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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7373414 | Multi-media system and method for simultaneously delivering multi-media data to multiple destinations A multimedia system and method that provides easy universal text searching for non-technical users, is disclosed. A configuration of the multimedia system and method of the present invention also facilitates content delivery through multiple, independent, simultaneo... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7340103 | Adaptive entropy encoding/decoding for screen capture content Adaptive entropy encoding and decoding techniques are described. For example, a screen capture encoder and decoder perform adaptive entropy encoding and decoding of palettized screen capture content in screen capture video. The encoder selects between different entr... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7313814 | Scalable, error resilient DRM for scalable media An exemplary digital rights management engine and related methods divides multimedia content into service level layers, encrypts at least some of the layers, and offers access to the encrypted layers by permission. The multimedia content may be layered using multipl... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7260829 | Terminal with multiple audio and video A novel advanced set top terminal capable of digital decompression, displaying picture-on-picture, outputting multiple video channels, outputting multiple audio signals, outputting multiple audio channels corresponding to a single video channel, and other advanced f... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7245667 | Method of transmitting data In a data transmission method, the data to be transmitted and/or data corresponding to the same are transmitted via a first transmission channel and in addition via a second transmission channel. The data transmitted via the first transmission channel and the data t... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7237032 | Progressive streaming media rendering A system and process for providing progressively higher quality versions of an audio and/or video program over a client-server based network. In response to a user command to view a particular program, the client requests layered data associated with the program fro... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7221664 | Transmittal of heartbeat signal at a lower level than heartbeat request A communication system, such as a wireless CDMA system, detects markers with fewer errors by having field units transmit the markers at different power levels (e.g., 9 dB for one marker and 11 dB for another marker). The difference in power levels of the markers all... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221495 | Thin film precursor stack for MEMS manufacturing This invention provides a precursor film stack for use in the production of MEMS devices. The precursor film stack comprises a carrier substrate, a first layer formed on the carrier substrate, a second layer of an insulator material formed on the first layer, and a ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218790 | Adaptive entropy encoding/decoding for screen capture content Adaptive entropy encoding and decoding techniques are described. For example, a screen capture encoder and decoder perform adaptive entropy encoding and decoding of palettized screen capture content in screen capture video. The encoder selects between different entr... | 05/15/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7188130 | Automatic temporary precision reduction for enhanced compression A computer system having data registers for storing uncompressed data, a data queue for storing data to be compressed, a compressor for compressing data in the data queue, and a compression ratio monitor for determining the compression ratio of the compressed data. ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7173915 | System and method for virtual sector provisioning and network configuration The present invention provides systems and methods wherein communication link redundancy may be provided which is optimized to the primary links. Specifically, a redundant link portion of a communication system may be deployed to provide redundant links for a primar... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7164710 | Rate adaptation for use in adaptive multi-rate vocoder The present invention includes a time-division-multiple-access (TDMA) communication system having a base station and at least one mobile station, each transmitting and receiving an analog radio-frequency signal carrying digitally coded speech. The speech is encoded ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7164520 | Packaging for an interferometric modulator A package is made of a transparent substrate having an interferometric modulator and a back plate. A non-hermetic seal joins the back plate to the substrate to form a package, and a desiccant resides inside the package. A method of packaging an interferometric modul... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7149527 | Efficient and stable radio resource allocation A method of allocating radio resources, in a base station, to the base station and a mobile station, comprising the steps of obtaining a ratio between traffic of uplink for transmission from the mobile station to the base station and traffic of downlink for transmis... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7099951 | Method and apparatus for multimedia system A method and apparatus for providing multimedia services to a local area network includes processing that begins by receiving a plurality of channels from at least one multimedia source. The processing continues by receiving selection requests from at least one clie... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7095444 | Method and apparatus for generating, distributing and reconstructing deconstructed video A method and apparatus for deconstructing video into a hierarchical structure, distributing the deconstructed video and reconstructing the deconstructed video to form a video signal having characteristics that match the capabilities of a user device. The video strea... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7089333 | Audio data transmission system between a master module and slave modules by means of a digital communication network The system comprises a master module and slave modules able to be chain-connected and/or star-connected by means of a digital communication network, for example of the Ethernet type. The system is synchronized on the master module clock that supplies synchronization... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7085322 | Distributed control strategy for dynamically encoding multiple streams of video data in parallel for multiplexing onto a constant bit rate channel A distributed control strategy is provided for dynamically encoding multiple streams of video data in parallel for multiplexing onto a constant bit rate channel. The control strategy is a single pass strategy which allows individual encode bit rates to be dynamicall... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7086077 | Service rate change method and apparatus A method and apparatus for allocating bandwidth within a bandwidth constrained interactive information distribution system. The system determined if a requested information stream may be provided to a requesting subscriber at an appropriate bandwidth level (i.e., ap... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082164 | Multimedia compression system with additive temporal layers A multimedia compression system for generating frame rate scaleable data in the case of universally scaleable data. Universally scaleable data is scaleable across all of the relevant characteristics of the data (e.g., frame rate, resolution, and quality for video). ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7082221 | Bandwidth determination for multiple layer digital video In an encoding process, video data are represented as a bitstream of quantized base data and enhancement data, which capture the difference between a quantized base video picture and an original unquantized input video picture. Due to bandwidth constraints on a comm... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7082167 | Method and device for controlling the quality of video data The present invention relates to a method and a device for monitoring the quality of video data having to undergo coding and decoding, making it possible to maintain predetermined constant quality of the video data after decoding. The method is such that information... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7072393 | Multiple parallel encoders and statistical analysis thereof for encoding a video sequence System and method are provided for optimally encoding a sequence of video frames using image statistics collected from multiple encoders connected in parallel, each encoder employing a different set of encode parameters. The image statistics are used to select an op... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7030932 | Apparatus and method for converting multi-source input images An apparatus and a method for converting multi-source input images are disclosed. The apparatus includes an outside interface part including N outside interface units and pre-processing the input image, a format converting part including N format converters and conv... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7017177 | Digital broadcasting receiver and method of controlling the same A digital broadcasting receiver capable of receiving HD (High Definition) broadcasting, SD (Standard Definition) broadcasting and the like. In the digital broadcasting receiver, a digital broadcasting signal subjected to demodulation is separated/divided in a transp... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7010043 | Resolution scalable video coder for low latency A method in a scalable encoder for reducing the average latency associated with randomly accessing an encoded digital video signal is disclosed. This method may include converting a digital video signal into a first layer having a first degree of quality and a secon... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7003040 | System and method for multiplexing media information over a network using reduced communications resources and prior knowledge/experience of a called or calling party A system and method for managing communication in an integrated services network ensures that media information is displayed on at least one of two terminals during a call without using any transmission bandwidth. This is achieved by having at least one of the termi... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6952669 | Variable rate speech data compression A device is presented that includes an encoder. The encoder compresses a plurality of signals at variable frame rates based on a plurality of prioritized parameters to reduce signal bandwidth while preserving perceptual signal quality. Also presented is a device tha... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6947060 | Image forming apparatus, electron beam apparatus, modulation circuit, and image-forming apparatus driving method An image forming apparatus which performs pulsewidth modulation with a pulsewidth set by counting a clock. Especially, for grayscale level correction by setting the frequency of the clock, the periodic clock is counted, and an output pattern is changed in accordance... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6920177 | Method and apparatus for accomplishing multiple description coding for video A method and apparatus for utilizing temporal prediction and motion compensated prediction to accomplish multiple description video coding is disclosed. An encoder receives a sequence of video frames and divides each frame into non-overlapping macroblocks. Each macr... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6914936 | Method for allocating media unit sequences among a plurality of output channels A method for allocating media unit sequences, such as MPEG compliant programs, among a plurality of output channels, especially in an allocation unit environment. The method including the steps of: (I) Generating previous media unit sequence behavior pattern informa... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6845107 | Video data multiplexer, video data multiplexing control method, method and apparatus for multiplexing encoded stream, and encoding method and apparatus The present invention makes it possible to efficiently transmit data for statistical multiplexing which is required for control using statistical multiplexing. By utilizing private packets, respective encoding devices transmit encoding difficulties serving as the da... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6825874 | Monitoring the degree of action in video transmissions A system enables the user to monitor a number of channels to determine the degree of action occurring on each of those channels which are not currently tuned for reception. The system may develop a count of the number of packets received over a given period of time ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6784940 | Transmitting apparatus, and method for transmitting video signals of high speed image pickup apparatus The present invention is to provide a high-speed image pickup apparatus, which can easily obtain the same image quality as that of the standard-speed image pickup by simply converting a high-speed video signal into a plurality of standard-speed video signals. Since ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6781601 | Transport processor The present invention relates to a system and method for processing information, specifically data packets. One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for processing information, comprising determining if a first identifier associated with the infor... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6630964 | Multi-standard channel decoder for real-time digital broadcast reception A multi-standard channel decoder for real-time digital broadcast reception has a plurality of processors connected to a sample-based communication unit for sample-based processing and connected to a block-based communication unit for block-based processin... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6590615 | Digital video receiving apparatus The present invention provides a digital video receiving apparatus for displaying a plurality of digital TV pictures on a plurality of receiving terminal apparatuses. The digital video receiving apparatus includes a tuner for extracting the received digit... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6411342 | Video signal transmission equipment A signal of a vestigial sideband modulated wave is generated by use of a first oscillator, an amplitude-modulator and a surface acoustic wave filter for vestigial sideband filtering at a frequency being higher than the carrier frequency of a video signal,... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6392705 | Multimedia compression system with additive temporal layers A multimedia compression system for generating frame rate scaleable data in the case of video, and, more generally, universally scaleable data. Universally scaleable data is scaleable across all of the relevant characteristics of the data. In the case of ... | 05/21/2002 |
