Television signal processing for dynamic recording or reproducing inventions 04/08

20080095517 - Audio visual recording and reproducing apparatus: A combination apparatus incorporating a hard disk drive and an optical disc drive (audio-visual recording and reproducing apparatus) stores one or more keywords inputted as a result of user operation in a memory and monitors whether or not a closed caption signal contains any of the keywords. When the closed... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080095515 - Contents character information acquisition method, contents character information acquisition program, contents character information acquisition apparatus, and video content recording apparatus: The present invention provides a contents character information acquisition method including the steps of extracting content feature information indicative of an image making up video content in accordance with a predetermined extraction algorithm, detecting, from a database in which given-image feature information extracted from a given image in accordance with... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080095514 - Information recording medium wherein stream convertible at high-speed is recorded, and recording apparatus and recording method therefor: An information recording medium capable of converting a stream including seamless connection, which is recorded in a constrained format allowing format conversion from a first format (MPEG-TS) to a second format (MPEG-PS), into a second stream, and an apparatus and method for recording information in the information recording medium. The... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080095518 - Method of transmitting data having insertion of audio information: A method of transmitting data by inserting audio information for use within a video editing apparatus includes encoding at least one analog audio signal into digital audio channel information according to an encoding format, the digital audio channel information including a length element and an audio encoded element; utilizing at... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080095512 - Information signal processing method and apparatus, and computer program product: There is provided an information signal processing method used when performing a special reproduction operation for digest reproduction of a video/audio information signal of a broadcast program. The method includes: a step for reading data from the video/audio characteristic data of each predetermined section of a predetermined video/audio information signal... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080095513 - Information recording apparatus, information copying system, method for copying information, program and computer readable recording medium: A first information recorder comprises a limited number-of-times of copying information setting unit for setting information on the limited number-of-times of copying electronic data, a first limited number-of-times of copying information updating unit for reading out the electronic data from a first information recording medium containing electronic data set with... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20080095516 - Personal digital assistant apparatus: A personal digital assistant (PDA) apparatus and a recording and reproduction apparatus improved in convenience in use by reflecting the viewing situation in the PDA into the recording and reproduction apparatus are provided. The PDA includes a reception unit for perceiving a broadcast signal including program information, a communication unit... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080095519 - Image playback apparatus providing smart search for motion and method of using the same: An image playback apparatus for playing an input image data from at lest one camera includes: an input image encoding unit encoding the input image data and extracting a plurality of motion vectors corresponding to a plurality of frames of the encoded input image data; a storage unit storing the... Agent: Lewis F. Gould, Jr. Duane Morris LLP

20080095520 - Mapping udf and bdfs extents: The present invention relates to a method of ensuring seamless playback of video files stored as a BDFS (Blu-ray Disc File System) file in a UDF (Universal Disk Format) file system using a UDF and BDFS combination format, said method of seamlessly playing back the video files comprising the step... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080089658 - Interface systems for portable digital media storage and playback devices: A docking assembly serves as an interface between (1) a portable digital media storage and playback (PDMSP) device, and (2) a media reproduction system. A remote controller preferably controls the docking assembly and PDMSP device, which may receive electric charge from the assembly. Media reproduction systems may reproduce audio and... Agent: Intellectual Property / Technology Law

20080089661 - Information recording/reproducing apparatus: In the event that a chapter setting mode is effective, for example, when pausing takes place at a time (t1) during reproduction, a chapter (c1) is set to the location of the pause. When a commercial then appears at a time (t2) and a skip commercial operation takes place, a... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080089663 - Apparatus and method for controlling automatic reserved recording in broadcasting receiving terminal: An apparatus and method for controlling automatic reserved recording in a broadcast-receiving terminal, in which a reserved recording function can be performed at accurate time based on a time difference between communication time for communication and broadcasting time, is provided. The apparatus includes a broadcasting part for receiving broadcasting program... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080089665 - Embedding content-based searchable indexes in multimedia files: Content-based analysis is performed on multimedia content prior to encoding the multimedia content in the rendering chain of processing. A content-based index stream is generated based on the content-based analysis and the content-based index stream is embedded in the multimedia file during rendering. The content-based index stream can be used... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20080089667 - Interface systems for portable digital media storage and playback devices: A docking assembly serves as an interface between (1) a portable digital media storage and playback (PDMSP) device, and (2) a media reproduction system. A remote controller preferably controls the docking assembly and PDMSP device, which may receive electric charge from the assembly. Media reproduction systems may reproduce audio and... Agent: Intellectual Property / Technology Law

20080089669 - Information recording medium wherein stream convertible at high-speed is recorded, and recording apparatus and recording method therefor: An information recording medium capable of converting a stream including seamless connection, which is recorded in a constrained format allowing format conversion from a first format (MPEG-TS) to a second format (MPEG-PS), into a second stream, and an apparatus and method for recording information in the information recording medium. The... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080089657 - Recording apparatus, recording method, reproduction apparatus, reproduction method, recording and reproduction apparatus, recording and reproduction method, image capturing and recording apparatus, and image capturing and recording method.: A recording apparatus is provided. The recording apparatus divides a material including video and/or audio information and records divided materials onto a plurality of recording media. The recording apparatus includes a control unit configured to divide the material into a plurality of divided materials and to prepare, for each of... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080089659 - Linking to video information: A system enables dynamic linking between a variety of video formats including television broadcasts, web pages, and video displays which are stored on magnetic or optical media. Each frame of the video information is identified together with a plurality of locations within that frame. The locations selected by the user... Agent: Timothy N. Trop Trop, Pruner, Hu & Miles, P.C.

20080089660 - Reproduction device, image synthesis method, image synthesis program, and integrated circuit: In a playback device for playing back a moving image recorded on a recording medium while executing an application recorded on the recording medium, to improve the use efficiency of a memory bus when combining the moving image with an image relating to the application. Whether or not to combine... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080089662 - Recording medium, reproduction device program, and reproduction method: Video streams and an entry map are recorded on a BD-ROM in association with each other. The video stream constituting a slide show includes a plurality of IDR pictures. The entry map (EP_map) associated with the IDR pictures indicates an entry time (PTS_EP_start) of each IDR picture included in the... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (matsushita)

20080089664 - Recording medium and apparatus for protecting copyrighted digital data: Copying, dubbing or reproducing copyrighted digital data can be inhibited or restricted to properly protect a copyright. AV data recorded on a pre-recorded tape is output from a reproducing unit of a first digital VCR with protective information indicating whether the copy of the AV data is inhibited or not.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080089666 - System for relating scoreboard information with event video: A system for automatically relating the changing information posted on an electronic display 10a, in regard to some ongoing event, to the recorded information, such as video, captured and corresponding to that same ongoing event. Posted information is remotely detected using master camera 50a that is aligned to capture images... Agent: James A. Aman

20080089668 - Recording apparatus: A video/audio recording apparatus comprises an audio encoding section 101 and a video encoding section 102 for encoding an audio signal or a video signal which is video/audio broadcast and input, and a code multiplexing section 103 for multiplexing the encoded audio signal and video signal. Based on an audio... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080089670 - Recording apparatus: A recording apparatus includes a first encoding unit for encoding a video signal under a first encoding system and generating first encoded data; a recording unit for recording the first encoded data onto a recording medium in a first record format; a second encoding unit for encoding the video signal... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080089671 - Simultaneous recording and playback of audio/video programs: A system and method for time-shifted viewing of broadcast television programs is disclosed. Simultaneous recording and playback are provided by using buffer storage as the source and destination of compressed or uncompressed digital video/audio programs. Full VCR-like control is provided for all playback within the buffer storage. Playback and control... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20080089672 - Player for audiovisual system with interactive seamless branching and/or telescopic advertising: One aspect of the invention is a method for playing a stored content providing a plurality of segments which collectively contains the stored content, each segment has using first terminus and a second terminus with the content having a temporal flow from the first terminus to the second terminus. At... Agent: Heinz Grether PC G2 Technology Law

20080085095 - Self recorded video greeting card: The card will include all equipment necessary to record the personal video message. The “Self Recorded Video Greeting Card” is a unique product that will contain many existing pieces of equipment. The pieces of equipment included within the “Self Recorded Video Greeting Card” are a viewing screen, camera lens, battery... Agent: Gerry Taccone

20080085096 - Method, system, apparatus and computer program product for creating, editing, and publishing video with dynamic content: A method of displaying video content includes storing a first instruction with information to control a display of a static video portion, storing a second instruction with information to control a display of a dynamic video portion, and retrieving data corresponding to the first instruction and the second instruction to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080085097 - Motion picture creation method in portable device and related transmission method: Disclosed is a method of creating motion pictures in a portable device. The method includes detecting whether an event occurs while a stored motion picture file is being played, if an event occurs, extracting and playing a video stream of the motion picture file simultaneously after the occurrence, and creating... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.c.

20080085098 - Method of and system for synchronizing playback of audio/video signals: A method and system for the synchronization of the playback of AN data (AVD), in which the playback of the AN data (AVD) takes place using at least one synchronization signal (t) wirelessly received at time intervals (i), at least one portable transmitter device (1) which can be allocated to... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080085099 - Media player apparatus and method thereof: A method for playing a media source includes: extracting a reference subtitle stream from the media source, the reference subtitle stream being synchronized with a multimedia data stream of the media source; matching the reference subtitle stream to a substitute subtitle stream from a subtitle source for generating an output... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080085100 - Information recording apparatus: One object of example embodiment is to provide arrangements for enabling a user to willfully record a highlight position and highlight importance without having to perform any burdensome procedure during highlight scene shooting. When a highlight button acquisition information and weight information input from a user interface 103 are acquired... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080085101 - Dvd navigation systems and methods: A DVD navigation system comprises a plurality of navigation modules and a utility. Each navigation module comprises a check function determining data correctness of tables corresponding to the respective navigation modules. Each navigation module generates a read table request. The utility receives the read table request, reads at least one... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080085102 - Interactive learning system: An interactive learning system provides activities that combine the use of printed or other visual materials and audio prompts and user response. The system includes removable media such as cards and other devices, content media such as compact discs and other devices, and an interactive device that interacts with both... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080080834 - Content reproduction method and apparatus: Provided are a content reproduction method and apparatus. The content reproduction method includes receiving a select signal for selecting one or more pieces of content; and reproducing the selected pieces of content and one or more pieces of content which were generated or reproduced together with the selected pieces of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080080835 - Video content recording apparatus with card-slot-specific recording: A video content recording apparatus with card-slot-specific recording is disclosed. In one embodiment, a video content recording apparatus is provided comprising an input configured to receive video content; a plurality of inputs, each configured to receive a removable memory device; and circuitry operative to select one of the plurality of... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/sandisk

20080080836 - Video content recording apparatus with electronic program guide functionality: A video content recording apparatus with electronic program guide functionality is disclosed. In one embodiment, a video content recording apparatus is disclosed comprising circuitry operative to receive electronic program guide data; operative to display, on a display device, an electronic program guide that uses the electronic program guide data; and... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/sandisk

20080080837 - Play menu and group auto organizer system and method for a multimedia player: A multimedia play menu is generated into an auto playgroup organizer system for a multimedia player by using intelligence cursor/scroll sequence functions programmed for operation by an input device such as a hand-held mobile mouse. The intelligence cursor/scroll can sense any type of digitalized item or symbol displayed on the... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080080838 - Recording and reproducing apparatus: There is little information to display on an LCD during the replicating process of image information from a first recording medium to a second recording medium. Therefore unnecessary power is consumed by keeping the luminance of the LCD high during the replicating process of the image information. In order to... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080080841 - Information processing apparatus and audio/video data reproducing method: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus for decoding and reproducing compressed encoded audio data and video data includes an information adding device adding time stamp information to a frame of decoded video data, the time stamp information indicating a time when the frame is to be reproduced, and... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080080840 - Moving data processing device, moving data processing method, storage medium, and computer data signal: A moving data processing device that extracts plural portions of plural moving data items, which satisfy a given condition, connects the plural extracted portions to one another to thereby produce single-item partial moving data, and outputs the produced partial moving data.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080080833 - Method and apparatus for transmitting information, and reproducing apparatus, receiving apparatus and recording medium for the information, and transmission data thereof: An output control (OPC) information is recorded on the magnetic tape 1 in conjunction with an MPEG stream. The OPC information is composed of two bits and is extracted from a reproduced signal by the output control circuit 9 and controls the digital interface (D. I/F) 7 and the switch... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080080839 - Recording medium, playback device, recording method, playback method, and computer program: A recording medium capable of executing menu calls based on the particular characteristics of different versions of the same movie work when these different versions are recorded on a single recording medium. An AV clip and a dynamic scenario are recorded on a BD-ROM 100 (recording medium). The dynamic scenario... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (matsushita)

20080080842 - Recording-and-reproducing apparatus and recording-and-reproducing method: A recording-and-reproducing apparatus for reproducibly controlling data recorded on a recording medium includes: a device configured to acquire control information required for reproducing the data when the data is recorded; a device configured to control operations during the period from the start to the end of recording data on the... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080080843 - Systems and methods to improve consumer product reliability and lifetime of a hard disk drive by reducing its activity: The present invention is directed towards reducing hard disk drive (HDD) activity by reducing the activity of an internal time shift buffer (TSB). The HDD may be included in a digital host communications terminal (DHCT). The TSB can switch between buffering a high definition quality to a standard definition quality... Agent: Scientific-atlanta, Inc. Intellectual Property Dept. Ms 4.3.518