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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:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2004
Applicants:
James L. Geer, Hoover, AL (US);
Ivan H. Darius, Richardson, TX (US);
Inventors:
James L. Geer, Hoover, AL (US);
Ivan H. Darius, Richardson, TX (US);
Assignee:
Tm SF Media Holdings, L.L.C., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 (2006.01); H04N 5/44 (2006.01); H04N 5/60 (2006.01); H04N 5/765 (2006.01); H04N 5/775 (2006.01); H04N 5/917 (2006.01); H04N 7/12 (2006.01); H04N 9/74 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06T 9/00 (2006.01); G11B 5/78 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A digital video recorder (DVR) and a method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the DVR includes: (1) a mass data storage unit that concurrently and continuously receives and digitally stores a plurality of channels and (2) a channel viewer, coupled to the mass data storage unit, that retrieves a portion of one of the plurality of channels from the mass data storage unit based on a received command and presents the portion on a video display device.