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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:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2003
Applicant:
Joseph J. Seidel, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventor:
Joseph J. Seidel, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/167 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An identifier routine is described which, when executed by a host device, retrieves an identifier stored in a memory card and obtains an image using the identifier. The memory card is physically coupled to the host device. The image identifies a content provider from which the host device receives broadcast content. The identifier routine is then executed by the host device to output the image.