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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2003
Andrew L. Wolfe, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Edward J. Brachocki, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Stephen G. Maine, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
Christopher W. Chevalier, Tempe, AZ (US);
Christopher L. Porter, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Andrew L. Wolfe, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Edward J. Brachocki, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Stephen G. Maine, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
Christopher W. Chevalier, Tempe, AZ (US);
Christopher L. Porter, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A television has an encoder, a random access memory buffer, and a decoder in addition to components of a conventional television receiver. The encoder encodes television signals to a digital format and the random access memory buffer stores the encoded television signal in response to activation of a pause function. The random access memory buffer outputs the stored digital television signal and the decoder decodes the digital television signal output from the random access memory buffer in response to deactivation of the pause function.