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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7437751 | Pausing television programming in response to selection of hypertext link A time sequential signal comprising audiovisual content and hyperlinks is received and displayed on a display device by the systems of the invention in a time sequential manner. The display of the time sequential signal is paused whenever a displayed hyperlink is se... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7376336 | Recording apparatus and recording control method A recording apparatus is provided with a receiving device which simultaneously receives a plurality of broadcast video signals; a multiplexing device which obtains a plurality of broadcast video signals from the receiving device, putts each of the plurality of broad... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7289633 | System and method for integral transference of acoustical events A sound system for capturing and reproducing sounds produced by a plurality of sound sources. The system comprises a device for receiving sounds produced by the plurality of sound sources and converting the separately received sounds to a plurality of separate audio... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289718 | After-recording apparatus An audio signal is compressively encoded into encoding-resultant audio data. A video signal is compressively encoded into encoding-resultant video data. An audio time stamp for audio-vide synchronous reproduction is added to every unit of the encoding-resultant audi... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7272298 | System and method for time-shifted program viewing A system and method for time-shifted viewing of broadcast television programs is disclosed. Simultaneous recording and playback are provided by using buffer storage as the source and destination of compressed or uncompressed digital video/audio programs. Full VCR-li... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7218837 | Program-signal recording and reproducing apparatus A program signal is recorded on a recording medium. The program signal is reproduced from the recording medium. First time information is generated in accordance with lapse of time. Second time information is generated from the reproduced program signal. The second ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7138576 | Sound system and method for creating a sound event based on a modeled sound field A sound system and method for modeling a sound field generated by a sound source and creating a sound event based on the modeled sound field is disclosed. The system and method captures a sound field over an enclosing surface, models the sound field and enables repr... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7095949 | Broadcast video image recording apparatus A broadcast video image recording apparatus for recording broadcast video image data has a first storage unit for storing broadcast video image data, a second storage unit for storing video image data to be played back, and a control unit for searching the first sto... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7062147 | Time shifting by concurrently recording and playing an audio stream A audio stream may include portions that are stored while other portions are being displayed. In one embodiment, a portion of the audio stream may be stored in digital storage media at one instance while in the next instance another portion of the stream is being re... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6973669 | Pausing television programming in response to selection of hypertext link A time sequential signal comprising audiovisual content and hyperlinks is received and displayed on a display device by the systems of the invention in a time sequential manner. The display of the time sequential signal is paused whenever a displayed hyperlink is se... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6906873 | Apparatus and method to monitor leader pin position A method and apparatus to monitor the positioning of a tape leader pin in a tape threader block moveably disposed in a tape drive. The' apparatus includes a tape threader block assembly comprising a first circuit having a first coil, a second circuit having a second... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6895165 | Apparatus for enabling perpetual recording and instant playback or storage of a time-specific portion of an audio or audio visual broadcast medium A radio or television apparatus has tuning circuitry for selecting a channel from an input spectrum, an output for presenting a presentation from a selected channel, a recording apparatus having a memory with capacity for recording a fixed time duration T of the sel... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6859611 | Computer implemented method of selectively recording and playing broadcast program content A computer-implemented method of selectively recording and playing the content of a broadcast program includes playing on a media player one of a plurality of prestored files which include program content. A broadcast program is received and it is determined whether... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6614986 | Delayed decision recording device Apparatus, methods and computer program products permit a decision to record time sequential information, beginning at a particular point in time, to be made after that particular point in time. In one implementation, a decision to record a piece of music... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6477312 | Instant replay system A short segment recording and replay system which includes a receiver for receiving and displaying audiovisual information and an endless memory for storage of continuous short segments of the audiovisual information concurrent with display thereof by the... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6400652 | Recording system having pattern recognition A recording system that is automatically triggered in response to the detection of a triggering event to record a desired signal. In order to determine whether the triggering event is present in the input signal, the recording system of the present invent... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6263147 | Delayed decision recording device Apparatus, methods and computer program products permit a decision to record time sequential information, beginning at a particular point in time, to be made after that particular point in time. In one implementation, a decision to record a piece of music... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6064792 | Signal recorder with deferred recording A device for recording and playing back a selected episode from an input analog audio-visual signal. A "deferred recording" feature allows the user to briefly delay his/her decision to record a live signal episode until after the signal episode has at lea... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5946050 | Keyword listening device A method and arrangement for monitoring the audio portion of a broadcast signal includes a keyword listening device. A relatively limited set of keywords are stored in a memory and the keyword listening device monitors the broadcast signal for any of thes... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5701383 | Video time-shifting apparatus A video time-shifting system characterized in having a continuous recording track accessed by separate, asychronous read and write facilities enables playback of a video program to commence from any point in the program while continuing to be recorded in ... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5671195 | Audio system programmable for recording preselected audio broadcasts An audio system comprising programmable means and power-distributing means is capable of recording preselected audio broadcasts in accordance with the program data manually set by a user based on the best projection of his/her routine or particular schedu... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5633764 | Magnetic tape recording/reproducing apparatus A magnetic a tape recording/reproducing apparatus comprises a tape running unit, a recording and reproducing unit, a data memory, and a controller. The controller controls the tape running unit, the data memory and the recording and reproducing unit such ... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5463599 | Radio receiver and buffer system therefor A buffer system for radio receivers includes an analog-to-digital converter, a digital cyclic storage device for continuously storing in digital form the audio signals last outputted thereby over a predetermined time interval, and a control circuit includ... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5345430 | Recovery recorder system, particularly commercial radio/TV broadcast recovery recorder system A recording device and method for recovering a portion of a commercial radio or TV broadcast immediately after listening to it. The device consists of a short term memory media which is used to continuously record the last few minutes of the program being... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5126982 | Radio receiver and buffer system therefore A buffer system for radio receivers includes a cyclic storage device connectable to a demodulator circuit for continuously storing the audio signals last outputted thereby only over a predetermined time interval, enabling the listener to jump-back to hear... | 06/30/1992 |
| 4982390 | Real time signal recording apparatus for effecting variable signal transfer rate A signal recording apparatus includes a temporary memory for writing an input signal at a predetermined signal-transfer rate and reading it out in the same sequence as input, and a main recorder for recording the signal read out from the temporary memory.... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4897741 | Signal recording apparatus A signal recording apparatus comprising the operation portion to be manipulated when it is found necessary to record a signal on a recording medium while the signal is being produced, a signal conversion circuit for converting the signal to a digital sign... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4665443 | Signal recording and reproducing apparatus A signal recording and reproducing apparatus where the signal is recorded in a forward and reverse direction on a magnetic medium such as tape and where the signal to be recorded is supplied to the recording head through a delay circuit with a delay betwe... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4633331 | Information signal delay system utilizing random access memory An information signal delay system utilizes a solid-state memory for continuously storing the information and reading it out on a time-delayed basis. An information signal is converted into a digital format and compressed using conventional compression al... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4566046 | Positioning apparatus for a magnetic head of a magnetic disk drive apparatus A positioning apparatus for a magnetic disk drive apparatus including a biasing means for returning a carriage on which the magnetic head is mounted to a fixed position whenever a power source for the apparatus is cut off, and force compensation circuits ... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4408309 | Time delayed recording system A time delay apparatus has a multistate switch and a delay medium. The time delay apparatus is used in combination with a receiver/amplifier and a recording system. A continuous signal is switched from the receiver/amplifier to the delay medium when it is... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4268724 | Continuous timed segment broadcast recorder system A small continuous loop tape recorder is connected to receive audio signals from a broadcast receiver, and a timer is provided to activate the recorder at intervals to record selected broadcast events. A mechanism is provided to manually activate the play... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4261022 | Data evaluator using an adjustable endless loop magnetic tape A data evaluator employing an endless loop which has the capability of eliminating a standard signal from a test signal so as to result in the depiction of an accurate defect signal. The data evaluator of the instant invention generally comprises two reco... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4132226 | Biopotential movement artifact inhibiting system The broadband auditory thresholds of marine mammals are determined by an apparatus which compensates for the animals' movement artifact. A number of evoked responses to audio stimuli are average during discrete time intervals. This approach reduces the ef... | 01/02/1979 |
| 3945035 | Method and means for filtering and amplifying signal components of desired frequency A method and means for filtering and intensifying signal components of a desired predetermined period of repetition wherein a plurality of recording heads in tandem arrangement are provided, adjacent recording heads being equally spaced from each other. A... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3937880 | Magnetic disc coder-decoder 1. A magnetic disc coder-decoder comprising a rotatable magnetic disc mea said disc means being adapted to have a code comprising a plurality of tone bursts recorded thereon, means for rotating said disc means, means for taking said tone bursts from said... | 02/10/1976 |
