Television signal processing for dynamic recording or reproducing inventions 09/08

20080232763 - System and method for adjustment of video playback resolution: Embodiments of the invention are directed towards methods and systems for playback of a content item by a media player. The method according to one embodiment comprises loading a content item into the media player, checking user preferences to retrieve a user value function and determining if available bandwidth exceeds... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Dreier LLP

20080232765 - Automatic detection, removal, replacement and tagging of flash frames in a video: A method for automatically detecting, eliminating and replacing flash frames in digital video utilizes the detected flash frames to categorize and tag the surrounding frames as a relevant area of the digital video. The flash frame is detected when acquiring digital video during capture, the flash frame is replaced with... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080232764 - Facilitating video clip identification from a video sequence: A system and method for facilitating video clip identification from a video sequence is provided. According to various embodiments of the present invention, a video sequence is received including a plurality of image frames. Thereafter, a first collection of image frames in the video sequence is identified, the first collection... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080232766 - Method and device for reproducing at a different rate that from the recording: s

20080232767 - Timer-recording managing apparatus, timer-recording managing method and recorder: A timer-recording managing apparatus for a recorder that includes a plurality of recording resources that enable the recorder to simultaneously record broadcast programs. The apparatus includes a registration unit configured to register schedule information of the broadcast programs; a registration change unit configured to make a change on the schedule... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080232768 - Techniques for unidirectional disabling of audio-video synchronization: This disclosure describes techniques to allow for unidirectional disabling of audio-video synchronization. In particular, a synchronization command is defined for packet-based network protocols. The synchronization command can disable audio-video synchronization in a sending direction, a receiving direction, or both the sending and receiving direction. In this way, devices are given... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080232770 - Method for activating video-audio data in an optical disc and related system: A method for activating video-audio data in an optical disc includes determining whether a first activation signal is received or not, a program in the optical disc allowing access to partially-featured contents of the video-audio data when the first activation signal is not received, and the program in the optical... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080232769 - System and method for storing user data: A method and system to store user data are provided. A system to store user data may include a video recorder device. The video recorder device may include a video receiver to receive video data. The video recorder device may also include a memory device. The memory device may include... Agent: Toler Law Group

20080232774 - Recording medium, reproduction device, recording method, and reproduction method: A BD-ROM playback apparatus for selecting and playing back one among text subtitle streams together with a moving picture. PSR 48-61 store Decode Capability flags whose set values indicate, for each language, whether or not a decode capability is present. Procedure executing unit 20 judges whether each text subtitle stream... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (matsushita)

20080232772 - Reproduction device, program, and reproduction method: A BD-ROM playback apparatus for selecting and playing back one among text subtitle streams together with a moving picture. PSR 48-61 store Decode Capability flags whose set values indicate, for each language, whether or not a decode capability is present. Procedure executing unit 20 judges whether each text subtitle stream... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (matsushita)

20080232773 - Reproduction device, program, and reproduction method: A BD-ROM playback apparatus for selecting and playing back one among text subtitle streams together with a moving picture. PSR 48-61 store Decode Capability flags whose set values indicate, for each language, whether or not a decode capability is present. Procedure executing unit 20 judges whether each text subtitle stream... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (matsushita)

20080232771 - V-chip data processing for decoder with personal video recording functionality: Systems and method for processing v-chip data for an MPEG-2 decoder with personal video recording functionality are provided. In one example, a system that processes V-Chip data with personal video recording functionality may include a data transport engine and a video decoder. The video decoder may be coupled to the... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080232776 - Signal compressing apparatus: An input signal is quantized into a quantization-resultant signal. The quantization-resultant signal is compressed into a compression-resultant signal. The compression-resultant signal is formatted into a formatting-resultant signal corresponding to a predetermined format for a digital recording disc. The formatting-resultant signal includes segments corresponding to user data areas prescribed in the... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080232775 - Systems and methods of providing modified media content: In an embodiment, a method of providing modified media content is disclosed and includes receiving media content that includes audio data and video data having a first number of video frames. The method also includes generating abstracted media content that includes portions of the video data and audio elements of... Agent: Toler Law Group

20080232777 - Signal compressing apparatus: An input signal is quantized into a quantization-resultant signal. The quantization-resultant signal is compressed into a compression-resultant signal. The compression-resultant signal is formatted into a formatting-resultant signal corresponding to a predetermined format for a digital recording disc. The formatting-resultant signal includes segments corresponding to user data areas prescribed in the... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080232779 - Image taking apparatus and image reproduction apparatus: In an image taking apparatus, when a sound detecting mode is selected, a sound from the object side is picked up by a microphone at the time of shooting and the volume of the sound is recorded by being associated with the shot image. At the time of reproduction, images... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080232780 - Imaging system and imaging apparatus: A camera system consists of a primary digital camera and at least a secondary digital camera. When a shutter button of the primary digital camera is operated after it is set up with conditions for successive shots, the primary digital camera produces a composite sound signal by encoding data of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080232778 - Method and system for media production in virtual studio: A media production system for a virtual studio includes a storage unit to store multiple lots of AV data, a shooting unit to retrieve continuous AV data of a shooting object without relying upon any straight color screen to retrieve the shooting object and the screen in straight color, an... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080232783 - Personal video recording with machine learning for messaging: Machine learning for control of a personal video recorder (“PVR”), including providing records of transmissions of messages; identifying a message point in operation of a PVR; selecting, in dependence upon the message point, a message to be transmitted; and determining in dependence upon the records of transmissions of messages whether... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20080232781 - Recording and reproducing apparatus file accessing method av data managing method, av data managing method, and server: A recording and reproducing apparatus (10) comprises an external device I/F (12) for connecting an external recording medium (16) where contents including AV data or an application program are recorded, a recorder (20) for recording a content read from the external recording medium (16), and a processing unit (11) for... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080232782 - Recording apparatus, image reproducing apparatus, and special reproduction method therefor: r

20080232785 - Apparatus, method, and program product for recording and reproducing contents: A contents recording and reproducing apparatus performs a record and a reproduce of a recording medium, in which the recording medium records a title key file registering therein at least one title key which encrypts each of plural title contents corresponding to a program video or sound, and title contents... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080232784 - Method and apparatus for controlling the insertion of additional fields or frames into a first format picture sequence in order to construct therefrom a second format picture sequence: The major TV systems in the world use interlaced scanning and either 50 Hz field frequency or 60 Hz field frequency. However, movies are produced in 24 Hz frame frequency and progressive scanning, which format will be used for future digital video discs to be sold in 50 Hz countries.... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20080226253 - System and method for managing the visual effects insertion in a video stream: A method and system are presented for use in real-time insertion of visual effects in a video stream. At least one reference image is used that contains a region of interest, which is to be involved in the video stream. the reference image is processed by defining a set of... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080226254 - Image capture apparatus, record/playback device, and menu-operating method: A record/playback device includes a recording unit, an operation unit, an interface unit, and a control unit. The recording unit is configured to record an image including one or more frames as one clip and play back a recorded image. The operation unit is configured to have a combined operating... Agent: William S. Frommer, Esq. C/o Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20080226255 - Concept and associated device enabling multi-camera video & audio recording for synchronization with long term ambulatory electroencephalography (eeg) in the home, office, or hospital environment: The concept and associated device enabling multi-camera video & audio recording for synchronization with long term ambulatory electroencephalography allows for multiple cameras and microphones to be used in a home setting monitoring from various locations in the home for long term ambulatory EEG monitoring. No longer is Video EEG monitoring... Agent: Steven Charles Estes

20080226256 - Systems and methods of providing modified media content: A method of providing modified media content is disclosed that includes providing media content to a destination device via a network, where the media content comprises video data and audio data have a first viewing rate. The method further includes receiving data indicating a selection of a second viewing rate... Agent: Toler Law Group

20080226258 - Recorder control apparatus and control method: A recorder control apparatus which controls execution of broadcast program recording in a plurality of recorders connected thereto, comprises an acceptance unit configured to accept a request to execute broadcast program recording, an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from each recorder, reservation information related to reserved program recording to be... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080226257 - Recording control apparatus and method for controlling recording control apparatus: A recording control apparatus is connected to and in communication with a recording apparatus capable of recording a broadcasting video image on a storage unit and has two or more operating state levels that differ in power consumption. The recording control apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire program... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080226259 - Recording apparatus, control method, and program: In the present invention, there is provided a recording apparatus for recording content to a content recording medium, which may include dubbing means for recording content recorded to the content recording medium to another content recording medium for dubbing; determining means for determining whether content recorded to the content recording... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080226260 - Apparatus and method for outputting contents information: An apparatus and method for outputting content information are provided. The apparatus includes a detection unit which detects a connection of a source device, a generator which generates metadata related to the source device, a storage unit which stores content stored in the source device and the metadata, a loader... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080226261 - Recording apparatus and method, playback apparatus and method, and recording medium therefor: Audio signals and video signals are recorded as follows. Three video PES packets, each being formed of one video frame, are combined to form a video editing unit. Then, the video editing unit and the associated audio editing unit are alternately disposed on a magnetic tape. The recorded PES packets... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080226262 - Transmitting and recording method, reproducing method, and reproducing apparatus of information and its recording medium: A method of reproducing data from a recording medium, each of the data including reference time information indicating a reference time and including packet data, the method including: reproducing the data from the recording medium; obtaining a difference between respective reference times indicated by the reference time information of the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080226263 - Digest watching system, and reproduction controlling apparatus for digest watching: A digest view system includes an information providing server and a recording/reproducing device. The information providing server includes a segment information DB for storing segment information for identifying segments contained in the content digest. When performing a digest view, the recording/reproducing device acquires the segment information and creates digest data... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080226264 - Recording medium handling apparatus and method: Some video recording and reproducing apparatus require predetermined initialization processing and so take a certain period of time after a power is turned on until library information is displayed. Also with removable recording media, it takes time from inserting a recording medium until library information appears on a display. To... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080226265 - Data processing method, data processing device, information recording medium, and computer program: There is provided an apparatus and a method for generating record data, guaranteeing seamless playback even in a case of occurrence of a jump. In a multilayer disc having a plurality of recording layers, it is configured that an allowable range of an intra-layer jump and an inter-layer jump carried... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080219636 - Authoring audiovisual content: Aspects and embodiments of the present invention relate to an authoring system for authoring an audiovisual production, for example for storage on a DVD-Video disc. The audiovisual production typically comprises audiovisual context and accompanying captions and the authoring system typically comprises: a first data store for storing audiovisual assets; a... Agent: Bainwood Huang & Associates Llc

20080219637 - Apparatus and method for synchronizing a secondary audio track to the audio track of a video source: Synchronizes a secondary audio track to a video. Analyzes the audio track of a video using audio frequency analysis or spectrograms to find distinct audio events from which to ensure synchronization of a secondary audio track. For example, commentary that mocks a character may be played immediately after a particular... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.c.

20080219638 - Method and system for dynamic control of digital media content playback and advertisement delivery: An approach provides control of digital media. A stream of digital media that includes an advertisement is received. The stream is selectively skipped to avoid the advertisement. In addition, the amount of advertisement played back is tracked. Further, tracking information is generated based on the tracking.... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080219639 - Video player, video playback method, and control target apparatus: A video player reads, from a recording medium storing video data and control data, the control data which includes a plurality of operation control methods for a control target apparatus, each operation control method being set for one of a plurality of playback controls including a normal playback control and... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero, Esq. Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.l.p.

20080219640 - Video server, video editing system, and method for recording and reproducing video data of the video server: In a video server, rate information showing a bit rate in encoding input video data from a recording line is stores on a recording medium together with encoded data, and a reproduction speed is controlled in accordance with the rate information so that the higher the bit rate is in... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080219641 - Apparatus and method for synchronizing a secondary audio track to the audio track of a video source: Synchronizes a secondary audio track to a video. Analyzes at least one track of a video using audio frequency analysis or spectrograms, image analysis or text analysis to find distinct audio/image/caption events from which to ensure synchronization of a secondary audio track. For example, commentary that mocks a character may... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.c.

20080219644 - Audio/video information recording/reproducing device and method therefor: An audio/video information recording/reproducing device capable of easily implementing a post-recording function on an optical disk by using even a low-cost disk drive having a comparatively low-speed seek time. When recording a video file, it is recorded on an optical disk continuously for a duration equivalent to more than three... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.c.

20080219642 - Collapsible fluid containment device with semi-rigid support members: A collapsible fluid containment bag for irrigating and cleaning wounds on extremities having semi-rigid support members and an elevated lower support member attached to the bottom of the proximal end of the containment bag creating a gradient for allowing irrigation fluids and biological tissue to drain to the distal end... Agent: Vedder Price P.c.

20080219643 - Method to control the access to conditional access audio/video content: verifying that the condition information contained in the Control Message relating to the main content section match with the stored control information, and in the positive event, returning to the digital video recorder an authorization signal allowing the access the main content section of the audio/video content.... Agent: Dla Piper Us LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080219647 - Digital video recording device ticker playback system and method: The present invention is a system and method of controlling the playback of the event stream information of a particular television channel by a digital video recorder (DVR). The DVR is a computer system configured with a hard drive and video decoder/encoder devices. The hardware environment of DVR (100) further... Agent: Darcell Walker

20080219646 - Image playback device and method and electronic camera with image playback function: An image playback device, which may be part of an electronic camera, reads out recorded information that has been recorded on a recording medium. A time period discriminator receives the recorded information read out by the image playback device and discriminates periods of time during which recorded information agrees with... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge Pc

20080219645 - Reproducing apparatus: Provided is a reproducing apparatus for correctly reproducing analog video signals on a display apparatus. The reproducing apparatus includes a reproducing part (5) for reproducing digital audio signals and digital video signals synchronized with the digital audio signals from a recording medium; an audio signal storing part (8); a video... Agent: Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green, Pa C/o Peter Nieves

20080212931 - Method and system for integrating and/or randomly reproducing images from an information storage medium: The invention relates to a method for integrating images in an information storage medium. Images of a scene recorded by sensors placed at different locations offering shots at different angles are used for determining chronological series of images for each of the shots of the scene, and these chronological series... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080212932 - System for managing video based on topic and method using the same and method for searching video based on topic: A video management method and system based on a topic, and a video search method based on a topic. The video management system includes: a video topic management unit extracting a topic from information associated with a video, storing the extracted topic, and monitoring the video associated with the stored... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080212934 - Apparatus for forming a select talent group and method of forming the same: An apparatus and method for analyzing selection criteria for forming a Select Talent Group. The apparatus includes an input device operably coupled to a Select Talent Group Selector having a computing circuit for computing scores of the individuals in the at least two talent groups based on the selection criteria... Agent: Gfd Patents, LLC

20080212933 - Multi-zonal video editing system: The invention provides a network-based video editing system, in which video clips are made available on demand to servers located in a plurality of spatially separated zones linked only via the network. In order to ensure that cautionary or advisory information contained in signs or signals (“tags”) associated with certain... Agent: Garrett Ip, LLC

20080212935 - Playback apparatus, playback method, and program: A playback apparatus playing back video data and low-resolution data obtained by decreasing the resolution of the video data which are stored in a recording medium includes a reading unit configured to read the video data and the low-resolution data from the recording medium, a synthesizing unit configured to synthesize... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20080212936 - System and method for editing web-based video: A web-based video editing system configured to edit an interactive video is provided. The web-based video editing system includes an editing system configured to receive and process one or more user interactive video editing requests, wherein the editing system is configured to process the requests by generating information indicative of... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080212937 - Content distribution system, content distribution method, content distribution server, content reproduction apparatus, content distribution program, and content reproduction program: w

20080212939 - Communication apparatus: A mobile terminal includes a storage unit which stores content data which contains sequential content, a playback unit which plays back the content data stored in the storage unit, and a control unit connected to the storage unit and the playback unit, and the control unit executes the following control.... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080212938 - Computer readable storage medium storing video contents display program and video contents display apparatus: A contents display control means displays video contents in a contents display screen area, a virtual space display control means displays a two-dimensional or a three-dimensional virtual space and an object appearing in the two-dimensional or the three-dimensional virtual space in a virtual space display screen area, and a motion... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

20080212949 - Advanced television system: A digital television recording method comprising: broadcasting a television program associated with a broadcaster set of parameters enabling access to a first set of predetermined portions of the program; operating an agent for determining whether to record the program and for associating with the program, upon recording of the program,... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20080212942 - Automatic video program recording in an interactive television environment: Systems and methods for recording a broadcast video program are disclosed. The system is coupled to a television of a user. The broadcast video program is displayed on the user's television and includes associated user selectable material. The system has an input for receiving the broadcast video program and the... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20080212947 - Device for handling data items that can be rendered to a user: A device (DVR) handles data items that can be rendered to a user. Such a device may be, for example, a digital video recorder. The device (DVR) comprises a network interface (NWIC, NWIM) that couples the device (DVR) to a network, which comprises other devices. A content analysis initiator (ECF)... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080212945 - Method for acquiring digital content: A portable wireless communications subscriber audio and/or video player apparatus and system and method for selecting, requesting, downloading, and playing audio and/or video data content files from an Internet-based database server. The wireless link is preferably implemented in accordance with the WiFi protocol, which allows connectivity to the Internet by... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20080212944 - Network system of media players sharing content: A portable wireless communications subscriber audio and/or video player apparatus and system and method for selecting, requesting, downloading, and playing audio and/or video data content files from an Internet-based database server. The wireless link is preferably implemented in accordance with the WiFi protocol, which allows connectivity to the Internet by... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20080212946 - Personal video recorder with storage space loans: Automated personal video recording for multi-user personal video recorders having a multiplicity of registered users, each user having allocated storage space on the PVR which allocated storage space for each user includes storage space upon which shows are recorded and storage space upon which shows have not been recorded (free... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20080212940 - Portable storage device for recording and playing back data: The present invention provides a device for recording and playing back audio/video signals. A portable storage device (11) has mounted thereon a portable storage device connector (13) of a first type adapted to transfer audio/video signals of a first type (15). A first audio/video system (17) has a first audio/video... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20080212941 - Recording media content on different devices: A system for recording media content on different recording devices includes a metadata insertion device configured to annotate advertisement content with metadata, where the advertisement content references a media content, and where the metadata is configured to enable recording of the media content on the different recording devices. The system... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20080212948 - Remotely accessed virtual recording room: An audio/video stream recording, storage, and delivery system 10 utilizes an Internet-based browser connection. The system 10 includes recording software 20, storage memory 30, a code generator 40, and a user interface 50. Preferably, the recording software 20 is located on the host back end 60 where it processes and... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080212943 - Triggering events for video ringtones: A system includes a unit to receive triggering events from a network operator and a unit to provide media content to a terminal for playing by a media player on the terminal in response to the triggering events. One embodiment is implemented with an IMS (IP multimedia subsystem). In this... Agent: Daniel J Swirsky

20080212950 - Title substitution on dvd+rw video format discs: A navigation structure and method is provided to provide a user with additional information for better user-interaction and understanding of a DVD+RW (DVD-Rewritable) optical disc. More particularly, a user interacting with a menu system of a DVD+RW disc is provided with a visual and/or audible instruction or warning, in response... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080212952 - Copy protection for video content contained in the vob file structure: A digital video optical recording medium comprising an optical state change material in the VOB file structure.... Agent: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

20080212951 - Information reproducing apparatus: The present invention provides an information reproducing apparatus which can directly and intuitively designate a reproduction point, as desired by a user, on the basis of a change in level of a visually-provided information amount. An optical disk reproducing apparatus 100 reads content data from an optical disk 10 loaded... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080212953 - Optical disc recording/reproducing apparatus: An optical disc recording/reproducing apparatus, comprises: a thumbnail data production portion for extracting the head pictures of all video data recorded, as thumbnail data; a memory portion of the thumbnail data; a thumbnail list production portion for producing thumbnail list display data upon the basis of the thumbnail data from... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP