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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008

Filed:

Jan. 24, 2002
Applicants:

Daniel Watkins, Saratoga, CA (US);

Zhaohui Shen, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Daniel Watkins, Saratoga, CA (US);

Zhaohui Shen, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/91 (2006.01); H04N 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention is directed to a system, software system and method for effectively managing multimedia broadcast presentations. Effective multimedia broadcast data management offers users increased functionality in how they experience multimedia presentations, manage data and control hardware, such as a personal video recorder. Thus increasing the overall multimedia experience and consequently user satisfaction. Utilization of the present invention allows the user to experience combinations of media previously unavailable. For example, in implementations of the present invention, users may option various combinations of audio and video; including the rate at which a user experiences the media. Further, the user may text search to find starting and stopping points for recording, viewing and pausing operations. Additionally, in embodiments the present invention may be utilized to prioritize stored multimedia presentations.


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