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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161387 | Creation of a marked media module Disclosed herein are systems and methods for the presentation and marking of media modules. In different aspects, the systems and methods may allow a user to present and consume a media module, particularly a media module containing data that is typically presented ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8082503 | Method and apparatus for generating moving picture clip and/or displaying content file list, and recording medium storing program for executing the method A recording and reproducing apparatus for displaying a content file list, a content file list displaying method and a recording medium storing a program performing the method, which are capable of easily identifying a paused content file and memorizing a point of th... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8082504 | Creation of a reference point to mark a media presentation Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and software for the marking of media modules. Embodiments described herein include a system and method for creating a reference point on a first device. The reference point may be used to mark a point of a media module being p... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8060826 | Method for processing still image and broadcast receiving apparatus thereof A method for processing a still image and a broadcast receiving apparatus thereof is provided. The method for processing a still image includes transmitting to an external apparatus a still image selected by a user using a GUI window to select a desired still image ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8046687 | Direct manipulation of displayed content A method, system, and computer-readable medium for performing direct manipulation of displayed content (e.g., dragging the displayed content or a portion thereof in a particular direction). A user may perform a variety of direct manipulations of displayed content to... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8020099 | Methods and apparatus of setting up interactive session of graphical interactive application based on video This invention presents systems and methods for supporting creation of interactive session of a graphical interactive application based on video. It comprises a server system that associates video with graphical interactive application contexts wherein the video can... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8020098 | Video analysis system of swing motion A video analysis system for analyzing video of a swing motion including an imaging unit that records video of the swing motion, an impact detection unit, a video display unit, a control unit, and a personal computer. The control unit activates functions, remotely fr... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7904813 | Method for editing video information and editing device A regular edition video of a video title is split into shots or scenes with time codes, and provided information, which is the semantic evaluation of the story, is added to the respective scenes to organize the scene score. Necessary scenes for each purpose are extr... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7890866 | Assistant editing display method for media clips A clip editing method using double time axis and an assistant display mode includes: generating a first trim-bar interface with a first time axis, specifying a first media clip through the first trim-bar interface by using a three-point control method, generating a ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7870488 | Media editing system An audio and video editing system is disclosed. The editing system uses a displayable object document that comprises: (i) a verbal transcript of an audio recording (e.g., a stored version of a recorded interview, etc.), and (ii) one or more hyperlinks into one or mo... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7853865 | Synchronization of video and data A system including a video stream and a data stream. The system synchronizes the data stream to different portions of the video stream. ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7823058 | Methods and apparatus for interactive point-of-view authoring of digital video content The present invention provides electronic methods and apparatus for interactively authoring, sharing and analyzing digital video content. Methods for authoring include displaying visual data, defining each traversal as a time-based sequence of frames and annotating ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7793218 | System and method for creating a button map for implementing remote control functions for a mouse in a video playback system Systems and methods for creating a button map for implementing remote control functions for a standard input/output device in a video playback system is described. One embodiment is directed to a method which includes first adding a button that is currently selected... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7757157 | Editor for defining shared scenes, with separately controllable command objects, to create superimposed final scenes An information processing apparatus for creating content information according to a predetermined specification includes a shared scene definer operable to define a shared scene as editing material. The editing material is processed in the apparatus. The shared scen... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7650569 | System and method for focused navigation within a user interface A method for navigation of television program listings within a user interface includes successively displaying a first set of visual cards in a first area of the user interface. Each visual card of the first set of visual cards represents a corresponding broadcast ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7631261 | Efficient method for creating a visual telepresence for large numbers of simultaneous users A method for creating visual telepresence for a large number of simultaneous users includes the step of simultaneously and continuously processing sets of images from a plurality of cameras to produce sets of short visual sequences that provide for virtual short mov... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7594177 | System and method for video browsing using a cluster index A “Video Browser” provides an intuitive user interface for indexing, and interactive visual browsing, of particular elements within a video recording. In general, the Video Browser operates by first generating a set of one or more mosaic images from the video re... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7574656 | System and method for focused navigation within a user interface A sequence of cards is stored that graphically represents available options within an information system. In response to a single user action, the sequence of cards is successively displayed within a focus area of the user interface. In response to a subsequent user... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7536644 | Method and system for facilitating selection of stored medical images The preferred embodiments described herein provide a method and system for facilitating selection of stored medical images. In one preferred embodiment, a plurality of medical images are stored, and, for each medical image, the settings of at least one acquisition t... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7516407 | Timeline random access for multi-format time-based file recording and playback A random access recording method and system for recording and playing back of avionics data, includes: storing data received from a plurality of data channels in respective data files. The method and system also includes storing timeline pointers that signify when t... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7480864 | Zoom editor A method and apparatus for processing media items is disclosed. The method involves selecting a sub-set (106) of the media items (102), and concurrently displaying a spatial representation (606) and a temporal representation (610) of the ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7437682 | Icon label placement in a graphical user interface To improve the art of graphical user interfaces, the present invention introduces a system that displays iconic resource representations having a salient dimension in a manner that provides the user with an indication of where the user is within that resource. The s... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7421656 | Systems and methods for interacting with a user interface of a media player Systems and methods for interfacing with playback of media by a media player are provided. By combining the functionality of fast forward and skip forward into a single button control, the invention reduces the numbers of control buttons that need be included on a d... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7412654 | Apparatus and method for handling special windows in a display An apparatus and method for handling special windows in a display comprises a window manager in an operating system that is called by application programs to create special windows. The window manager embeds static key signals including encoded special window inform... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7383508 | Computer user interface for interacting with video cliplets generated from digital video The present invention includes a computer user interface system and a method for displaying short segments of video each representing a single theme or event (called video cliplets or “cliplets”). The computer user interface displays the cliplets and information... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7365741 | Method for navigation and selection at a terminal device A system and method for navigation and selection in an information space at least partly displayed on a display screen at a mobile terminal device. The information space contains selectable information objects properties. The terminal device has motion-sensing means... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7353461 | Method and apparatus for selection control The present invention provides a method and apparatus for selection control using a touch screen, wherein first and second intersecting bars (1, 2) are displayed, preferably near the edge, on the screen (3), and the first bar (1) displays contai... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350140 | User-data relating apparatus with respect to continuous data In a meeting held with employment of a plurality of materials, conditions of this meeting are recorded in the form of continuous data, and these materials are distributed to a user P who participates in this meeting by way of a printed matter and/or a screen output.... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7339954 | Multiplexing digital broadcast method that can establish a technique which can perfectly obtain a multiplexing digital broadcast data A multiplexing digital broadcast system includes a receiving terminal; and a broadcasting station. The receiving terminal includes: a receiving side recording device demodulating a specification digital data selectively specified from a multiplexing digital data tra... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331869 | Method and apparatus for creating and playing soundtracks in a gaming system A gaming system includes a game console that executes an application that creates and plays soundtracks through the gaming system. The application allows a user to create soundtracks by copying audio tracks from one or more audio sources. A user-created soundtrack c... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7334251 | Management of television advertising A method for providing television advertising includes receiving user input for selecting an advertising parameter and providing a user with an advertisement corresponding to the advertising parameter. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7324069 | Animation review methods and apparatus A system comprises a source providing video in a first format, a video converter for converting video from the first to a second format, a server storing a video image from the video, and combining the video image with a graphical user interface to form a composite ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319720 | Stereoscopic video Methods, devices, systems and/or storage media for stereoscopic video. ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7313808 | Browsing continuous multimedia content A program distribution system includes a plurality of set-top boxes that receive broadcast programming and segmentation data from content and information providers. The segmentation information indicates portions of programs that are to be included in skimmed or con... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7302490 | Media file format to support switching between multiple timeline-altered media streams In a networked client/server system, media content is streamed from a server computer to a client computer. A media file format is used to store data for multiple timeline-altered streams that provides support for switching between the different timeline-altered str... | 11/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7293280 | Skimming continuous multimedia content A program distribution system includes a plurality of set-top boxes that receive broadcast programming and segmentation data from content and information providers. The segmentation information indicates portions of programs that are to be included in skimmed or con... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7281054 | Contents distribution method, contents information processing device, and computer product A system of the present invention is structured based on a connection between an information distributing unit that processes distributed contents information and a client unit of a user via a network such that they can communicate with each other. The contents info... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278111 | Systems and methods for selecting a date or range of dates Systems and methods for selecting a time/date, or a range of times/dates are provided. In one aspect, systems and methods having non-linear timeline UI mechanism(s) for selecting a date, or selecting a date range, are provided. In recognition that user interaction w... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7278152 | Video pedestal network An architecture for distributing digital information to subscriber units wherein selection from among multiple digital services is accomplished by transmitting a tuning command from a subscriber unit to an intermediate interface. The intermediate interface selects t... | 10/02/2007 |
