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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. 24, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2003
Applicants:
Chris Mcevilly, Surrey, GB;
Shaheedur Reza Haque, London, GB;
Inventors:
Chris McEvilly, Surrey, GB;
Shaheedur Reza Haque, London, GB;
Assignee:
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/91 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An interactive television system is provided which provides personal video recorder services for users. In the embodiment described, content is recorded at a head-end of the system and stored in the user's set top boy for future playout. Access to the content stored in the user's top box is also controlled by the head end.