Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7293231 | Data entry for personal computing devices In one aspect of the invention, the user can rapidly enter and search for text through a combination of entering one or more characters (a partial text entry) on a digitally displayed keyboard with a pointing device and using a search list to display a list of selec... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7290211 | Method and system for reconfiguring a selection system based on layers of categories descriptive of recordable events A method and system for selection of recordable events from among a set of recordable events, based on categories and sub-categories, that cumulatively describe a substantial portion of the entire set of recordable events. After receiving a first set of categories, ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7290182 | Software tool for monitoring faults in an automation device A software tool which simplifies the monitoring of faults in an automation device. On a display device (FIG. 3), a rack (0′-3′) of this automation device with slots and functional modules is represented in a first view (4) in graphic ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289169 | Storage of projected presentations A method and system for capturing real-time digital image data that is in rasterized form. A digital source sends rasterized data to a storage device, which passes the rasterized data to a display device. The rasterized data is then converted into a page format, suc... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289230 | Wireless substrate-like sensor A wireless substrate-like sensor is provided to facilitate alignment and calibration of semiconductor processing systems. The wireless substrate-like sensor includes an optical image acquisition system that acquires one or more images of targets placed within the se... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289684 | Moving picture processing apparatus A moving picture processing apparatus in which a buffer residual amount of a buffer module which buffers a plurality of image data which are inputted from the outside is monitored by a storing media control module and a decimation is performed at a decimation ratio ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289619 | System and method for managing workplace real estate and other resources Organizations can proactively manage and reserve shared resources, such as workspaces, equipment and services, as well as report on the utilization of those resources across departments and facilities using the system of the present invention. Work-place management ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289138 | Intersection detection in panoramic video Provides a system for detecting an intersection between more than one panoramic video sequence and detecting the orientation of the sequences forming the intersection. Video images and corresponding location data are received. If required, the images and location da... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289823 | Video overlay buffer mirrored through a shared mailbox between two processors in a feature phone A feature phone has two processors that share a display. The display is attached to an applications processor that has a frame buffer for refreshing the display. A base-band processor also runs programs that generate graphics data that is written to a base-band fram... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286747 | Digital video apparatus user interface A method of controlling a system for processing stored information on a storage medium includes the following steps. Stored information is played back during a play mode of operation. A user is provided an opportunity to select a bookmark representing a correspondin... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7287030 | Data repository and method for promoting network storage of data In general, the invention features methods by which more than one client program connected to a network stores the same data item on a storage device of a data repository connected to the network. In one aspect, the method comprises encrypting the data item using a ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7287225 | Method and apparatus for presenting linked life stories The user interface on a computer system displays information about an entity, such as a person, a business, a pet, a country, etc. The screen is associated with the entity. A plurality of recordations are associated with the entity. The recordations are of at least ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284187 | Encapsulated document and format system Methods for producing and multiplexing a file format, as well as structures for a hierarchical file format and data file, are provided. The data file may include data that is divided in a hierarchical manner, including a highest level document portion that supports ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283255 | Wireless substrate-like sensor A wireless substrate-like sensor is provided to facilitate alignment and calibration of semiconductor processing systems. The wireless substrate-like sensor includes an optical image acquisition system that acquires one or more images of targets placed within the se... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281200 | Systems and methods for playing, browsing and interacting with MPEG-4 coded audio-visual objects A number of novel configurations for MPEG-4 playback, browsing and user interaction are disclosed. MPEG-4 playback systems are not simple extensions of MPEG-2 playback systems, but, due to object based nature of MPEG-4, present new opportunities and challenges in sy... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280296 | Apparatus and method for recording digital broadcast on exchangeable storage medium, and exchangeable storage medium therefor An apparatus and method for recording digital broadcasts on an exchangeable storage medium are provided for automatically recording broadcast contents desired by a user on the exchangeable storage medium. When recording the digital broadcast contents on exchangeable... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7281260 | Streaming media publishing system and method A streaming media publishing system and method for use in delivering streaming media to personal computers. The streaming media publishing system and method preferably delivers streaming media content by way of a broadband satellite-based communications network. A c... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280738 | Method and system for specifying a selection of content segments stored in different formats A method, system and program product are described for specifying a selection of content segments stored in different formats. The invention involves receiving specification of a plurality of portions of first content stored in a first format, the specification iden... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280887 | Outsourcing method and system for sheet metal processing industry An outsourcing service center (7) discloses information obtained through outsourcing services for a first sheet metal processing factory (3) to promote sales. A first ordering customer (5) requests a first sheet metal processing factory (3 | 10/09/2007 |
| 7281212 | Object selection using hit test tracks A method for labeling the pixels within a selected visual area of at least one image frame containing that visual area from a sequence of image frames stored in memory and operative to be displayed on an interactive display so that a user may subsequently select the... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278102 | Methods, system and media players for rendering different media types Methods and systems are described that assist media players in rendering different media types. In some embodiments, a unified rendering area is provided and managed such that multiple different media types are rendered by the media player in the same user interface... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7278153 | Content propagation in interactive television A process of propagates viewing assets on a system of video storages. The process includes copying a missing portion of a replica of a selected viewing asset onto a target video server. The act of copying is responsive to determining that a priority to propagate the... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7278101 | Controlling audio volume in processor-based systems A processor-based system may control the volume level of information played by said processor-based system. The system may allow the user to set one or more preset audio volume levels and the system automatically implements those levels. In one embodiment of the pre... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277398 | Method and terminal for providing services in telecommunication network A method and a terminal for providing services in a telecommunication network wherein the selection data of a service is formed by using the identification and control date of the services located in the multiplexed frames used for transmitting the services. The ter... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274862 | Information processing apparatus Audio data is prevented from not synchronizing with video data when splicing. A first GOP of a video stream of a second program is spliced to a last GOP of a video stream of a first program. A first GOP of an audio stream of the second program is spliced to a last G... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7275095 | Internet subscriber management A subscriber information management system for use with a broadcast system, and a method of managing subscriber information, are described. The system includes storing subscriber internet parameters relating to internet services access and storing subscriber broadca... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272794 | Methods, systems and media players for rendering different media types Methods and systems are described that assist media players in rendering different media types. In some embodiments, a unified rendering area is provided and managed such that multiple different media types are rendered by the media player in the same user interface... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272844 | Lodging entertainment system with guest-selected time shifting A lodging entertainment system provides a variety of products and services, including free television, pay-per-view movies, video games, guest services, and guest-selected recording of television programs for time-shifted viewing. Through the use of an interactive p... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272842 | Digital content delivery system transaction engine A system for delivering digital content on demand in a multiple unit environment includes a server local to the multiple unit environment. The server stores, in its memory, the digital content, and is capable of supporting multiple simultaneous asynchronous accesses... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272295 | Commercial skip and chapter delineation feature on recordable media A method and apparatus for controlling an MPEG video media recording device to automatically identify and selectively skip segments of a video signal, such as commercial advertisements, during a recording session. During an MPEG video data recording session the syst... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7271734 | Remote control transmitter A remote control transmitter is so constructed that when a group menu representing a combination of individual functions is selected by operation of an operating part, a controller effects display of the individual functions of the group menu in parallel with the gr... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7271780 | Display device and system A display device, system, and method are provided. The display device has a communication interface adapted to communicate with an archival storage device, a content source adapted to acquire content in an acquisition form, a presentation system for presenting conte... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7271842 | Video signal processing circuit and method for converting number of scan lines and image display device using the same A double-rate signal achieved by subjecting a video signal to double-rate conversion is supplied to a scan line number converter. In the converter, the portion of the effective scan lines of the double-rate signal is written into a frame memory on the basis of a sig... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269335 | Image signal processing apparatus An image signal processing apparatus includes a hard disk. The hard disk is as necessary created with a directory to which time information according to a time counter is assigned. An image file is stored in a latest directory having the latest creation time among a... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269840 | Method of measuring goodness of a module schedule for a carousel A method of determining a goodness metric of a module schedule. The module schedule comprises a plurality of modules, at least one of which exhibits multiple instances, that are arranged within the period of a carousel. The goodness metric is based, at least in part... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269838 | Internet television program guide system with embedded real-time data An Internet television program guide system is provided that allows a user at a multimedia system to access television program listings containing embedded real-time data over an Internet communications link. The television program listing may be for a sporting even... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269596 | Audio and/or video generation apparatus An audio/video generation apparatus comprises an audio and/or video generation device operable to generate audio and/or video material, and a metadata generation processor. The metadata generation processor is operable to generate metadata describing the content and... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269785 | Digital manipulation of video in digital video player According to the invention, a technique for operating a digital versatile disk (DVD) system is disclosed. First digital information is read from a DVD player. The first digital information is decompressed to create second digital information that is stored. In order... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266782 | Techniques for generating a coversheet for a paper-based interface for multimedia information The present invention provides techniques for generating a coversheet for a paper document comprising one or more pages, wherein the paper document is generated by printing a printable representation of multimedia information on a paper medium. The coversheet may pr... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263712 | Enabling a PC-DTV receiver to share the resource cache with multiple clients A digital broadcast signal is received to a digital television receiver in a computer. The digital broadcast signal is processed to extract enhanced content data. The enhanced content data is stored in a web browser cache. The web browser cache is interrogated with ... | 08/28/2007 |
