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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:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2005
Applicants:
Michael J. Markman, Kirkland, WA (US);
James A. Billmaier, Woodinville, WA (US);
Inventors:
Michael J. Markman, Kirkland, WA (US);
James A. Billmaier, Woodinville, WA (US);
Assignee:
ARRIS Group, Inc., Suwanee, GA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/91 (2006.01); H04N 7/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A mini-TV or picture-in-graphic (PIG) window within a digital video recorder (DVR) menu may be repurposed after one or more activities, such as watching a digitally-recorded program, to display content other than live television content on a channel that was being tuned to before the one or more activities.