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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| 8448214 | Method and system for providing complete internet anywhere with partial server processing A method and/or system are described for providing complete Internet anywhere with partial server processing in which a request may be sent from a set-top-box (STB) to a server communicatively coupled with the STB to process a portion of a web page that is unsupport... | 05/21/2013 |
| 8434122 | Device for broadcasting audio and video data The invention relates to a device for delivering audio and video data. In such a device, the audio/video data travel together and are compressed along with the signaling data for the delivery of these audio/video data. Under current compression standards, these data... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8429705 | System and method for transmitting interactive services associated with broadcast contents, in real time or off line A system is dedicated to the transmission of additional contents (CA) accessible in interactive mode and associated with contents (CP) broadcast to primary communication terminals (TP1, TP2), connected to a broadcasting network (R1) and associat... | 04/23/2013 |
| 8424050 | Broadcast receiving device It is an object to provide a broadcast receiving device capable of shortening the time from turning-on until display of an IP broadcast. A broadcast receiving device 1, after its start-up, automatically performs setting related to an Internet protocol (IP) in... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8397266 | Integration of media playback components with an independent timing specification A software framework that allows seamless integration of generic media players into a web browser. A media player is a software module that implements specific interfaces; defines a playing state, such as playing, paused, or stopped; and associates with the playing ... | 03/12/2013 |
| 8381256 | Television receiver, method of controlling the receiver, and network construction device According to one embodiment, the present invention is designed to automatically determine the language of the content distributed when connecting to the Web server so as to agree with the language configured at the initial setup. The present invention has following ... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8327410 | Networked-enabled mass storage dongle with networked media content aggregation Embodiments of a network-enabled mass storage dongle with networked media content aggregation are discussed. Embodiments provide for a dongle in a consumption mode is inserted into one or more source devices, where the one or more source devices are part of a networ... | 12/04/2012 |
| 8316406 | System and method for content delivery Based on a user profile, content that is predicted to be desired by the user, including past episodes of a series that may have been missed by the user, is downloaded to the user's home system during periods of low bandwidth usage in the home system. A determination... | 11/20/2012 |
| 8316405 | Presence information sharing apparatus, presence information sharing method, presence information sharing program and presence information sharing system A presence information sharing apparatus is provided which includes a video acquiring unit for acquiring predetermined video contents from a content distribution server, a status information notifying unit for transmitting presence information containing acquisition... | 11/20/2012 |
| 8281355 | Method, apparatus, and system for invoking third-party call control via a cable-television host device A method, apparatus, and system are provided for invoking third-party call control via a cable-television host device. A video signal is received into a cable-television host device, the video signal comprising an identifier associated with a first telephony endpoin... | 10/02/2012 |
| 8276182 | Television content from multiple sources Television content from multiple sources is described. In embodiment(s), a television client device includes an interface to receive television media content in multiple streaming video formats. A television media service implemented in the television client device ... | 09/25/2012 |
| 8255964 | Method and system for distributing media content A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set-top box operating from an interactive television (iTV) communication system having a controller to receive from the iTV communication system media content with metadata, r... | 08/28/2012 |
| 8239906 | IPTV receiver and a method of managing video functionality and video quality on a screen in the IPTV receiver An IPTV receiver and a method for managing video functionality and video quality on a screen in the IPTV receiver are disclosed. Herein, a method includes downloading a widget application from a server, executing the downloaded widget application at a browser, reque... | 08/07/2012 |
| 8230474 | User specified parallel data fetching for optimized web access A hypermedia document display method can include presenting hypermedia content, the hypermedia content containing hyperlinks to additional hypermedia content; storing selected ones of the hyperlinks in a delayed viewing list; and, caching hypermedia content associat... | 07/24/2012 |
| 8225366 | Wireless control channel and back-channel for receiver A method and apparatus for integrating a bi-directional control channel into an entertainment display device to deliver content and exchange control information. The system collects request and response information from the entertainment display device. The system a... | 07/17/2012 |
| 8225364 | Method of searching internet and video receiving apparatus to use the same A method of searching the Internet and a video receiving apparatus, such as an Internet TV, to use the same to enable currently-displayed video to be transmitted to an external apparatus, such as a remote controller, and the video received from the external apparatu... | 07/17/2012 |
| 8225365 | Sending apparatus and receiving apparatus A sending apparatus sends program information to which accompanying information is added with the program information and the accompanying information being suitable for sending. The sending apparatus contains a detection portion that detects the accompanying inform... | 07/17/2012 |
| 8214870 | Method and arrangement for improved channel switching In a method of providing a channel/client status register to enable improved channel switching in an Internet Protocol network with a plurality of client nodes each capable of receiving video sessions over a plurality of channels from at least one video provider sys... | 07/03/2012 |
| 8205237 | Identifying works, using a sub-linear time search, such as an approximate nearest neighbor search, for initiating a work-based action, such as an action on the internet A media work may be associated with an action by (a) extracting features from the media work, (b) determining an identification of the media work, based on the features extracted, using a sub-linear time search, such as an approximate nearest neighbor search for exa... | 06/19/2012 |
| 8191100 | Method and terminal for providing IPTV to multiple IMS users A method and terminal for providing Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and other communication services to a group of users, such as a family, using an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network. A group private user identity is associated with a group public user ident... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8091111 | Methods and apparatus for recording and replaying sports broadcasts A system for replaying a broadcast sports event using a video on demand or personal video recording system. Metadata is created that subdivides the original broadcast into segments, and associates descriptive information with each segment. Playlists that specify an ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087057 | Television converter device including an internet protocol interface A television converter device is provided which includes a channel selector and an Internet Protocol (IP) interface. The channel selector is configured to receive multiple channels of television programming from at least one of a satellite, cable, and over-the-air b... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8074248 | System and method for providing video content associated with a source image to a television in a communication network A system and method for providing video content associated with a source image to a television that is part of a communication network is provided. At least a portion of the source image and the video content are displayed on the television. A request at a content d... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8074249 | Content storage control apparatus and control method therefor If there are program-related associated Web pages, a TV receiver 1000 acquires the content information of the associated Web pages from a Web server 2000 and stores it in a Web page storage unit 1006. The correspondence between the stored conten... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8024765 | Method and system for communicating media program information A method for communicating media program information is provided. The method includes receiving a content-augmented broadcast signal at a conventional broadcast receiver, the content-augmented broadcast signal having a program content and a program cookie relating t... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020187 | Identifying works, using a sub linear time search or a non exhaustive search, for initiating a work-based action, such as an action on the internet An electronic document, such as an image and a text file for example, may be associated with an action by (1) electronically extracting within a client device features from the electronic document work, (2) transmitting the extracted features from the client device ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8010988 | Using features extracted from an audio and/or video work to obtain information about the work Information about an audio or video file played on a device is provided by (a) extracting features from the audio or video file, (b) communicating the features to a database, and (c) receiving the information about the audio or video file from the database. The info... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8001576 | Information providing system, information processing apparatus and information processing method for transmitting sound and image data Disclosed is an information providing system which comprises: an information providing apparatus with elements for receiving a TV program, generating image data and sound data representing a received TV program, and transmitting the image data and sound data; and an... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996876 | Managed cooperative downloading of digital cinema content A method for distributing a digital motion picture to multiple theaters in a region via terrestrial wireless communication. The motion picture is divided into chunks, and the chunks are transmitted to particular initial seed theaters in the region. To facilitate the... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7971224 | Interactive television reception and transmitting processes and associated devices A method for activating several applications, where a received start up application determines whether a first application or a second application will be activated. The first application, which is received, along with the start up application, is activated if a fil... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7962947 | Content delivery proxy system and method A content delivery proxy system and method delivers content to an unsupported client device within a content delivery system by converting messages and data from the unsupported client device into content delivery system supported messages and data. Client log-in me... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7930624 | Editing time-based media with enhanced content Creation of a program with interactive content and time-based media would be improved by having several people working simultaneously on both the interactive content and the time-based media. The range of types of data that can be associated with the time-based medi... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7882533 | Digital television application protocol for interactive television A common communication language that can address all the applications running in a multitude of set top boxes (STBs) or client devices and application servers. The present invention, DATP protocol encapsulates a Meta language that provides a generic portable communi... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7873979 | Method and apparatus for javaTV xlets for analog broadcast channels One embodiment of the invention provides a method for receiving Java xlets including receiving an analog service identifier and utilizing the analog service identifier to perform a lookup into a lookup structure containing xlet addressing data. Xlet addressing data ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7844993 | Image processing apparatus, network system, and method of communication A plurality of image processing apparatuses and a management server are connected to an IP network. Upon receiving the IP address of an image processing apparatus, the management server assigns identification information corresponding to its IP address, for a predet... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7827583 | Web television having a two-way communication bus interconnecting a television controller and an internet module A web television includes a display, a tuner, an internet module, and a PIP module. The tuner is arranged to select television video for display on the display and to select television audio for display by a speaker of the web television. The internet module is arra... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7823181 | Web television having a two-way communication bus interconnecting a television controller and an internet module A web television includes a display, a tuner, an internet module, and a PIP module. The tuner is arranged to select television video for display on the display and to select television audio for display by a speaker of the web television. The internet module is arra... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7814523 | Apparatus and method for television viewer interest expression in advertiser goods and services A method for allowing television viewers to express their interest in goods or services advertised on television. The present invention is comprised of a Viewer Preference Program, a Viewer Interest Program, and a Viewer Expression Program. The Viewer Expression Pro... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7805746 | Optimized application on-the-wire format for construction, delivery and display of enhanced television content Enhanced television content is processed and displayed by the execution of computer-readable instructions formatted in a binary interchange format (BIF) of an enhanced television BIF (EBIF) application via user agent at a client by interpreting the computer-readable... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7797722 | System and method for content delivery Based on a user profile, content that is predicted to be desired by the user, including past episodes of a series that may have been missed by the user, is downloaded to the user's home system during periods of low bandwidth usage in the home system. A determination... | 09/14/2010 |
