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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2003
Valerie Sacrez Liebhold, Carmel, IN (US);
Mark Gilmore Mears, Zionsville, IN (US);
Valerie Sacrez Liebhold, Carmel, IN (US);
Mark Gilmore Mears, Zionsville, IN (US);
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
A recorder, method, device, and interpretation apparatus for executing code commands. The invention is a device which functions in response to code commands comprising: means to execute a function in response to a code command having a format for the device; and means to execute the function in response to a code command having a format for a different device. The invention is also a recorder comprising means to execute a first type of recorder function corresponding to a second type of recorder commands. In another aspect, the invention is a method of controlling a recorder comprising: receiving a second type of recorder command; mapping the second type of recorder command into a corresponding first type of recorder function; and executing the corresponding first type of recorder function. In yet another aspect, the invention is an interpretation apparatus for receiving a second type of recorder command and outputting a corresponding first type of recorder.