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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:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2010
Applicants:
Peter Shintani, San Diego, CA (US);
Aran Sadja, San Diego, CA (US);
Theodore R. Booth, San Diego, CA (US);
Ludovic Douillet, Escondido, CA (US);
Inventors:
Peter Shintani, San Diego, CA (US);
Aran Sadja, San Diego, CA (US);
Theodore R. Booth, San Diego, CA (US);
Ludovic Douillet, Escondido, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/44 (2011.01); H04N 9/64 (2006.01); H04N 21/434 (2011.01); H04N 21/426 (2011.01); H04N 21/254 (2011.01); G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/438 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01); G06Q 40/00 (2012.01); H04N 21/4627 (2011.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01); G06F 21/12 (2013.01); H04N 21/2543 (2011.01); H04N 21/6547 (2011.01); H04N 21/654 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/018 (2013.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01); G06F 21/125 (2013.01); G06Q 20/20 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0283 (2013.01); G06Q 40/10 (2013.01); G06Q 40/12 (2013.12); H04N 5/44 (2013.01); H04N 5/4401 (2013.01); H04N 9/641 (2013.01); H04N 9/642 (2013.01); H04N 21/2541 (2013.01); H04N 21/2543 (2013.01); H04N 21/25816 (2013.01); H04N 21/4263 (2013.01); H04N 21/4347 (2013.01); H04N 21/4382 (2013.01); H04N 21/4627 (2013.01); H04N 21/6547 (2013.01); H04N 21/6581 (2013.01);
Abstract
A TV with various licensable components including, e.g., an ATSC demodulator requests a license for a component upon detection of a physical condition implicating use of the component, such as plugging a cable into a particular port, or upon receipt of a user-input command requiring use of the component, such as a request to autoscan channels.