Television signal processing for dynamic recording or reproducing inventions 01/07

20070019924 - Automatic generation of a photo album: A method for producing a digital photo album includes selecting a plurality of digital images each characterized by a portrait format or a landscape format, providing a library of page layouts each comprising one or more image areas configured to receive digital images. Each of the image areas is characterized... Agent: Xin Wen

20070019925 - Systems, methods, and apparatus for trick mode: Presented herein are system(s), method(s), and apparatus for a trick mode. In one embodiment, there is presented a system for displaying video data. The system comprises a buffer and a first circuit. The storage receives a normal video stream. The first circuit generates a trick mode stream from the normal... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070019926 - display device and method for timer recording a broadcast program: A method of recording using a timer recording function in a display device is disclosed. More specifically, the display device receives an input data which is a user inputted instruction information for executing a timer recording function. Thereafter, the display device stores the instruction information which includes an instruction for... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070019930 - Image display device and method of recording broadcasting program: An image display device and a method of recording broadcasting program are provided. The image display device includes a signal processing unit receiving and processing a broadcasting signal, a storage unit storing the broadcasting signal, an outputting unit decoding and outputting the broadcasting signal, and a control unit analyzing PID... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070019928 - Image playback apparatus and playback method: When the recording format of an image recorded on a magnetic tape (709) is changed, a playback time period of an image signal by a REC review function is extended. Even when the recording format is changed during playback of an image signal by the REC review function, an image... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070019929 - Method for selectively reproducing title: A method and apparatus for reproducing titles are discussed. According to an embodiment, the method includes determining if at least one title satisfies a criterion, using an average length information of a plurality of titles recorded on a recoding medium; and reproducing the at least one title if the determining... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070019927 - Rewritable record carrier: The present application relates to a rewritable record carrier of a predetermined format storing one or more directories of user data in a predetermined data format. In particular, its invention relates to the storage of DVD-Video data on a Mount Rainier formatted optical disc, such as a DVD+RW disc. In... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070019931 - Systems and methods for re-synchronizing video and audio data: Systems and methods are provided for re-synchronizing video and audio data. The systems and methods compare a video count associated with a video jitter buffer with a predefined video count. A given audio silence period in audio data associated with an audio jitter buffer is adjusted in response to the... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070019932 - Digital photo album producing apparatus: The present application relates to a digital photo album producing apparatus which can produce the digital photo album file so that a player for a removable optical storage medium can decode and display the digital photo album file, and the index file so that the index file comprises still thumbnail... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070014532 - Decoder for a stationary switch machine: A method for controlling a model railroad stationary switch machine comprising sensing whether a train occupies a main track section near a track switch that connects between said main track section and at least two diverging track sections. An automatic switch control function for the track switch is inhibited in... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20070014531 - Method and system for providing instant reverse play: A method for displaying video data instantly in reverse order is disclosed. According to the method, a compressed audio and video (A/V) stream is received from a source. The compressed A/V stream is demultiplexed into an audio stream and a video stream. The video stream has a number of compressed... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070014534 - Image display device and image display method: An image display device and an image display method are provided. The image display device includes: a signal processing unit receiving and processing a broadcasting program; a storage unit storing the broadcasting program; an outputting unit decoding and outputting the broadcasting program; and a control unit controlling a progress bar... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070014533 - Program data recording method and apparatus: In order to make a recording mode in case of recording a broadcast program to be a mode which is easily used when reproducing, guide information of the broadcast program of the recorded channel is obtained in a case when a received broadcast program is recorded and a pointer is... Agent: William S. Frommer Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070014536 - Fm broadcast system competitive with satellite radio: A media broadcast and distribution system is disclosed which substitutes storage for communications, allowing more efficient use of scarce bandwidth resources. One embodiment allows a terrestrial FM broadcaster to offer a larger number of higher quality audio channels than current satellite radio services such as Sirius and XM Satellite Radio.... Agent: Martin E. Hellman

20070014535 - System and method for renting or purchasing digital media: A system for providing a selected digital medium to a customer on request. The selected digital medium has a selected title recorded thereon. The system includes a data storage device that stores a digital copy of available titles, a digital recording device, a blank digital media storage unit for storing... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20070014537 - Collecting and analyzing data from subject matter experts: Collecting content from subject matter experts. A knowledge base includes common content that can be used by SMEs to define a philosophy. A user interface present filtered portions of the common content and provides for direct entry. The content input by the SME is stored in the knowledge base. Individualized... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070014538 - Image data processing system, control apparatus, image converting program and method: An image data processing system comprises: a first storing unit that previously stores an apparatus information corresponding to an image recording apparatus; a determining unit that determines whether or not the apparatus information stored in the first storing unit is in a predetermined range of values; a notifying unit that... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070014540 - Audio recording apparatus, audio recording method and audio recording program: An audio recording apparatus sequentially records encoded data in an audio file of a predetermined format. In this case, the encoded data is generated by encoding audio. The audio recording apparatus subsequently generates, while the encoded data is being recorded in the audio file, a new audio file before the... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070014539 - Information processing apparatus, method for the same and information gathering system: Video data and audio data corresponding to a predetermined attribute is retrieved from the video data and the audio data, each of which is stored in association with an attribute, and the retrieved items of the video data and the audio data are listed in a form showing a correlation... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070014541 - Screen saving method of image apparatus: A screen saving method of an image apparatus is provided. The screen saving method includes playing back an audio signal, and displaying a screen saving image that includes audio playback data, according to the played back audio signal. The image apparatus includes a media playback unit, a display unit, and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070014542 - Electronic camera with classification of images according to image quality: The present invention relates to electronic cameras including solid state imaging devices. More particularly, the present invention relates to circuits and techniques for indication of the quality of recorded images. An electronic camera has a solid state imaging device, a memory for storage of images recorded with the imaging device,... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20070014543 - Image processing apparatus and control method therefor: In an image processing apparatus which can store a pickuped image file in a new folder, the user's convenience is improved, and the creation of unnecessary folders is suppressed. If a preset condition for the creation of a new folder is satisfied, a new folder is created when a next... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070014544 - Apparatus for reproducing data, method thereof, recording medium, apparatus for recording data and method thereof: An apparatus for reproducing data, method thereof, recording medium, apparatus for recording data and method thereof are disclosed, by which a seamless reproduction between a plurality of contents within the recording medium can be implemented. A method for reproducing a plurality of contents within a recording medium successively, the method... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070014545 - Rtp-formatted media clips: A transmitter (14) of audio, video, or other real-time information reads the information from a persistent store (22) in which the real-time information has been stored in the Real-time-Transport Protocol (“RTP”) format (FIG. 4). A receiver (18) receives the information from the channel (16) through which the transmitter (14) has... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20070014546 - Recording and reproducing apparatus with dubbing capability from magnetic tape to disc medium: A control unit determines whether a flag for instructing execution of finalize process is set. In the case where dubbing is automatically stopped under any of the conditions “no signal in predetermined period,” “TAPE-END” and “DISC-FULL,” the flag for instructing execution of finalize process is set and thus the control... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070014547 - Recording/reproducing device: A drop sensor detects a drop of a device. When the drop of the device is detected, a sub CPU allows a counter to count a drop time. When the device drops for a predetermined time or more, the sub CPU controls a regulator so that the regulator forcibly disconnects... Agent: Nath & Associates PLLC

20070014548 - Recording and playback system and methods regarding the same: A recording and playback system and methodology that plays video/audio content in appliances. According to the invention, backup/recovery system comprises a CD/DVD emulator, a converter and a display. The CD/DVD emulator is used for creating the video/audio content into an image. The converter is used for converting the image to... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070009225 - Recording medium editing apparatus based on content supply source: An editing apparatus wherein the editing of content is controlled according to its supply source. Identification information for identifying a content supply source is recorded in a recording medium in correspondence with the content supplied from the content supply source and recorded in the recording medium. When editing of the... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070009227 - Apparatus and method of processing an audio signal: In one embodiment, sample information and frame length information are obtained from the audio signal. The sample information indicates a total number of audio data samples for each channel in the audio signal, and the frame length information indicates a number of samples in a frame of each channel. It... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070009226 - Image recording apparatus for displaying state of operation by led and method for displaying the state of operation thereof: Provided is an image recording apparatus having a plurality of functions, including a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) for displaying an operational state of each of the plurality of functions; an LED controller for outputting to the plurality of LEDs a duty cycle for adjusting a brightness of the... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070009228 - Information processing device and method, program recording medium, program, and imaging device: The present invention relates to an information processing device and method, a program recording medium, a program, and an imaging device which enable different processing to be set easily and flexibly for different contents to be managed. An entry i in a content management file includes a pointer to a... Agent: William S Frommer Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070009229 - User interface for consumer electronic product: A channel list is generated based, for example, on tuning operations of a tuner of a television. An interface displays at least a portion of the channel list and allows for user-selection of a channel from the channel list so that the selected channel may be tuned.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070009230 - Content processing device, content processing method, and computer program: A list on which contents which can be reproduced and contents which cannot be reproduced under copyright management can be distinguished from each other is produced. A content processing apparatus 10 includes a first source ID list L indicating providing sources of contents whose reproduction is permitted, a content reproduction... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070009233 - Apparatus and method of processing an audio signal: In one embodiment, random access unit information is added to an audio signal including a plurality of random access units. Each random access unit includes a number of frames and at least one of the frames being a random access frame. Each random access frame is a frame encoded such... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070009232 - Information processing system, information processing method, computer program executed in information processing system: An information processing system includes a stream getting section for getting a data stream representing a content and a recording processing section for generating output control information and writing the data stream and the output control information on a medium. The output control information defines an appropriate output method, which... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (mei) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070009231 - Reproducing apparatus, method, method and program: The present invention relates to a playback apparatus, a playback method, and a program for the same that increase the level of convenience of a recording medium and thereby, for example, enable a user to perform playback control processing and the like more easily. An information acquisition unit 353 in... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070009234 - Using content identifiers to download cd-cover pictures to present audio content items: A method for displaying a pictorial item corresponding to an audio content item is provided. The method including: identifying one or more characteristics of the audio content item; searching a remote network (114) for the corresponding pictorial item based on the identified one or more characteristics; retrieving the corresponding pictorial... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070009235 - System and method for digital content retrieval: Flexibility with respect to access and enjoyment of time shifted content in a content distribution network is provided, especially with regard to content not present on a DVR. A DVR accesses a network storage device over a network for particular portions of content not available on the DVR and the... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070009236 - System for digital time shifting and method thereof: A multiplexed packetized data stream carrying real-time multimedia programs is received at a first hardware demultiplexer. Based on a user input, a video and timing portion of a program associated with the multiplexed packetized data stream can be stored for subsequent display. One type of subsequent display is time shifted... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20070009237 - Disc player: A disc player for playing files recorded on discs includes a skip list storage section, a registration section and a controller. The skip list storage section stores a skip list which includes information on a skip file which does not have to be played among files recorded on a mounted... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070009238 - Optical disc apparatus: In an optical disc apparatus, set-up items include an item named “feel difference in effect” which includes at least an item concerning a video adjusting function and an item concerning a sound effect generating function, and a system controller is provided that operates such that, when the video adjusting function... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070009239 - Recording medium, method of creating file of the recording medium, and method and apparatus for reproducing the same: A recording medium, a method of creating a file of the recording medium, and a method and apparatus for reproducing the same are disclosed, wherein position change and transition of random playback points among title recorded within the recording medium can be easily performed, thereby providing an apparatus having more... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070003212 - Reproduction control of reproduction apparatus based on remaining power of battery: A reproduction apparatus includes a prediction unit that predicts a reproducible time based on remaining power of a battery and a decision unit that decides whether the digital data selected by the user can be reproduced to the end or not based on the reproducible time, wherein when the digital... Agent: John J. Torrente Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.

20070003211 - Video system: A network node apparatus is disclosed for the capture, storage and replay of video data at separate respective nodes of a communications network arranged to operably couple the node apparatus. The node apparatus may include a video capture node operable to capture video data and to transmit captured data via... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Gilman & Berner, LLP

20070003213 - Method and apparatus for managing time information of broadcast streams: A method and apparatus for managing time information of broadcast streams are provided. The method includes: extracting time information from each of the respective input broadcast streams; setting the time information, extracted from an input broadcast stream that has been set in advance as a reference broadcast stream, as reference... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070003215 - Digital broadcasting receiving device and digital information receiving device, and playback method: Disclosed are a digital broadcasting receiving device and a digital information receiving device and a playback method configured such that in the case where digital information containing an audio stream is received, when an instruction of pause of looking and listening of the digital information is inputted, received digital information... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070003214 - Input apparatus, input method, input control program, reproduction apparatus, reproduction control method, and reproduction control program: An input apparatus that inputs a reproduction speed of a video signal is disclosed. The input apparatus has a position detection section and a control section. The position detection section linearly detects a position that a user's finger has touched. The control section outputs reproduction speed information corresponding to the... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070003217 - Broadcast transmitter, broadcast receiver, method of transmitting broadcast signal, and method of performing reservation-recording of broadcast signal: A broadcast transmitter, a broadcast receiver, a method of transmitting a broadcast signal in the broadcast transmitter, and a method of performing reservation-recording of the broadcast signal in the broadcast receiver are provided. The broadcast transmitter transmits broadcast content including reservation-recording information of future broadcast content to be broadcasted in... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070003216 - Information recording apparatus and information recording method: According to one embodiment, an information recording apparatus comprises a receiving unit which receives a broadcast content including a program, an acquisition unit which acquires program information from the received broadcast content, and a control unit which records the received broadcast content such that the content is classified in more... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070003218 - Reproduction apparatus and reproduction method of digital video signal or audio signal: A reproduction method and apparatus for reproducing video data and/or audio data from a recordable medium having video data and/or audio data recorded thereon. The video data and/or audio data is generated by superimposing information concerning an attribute of a video signal and/or an audio signal on a signal of... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070003234 - Apparatus for recording and reproducing digital image and speech: An imaging apparatus and method includes an input device to which image data is inputted, a recorder which records the inputted image data into a recording medium, an eraser which erases the recorded image data in the recording medium, a protector which protects from an erasure setting so as to... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070003226 - Audio/image playback apparatus and operation control method: According to one embodiment, an audio/image playback apparatus includes a storage unit which stores audio/image data containing encoded image data and encoded audio data, a separation unit which separates the image data and the audio data contained in the audio/image data, a first data processing unit which decodes the separated... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070003229 - Content recording apparatus, content reproducing apparatus, and method for recording parameter information: A recording apparatus records video data in an SD memory card in which a parameter information file is pre-recorded, the parameter information file containing a codec for videos that can be reproduced by a predetermined motion picture reproducing apparatus and recording parameter information on the codec. The recording apparatus includes... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070003230 - Image display device and recording medium reproducing apparatus and recording medium reproducing method: An image display device includes: a tuner for receiving a broadcasting signal; a control unit for setting an OSD language or a caption language by extracting language information from the received image display device, and outputting the received broadcasting signal and multimedia data inputted from an external device; a storage... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070003225 - Method and apparatus for recording information and playback information: To provide an information recording/playback apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention has a function of writing and reading in/from a recording medium with a data structure configured to include a main first management information group and a subsidiary second management information group, a function of checking whether management... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070003222 - Printing based on motion picture: A technology is provided by which images can be specified in a moving picture and printed easily. First, a plurality of first still images are displayed on a display unit based on a plurality of images which are to be displayed at mutually differing times in a single moving picture.... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070003231 - Recording medium capable of interactive reproducing and reproduction system for the same: On an optical disk, video object sets (VTST_VOBS) to be reproduced and video title set information (VTSI) serving as management information on the video object sets have been stored. In each video object set (VTST_VOBS), many data cells, each containing video, audio, and sub-picture data, are arranged. Management information on... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070003232 - Recording medium capable of interactive reproducing and reproduction system for the same: On an optical disk, video object sets (VTST_VOBS) to be reproduced and video title set information (VTSI) serving as management information on the video object sets have been stored. In each video object set (VTST_VOBS), many data cells, each containing video, audio, and sub-picture data, are arranged. Management information on... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070003233 - Recording medium capable of interactive reproducing and reproduction system for the same: On an optical disk, video object sets (VTST_VOBS) to be reproduced and video title set information (VTSI) serving as management information on the video object sets have been stored. In each video object set (VTST_VOBS), many data cells, each containing video, audio, and sub-picture data, are arranged. Management information on... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070003235 - Recording medium capable of interactive reproducing and reproduction system for the same: On an optical disk, video object sets (VTST_VOBS) to be reproduced and video title set information (VTSI) serving as management information on the video object sets have been stored. In each video object set (VTST_VOBS), many data cells, each containing video, audio, and sub-picture data, are arranged. Management information on... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070003236 - Recording medium capable of interactive reproducing and reproduction system for the same: On an optical disk, video object sets (VTST_VOBS) to be reproduced and video title set information (VTSI) serving as management information on the video object sets have been stored. In each video object set (VTST_VOBS), many data cells, each containing video, audio, and sub-picture data, are arranged. Management information on... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070003237 - Recording medium capable of interactive reproducing and reproduction system for the same: On an optical disk, video object sets (VTST_VOBS) to be reproduced and video title set information (VTSI) serving as management information on the video object sets have been stored. In each video object set (VTST_VOBS), many data cells, each containing video, audio, and sub-picture data, are arranged. Management information on... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070003238 - Recording medium capable of interactive reproducing and reproduction system for the same: On an optical disk, video object sets (VTST_VOBS) to be reproduced and video title set information (VTSI) serving as management information on the video object sets have been stored. In each video object set (VTST_VOBS), many data cells, each containing video, audio, and sub-picture data, are arranged. Management information on... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070003239 - Recording medium capable of interactive reproducing and reproduction system for the same: On an optical disk, video object sets (VTST_VOBS) to be reproduced and video title set information (VTSI) serving as management information on the video object sets have been stored. In each video object set (VTST_VOBS), many data cells, each containing video, audio, and sub-picture data, are arranged. Management information on... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070003240 - Recording medium capable of interactive reproducing and reproduction system for the same: On an optical disk, video object sets (VTST_VOBS) to be reproduced and video title set information (VTSI) serving as management information on the video object sets have been stored. In each video object set (VTST_VOBS), many data cells, each containing video, audio, and sub-picture data, are arranged. Management information on... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070003241 - Recording medium capable of interactive reproducing and reproduction system for the same: On an optical disk, video object sets (VTST_VOBS) to be reproduced and video title set information (VTSI) serving as management information on the video object sets have been stored. In each video object set (VTST_VOBS), many data cells, each containing video, audio, and sub-picture data, are arranged. Management information on... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070003242 - Recording medium capable of interactive reproducing and reproduction system for the same: On an optical disk, video object sets (VTST_VOBS) to be reproduced and video title set information (VTSI) serving as management information on the video object sets have been stored. In each video object set (VTST_VOBS), many data cells, each containing video, audio, and sub-picture data, are arranged. Management information on... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070003243 - Recording medium capable of interactive reproducing and reproduction system for the same: On an optical disk, video object sets (VTST_VOBS) to be reproduced and video title set information (VTSI) serving as management information on the video object sets have been stored. In each video object set (VTST_VOBS), many data cells, each containing video, audio, and sub-picture data, are arranged. Management information on... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070003244 - Recording medium capable of interactive reproducing and reproduction system for the same: On an optical disk, video object sets (VTST_VOBS) to be reproduced and video title set information (VTSI) serving as management information on the video object sets have been stored. In each video object set (VTST_VOBS), many data cells, each containing video, audio, and sub-picture data, are arranged. Management information on... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070003245 - Recording medium capable of interactive reproducing and reproduction system for the same: On an optical disk, video object sets (VTST_VOBS) to be reproduced and video title set information (VTSI) serving as management information on the video object sets have been stored. In each video object set (VTST_VOBS), many data cells, each containing video, audio, and sub-picture data, are arranged. Management information on... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070003246 - Recording medium capable of interactive reproducing and reproduction system for the same: On an optical disk, video object sets (VTST_VOBS) to be reproduced and video title set information (VTSI) serving as management information on the video object sets have been stored. In each video object set (VTST_VOBS), many data cells, each containing video, audio, and sub-picture data, are arranged. Management information on... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070003247 - Recording medium capable of interactive reproducing and reproduction system for the same: On an optical disk, video object sets (VTST_VOBS) to be reproduced and video title set information (VTSI) serving as management information on the video object sets have been stored. In each video object set (VTST_VOBS), many data cells, each containing video, audio, and sub-picture data, are arranged. Management information on... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070003248 - Recording medium capable of interactive reproducing and reproduction system for the same: On an optical disk, video object sets (VTST_VOBS) to be reproduced and video title set information (VTSI) serving as management information on the video object sets have been stored. In each video object set (VTST_VOBS), many data cells, each containing video, audio, and sub-picture data, are arranged. Management information on... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070003249 - Recording medium capable of interactive reproducing and reproduction system for the same: On an optical disk, video object sets (VTST_VOBS) to be reproduced and video title set information (VTSI) serving as management information on the video object sets have been stored. In each video object set (VTST_VOBS), many data cells, each containing video, audio, and sub-picture data, are arranged. Management information on... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070003250 - Recording medium capable of interactive reproducing and reproduction system for the same: On an optical disk, video object sets (VTST_VOBS) to be reproduced and video title set information (VTSI) serving as management information on the video object sets have been stored. In each video object set (VTST_VOBS), many data cells, each containing video, audio, and sub-picture data, are arranged. Management information on... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070003219 - Recording medium, reproducing apparatus, recording method, reproducing program, and reproducing method: An AVClip, and a PLMark specifying a playback start position in the AVCLip, are recorded on a BD-ROM. A cue-up operation for choosing a playback start position in the AVClip is performed by three types of instructions, namely a user-skip operation, a chapter search operation, and a Link command. Among... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.

20070003221 - Reproducing device, reproducing method, reproducing program and recording medium: For a BD-ROM, a picture-in-picture function and a wallpaper display function are accomplished. A second video plane 50 for displaying a moving picture is added to planes 10, 11, and 12 for displaying a moving picture, a subtitle, and graphics, respectively. One of the outputs of the second video plane... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070003220 - Reproduction device, system integration circuit, program, reproduction method, and information recording medium: A playback apparatus that plays back a plurality of AV Clips recorded on a BD-ROM. The playback apparatus judges whether there is a playback control that becomes enabled or disabled when a current playback point of the digital stream reaches a predetermined point in a playback timeline. When there is... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.

20070003224 - Screen management system for media player: A screen management system for a media player allows a viewing area of the media player to be docked in an area of the screen and undocked from a docked position. When docked, the viewing area can be moved and/or resized so that the viewing area takes up a different... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070003223 - User initiated access to secondary content from primary video/audio content: Embodiments of the invention allow viewers of video content to access more information about specific items in a video segment are disclosed. The video content can be movies, video advertisements, TV programs, instructional videos, home videos, surveillance videos, or other video content. The embodiments pertain to content distributed by a... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070003227 - Video display processing apparatus and method of checking recording/reproducing device provided in the video display processing apparatus: There are provided a reception section, a signal processing section, a display section, a recording/reproducing device, a checking section which subjects the recording/reproducing device to a check processing regarding factors, a management section which causes the recording/reproducing device to start recording/reproducing information or readies the recording/reproducing device to start recording/reproducing... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070003228 - Video image recording/playback apparatus: To provide a video image recording/playback apparatus configured to change a SKIN design interlocking with setting and states of an apparatus, and a method of changing an image pattern display, having a signal processor which superposes a signal of image pattern peculiar to an application and user interface on a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070003253 - Information playback apparatus and information playback method: According to the embodiment, an information playback apparatus comprises input units to which a plurality of streams each including video and audio are inputted, a selection unit which selects a predetermined stream from the plurality of inputted streams, and a synchronous playback unit which, by using an audio playback time... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070003251 - Multimedia data reproducing apparatus, audio data receiving method and audio data structure therein: Provided are a multimedia data decoding apparatus, a method of receiving audio data using an HTTP protocol and an audio data structure used for the apparatus and method. The multimedia data reproducing apparatus comprises a decoder receiving AV data, decoding the AV data, and reproducing the AV data in synchronization... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070003252 - Projecting device capable of synchronously encoding images and sounds into an audio/video synchronous play file: A projecting device capable of synchronously encoding images and sounds into an AV play file includes a receiving unit, a first processing unit, a projecting unit, a sound-recording unit, a second processing unit and an AV encoding unit. The receiving unit receives and outputs a first video signal. The first... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070003254 - Interactive communication apparatus and status signaling method: An interactive communication apparatus is disclosed which has a video signal obtained by an image pickup device performing an image pickup activity and which has the obtained video signal sent to another apparatus through a communication section while causing a display section to display an image based on a video... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070003255 - Apparatus and method for converting output picture: A method of converting an output picture, useable by a digital versatile disk (DVD) player connected to a digital television via a communication cable includes receiving output picture conversion information after data communication with the digital television commences; transmitting predetermined image picture information to the digital television while an output... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070003256 - Reproducing apparatus: A reproducing apparatus includes: a reproducing unit for reproducing, from a recording medium on which main image for normal reproduction data and specific reproduction image data made up of a plurality of blocks each including first data and second data are recorded, the main image data and the specific reproduction... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070003257 - Recordable dvd structure: A structure of a recordable DVD disc is disclosed that will allow a second session to be recorded and accessed by DVD players that do not recognize multisession media by modifying the Extent Location in the Extent Descriptor of the Main Volume Descriptor Sequence Extent field in the Anchor Volume... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff