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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:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2008
Applicants:
Yoshifumi Sakamoto, Shiga-ken, JP;
Masahiro Hori, Shiga-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshifumi Sakamoto, Shiga-ken, JP;
Masahiro Hori, Shiga-ken, JP;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2006.01); H04N 7/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A broadcast system includes a transmitting unit configured for: receiving a web page as input; converting the web page into video image data; and providing a link to the video image data on a basis of a link provided to the web page; an encoder for compressing the video image data; and a receiving unit for receiving the compressed video data; decoding the compressed video data; and directly transmitting the decoded video data to a video display device, without requiring a browser application.