...that a workman who left the soap mixing machine on too long was responsible for making Ivory Soap? He was so embarrassed by his mistake that he threw the mess in a stream. Imagine his dismay when the evidence of his error floated to the surface! Result: Ivory soap, the soap that floats.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090249413 | VIDEO TRANSMISSION SYSTEM BASED ON LOCATION DATA AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH A video transmission system includes a transceiver module that receives location data from a remote device and that transmits a video signal to the remote device. A network module receives a video stream from a video source and that generates the video signal based on t... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090249424 | VIDEO TRANSMISSION SYSTEM WITH TIMING BASED ON A GLOBAL CLOCK AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH A video transmission system includes a network module that receives network global positioning system (GPS) signals and that transmits a video signal to a remote device that includes time stamps that are based on the network GPS data. A remote device receives the video ... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090249422 | VIDEO TRANSMISSION SYSTEM WITH AUTHENTICATION BASED ON A GLOBAL CLOCK AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH A video transmission system includes a network module that receives network timing data and that transmits a video signal to a remote device that includes authentication data that is based on the network timing data. A remote device receives the video signal and that au... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090247173 | CHANNEL FREQUENCY REUSE FOR NARROW BEAM VIDEO STREAMING BASED UPON MOBILE TERMINAL LOCATION INFORMATION Transmitting streamed video to at least one wireless terminal by a wireless network having a channel frequency reuse pattern. The wireless network receives a request for the streamed video from the at least one wireless terminal and receives position information from th... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090249406 | MOBILE VIDEO DEVICE WITH ENHANCED VIDEO NAVIGATION A mobile video device includes a receiver that receives a plurality of video signals from a network. A a video playback module includes a memory that stores selected ones of the plurality of video signals as a plurality of stored video files, a processing module that ge... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090249405 | VIDEO TRANSMISSION SYSTEM WITH EDGE DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING VIDEO STREAMS BASED ON DEVICE PARAMETERS AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH A video transmission system includes a transceiver module that receives a device parameter from a remote device and that transmits a video signal to the remote device. An edge device receives a video stream from a video source and that generates the video signal by adju... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090217338 | RECEPTION VERIFICATION/NON-RECEPTION VERIFICATION OF BASE/ENHANCEMENT VIDEO LAYERS Operating a source device to transport video data to a destination device. The source device and destination device establish both a reception verified communication link and a non-reception verified communication link. The source device encodes the video data into a pl... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090175358 | VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM AND TRANSCODER FOR USE WITH LAYERED VIDEO CODING AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH A video processing system includes a video transcoder that receives a independent video layer stream and a first dependent video layer stream that requires the independent video layer for decoding, the video transcoder generating a transcoded video signal based at least... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090175329 | VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR SCRAMBLING LAYERED VIDEO STREAMS AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH A video processing system includes a video encoder that encodes a video stream into an independent video layer stream and a first dependent video layer stream that requires the independent video layer for decoding. A scrambling module scrambles the independent video lay... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090168896 | MOBILE VIDEO DEVICE FOR USE WITH LAYERED VIDEO CODING AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH A mobile video device includes a transceiver module that receives an independent video layer stream and at least one dependent video layer streams that require the independent video layer for decoding. A decoder module produces a decoded video signal from at least one s... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090161794 | CHANNEL ADAPTIVE VIDEO TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR USE WITH LAYERED VIDEO CODING AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH A video transmission system includes a transceiver module that transmits a video signal to a remote device over at least one RF communications channel wherein the video signal is transmitted as at least one separate video layer stream chosen from, an independent video l... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090161760 | VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH LAYERED VIDEO CODING AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH A video processing system includes a video encoder that encodes a video stream into a independent video layer stream and a first dependent video layer stream based on a motion vector data or grayscale and color data.... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090161755 | DEVICE ADAPTIVE VIDEO TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR USE WITH LAYERED VIDEO CODING AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH A video transmission system includes a transceiver module that receives a device parameter from a remote device and that transmits a video signal to the remote device, wherein the video signal is transmitted as at least one separate video layer stream chosen from, an in... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090154698 | VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR SCRAMBLING VIDEO STREAMS WITH DEPENDENT PORTIONS AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH A video processing system includes a video encoder that encodes a video signal into a contiguous video stream having an independent portion and a dependent portion that requires the independent portion for decoding. A scrambling module scrambles the contiguous video str... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090158365 | VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH USER CUSTOMIZED GRAPHICS FOR USE WITH LAYERED VIDEO CODING AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH A video processing device includes a user interface module that receives at least one user preference. A decoder module produces a decoded video signal from a basic video layer stream and at least one graphics layer streams based on the at least one user preference.... | 06/18/2009 |