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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:
Mar. 22, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2000
Applicants:
Valérie Crocitti, Saint Armel, FR;
Pierre Houeix, Cesson-Sévigné, FR;
Inventors:
Valérie Crocitti, Saint Armel, FR;
Pierre Houeix, Cesson-Sévigné, FR;
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing S.A., Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N009/64 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Television receiver furnished with a memory () for receiving service data comprising a processing module () which correlates usage criteria received together with the service data and storage criteria characterizing the memory or memories of the receiver. By correlating the two criteria, the module determines the conditions of storage. Advantageously, a reorganizing module () can process the content of the memory so as to free some space in order to store new service data. The invention also relates to the storage process.