Electronic document answering machine
In a preferred embodiment of the invention an Electronic Document Answering Machine is provided, comprising a CPU and memory connected by a communication bus; a modem connected to the bus for communic... Read More
Inventors: Kikinis, Dan;, Assignee: Lextron Systems, Inc. (Saratoga, CA) |
Stand-alone internet mailbox for cable subscribers
In accordance with the inventive arrangements, an electronic mailbox facility is embodied in a simple device that can receive a data stream representing an e-mail communication from a cable television... Read More
Inventors: Mandalia, Baiju D.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Store and play of broadcast data from a multiplex data stream
The present invention provides for separating of specific broadcast data related to a channel from a multiplex data stream and storing the data for later play. The system tracks the order and timing ... Read More
Inventors: Tripathy, Aurobindo;, Assignee: Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) |
Upstream signal control apparatus for cable television system
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide an upstream signal control apparatus for a cable television system in which the transmission level of an upstream signal is automaticall... Read More
Inventors: Shigihara, Hideo;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Bidirectional CATV system having losses for equalizing upstream communication gain
The CATV system of the present invention reduces the overall ingress of the entire CATV system return path and allows a reduction in terminal return transmitter power. The gain variance and ingress re... Read More
Inventors: Stoneback, Dean A.; Beck, William F.; Huang, Zheng F.;, Assignee: General Instrument Corporation (Horsham, PA) |
Wideband signal distribution system
The foregoing and additional objects are attained in accordance with the principles of this invention by providing a wideband cabling system which functions as "passive" infrastructure to distribute w... Read More
Inventors: Flickinger, Steven Lee; Fetterolf, Sr., James Ray; Preschutti, Joseph P.; Bowen, Terry P.;, Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation (Wilmington, DE) |
Set-top electronics and network interface unit arrangement
There is a need for a set-top computer/audio/video/graphics electronics that with a television display forms an entertainment terminal and network interface arrangement in a single home to access the ... Read More
Inventors: Humpleman, Richard;, Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon, KR) |
Apparatus for automatic sensing of line amplifier configuration for status monitoring
What is claimed is: 1. A line amplifier for receiving forward and reverse signals and for transmitting amplified forward and amplified reverse signals, the line amplifier having an output configuratio... Read More
Inventors: Brickell, John W.; Nash, Wayne H.;, Assignee: Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. (Lawrenceville, GA) |
Trousers with adjustable location knee pads
In order to aid in the understanding of this invention, it can be stated in essentially summary form that it is directed to a kneepad structure which is configured to be permanently attached to the in... Read More
Inventors: Warner, Robert J.; Warner, Margaret A.;, Assignee: |
Method and apparatus for recording and displaying life information on VCR
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for recording and displaying life information on a VCR, which are capable of storing life information to be memori... Read More
Inventors: Ko, Young D.; Yoo, Kyung K.; Cha, Se I.; Cha, Y. Moon;, Assignee: Goldstar Co., Ltd. (Seoul, KR) |
Method and apparatus for enticing a passive television viewer by automatically playing promotional presentations of selectable options in response to the viewer's inactivity
The invention provides a method and apparatus for enticing a passive television viewer by automatically playing promotional presentations of selectable options in response to the viewer's inactivity. ... Read More
Inventors: Hayashi, Michael T.;, Assignee: Time Warner Cable (Stamford, CT) |
Monitoring system for recording device
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A television audience measurement system 10 of the sort taught by Thomas et al. in U.S. Pat. No. 5,481,294 is depicted schematically in FIG. 1. Programs transmitted from a... Read More
Inventors: Wheeler, Henry B.; Lu, Daozheng;, Assignee: Nielsen Media Research, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) |
Dynamic event information table schedule window
A system and method for acquiring and storing schedule event information in an interactive television system is disclosed. The schedule event information for each event may include, for example, the e... Read More
Inventors: Freimann, Felix; Nguyen, Jino; Menand, Jean-Rene;, Assignee: OpenTV, Inc. (San Francisco, CA) |
"V-chip" preset criteria
This present invention comprises novel methods, apparatuses and systems for supervising personal exposure to a consumer electronics device, such as a television system, by reviewing programs for a sel... Read More
Inventors: Whitelaw, Jeffrey G.;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, Inc. (Irvine, CA) |
System for delivering digital sound, graphics, real time files and data via cable
Cable television systems in the United States typically utilize coaxial cable which require the use of signal amplifiers capable of carrying a bandwidth of approximately 300 MHz of information which i... Read More
Inventors: Klappert, Walter R.; La Jole, Michael L.;, Assignee: Time Warner Interactive Group, Inc. (Burbank, CA) |
Time-based media processing system
In pursuit of these objectives, the present invention embodies a new paradigm for computational media processing which is comprised of two fundamental components: Content Representation (automatically... Read More
Inventors: Davis, Marc; Levitt, David;, Assignee: Interval Research Corporation (CA) |
Apparatus and methods for providing combining multiple video sources
According to the invention, apparatus and methods are provided for connecting video components. In one embodiment the apparatus includes a notch filter for filtering frequencies of a first channel fro... Read More
Inventors: Mankovitz, Roy J.;, Assignee: |
Channel selection remote control
The present invention addresses the shortcomings of known programming selection systems by providing an efficient and simple program/channel selection system including an improved remote control unit.... Read More
Inventors: Ho, Kesse; Godwin, John P.;, Assignee: Hughes Electronics Corporation (El Segundo, CA) |
Method and apparatus for locating a cleaner bandwidth in a frequency channel for data transmission
According to the present invention, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are disclosed for identifying and utilizing a cleaner, usable bandwidth within a noisy frequency channel for trans... Read More
Inventors: Naegeli, Charles J.; Chen, Hung-San; Schwartzman, Alejandro H.; Yang, Xiong;, Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (San Jose, CA) |
Television telephone which displays image data having a first precision degree and image data having a second precision degree on a respective display region of a display screen
The present invention has been made in an attempt to solve the above-described problems of the multi-image display, and therefore, has an object to provide such a television telephone apparatus capabl... Read More
Inventors: Irie, Yuichiro; Morikawa, Shigenori; Kurahashi, Shigeki; Omata, Shingo;, Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd (Tokyo, JP) |
Channel number organizer
The present invention solves the prior art problem discussed above and provides a distinct advance in the state of the art. In particular, the channel organizer hereof enables a viewer to define those... Read More
Inventors: Matthews, Carl G.;, Assignee: |
Interactive program guide for designating information on an interactive program guide display
It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a full service television system capable of delivering a high number of high quality television signals. It is also an object of this invention t... Read More
Inventors: LaJoie, Mike L.; Buehl, Joseph G.; Krakirian, Haig H.; Johnson, Stephen M.; Brown, Ralph W.;, Assignee: Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P. (New York, NY) |
Method and computer program product for reducing inter-buffer data transfers between separate processing components
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As used herein, the term "user mode" refers to a level of operation in an operating system where most user written programs run. The user mode level of operation is typic... Read More
Inventors: Shaw, George H. J.; Woodruff, Bryan A.; O'Rourke, Thomas J.;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
Thin film transistor liquid crystal display including at least three transistors associated with an unit pixel
The present invention has been made in an effort to solve the above problems. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a thin film transistor liquid crystal display (LCD), wherein... Read More
Inventors: Kim, Byung-Hee; Kim, Sun Hwa; Kang, Seung Gon; Shin, Hyun Eok; Choi, Young Il;, Assignee: Samsung Display Devices Co., Ltd (Kyonggi-do, KR) |
Television graphical user interface having channel and program sorting capabilities
What is claimed is: 1. A television (TV) system comprising: a CPU, and a TV monitor controlled by said CPU for displaying a TV program guide including a graphical channel changer having channel object... Read More
Inventors: Chaney, Jack; Blonstein, Steve; Leung, Fai-To; Gillespie, Donald;, Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Seoul, KR) |
Synchronization in video conferencing
In accordance with the present invention, computer hardware, software and communications technologies are combined in novel ways to produce a multimedia collaboration system that greatly facilitates d... Read More
Inventors: Ludwig, Lester F.; Lauwers, J. Chris; Lantz, Keith A.; Burnett, Gerald J.; Burns, Emmett R.;, Assignee: Collaboration Properties, Inc. (Incline Village, NV) |
Video cassette recorder protection system
It is therefore an object of this invention to provide means by which viewing of video cassette tapes may be discriminated against according to information such as a rating or other information applie... Read More
Inventors: Kilbel, Joseph J.;, Assignee: |
Semiconductor exposure device
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a semiconductor light exposure device whereby coherency of laser light can be lowered to an appropriate value by a simplified structure wi... Read More
Inventors: Kikuchi, Hiroki; Kaneda, Yushi; Hamatani, Masato;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP); Nikon Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Line driving system according to the characteristic of a transmission medium
OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring to FIG. 1, a reference numeral 1 indicates a setup signal generator, 2 an amplifier, 3 a frequency compensator, 4 a line connector, 5 a setup signal receiver, 6 clam... Read More
Inventors: Kim, Hyo Joong; Yoon, Yong Seob;, Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (Daejeon, KR) |
Multi-coding apparatus
According to the invention, there is provided a multi-coding apparatus, comprising: a plurality of encoders for coding input data at variable rates; a bit allocator to which estimated amounts of codes... Read More
Inventors: Matsuura, Yoko; Shiomoto, Shoji;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
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