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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8010580 | Information browser, method of controlling same, and program A meta-information-read unit, a display-cache unit, a pre-reading-cache unit, a display-state-management unit, an operation-input unit, a meta-information-pre-reading unit, and an input-operation-determination unit are provided. The meta-information-pre-reading unit... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8000578 | Method, system, and medium for providing broadcasting service using home server and mobile phone A method, system, and medium of providing various types of broadcast services such as a record, a summary, a navigation and a real-time event service with respect to a broadcast content, utilizing a home server, according to a user's request. A broadcast service pro... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7899303 | DVD recorder and PVR instant on architecture A method for transitioning a video system is disclosed. The method generally includes a first step for (A) executing in a processing circuit a standby code stored in a nonvolatile memory while the video system is in an off state, the off state defining a low power c... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7885509 | Information processing system, information processing method, and computer program A system and method is disclosed by which two or more information processing apparatus having a recording reservation function are linked in recording reservation setting to each other. The information processing apparatus exchange schedule information such as recor... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7876998 | DVD playback over multi-room by copying to HDD DVD playback over Multi-room by copying to the hard drive of a primary device in a networked multi-room system (NMS). The DVD content is saved to a hard drive and can then be retrieved by any of the remote devices in the NMS by accessing the program guide or the rec... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7876997 | Mobile telephone device A user photographs an area including a desired portion of a television program schedule (with G-code numbers) in a newspaper, and the like, with a digital camera functional portion (219) of a mobile telephone device (2). A CPU (209) performs, fo... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7869689 | Apparatus and method for integrated scheduled recording in multi-tuner system An apparatus and method are disclosed for setting scheduled recording of a plurality of standard broadcast signals received by a multi-tuner system on a single integrated scheduled recording setup graphical user interface (GUI) screen. The apparatus comprises a mult... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7853119 | Video recorder control using streamed data packets An apparatus (16) for recording a selected program includes a decoder (32), a recorder (34), and a user interface (36). The user interface (36) permits a user to select the program. The decoder (32) receives a data stream in... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7853120 | Video recorder having user extended and automatically extended time slots The present invention is a video recorder having user extended and automatically extended time slots. The user has the option to extend a chosen time slot, in which a show is scheduled to be transferred to a storage device. The time slot may be extended before the s... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7848613 | Residual time-shift buffering in a digital media device Systems and methods for managing time-shift buffering in a digital media recording device are disclosed. One embodiment of a method comprises receiving media content through at least a first tuner of the digital media recording device, the media content comprising a... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7848614 | Viewing program control method and video recording apparatus In the content automatic recording and playback, if the recording and the playback are conducted according to a taste, the user's taste takes precedence and is emphasized. To cope with this situation, a scenario is disposed as a condition to restrict the taste. In t... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7844165 | Method and device for adaptively estimating remaining video length in real time for user's convenience while viewing at least one program A method for adaptively estimating a remaining video length in real time for a user's convenience while viewing at least one program, includes calculating an average value of the viewed length of each viewed segment of the at least one program, and calculating the n... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7844164 | Method of setting recording end reservation time for instant recording in digital video recorder Disclosed is a method of setting a recording end reservation time for instant recording in a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) of a received digital broadcast. The method includes steps of selecting an instant recording function, creating an OSD window for displaying at ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840116 | Broadcast receiving terminal Although a scheduled recording that is set by an EPG (Electronic Program Guide) specifies in advance a time slot for using the resource, reproduction that is set by the EPG does not specify a time slot for using the resource. Therefore, although it is possible to ca... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7835620 | Information processing system, information output apparatus and method, information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program An unbroadcast program is recommended to a user. A server is supplied with degree of preference data as indices of the taste of users for programs from user terminals, and calculates, based on this, correlations of the preference tendencies for the programs of other... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7831130 | Circulating recording apparatus, recording method and recording medium storing program of the recording method A recording apparatus employs a circulating recording scheme for overwriting the oldest recorded data in a recording area having a limited storage capacity with the latest recorded data. The recording apparatus includes a memory device and a data recovery unit. The ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7822319 | Automatic recording/reproducing method and automatic recording/reproducing apparatus Recording reservation information of a plurality of programs is grouped and at least the latest program among the programs recorded on the basis of the reservation information is left on a recording medium. Therefore, a program information registration unit to regis... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7813618 | Editing of recorded media Various embodiments provide a system and method for editing of recorded media. Briefly described, one embodiment is a method comprising method comprising receiving an image signal captured by an image capture device, the image signal comprising a plurality of salien... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7809242 | Recording resource limitation resolution Recording resource limitation resolution is described. In one implementation a time period is detected during which programs are designated to be recorded, and during which at least one of the designated programs cannot be recorded due to a recording resource limita... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7805055 | Recorder In order to record a program provided by a program broadcasting device, a recorder (5) that receives program identifying information provided by a program information providing device to record the program includes: a program identifying information detector ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7787751 | Information processing apparatus and method, and program storage medium In an information processor having a function to check out a content to a portable device such as a portable disc player, a content is recorded to a content data base under the control of a content management program, and it is set under the control of a display/ope... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7787750 | Information recording/reproduction apparatus and recording system thereof In an information recording/reproduction apparatus (Arp), a preprogrammed recording specifying unit (1, As) specifies a date of distribution, a time of distribution, and a distribution source of information as well as an information recording unit (BD). Furth... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7787749 | System and method for voice portal control of an integrated communications center A system for voice portal-based control of a digital personal video stream manager (102), for example, to program a video recording device (114). Such a system includes a DPVSM control module (3304, 3306, 3308) at a server (3202) of a ser... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7783156 | Method and system for reading information recorded in an audio-visual apparatus This invention relates on a method and a system for reading a set of recorded information that is applicable to a reading system making it possible to read sequential information. In a first step, the user marks a first information sequence currently being read trig... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7783157 | Recording/reproducing apparatus A recording/reproducing apparatus having a receiving unit configured to receive a television broadcast, a recording/reproducing unit configured to record image data of the received broadcast program on a recording medium, and reproduce the image data from the record... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7773860 | Video data recorder with personal channels A video data recordable having integrated channel guides allowing a user to control recording and storage of television signals into personal channels for later playback and viewing. In the described embodiment, the user may specify criteria for recording of shows f... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7773859 | Resolving recording conflicts between coinciding programming A recording system uses electronic program guide information to resolve conflicts between programs that have been selected by a viewer for recording. The recording system allows the viewer to select conflicting (i.e., coinciding) programs for recording, while commun... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7764865 | Extra margins for record time interval via EPG A system, method, and computer-readable medium which reduce the occurrence of incomplete recordings of television programs by video cassette recorders (VCR) (130), or other types of video recorders, by adding margins (6, 7) to the programmed start and ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7760987 | Recording medium having data structure for managing reproduction of at least video data representing multiple reproduction paths and recording and reproducing methods and apparatuses In the data structure, a data area of the recording medium stores a transport stream of at least video data. The transport stream is divided into transport packets. Each of the transport packets is associated with one of the multiple reproduction paths, and the tran... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7756396 | System and method for inputting a timer record setting of a content and program therefor An information processing system serves to input a timer record setting of a content. The system includes a dividing unit that divides a first timer record setting to record the content delivered from a predetermined source for a predetermined period into a pluralit... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7756395 | Video recording and reproducing apparatus and method thereof An apparatus and method to store a recording pattern of a user. Recording information and recording pattern including the record repetition count are stored to record the user's favorite programs and a message is displayed to notify the user of the recording start t... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7747132 | Method and system for displaying multiple media content instances during a single viewing session A method and system for displaying multiple media content instances during a single viewing session. The method includes displaying a recorded program list graphical user interface (GUI) listing a number of recorded media content instances, selecting one of the reco... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7738773 | Wish list for television recording A viewer can enter into a wish list a show listed on an electronic program guide (EPG) that is being shown on a channel not subscribed to by the viewer. Should the show later become available on a subscribed-to channel, it is automatically recorded. ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7738774 | Recording device and proxy-recording device A recording device, which receives record instructions directly from a user, enables the user to give a variety of record instructions without being restricted by the recording capability of the recording device. The recording device judges whether a processing cont... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7734147 | Information recording control apparatus and file recording control method An information recording control apparatus that automatica1ly selects a recording device at the time of file recording. In response to a file recording request from a terminal apparatus and in accordance with the device information about recording devices, which is ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7729592 | Managing a recording device A method for managing the recording capacity of a recording device, independently of user involvement, comprising receiving (104, 154) data representing a plurality of recording modes of the recording device; identifying (114) one or more recording mod... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7725005 | Signal processing method, signal processing apparatus, signal processing system, and machine readable storage medium storing control information of signal processing apparatus A signal processing apparatus capable of easily linking video data of a DVCR connected by an i-Link or the like and utilizing the same in a desired format is disclosed. Streaming data such as video data is defined, managed, and controlled in usage by an “optional-... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7715687 | System and method of recording and recording apparatus A recording system having a plurality of recording apparatuses connected to a network. The apparatuses can select a channel for receiving a broadcast signal and record reservations for recording a program broadcast through a broadcasting channel at a predetermined t... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7711243 | Method and apparatus for consecutively recording broadcast programs Embodiments of methods and apparatus for recording at least two broadcast programs that are consecutive in time can consecutively record the plurality of programs (e.g., consecutively) on a recording medium without a process of creating and recording navigation info... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7697817 | Image processing apparatus and method, and recorded medium A picture processing apparatus for processing picture signals of different formats. A memory stores input picture signals. A read-out section reads the picture signals stored in the memory in terms of a preset number of the picture signals as a unit. An interpolatio... | 04/13/2010 |
