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Nokia Corporation

Genesis Microchip Corporation

Anders Frisk

Osamu Kobayashi

Greg Neal

Martha Zimet

Arto Astala

Petri Asunmaa

Kimmo Djupsjobacka

Ilari Saarikivi

Timo Ellila

John Grundy

Sampo Savolainen

Patrik Lindblom

Thomas Abrahamson

A method for receiving OSD data over from a computer for display on a monitor over a transmission link that includes, launching an OSD application on the computer; receiving an OSD control command at the computer; encoding the OSD control command by the OSD application; converting the encoded OSD control command into an OSD data packet; converting the OSD data packet into at least two OSD pixel patterns, sending the two OSD pixel patterns over the transmission link to the monitor, and displaying the OSD.

Method and apparatus for providing on screen display (OSD) data at a computer for display on a monitor over a transmission link

In a DVD playback mode only, the first type interface is disabled and a DVD driver unit having a hardware DVD decoder connected to a DVD reader unit arranged to read video data from a DVD inserted therein is powered on. In the described embodiment, the DVD decoder unit is also connected to the display screen by way of a second type interface is powered on. The video data is read from the DVD by the DVD reader unit and sent by the DVD reader unit to the hardware DVD decoder unit which then decodes the video data before passing it directly to a timing controller unit coupled to the display screen by way of the second type interface. The timing controller unit converts the video data at a native resolution to a display screen resolution that is then displayed on the display screen.

Low power DVD playback in a portable computing system

A system and method are provided that allow a user to perform information management tasks and access the Internet. The system includes a terminal that is part of a family and capable of wireless communication, a gateway, an Internet Service Provider (ISP), a server for authenticating the terminal, a global unit for providing the internet address of the server to the terminal, and browser logic stored in the terminal or the server. The method includes the steps of powering on the terminal, establishing a communication link with the gateway to obtain an internet address for the terminal relative to the internet address of the gateway, obtaining an internet address for the server, and establishing a family communication session between the terminal and the server to allow access to information management services, and launching a browser to provide an interface to the internet.

Network with mobile terminals as browsers having wireless access to the internet and method for using same

In a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel based display, a method of dynamically selecting either frame rate conversion (FRC) or pixel voltage overdrive is disclosed. The method is carried out by performing the following operations. A video vertical refresh rate of an incoming video data stream is determined and based upon the determining, only one video data stream conditioning protocol from a number of available video data stream conditioning protocols is selected. The selected video data stream condition protocol is then applied to the video data stream.

Dynamically selecting either frame rate conversion (FRC) or pixel overdrive in an LCD panel based display

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Menlo Park, CA, United States of America

Anders Frisk