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Interactive Video Distribution Systems > Video Distribution System With Upstream Communication > Receiver (e.g., Set-top Box) > Having Particular Storage Feature Having Particular Storage FeatureHaving Particular Storage Feature patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.11/08/07 - 20070261096 - Apparatus and method for data capture with multi-threshold decision technique An apparatus and method for data capture with multi-threshold decision technique is disclosed. An apparatus for data capture with multi-threshold decision technique comprises a capture engine unit being operative to captures data from a video source, a buffer unit being operative to store the captured data by the capture engine ... 11/01/07 - 20070256112 - Methods, systems, and products for recording media Methods, devices, and products are disclosed for recording media. A network command message is received that identifies media to be recorded by a user's device. The network command message was sent on behalf of a provider and comprises the provider's instruction to have the user's device record the media. An ... 10/25/07 - 20070250895 - Electronic apparatus, information browsing method thereof, and storage medium Selection of broadcast programs is facilitated by giving and receiving viewer information relating to program information and improving the sharing of the viewer information among viewers. The present invention is an electronic apparatus (TV apparatus) that includes a function for receiving broadcast programs of a television receiver, etc., and the ... 09/20/07 - 20070220581 - Network type television video recorder A network type television video recorder (VR) comprising a user interface (Ul) unit, an image interface unit, a network interface unit, a peripheral interface unit, a system processor, an image processor, a random access memory (RAM), and a read-only memory (ROM) is provided. Using functions of the aforementioned devices, the ... 09/20/07 - 20070220580 - User interface for a media convergence platform A user interface for a media convergence platform is disclosed. The television based user interface presents different types of media within a single user interface. The user interface displays, on a television display, selectable items to represent a music application, a photo albums application, a video application, and an Internet ... 08/30/07 - 20070204319 - Browser for use in navigating a body of information, with particular application to browsing information represented by audiovisual data The invention facilitates and enhances review of a body of information (that can be represented by a set of audio data, video data, text data or some combination of the three), enabling the body of information to be quickly reviewed to obtain an overview of the content of the body ... 08/23/07 - 20070199040 - Multi-channel parallel digital video recorder A multiple channel parallel digital video recorder system records simultaneously and continuously the favorite channels of a user. The recorder system stores programming content for a user to view at a later time. A multimedia control system can be connected to the recorder system and display in a matrix format ... 08/23/07 - 20070199039 - System and method of receiving video content A system and method of receiving video content is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes receiving video content at a set-top box device via an access network. The method also includes writing the video content onto a removable secondary storage medium received at a secondary storage media interface ... 08/23/07 - 20070199038 - System and method for providing personal broacast recording channel service using extensible markup language Disclosed herein is a system and method for providing personal broadcast recording channel service using extensible Markup Language (XML). The system includes a user interface, an interface server and a wizard/transmission server. The system and the method allow members to conveniently instruct the members' remote Personal Video Recorders (PVRs) to ... 08/16/07 - 20070192820 - Bandwidth sharing A method for bandwidth sharing between first and second satellite television networks in a satellite television system carried out at a first satellite television network receiver, in a manner consistent with certain embodiments involves receiving a shared video data stream shared between the first and second satellite television networks; receiving ... 08/16/07 - 20070192819 - System for distribution of media utilized with a receiver/set top box A receiver system is disclosed. The receiver system comprises a receiver; and a gigablock coupled to the receiver. The gigablock comprises a plurality of memory systems. The memory system comprises a plurality of memory devices. The plurality of memory devices are coupled in a parallel fashion to receive high bandwidth ... 08/09/07 - 20070186266 - Digital home movie library The system and method of the present invention provides viewers access to a library of movies, or any other audio/video content available for viewing at anytime. Specifically, the method involves transmitting movies wirelessly to a set-top box in one's home and allowing movies to accumulate. A hard disk drive in ... 07/12/07 - 20070162951 - Providing content interruptions Content which users may wish to receive may be distributed with interrupting content such that the use of the content on the user's receiver may be interrupted and replaced with the interrupting content. The content which the user wishes to receive may be software, audio, video, graphics or other material ... 07/12/07 - 20070162947 - Method of recording audio-visual content in a communication network According to the invention, said communications network including at least one network recorder able to record audiovisual content broadcast on a plurality of broadcast channels, said audiovisual content being recorded at the request of a user having a communications terminal able to communicate with at least one network recorder, said ... 07/05/07 - 20070157281 - Interactive media guidance system having multiple devices An interactive media guidance application implemented on a user equipment device may allow a user to create a group of user equipment devices that may be located in different homes or home networks. The interactive media guidance application may allow the user to add user equipment devices located in the ... 06/28/07 - 20070150930 - Device for storing and playing back digital content and method of bookmarking digital content A digital receiver has a hard disk drive for storing and playing back digital broadcast content. During playback, the user can mark insert bookmarks. Sections of content can be extracted and stored in a file. Bookmarks and/or extracted content can be transferred to a mobile telephone handset or other digital ... 06/21/07 - 20070143815 - Method and apparatus for utilizing dvd content through home network A method and apparatus for utilizing DVD content through a home network are provided. The method includes transmitting item information indicating DVD content in response to a request for a content list, and receiving a request for the DVD content in units of a sector from a client having acquired ... 06/21/07 - 20070143813 - System and method for recording and time-shifting programming in a television distribution system using policies Various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide methods and systems to store a policy specifying at least one rule relating to recording, storage or delivery of broadcast programming to a consumer of such programming, and to record, store or deliver broadcast programming in response to at least one of ... 06/07/07 - 20070130610 - Combined receiver for dvb-h and dvb-t transmission Provided are apparatuses and methods in a digital broadcast transmission system for receiving, processing and rendering transmitted content. A digital receiver capable of receiving and rendering both DVB-H and DVB-T signals may include a coupling means for connecting to another terminal for receiving program data or parameters. The digital receiver ... 05/31/07 - 20070124793 - Memory controller for handling multiple clients and method thereof A method and system is provided for organizing and routing multiple memory requests from a plurality of clients to multiple memories. Requests from a plurality of clients, including a plurality of clients of the same type, such as multiple MPEG decoders, are directed to different memory controllers by a router. ... 05/24/07 - 20070118871 - Method and system for recording a medium from a set top box to a portable multimedia player-recorder The invention relates to a method for recording a medium from a terminal receiving multimedia signals of the “Set Top Box” type to a portable player-recorder. The method according to the invention comprises the following stages: identification of a time slot in which said medium is accessible within the terminal, ... 05/17/07 - 20070113261 - System for transmitting video streams using a plurality of levels of quality over a data network to a remote receiver A method of and apparatus for transmitting video images allows a viewer to receive at a receiving display device, all or a selected portion of a video stream of frames, in a storage-efficient format from a transmitting device and view the received video stream of frames before the transmission is ... 05/17/07 - 20070113260 - [storage media with receiving digital television signal function] A storage media with receiving digital TV and radio signal function is provided. The storage media comprises a digital TV signal module, a control device and a flash memory. The digital TV signal module comprises a receiver for receiving digital TV signal and a digital TV signal transmission interface. The ... 05/03/07 - 20070101396 - Method of storing broadcasting program and mobile communication terminal using the same A broadcasting program storing method of a mobile communication terminal and a mobile communication terminal using the same are disclosed. The method includes according to an embodiment allocating and storing a presently receiving broadcasting stream to and in at least one time section of a plurality of time sections while ... 05/03/07 - 20070101395 - Broadcast receiver, data structure, and method for providing diagnostic information A host is configured to communicate with a video data recording device. The host includes a host controller configured to receive a video data recording device diagnostic information request originated external to the host. The host controller further configured to collect the video data recording device diagnostic information from the ... 05/03/07 - 20070101394 - Indexing a recording of audiovisual content to enable rich navigation The invention indexes an audiovisual recording to enable navigation within the audiovisual recording. In particular, the invention provides indexing within a “show” of a recording of an audiovisual broadcast (e.g., a television broadcast or a radio/satellite audio broadcast) that enables navigation within the show, in contrast to indexing among shows ... 04/26/07 - 20070094702 - Method and apparatus for remote personal video storage and retrieval A personal video recorder network facilities the recording and storage of video data, such as home videos, on a remote storage provided by a service provider. The remote storage can be shared among users. Access control is provided for security. A PVR client is used to access the storage and ... 04/26/07 - 20070094701 - Method to store and distribute full length movies on a portable non-volatile solid-state storage device A new method for storing and distributing full-length movies on a portable non-volatile solid-state storage device. Digitized compressed signals containing audiovisual components of a movie are sent to a portable non-volatile solid-state storage device and stored in a permanent or non-permanent state. The customer can use the portable non-volatile solid-state ... 04/19/07 - 20070089154 - Information storage medium, information recording method, information playback method, information recording apparatus, and information playback apparatus An embodiment may allow not only information management of contents which are to be recorded and played back by the user but also information management which has affinity for contents distributed by contents providers. An information storage medium may have a file structure that manages first high-definition video information which ... 04/19/07 - 20070089153 - Information storage medium, information recording method, information playback method, information recording apparatus, and information playback apparatus An embodiment may allow not only information management of contents which are to be recorded and played back by the user but also information management which has affinity for contents distributed by contents providers. An information storage medium may have a file structure that manages first high-definition video information which ... 04/19/07 - 20070089152 - Photo and video collage effects A media editing application for creating and displaying video effect clips. A detection component detects video files stored in a memory of a computer. A user interface displays the detected video files and various video effects that can be applied to video files. The user interface is responsive to a ... 04/05/07 - 20070079351 - System and method for balancing video encoding tasks between multiple processors System and method for balancing video encoding tasks between multiple processors. The method may include receiving a real time video stream, performing picture level and upper processing on a main processor, executing a macroblock loop in parallel on a main processor and a co-processor, wherein executing includes processing a first ... 04/05/07 - 20070079350 - Information storage medium, information recording method, information playback method, information recording apparatus, and information playback apparatus Various kinds of digital broadcast recording and playback are supported even when PSI (Program Specific Information) or SI (Service Information) is unknown. A management area of an information storage medium used in digital broadcast recording has management information for each broadcast station, and also management information of a type that ... 04/05/07 - 20070079349 - Information storage medium, information recording method, information playback method, information recording apparatus, and information playback apparatus Various kinds of digital broadcast recording and playback are supported even when PSI (Program Specific Information) or SI (Service Information) is unknown. A management area of an information storage medium used in digital broadcast recording has management information for each broadcast station, and also management information of a type that ... 03/08/07 - 20070056016 - Mobile video adapter stick A mobile video adapter stick includes a housing, which has a front transmission interface for connection to a computer, a plurality of air vents in communication between the inside space and the atmosphere, and rear adapter interface for connection to an audio and video signal source, a circuit board mounted ... 03/08/07 - 20070056015 - System and method of managing iptv bandwidth in non-observation scenarios Research of television viewing behavior shows that there is a population of television users who tune the television to a particular channel but do not attentively watch the resulting broadcast. In a typical broadcast television system, this poses no additional loads on the system and does not incur additional cost ... 03/08/07 - 20070056014 - Television receiver and method for single-selection viewing control of the television receiver A television receiver is simply, rapidly and reliably configured for control of television program viewing using a correlated program blocking table containing rating codes associated with at least two rating systems used to rate television programs, the rating codes being arranged in predetermined correlated sets with an index associated with ... 03/08/07 - 20070056013 - Portable device for storing media content A portable device (50) has a storage medium (60) for storing media content such as audio and video files. The portable device (50) can communicate with an external media player or network (10) when it is connected to the player (10) or near to the player (10). The external media ... 01/04/07 - 20070006276 - Audiovisual playback A method of playing back audiovisual content together with associated application content, is described, for example using an extended DVD system to play back MHP broadcast content including the inter-active content. The DVD disk includes at least partially an MHP API to enhance the capabilities of a DVD player. ... 12/07/06 - 20060277587 - Video processing apparatus and data processing method A video processing apparatus includes a memory to store auxiliary video data therein; a data updating unit to transmit the auxiliary video data to be updated to the memory at a first transmission speed and update the auxiliary video data; a data processing unit having a second transmission speed which ... 11/30/06 - 20060271994 - Information output device and information output method, information recording device and information recording method, information output program and information recording program, and information recording medium [Problem]To provide a broadcast receiver and the like that allow a user to correctly keep track of a change in a program when a digital broadcast is received and recorded. [Means For Solving Problems]A set top box ST that converts a transport stream to be recorded on a hard disk ... 11/16/06 - 20060259943 - Television broadcast receiver, television broadcast receiving method and television system A television broadcast receiver can treat the external recording equipment with same feeling as that of internal recording equipment, even if the external recording equipment is additionally provided. For that, the broadcast receiver includes a control unit to manage operations, a receiving unit to receive a broadcast signal, a demodulator ... 10/19/06 - 20060236360 - Combination of recorded program index and epg A television system has a television viewing mode and a guide mode. The guide mode includes an electronic program guide (EPG), which provides the viewer program information for tuned programs, and a tape index guide (TIG), which provides information for programs recorded on a video cassette. In both guides, real ... 08/31/06 - 20060195884 - Interactive multichannel data distribution system Multimedia distribution systems are disclosed in which servers communicate with clients via audio, video, overlay and/or control channels. In many instances, the audio, video and/or overlay information is transcoded prior to transmission. In many embodiments, the servers and/or clients can be updated. In several embodiments, the updates can be performed ... 08/03/06 - 20060174309 - System and method of managing set top box memory A method of managing recorded content at a set top box memory device for use by a digital video recorder is provided. The method includes dividing a total memory capacity of the set top memory device into a plurality of memory portions. Further, the method includes assigning a unique user ... 07/20/06 - 20060161963 - Display apparatus and control method thereof A display apparatus comprises an interface to receive a signal from an external source, and operates either in a digital packet video link (DPVL) mode or in a raster video mode. The display apparatus decodes data of the signal input through the interface, determines whether the signal is a DPVL ... 07/13/06 - 20060156372 - System, method and interface for managing content at a set top box A method for managing content at a set top box is provided and includes receiving a request to view content and indicating that the content is available for downloading for a predetermined time period. Further, the method includes downloading the content to a memory device within a set top box ... 06/29/06 - 20060143680 - Video display device including video device A video display device includes: an image display device including: a signal operating unit which operates image quality of a source image; a first OSD unit which generates a first OSD signal; a control unit for controlling the image display device, and a memory which is connected to the control ... 06/22/06 - 20060136980 - Method and apparatus for displaying branded video tags A method and apparatus for displaying branded video tags. An advertiser provides additional content associated with broadcast advertising content to a service provider that downloads the additional content to a digital video recorder (DVR). The service provider inserts command tags into the content that are intercepted by the DVR and ... 06/22/06 - 20060136979 - Apparatus and methods for encoding data for video compositing A storage medium, such as a digital versatile disc (DVD), that includes both a media and a data portion. The media portion comprises, for example, one or more scenes movie, a television program or the like. In certain embodiments, the media portion s a full-length movie. The data portion includes ... 06/15/06 - 20060130116 - Time shifting recording switch when phone calling The invention takes the advantage of features such as TiVo Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) or ReplayTV DVRs, which provide continuous recording of broadcasting programs and allow users to replay any missed portions of the program. The invention records the date and time of incoming/outgoing communication events, such as phone calls, ... 06/01/06 - 20060117373 - Data processing device, data recording/reproducing device, data processing method and program It is an object of the invention to provide a data processing device, a data processing method and a data processing program which can provide consistency between information of a macrovision signal and CGMS data added to an analogue video signal. A data processing device (10) receiving and analogue video ... 05/18/06 - 20060107301 - Video recorder unit and method of operation therefor The invention relates to a video recorder unit which has a receiver (211) receiving mixed content video channels (101,103,105) having a mixed content of special content clips (111,117,123,127,129,133,135,139,149) and programs (107,113,119,125,131,137,138,141,145). A detection processor (213) detects the special content clips and an extraction controller (215) extracts the clips and stores ... 03/16/06 - 20060059532 - Method and apparatus for recording a video program for user instruction The present invention is a method and apparatus for providing the user instructional information describing the operation of their television receiving device system. ... 03/16/06 - 20060059531 - Information recording medium, information recording device and method, information reproduction device and method, information recording reproduction device and method, recording or reproduction control computer program, and data structure containing cont An information recording medium includes a file for storing object data consisting of a plurality of packets and further includes a file for storing correspondence definition information for controlling reproduction of the object data. The object data is interleaved in an angle block. The head of the interleaved unit has ... 03/09/06 - 20060053467 - Broadcast receiver A digital television broadcast receiver improves a convenience of a user by making a video recording reservation by using a function control mail and making the video recording reservation from a distance. The broadcast receiver has a mail receiving section, a mail type identification section to identify a normal mail ... 03/02/06 - 20060048205 - Methods and systems for securing access to recorded video programs A video recorder for recording audiovisual programming includes: a storage device for recording audiovisual programming and a list of users; a processor for controlling the storage device; and a user interface. The processor is configured to selectively grant access to a particular audiovisual recording based on a list of authorized ... 03/02/06 - 20060048204 - Method of storing a stream of audiovisual data in a memory The invention relates to a method of splitting up (220) a stream of audiovisual data into a stream of audio data and a stream of video data and of storing (225) at least the audio data when the content of the stream of audiovisual data matches (210) at least one ... 02/02/06 - 20060026664 - Playback of interactive programs A method for playing back a program which includes one or more interactive applications. A program which is stored, either in the form of a data stream or as a set of files is played back from a storage device. When playback is started, applications which are detected are launched. ... 02/02/06 - 20060026663 - System and method for pre-caching a first portion of a video file on a set-top box A method of pre-caching video content is provided and includes measuring an available bandwidth of a data connection to a set top box. The available bandwidth measurement can be an average available bandwidth of the data connection to the set top box or a minimum available bandwidth of the data ... 02/02/06 - 20060026662 - Broadcast metadata format independent of transmission standard A multi-standard receiving device processes broadcast transmission signals that use multiple differing transmission standards. Processing entails conversion of the transmission standard's protocol standard into a normalized transport agnostic representation in order to allow consistent manipulation of a broadcast transmission signal's contents regardless of the transmission standard. ... 01/26/06 - 20060020997 - Broadcasting receiver When setting reception channels, channel information and the direction information of a smart antenna are erased from a memory, and thereafter, the broadcast of a predetermined channel is automatically received while the direction of the directivity of the smart antenna is being switched in all directions. From among all the ... 01/19/06 - 20060015922 - Method of processing files for data broadcasting A method of processing files for data broadcasting is disclosed for shortening an initial preparation period for start of execution of the data broadcasting the execution speed of the data broadcasting, wherein the method comprises the steps of: a demultiplexer separating, files for data broadcasting from received television broadcast signals, ... 01/12/06 - 20060010480 - System and method for managing content between devices in various domains A system and method for managing content between different client devices in various domains (such as vehicle, home, and person). The system and method include receiving an input from a user on the first client device to delay the content. After receiving the input, the first client device determines whether ... 12/29/05 - 20050289635 - Information processor, method thereof, program thereof, recording medium storing the program and information storage A storing/reproducing device includes a storing controller that recognizes programming information read out from timer recording list information and the data size of a content corresponding to the programming information, and compares the data size with free spaces of an automatic recording area 272 and a manual recording area 273 ... 12/29/05 - 20050289634 - Image service system Illegal use of a playlist can be prevented. A laboratory generates a playlist and encodes the playlist with a public key. The encoded playlist is recorded in a DVD. When a user carries out reproduction using the playlist on a personal computer, the personal computer compares token information thereof and ... 12/22/05 - 20050283818 - Hydra: high-performance data recording architecture for streaming media A data stream recorder system, for multi-stream recording and retrieval of utilizes a number of gateways, each for sending and receiving packets containing streaming multimedia content data at real-time rates via a packet data network. A session manager communicates via the network with source client devices and receiver client devices, ... 12/22/05 - 20050283817 - Television system A television system is provided which includes a video cassette recorder (VCR) and a broadcast data receiver (BDR) for receiving digital data from a remote broadcaster and processing and decoding said data to provide video, audio and/or auxiliary data for display on a television (TV) and/or for sounding via one ... 12/15/05 - 20050278771 - Electronic program guide with digital storage An interactive television program guide system with digital storage is provided. The program guide gives users the ability to store information associated with recorded programs in a directory in the digital storage device thereby providing easy access to program information. The program guide may also provide a global media library ... 11/10/05 - 20050251847 - Multimedia playback device and driving method thereof A multimedia playback device includes a memory module for recording a plurality of sets of first image data, a merging module electrically connected to the memory module for merging the sets of first image data to produce second image data, and a playback module electrically connected to the merging module ... 10/27/05 - 20050240979 - Television recorder having a removable hard disk drive A television recorder defines a recessed memory storage device bay and a rack mounted in the memory storage device bay. The recorder includes a carrier for removeably locking a hard disk drive into the rack. The television recorder connects with a television and television broadcast source for simultaneously recording television ... 10/20/05 - 20050235337 - Method and system of data storage capacity allocation and management using one or more data storage drives Aspects of the present invention allow the implementation of one or more data pools using portions or sectors of one or more hard disk drives. Aspects of the invention incorporate at least a method and system of implementing the one or more data pools. The method of implementing a data ... 10/20/05 - 20050235336 - Data storage system and method that supports personal video recorder functionality Various aspects of the invention provide a system, apparatus, and method of storing data in a storage device for use by one or more data processing devices, such as person video recorders, communicatively coupled to the data storage device. In a representative embodiment, the method comprises receiving data from the ... 09/29/05 - 20050216949 - Systems and methods for a universal media server with integrated networking and telephony Systems and methods for creating a Universal Media Server (UMS) and associated Digital Media Renders (DMRs) are disclosed. This system provides functions such as in-home wired or wireless network for media distribution with PVR functions from a distributed archive while at the same time including functions such as an answering ... 09/22/05 - 20050210530 - Training, inference and user interface for guiding the caching of media content on local stores The present invention is related to a system and method of caching data employing probabilistic predictive techniques. The system and method has particular application to multimedia systems for providing local storage of a subset of available viewing selections by assigning a value to a selection and retaining selections in the ... 07/28/05 - 20050166255 - Operation modes for a personal video recorder A Personal Video Recorder (PVR) displays an original, real-time, uncompressed video with no delay during a real-time mode and switches between original video and time shifted video with no delay. This provides a higher fidelity image than using the encoded and then decoded image and provides immediate video change feedback. ... 07/28/05 - 20050166254 - Open aquos remote control unique buttons/features The current invention describes novel remote control features operative with a television system, including hotkey buttons assignable to certain applications operating and/or displayed on the television system, one touch record and image capture to a removable storage medium, and notification alert buttons for browsing between certain notifications and alerts. ... 07/28/05 - 20050166253 - Television having a java engine and a removable device port Method and apparatus for use with televisions having an internal Java engine are included among the embodiments. In exemplary systems, a PCMCIA port allows the Java engine to load and execute Java applets selected by the viewer. Provision is made for system-aware applets to run concurrently with platform-independent applets on ... 07/28/05 - 20050166252 - Personal video recorder Embodiments of the present invention include a personal video recorder that uses removable media. In one particular embodiment, the media is accessed though a PCMCIA interface. Recorded media can be removed and permanently stored, or may be inserted into another device for permanent storage. ... 07/28/05 - 20050166251 - Programmable video processing and video storage architecture In an embodiment, a method includes receiving video into a video display device. The method also includes storing, by at least one processor, the video into a memory, upon determining that the video display device is in a storage mode. Additionally, the method includes performing enhanced image processing on the ... 07/14/05 - 20050155084 - Storage device The invention concerns a storage device comprising storage means characterized in that it comprises file system manager means for managing the organization of the data stored on the storage means, interface means enabling a host to access the storage means by sending remote procedures calls to the file system means. ... 06/30/05 - 20050144651 - Settop cable television control device and method including bootloader software and code version table for maintaining and updating settop receiver operating system software A cable television settop receiver and method includes a software component and a frequency acquisition method for determining the ability of the operating system/control program in the settop receiver to operate the settop receiver. The software component, referred to as a “bootloader”, executes on the processor contained in the settop ... 06/23/05 - 20050138672 - Digital video recorder recognizing end of program metadata incorporated in a transport packet stream A method and apparatus is provided for recording a broadcast program. The method begins by receiving a transport packet stream (200) in which the program is embodied. The transport packet stream (200) includes an indicator denoting a time at which the program ends. The transport packet is electronically stored and ... 06/16/05 - 20050132418 - Multimedia time warping system A multimedia time warping system allows the user to store selected television broadcast programs while the user is simultaneously watching or reviewing another program. The system accepts television (TV) input streams in a multitude of forms that are converted to an encoded formatted stream for internal transfer and manipulation and ... 06/16/05 - 20050132417 - Method and apparatus for buffering streaming media A method and apparatus for buffering streamed presentation data within a container file includes receiving one or more data streams from each of one or more presentation sources within the presentation, creating within the container file a virtual file for each of the one or more presentation sources, temporarily storing ... 06/02/05 - 20050120387 - Device and method of selecting and executing middleware for motion picture reproduction Achieved is a motion picture reproducing apparatus at low price (being little increased in price even though the number of specifications are increased) capable of receiving motion picture streams complying with various specifications such as those containing programs that operate on different pieces of middleware, and reproducing motion pictures. A ... 06/02/05 - 20050120386 - Multi-device distributed digital video recording systems and methods The present invention provides multi-device distributed digital video recording systems and methods. The present invention enables digital recording devices on a cable plant to share resources. A plurality of networked digital video recorders are provided. A requesting digital video recorder (DVR) on the network may be capable of broadcasting a ... 06/02/05 - 20050120385 - State-based memory unloading A system is described for managing memory, the system including, among other things, a memory with logic and a processor configured with the logic to receive an indication of an application state from a plurality of applications in memory and determine which of the plurality of applications to effect removal ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |