TiVo Issued Additional DVR patents

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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Tivo's Hooked Us, Now We Really Have To Pay

[GeekLife.com]

Anyone else notice Tivo's new strategy? First came an "Important Message" that you have to look at before accessing the menu. Previously, this meant announcements like the enabling of dual-tuners.

This last time, it was announcing a contest wherein if you watch Lexus ads, you can get entered into a contest to win a Lexus.

Now, they've started adding pre-taped video segments (filling up my hard drive, I assume) of BMW ads.

How soon before we're forced to watch TV show previews before we get to access the Now Playing List?

Re:Patenting the methods, not the idea

[kindbud]

Just like your post is obviously a Troll, in hindsight.