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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| 20090150965 | INTERACTIVE APPLICATION FOR CYCLING AND OTHER SORTS ON TELEVISION An interactive television application allows a viewer to track the progress of participants (110) along a course (100) in a sports event. The location of the participants is tracked, such as by using a GPS device (160). Data is provided to the appli... | 06/11/2009 |
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| 20090049501 | DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of wireless communication. A local wireless video communication network may include, for example, a first group of wireless video source modules capable of transmitting wireless video transmissions; ... | 02/19/2009 |
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| 20080109841 | Product information display and product linking An interactive video player includes the capturing of one or more frames of active video. While the active video is displayed in a first or primary display, a captured frame may be displayed in a secondary display. In response to user input, one or more elements within ... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20080092202 | Portable golf spectator information system A system for conveying viewer-selected information to viewers of a golf tournament includes a group of external input signals, a command facility, and a remote device able to convey viewer-selected information to the viewer. The external signals are from a group that in... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080092179 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE A multifunctional mobile communication device includes a main body (10) provided with a screen (102), at least one keypad, a main board (12), a TV button (221), a screen button (223), one ore more ports (241) and an antenna. The... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080092203 | Approach for channel switch time reduction in IPDC over DVB-H Provided are apparatuses and methods for reducing channel switching time in a network environment. The user of a mobile terminal may receive a data stream containing numerous television programs or services. Each of the programs or services may have a Packet Identificat... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080092164 | PROVIDING A SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT SERVICE FOR COMMUNICATION NETWORKS Communication networks and methods are disclosed that provide a supplemental content service. The supplemental content service provides synchronized supplemental content, such as media clips, to a user over a communication network (e.g., a mobile wireless network). A co... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080088735 | Social media platform and method A Social Media Platform and method are provided wherein contextual content, in real-time, is delivered to a user along with the original content from which the contextual content is derived.... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080092178 | Streaming video A system for streaming video is disclosed. A requesting device transmits a streaming video request to an intermediate server. The intermediate server sends a WAP Push to a receiving device. The receiving device may accept or reject the request. If it accepts, a video st... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080092201 | PROVIDING A SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT SERVICE FOR COMMUNICATION NETWORKS Communication networks and methods are disclosed that provide a supplemental content service. The supplemental content service provides synchronized supplemental content, such as media clips, to a user over a communication network (e.g., a mobile wireless network). A co... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080072248 | Method of marketing diposable consumer products in conjunction with a motion picture A method of marketing a motion picture in conjunction with a disposable consumer product. A marketing vehicle is created by directly associated a motion picture identifier with an item to create a primary, secondary, or tertiary marketing vehicle. Any combination of pri... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080066099 | Media systems with integrated content searching Systems and methods for providing related commercial content to a user. Systems and methods can include extraction or development of data from metadata and searching for related commercial content based upon the extracted or developed data.... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080066124 | Presentation of Data on Multiple Display Devices Using a Wireless Home Entertainment Hub A method of presenting program content on multiple display devices using a wireless home entertainment hub includes obtaining a registration of a plurality of devices with the wireless home entertainment hub, where the devices include at least two display devices. A req... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080066136 | System and method for detecting topic shift boundaries in multimedia streams using joint audio, visual and text cues Computer implemented method, system and computer usable program code for detecting topic shift boundaries in a multimedia stream. A computer implemented method for detecting topic shift boundaries in a multimedia stream includes receiving a multimedia stream, and perfor... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080066137 | System and method of displaying system content The present disclosure is directed to a system and method of providing system information. The method can include sending system content to display concurrently with video content on a display device. The video content may be associated with a last selected channel of a... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080066098 | PHONE-BASED TARGETED ADVERTISEMENT DELIVERY This specification describes technologies relating to a phone-based system for targeted advertisement delivery by identifying broadcast audio advertisements, and methods of providing such a system. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a user-initiated telephone co... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080060045 | Method and System for Synchronizing Signals in a Communication System Synchronizing signals in a communication system may include determining the amount of data stored in a buffer, comparing the amount of data to a plurality of threshold levels and adjusting a speed of a clock used for decoding the data based on the comparing. The signals... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080046936 | Arrangement for Presentation of Audio-Visual Content A metadata coding arrangement and a media presentation device responsive to the metadata coding arrangement provides a way for independent presentation control of a video part and an audio part of an audiovisual programme content wherein at least one of the audio part o... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080046934 | Apparatus for providing over-the-air (OTA) information using text message and method thereof An apparatus for providing information about over-the-air (OTA) transmission is provided, which includes a communication interface connected with an external device for communication via an external communication network; and a controlling part which controls the commun... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080046938 | Video pedestal network An architecture for distributing digital information to subscriber units wherein selection from among multiple digital services is accomplished by transmitting a tuning command from a subscriber unit to an intermediate interface. The intermediate interface selects the d... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080046925 | TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL IN-VIDEO MARKING, INDEXING, AND SEARCHING Synchronized marking of videos with objects is provided. Users may select frames within a video and place text and non-text objects at desired spatial locations within each of the frames. Information associated with the objects, including information specifying the temp... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080046914 | NON-VIEWABLE SERVICE IDENTIFICATION FOR AN INTERACTIVE PROGRAM GUIDE The present invention is directed towards enabling systems and methods for providing an identifier that displays which channels are not viewable according to a services package authorization. More specifically, a digital host communications terminal (DHCT) receives a pa... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20080040770 | Media map for capture of content from random access devices A method and apparatus for storing and displaying information about the capture and/or transfer of digital media is provided, wherein data is stored such that a visual representation indicating characteristics of video data, such as whether portions of the video data ha... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080022300 | System and methods for real-time access to movie information Systems and methods are disclosed for providing real-time access to movie information to viewers in an interactive television viewing system. During select times when viewing a program on a television, the viewer is presented information, typically an advertisement, reg... | 01/24/2008 |
| 20080022348 | Interactive video display system and a method thereof The present invention provides an interactive video display system and a method thereof for displaying video clips with a plurality of marks thereon. The present invention utilizes the sound, movements of a moving object, various movement directions or acting signals ge... | 01/24/2008 |
| 20070300269 | Snippet access systems and methods In one of many possible embodiments, a system includes a requesting media content processing subsystem and a network entity. The requesting media content processing subsystem is configured to transmit to the network entity a request to access a snippet of a media conten... | 12/27/2007 |
| 20070300279 | Method of providing integrated file list and video apparatus using the same A method of providing an integrated file list and a video appliance using the same are provided. The video appliance includes a combining unit for combining a video signal to be displayed with desired information, and a control unit for creating an integrated file list ... | 12/27/2007 |
