Ian J Matthews, 3958 Cleaves Ave, San Jose, CA 95126

6704493, Mar 9, 2004

Mar 6, 2000

09/519799

Ian Charles Matthews - San Diego CA
David Alan Desch - Poway CA

Sony Corporation - Tokyo
Sony Electronics, Inc. - Park Ridge NJ

H04N 552

386 98, 386124

A system and method are disclosed that accepts different types of signals from multiple sources and routes the signals to the appropriate devices for conversion or other processing so that each signal is in a common or desired format, such as the MPEG standard. The individual signal streams are packetized so that each signal stream carries identifying information associated with it originating signal source and then multiplexed onto a single digital transport stream for storage. Such a system allows overlapping signals of different types from multiple sources to be processed and stored in a single storage device. Each of the signals can then be subsequently retrieved for playback or display.

7577908, Aug 18, 2009

Nov 20, 2006

11/601973

Milton Massey Frazier - San Marcos CA, US
Behram Mario DaCosta - San Diego CA, US
Robert Hardacker - Escondido CA, US
Ian Charles Matthews - Escondido CA, US
Djung Nguyen - San Diego CA, US

Sony Corporation - Tokyo
Sony Electronics Inc. - Park Ridge NJ

G06F 3/00

715736, 715735, 715810, 709224

Home network resources and communication paths are managed using network path bandwidths, network storage capacities, and quality of service.

7853126, Dec 14, 2010

Mar 1, 2004

10/790615

Ian Charles Matthews - San Diego CA, US
David Alan Desch - Poway CA, US

Sony Corporation - Tokyo
Sony Electronics Inc. - Park Ridge NJ

H04N 7/26
H04N 5/91
H04N 7/08

386109, 386 92, 386124

A system and method are disclosed that accepts different types of signals from multiple sources and routes the signals to the appropriate devices for conversion or other processing so that each signal is in a common or desired format, such as the MPEG standard. The individual signal streams are packetized so that each signal stream carries identifying information associated with it originating signal source and then multiplexed onto a single digital transport stream for storage. Such a system allows overlapping signals of different types from multiple sources to be processed and stored in a single storage device. Each of the signals can then be subsequently retrieved for playback or display.

8544047, Sep 24, 2013

Jul 14, 2011

13/182592

Edgar Tu - Poway CA, US
David Boyden - Escondido CA, US
Takashi Hironaka - San Diego CA, US
Thomas Dawson - Escondido CA, US
George Williams - Carlsbad CA, US
Ludovic Douillet - Escondido CA, US
Rajesh Rao - San Marcos CA, US
Peter Rae Shintani - San Diego CA, US
Djung Nguyen - San Diego CA, US
Milton Frazier - San Marcos CA, US
Ian Charles Matthews - Escondido CA, US
Behram Mario Dacosta - San Diego CA, US
Robert Hardacker - Escondido CA, US
Nicholas James Colsey - Del Mar CA, US
Mark Hanson - San Jose CA, US
Jason R. Meerbergen - San Diego CA, US
Leo Mark Pedlow - Ramona CA, US
Rolf Toft - Palo Alto CA, US

Sony Corporation - Tokyo
Sony Electronics Inc. - Park Ridge NJ

H04N 7/18
H04N 7/16

725 80, 725152

A TV-set is equipped with HDMI and USB connections that allow it to display and run audio-video content from a variety of conventional consumer devices. The TV-set is further equipped to provide a secure HDMI-USB interface that will allow the transfer of licensed high definition content and Internet subscriber services. Such secure HDMI-USB interface also enables a selection of proprietary application modules to be attached. Downloadable user interface templates, much like XML style sheets, are rendered to a user interface displayed on the screen. These are associated with corresponding thumbnails and URI's that allow a user to surf through lists and catalogs of materials, and then to play them in the appropriate formats and provide the machine with a customized controller. A remote commander is simplified, yet expanded to control all the attached devices through interactions with the user interface. The functions of the remote commander's keys change depending on where the user is navigating and what device is being controlled, similar to so-called soft-keys.

7996869, Aug 9, 2011

Aug 16, 2007

11/840189

Edgar Tu - Poway CA, US
David Boyden - Escondido CA, US
Takashi Hironaka - San Diego CA, US
Thomas Dawson - Escondido CA, US
George Williams - Carlsbad CA, US
Ludovic Douillet - Escondido CA, US
Rajesh Rao - San Marcos CA, US
Peter Rae Shintani - San Diego CA, US
Djung Nguyen - San Diego CA, US
Milton Frazier - San Marcos CA, US
Ian Charles Matthews - Escondido CA, US
Behram Mario Dacosta - San Diego CA, US
Robert Hardacker - Escondido CA, US
Nicholas James Colsey - Del Mar CA, US
Mark Hanson - San Jose CA, US
Jason R. Meerbergen - San Diego CA, US
Leo Mark Pedlow - Ramona CA, US
Rolf Toft - Palo Alto CA, US

Sony Corporation - Tokyo
Sony Electronics, Inc. - Park Ridge NJ

H04N 5/445
H04N 5/44

725 80, 725152

A TV-set is equipped with HDMI and USB connections that allow it to display and run audio-video content from a variety of conventional consumer devices. The TV-set is further equipped to provide a secure HDMI-USB interface that will allow the transfer of licensed high definition content and Internet subscriber services. Such secure HDMI-USB interface also enables a selection of proprietary application modules to be attached. Downloadable user interface templates, much like XML style sheets, are rendered to a user interface displayed on the screen. These are associated with corresponding thumbnails and URI's that allow a user to surf through lists and catalogs of materials, and then to play them in the appropriate formats and provide the machine with a customized controller. A remote commander is simplified, yet expanded to control all the attached devices through interactions with the user interface. The functions of the remote commander's keys change depending on where the user is navigating and what device is being controlled, similar to so-called soft-keys.