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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:
May. 31, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1995
Applicants:
J. Carl Cooper, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Steve Anderson, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
J. Carl Cooper, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Steve Anderson, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Pixel Instruments, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N005/91 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present disclosure teaches a method and apparatus for allowing a user to select and view one or multiple programs at random whenever he desires and to suspend viewing in the middle of a program to accommodate an interruption and to continue viewing after the interruption without missing any of the program. In addition, previously stored programs may be viewed at accelerated or decelerated speed, or repeated or portions reviewed, to allow the user to review such in other than real time.