Actel Corporation, Inc.

Other

Alpine Microsystems, Inc.

Samuel W Beal

William C Plants

Jung-Cheun Lien

King W Chan

William Shu

Sinan Kaptonoglu

Robert Osann, Jr

Sinan Kaptanoglu

Joseph Zott

Andrew K Wiggin

George E Avery

Sammy K Brown

According to this invention, a user may capture a media link on any PC and perform this capture function at any physical location, then save the media link in a playlist, and subsequently play the media located at the media link on a TV server. The TV server may be controlled from a local device&#x2014;typically a PC or a handheld remote control. Playlists may be maintained on a Web playlist function. Software on a local controller device can then select a media link from a Web playlist through the Internet, and the Web playlist function can then pass that link to a local TV server, thus avoiding the need for the controller device and the TV server to communicate through a LAN. Additionally, a playlist may include targeted advertisements shown physically adjacent to related playlist items.

Media playlist management and viewing remote control

An enhanced performance field programmable gate array integrated circuit comprises a field programmable gate array and other functional circuitry such as a mask-programmable gate array in the same integrated circuit. A circuit interface provides communication between the field programmable gate array, the mask-programmable gate array and the integrated circuit I/O.

Enhanced field programmable gate array

Systems and methods are described for remote control of a media server computer from a controller device, typically a laptop computer, where remote operation of the media server, including the selection of videos and other digital media may be performed from the controller while normal TV programming (cable, satellite, or broadcast) is viewed on the TV. Other embodiments describe background operations performed on the controller device, the media server, or both, such that new videos may be located on the web or locally on the LAN while a current video is playing on the media server and viewed on the TV. Methods are also described for more reliably establishing network connections between the controller and media server, and systems and methods are described for implementing a multi-video display on the media server where videos to be displayed on the media server are displayed on and selected by a controller device.

Remote control for video media servers

A plurality of integrated circuits are efficiently interconnected to improve the electrical performance of the overall system. This is accomplished by providing high speed, high density, system level interconnect, including interchip routing lines, on the integrated circuit devices, thereby reducing the routing complexity of the substrate or board. The devices are mounted directly on the board. An integrated circuit device comprises an integrated circuit region including integrated circuit elements. An interconnect layer includes an insulative material, a plurality of conductive traces, and a plurality of conductive bond pads arranged in first and second subsets. A first subgroup of the conductive traces are connected to the integrated circuit elements in the integrated circuit region and are connected to the first subset of conductive bond pads. A second subgroup of the conductive traces are electrically insulated from the integrated circuit elements and are electrically insulated from the first subgroup of the conductive traces to form a pass through. The second subgroup of the conductive traces are connected to the second subset of conductive bond pads.

Integrated circuits packaging system and method

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Samuel W Beal