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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8122357 | Method and apparatus for interfacing between devices in home network A method of interfacing between devices in a home network control device includes dividing a screen into at least two areas, assigning a predetermined contents service function to each of the divided screen areas, sensing the position of the screen that an external ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7890506 | User interface control apparatus and method thereof The invention provides a user interface control apparatus and a method thereof, which can enhance operability of a user interface by replacing a presentation of a user interface designed by a developer of an application program with a UI component that is easy to us... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7823066 | Intelligent console for content-based interactivity The intelligent console method and apparatus of the present invention includes a powerful, intuitive, yet highly flexible means for accessing a multi-media system having multiple multi-media data types. The present intelligent console provides an interactive display... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7707500 | User interface for media item portion search tool A user interface for accessing and utilizing a media item portion database. In one aspect, the database entry comprises a data container. In another aspect, the media item portion entries may be used to identify media item portions used in creating composite media i... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7689917 | Automatically generating a sub-graphical program in response to user input configuring a graphical program node A system and method for configuring a node in a graphical program by programmatically generating graphical source code associated with the node. The node may initially have no functionality or may have default functionality and may be able to take on different funct... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7681128 | Multimedia player and method of displaying on-screen menu Favorable visual appearance and ease of operation are required in the user interface of digital home appliances using a television screen. An array of function icons including multiple function icons representing respective playing functions and an array of content ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7673239 | Synthetic audiovisual description scheme, method and system for MPEG-7 A method and system for description of synthetic audiovisual content makes it easier for humans, software components or devices to identify, manage, categorize, search, browse and retrieve such content. For instance, a user may wish to search for specific synthetic ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7673240 | Ubiquitous navbar user interface across multiple heterogeneous digital media devices A method of providing a ubiquitous navigation and program guide user interface that is common across a heterogeneous multitude of digital media devices. A navbar user interface persistently displays across a topmost portion of a display for each of the heterogeneous... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7533342 | System and method of a personal computer device providing telephone capability A system and method is described for managing phone calls initiated from a phone device of a personal digital assistant. In one example, a system for managing a phone call is described. The system comprises, among other things, a personal digital assistant. The pers... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7512883 | Portable solution for automatic camera management A “virtual video studio”, as described herein, provides a highly portable real-time capability to automatically capture, record, and edit a plurality of video streams of a presentation, such as, for example, a speech, lecture, seminar, classroom instruction, tal... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7419100 | Method and system for executing document scanning jobs that are intended for a remote work station through using a wireless interconnection between the work station and a scanner facility A method and system are described for executing document scanning jobs intended for a remote work station through using a wireless connection between the work station and a scanner facility. When a user, carrying a mobile device, approaches a multifunctional reprodu... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7392481 | Method and apparatus for providing content-owner control in a networked device An apparatus and methods for providing content-owner control in a device is optionally networked. A method for accessing media content has steps of initiating a first view providing access to at least a portion of a first content within the first view, initiating a ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7386809 | File list display apparatus capable of successively displaying sub-list A file list display apparatus having a plurality of files of data recorded on a vast-capacity recording medium, comprising: a detection unit for detecting all the files recorded on the vast-capacity recording medium; a controller for storing a list of the files, det... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7365782 | Image pickup device and method for enabling switching between a first recording medium and a second recording medium When a key for directly transferring from the screen of a “video mode” of tape reproduction to the screen of memory stick reproduction is separately arranged, the ratio of an occupation area of the key on the screen is increased. Therefore, a setting operation i... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7350157 | Filtering by broadcast or recording quality within an electronic program guide A memory associates a media quality indicator with each media program in a set of media programs. A filter selects from the set those media programs having at least a specified media quality. A display interface displays a list of the selected media programs in an e... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7350150 | Methods and apparatus for accessing information from multiple remote sources In accordance with the present invention a process is provided for interfacing a legacy application and internet-based application and for displaying information from each application in a frame of a multi-frame browser on a client workstation. Further, the interfac... | 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 |
| 7343141 | Concurrent content capturing radio systems and methods An enhanced radio system is disclosed that provides for the capture and playback of one or more radio stations. The user may tune to a station, or scan through stations, rewind to hear what was missed (even while the system is turned off), and fast-forward through u... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340682 | Method and system for controlling a complementary user interface on a display surface An alternate display content controller provides a technique for controlling a video display separately from and in addition to the content displayed on the operating system display surface. Where the display is a computer monitor, the alternate display content cont... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7305694 | Method and apparatus for remotely controlling a receiver according to content and user selection System and method for automatically controlling a media receiver by instructing the media receiver to use a particular receiver connection and to play a selected media unit using one of a plurality of play modes according to characteristics of the media unit. Media ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305618 | Methods for multimedia content repurposing Comprehensive multimedia content re-purposing relating to wireless communications employs content constructs that are compact representations of the content information. For video content, the constructs are content operators that represent 2D image regions and/or 3... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302644 | Real time production system and method An integrated, fully automated video production system that provides a video director with total control over all of the video production devices used in producing a show. Such devices include, but are not limited to, cameras, robotic pan/tilt heads, video tape play... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7296055 | Information providing system, information providing apparatus, information providing method, information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program Disclosed is an information providing system in which the information providing apparatus first receives a connection request from the first information processing apparatus. Upon receipt of the connection request, a check is made to see whether the information prov... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295098 | Systems and methods for providing theft protection in a machine Methods and systems may provide theft protection in one or more work machines. Methods and systems may control one or more operational systems and may provide and manage varying levels of access to work machines. Methods and systems may react to override attempts in... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290274 | Context sensitive television menu A television menu system generates a television menu that is context sensitive based upon a service currently being provided to a user. In one implementation, a type of television service currently being viewed by a user determines whether particular menu items are ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7290080 | Application processors and memory architecture for wireless applications In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for accessing memory. The method comprises sending memory transactions to a memory sub-system for a first processor to an intermediate second processor interposed on a communication path between the first processor ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7287257 | Automatic embedded host configuration system and method A system and method for automatically detecting the attachment of a peripheral device to a host system, and configuring the host system for communication with the peripheral device is described. In accordance with an aspect of the invention, when a peripheral device... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284046 | Coordination of communication with devices A system and method is provided for coordinating network communication between multiple communication devices of a user. A communication session is established with an application. A message is received from the application and sent to one of a plurality of communic... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7284202 | Interactive multi media user interface using affinity based categorization Computing devices capable of internetworking and receiving, storing and viewing programmed (scheduled) television and multimedia content provide a platform for access to a combination of Internet and Television content and services. On this platform, a mix of pre-sc... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278154 | Host apparatus for simulating two way connectivity for one way data streams A host device is disclosed. The host device includes a processor and a control mechanism. The processor operates to receive primary and associated data, decode and separate the associated data from the primary data, and cause the associated data to be rendered on a ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272277 | Data exchange architecture using optical links A data exchange architecture using optical links. A device is proximate to a display screen. An optical module is coupled to the device. An optical link is coupled to the optical module, wherein the optical module to convert optical signals received by the optical m... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7266835 | Method and apparatus for secure transactions in an interactive television ticker A user can perform secure transactions via an interactive television ticker. While viewing an advertisement scrolling in the ticker, the user can select that advertisement to initiate an on-line transaction. That resulting transaction can be performed within the tic... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7257612 | Inline compression of a network communication within an enterprise planning environment An enterprise business planning system includes a server to execute an enterprise planning session for a set of enterprise contributors in accordance with an enterprise model, wherein the enterprise model defines hierarchically arranged nodes and associates the ente... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7243507 | Cryogenic computer system with parallel multiple cooling temperatures An energy efficient cryocooler is disclosed that cools a large area with multiple cooling temperatures on multiple cooled area working in parallel for the maximum cryogenic cooling and “over-clocking” of microprocessors and computer components using liquid and/o... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243133 | Method and apparatus for reducing latency in an interactive information distribution system A method and apparatus for storing, retrieving and distributing multimedia information having frequently accessed multimedia information stored in solid state memory and less frequently accessed multimedia information stored in a mass storage device. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7231604 | Individualized content guide A computer and Internet-based system and method for providing television and radio programming information to users, through a multi-tabbed viewing screen, where at least one of the tabs is individualized to a particular viewer's preferences. ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7224787 | Methods and systems for performing special service maintenance and installation operations in a telecommunications system Methods and systems are provided for processing data in association with an operation performed by a technician at a customer service location in a telecommunications system. In one embodiment, the method includes transmitting data related to at least one piece of e... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222092 | System and method for submitting an offer to purchase over a network-based commerce facility A system and method to facilitate a transaction in a network-based commerce facility is provided. The method includes presenting a plurality of listings to a user, and monitoring selection of one of the plurality of listings by the user. Thereafter, the user is prov... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216145 | Event notification system In a method of transmitting an event notification, a first data packet that includes a first event code is transmitted to a first individual via a not-automatically receipt confirmed communication. Upon receiving a response communication from the first individual, t... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207006 | Run-time hypervideo hyperlink indicator options in hypervideo players A hypervideo player for playing hypervideos containing both video and hypervideo hyperlinks provides user selectable run-time options for the form of hypervideo hyperlink emphasis region display attributes displayed at the time of viewing. The hypervideo player may ... | 04/17/2007 |
