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TiVo Infringes On Pause Patent

Posted by Hemos on from the dumb-dumb-patents dept.

Blackwulf writes: "It seems that there's a company named Pause Technologies which patented in 1992 the ability to pause live TV, play a portion of it, and then skip ahead to live TV. They are now suing TiVo for infringing on their patent. Motorola has already paid licensing fees for their upcoming PVR, and Pause Technologies is speaking with other PVR makers offering licenses to them as well. Yahoo has the story here." Pausing. Obviously, a new idea, and one worthy of patenting. I think I'm going to patent the play button.

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  1. Small difference by jmccay · · Score: 3, Redundant

    "Pausing. Obviously, a new idea, and one worthy of patenting. I think I'm going to patent the play button. "

    The patent was on puasing a LIVE TV stream. That would involve buffering on some end to keep the stuff that normally would get lost in a live one way feed like most tv signals.

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  2. Anger. by bl1st3r · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This kind of thing makes me mad. How can anyone patent everyday ideas. I think I am going to go patent the idea of having a electronics switch in a simple circuit between the power source and a light source. I will call it a light switch.

    Talk about dumb. I hope TiVo takes them to court and kicks their asses.

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