Television signal processing for dynamic recording or reproducing inventions 08/07

20070201812 - Recording and reproducing apparatus and recording and reproducing method: A recording and reproducing apparatus which records and reproduces data with respect to a plurality of recording media includes a display unit for simultaneously displaying, on a display screen having a display area for each recording medium, data recorded onto recording media in corresponding display areas, a selection unit for... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070201813 - Video reproducing apparatus and video reproducing method: A video reproducing apparatus includes, a video decoding unit that decodes the input video data, determines, on the basis of image management information included in the video data, whether or not the video data is video data to which a film grain is to be added, and adds, when the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070201818 - Method and apparatus for searching for frame of moving picture using key frame: A method and apparatus for searching for a frame of a moving picture are provided. The method includes setting a start position for searching, searching bidirectionally for key frames starting at the start position; decoding the searched key frames, and displaying the decoded key frames on multiple screens, wherein the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070201823 - Broadcast program recorder, method of displaying status thereof, and method of managing the broadcast program recorder: Provided are a broadcast program recorder, a method of displaying a status of the broadcast program recorder, and a method of managing the broadcast program recorder by checking a remaining storage space of a storage medium, displaying a usage status of the storage medium to a user, and managing stored... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070201826 - Broadcast recording apparatus and broadcast recording method: According to one embodiment, a broadcast recording apparatus includes a tuner unit that receives a broadcast signal, demodulates the received signal, and outputs a program signal of a program, a recording unit that records the program signal outputted by the tuner unit, a reservation setting unit that sets reservation information... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070201827 - Recording/reproducing apparatus: The dead storage of recorded programs stored in a storage device of a recording/reproducing apparatus is minimized to achieve an effective use of the recorded programs. At power-on, the recording/reproducing apparatus endlessly reproduces the recorded programs from an HDD till power-off, as giving priority to the control of video recording... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070201821 - Terminal device: A terminal device determines whether a clock is a secure clock or a self-running clock. If the clock is the self-running clock, the device stores a clocking time of the clock as a timestamp file in a memory card in recording content. In playing back the content, the device determines... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070201833 - Interface for defining aperture: Techniques are described for creating and storing data describing a pixel aspect ratio and specifications of the clean aperture of video data. This data may be used to determine parameters of one or more modes of display which may be selected for an individual track based upon the rendering intent,... Agent: Hickman Palermo Troung & Becker LLP And Apple Inc.

20070201837 - Image playback method, music processing method, image playback apparatus, and computer program product: An image playback method that performs a sequential display of a plurality of image data including a moving image stored in a memory unit while each being switched at predetermined time intervals, includes converting a format of moving image data for the sequential display into a predetermined format for the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070201811 - Disc allocation/scheduling for layered video: A method and apparatus for recording a data stream having a base stream and an enhancement stream on a storage medium for improving non-linear playback performance of the recorded data is disclosed. The data stream is received and I-pictures from the base stream are stored in a first buffer. All... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070201815 - Digital video editing system: A digital video editing and playback system and methods of editing and playing back digital video are provided. The system includes a video processor adapted to receive video segments from multiple sources. The video segments include synchronization information. The video processor includes software instructions adapted to be executed by the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070201816 - Editing device and method, program, and recording medium: An editing device for replicating and editing data is disclosed. The device includes a replication destination information display controlling unit displaying files and directories of a recording medium as a replication destination of the data in the figure on a display unit so that a user can intuitively know data... Agent: William S. Frommer, Esq. Frommer Lawrence & Haugh LLP

20070201814 - High speed dubbing apparatus: A high speed dubbing apparatus includes: a read section (20) for reading a bit stream conforming to a DVD-VR standard from a first storage device (10), and outputting the bit stream; a first buffer (30) for storing an output from the read section (20) and outputting a bit stream; a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070201819 - Apparatus and method for variable speed playback of digital broadcasting stream: An apparatus and a method for controlling high-speed variable speed playback of digital broadcasting streams in a digital broadcasting receiver are disclosed that include a frame information table including a position information value of an I-frame stored in advance when digital broadcasting streams are recorded, and frames are scanned by... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070201817 - Method and system for playing back videos at speeds adapted to content: A method plays back a video at speeds adapted to content of the video. A video is partitioned into summary segments and skipped segments. The summary segments are played back sequentially at a normal play back speed, and the skipped segments are played back at varying speeds corresponding to a... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20070201825 - Method for time shift and television receiver: Provided are a method for time shift and a television receiver capable of preventing storage of a broadcasting stream by clearing a buffer when a broadcasting stream is not buffered for longer than a predetermined time during a time shifting operation. In the time shift method, a received broadcasting stream... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070201822 - Recommended program extracting apparatus and recommended program extracting method: A recommended program extracting apparatus that finds a number of a program(s) for each component (such as DRAMA or VARIETY) of the genre, the program(s) being included in the record history information (S103 and S104), determines a number of an assigned program(s) regarding a recommended program(s) for each component of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070201820 - Television broadcasting receiving device, television broadcasting receiving method, and television broadcasting receiving program: A user can set reproduction of data broadcasting to ON and OFF by operating a remote control. When the reproduction of the data broadcasting is set to OFF, a disabling flag is set to ON. An NVRAM in a television receiver stores a disabling flag indicating whether or not the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070201824 - Tv broadcast viewing and recording system: A TV broadcast viewing and recording system, which can enhance viewing efficiency for each user to view TV programs even though several users use the system. The TV broadcast viewing and recording system (1) comprises a TV receiver (2), a recorder (3), and a camera (4) which takes an image... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070201831 - Method and apparatus for reproducing/recording a text subtitle stream: In one embodiment, a method of reproducing text subtitle streams. The method includes receiving at least one text subtitle stream from an external source. Each text subtitle stream including a style segment defining a group of region styles and a plurality of presentation segments. Each presentation segment having at least... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070201828 - Method and device for generating a menu: The invention relates to method and device for generating a menu for video recording, and to recording medium carrying such menu; wherein the menu is coded according to an MPEG like standard, and a menu is divided into an I-picture for the menu background and a P-picture for only the... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070201832 - Recording apparatus, recording method, program for recording method, recording medium recording program for recording method, reproducing apparatus, reproduction method, program for reproduction method, and recording medium recording program for reproduct: A recording apparatus which may include a moving-picture recording control device configured to record a moving picture as a moving picture file into a recording medium, a representative image creating device configured to create a representative image creating a predetermined group of frame images forming the moving picture, and a... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070201829 - System and method of providing advertisements during dvd playback: A method wherein contents of DVDs may be restricted based upon purchased certificates is provided. The certificates allow for secured information on playback. Specifically, whenever a DVD is to be played, a certificate is consulted to determine whether the content of the DVD should be played with or without commercial... Agent: Ibm Corporation (ve) C/o Volel Emile

20070201830 - Systems and methods for production, delivery, recording, and viewing of video and similar content primarily intended to be viewed in step-frame/frame-advance mode: Systems and methods are disclosed for processing a video data streams having an input adapted for receiving and processing the video signal and rendering an output signal in a digital format, detecting a particular code within an individual frame of the processed signal that identifies the type of frame that... Agent: Heller Ehrman LLP

20070201835 - Audio encoding to convey auxiliary information, and media embodying same: Methods of processing audio to convey auxiliary information hidden therein are provided. Various arrangements are disclosed. One alters data representing audio to include a sequence of bits of auxiliary information. The altering is based on a pseudo random carrier signal and corresponding to the sequence of bits, and is based... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20070201836 - Hard disc recorder: In a hard disc recorder (1) which transits to sleep mode so as to reduce electric power consumption when it is not used by a user in a predetermined term, an imaging unit (9) takes images in an imaging area in front of the hard disc recorder (1) at a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070201834 - Information playback apparatus and information playback method: It is an object of the invention to play back presentation data even when an abnormality has occurred in playback control data. An information playback apparatus 1 for playing back contents formed by including titles #1, #2 . . . having a plurality of files and playback control data Dvtsi... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070201838 - Recording and reproducing apparatus: In the recording and reproducing apparatus, managing information and recovering data for a TS packet is inserted in the TS packet of a recording-target transport stream, and the TS packet is recorded on a recording medium. At the time of reproducing action performed after recording halt processing is not properly... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070201839 - Image recording apparatus and image displaying method: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an image recording apparatus configured to display an identification image of a moving image recorded on a recording medium and to display a moving image corresponding to a specified identification image. If the specified identification image corresponds to a moving image encoded... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070201841 - Liquid crystal television receiver: Depending on whether or not a disk device is mounted, a space produced in a liquid crystal television receiver is effectively used. Mounting holes for fixing a power substrate 12 to an LCD cover 8 are formed to the same size as mounting holes formed in an MPEG substrate 10... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070201840 - Hard disc recorder: A hard disc recorder (1) comprises an imaging unit (8) that takes an image of a predetermined imaging area in front of the hard disc recorder (1), a user identification unit (3a) that calculates a feature quantity of a user who operates the hard disc recorder based on image data... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070196073 - Information reproducing system using information storage medium: According to one embodiment, there is provided an information reproducing method. The method includes, from an information storage medium storing stream data having a plurality of advanced packs each including a resource file and an advanced ID to identify the resource file, acquiring respective advanced IDs, identifying respective resource files... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070196077 - Apparatus and method for synchronizing reproduction time of time-shifted content with reproduction time of real-time content: An apparatus and method are provided for synchronizing a reproduction time of a time-shifted content with a reproduction time of a real-time content. The apparatus includes a tuner/demodulator which tunes broadcasting signals and demodulates the tuned digital broadcasting signals so as to output the broadcasting signals in forms of transport... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070196076 - Method, system, and medium for providing broadcasting service using home server and mobile phone: A method, system, and medium of providing various types of broadcast services such as a record, a summary, a navigation and a real-time event service with respect to a broadcast content, utilizing a home server, according to a user's request. A broadcast service providing method includes: storing broadcast summary data,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070196074 - System and method for routing media: The system and method for streaming media to a viewer and managing the media comprises an enhanced service routing processor (ESRP), a real time switch management system (RTSMS), a name routing processor (NRP), and a managed media switch (MMS). The RTSMS has a reservation system. The ESRP receives media from... Agent: Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus PC

20070196075 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and recording medium: The present invention comprises an input part for inputting image data, a receiving part for receiving production information relating to production transmitted from another apparatus, a recording part for recording the production information received by the receiving part and image data input by the input part, a detection part for... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070196078 - Portable information terminal apparatus, information processing method, computer-program storage medium, and computer-program: A portable information terminal apparatus connected to a recording/reproducing apparatus, including a first generating element for generating a first signal for causing the recording/reproducing apparatus to acquire program information about a program, the generation of the first signal being based on an operation performed by a user, a first transmitting... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070196079 - Method for managing recording and reproduction of multi-dubbed audio stream: A method and recording medium for managing an A/V stream are discussed. According to an embodiment, the method includes a method for managing a main Audio/Video (A/V) stream on a recording medium, the method comprising: providing a first playlist on the recording medium that links the main A/V stream with... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070196080 - Information storage medium, information reproducing apparatus, and information reproducing method: According to one embodiment, an information storage medium, and the program comprises referring to a manifest from a playlist that manages playback presentation of a playback presentation object, referring to one of a markup and a script from the manifest, monitoring defining of a name corresponding to an event in... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070189714 - Display device for recording a broadcast program and the method thereof: a display device for recording broadcast program and the method thereof is disclosed. The present invention includes a display device for recording a program comprising a receiver for receiving a broadcast program and a program guide information, a recorder for recording the broadcast program, a memory for saving a recording... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070189721 - Image reproducing apparatus and control method therefor: An image reproducing apparatus which reproduces image files stored in a recording medium, comprising: a retrieving unit adapted to separately retrieve for a first image group recorded in accordance with a first file rule and a second image group nonconforming to the first file rule; a determination unit adapted to... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070189723 - Television broadcast receiving/recording device: Disclosed is a television broadcast receiving/recording device that receives a digital broadcast signal or an analogue broadcast signal, and outputs and records a video/audio signal of a selected channel, including a recording section to record predetermined type digital data including video data and audio data generated based on a received... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070189717 - Video playback apparatus and method for controlling the same: The video playback apparatus includes: a video data processor for simultaneously and asynchronously reproducing a main-video stream and a sub-video stream, and controlling position- and size-information of a corresponding display window; and a video output controller, if one of the main- and sub-video streams reproduced by the video data processor... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070189719 - Video reproducing apparatus, data structure of bookmark data, storage medium storing bookmark data, and method of generating bookmark data cross-reference to related applications: According to one embodiment, a video reproducing apparatus generates bookmark data and stores it in a hard disk drive or the like. The bookmark data has first restoration information for restoring the reproduction status when video contents were reproduced using moving image/sound data contained in video content data for reproducing... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070189726 - Recording and reproducing device, recording and reproducing method, and vehicle-mounted recording and reproducing device: A reading unit reads sound signals recorded in a recording medium. A buffer unit temporarily stores the sound signals which is read by the reading unit. A recording unit records the sound signal which is temporarily stored in the buffer unit. A reproducing unit reproduces the sound signals which is... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070189708 - Browser based multi-clip video editing: Embodiments of the present invention provide a manipulation facility within a browser environment. Without limitation, the clip may be a video clip. An editing tool may be adapted to associate a first and second clip in association with the manipulation facility.... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutdliffe, LLP

20070189709 - Video editing system: A nonlinear editing server 1 receives video editing information, which is then analyzed by an audio/video (AV) data managing unit 14. In accordance with the analyzed video editing information, AV data specified in the video editing information is read and sent to at least one of decoders 121 and 122... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20070189710 - Content substitution editor: In accordance with certain embodiments consistent with the present invention, a method providing alternate digital audio and video content in a segment of content containing compressed primary audio and encoded primary video involves inserting blank audio in an alternate audio track between segments of alternate audio; inserting black video in... Agent: Miller Patent Services

20070189712 - Broadcast program recording/reproducing device and broadcast program recording/reproducing method: A broadcast program recording/reproducing device is provided that is capable of continuously reproducing a program recorded so as to be distributed between a plurality of devices. A reception level detection unit (105) detects the reception level of the received broadcast electric wave. When the reception level is equal to or... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070189711 - Device and method for data exchange between content recording device and portable communication device: A content recording device includes a wireless communication interface that is capable of communicating with a portable communication device. A portable communication device includes an application program for data exchange with and controlling a content recording device. The portable communication device is capable of controlling the content recording device, and... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070189713 - Digital multimedia reproducing apparatus and method of providing digital multimedia broadcasting in the digital multimedia reproducing apparatus: A digital multimedia reproducing apparatus capable of receiving and providing digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) in addition to reproducing moving pictures and music, and a DMB providing method performed in the digital multimedia reproducing apparatus, the digital multimedia reproducing apparatus including: a tuner unit to receive a digital broadcasting signal via... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070189715 - Recording methods and systems for rewritable optical disk: Recording methods and systems for a rewritable optical disk which is not formatted. Multimedia data is first written to a data area of a rewritable optical disk after receipt of a record command. Management data corresponding to the multimedia data is then written or modified to a management data area... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070189720 - Content playback apparatus, content playback method and storage medium: A content playback apparatus includes: a display section that displays a plurality of indicators associated with a plurality of pieces of content, and a specifier to be used to specify one of the indicators; a playback section that plays back the piece of content associated with the indicator specified by... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070189716 - Disk device, control circuit, disk controlling method, and command controlling method: A multiplexing specification command that includes information indicative of a method of multiplexing and a degree of multiplexing is stored in a command register. Multiplexing of data is performed based on the method of multiplexing and the degree of multiplexing set in the multiplexing specification command. The method of multiplexing... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070189722 - Reproducing apparatus, reproducing method, reproducing program, and recording medium: For a large capacity recording medium, a user interface having high flexibility and enriched representation is accomplished. A flag that represents whether a play item has a multiple angle structure of which the play item is reproduced with a plurality of angles is described. In addition, a flag that represents... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070189718 - Reproduction device and reproduction method, program and program storage medium, data distribution system, data structure, and method for manufacturing recording medium: The present invention relates to a reproducing apparatus, a reproducing method, a program, a program storage medium, a data delivery system, a data structure, and a manufacturing method of a recording medium for easily handling a content file recorded on a disk and an update file recorded on a local... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070189725 - Context dependent multi-angle navigation technique for digital versatile discs: Selection of an audio-visual stream from among a plurality of streams occurs by first detecting a navigation packet within at least one stream that provides information concerning the stream, as well as those streams in lie in synchronism therewith. From the navigation packet, a determination is made which other streams... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070189727 - Reproducing apparatus, reproducing method, reproducing program, and recording medium: For a large capacity recording medium, a user interface having high flexibility and enriched representation is accomplished. A flag that represents whether a play item has a multiple angle structure of which the play item is reproduced with a plurality of angles is described. In addition, a flag that represents... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070189724 - Subtitle translation engine: A subtitle translation engine (20) for translating subtitle content from a video source to another language, the engine (20) comprising: a subtitle extractor (21) for extracting subtitle content in a first language from the video source; and a translation module (22) for translating words of the extracted subtitle content in... Agent: Creative Labs, Inc. Legal Department

20070189731 - Digital camera having plurality of image recording media and control method for the same: A digital camera is disclosed which has a first recording medium for recording captured images and a second recording medium, different from the first recording medium, for recording images obtained after editing the captured images. Since the edited images are recorded on the second recording medium, it is easy to... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20070189729 - Image processing apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium and program used therewith: An image processing apparatus is intended to display an image arbitrarily selected between an original image and an edited image in accordance with a user's preference after image editing. The image processing apparatus is designed so that an image displayed after the image editing can be selected depending on a... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070189730 - Image-pickup apparatus, lens apparatus and image-pickup system: An image-pickup system is disclosed which is capable of performing highly accurate back focus adjustment for each combination of an image-pickup apparatus and a lens apparatus. The system includes a first memory provided in the image-pickup apparatus and stores first identification information unique to a combination of the image-pickup apparatus... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070189728 - Method of recording and reproducing surveillance images in dvr: Disclosed herein is a method of recording and reproducing surveillance images in a Digital Video Recorder (DVR). In one embodiment of the present invention, a recording speed such as a frame rate for surveillance images are controlled according to extent of motion of subjects in the surveillance detected through prediction... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070189733 - Method of restoring av session and a control point for the same: An AV session restoration method and a control point for performing the same are provided. The method includes collecting AV session information, and restoring the AV session based on the collected AV session information when an error occurs in the AV session.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070189735 - Moving image decoding apparatus and moving image decoding method: According to one embodiment, a moving image decoding apparatus is applied in a video reproducing apparatus and includes a deblocking filter unit for performing deblocking filtering and a processing load detection unit for detecting an intra-unit processing load including a processing load of a decoder. The moving image decoding apparatus... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070189734 - Packet recording and playback apparatus: A packet recoding and playback apparatus capable of generating an actual volume of traffic on a network. A packet reception unit receives a packet flowing on the network. A time generator generates a time. A packet storing unit stores the packet received by the packet reception unit, in a memory... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070189732 - System and method for reconstructing mpeg-2 start codes from avc data: Presented herein are systems and methods for reconstructing MPEG-2 compatible start codes from AVC data. MPEG-4 AVC stream formats are complex, and embedded in NAL units often requiring several VLD (variable length decodes) to determine the beginning of the picture. An AVC index table is created to enable efficient AVC... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070189736 - Content reproducing apparatus, content reproducing method and computer program product: A content reproducing apparatus includes an HDD that stores therein content file data that includes plural screen image data at a scene that changes over time and plural moving image data shot at a scene corresponding to the screen image data. Moreover, a display controller reproduces a content file and... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070189737 - Multimedia control center: Techniques and systems for centralized access to multimedia content stored on or available to a computing device are disclosed. The centralized access can be provided by a media control interface that receives user inputs and interacts with media programs resident on the computing device to produce graphical user interfaces that... Agent: Technology & Innovation Law Group, PC

20070189738 - Contents recorder, contents processing method, and computer readable medium storing contents processing program: A contents recorder, which comprises an output unit configured to i) perform a first conversion of converting a first contents stored in a storage unit to an executable second contents and outputting the second contents, and ii) perform a second conversion of converting the first contents in the storage unit... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070183740 - Information reproducing system using information storage medium: According to one embodiment, there is provided an information reproducing method. The method includes, from an information storage medium storing stream data having a plurality of advanced packs each including a resource file and an advanced ID to identify the resource file, acquiring respective advanced IDs, identifying respective resource files... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070183748 - Optical disc device with integrated hard disk drive: Optical disc device with integrated hard disk drive includes HDD recording and reproducing portion, DVD recording and reproducing portion, and record restriction process portion that decides whether DVD is disc supporting CPRM and discriminates copy protection information of television broadcasting signal. If “copy once” signal is detected from the copy... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070183739 - Information recording/playback apparatus and information recording/playback method: Before starting data recording/playback, a determination unit (13) determines whether data to be recorded/replayed correspond to data to be recorded/replayed in real time or data to be recorded/replayed with accuracy, and transmits the determination result to a CPU (10). When it is determined that the data to be recorded/replayed correspond... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070183741 - Browser based video editing: Embodiments of the present invention provide for a clip manipulation facility within a browser environment. Without limitation, the clip may be a video clip. An editing tool may be adapted to alter the appearance of a clip associated with the manipulation facility.... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP

20070183742 - Automated playlist generation: A device, method, and computer-readable medium for automated playlist generation are disclosed. In an embodiment, user input related to at least a first search criterion and a second search criterion is received at a portable playback device. A playlist is generated at the portable playback device. The playlist includes at... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20070183743 - Broadcast program recording apparatus: A broadcast program recording apparatus locates a start position of a target broadcast program preset to be recorded, even if a program preceding the target broadcast program is broadcast for an extended time period. In a record/playback apparatus 100, a silence detecting unit 108 detects silent frames and calculates a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070183745 - Method and system to control recording of a digital program: A method to control recording of a digital program includes receiving a recording instruction to record the digital program. The method further includes determining a time at which the recording instruction is received. A predefined recording profile for the digital program is retrieved, the recording profile comprising an allowed time... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070183744 - Mobile terminal, method for recording/reproducing broadcast in mobile terminal, and broadcast recording/reproducing program: To provide a mobile terminal having a broadcast receiving function, wherein even when reception of an incoming call or start of a call interrupts playback of a broadcast being received, all remaining contents of the broadcast including an interrupted part can be played back after the call has ended. Upon... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070183747 - Digital signal recording and playback apparatus: An object of the present invention is to provide a digital signal recording and playback apparatus for, even in the case of a program whose recording is not permitted (for example, Never Copy), performing, on the digital signal receiving side, recording and playback control that is limited to time shifting.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070183746 - System and method for controlling provision of content over a television network: The present disclosure provides a system and method for controlling recording of content delivered over a television network. The method includes receiving content over a television network corresponding to a customer identifier, receiving an input corresponding to the customer identifier to block a selected content from recording on a recording... Agent: Paul S Madan Madan, Mossman & Sriram, PC

20070183749 - Content reproduction apparatus, content reproduction method, content reproduction system, and computer program therefor: Disclosed is a content reproduction apparatus that is capable of reducing the processing time required between when the viewer's intention to start reproduction is indicated and when a reproduction image is actually displayed, and obliterates the reproduction start time difference between pieces of content. The content reproduction apparatus includes: selection... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070183751 - Method and apparatus for recording manufacturer information on a recording medium and for determining whether the manufacturer information is effective: A recording medium and a recording apparatus store manufacturer information to support specific functions for each manufacturer and a method therefore. A reproducing apparatus reproduces the manufacturer information to support specific functions. When the recording apparatus modifies the contents of the recording medium, the manufacturer's identification code is recorded. The... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070183750 - Reproducing apparatus, reproducing method, reproducing program, and recording medium: For a large capacity recording medium, a user interface having high flexibility and enriched representation is accomplished. A flag that represents whether a play item has a multiple angle structure of which the play item is reproduced with a plurality of angles is described. In addition, a flag that represents... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070183753 - Data outputting device, data outputting method, data outputting program, and recording medium: An electronic data outputting section switches output electronic data from one electronic data to another electronic data. Upon the switching, a sameness judging section judges whether or not audio data associated with the electronic data that is currently being outputted and audio data associated with the new electronic data that... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070183752 - Method and apparatus for generating continouous audio to a slideshow: A method and apparatus for continuous audio documents for visual presentations without interruptions are provided. An audio input (126) is used to visually describe an electronic document or image displayed upon a display device (106). The video part of the slide show is recorded, and then placeholders are used for... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070183754 - Reproducing apparatus, reproducing method, reproducing program, and recording medium: For a large capacity recording medium, a user interface having high flexibility and enriched representation is accomplished. A flag that represents whether a play item has a multiple angle structure of which the play item is reproduced with a plurality of angles is described. In addition, a flag that represents... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070183756 - Methods and systems for picture rate reduction of stored video while under continuous record load: Provided is a method and system for splitting a video stream into X minute video segments and further dividing those video segments into M multiplex files. Each multiplex file can have a Time to Live (TTL). This allows for part of the video to be deleted from disk by just... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20070183755 - Image playback apparatus and method, and program: The present invention relates to an image playback apparatus and method, and a program for enabling a quick display of a last picture of moving pictures during fast forward playback as well as a first picture of the moving pictures during fast reverse playback. Concerning GOPs from a GOP at... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070183757 - Recording and reproducing apparatus, mpeg image stream recording and reproducing apparatus and medium: There is a PSI receipt waiting time of two seconds or so from a start of decoding of an MPEG transport stream to actual display of AV data. There are provided first means of recording for recording a predetermined signal discretely including additional information of a program; means of controlling... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070177848 - Information reproducing system using information storage medium: According to one embodiment, there is provided an information reproducing method. The method includes, from an information storage medium storing stream data having a plurality of advanced packs each including a resource file and an advanced ID to identify the resource file, acquiring respective advanced IDs, identifying respective resource files... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070177849 - Information reproducing system using information storage medium: According to one embodiment, there is provided an information reproducing method. The method includes, from an information storage medium storing stream data having a plurality of advanced packs each including a resource file and an advanced ID to identify the resource file, acquiring respective advanced IDs, identifying respective resource files... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070177850 - Stream converter: Conversion of audio data is performed such that a bit stream conforming to the DVD-VR standard is converted into a bit stream conforming to the DVD-video standard. A stream converter includes: a first converter for receiving a bit stream conforming to a DVD-VR standard, converting data except for audio data... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070177851 - Network apparatus with recording bit rate monitoring: According to one embodiment, there is disclosed a network apparatus making an information exchange with other apparatus on a network. A communication unit makes a communication with the other apparatus via the network. A data storage stores data. A recording bit rate measuring unit measures as a recording bit rate... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070177853 - Information reproducing system using information storage medium: According to one embodiment, there is provided an information reproducing method. The method includes, from an information storage medium storing stream data having a plurality of advanced packs each including a resource file and an advanced ID to identify the resource file, acquiring respective advanced IDs, identifying respective resource files... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070177852 - Information reproducing system using information storage medium: According to one embodiment, there is provided an information reproducing method. The method includes, from an information storage medium storing stream data having a plurality of advanced packs each including a resource file and an advanced ID to identify the resource file, acquiring respective advanced IDs, identifying respective resource files... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070177854 - Information reproducing system using information storage medium: According to one embodiment, there is provided an information reproducing method. The method includes, from an information storage medium storing stream data having a plurality of advanced packs each including a resource file and an advanced ID to identify the resource file, acquiring respective advanced IDs, identifying respective resource files... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070177855 - Information reproducing system using information storage medium: According to one embodiment, there is provided an information reproducing method. The method includes, from an information storage medium storing stream data having a plurality of advanced packs each including a resource file and an advanced ID to identify the resource file, acquiring respective advanced IDs, identifying respective resource files... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.