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TiVo Issued Additional DVR patents

Posted by timothy on from the patenting-1s-and-0s dept.

LoadStar writes: "In the never ending war of the DVR's (originally covered by slashdot here (1) and here (2)), TiVo was granted 2 more patents today -- they cover TiVo's 'trick play' features -- 'pause live TV as well as rewind, fast forward, play, play faster, play slower, and play in reverse' -- all the features that make a DVR a DVR. Interestingly enough, TiVo also patented 'a simple and reliable method for connecting TiVo DVRs and other streaming media devices to a network in the home,' a feature that to my knowlege does not currently exist in TiVo products without serious hacking. In related news, SonicBlue announced it would start licensing talks with TiVo, probably believing that the last set of patents granted to them gave them the ammunition necessary to get TiVo to cave and pay a royalty."

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  1. Re:Not another one... by pyros · · Score: 2, Funny

    TiVo also patented 'a simple and reliable method for connecting TiVo DVRs and other streaming media devices to a network in the home,'

    Other things like ethernet webcams already do this

    Show me one ethernet webcam that connects TiVo DVRs to a network.

  2. Real Time Fast Forward by smz420 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now if Tivo only had a Real Time fast forward capability, I'd take up sports gambling as a profession.

  3. Yeah baby.. by CobesTheGreat · · Score: 2, Funny

    I love these things, I can now watch the spice channel the way I want it. A girl goes down on another girl SLOW! A guy unzips his pants FAST FORWARD! CowboyNeal takes off his pants, REPLAY!

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