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Wearable Device For Feeding and Observing Birds and Other Flying Animals
A device for feeding and observing flying animals comprising a hat, a support mounted on the hat and extending outward from the hat, and a feeder mounted on the support.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181210 | Method for delivery of deadline-driven content flows over a flow transport system that interfaces with a flow delivery system via a selected gateway The present invention relates to a system and method that delivers content from one or more content sources to a plurality of subscriber units via a flow transport subsystem that transports content flows originated from the one or more content sources over a wide ar... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7490344 | System and method for seamless switching A method of preparing data streams to facilitate seamless switching by a switching device to produce an output data stream without any switching artifacts. Bi-directional switching between any plurality of data streams is supported The data streams are divided into ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7441261 | Video system varying overall capacity of network of video servers for serving specific video A method of serving out video over a network of video servers includes evaluating a capacity of the network as a whole to serve out specific video items by establishing, for each video server in the network, an established ability of each server to serve out the spe... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7424730 | Multimedia presentation latency minimization Systems and methods for presenting time-varying multimedia content are described. In one aspect, a lower quality data stream for an initial portion of the multimedia content is received. The lower quality data stream is received at a rate faster than a real-time pla... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424534 | Common media consumption across multiple media processing systems via single user control A system and method for the management of common consumption of media in a media exchange network is disclosed. Various embodiments of the present invention provide for control by a first user at a first location in a media exchange network of the simultaneous consu... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7414984 | System and method for efficient addition of network resources A system and method for efficiently adding a new network resource to a digital video network, without the need to purchase costly ancillary network hardware or extensive manual configuration, is disclosed. The inventive system and method provide for a loop-through f... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7386873 | System and method for provisioning a single physical drop to accomodate multiple devices A method and system for allowing a plurality of devices at a physical drop to receive access to video and/or data services from a plurality of video/data service providers in a digital broadband network serviced by a telecommunication services provider utilizes a br... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386641 | Protocol for uncompressed multimedia data transmission A serial transmission protocol and architecture are provided that can be used to transmit uncompressed multimedia (e.g., video/audio/control data) over a high speed serial forward communication channel. A backward channel is also provided, for communicating control ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7383564 | Video on demand methods and systems An entertainment head-end provides broadcast programming, video-on-demand services, and HTML-based interactive programming through a distribution network to client terminals in subscribers' homes. A number of different features are provided, including novel user int... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7373413 | Devices and methods for minimizing start up delay in transmission of streaming media Devices and methods are provided for minimizing the startup delay of streaming media transmitted through networks. A server maintains a portion of the media stream stored in an initial burst transmit buffer. At startup, the stored portion is transmitted at a rate hi... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369520 | Internet protocol address to packet identifier mapping A digital video broadcast (DVB) receiver and methods are provided for processing Internet data. The DVB receiver receives at least one announcement message mapping an Internet protocol address to a transport stream packet identifier. Using the information, the DVB r... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7350223 | Multi-media data automatic delivery system A system for delivering contents includes a center system which delivers the contents, a plurality of terminal systems which receive the contents from the center system and displays the contents, and communication lines connecting the center system to the plurality ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349986 | Method for data distribution Stream data is transmitted from a distribution server to a client without any loss of data. The capacity of a reception buffer to be prepared at the client can be made small and the network bandwidth necessary for data redistribution can be narrowed. A relay server ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349357 | Internet protocol address to packet identifier mapping A digital broadcast (DB) receiver and methods are provided for processing Internet data. The DB receiver receives service identification information mapping a broadcast service component to a unique transmission stream. The DB receiver also receives at least one ann... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343618 | Video content transmitting system and method A video content transmitting system is provided in which a video content transmitting server among a plurality of servers is automatically determined as to which server can establish a network bandwidth of each of all routes for video content transmission to a prope... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337464 | Set-top box reformatter A broadcasting system including a transmitter operative to transmit a signal in a first transmission format, a receiver operative to receive the signal, a reformatter operative to reformat the received signal into a second transmission format, and a set-top box (STB... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7299486 | Control program, for a supervisor processor in a video-on-demand system, which builds subgroups of internet protocol headers and transmission control lists A control program for a supervisor processor in a video-on-demand system directs the supervisor processor to perform the steps of: a) transfer a group of video data packets, from an externally stored complete video into a memory for the supervisor processor; b) buil... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7299488 | System and method for provisioning a single physical broadband drop to accommodate multiple specific devices A method and system for provisioning a specific device to receive video and/or data services from a plurality of service providers at a physical drop in a digital broadband network serviced by a telecommunication services provider utilizes a broadcast manager for tr... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7290144 | Access-control method for software modules and programmable electronic device therefor A programmable electronic device (10) stores a number of cipher-text software modules (14) to which access is granted after evaluating a user's token (55, 80, 82), a software-restriction class (58) for a requested software module (14 | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289996 | Data transmission management A system and method to schedule data for transmission. The system comprises data generating means, developing means, and transmission scheduling means. The data generating means generates data comprising content data and metadata relating to the content data. The de... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286488 | Multimedia communications in a telecommunications network A communications network configuration for delivery of multimedia services comprises a packet network to which a plurality of terminal devices are connected, a service provider network for providing multimedia services to the terminal devices, a virtual circuit swit... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281035 | Server reservation method, reservation control apparatus and program storage medium To allow many users to efficiently use functions of a processing server that performs predetermined processing, via a network and also prevent a time during which an user can use the processing server, from being shortened due to a difference between the times recog... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277870 | Digital content distribution using web broadcasting services A method of securely receiving data on a user's system from a web broadcast infrastructure with a plurality of channels. The method comprising receiving promotional metadata from a first web broadcast channel, the promotional metadata related to data available for r... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7271949 | Multi-wavelength light source and wavelength division multiplexing system using the same A multi-wavelength light source includes an amplifier for generating light over a wide wavelength range; and, an optical fiber grating including a plurality of gratings formed on an optical fiber in in parallel with each other, thereby dividing the light inputted fr... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269662 | Method for data distribution Stream data is transmitted from a distribution server to a client without any loss of data. The capacity of a reception buffer to be prepared at the client can be made small and the network bandwidth necessary for data redistribution can be narrowed. A relay server ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7254622 | Video-on-demand system A video-on-demand system provides efficient commercial distribution for renting and/or selling movies, video programs, video games and electronic data. Data input stations upload original video data from videotapes, videocassettes, videodisks or film, or from electr... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7243364 | Interactive entertainment network system and method for customizing operation thereof according to viewer preferences An interactive entertainment network system has a video-on-demand (VOD) application which allows viewers to create their own customized lists of preferred video content programs, such as movies, games, TV shows, and so forth. Viewers are permitted to select criteria... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240121 | Content providing apparatus and content providing method The present invention is applied to the distribution of music and videos via the Internet. Single stream content is divided into a plurality of parts A to D in a time-series manner, and a first part A is transmitted via stream distribution, and remaining parts B to ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7231653 | Method for delivering transport stream data According to one embodiment, a system is disclosed. The system includes a transmission device that converts a transport stream in to a transport stream file (TSF), a transmission medium coupled to the transmission device and a set top appliance, coupled to the trans... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7231655 | Technique for reverse transport of data in a hybrid fiber coax cable system In a hybrid fiber coax (HFC) cable system, data is communicated upstream from user terminals to a headend of the system to realize various interactive services. The user terminals generate analog modulated signals representing the user data, which populate different... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7224519 | Low noise multi-wavelength light source and wavelength division multiplexing system using same A multi-wavelength light source includes a substrate, a fabry-perot laser laminated on the substrate that is operated by driving current below a predetermined threshold current to generate multi-wavelength light including a plurality of peaks whose wavelengths and s... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7224837 | Digital video broadcasting A method is provided for transmitting a plurality of informational video programs over a single digital transport stream to a plurality of receivers, wherein the receivers are operative to select from the transport stream data identified with any given program and t... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7225459 | Method and system for dynamically adjusting video bit rates A system and method for dynamically adjusting the bit rate of a data transmission. A sending endpoint transmits data, such as video conferencing data across a network to a receiving endpoint. The receiving endpoint maintains information about the performance of the ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7194756 | Systems and methods for provisioning a host device for enhanced services in a cable system Flexible systems and methods are disclosed that may be used for provisioning, configuring, and controlling a host embodied in a cable set top box or other digital device attached to a digital communication network, such as cable distribution network. An enhanced ser... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191462 | System for transmitting video images over a computer network to a remote receiver A method of and apparatus for transmitting video images allows a viewer to receive at a receiving display device, all or a selected portion of a video stream of frames, in a storage-efficient format from a transmitting device and view the received video stream of fr... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7177844 | Apparatus and method for activation of a security module in a set-top retail environment An apparatus and method for activating a security module in a set-top terminal purchased from a retailer. A set-top terminal, along with a security device, is purchased from a retailer. This security device is a removable module that is inserted into the set-top ter... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174145 | Method and apparatus for automatic channel search The invention reduces the time required for automatically searching for channels on a device receiving channels of various widths. The invention proposes a channel detection process which carries out successive passes with frequency spacings corresponding to channel... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168086 | Proxy for video on demand server control A video on demand system includes a head-end coupled through a proxy server to plural client terminals. The proxy server performs (or cooperates with another component in performing) various functions, including user interface definition, security, system administra... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167563 | Decoding device, decoding method and chip-card Decoding device with a decoding module (4) that decodes digital digitally encoded image data. The decoding of said image data is dependent on the programming of an FPGA circuit. In a first embodiment, the key generator for the decoding module is provided with... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7158185 | Method and apparatus for tagging media presentations with subscriber identification information A system that inserts subscriber identification information includes, in a preferred embodiment, a system with a memory for storing subscriber identification information and a processor configured to insert the subscriber identification information into a media pres... | 01/02/2007 |
