Method and system for rapid channel change providing stored images of current channel programs

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20040194134A1
SERIAL NO

10397746

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Disclosed is a method for changing channels in a digital television transport stream, which comprises accessing the digital television transport stream, itself comprising a plurality of multiplexed channels, by using a first tuner, displaying a first program channel from the digital television transport stream, detecting and storing in a buffer memory recent video data from a second channel while displaying the first channel by using a second tuner, immediately recalling and presenting a complete video frame from the stored video data of the second channel for display when the second channel is selected by the user, and displaying real-time video from the second channel when decodable real-time video data is available from the transport stream.

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SONY CORPORATION1-7-1 KONAN MINATO-KU TOKYO 1080075 ?1080075
SONY ELECTRONICS INC1 SONY DRIVE PARK RIDGE NJ 07656

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gunatilake, Priyan Deveka San Diego, CA 9 221
Ota, Takaaki San Diego, CA 42 1341
Read, Christopher J San Diego, CA 46 2072

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