THOMSON RESEARCH FUNDING CORPORATION

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H04N PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION 7235
 
 
 
H04B TRANSMISSION 1209

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Recent Patents

Patent # Title Filing Date Issue Date Intl Class
9497502 Method and apparatus enabling fast channel change for DSL systemAug 18, 15Nov 15, 16[H04L, H04N]
9148694 Method and apparatus enabling fast channel change for DSL systemApr 21, 05Sep 29, 15[H04L, H04N]
8477840 Method and apparatus for constrained variable bit rate (VBR) video encodingSep 27, 06Jul 02, 13[H04N]
6100930 Process and apparatus for performing wipes on compressed MPEG video bitstreamsDec 19, 97Aug 08, 00[H04N]
6058143 Motion vector extrapolation for transcoding video sequencesFeb 20, 98May 02, 00[H04N, H04B]
6028639 Process and apparatus for converting an MPEG-2 bitstream into SMPTE-259 compatible bitstreamDec 19, 97Feb 22, 00[H04N]
5986712 Hybrid global/local bit rate controlJan 08, 98Nov 16, 99[H04N]

Expired/Abandoned/Withdrawn Patents

Patent # Title Status Filing Date Issue/Pub Date Intl Class
2009/0245,393 Method and Apparatus For Fast Channel Change For Digital VideoAbandonedJul 25, 07Oct 01, 09[H04N]
2008/0196,061 Method and Apparatus for Channel Change in Dsl SystemAbandonedNov 21, 05Aug 14, 08[H04N]
2007/0195,887 Method and apparatus for reduced resolution update video coding and decodingAbandonedSep 28, 05Aug 23, 07[H04N, H04B]
2007/0189,392 Reduced resolution update mode for advanced video codingAbandonedMar 01, 05Aug 16, 07[H04N, H04B]
6041079 Field/frame conversion of DCT domain mixed field/frame mode macroblocks using 1-dimensional DCT/IDCTExpiredJun 30, 98Mar 21, 00[H04N]

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