Television signal processing for dynamic recording or reproducing inventions 06/08

20080152295 - Replay device: A replay device includes a flash memory, a setting means, and a test result output unit. A device key for copyright protection is recorded in the flash memory. When a predetermined actuation input is received, the setting means sets the device to a test mode in which it is tested... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080152296 - Methods and systems for processing film grain noise: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for image noise characterization, parameterization, removal, reconstruction and/or re-combination with a denoised image.... Agent: Krieger Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080152299 - Regular sampling and presentation of continuous media stream: A computer-implemented method includes displaying, within a user interface of a digital media system, a bounded region representing at least a portion of a media item, the media item comprising a plurality of frames, determining a position of a cursor within the bounded region, and displaying within the bounded region... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080152297 - Select drag and drop operations on video thumbnails across clip boundaries: A computer-implemented method includes displaying, within a user interface in a digital media system, a media pane, and a project pane, displaying, within the media pane, a thumbnail group representing a media item, the thumbnail group comprising one or more thumbnails, enabling a user to select, from the thumbnail group,... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080152298 - Two-dimensional timeline display of media items: A computer-implemented method includes displaying, within a user interface in a digital media system, a media pane having a vertical direction and horizontal direction, displaying, within the media pane, a plurality of thumbnail groups, each thumbnail group comprising one or more thumbnails collectively representing a corresponding media item, a first... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080152301 - Playback control apparatus and method: This document relates to a playback control method and apparatus. The apparatus according to an embodiment of this document may comprise a playback unit for reading and playing back a data stream stored in a recording medium, an input unit for receiving a status change request from a user, and... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080152300 - Systems and methods for inserting advertisements during commercial skip: Systems and methods for skipping advertisements while playing back a video that includes at least one advertisement are provided. When a user reaches the advertisement, the user may select to skip the advertisement. In response to the skip instruction, the interactive media guidance application may identify and display substitute media... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080152302 - Data processing device: A data processor includes: a receiving section for receiving a multiplexed stream representing a content; a recording control section for analyzing the multiplexed stream and writing it on a storage medium and outputting an instruction to write the processed stream on the medium; and a management information generating section for... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (mei) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080152303 - Image device of providing timeshift function and method thereof: An image device for and a method of providing a timeshift function are provided. The image device includes a broadcast receiving unit which receives a first broadcast being displayed, and a second broadcast which is different from the first broadcast being displayed; a storage unit which temporarily stores the second... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080152304 - Method and apparatus of recording/reproducing multi-channel stream: The present invention relates to multi-channel stream recording/reproducing method and apparatus. The present multi-channel stream reproducing method checks whether or not reproduced multi-channel stream belongs to same broadcast (RF) channel, and deletes PSI (Program Specific Information) packets included in channel stream excluding one channel stream if it belongs to same... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080152305 - Portable media content storage and rendering device: A portable media content storage and rendering device is disclosed which organizes, enables portability, and manages purchased media content, or media content from a digital video recorder (“DVR”). In an illustrative example, the DVR is integrated a set-top box (“STB”). The STB also functions as a proxy device to facilitate... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20080152306 - Information storage medium containing subtitles and processing apparatus therefor: An information storage medium containing subtitles and a subtitle processing apparatus, where the information storage medium includes: audio-visual (AV) data; and subtitle data in which at least one subtitle text data and output style information designating an output form of the subtitle texts are stored with a text format. With... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080152307 - Information storage medium containing subtitles and processing apparatus therefor: An information storage medium containing subtitles and a subtitle processing apparatus, where the information storage medium includes: audio-visual (AV) data; and subtitle data in which at least one subtitle text data and output style information designating an output form of the subtitle texts are stored with a text format. With... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080152308 - Information storage medium containing subtitles and processing apparatus therefor: An information storage medium containing subtitles and a subtitle processing apparatus, where the information storage medium includes: audio-visual (AV) data; and subtitle data in which at least one subtitle text data and output style information designating an output form of the subtitle texts are stored with a text format. With... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080152310 - Audio/video stream compressor and audio/video recorder: A video compression processing section capable of compressing a video stream in multiple different compression modes is provided. An audio compression processing section capable of compressing an audio stream in multiple different compression modes is also provided. And a system control section determines a compression mode in the video compression... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080152309 - Method and apparatus for audio/video synchronization: A method for audio/video synchronization and an apparatus thereof are provided. At least one dynamic synchronization checkpoint is disposed on the playback sample number axis of a video. Whether or not the audio and the video are synchronized is checked when the playback sample number of the video is set... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080152312 - Method and apparatus for switching program streams using a fixed speed program stream buffer coupled to a decoder: Various embodiments for switching programs streams using a fixed speed program stream buffer coupled to a decoder are described. Various embodiments for switching programs streams using a fixed speed program stream buffer coupled to a decoder are described. In one or more embodiments, the fixed speed program stream buffer may... Agent: Kacvinsky Llc C/o Intellevate

20080152311 - Method and apparatus for switching program streams using a variable speed program stream buffer coupled to a variable speed decoder: Various embodiments for switching programs streams using a variable speed program stream buffer coupled to a variable speed decoder are described. In one or more embodiments, the variable speed program stream buffer may be arranged to receive multiple program streams, such as video program streams, and to buffer historical frames... Agent: Kacvinsky Llc C/o Intellevate

20080152313 - Image processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus wherein a first encoder records one of compressed image data having a low bit rate in a first recording medium and at the same time, rate control information for the first encoder is stored in a CPU, and one of the compressed image data having a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080152314 - Camera apparatus and reproduction control method in camera apparatus: According to one embodiment, a camera apparatus includes a reproduction control unit reproducing a shot video after a plurality of index images using “I” frames extracted at predetermined intervals from moving image data for reproducing the shot video are generated and displayed, when reproducing the shot video.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080152315 - Alternative program source avoids dvr scheduling conflict: A method is proposed to enable to automatically record a plurality of content programs that are listed for being broadcast. The method identifies alternative sources for supply of a specific one of the content programs; and conditionally selects a suitable one of the alternative sources for supply of the specific... Agent: Corporate Patent Counsel Philips Electronics North America Corporation

20080152319 - Apparatus for processing multimedia stream and method for transmitting multimedia stream: An apparatus for processing multimedia stream and a method for transmitting multimedia stream are provided. In the present invention, a virtual capturing unit is used as a medium between a plurality of multimedia stream sources and multimedia stream destinations. The format of the multimedia stream is converted to a specific... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080152317 - Information recording/reproduction device and information recording medium: There is provided an information recording medium that reduces operation of shifting information backward or putting information forward closer together upon recording/deleting/dividing information to facilitate processes of recording/deleting/dividing information. An information recording medium records Programs 1 composed of image data, etc., UPGR 3 that refers to at least a part... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080152318 - Optical-disc recording/playback apparatus and optical-disc recording/playback method: An optical-disc recording/playback apparatus performs recording/playback to/from an optical-disc having a data area serving as a recordable area and a header area in which address information of the data area is pre-recorded by embossing. The apparatus includes an area determining unit for determining the data area and the header area... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080152320 - Received-data recording system, receiver, receiver control method, recorder, data recording method, and program: A received-data recording system includes a receiver receiving content data, and a recorder connected to the receiver via a network and recording the content data received by the receiver. The receiver includes a receiving unit receiving the content data, a data read/write unit writing the content data received by the... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080152321 - Recording medium of stream data, and recording method and playback method of the same: Upon playback of stream data which is recorded while being appended with time stamp information in units of packets, time management is made using the time stamp information. A video playback time viewed from the user, which may be indicated by I-, B-, and P-picture display times, is different from... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080152316 - Remote control of media content delivery to a digital media recorder: The present invention allows a user to select media content for delivery via the Internet to a digital media recorder from any number of media content servers, which may support an unlimited amount of media content. To afford such control, a computing terminal, which is separate from the digital media... Agent: Withrow & Terranova, P.l.l.c.

20080152322 - Audio and video reproducing apparatus and audio and video reproducing method: According to one embodiment, an audio and video reproducing apparatus includes an HD DVD drive that reproduces an HD DVD in accordance with HD DVD standards, a digital interface that makes a connection between the HD DVD drive and another apparatus and transmits a reproduction signal of the HD DVD... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080152323 - Method of recording video data onto dual-layer recording disk, and recording apparatus for dual-layer recording disk: In order to record the closed GOP at the head of a recording area in the second layer of a dual-layer recording disk, dummy data is recorded into the head of a space recording area in the first layer of the dual-layer recording disk.... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080152324 - Optical disk apparatus and optical disk processing method: According to one embodiment, there is provided an optical disk apparatus including a scanning unit which scans light reflected from an optical disk to output a scan signal, a management unit which manages which object is currently brought into focus in a plurality of objects on a screen based on... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080145017 - Audio visual data recording/reproducing device: An audio visual data recording/reproducing device, including: a fixed recording media recording/reproducing section for recording/reproducing audio visual data to/from a fixed recording medium provided fixedly; an external recording media recording/reproducing section for recording/reproducing audio visual data to/from a removable external recording medium; a control information reading section for reading out,... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080145018 - Method and system for replaying video images: The present invention relates to method of replaying video images by placing a bookmark on the particular thumbnail image of the broadcast content using thumbnail method and replaying it from the position a user wants. The method of the present invention extracts a plurality of thumbnail images from a broadcast... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080145020 - Recording device, recording method and reproducing device: A satisfactory reproduction is still enabled with recorded MPEG2-TS having a jitter or the like. A recording/reproducing device includes: a reading unit that reads data to which a time stamp is added and for which reference information is multiplexed to permit the acquisition side to reproduce a clock; an output... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080145019 - Video recording and reproducing apparatus and method of reproducing video in the same: s

20080145021 - Apparatus for video recording and reproducing, and method for trick play of video:

20080145022 - Broadcast receiving apparatus and broadcast receiving method for providing time-shift function using external storage medium: A broadcast receiving apparatus and a broadcast receiving method are provided, for providing a time-shift function using an external storage medium. An amount of a previous broadcast corresponding to a predetermined period of time, which is required for providing the previous broadcast of a point in time previous to the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080145023 - Video recording: A recording method consistent with certain embodiments involves monitoring an output from a video source for video signals encoded in a first format; detecting a frame synchronization signal in the video signal; and responsive to detecting the frame synchronization signal in the video, beginning a recording process. This abstract is... Agent: Miller Patent Services

20080145024 - Data broadcast recoding/reproducing method, device, and recording medium: To attain a state in which data broadcast and broadcast related information can be easily recorded in a recording device and at the same time all or a part of the recorded data can be cut out for reuse. A first file 501 includes management data 505 for managing broadcast... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, Pc

20080145025 - Method and system for selecting media content: A method and a system for selectively providing media content from a database (206) of media files are provided. A plurality of media files is stored within the database (206). Each of the stored media files are identified by an overall primary content rating. A plurality of media segments are... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20080145026 - Portable recording medium, recording medium playback aapparatus, and recording medium playback method: A disk contains content data information 221 and content index information 220A; the content data information 221 including a plurality of programs; the content index information 220A including a flag 300 indicating presence or absence and type of non-sequential playback of the programs in the content data information 221, information... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080145027 - Recording medium, playback apparatus, recording method, program, and playback method: On a BD-ROM, an AVClip and a plurality of playback section information (PlayItems) are recorded. The AVClip includes a video stream multiplexed with a plurality of elementary streams. The playback section information Playable_PID_entries showing the playback start point and the playback end point in the video stream correlated with the... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.l.p. (matsushita)

20080145028 - Stream data reproduction system: A stream data reproducing system comprising: an input buffer configured to accumulate stream data input from a stream source; a decode circuit configured to decode the stream data accumulated in the input buffer by predetermined processing unit to generate decode data; an output buffer configured to output the decode data... Agent: Socal Ip Law Group LLP

20080145029 - Image data processing circuit: Disclosed is an image data processing method capable of reducing visual discomfort perceived by users in the recovery from a receive error in a receiver. According to the image data processing method, in recovery processing of a video motion damper system in an image data processing circuit, a frequency of... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080145030 - Camera apparatus and reproduction control method in camera apparatus: According to one embodiment, a camera apparatus includes a reproduction control unit for conducting control such that when skip setting for skip-reading a portion of moving image data has been performed for a particular chapter of moving image data indicating a shot video, the shot video is reproduced without using... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080145032 - Audio routing for audio-video recording: Systems and methods for routing audio for audio-video recordings allow a user to record desired audio with captured video at the time the video is being captured. Audio from one or more sources may be routed to the video capture application and recorded with the video. In one or more... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080145033 - Broadcast receiving apparatus and recording guidance method thereof: For providing a recording guidance method to increase an operability of a broadcast receiving apparatus, installing a removable hard disk in addition to an internal information recording medium built therein, within the broadcast receiving apparatus comprises a display portion and at least an install-type HDD 25 and a removable HDD... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080145036 - Digital disc player with last play position memory: An exemplary digital disc player includes a main control unit (21), a central processing unit (28) and a detecting circuit (24). The central processing unit includes a controller (282) and a first storage unit (283). The detecting circuit is configured for detecting a variation of a voltage of the main... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20080145034 - Method and apparatus for downloading ancillary program data to a dvr: A method and apparatus for downloading ancillary program data to a DVR. An embodiment allows multimedia device users to select programs to record or download movie or music over a network, such as the Internet, from a content provider. The system automatically downloads and stores ancillary program data that is... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20080145035 - Recording control apparatus and recording control method: A randomly accessible storage medium stores unit data including a data body portion including data units, and a management information portion. New data is additionally recorded in the unit data from a predetermined position within the data body portion so that a beginning portion of the new data is additionally... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080145031 - Reproduction device and program: A playback device plays back a digital stream and executes an application. A Java™ module 414 is a platform unit, executes the application, and performs playback control based on a result of the execution. When performing this playback, the playback device has a plurality of real parameters specific to the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080145037 - External video recorder: An external recording device that allows recording of content from a set top box or similar device. The external recording device works as a slave device to the target set top box via a communication interface such as IEEE1394, USB, Ethernet, SATA or other forms of digital output, allowing the... Agent: O'banion & Ritchey LLP/ Sony Electronics, Inc.

20080138028 - 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

20080138029 - System and method for replay generation for broadcast video: A method and system for generating replays of an event for broadcast video. The method comprises the steps of receiving a video feed, automatically detecting said event from said camera video feed, generating a replay video of said event, and generating broadcast video incorporating said replay. Optionally, the replay video... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20080138030 - Method and apparatus for concealing portions of a video screen: A simple, cost-effective, and robust method and system to obstruct crawls, logos, and other annoying and distracting images overlaid on a video signal and displayed on a TV set or monitor is provided. The method and system may detect the presence of the unwanted images and block them automatically, or... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman Pc

20080138031 - Recording/reproducing apparatus, recording/reproducing method, and program: A recording/playback apparatus includes a recording/playback unit configured to perform data recording/playback on a recording medium permitting random access, a command inputting unit configured to input a series of predetermined commands transmitted from an external edit instructing device, a corresponding processing executing unit configured to execute processing including at least... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080138032 - Device and method for synchronizing different parts of a digital service: According to the invention, the reproduction device includes means for receiving the data forming at least a part of a digital service originating from a digital service source device, means for processing at least some of the data received, means for reproducing an output of at least a part of... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing Llc

20080138033 - Multi-tuner multi-buffer digital home communication terminal: A method for receiving media content of multiple display channels at a digital home communication terminal (DHCT), comprising receiving first media content corresponding to a first display channel at a first tuner of the DHCT, receiving second media content corresponding to a second display channel at a second tuner of... Agent: Scientific-atlanta, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20080138034 - Player for movie contents: In the present apparatus, keywords contained in a selected movie contents data are indicated, for example, for selection by a user so that the user can view a desirable scene designated by the user. The apparatus includes, for example, a keyword displaying unit for displaying, on plural windows, plural keywords... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080138036 - Recording method: A recording method of recording received digital broadcasting on a medium, wherein a stream other than first and last portions is recorded with a predetermined number of recording packets, and the number of recording packets of the first and last portions of an AV stream file is recorded as management... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080138037 - Recording method: A recording method for recording received digital broadcasting on a medium, wherein system resume information including an operation mode at the time of playback and resume information for each piece of program information are separately recorded in a management file as resume information. This makes it possible to provide a... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080138038 - Recording method: As a method of quickly displaying a thumbnail for navigation display of an AV stream, it is necessary to associate the AV stream with a thumbnail file when recording the thumbnail file separately from the AV stream file. The association, therefore, is performed by use of a serial number of... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080138035 - Recording/reproducing apparatus and display control method: If a program is reproduced on a thumbnail image screen in thumbnail image display, it is effective for judging whether the program is a desired program. A program desired by a user is viewed at a timing not intended by the user because important scenes are viewed beforehand on the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080138039 - Mobile video/audio device: A mobile video/audio device is provided, comprising a receiving box, a display mounted on a surface of the receiving box for displaying a video content with a corresponding audio content accompanied, a compact disk (CD) drive disposed within the receiving box with an access side thereof exposed and having an... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080138040 - Imaging device, setting method, and program: An imaging device has at least an imaging function and a playback function of playing back captured video signals. The imaging device includes a display controller configured to detect occurrence of a problem relating to the imaging function or the playback function, and to display a button together with a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080138041 - Data recording method, data playback apparatus, and recording medium: A first file 401 includes management data 404. The data 404 describes management information units related to a plurality of transport streams 406 and 407 constituting a second file 403. A third file 402 includes only time map data 405 indicating the relationship between time and recording position of the... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, Pc

20080138046 - Image reproducing apparatus and control method therefor: An image reproducing apparatus is connected to a display device via a video data transmitting unit and a file data transmitting unit and is driven by a battery. The image reproducing apparatus calculates a first electric power required to transmit video data to the display device and a second electric... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080138047 - Information processing device: An information processing device comprises two or more tuners, a counter for reproduction and a counter for recording, provided for managing time for a received side, and a synchronization control section to control a reproducing clock and a recording clock for reproducing and recording received data received via the tuners... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080138043 - Information signal processing method and apparatus, and computer program product: An information signal processing method is provided which is destined for processing feature data and making summary (digest) playback and various chapter data-based operations efficiently to attain a high effectiveness of the summary (digest) playback or chapter processing with the feature data. The method includes an information signal processing method,... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080138042 - Method for providing preventive maintenance: A method and system for providing preventive maintenance information implementing at least one preventive maintenance form and/or protocol. Wherein, the provided information involves the implementation of at least one motion picture demonstrating at least one of the said preventive maintenance procedures of an apparatus.... Agent: Frank John Williams

20080138044 - Recording apparatus, method for recording, reproducing apparatus, method for reproduction, program, and recording medium: An optical disk stores a content file and an index file for managing the content file. A property file FP in the index file includes a file entry corresponding to the content file and a decode-information storage area (system information entry) in which decode information of the content file (AV... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080138048 - Recording medium, method and apparatus for recording and/or reproducing digital data streams: A recording medium, method and apparatus for recording and/or reproducing digital data streams are provided. According to an embodiment, a method for recording includes... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080138045 - Reproduction device, reproduction method, and reproduction program: To provide a playback device that plays back a content recorded in an optical disc in conjunction with execution of an application supplied by a server. The playback device includes a disc region code detection unit 2 operable to detect a region code from the optical disc; an application region... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.l.p.

20080131071 - Apparatus and method for transmission, apparatus and method for production, program, and recording medium: Transmit data composed by linking to main data representing an image and/or audio accessory information including frame rate information and frame identification information of each frame included in a reference frame period is generated and output. If the main data is reproduced using this transmit data, a variable reproduction speed... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080131073 - Information processing apparatus and method, and program: An information processing apparatus may generate resource information used for playing back image content that can be divided into a plurality of zones. The information processing apparatus may include an image generator generating a still image from each of the plurality of zones, a face processor setting each of the... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080131072 - Methods and architecture for indexing and editing compressed video over the world wide web: A system and method is provided for editing and parsing compressed digital information. The compressed digital information may include visual information which is edited and parsed in the compressed domain. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention provides a method for detecting moving objects in a compressed digital bitstream which... Agent: Baker Botts L.l.p.

20080131074 - Data playback apparatus and data playback method: A control unit (3) is provided for storing time information of data which are received for the first time by a receiving unit (1) in a memory (3a), and for, every time when the receiving unit (1) detects time information, acquiring the time information from the receiving unit (1), calculating... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080131076 - Content reproduction system, reproducers used in system, and content reproduction method: A content reproduction system uses a first reproducer and a second reproducer to respectively reproduce corresponding first content information and second content information, which are to be played back at a synchronized timing. A first delay amount specification module of the first reproducer obtains a first base delay amount corresponding... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080131075 - Trick play dvr with audio pitch correction: Systems for providing substantially correct pitch audio associated with video played back at a rate other than originally recorded. A system in accordance with the present invention comprises a record/playback device, wherein the record/playback device records audio programming and associated video programming at a normal speed and plays back the... Agent: The Directv Group, Inc. Patent Docket Administration

20080131077 - Method and apparatus for skipping commercials: A method for skipping commercials during playback of a recorded program via an audio and/or video apparatus avoids the need to detect and record the location of the commercials at the time that the program is recorded. According to an exemplary embodiment, the method includes steps of detecting boundaries of... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing Llc

20080131078 - Method for generating double-speed idr-unit for trick play, and trick play system and method using the same: Provided are a method for generating an instantaneous decoding refresh (IDR) unit for trick play, and a trick play system and method using the same. The trick play system includes: a speed information input unit configured to receive a speed value; a transmission condition determining unit configured to determine instantaneous... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, Pc

20080131079 - Moving picture stream generation apparatus, moving picture coding apparatus, moving picture multiplexing apparatus and moving picture decoding apparatus: A moving picture stream generation apparatus includes: a trick-play information generation unit TricPlay for generating supplemental information on a random access unit basis, the supplemental information being referred to at the time of playback of each random access unit and each random access unit including one or more pictures; and... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.l.p.

20080131080 - Apparatus and method using compressed codes for scheduling broadcast information recording: Digital compressed codes, associated with advertisements enable a user to selectively record additional information, which would be broadcast on a television channel at a later time. The advertisement could be print advertisement or broadcast advertisement on television or radio. The user enters the digital code (I code) associated with an... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080131081 - Method of using av devices and av device system: A plurality of devices and a device system are disclosed, in which a plurality of input devices generate an input AV signal, a related device records and reproduces the AV signal, and a display device displays the AV signal. The input devices, the related device and the display device are... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080131082 - Optical disc recording/reproducing apparatus: When information is recorded on an optical disc of DVD+R type, a latest RSAT is recorded upon completion of recording of one title. When recording of the latest RSAT fails, previous RSAT address information that indicates an address in which a previous RSAT is recorded is stored in a lead-in... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080131083 - 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 carrier signal and corresponding to the sequence of bits, and is based on a... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20080131084 - Steganographic encoding and detecting for video signals: Aspects of the invention relate generally to steganography, data hiding and/or digital watermarking for video and other media signals. One claim recites a method including: obtaining a media signal comprising a message steganographically embedded therein; obtaining information obtained from the media signal; adjusting a message detection process with reference to... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20080131085 - Playback apparatus, program, playback method: When playing an AV Clip recorded on a BD-ROM, a judgment is made, for each elementary stream, which of a plurality of predetermined conditions the elementary stream satisfies. The plurality of predetermined conditions include (a) a condition that a playback apparatus has a capability of playing the elementary stream, (b)... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.l.p. (matsushita)

20080131086 - Video content recording apparatus with syntax for video content recording parameters: A video content recording apparatus with syntax for video content recording parameters is disclosed. In one preferred embodiment, a system is disclosed comprising a first input configured to receive video content, a second input configured to receive a removable memory device, a third input configured to receive a code formatted... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/sandisk

20080131087 - Method, medium, and system visually compressing image data: A method, medium, and system compressing and/or reconstructing image data. The data compression method includes compressing current data according to a plurality of modes for compressing current data, determining whether the current data compressed according to the plurality of modes can be represented by a fixed length of bits, selecting... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080131088 - Image capture method and audio-video recording method of multi-media electronic device: An image capture method and an audio-video recording method of a multi-media electronic device are provided. The image capture method includes receiving a sequential image data; storing the image data into a first memory according to an image storage instruction; performing a de-interlace process on the image data in the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080131090 - Apparatus, method, and computer program for processing information: An information processing apparatus includes a controller for controlling data recording to an information recording medium. The controller executes a state determination process of determining whether the information recording medium is ready to record additionally data. Upon determining that the information recording medium is not ready to additionally record the... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080131091 - Apparatus, method, and computer program for processing information: An information processing apparatus includes a controller for controlling data recording to an information recording medium. The controller updates a command storage file storing a command set in response to AV stream data to be recorded on the information recording medium and an index file storing index information and then... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080131093 - Convergence-enabled dvd and web system: Methods for integrating an authored DVD system and a WWW web browser are described. Universal Resource Locator (URL) information corresponding to sites accessible by the browser is stored in fields within the DVD data. When a user actuates a DVD element that has a corresponding URL, the web browser displays... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20080131089 - Data recording/reproducing device: A data recording/reproducing device includes a transport stream decoder for decoding a transport stream and outputting a resultant signal; a program stream encoder for obtaining a program stream by encoding the signal output from the transport stream decoder and outputting the program stream; and a system control unit for controlling... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080131094 - Playback apparatus, program, playback method: When playing an AV Clip recorded on a BD-ROM, a judgment is made, for each elementary stream, which of a plurality of predetermined conditions the elementary stream satisfies. The plurality of predetermined conditions include (a) a condition that a playback apparatus has a capability of playing the elementary stream, (b)... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.l.p. (matsushita)

20080131092 - Video display system, video display method, and computer-readable medium: An image capturing system that records on a video recording unit a video captured by an image capturing apparatus and displays the video thus captured on a display unit comprises a change recording unit that records information of the time when, and the region where, a change of status occurs... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.c. John J Torrente

20080131095 - Information recording and/or playback apparatus: To provide an information recording and/or playback apparatus for dubbing onto a second recording medium all or some of plural pieces of information from a first recording medium in which the plural pieces of information are recorded. The apparatus includes a dubbing function that includes a plurality of dubbing functions... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080131097 - Information recording/reproducing apparatus: A video camera, installing a hard disc and an optical disc therein, as recording media for recording video information thereon, wherein: a housing of the video camera is conducted with a main body housing, and a recording media cover, which can be freely rotated to the main body housing, to... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080131096 - Optical disk device: An optical disk device includes a read means which reads an image signal from an optical disk, and a conversion means which converts this image signal to one designated resolution. Furthermore, this optical disk device is connected to a display device which displays an image of this converted image signal.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080131098 - Video data recording apparatus and method, and video data reproducing apparatus and method: Video data is divided into portions which are sequentially recorded on recording mediums respectively. IDs of the respective recording mediums are set. IDs of the respective video data portions are set. Items are recoded on first one among the recording mediums. These items are the ID of the first recording... Agent: Louis Woo Law Office Of Louis Woo