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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:
Apr. 17, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2003
Applicants:
Robert E. Novak, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michael E. Sears, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Robert E. Novak, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michael E. Sears, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Melodeo, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This disclosure deals with the management of recording programs from Radio Frequency transmissions converting such transmissions into alternative formats and managing the 'freshness' of content which is placed in the memory of a portable digital media playback device. Specifically this disclosure deals with the mechanisms to automate the memory management functions in a variety of ways that allow for two-way communication about content usage in the portable device.