a limited number of entries, the order being an order in whi... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103000 | Slice mask and moat pattern partial encryption A selective encryption encoder consistent with certain embodiments of the invention has vertical and/or horizontal stripes encrypted. In one embodiment, packets are examined in the digital video signal to identify a specified packet type, the specified packet type b... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102405 | TV screen text capture A method of processing television images consistent with certain implementations involves receiving a television signal and capturing a television image; capturing and storing a frame of the television image to a frame memory device; editing the captured image to at... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099752 | Non-real time services In certain embodiments, a digital television receiver that receives non-real time (NRT) content has an IP demultiplex or a radio frequency tuner that receives a transport stream. The output transport stream contains an IP packet stream containing NRT content, a FLUT... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8084947 | Pulsed dielectric barrier discharge A method of generating a glow discharge plasma involves providing a pair of electrodes spaced apart by an electrode gap, and having a dielectric disposed in the electrode gap between the electrodes; placing the electrodes within an environment, wherein the electrode... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082385 | Systematic memory shift for pre-segmented memory A method of extending the life of a segmented memory device, consistent with certain embodiments involves providing a segmented memory device having a plurality of user defined segments with each segment having a starting and an ending address, and wherein the size ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8081934 | Configurable frequency band elimination for powerline network A communication device for use in adapting an appliance to a computer network consistent with certain embodiments has a data transmitter that receives data to be transmitted and generates output signals carrying the data at a plurality of carrier frequencies. A user... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079055 | User managed internet links from TV A method of obtaining metadata associated with an element of television programming involves instructing an access device to generate and communicate a signal to a control device suitable for driving a display, wherein the signal contains metadata suitable for rende... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078472 | Voice-activated remote control service A method of remotely controlling operation of a controlled device involves receiving a telephone call from an owner via a telephone network; authenticating the telephone call to establish that the owner is authorized to control the controlled device; interpreting a ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077263 | Decoding multiple remote control code sets A method of processing remote control commands at a control device consistent with certain embodiments involves at the control device, receiving commands directed to the control device; at the control device, receiving a command directed to a source device, the sour... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8070988 | Nano-carbon hybrid structures A stable colloidal suspension of carbon-based nanomaterials in a solvent has a stable colloidal suspension of nanodiamond particles having at least one additional carbon nanomaterials disbursed and agitated into the solvent to produce said suspension. This abstract ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8056113 | Mobile consumer electronic applications on internet video platform A request to transfer a consumer electronics (CE) application from a consumer electronics device to a TV device is received at the TV device. The CE application is received from the consumer electronics device. Application state information associated with the CE ap... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8051443 | Content replacement by PID mapping A method and apparatus for content substitution, consistent with certain embodiments of the present invention involves receiving data representing content, the data having at least first and second packet identifiers (PIDs) associated with first and second portions ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8051376 | Customizable music visualizer with user emplaced video effects icons activated by a musically driven sweep arm A method for creating a customized music visualization display for a music input involves presenting a user with a plurality of effects icons and a visualizer canvas as a portion of the user interface display. A user places one or more of the visual effects icons on... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8051375 | TV widget multiview content organization A television Widget movement method involves providing access to a plurality of Widget programs to a television Widget host processor; receiving a dedicated command from a remote controller that activates the plurality of Widget programs, wherein the Widget programs... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8050406 | Key table and authorization table management A receiver device consistent with certain embodiments that receives and decrypts digital cable or satellite television signals has a receiver that tunes and demodulates the television signal into a digital transport stream. A decrypter decrypts the digital transport... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8036381 | Partial multiple encryption A partial multiple encryption device consistent with certain embodiments has an input for receiving a unencrypted video signal. An encryption arrangement produces a partially multiple encrypted video signal from the unencrypted video signal. An output provides the p... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8035656 | TV screen text capture A method of processing television images consistent with certain implementations involves receiving a command from a television user interface to capture a television image; capturing and storing a frame of the television image to a frame memory device; receiving co... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8027470 | Video slice and active region based multiple partial encryption A selective encryption decoder for decrypting and decoding a selectively encrypted digital video signal has a demultiplexer that receives packets of digital video, certain of the packets being unencrypted and certain of the packets being encrypted. Certain of the en... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8027469 | Video slice and active region based multiple partial encryption A television set-top box has a receiver receiving a digital television signal comprising, a plurality of unencrypted packets; and a plurality of encrypted packets. The encrypted packets are of at least one selected packet type and the at least one selected packet ty... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8019810 | Television viewing of RSS A method of displaying items from an RSS feed on a television display involves registering the RSS feed with an RSS aggregator, the RSS feed aggregator being operatively coupled to the television display for display of RSS feed items; at the RSS aggregator, polling ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8019316 | Lower power wake-up device A circuit producing a wake-up signal with a frequency selective RF amplifier that produces an amplified RF output. An RF detector detects the RF output and produces a signal W indicative of the the RF output signal's presence. A threshold detector determines if the ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8018750 | Power circuit with passthrough A power circuit device has a housing. A connection electrically couples AC power to an interior portion of the housing. A female electrical socket is coupled to the housing and is electrically coupled to and receives AC power from the connection. An AC to DC convert... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8018726 | Modular remote control A modular remote control consistent with certain implementations has a first end module having a sliding connector disposed on one end thereof for sliding engagement with a mating sliding connector, wherein one of the sliding connector and the mating sliding connect... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8000972 | Remote controller with speech recognition A receiver remote controller has a storage device storing electronic program guide (EPG) data that relates content to television channels containing said content. The remote controller is contained in a remote controller housing with the housing containing: a data i... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7995969 | Millimeter wave power conversion A translation transceiver device consistent with certain embodiments has a 60 GHz band receiver for receiving SD type device compatible transmissions. A demodulator demodulates the SD type transmissions. A decoder decodes the demodulated SD type transmissions into r... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7992167 | Content replacement by PID mapping A method and apparatus for content substitution, consistent with certain embodiments of the present invention involves receiving data representing content, the data having at least first and second packet identifiers (PIDs) associated with first and second portions ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7992162 | Location detector for digital television appliances A method of auditing operation of a television appliance consistent with certain embodiments involves detecting an event that triggers an audit; generating a fingerprint value, wherein the fingerprint value is function of the television network characteristics at an... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991271 | Transfer of metadata using video frames An automated method of attaching metadata to a segment of content using a programmed processor consistent with certain embodiments involves retrieving metadata relating to the segment of content; rendering the metadata as visually perceptible text in one or more fra... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7967860 | Prosthetic breast form A prosthetic breast form that is worn external to the human body to simulate a missing breast or portion thereof has a fabric pouch that defines an outer shape that approximates a breast shape or portion thereof, and that further defines an inner compartment; and a ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966641 | User identification using Bluetooth and audio ranging In certain embodiments, a method of automatically changing an attribute defining operation of a television system involves determining that a short range radio frequency (RF) transceiver device has entered RF range of the television system, the television system hav... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7966552 | Trial selection of STB remote control codes A method consistent with certain embodiments of identifying a functional command set for an access device that accesses television programming provided by a service provider at a control device involves transmitting a first command from a first command set of a grou... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7965839 | Encryption system for satellite delivered television A television content delivery system consistent with certain embodiments has a receiver system that receives television content from a plurality of content suppliers. A selective multiple encrypter selectively multiple encrypts the television content, wherein the re... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7960259 | Semiconductor structure with coincident lattice interlayer A semiconductor structure consistent with certain implementations has a crystalline substrate oriented with a {111} plane surface that is within 10 degrees of surface normal. An epitaxially grown electrically insulating interlayer overlays the crystalline substrate ... | 06/14/2011 |
