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U.S. Senator Smith of Indiana ; After seeing Samuel Morse demonstrate the telegraph.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7813268 | Retry strategies for use in a streaming environment Strategies are described for performing retry analysis in an environment which involves the transmission of media information from a source module to a target module. In the context of the source module, the retry analysis determines whether the source module should... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7765305 | Retry request overload protection Retry request overload protection is described. A server system determines a client status based on retry requests received from the client. The client status may be used to determine whether to accept and/or process new retry requests received from the client and/o... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7701516 | Method and apparatus for selecting among multiple tuners A system or method selects among multiple tuners to tune a particular channel. A request is received to tune a first channel. In response to this request, a first tuner is assigned to tune the first channel. A request is received to tune a second channel. If the pro... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7644103 | MediaDescription data structures for carrying descriptive content metadata and content acquisition data in multimedia systems A MediaDescription data structure that includes both descriptive metadata, such as EPG information, about a multimedia content item and instructions for acquiring the content item is assigned to each multimedia content item in a multimedia system. A MediaDescription... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7634785 | DVR-based targeted advertising DVR-based targeted advertising is described. In an embodiment, a targeted advertisement system includes a DVR, an advertisement data store, and an advertisement manager. The DVR records media content, maintains the recorded media content for on-demand viewing, and p... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7277137 | Method and apparatus for selecting among multiple tuners A system or method selects among multiple tuners to tune a particular channel. A request is received to tune a first channel. In response to this request, a first tuner is assigned to tune the first channel. A request is received to tune a second channel. If the pro... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7278009 | Tiered sequential processing media data through multiple processor chains with longest path tier assignment of processors Tiered command distribution is described. In an embodiment, a pipeline architecture includes processor chains of data processors that process control events received from an application interface control. A tier assignment algorithm determines the longest path of da... | 10/02/2007 |
