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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185925 | Digital broadcasting system and method of processing data in the digital broadcasting system A digital broadcasting system and a data processing method are disclosed. A receiving system of the digital broadcasting system includes a baseband processor, a first table handler, an audio/video processor, and a content processor. The baseband processor receives a... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181207 | Digital broadcasting system and method of processing data thereof A digital broadcasting system and data processing method are disclosed, which are highly resistant to channel changes and noise. The present invention includes receiving a broadcast signal having mobile service data and main service data multiplexed with each other ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176519 | Method and system for transmitting plural data in portable broadcasting service A method and system for transmitting a plurality of ESG data to an MS over a communication network in a DVB-H CBMS portable broadcasting service are provided. The MS requests ESG data over the communication network, a server collects the requested ESG data and trans... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171517 | Apparatus and method for distributing media content to vehicles A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server having a controller to wirelessly download media content to a media device of a vehicle from a point in the media content where a gateway previously stopped downloading... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171516 | Methods, systems, and storage mediums for providing multi-viewpoint media sharing of proximity-centric content Exemplary embodiments of the invention relate to methods, systems, and storage mediums for providing multi-viewpoint, media-sharing activities related to proximity-centric media content associated with an event whereby the media-sharing activities are performed via ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166505 | Broadcast receiver and method of controlling operation of the broadcast receiver A method of controlling operation of a broadcast receiver includes receiving a request for receiving a broadcast program at a scheduled time, measuring a level of a broadcast signal corresponding to the broadcast program prior to the scheduled time for the receiving... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161511 | Digital broadcasting system and method of processing data in digital broadcasting system A digital broadcast receiver and a control method thereof are disclosed. The digital broadcast receiver includes a reception unit for receiving a broadcast signal which mobile service data and main service data are multiplexed, an extractor for extracting transmissi... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156530 | Method and apparatus for managing access plans A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a television having a controller to determine an access plan associated with a mobile communication device that is capable of wirelessly receiving broadcast video content, prese... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151305 | Mobile television broadcast system A digital television broadcast system with transmission and/or reception of digital television signals for improved mobile reception. The communication layers in the transmit and receive portions of the transmission system can be dynamically modified, e.g., based on... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8141119 | Digital broadcasting system and method of processing data in digital broadcasting system A digital broadcast receiver and a control method thereof are disclosed. The control method of the digital broadcast receiver includes receiving a broadcast signal into which mobile service data and main service data are multiplexed, extracting transmission paramete... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136137 | Program searching in digital multimedia terminal A digital multimedia terminal comprises a receiving unit to receive a broadcasting signal. The digital multimedia terminal also comprises an input unit adapted to receive input associated with a user preferred program characteristic. The digital multimedia terminal ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132213 | Digital broadcasting system and data processing method The present invention relates to a digital broadcasting system and a processing data method thereof. The present invention includes acquiring a first ensemble providing service guide information for mobile service data from a broadcast signal in which the mobile ser... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8122473 | Digital broadcasting system and data processing method The present invention relates to a digital broadcasting system and a processing data method thereof. The present invention includes acquiring a first ensemble providing service guide information for mobile service data from a broadcast signal in which the mobile ser... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117204 | Video browser for navigating linear video on small display devices using a similarity-based navigation hierarchy of temporally ordered video keyframes with short navigation paths A computer-based method is provided for enabling navigation of video using a keyframe-based video browser on a display device with a limited screen size, for a video segmented into video shots. The video shots are clustered by similarity, while temporal order of the... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112778 | Video mail and content playback control with cellular handset The playback of video content delivered over a wireless network can be controlled by the provision of various control functions that can be actuated by the user. The controlled playback can be implemented on a system level, in which the delivery of the video content... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8087052 | Digital broadcasting system and method of processing data in digital broadcasting system A digital broadcast receiver and a control method thereof are disclosed. The control method of the digital broadcast receiver includes receiving a broadcast signal into which mobile service data and main service data are multiplexed, extracting TPC signaling informa... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8087053 | System and method for transmitting an animated figure A system and a method for transmitting an animated figure between a transmitter and a receiver receives frameworks of animated figures over a communication network. The transmitter receives a selected framework, and an ID of an animated figure, extracts feature poin... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8069462 | Digital broadcasting system and data processing method A digital broadcasting system and method of processing data therein are disclosed. A receiving system of the digital broadcasting system includes a baseband processor unit receiving a broadcast signal including mobile service data and main service data, the mobile s... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8069463 | Digital broadcasting system and method of processing data in digital broadcasting system A digital broadcasting system and a data processing method are disclosed. The digital broadcast receiving system includes a baseband processor, a management processor, and a presentation processor. The baseband processor receives a broadcast signal including mobile ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8051451 | Digital broadcasting system and method of processing data in digital broadcasting system A digital broadcast receiver and a control method thereof are disclosed. The digital broadcast receiver includes a reception unit for receiving a broadcast signal which mobile service data and main service data are multiplexed, an extractor for extracting transmissi... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046805 | Method for transmitting/receiving broadcasting signal and broadcasting signal receiver A method for transmitting/receiving a broadcasting signal and a broadcasting signal receiver are disclosed. An identifier of a burst period is obtained from program table information of the broadcasting signal including mobile data and only the burst period in which... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8024758 | Method for providing a call service and a broadcast service, and digital multimedia broadcasting terminal therefor While a user uses one service in a digital multimedia broadcasting receiving terminal, there is implemented a function for suspending the service currently being used and enabling a different service to be used when the different service is provided. A function for ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8010982 | Method and system for setting channel in DVB-H service Provided is a method and system for setting a new channel when a DVB-H terminal sets a channel initially or changes the channel. The method includes a DVB-H server transmitting Program Specific Information (PSI)/Service Information (SI) and burst data of Audio/Video... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8006269 | Broadcasting receiving apparatus, method for controlling broadcasting receiving apparatus, broadcasting receiving apparatus controlling program, and computer-readable recording medium An information communication terminal apparatus allows a broadcasting signal transmitting side and a secondary service provider to provide a television service in consideration of a user's desired way of viewing. This is attained as follows. That is, a television re... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8006270 | Method and system for delivering multimedia contents to a set top box using a mobile telephony network A method for enabling use of contents by a user of at least one set top box adapted to receive broadcast TV signals, includes: establishing an association between at least one identifier of the user in a communications network, and at least one identifier of the at ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8006271 | Digital broadcasting receiver and method for controlling the same A method includes performing Reed Solomon (RS) and Cyclic Redundancy Check encoding on mobile data and a table including access information of the data and information identifying a stream where data decryption keys are obtained, thereby forming an RS frame, which i... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8001572 | Digital broadcasting receiver and method for controlling the same A reception system includes a baseband processor receiving a broadcasting signal including mobile service data and main service data, the mobile service data including first service data and second service data, a table handler parsing a table from an RS frame and e... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996868 | System and method of accessing digital video broadcasts within an information handling system A system and method of accessing digital video broadcasts within an information handling system is disclosed. In one form, a digital video broadcast processing system can include a digital video broadcast receiver module operable to process a first digital video bro... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7979883 | Digital broadcasting system and method of processing data thereof A digital broadcasting system and data processing method are disclosed, which are highly resistant to channel changes and noise. The present invention includes receiving a broadcast signal having mobile service data and main service data multiplexed with each other ... | 07/12/2011 |
| RE42550 | Method and apparatus for portable digital entertainment system An improved method and apparatus for portable digital entertainment system which melds direct microwave communications with digital technology to provide a system for “on demand” distribution of digital data, such as songs or video games. The apparatus includes ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7979882 | Apparatus and method for providing a digital multimedia broadcasting (DBM) service to a terminal communicable with different communication networks A method for providing a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) service to a terminal communicable with different communication networks. The DMB service method includes receiving a broadcasting program over a DMB network; receiving the broadcasting program over a Wi... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7975281 | Digital broadcasting system and method of processing data in digital broadcasting system A digital broadcast receiver and a control method thereof are disclosed. The control method of the digital broadcast receiver includes receiving a broadcast signal into which mobile service data and main service data are multiplexed, extracting transmission paramete... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7962941 | Apparatus and method for providing channel list of digital broadcasting in mobile terminal A method and apparatus for changing a broadcasting channel list provided in a digital broadcasting service by a user are provided. The method of providing a channel list of digital broadcasting in a mobile terminal includes providing a setting screen of the channel ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7958530 | Television receiver, mobile apparatus, and network information communication system with notification of decode error by turning on decode flag of TCP/IP header In a system for viewing accumulated contents by using a cellular phone, if an error prevents the content to be viewed, a simple operation is performed to view the rest at home. In accordance with a viewing request from a cellular phone, a television receiver, while ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7950037 | Wireless entertainment system A wireless entertainment system includes a delivery station, a wireless telephone network, and a receiver. Entertainment, such as a motion picture, is ordered by a customer through a wireless telephone, and is delivered to the customer through the wireless telephone... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945931 | Broadcastings service system using mobile communication terminal A system capable of receiving a television signal and telephone signal on a mobile communication terminal. In particular, the system is capable of displaying each television broadcast on a monitor of the mobile communication terminal by receiving the video and audio... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7904927 | Mobile terminal, TV program recording system for mobile terminal, and TV program recording program A mobile terminal 10, which includes a TV receiver to receive a broadcast of a TV program and which is provided with the function of recording and pre-programming a received TV program, uses the detection parts (151, 152, 153) to detect the occurrence ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7895629 | Video service buffer management in a mobile rate control enabled network A system for a mobile wireless device to receive and display a video stream while preventing overflow or starvation of its receive buffer by requesting changes to the video streaming or encoding rates and by controlling the video playback frame rate. The current rec... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7877775 | Coordination method and mobile terminal When a command for starting up a specific versatile application of a versatile application section is made during an execution of a native application included in a basic processing section, a judgment of the following condition for combining is satisfied: whether o... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7873974 | Identification of television programming using a portable wireless device A method consistent with certain embodiments provides portable delivery of television programs to a portable wireless device (PWD) involves using the PWD to capture a sample of a program being played by a television; transmitting attributes of the captured sample to... | 01/18/2011 |
