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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6671876 | Monitoring of software operation for improving computer program performance The operation of software carrying out a computer program is monitored for determining which blocks of code are being run and which are inactive. Each block of code being monitored has a software probe inserted at the beginning of the block for detection ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6671877 | Method and device to calculate activity degrees of method programs To provide a method for calculating an activity degree of a method in order to effectively select a method for discarding a code. At a compilation time, a calling map concerning method calls which may happen in a method is generated and stored into a stor... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6671878 | Modulo scheduling via binary search for minimum acceptable initiation interval method and apparatus Disclosed herein is an instruction set scheduling system for scheduling instruction sets in a pipelined processing system. In particular, the scheduling system includes a binary search technique for ascertaining the minimum acceptable iteration interval a... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6671879 | Method and apparatus for pay-per-view system A method and system that provides a single multipurpose PPV channel that a subscriber tunes for all PPV services. From the subscriber's perspective, the program guide, previews, advertising, purchasing options, and showings of all PPV events occur on a si... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6671880 | Method and apparatus for customized rendering of commercials An entertainment system receives entertainment programming interposed with commercials. The entertainment system selectively renders the commercial in accordance with characteristics associated with a user of the entertainment programming. In one embodime... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6671881 | Conditional access filter as for a packet video signal inverse transport system Apparatus in a receiver, for processing transmitted entitlement control information, includes a packet transport processor for selecting signal packets having payloads containing a conditional access payload header and a remaining payload of entitlement d... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6671882 | System for distributing and handling electronic program guide information using CORBA-wrapped objects A translator for converting items of interactive program guide data to data structures that are more universal to handle with popular platforms, operating systems, tools, utilities and other hardware and software processors and resources. The invention us... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6671883 | Method and apparatus for lost connectivity recovery The method and device carry out communication between a settop box and a target network through nay of a number of head ends. When a connectivity between the settop box and the target network through a first head end is lost, a call is initiated over a wi... | 12/30/2003 |
