The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Johan De Vos, Brussels, BE;
Assignee:
Sony Europa B.V., Badhoevedorp, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/202 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/202 ;
Abstract
A storage medium unit is used as a part of a system for providing information-on-demanding service. The storage medium unit has a storage device for storing information data including video data and/or audio data to be retrieved therefrom and transmitted to end user devices of the information-on-demand service, a memory controller for controlling the storage device, and a memory device for storing software program. The software program is downloaded from a system manager of said system into said memory device. The memory controller controls operation of the storage device according to the downloaded software program.