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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6978472 | Information providing device and method The present invention relates to an information providing apparatus and an information providing apparatus. The display screen is switched to a predetermined display screen and receives processing on this predetermined display screen by operation of another operatio... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6978424 | Versatile user interface device and associated system A versatile user interface device and associated system includes a consumer device, such as a set-top terminal, and a user interface device, such as a versatile remote control unit for sending command signals to the set-top terminal. The system enables application s... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6977672 | Information control system using camera It is an object to provide an information control system capable of executing a desired action in accordance with the angle position of a camera. This system includes an action storage unit for storing the image sensing range of the camera and the contents of action... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6977687 | Apparatus and method for controlling a focus position for a digital still camera An apparatus for controlling a focus position for a digital still camera allows a user to take a picture with a certain focused position by moving a focus to a desirable position of the subject. The apparatus comprises a display unit for displaying an image correspo... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6975301 | Remote control for interactive television An improved remote control for interactive televisions is disclosed. The conventional remote control is improved by adding a light-scope as a remote-pointing device for defining an aiming point on the television screen. The light-scope consists of a photo detector a... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6973576 | Digital content security system A Personal Digital Key Digital Content Security System (PDK-DCSS) is used to protect computers from unauthorized use and protect the digital content stored on computers from being wrongfully accessed, copied, and/or distributed. The basic components of the PDK-DCSS ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6972749 | Touch-sensitive device for scrolling a document on a display A touch-sensitive device for use as an electronic input device for controlling by scrolling the visible portion of a document or image relative to a display. The device can include various improved configurations such as physically separate opposed input surfaces at... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6970067 | System for providing personalized services A system comprises an apparatus which is capable of personalizing its behavior in accordance with a user profile, and a gatekeeper device which comprises control means for allowing a user to control said personalization of the apparatus. The gatekeeper device is cap... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6971121 | Composite buffering A system is provided for managing and accessing media content received via a plurality of display channels and stored in a plurality of buffers in a storage device. The system associates the plurality of buffers with a composite buffer file. ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6969964 | Control device and method of use A control device and method of used includes receiving a signal from a first sensor and receiving a signal from a second sensor after receiving the signal from the first sensor. In response to the received signals, the electronic device executes the function. ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6970098 | Smart biometric remote control with telephony integration method A handheld remote control device for a Media Computing Device has a biometric sensor to authenticate a user. The handheld remote control device includes a microphone and speaker to enable integration of a telephony system with the Media Computing Device. The handhel... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6970127 | Remote control for wireless control of system and displaying of compressed video on a display on the remote A system for wireless remote control of a gateway and ordering or invocation of services provided by a headend. The remote control includes a video display and user input device or keyboard and can decompress and display compressed streaming video in some embodiment... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6967695 | Remote control network system for remotely controlling a plurality of electric apparatus such as home appliances The field of view of a video camera is set to include electric appliances such as a refrigerator, TV set, air conditioner and lamp installed within a room. When the user operates a remote controller to emit a visible laser beam toward a controlable range including t... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6968151 | Remote control A remote control includes a base and an insert that is attached in a detachable manner to the base. The base includes a remote control circuit, a button coupled to operate the remote control circuit and a fastener capable of holding the insert. The insert includes a... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6968567 | Latency reduction in providing interactive program guide Techniques presented reduce latencies or delays in the delivery of an interactive program guide. In accordance with a first technique, a method for providing an interactive program guide comprises: providing a plurality of transport streams; providing a group of int... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6967588 | System and method for controlling a home entertainment system A system and method for controlling a home entertainment system includes a television having one more peripheral electronic entertainment devices connected thereto. Also, the system includes a single remote control unit for controlling all of the system components. ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6968570 | Universal remote control system A remote control adapted for use with a releasable readable media storage device. A readable media storage device having data and target indicators. Electrical contacts provide releasable connection with the remote control. ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6965369 | Method and apparatus for smoothing cursor movement in relation to a refresh rate of a display A method and apparatus for smoothing cursor motion on a display is provided. In an embodiment of the invention, an indication of an amount of movement of an operation instrumentality of a pointing device in a first direction is received from the pointing device. At ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6965511 | System and method for personalizing an electrical device The present disclosure relates to a system and method for personalizing an electrical device. In one arrangement, the system comprises an electrical device having a plurality of button openings that are adapted to receive buttons that control operation of the electr... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6965928 | System and method for remote maintenance of handheld computers A method for maintaining handheld computers at a location remote from a home maintenance node containing a maintenance database for at least one of the handheld computers. The method comprising connecting one of the handheld computers to a maintenance node and detec... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6961509 | Image apparatus with zoom-in magnifying function A picture to be reproduced and displayed on a television monitor (10) is discerned as a plurality of partitioned areas in correspondence to keys labeled “1” to “9” disposed on a remote control unit (R). After having zoomed in a picture in a partitione... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6961558 | Method and receiver for receiving a radio broadcast signal having encoded contents A receiver for a radio broadcast signal, in particular a car radio, and a method for receiving a radio broadcast signal, including a signal decoder for decoding an audio signal contained in the radio broadcast signal in encoded form, and/or for decoding a data signa... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959209 | Switchable omni-directional antennas for wireless device Disclosed is an electronic device having wireless communication functions via a pair of antennas. The device can function under two operating states, both with an omni-directional radiation pattern in the horizontal plane. This is accomplished by an antenna pair mou... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6956623 | Method and system for automatically scanning television channels A method and system for automatically scanning channels of a television operable for displaying channels of a channel lineup one at a time includes a television input device. The television input device is operable for being controlled by a viewer to enable the view... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6956558 | Rotary force feedback wheels for remote control devices A force feedback wheel is provided on a mouse or other interface device manipulated by a user. A sensor detects a position of the mouse in a workspace and sends a position signal to a connected host computer indicating that position. A rotatable wheel is mounted upo... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6956496 | Method and apparatus for updating universal remote databases through TV VBI processing Universal remote control device database is updated through television video blanking interval (TV VBI) or sub-picture signal processing. As relayed through TV receiver, remote control database(s) is placed in VBI or sub-picture of video signal of specialized progra... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6954897 | Method and apparatus for adjusting font size in an electronic program guide display A method and apparatus for adjusting font size in an electronic program guide display are provided. A multiple channel broadcasting system generates an electronic program guide identifying channels and corresponding programs in a broadcasting system. The broadcast s... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6954893 | Method and apparatus for reliable unidirectional communication in a data network A system and method for performing reliable unidirectional communication in a data network is disclosed. Unidirectional data is sent from a transmitting device to a receiving device. Prior to transmission, the data is divided into a window (401b) comprised of... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6948937 | Portable print reading device for the blind A portable print reading device includes a high resolution digital camera to which the following additional functions have been added: image centering by tactile or sound information, obtained from the analysis or real time video s... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6950148 | Method and apparatus of composing menu for users The present invention relates to a method of composing a user menu by proving a shortened route to the menu the user selected among a hierarchically structured On Screen Display menu so that the user can find a menu he or she wants more conveniently. The method comp... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6947101 | Control device with easy lock feature Methods for identifying control keys with particular devices are disclosed along with methods of assigning control keys to particular devices. In particular, a remote control comprises a set of hard keys comprising channel group keys and volume group keys and a set ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947975 | Mobile device peripheral interface system and method A method of utilizing mobile device data on an alternative device is disclosed. The method includes establishing a communications link between the mobile device and the alternative device. The method also includes transferring program information from the mobile dev... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6946970 | Remote control device with smart card capability A remote control device including a processor, a transmitter in communication with the processor, a receiver in communication with the processor, and a smart card reader/writer in communication with the processor. ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947062 | Seamlessly combined freely moving cursor and jumping highlights navigation A remote control, operating an on-screen set-top box (STB) menu, has a force sensitive resistor (FSR) for coarse or free navigation and a keypad, placed around the FSR, for fine navigation. A user gets feedback by a highlighted item or an on-screen cursor when opera... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6944704 | Method and apparatus for utilizing extended AV/C command frames including status inquiry, notify inquiry and control inquiry command types A modified AV/C command set includes status inquiry, notify inquiry and control inquiry commands. The status inquiry, notify inquiry and control inquiry commands include an opcode and any number of operands. Thus, the status inquiry, notify inquiry and control inqui... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6944880 | Methods for audio capture and communication during television broadcasts A remote control for an interactive television system includes an integrated microphone and a wireless transmitter for transmitting audio information generated by the microphone to the interactive television system. A set top box for the interactive television syste... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6944315 | Method and apparatus for performing scale-invariant gesture recognition A gesture recognition process includes tracking an object in two frames of video, determining differences between a location of the object in one frame of the video and a location of the object in another frame of the video, obtaining a direction of motion of the ob... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6941154 | Telecommunication method A telecommunication method and a receiving apparatus for enabling the telecommunication method. A telecommunications mobile device comprises an identification card, a radio receiver, and/or a television receiver, wherein the identification card is capable of identif... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6940419 | Adaptable remote control for electrical appliances having several functions to be controlled A remote control including a microprossesor with a first storage zone containing a file of trademarks of the main appliances available on the market, and a storage zone containing code files corresponding to various appliances of the different trade-marks stored in ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6940562 | Controller for remotely controlling two or more controlled devices The present invention provides for controlling a controlled apparatus, which is controlled by a remote control signal. The remote control signal transmitted from a remote control apparatus is received, and the controlled apparatus or a second controlled apparatus is... | 09/06/2005 |
