Patent Assignment
Reel/Frame 036330/0420
Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Recorded: 2015-08-11
Pages: 24
Assignor
SONY ELECTRONICS INC.
Executed: 2015-07-31
Assignee
SONY CORPORATION
1-7-1 KONAN, MINATO-KU, TOKYO, JAPAN
Covered Properties
(197)
Television Receiver Control Box
Patent:
5,508,887 →
Application:
08/363,404 →
Multi-Directional Button Assembly with Center and Peripheral Arranged Buttons and Microswitches
Patent:
5,523,531 →
Application:
08/363,657 →
Remote Receiver That Coordinates Command Signals from Differing Sources Including Radio Frequency and Infrared Sources
Patent:
5,675,395 →
Application:
08/368,331 →
Remote Control Identifier Setup in a Video System Having Both Ir and Rf Transmitters
Patent:
5,500,691 →
Application:
08/368,373 →
Fold in Access Door
Patent:
5,577,820 →
Application:
08/369,618 →
Bracket Apparatus for a Cabinet
Patent:
5,573,317 →
Application:
08/438,597 →
Control Panel for a Television
Patent:
5,737,039 →
Application:
08/696,421 →
Method and Apparatus for Encoding Pan-Edit Vectors for Film to Tape Transfer
Patent:
5,926,613 →
Application:
08/722,628 →
Television with Integrated Receiver Decoder
Patent:
5,844,623 →
Application:
08/722,631 →
Mounting Assembly and Method for Locating and Assembling Parts with a Tight Press Fit
Patent:
5,979,037 →
Application:
08/796,114 →
High Speed Cmos Bus Transmitter and Receiver
Patent:
5,903,167 →
Application:
08/812,961 →
Antenna Alignment Indicator System for Satellite Receiver
Patent:
5,923,288 →
Application:
08/827,034 →
Peripheral Software Download of a Broadcast Receiver
Patent:
6,049,830 →
Application:
08/855,060 →
Internet Event Timer Recording for Video and/or Audio
Patent:
6,012,086 →
Application:
08/881,052 →
Method and Apparatus for Generating and Displaying a Broadcast System Program Guide
Patent:
6,020,930 →
Application:
08/927,104 →
Method and Apparatus for Displaying an Electronic Menu Having Components with Differing Levels of Transparency
Patent:
6,111,614 →
Application:
08/953,032 →
Method and Apparatus for Adjusting Font Size in an Electronic Program Guide Display
Patent:
6,954,897 →
Application:
08/953,707 →
Method and Apparatus for Training a Receiver on a Source
Patent:
6,208,296 →
Application:
09/122,531 →
Optical Remote Control Interface System and Method
Patent:
6,111,677 →
Application:
09/144,007 →
Remote Control System
Gui Resource Editor for an Embedded System
Bi-Directional Remote Control Unit and Method of Using the Same
Patent:
6,532,592 →
Application:
09/188,225 →
Motion Sensing Interface
Reduced Microprocessor Apparatus and Method for Device Control System Using Impedance Isolating Expansion Circuit
Patent:
6,378,024 →
Application:
09/259,903 →
Automatic Psip Detection System and Method
Patent:
6,313,886 →
Application:
09/282,983 →
Electronic Program Guide Feature for Av System
Patent:
6,611,958 →
Application:
09/370,048 →
Self Configuring Multi-Dwelling Satellite Receiver System
Patent:
6,205,185 →
Application:
09/387,867 →
Channel Selection in Digital Television
Method and Apparatus for Digital Tv Channel Mapping
Patent:
6,775,843 →
Application:
09/418,541 →
Digital Audio Decoder Having Error Concealment Using a Dynamic Recovery Delay and Frame Repeating and Also Having Fast Audio Muting Capabilities
Patent:
6,915,263 →
Application:
09/422,134 →
Single Horizontal Scan Range Crt Monitor
Patent:
6,313,813 →
Application:
09/422,484 →
Flexible Software-Based Decoding System with Decoupled Decoding Timing and Output Timing
Patent:
6,246,720 →
Application:
09/422,910 →
Method and Apparatus for Decreasing the Time Required to Generate a Channel Map in a Television Signal Receiver
Patent:
6,721,018 →
Application:
09/422,970 →
Color Conversion Matrix Based on Minimal Surface Theory
Patent:
6,618,500 →
Application:
09/456,143 →
Default Source Setup for Channel Numbers
Patent:
7,100,186 →
Application:
09/470,100 →
Anti-Aliasing Buffer
Patent:
6,515,661 →
Application:
09/473,900 →
Method for Switching Signal Input Based on Device Capability
Patent:
6,731,347 →
Application:
09/540,150 →
Method for Switching Input Terminals Based on Incoming Signal Format
Patent:
6,757,025 →
Application:
09/541,161 →
Method and Apparatus for Implementing Multiple V-Chip Settings for a Display Device Wherein the Settings Are Stored on Removable Memory
Patent:
6,643,715 →
Application:
09/578,029 →
Command Pass-Through Functionality in Panel Subunit
Patent:
6,381,507 →
Application:
09/585,706 →
Method and System for Providing an Exact Image Transfer and a Root Panel List Within the Panel Subunit Graphical User Interface Mechanism
Patent:
6,615,293 →
Application:
09/585,883 →
Extended Elements and Mechanisms for Displaying a Rich Graphical User Interface in Panel Subunit
Patent:
6,556,221 →
Application:
09/585,889 →
Focus in/out actions and user action pass-through mechanism for panel subunit
Patent:
6,295,479 →
Application:
09/587,083 →
Method and System for Scheduled Activation of System Information Tables in Digital Transport Streams
Patent:
6,751,713 →
Application:
09/588,041 →
Waved/Corrugated and Stepped Surface Design for Speaker Box, and Method of Standardization of Speaker Box Assemblies for Television of Different Screen Sizes
Patent:
6,580,802 →
Application:
09/593,168 →
Flexible Flat Color Display
Patent:
6,490,402 →
Application:
09/632,020 →
Method and Apparatus for Rendering Video Data
Patent:
6,791,561 →
Application:
09/643,337 →
Efficient System and Method for Detecting and Correcting Laser Misalignment of Plural Laser Beams
Patent:
6,424,412 →
Application:
09/651,165 →
Method and Design for Improved Fragment Processing
Patent:
6,750,869 →
Application:
09/687,998 →
Method and System for Generating Sensory Data Onto the Human Neural Cortex
Patent:
6,536,440 →
Application:
09/690,571 →
Pop-Up Option Palette
Patent:
6,978,473 →
Application:
09/697,964 →
Implementation of a Dv Video Decoder with a Vliw Processor and a Variable Length Decoding Unit
Patent:
7,151,800 →
Application:
09/707,521 →
Method and System to Maintain Relative Statistics for Creating Automatically a List of Favorites
System and Method for Providing Channel Selection in an Electronic Programming Guide
Method and Apparatus for Reducing Standby Power Consumption in a Display Device in Response to a Voltage Detected by an Opto-Coupler
Patent:
6,769,070 →
Application:
09/745,749 →
Method and System for Periodically Displaying a Clock on a Viewing Screen
Wireless Sports View Display and Business Method of Use
Virtual Channel System for Web Appliance, Including Interactive Television
System and Method for Billing for Interactive Television
Method and System for Directing the Generation of a Video Media Event in a Generation System Based on a Media Event Protocol File Such That the Video Media Event Remains Visible at a Predetermined Location in a Second Web Page While a User Navigates from a First We
System and Method for Interactive Television
Gateway Screen for Interactive Television
Flat Moldable Hdtv Display
Single Horizontal Scan Range Crt Monitor
Method and System for Predictive Table Look-Up Code Length of Variable Length Code
System and Method for Effectively Performing an Audio/Video Synchronization Procedure
Micro-Power Stand-by Mode
System and Method for Generating Decoded Digital Video Image Data
Patent:
7,227,895 →
Application:
10/014,689 →
System and Method for Overrun Catch-Up in a Real-Time Software
Video Encoder with Embedded Scene Change and 3:2 Pull-Down Detections
3:2 Pull-Down Detection
Scene Change Detection
Video Decoder and Method for Using the Same
Monitor Adjustment by Data Manipulation
Efficient Transport of Program Clock Reference for Audio Services Delivered on an Mpeg-2 Transport Stream
Graphical User Interface for a Device Having Multiple Input and Output Nodes
Dual Electro-Luminance Back Light Remote Commander and Method
Wish List for Television Recording
Stand-By Power Supply Shutdown at Power On
Bi-Directional Remote Control Unit and Method of Using the Same
Method for Switching Input Terminal Based on Incoming Signal Format
Method and System for Generating Sensory Data Onto the Human Neural Cortex
Auxiliary Program Association Table
Extended Elements and Mechanisms for Displaying a Rich Graphical User Interface in Panel Subunit
Waved/Corrugated and Stepped Surface Design for Speaker Box, and Method of Standardization of Speaker Box Assemblies for Television of Different Screen Sizes
Method for Sharing a Graphics Display as a Resource in an Embedded System
Computer -Readable Medium and Program for Quantizing a Data Set, Method and Apparatus for Quantizing a Data Set
Adaptive Clocking Mechanism for Digital Video Decoder
Apparatus and Method for Use in Television Channel Mapping
Method and Apparatus for Providing Status in Digital Television Channels
Method and System for Pan-Scan Using Motion Vectors Presentation
Systems, Methods, and Apparatus for Simultaneous Viewing of Differing Video Program Sources
Method and Apparatus for Partial File Delete
Transitioning Between Two High Resolution Images in a Slideshow
Method for Switching Signal Input Based on Device Capability
Systems and Methods for Television Antenna Operation
Scanning Method for Applying Ultrasonic Acoustic Data to the Human Neural Cortex
Digital Audio Decoder Having Error Concealment Using a Dynamic Recovery Delay and Frame Repeating and Also Having Fast Audio Muting Capabilities
Method and System for Scheduled Activation of System Information Tables in Digital Transport Streams
Systems and Methods for Zone Security
Automatic Channel Selection Method and Apparatus in Unstable Digital Channel Environments
Progess Bar with Multiple Portions
Network Remote Control
Flat Moldable Hdtv Display
User Interface with Thin Display Device
Method and Apparatus for Navigating Video Content
Digital Closed Caption Transport in Standalone Stream
Method and System for Controlling a Display Device
Systems and Methods for Improving Radio Frequency Signal Reception
System and method for improving home network GUI response time and presentation
System and Method for Effectively Performing an Audio/Video Synchronization Procedure
Speech recognition for internet video search and navigation
Implementation of a Dv Video Decoder with a Vliw Processor and a Variable Length Decoding Unit
Tv-Centric System
Concealed Metadata Transmission System
Method and Apparatus for Authorizing a Communication Interface
Methods, Systems and Apparatuses to Enhance Broadcast Entertainment
Video Content Identification Using Scene Change Signatures from Downscaled Images
Navigation Within Switched Digital Streamed Content
System and Method for Ensuring Secure Communication Between Tv and Set Back Box
Method for selecting an input media source
Trial Selection of Stb Remote Control Codes
Scene Change Detection
Decoding Multiple Remote Control Code Sets
Content image search
Progress Bar with Multiple Portions
System and Method for Generating Decoded Digital Video Image Data
Video Sequence Id by Decimated Scene Signature
System and Method for Audio Identification and Metadata Retrieval
Method and Apparatus for Encoding Metadata into a Digital Program Stream
Application:
11/847,232 →
Publication:
US 2009/0060055
Network Status Icon in Navigable Toolbar
Application:
11/850,326 →
Publication:
US 2009/0063978
Method and System to Maintain Relative Statistics for Creating Automatically a List of Favorites
System and Method for Audible Channel Announce
Communication Signal Strength Display for Tv Internet Adapter
Tv Remote Control Signal Log
System and Method for Presenting Guide Data on a Remote Control
Private User Data
Rendering of multi-media content to near bit accuracy by contractual obligation
Application:
11/982,885 →
Publication:
US 2009/0119379
Multiple focus control
Near Real-Time Multiple Thumbnail Guide with Single Tuner
Reverse 911 Using Tv
Viewer Selection of Subtitle Position on Tv Screen
Application:
12/045,152 →
Publication:
US 2009/0228948
User Interface with Thin Display Device
System and Method for Display Device Operation Synchronization
Application:
12/107,215 →
Publication:
US 2009/0262242
Communication System with Display Status
Application:
12/168,052 →
Publication:
US 2010/0002134
Method and Apparatus for Audio Selection
Application:
12/171,077 →
Publication:
US 2010/0011405
Using a/V Device to Send Controlled Device Communication-Related Parameters to Program Remote Control
Transitioning Between Two High Resolution Images in a Slideshow
Dtv with Detachable Hdmi Inputs
Techniques for Implementing a Cursor for Televisions
Video Branching
Capture of stylized TV table data via OCR
Audiovisual User Interface Based on Learned User Preferences
Transitioning Between Two High Resolution Video Sources
Method and Apparatus for Automatically Updating a Primary Display Area
XMB submenu preview
Application:
12/383,034 →
Publication:
US 2010/0241996
Tv Widget Multiview Content Organization
Tv Widget Animation
Tv Widget Animation with Audio
System and Method for Providing Available-Channel User Selectivity
System and Method for Providing Improved Channel Mapping
Smart Menu Apparatus
Expanded Playlist for Tv Video Player
Enhanced Metadata Presented in a Pop-Up Window on Cross-Media Bar User Interface When a User Hovers a Screen Cursor Over a Tv Channel Icon
Adaptive User Profiling for Tv-Centric Home Automation System
Application:
12/537,091 →
Publication:
US 2011/0032423
System and Method for Terrestrial Broadcast of Emergency Alerts
Multi-Point Television Motion Sensor System and Method
Non-Real Time Services
Preventing Interference Between Primary and Secondary Content in a Stereoscopic Display
System and Method for Configuring Operation of a Remote Control by a Display Device
Non-Real Time Services
Non-Real Time Services
Non-Real Time Services
Extended Elements and Mechanisms for Displaying a Rich Graphical User Interface in Panel Subunit
Application:
12/844,669 →
Publication:
US 2010/0293488
Non-Real Time Services
Non-Real Time Services
Graphical User Interface for a Device Having Multiple Input and Output Nodes
Bi-Directional Remote Control Unit and Method of Using the Same
Method and System for Altering the Presentation of Broadcast Content
One Button Remote Control with Haptic Feedback
Network remote control
Transfer of Metadata Using Video Frames
Method and System for Continuing in a Second Graphics Page Display of Live Video Previously Presented in a First Graphics Page When a User Navigates from the First Graphics Page to the Second Graphics Page
Non-Real Time Services
Decoding Multiple Remote Control Code Sets
Expanded Playlist for Tv Video Player
Navigation Within Switched Digital Streamed Content
Enhanced Program Metadata on Cross-Media Bar
Non-Real Time Services
Preventing Interference Between Primary and Secondary Content in a Stereoscopic Display
Non-Real Time Services
Implementation of a Dv Video Decoder with a Vliw Processor and a Variable Lenght Decoding Unit
Generating User Selectable Media Event Using Graphics Page
Non-Real Time Push Services
Non-Real Time Push Services
Method and Apparatus for Navigating Video Content
Multi-Point Television Motion Sensor System and Method
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