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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:
Nov. 03, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2004
Applicants:
Hiroko Sugimoto, Yawata, JP;
Tomohiko Kitamura, Hirakata, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroko Sugimoto, Yawata, JP;
Tomohiko Kitamura, Hirakata, JP;
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 7/025 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A content reproduction apparatus functioning to (a) reproduce broadcast program content ('BC'), being image, sound, and other data, that has been received, (b) store commercial content ('CC'), being data such as commercials, announcements, and the like, and (c) cancel the reproduction of the CC during specified broadcast programs.