Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080278635 | Applications for remote control devices with added functionalities - A handheld wireless device for controlling an electronic device. Ambient noise is automatically detected using a microphone and user preference parameters (e.g., volume) are adjusted, compensating for the detected noise. Plurality of signals are sent and received, operable to determine the location of the remote control, thereby operable to automatically tune various user preference parameters (e.g., surround sound). The remote control may be used as a telephone. When receiving a call, the caller information may be displayed using a popup window (e.g., on a television set). A call may be answered and the program may be paused/recorded/muted. The electronic device is automatically configured by identifying the user. A reader may read information on a payment card in a contactless manner. In one embodiment a radio frequency signal is used to reduce interference with LCD wavelength. The remote control may respond to a user command in order to be located. | 11-13-2008 |
20080319654 | System and method for effectively implementing an electronic navigation device - A system and method for effectively implementing an electronic navigation device includes a display coupled to the navigation device for displaying various appropriate types of map data corresponding to particular geographic locations. A map manager coordinates map update procedures to periodically realign the map data on the display based upon various types of device location data and device orientation data. The electronic navigation device is implemented to include a processor device that controls said map manager to perform the map update procedures. | 12-25-2008 |
20090031387 | Hardware Module for Adding Functionality to Television - A modular interface allows new functionalities to be added to a television receiver. A module can be added to the television receiver through the interface that will enable additional functionalities on the television. The interface allows copy protection of digital video and audio content by incorporating HDCP technology, thereby also allowing the manufacturer of the interface to control the access to the interface. | 01-29-2009 |
20090138903 | TV REMOTE CONTROL SIGNAL LOG - An interceptor detects command signals from a TV remote control and logs the signals. The signals can be correlated not just to channel number but also to programs by accessing a program/channel database. A log of channels/programs that have been viewed by, e.g., a child can thus be obtained and viewed by a parent. | 05-28-2009 |
20090138905 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING PARENTAL CONTROL SETTINGS - Parental control settings are provided to a display device by a user. In one embodiment, the display device generates a message, such as a consumer electronic control (CEC) message, which corresponds to the user-provided parental control settings. This message may then be transmitted to one or more source devices to which the display device is connected via an HDMI interface. The HDMI-connected devices may then modify or otherwise conform their own parental control settings in accordance with the parent control data in the received message. In one embodiment, the display device may then receive content from the HDMI-connected devices which has already been pre-filtered in accordance with the parental control settings that were provided directly to the display device. | 05-28-2009 |
20090147135 | HIGH-DEFINITION MULTIMEDIA INTERFACE RECEIVER/TRANSMITTER CHIPSET - A buffer chip is used to isolate the internal connection between an HDMI receiver chip and a remotely-located HDMI port in a consumer electronic device. In one embodiment, an HDMI receiver/transmitter circuit is coupled to a main processor via an internal bus. The HDMI receiver/transmitter circuit, which includes one or more local HDMI inputs/outputs, is further electrically coupled to an HDMI buffer chip, which is in turn connected to one or more HDMI ports located remotely from the HDMI receiver/transmitter circuit. In one embodiment, the detection and control of the HDMI buffer chip is provided directly by the HDMI receiver/transmitter circuit. In another embodiment, the HDMI buffer chip may be electrically isolated from the device's main processor. | 06-11-2009 |
20090248909 | Method and Apparatus for Simulating Consumer Electronic Control Functionality for Devices - A High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) switch includes a plurality of peripheral device ports, each of which may be coupled to a corresponding peripheral device. The switch also includes a display device port for coupling to a display device. In one embodiment, the switch is configured to receive device identification information from one or more of the peripheral devices coupled to the peripheral device ports and to detect which of the peripheral device ports is an active port. The switch may then transmit the device identification information for the peripheral device coupled to the active port to a display device in accordance with an HDMI communication protocol, such as the consumer electronic control (CEC) protocol. In one embodiment, the peripheral device coupled to the active port is not configured to communicate according to the HDMI communication protocol. | 10-01-2009 |
20090301755 | FLAT CABLE FOR MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICES - A flat high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) cable. The flat cable that is less visible in comparison to a round HDMI cable for wall mounted television setup. An HDMI connector is coupled to the flat cable. An active circuit isolates physical characteristics of the HDMI connector. The active circuit causes the flat cable to appear shorter than its actual length during HDMI compliance testing using impedance testing. Moreover, the active circuit causes a consumer electronic control (CEC) line, a display data channel (DDC) line and transition minimized differential signal (TMDS) line to actively terminate for reducing parasitic capacitance from the length of the flat cable during HDMI compliance testing. Thus, the isolation allows the flat cable to satisfy HDMI compliant testing. The flat cable may be selected from a group consisting of ribbon cable, twisted pair cable, flexible printed circuit board, micro coax cable, optical cable and glass fiber cable. | 12-10-2009 |
20100039307 | USING A/V DEVICE TO SEND CONTROLLED DEVICE COMMUNICATION-RELATED PARAMETERS TO PROGRAM REMOTE CONTROL - An A/V device such as a TV presents a series of GUIs that a user can navigate through using a programmable bidirectional remote control to select a type of component to be controlled, the manufacturer, and model number. Once the desired component is selected by navigating through the GUIs, the TV sends back the necessary code information to enable the remote control to communicate with the component. | 02-18-2010 |
20100052548 | VARIABLE BACKLIGHT CONTROL FOR BEZEL - A method and system provide for dynamic control of backlighting of a light-transmissive bezel of a display device. A color control signal is received and processed by a processor and control element of the display device to generate a backlighting control signal and transmit the backlighting control signal to the backlighting element of the display device. The backlighting element generates a backlighting color to illuminate the light-transmissive bezel in accordance with the received backlighting control signal; the backlighting control signal adaptively controls the type and the duration of the backlighting color as determined by the color control signal received by the processor and control element. | 03-04-2010 |
20100052925 | POWER SAVING MODE FOR REMOTE CONTROLLER - A method, system and apparatus provide for enhanced power savings of a remote controller. Power savings are achieved by automatically entering a power saving mode of the remote controller, based upon user usage of the remote controller. A usage condition associated with use of the remote controller is detected; the usage condition has associated with it a predetermined period of time. Upon detection of the occurrence of the usage condition, the remote controller automatically enters a power saving mode from its normal operational mode after the predetermined period of time of the usage condition. | 03-04-2010 |
20100060741 | PASSIVE AND REMOTE MONITORING OF CONTENT DISPLAYED BY A CONTENT VIEWING DEVICE - A method and system provide for passive monitoring by a monitor entity of content displayed for viewing by a content viewing device. Generally, one or more content source parameters of a content viewing device are observed or monitored. From the one or more content source parameters are determined content displayed for viewing on the content viewing device. One or more content data representative of the displayed content is next extracted. A monitor entity passively monitors the one or more content data and optionally the one or more content source parameters of the content viewing device. The monitor entity may be a person, an external device programmed to do monitoring, or a person interfacing with an external device. | 03-11-2010 |
20100071019 | EFFICIENT MOBILE RECEIVER AUTOPROGRAMMING - A mobile receiver is programmed with available channels by initially searching for all potentially available channels and autoprogramming the receiver with channels that are detected by the receiver. Subsequently, only potentially available channels that have not been programmed into the receiver are searched for to reduce autoprogramming time when, e.g., the mobile receiver is carried to a higher elevation. | 03-18-2010 |
20100127886 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL - Control information is exchanged between a component and a remote control device or a server using RFID or using network discovery procedures. The control information if gathered by the server is provided to the remote. In this way, the need to manually program the remote with component code information is eliminated. | 05-27-2010 |
20100198376 | PERSONAL AUDIO DEVICE - A system for providing localized audio content from a remote control device. Embodiments of the present invention utilize the proximity of the remote control device to provide audio content directly to a user without disturbing others. The complexity of normal subwoofer setup is eliminated as subwoofer audio channel is wirelessly delivered to the remote control device and rendered there. Embodiments further include the necessary signal processing circuitry to generate audio channels and send the signal wirelessly for playback in proximity to user. | 08-05-2010 |
20100229194 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE CONTROL BASED CUSTOMIZATION - A system and method for customizing a user interface. The method includes receiving an input signal from a remote control device. The input signal may include an input command and identification information operable to be used for identifying the remote control device. A determination is made as to whether the remote control device has sufficient rights for execution of the input command by a content access system. In response to a determination of sufficient rights, a profile associated with the remote control is accessed. A customized user interface is then presented according to the profile. | 09-09-2010 |
20100235745 | ACCESSIBILITY SYSTEM FOR CONSUMER DEVICES - An electronic device includes a number of features for which settings can be adjusted by a user. The device includes a user interface through which the user can adjust the settings; a standard operating mode in which settings for all of the features are available through the user interface, when activated; and an increased accessibility operating mode in which settings for the features are presented differently in the user interface, when activated, than in the standard operating mode. | 09-16-2010 |
20100253612 | DYNAMICALLY ESTABLISHED BACKLIGHT FOR ENERGY CONSERVATION IN LCD - Backlighting lamps in an LCD are extinguished when they are in regions beyond the area of the demanded image produced by an associated LCD cell matrix that overlays the lamps. In some cases the size of the demanded image may be reduced according to a user-input energy savings mode and then lamps beyond the image region are extinguished. Energy savings are realized. | 10-07-2010 |
20110007226 | ACTIVE SUPPRESSION BY TV OF WHITE SPACE DEVICE INTERFERENCE - A digital TV (DTV) incorporates a TV white space device capable of operating on plural TV frequencies and responsive to the DTV processor to send a signal to an interfering white space device nearby the DTV that is interfering with a TV channel being presented on the TV. The signal sent from the TV white space device to the interfering white space device alters operation of the interfering white space device so as to reduce if not eliminate the interference. | 01-13-2011 |
20110019103 | REMOTE ANTENNA WITH TUNER FOR TV - An antenna unit for a TV. The antenna unit, which can be roof-mounted, includes a tuner and a demodulator so that it outputs a baseband signal containing IP packets representing a TV signal, requiring only a twisted pair Ethernet-type connection between the antenna unit and TV. | 01-27-2011 |
20110051716 | TV ACTING AS POTS PHONE SWITCH - A TV receives IP calls and POTS calls. When a POTS call is received the TV passively passes the call to a non-IP phone, and when an IP call is received the TV processes the IP packets as appropriate for the non-IP phone and passes the call to the phone. The non-IP phone can also signal using a special code a desired to place an IP call, with the signals from the phone being rendered into IP packets by the TV. In this way, a non-IP phone may be used to place and receive both POTS calls and IP-based calls. | 03-03-2011 |
20110090401 | System and Method for Triggering a Demonstration Mode of a Display Device - A system and method are provided for triggering a demonstration mode of a display device. In one embodiment, a process includes displaying data received by a first input of the display device, monitoring a broadcast channel by the display device, and detecting a triggering signal in the broadcast channel. The process may also include displaying a demonstration based on detection of the triggering signal. Once the demonstration is complete, data received by the first input may be displayed. | 04-21-2011 |
20110109812 | TV REMOTE CONTROL SIGNAL LOG - An interceptor detects command signals from a TV remote control and logs the signals. The signals can be correlated not just to channel number but also to programs by accessing a program/channel database. A log of channels/programs that have been viewed by, e.g., a child can thus be obtained and viewed by a parent. | 05-12-2011 |
20110149159 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVELY MANAGING PLAYBACK OF DEMO CONTENT BY DISPLAY DEVICE - An embodiment of the invention involves a display device and method for actively managing playback of demo content within a partially-assisted or non-assisted commercial environment. The playback of demo content is activated through detection of an audio triggering event in which playback of the streaming advertising content is temporarily halted. According to this embodiment, after the demo content is displayed, playback of the streaming advertising content resumes and cannot be interrupted for a selected period of time that is normally greater and will not be less than the playback time for the demo content. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 06-23-2011 |
20110149160 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVELY MANAGING PLAY BACK OF DEMO CONTENT BY A DISPLAY DEVICE BASED ON CUSTOMER ACTIONS - An embodiment of the invention involves an apparatus, such as a television, that comprises a memory, an optical sensor and a processor. The optical sensor is configured to capture at least one image present in front of the apparatus. The processor is coupled to the optical sensor. The processor is configured to (i) analyze the at least one image and determine if the at least one image depicts a specific action, (ii) render a first type of content for a first time period in lieu of rendering a second type of content that is rendered by the processor at times when the specified action is not detected, and (iii) render the second type of content for a second period of time after the first period of time for rendering the first type of content has elapsed, potentially even if another the specified action is detected during the second period of time. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 06-23-2011 |
20110150425 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVELY MANAGING PLAY BACK OF DEMO CONTENT BY A DISPLAY DEVICE BASED ON SIGNALING FROM A PRESENCE SENSOR - An embodiment of the invention involves an apparatus and method for controlling periodic play back of demo content by a display device. The method comprises monitoring for a triggering event by a presence sensor within the display device. The triggering event involves a detection of a non-moving or slow-moving object remaining in front of the display device for a predetermined period of time. In response to detecting the triggering event, the demo content is automatically played for a first period of time. Thereafter, play back of the demo content is halted after the first period of time has elapsed and play back the streaming advertising content is continued by the display device for a second period of time, and as an option, even if another triggering event is detected during the second period of time. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 06-23-2011 |
20110150426 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVELY MANAGING PLAY BACK OF DEMO CONTENT BY A DISPLAY DEVICE BASED ON DETECTED RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNALING - An embodiment of the invention involves an apparatus, method and software for automatically controlling periodic play back of demo content. The apparatus comprises a memory, a radio detection logic and a processor. The radio detection logic is configured to detect a first radio frequency signal within a prescribed frequency range and to generate a control signal in response to detection of the first radio frequency signal. Coupled to the radio detection logic, the processor is configured to permit play back of a first type of content for a first time period upon receipt of the control signal where the first type of content is played back in lieu of playing back a second type of content that is normally processed for play back by the processor, to permit play back of the second type of content for a second time period after the first time period has elapsed. According to one embodiment, this play back occurs regardless if a second radio frequency signal within the prescribed frequency range is detected by the radio detection logic during the second time period, and the processor plays back the first type of content after the second time period has elapsed and the second radio frequency signal is detected. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 06-23-2011 |
20120033052 | ESTABLISHING Z-AXIS LOCATION OF GRAPHICS PLANE IN 3D VIDEO DISPLAY - A television for presenting video content in 3D has a video display controlled by a processor to present video content in a video plane and a user interface (UI) in a graphics plane. The processor receives input indicating a viewer desire to virtually move the UI up or back along a z-axis that is perpendicular to the video plane and responsive to the input change the location of the UI on the z-axis. This may done by altering image disparity produced to create a 3D effect. | 02-09-2012 |
20120086772 | CLOSED CAPTIONING FOR 3D TELEVISION - First and second closed captioning (CC) windows containing identical text are presented on a video display slightly offset from each other so as to give a 3D appearance to the combined text. | 04-12-2012 |
20120113235 | 3D GLASSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZED VIEWING OF 3D VIDEO CONTENT - 3D glasses, 3D glasses systems, and related methods are disclosed for determining an orientation of the 3D glasses, and at least one of: indicating such to a user or adjusting disparity of the 3D content for optimizing a 3D video content viewing experience. The orientation of 3D glasses is determined by a tilt sensor or an infrared camera. A notification according to the orientation of the 3D glasses is provided to a user in the form of a visual indicator on a display, a vibration of the 3D glasses, or an audible sound. A video content device may be programmed to switch from a 3D presentation mode to a 2D presentation mode according to an orientation of the 3D glasses. Additionally, the system may be adapted to adjust image disparity to compensate for tilt. | 05-10-2012 |
20120120250 | REDUCING TV LICENSING COSTS - A TV with various licensable components including, e.g., an ATSC demodulator requests a license for a component upon detection of a physical condition implicating use of the component, such as plugging a cable into a particular port, or upon receipt of a user-input command requiring use of the component, such as a request to autoscan channels. | 05-17-2012 |
20120120315 | TRACKING ACTIVATION OF LICENSABLE COMPONENT IN AUDIO VIDEO DEVICE BY UNIQUE PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION - An audio-video display device (AVDD) includes a licensable component providing a licensable function. The licensable function is available to present data on the AVDD without paying a license fee to exploit the licensable function, when the AVDD is in a retail demonstration mode, whereas post-vending of the AVDD the licensable function is available to present data on the AVDD only pursuant to a license fee therefor being arranged. | 05-17-2012 |
20120120321 | SUPPLYING OMITTED CRITICAL CODE PORTION TO ACTIVATE LICENSABLE COMPONENT IN AUDIO VIDEO DEVICE - An audio-video display device includes a licensable component requiring software code to execute a licensable function. The device is vended with the software code but without the critical piece of code. Upon determining that a license for the licensable function has been activated, the critical piece of code is downloaded to the device to enable execution of the licensed function. | 05-17-2012 |
20120120323 | AUDIO VIDEO DEVICE WITH EXTERNALLY BUNDLED TV TUNER - A CE device is vended with a TV tuner module which may be provided in an envelope in the same shipping container along with instructions to the consumer to connect the tuner module to the CE device if TV capabilities are desired and to return the module for a rebate if TV capabilities are not desired. | 05-17-2012 |
20120123885 | ACTIVATING LICENSABLE COMPONENT OF CONSUMER ELECTRONIC DEVICE AT POINT OF SALE - A purchaser of a CE device informs a retail clerk, at the point of sale (POS) of features of the CE device the purchaser wishes to employ, some of which require a license. The CE device is vended without the licenses but the clerk can upload the desired features to a server, which correlates the features to licensable components and which returns to the POS the license codes needed to enable the components. The codes can be provided to the CE device using RFID at the POS, or storing the codes on a removable storage at the POS and giving the storage to the purchaser, or by printing the codes as bar codes in the sales receipt at the POS and giving the receipt to the purchaser, who later scans the codes past a camera of the CE device to enable the associated licensable components. | 05-17-2012 |
20120123916 | COORDINATING LICENSE ACTIVATION OF LICENSABLE AUDIO VIDEO (AV) DEVICE COMPONENTS BETWEEN CONTRACT MANUFACTURER AND BRAND MANUFACTURER - A contract manufacturer (CM) makes a consumer electronics (CE) device under the auspices of a brand name manufacturer (BNM) associated with the CE device, paying royalties immediately on licensable components in the CE device that are activated for sale and not paying royalties on licensable components in the CE device that are deactivated for sale. Should a purchaser subsequently activate an originally deactivated licensable component, the CM receives this information and pays royalties accordingly on the now-activated licensable component. | 05-17-2012 |
20120124610 | ACTIVATING LICENSABLE COMPONENT OF CONSUMER ELECTRONIC DEVICE POST-SALE USING UNIFIED SOFTWARE PACKAGE - A unified software download package is deployed to multiple CE device models, and a user of the device can configure the unified software package to the desired configuration. A remote feature activation system allows the device to take advantage of any of the additional features contained in the unified software package that can be supported in the device, even if it was not originally supported in the original configuration data of the CE device itself. When the CE device is ready for activation the user can be given the option to accept new features, and then the CE device can notify a server accordingly so that if additional licenses and their associated royalties are required, license codes can be provided to the CE device and royalty payments adjusted. | 05-17-2012 |
20120124611 | TRACKING DETAILS OF ACTIVATION OF LICENSABLE COMPONENT OF CONSUMER ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Instead of buying blanket licenses for all licensable components of its CE devices, a manufacturer enables users to activate licensable components on a device basis and then obtains the necessary licenses individually. Seldom used activation modes and seldom activated licensable components can be pruned from future devices, while widely activated licensable components can be automatically enabled by purchasing a blanket license for those components. Characteristics of license requests and the people making them can be used to focus marketing. | 05-17-2012 |
20120124614 | ACTIVATING LICENSABLE COMPONENT USING AGGREGATING DEVICE IN HOME NETWORK - An aggregation device in a home network accumulates information from audio video apparatuses in the network that the apparatuses require enablement of respective licensable components for which no license event has yet occurred. The aggregation device sends an indication of the license events to a server so that appropriate royalties may be paid post-sale of the various devices. | 05-17-2012 |
20120124678 | ACTIVATING LICENSABLE COMPONENT PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTY TO AUDIO VIDEO DEVICE - An audio-video display device can download from a third party server a licensable component on which a royalty is to be paid. Various methods are disclosed for accounting for royalties associated with downloading the licensable component to the client device between the third party server and a client device manufacturer server. | 05-17-2012 |
20120139919 | 3D ANAGLYPH DISPLAY APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for displaying 3D video and imaging on a display system or television set which incorporate a transmissive display coupled over a multi-color backlighting panel having a plurality of distributed color emissive elements (e.g., colored LEDs). In response to detecting the framing output to the transmissive display, the color output of the backlight is alternately sequenced to enhance the anaglyph or to provide definition for alternate right/left image frames. In one implementation, the type of video stream being input (e.g., 2D, 3D, type of 3D, and so forth.) of the video is used in combination with user selected mode settings to determine whether display output is generated in a 2D mode with a fixed color (e.g., white) output or in a 3D mode in which the color alternates between a first and second color of backlighting. | 06-07-2012 |
20120206656 | ESTABLISHING CLOCK SPEED FOR LENGTHY OR NON-COMPLIANT HDMI CABLES - A method whereby the frequency of the clock of an internal bus of a sink of High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) data is reduced, and possibly deep color mode of a sink deactivated, in response to an inability of a source of HDMI data to read extended display identification data (EDID) and/or effect High Definition Content Protection (HDCP) authentication with the sink. | 08-16-2012 |
20120242906 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC POWER SAVING VIA DEVICE LOCATION IDENTIFICATION - A system for automatically setting a power saving mode according to a location of a device, such as a TV. The system includes an interface, e.g. GPS receiver, terrestrial broadcast receiver, network interface, etc. for coupling the device to one or more external devices; a processor; programming executable on said processor for performing the following steps: determining the location of the device via communication with the one or more external devices; establishing a power consumption mode according to the determined location of the device and one or more power consumption regulatory requirements associated with said device location; and adjusting a function of the device to modify the power consumption of the device according to said power consumption mode. | 09-27-2012 |
20120281128 | TAILORING AUDIO VIDEO OUTPUT FOR VIEWER POSITION AND NEEDS - An assembly that can determine position of a viewer of an audio video device and direct changes in audio and video output in response to azimuth, elevation, and range of the viewer in relation to the assembly. The assembly can also utilize facial recognition to direct changes in audio and video output in response to preprogrammed special needs of specific viewers. | 11-08-2012 |
20130041829 | TRACKING DETAILS OF ACTIVATION OF LICENSABLE COMPONENT OF CONSUMER ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Instead of buying blanket licenses for all licensable components of its CE devices, a manufacturer enables users to activate licensable components on a device basis and then obtains the necessary licenses individually. Seldom used activation modes and seldom activated licensable components can be pruned from future devices, while widely activated licensable components can be automatically enabled by purchasing a blanket license for those components. Characteristics of license requests and the people making them can be used to focus marketing. | 02-14-2013 |
20130044180 | STEREOSCOPIC TELECONFERENCING TECHNIQUES - Stereoscopic teleconferencing techniques described herein are directed toward systems including a plurality of telecommunication stations. A first telecommunication station includes a stereoscopic camera, a pair of shutter glasses, and a first processing unit. A second telecommunication station includes a display, a pair of shutter glasses, and a processing unit. The stereoscopic camera of the first telecommunication station generates a set of stereoscopic images including one or more users. The processing unit of the first telecommunication station determines a location of the shutter glasses in the sets of stereoscopic images and replaces the image of the shutter glasses with the corresponding portion of the given user's face to generate modified sets of stereoscopic images. The display of the second telecommunication station outputs the modified sets of stereoscopic images. The processing unit of the second telecommunication station controls the shutter glasses of the second telecommunication station to present a left eye and a right eye view of the modified sets of stereoscopic images output on the display to a user of the second telecommunication station. Accordingly, the users appear as if they are not wearing shutter glasses in the modified sets of stereoscopic images output on the display. | 02-21-2013 |
20130107022 | 3D USER INTERFACE FOR AUDIO VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE SUCH AS TV | 05-02-2013 |
20130148033 | CONTROLLING DISPLAY SETTINGS USING MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile settings control device (MSCD) presents a user interface (UI) enabling a user to establish display settings for a display associated with an audio video display device (AVDD) with which the MSCD communicates. Before and after adjustment screen shots may be presented full screen and toggled between on either the AVDD or MSCD, or split screens of before and after adjustment screen shots can be presented side by side on the AVDD or MSCD. | 06-13-2013 |
20130155305 | ORIENTATION OF ILLUSTRATION IN ELECTRONIC DISPLAY DEVICE ACCORDING TO IMAGE OF ACTUAL OBJECT BEING ILLUSTRATED - A user of an e-book is presented with a changed visual appearance of a presentation on a display that includes a reference image of an object according to a virtually real time image of the object taken by a camera. | 06-20-2013 |
20130159177 | COORDINATING LICENSE ACTIVATION OF LICENABLE AUDIO VIDEO (AV) DEVICE COMPONENTS BETWEEN CONTRACT MANUFACTURER AND BRAND MANUFACTURER - A server for reducing license fee payments to account for non-use of a licensed component includes a processor and a computer readable storage medium. The computer readable storage medium is accessible to the processor and bears instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine, for a license period, a first number of consumer electronic (CE) devices that have activated the licensed component. The instructions also cause the processor to determine, for the license period, a second number of CE devices that have not activated the licensed component. In addition, the instructions cause the processor to generate a license fee payment index related to the licensed component based on the first number and excluding the second number. | 06-20-2013 |
20130182193 | ACOUSTIC SIGNALLING TO SWITCH FROM INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNICATION MODE TO AD HOC COMMUNICATION MODE - A system includes a first computerized device configured for communicating in an infrastructure mode and an ad hoc mode and a second computerized device configured for communicating at least in the ad hoc mode. A first computerized device operating in infrastructure mode prompts the user of the first computerized device to switch to ad hoc mode in order to communicate with the second computerized device. | 07-18-2013 |
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20130298261 | ACTIVATING LICENSABLE COMPONENT PROVIDED BY THIRD PARTY TO AUDIO VIDEO DEVICE - An audio-video display device can download from a third party server a licensable component on which a royalty is to be paid. Various methods are disclosed for accounting for royalties associated with downloading the licensable component to the client device between the third party server and a client device manufacturer server. | 11-07-2013 |
20130314609 | CONTROLLING DISPLAY SETTINGS USING MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile settings control device (MSCD) presents a user interface (UI) enabling a user to establish display settings for a display associated with an audio video display device (AVDD) with which the MSCD communicates. Before and after adjustment screen shots may be presented full screen and toggled between on either the AVDD or MSCD, or split screens of before and after adjustment screen shots can be presented side by side on the AVDD or MSCD. | 11-28-2013 |
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20140007161 | CONSTRAINING AVAILABILITY OF REAL TIME AND NON-REAL TIME CONTENT TO LOCALITY OF ASSOCIATED REAL TIME BROADCAST | 01-02-2014 |
20140013348 | Tracking Activation of Licensable Component in Audio Video Device By Unique Product Identification - An audio-video display device (AVDD) includes a licensable component providing a licensable function. The licensable function is available to present data on the AVDD without paying a license fee to exploit the licensable function when the AVDD is in a retail demonstration mode, whereas post-vending of the AVDD the licensable function is available to present data on the AVDD only pursuant to a license fee therefor being arranged. | 01-09-2014 |
20140108169 | ACTIVATING LICENSABLE COMPONENT OF CONSUMER ELECTRONIC DEVICE AT POINT OF SALE - A purchaser of a CE device informs a retail clerk at the point of sale (POS) of features of the CE device the purchaser wishes to employ, some of which require a license. The CE device is vended without the licenses but the clerk can upload the desired features to a server, which correlates the features to licensable components and which returns to the POS the license codes needed to enable the components. The codes can be provided to the CE device using RFID at the POS, or storing the codes on a removable storage at the POS and giving the storage to the purchaser, or by printing the codes as bar codes in the sales receipt at the POS and giving the receipt to the purchaser, who later scans the codes past a camera of the CE device to enable the associated licensable components. | 04-17-2014 |
20140137153 | ON-DEMAND ACCESS TO SCHEDULED CONTENT - A method is provided for a reception apparatus to access content. The method includes outputting a distribution schedule for a plurality of content and receiving a selection of one of the plurality of content for which distribution started before or starts after a current time. At least one processor of the reception apparatus determines whether on-demand access is requested for the selected content. When on-demand access is determined to be requested for the selected content, a request for the selected content is sent over a first communication medium and the selected content is received via a second communication medium. | 05-15-2014 |
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