Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8141117 | PC media center and extension device for interfacing with a personal video recorder through a home network A personal computer media center is connected to a media center extension and a personal video recorder (PVR) through a home network. The personal computer media center instructs the PVR through the home network to record a television broadcast. Subsequently, the pe... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136136 | Recording multi-stream interactive television Detailed herein is a technology which, among other things, allows recording and playback of multi-stream interactive television. In one approach to this technology, the service configuration for an interactive television feature is determined. Data describing this s... | 03/13/2012 |
| 7765235 | Systems and methods for resolving conflicts and managing system resources in multimedia delivery systems The invention manages resources and resolve conflicts when locally recording multimedia assets from a variety of sources in multimedia delivery systems. Local and system resources such as storage, tuners, and bandwidth are considered when alternative sources for ass... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7437053 | Digital video recorder, method of driving the video recorder and program A digital video recorder writes data on a selected one of a first storage medium and a second storage medium. The recorder includes an abnormal state detector for detecting any abnormal event that possibly occurs while the recorder is writing the data on the first s... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7398542 | Program recording and viewing reservation system and method thereof A method for reserving recording and viewing a broadcast program on a display screen includes the steps of extracting a broadcast program timetable; simultaneously displaying the broadcast program timetable and a viewing reservation timetable; waiting for a selectio... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7386874 | 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... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7370016 | Music distribution systems Music is blanket transmitted (for example, via satellite downlink transmission) to each customer's user station where selected music files are recorded. Customers preselect from a list of available music in advance using an interactive screen selector, and pay only ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367043 | System and method for generating metadata for programming events Metadata for a programming event may be generated by receiving descriptive information and timing information for the programming event and analyzing this information to determine category goodness of fit scores for the programming event corresponding to categories ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7356248 | Apparatus and method of reproducing subtitle recorded in digital versatile disk player In an apparatus and method of reproducing a subtitle recorded in a digital versatile disk player including a subtitle processing section for receiving, storing and reproducing multilingual subtitles, as well as video data and audio data of multiple titles which are ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350225 | System and related methods facilitating the rapid detection and acquisition of data channels in a cable modem using various modulation techniques A method is presented comprising tuning a receiver of a broadband signal to a channel within the broadband signal to receive information including one or more cable modem operating parameters, and updating one or more operating parameters of the cable modem in accor... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7320137 | Method and system for distributing personalized editions of media programs using bookmarks An editing device accesses a media program and a user of the editing device designates points of interest within the media program. Bookmarks are generated for the designated points of interest. The bookmarks are transmitted via a network from the editing device to ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7313807 | Television transmitter, television transmitting method, television receiver and television receiving method A TV transmitter, a TV transmitting—method, a TV receiver and a TV receiving method allowing users to find and choose desired programs through the use of a program guide displayed by graphical user interface (GUI). The TV transmitter comprises a signal generation ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313803 | Ratings control system with temporary override capability and store-recall feature A video signal processing system for producing an output signal suitable for coupling to a display device to produce a displayed image, the video processing system having a system which blocks viewing of programs which are broadcast with ratings or spending informat... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7293279 | Advanced set top terminal having a program pause feature with voice-to-text conversion A system for automatically pausing a video program in response to detection of the occurrence of a audio communications event or triggering event. In response to an incoming phone call, message, web page, or other communications information, the system pauses the vi... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292775 | Communicating program identifiers from a digital video recorder (DVR) to a set top box (STB) independent of when the STB demodulates the associated program data A digital video recorder (DVR) is disclosed for use with a monitor and a set top box (STB), the STB for demodulating program data from a program signal received over a communication channel and for generating a STB graphical user interface (GUI). The DVR comprises a... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7284258 | Apparatus and system for providing program-related information, and program-related information providing method A simple program-related information providing apparatus provides information related to a program to be broadcast to a user while the user is watching the program. The program-related information providing apparatus includes a first program-reserve-record setting s... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7271780 | Display device and system A display device, system, and method are provided. The display device has a communication interface adapted to communicate with an archival storage device, a content source adapted to acquire content in an acquisition form, a presentation system for presenting conte... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7263709 | System for displaying video data having a promotion module responsive to a viewer profile to entice a viewer to watch a premium content A video system has an input port to receive video data that includes a plurality of premium contents and has an output port to couple to a video display for displaying video data selected by a viewer. A preference engine is coupled to the input port and is configure... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7177881 | Network media channels Methods and apparatus for providing network media channels. In one implementation, a system for providing a network media channel includes: a network; a server connected to said network, wherein said server includes storage for storing media files, and a network med... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7140034 | Peripheral for portable viewing apparatus and broadcasting viewing system Broadcasting is received in a desk peripheral, to store coded video data in a memory card. A portable viewing apparatus decodes the coded video data stored in the memory card, to display video on a liquid crystal display panel. Channel selection information for rece... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134136 | Transmit device and method thereof, record/play device and method thereof as well as recording system and media A transmit device and method, a record/play device and method, a record system as well as a media allowing selection of the ideal record media by the receiver. The EPG data generator of a transmit device generates an EPG (Electronic Program Guide) showing the schedu... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7134134 | Electronic program guide hardware card An electronic program guide (EPG) hardware card is disclosed. The card is insertable into a television tuning device having EPG capability. A non-volatile memory, such as flash memory, is situated within a case of the hardware card, and has data stored thereon repre... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7124431 | Transmit device and method thereof, record/play device and method thereof as well as recording system and media A transmit device and method, a record/play device and method, a record system as well as a media allowing selection of the ideal record media by the receiver. The EPG data generator of a transmit device generates an EPG (Electronic Program Guide) showing the schedu... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7124432 | Transmit device and method thereof, record/play device and method thereof as well as recording system and media A transmit device and method, a record/play device and method, a record system as well as a media allowing selection of the ideal record media by the receiver. The EPG data generator of a transmit device generates an EPG (Electronic Program Guide) showing the schedu... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7120922 | Time-adaptive control of television viewing functionality A method for providing television functionality includes defining a time period, associating a user preference with the time period, providing a first result in accordance with the user preference if a request for television functionality is received during the defi... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7117524 | Transmit device and method thereof, record/play device and method thereof as well as recording system and media A transmit device and method, a record/play device and method, a record system as well as a media allowing selection of the ideal record media by the receiver. The EPG data generator of a transmit device generates an EPG (Electronic Program Guide) showing the schedu... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7100184 | Method and apparatus for rapid access of program guide information A method for rapidly accessing program guide information is described. The method includes displaying program guide information on a grid showing a channel axis and a time axis, with each program positioned at a location in the grid representing a channel of transmi... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7046303 | Digital broadcasting receiver operative for displaying picture characters in a non-central portion of a screen A CPU carries out such control as to display a received image on the whole of a screen even when a command to acquire program information is issued by a user. In the display of the received image on the whole of the screen in this case, an icon button meaning that a... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7027716 | Communicating between a digital video recorder (DVR) and a set top box (STB) to coordinate the display of a graphical user interface A digital video recorder (DVR) for use with a monitor and a set top box (STB) is disclosed. The STB demodulates program data from a program signal received over a communication channel and generates a STB graphical user interface (GUI). The DVR comprises a local mem... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7020892 | Time-shifted video signal processing A time-shifted video method has a real-time mode during which real-time video frames are delivered for display. In a time-shifted mode, time-shifted video frames are delivered for display. The time-shifted video frames are delayed relative to the real-time video fra... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6971119 | Method and apparatus for transmission, receipt, caching and display of one-way broadcast programming and data The present invention is a method and apparatus for transmitting, receiving, storing and displaying television program data. The method includes transmitting data including scheduled program data, program guide data, and cache program data. The method further includ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6968566 | Television guide system The invention relates to the generation of an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) from data transmitted to a receiver location. The EPG is generated from the data for display on a screen. The receiver of the data for the programs to be displayed and to which the EPG rela... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6951031 | Apparatus for and method of recording program information An apparatus for recording program information is provided with a program information obtaining device, a program guide providing device, a storing device, a reception contents recording device, a newest program information obtaining device, and a program informatio... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6944876 | “V-chip” preset criteria Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for allowing a user to supervise personal exposure to a program exhibited by a consumer electronics device, such as a television system. The consumer electronics device includes “V-chip” circuitry that analyzes a signa... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6937411 | Method, system, program, and storage cartridge for storing data in a storage medium Provided is a method, system, and program for storing data in a storage medium. A layout of a storage medium including a first and second user data sections is provided, wherein the first user data section comprises a faster access storage space than the second user... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6925509 | Outputting a packet of character data information of an electronic program guide compliant with IEEE 1394 standard to a printer independent of a vector font The present invention relates to an image printing apparatus for printing character data information of an electronic program guide added to externally inputted image information, comprising: an information processor comprising: demodulating/decoding means for detec... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6920641 | Transmit device and method thereof, record/play device and method thereof as well as recording system and media A transmit device and method, a record/play device and method, a record system as well as a media allowing selection of the ideal record media by the receiver. The EPG data generator of a transmit device generates an EPG (Electronic Program Guide) showing the schedu... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6901603 | Methods and apparatus for advanced recording options on a personal versatile recorder Advanced recording options are provided on a personal versatile recorder (PVR) or similar recording device. Television signals and associated electronic programming guide (EPG) data are received at a receiver (30). Recorded program material is stored in a sto... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6850693 | User interface for television schedule system Screen (10) for a user interface of a television schedule system and process consists of an array (24) of irregular cells (26), which vary in length, corresponding to different television program lengths of one half hour to one-and-one half hour... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6832385 | Television schedule system An electronic program guide displays televsion program listings in a time and channel guide format on a monitor screen. A cursor is provided for display on the monitor screen to selectively highlight one of the television program listings in the guide. Various guide... | 12/14/2004 |
