Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080253256 | APPARATUS FOR WRITING DATA AND REDUNDANCY DATA ON A STORAGE MEDIUM - Apparatus for writing data and redundancy data on a storage medium, the storage medium having a defined geometrical structure, the apparatus has a writer for writing data and redundancy data onto the storage medium such that a geometrical distance between the data and the redundancy data is larger than a predefined distance, and for generating and writing redundancy location data identifying a location of the redundancy data on the storage medium. | 10-16-2008 |
20080256365 | APPARATUS FOR WRITING INFORMATION ON A DATA CONTENT ON A STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus for writing checksum information on a data content on a storage medium. The apparatus has a provider for providing checksum information based on the data content and a writer for writing the data content and the checksum information on the storage medium such that a baseline reader and an enhanced reader can read the data content, the enhanced reader can read and process the checksum information, and the baseline reader ignores, skips or does not read the checksum information. | 10-16-2008 |
20080320314 | APPARATUS FOR WRITING DATA TO A MEDIUM - An apparatus for writing data to a medium. The apparatus has a receiver for receiving a write request and encrypted data from a data provider. The apparatus further has a creator for creating a medium ID upon reception of the write request. Furthermore, the apparatus has a provider for providing the medium ID to the data provider for generating the encrypted data and a storage for storing the encrypted data on the medium and for storing the medium ID on the medium upon creation of the medium ID, wherein the encrypted data is encrypted based on the medium ID. | 12-25-2008 |
20090271736 | Method and Disc Drive for Providing a Content Entity from a Storage Disc - A method for providing a content entity from a storage disc is described. The storage disc comprises at least one further content entity. Each content entity comprises a main menu and at least one submenu accessible via the main menu. The storage disc further comprises an entity selection menu. The entity selection menu comprises a link to the main menu of the content entity to be provided. The method comprises providing the entity selection menu for reproduction, receiving a selection of the content entity to be provided, detecting that the storage disc comprises a plurality of content entities, mapping a pre-defined start address to a different start address and providing the selected content entity for reproduction based on the different start address. The pre-defined start address is mapped to a different start address of the storage disc associated with the main menu of the selected content entity to be provided. | 10-29-2009 |
20100211791 | HARDWARE MULTIMEDIA ENDPOINT AND PERSONAL COMPUTER - A hardware multimedia endpoint is located on an adapter card of a personal computer system and comprises an interface for interfacing to the computer system and a processor for receiving cryptographic information from the computer, for processing the cryptographic information and for outputting cryptographic information to the computer. This exchange of cryptographic information is performed such that an authentication procedure with a third party, which is different from the computer, is established for the purpose of decrypting encrypted media content. | 08-19-2010 |
20120271849 | DATABASE MANAGER AND METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MANAGING A DATABASE - A database manager comprises: a detector detecting a connection of an external database which comprises media files, a database file system comprising a media identifier comprising a file or directory path name and an identification on the location of the media file on the external database, and metadata for each of the media files; a database synchronizer reading and storing, as a first step, part of the database file system and, as a second step, part of the metadata when the at least a portion of the database file system is read; and a search request processor processing a search request for a media file in parallel with the second step, wherein the search request processor provides a search result based on the media identifier from the database file system, even when the metadata for the media file is not yet read and stored in the second step. | 10-25-2012 |
20130117354 | Client Device, Method and Computer Program for Playing Media Content - Client device for playing media content, comprising: a connection interface for establishing a connection with a server and for receiving a media content from the server via the connection; a detector for detecting, whether the media content is to be continued beyond a termination of the connection with the server, and for providing a detection result in case it is determined that the media content is to be continued beyond a determination of the connection with the server; and a processor for taking an action to continue the media content beyond a termination of the connection with the server. | 05-09-2013 |
20140207901 | MEDIA RENDERING SYSTEM - A media rendering system comprises: a head device and a plurality of client devices connected to the head device, wherein the head device is remotely located from the client devices and is an external device with respect to the client devices, wherein at least one client device comprises a stored media item not accessible by an application program running on the at least client device, wherein the client device is configured to allow an access to the stored media item from an external device, wherein the head device is configured to instruct the at least one client device to access to the stored media item in the at least one client device, wherein the at least one client device is configured to retrieve the stored media item and to transmit the retrieved stored media item to the head device, wherein the head device is configured to receive the media item transmitted from the at least one client device and to transmit the received media item to the plurality of client devices, and wherein the plurality of client devices are configured for rendering the media item transmitted from the head device. | 07-24-2014 |
20140344223 | DATABASE MANAGER AND METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MANAGING A DATABASE - A database manager comprises: a detector detecting a connection of an external database which comprises media files, a database file system comprising a media identifier comprising a file or directory path name and an identification on the location of the media file on the external database, and metadata for each of the media files; a database synchronizer reading and storing, as a first step, part of the database file system and, as a second step, part of the metadata when the at least a portion of the database file system is read; and a search request processor processing a search request for a media file in parallel with the second step, wherein the search request processor provides a search result based on the media identifier from the database file system, even when the metadata for the media file is not yet read and stored in the second step. | 11-20-2014 |
20150088819 | DATABASE MANAGER AND METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MANAGING A DATABASE - A database manager comprises: a detector detecting a connection of an external database which comprises media files, a database file system comprising a media identifier comprising a file or directory path name and an identification on the location of the media file on the external database, and metadata for each of the media files; a database synchronizer reading and storing, as a first step, part of the database file system and, as a second step, part of the metadata when the at least a portion of the database file system is read; and a search request processor processing a search request for a media file in parallel with the second step, wherein the search request processor provides a search result based on the media identifier from the database file system, even when the metadata for the media file is not yet read and stored in the second step. | 03-26-2015 |