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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. 09, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2007
Applicants:
Mark Nierzwick, Brownsburg, IN (US);
Ronald Thomas Keen, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventors:
Mark Nierzwick, Brownsburg, IN (US);
Ronald Thomas Keen, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
Shenzhen TCL New Technology Ltd, Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided a system and/or method of monitoring media content. More specifically, in one embodiment, there is provided a method of monitoring operation of an electronic device having a plurality of signal inputs, the method comprising periodically collecting images from each of the plurality of signal inputs, storing the collected images for later evaluation if an image storage option is enabled, and sending the collected images for direct viewing if the image storage option is not enabled.