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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7373652 | Server-centric search function in an interactive program guide Techniques for searching a program guide database. In accordance with a method, one or more search criteria (e.g., keywords) are received and a request for a search is then sent, along with the search criteria, to a head end of an information distribution system. In... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7254824 | Encoding optimization techniques for encoding program grid section of server-centric interactive programming guide An interactive program guide (IPG) may include a program grid section and a multimedia section. The program grid section typically contains program information organized in a grid with a time axis and a channel axis. The multimedia section may include video for adve... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251477 | Method for storing and reproducing a voice message in a mobile telephone A method for managing voice messages in a mobile telephone, including a voice message store mode and a voice message reproduce mode. In the voice message store mode, the remaining memory capacity is calculated first, and, if there is sufficient memory, the voice mes... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7245450 | Synchronous servo channel for longitudinal position detection and position error signal generation in tape drive systems A fully synchronous longitudinal position (LPOS) detection system is provided for improving the reliability of servo channels in tape systems. The system is based on the interpolation of the servo channel output signal, which is sampled by an analog-to-digital conve... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7200072 | Domain wall displacement magneto-optical recording and reproducing apparatus A recording/reproducing apparatus for a domain-wall-displacement magneto-optical recording medium with good format efficiency, capable of providing a good reproduction signal and securing a maximum recording region for a user is provided which comprises a recording ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7180694 | Recording and/or reproducing apparatus, recording and/or reproducing method, recording medium and program A recording apparatus of a tape-shaped magnetic recording medium includes a transfer unit, a recording head, a signal-processing unit and a control unit. The transfer unit transfers a tape-shaped magnetic recording medium having an anisotropic property oblique with ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7170976 | System and method for communicating text teletype (TTY) information in a communication network A method includes receiving signals comprising at least one of voice information and text teletype information. The method also includes determining whether at least some of the signals contain text teletype information. The method further includes coding any of the... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170708 | Prevention of data storage tape detachment from data storage cartridges The invention is directed to techniques to substantially reduce or eliminate detachment of data storage tape from data storage cartridges. A data storage cartridge may include a housing enclosing a spool with data storage tape spooled on the spool. A region of the d... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7127737 | Bandwidth management techniques for delivery of interactive program guide Methods for managing delivery of video sequences of an interactive program guide (IPG) over a communications network to a plurality of terminals are provided. In one embodiment, the method pre-allocates a broadcast bandwidth in the communications network for common ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7099103 | Methods for controlling the use of a cleaning cartridge for tape drives In one exemplary aspect of the present invention a method for cleaning a media drive transducer head is provided. The method includes transporting a portion of a cleaning tape over a transducer head under a first set of conditions, the first set of conditions associ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096487 | Apparatus and method for combining realtime and non-realtime encoded content Methods for slice-based encoding of program guides and user interfaces. The program guides include multiple video streams for picture-in-picture and other applications. A method for encoding the program guide includes encoding a first set of slices for each of a plu... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7091968 | Method and apparatus for encoding a user interface A method and apparatus for combining video frame sequences with a video display of an interactive program guide (IPG). The apparatus comprises a plurality of compositors that combine background information, video frame sequences and program guide graphics into a sin... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7064913 | Enhanced read margining using dither enhanced write marginalization for mass data storage applications A recording target error rate is selected for one or more of data storage devices, and for each data storage device, a dither value is determined for each read/write head in the data storage device, wherein for each head, using a dither value for writing data, essen... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7064916 | Magnetic tape apparatus with cleaning medium and method of controlling same A magnetic tape apparatus for controlling a running of magnetic tape, and being able to control a cleaning medium to clean a magnetic head. The apparatus including a feed reel shaft and a take-up reel shaft respectively adapted to hold a feed reel and a take-up reel... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7058965 | Multiplexing structures for delivery of interactive program guide Multiplexing structures presented overcome problems and disadvantages in the delivery of an interactive program guide. An apparatus for forming a multiplexed transport stream to deliver an interactive program guide includes: an encoder and packetizer adapted (i) to ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7048219 | Reel clutch of a tape recorder Disclosed is a reel clutch of a tape recorder. A plate spring is positioned between a reel gear and a reel disc of a reel disc assembly which is mounted on a deck of a tape recorder, and a stopper reel is provided on the reel disc to restrain the engaging height of ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7034674 | Hour meter with incremental service indicator An hour meter having a display that provides a visual indication of a total time an engine has operated and a visual indication of engine operation time remaining in a predetermined service time interval. A plurality of segments on the display are selectively displa... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7027250 | Magnetic tape head with thinfilm thermosensors for head-media interface temperature monitoring A thinfilm magnetic head for tape drives that enables onsite, real time temperature monitoring of the head-media interface. The head includes a media interface contacting a data bearing surface of the tape. A thinfilm, read-write element and a thinfilm sensor of a t... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7020049 | Apparatus using a detected light beam power at a start of change of a magnetized state for setting a reproducing light beam In a magneto-optical disk drive using a domain wall moving magneto-optical recording medium, a test-writing operation adjustment to deal wit dynamic fluctuation factors is minimized, and a reproducing or recording laser power is automatically optimized. A power of a... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016137 | Tape drive apparatus, recording and/or reproducing method, and recording medium A tape cassette of this invention is equipped with a memory capable of accommodating management information. The memory retains an MIC logical format type designating a format state, either formatted or unformatted, of the magnetic tape. A check is made on the consi... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6994141 | Process, apparatus, and system for adhesive bond strength recovery using joule heating A process, apparatus, and system are presented for adhesive bond strength recovery in a bonded system, which may be an electronic device, such as, a magnetic drive or magnetic disk drive. The adhesive bond strength of an adhesive bonding material degrades over time ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6985325 | Updateable centralized data position information storage system A method of centralized data position information storage comprising the steps of arranging a byte stream of data into partitioned logical data, providing an updateable centralized storage area being operable to store data position information relating to the logica... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6967802 | System and method for reducing latency for serially accessible media A technique for reducing the access time in a storage system having serially accessible media. One or more duplicate copies of data are maintained at different offset locations on serial media. When a request is made to read the data, a determination is made as to w... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6968567 | Latency reduction in providing interactive program guide Techniques presented reduce latencies or delays in the delivery of an interactive program guide. In accordance with a first technique, a method for providing an interactive program guide comprises: providing a plurality of transport streams; providing a group of int... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6963467 | Method and apparatus for compensating for media shift due to tape guide A method and apparatus for compensating for media shift due to spiral groove roller tape guide is disclosed. The lateral tape shift is measured. Then the control of the coarse actuator is adjusted for the lateral tape shift so that the movement of the coarse actuato... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6937413 | Tape servo information with superimposed data information providing servo band identification In magnetic tape having separate longitudinal servo bands of servo information with superimposed data information, the separate servo bands have selected different superimposed data information, to identify the separate servo bands for independent addressability. Th... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6937706 | System and method for data recording A system and method for monitoring a telephone switching environment. In a preferred embodiment the system and method simultaneously monitor both an SMDR link and a real-time CTI link, gather information about calls from both sources, and combine gathered informatio... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6937416 | Process for controlling the capstan in a video tape recorder (VTR) In a video tape recorder (VTR), the capstan draws the tape from which the video signal is reproduced in a forward direction. The following steps are used to control the capstan, applying a torque to the capstan in a backward direction for a first predetermined perio... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6934109 | Apparatus and method to monitor the relative position of a tape medium disposed in a tape drive A method to monitor the relative position of a magnetic tape disposed in a tape drive, where that tape drive includes a first tape reel motor and a second tape reel motor. The method provides a magnetic tape disposed on a first tape reel, and releaseably attaches th... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6934965 | System for generating, distributing and receiving an interactive user interface Method and apparatus for generating, transmitting and receiving a user interface for an interactive information distribution system. The user interface is generated in a head end of the system as a digital bitstream and transmitted to subscriber equipment for displa... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6904610 | Server-centric customized interactive program guide in an interactive television environment Techniques to create, generate, and deliver customized interactive program guide (custom-IPG). In one method, selections indicative of a set of channels to be included in the custom-IPG are received. In response, one or more custom-IPG screens having included therei... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6850692 | Method and apparatus for retrieving digital video using successive linear approximation A method and apparatus for successive linear approximation to obtain a specific point on a non-linear monotonic function include processing that begins by obtaining a T-coordinate for the specific point. The specific point includes a T-coordinate and an N-coordinate... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6791781 | Method and apparatus for providing linear position (LPOS) estimations A method and apparatus for providing linear position (LPOS) estimations. If valid LPOS data may be detected from the tape, then a first method for LPOS estimation is performed using the Hall effect sensors. If valid LPOS data may not be detected from the tape, then ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6697206 | Tape edge monitoring The position of one or both edges of tape, such as magnetic tape, can be determined using a light source, such as a solid-state laser with a collimated beam, and a detector, such as a photodiode. The tape, by blocking a portion of the light, affects the a... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6624961 | Tape drive apparatus and recording medium Formation of a partition is quickly performed. Management information areas such as a device area D1, system areas S1 and S2, an optional device area OD1, and the like are produced by writing necessary data, and with respect to a data area, a running amou... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6580577 | Magnetic tape apparatus with forced magnetic tape cleaning process A magnetic tape apparatus prevents dirt from being deposited on a magnetic tape even when the tape is repeatedly moved in a short interval. An operation monitoring unit calculates tape position from information supplied from a tape transport drive circuit... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6493167 | Magnetic tape unit Disclosed herein is a magnetic tape unit having a magnetic head for reading and writing data from and onto a magnetic tape. The magnetic tape is traveled in contact with the magnetic head during a read/write operation of the magnetic head. During a rest p... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6209058 | Cache management for data transfer control from target disk areas A method of data transfer in a cache system comprising a cache buffer including a plurality of data blocks for storing data, and a cache manager for retrieving data from a disk drive and storing the data into the cache buffer. The disk drive includes a da... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6204987 | Method for loading data on a tape at a center of the tape, and a tape for implementing the method In a method for writing data on a data carrier tape, a central region of the tape is positioned adjacent a data recording head, data are supplied to the data recording head, and data are transferred from the data recording head to the tape, beginning at t... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6188536 | Method and system for detecting the end of a tape within a magnetic tape drive A method and system for detecting the end of a tape within a tape drive system, wherein the tape drive system includes a take-up reel and a supply reel upon which the tape is wound. The tape is driven through the tape drive system at a closed loop velocit... | 02/13/2001 |
