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Thomas Zato, Inverness, IL US
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20090100486 | WEB TELEVISION HAVING A TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION BUS INTERCONNECTING A TELEVISION CONTROLLER AND AN INTERNET MODULE - A web television includes a display, a tuner, an internet module, and a PIP module. The tuner is arranged to select television video for display on the display and to select television audio for display by a speaker of the web television. The internet module is arranged to supply internet video for display on the display and to supply internet audio for display by the speaker of the web television, and the internet video and audio are derived from internet communications between the web television and internet content providers. The PIP module is arranged to provide a PIP area within a main area of the display. The internet video and the television video may be swapped between the PIP area and the main area of the display, and the speaker of the web television may be swapped between the internet audio and the television audio. | 04-16-2009 |
Thomas Zato, Santa Clara, CA US
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20110216162 | Multi-View Video Format Control - Techniques for multi-view video format control are provided. In some embodiments, a display video format supported by a display panel is determined. A video format code is extracted from a coded bitstream in which a plurality of images is encoded in two or more source video formats. The video format code identifies a source video format in which a set of images in the plurality of images is encoded. A video format filter is selected to modify the set of images encoded in the source video format to generate another set of images encoded in the display video format. The other set of images encoded in the display video format is sent to the display panel. | 09-08-2011 |
20110216163 | Methods For Carrying And Transmitting 3D Z-Norm Attributes In Digital TV Closed Captioning - Methods for carrying and transmitting overlay depth data of an overlay of a stereoscopic image of a display device as a fraction of a viewer distance from the overlay are described. | 09-08-2011 |
20110221864 | Multiscalar Stereo Video Format Conversion - Techniques for converting 3D images using alpha maps are described. A left-view image and a right-view image may be determined from media data received by a 3D display system. An alpha map specifying a plurality of operations for a plurality of locations that correspond to the first plurality of locations in the images may also be determined. The plurality of operations specified in the alpha map may be applied by the 3D display system to process the left-view and right-view images, and to generate, based on the left-view and right-view images, a third image in an appropriate 3D format. | 09-15-2011 |
20110222835 | Application Tracks in Audio/Video Containers - Techniques for providing application tracks in a media data container are described. An application descriptor may be extracted from a coded bitstream. The coded bitstream comprises media data to be played by a media presentation system. The application descriptor identifies an application archive (i) that is retrievable by the media presentation system from one or more sources and (ii) that is required by the media presentation system at a set media time associated with the media data. While playing the media data, the media presentation system causes retrieving all of the application archive from the one or more sources before the set media time. | 09-15-2011 |
Thomas J. Zato, Santa Clara, CA US
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20120030316 | Unified Media Content Directory Services - A unified media content directory may be created for multiple computing devices that store media content. These computing devices may be in the same network domain or span across different network domains. These computing devices may provide their media content through the unified media content directory based in part on standard technologies. A client that has a limited security permission may be able to access the unified media content directory and the media content identified in the unified media content directory in an intuitive, consistent manner, no matter where the client may be located, assuming the client has adequate digital rights for the media content the client. Additionally, load conditions of the media content servers may be monitored. A load balancing algorithm and high availability for accessing a piece of media content may be provided, if the media content can be accessed through more than one media content server. | 02-02-2012 |
20120098943 | Modifying Images for a 3-Dimensional Display Mode - Modifying images for a 3-dimensional display mode includes receiving a third image encoded for a 3-dimensional display mode, receiving a first image not encoded for the 3-dimensional display mode, modifying the first image to generate a second image encoded for the 3-dimensional display mode, and displaying the third image and the second image in the 3-dimensional display mode. | 04-26-2012 |