Abstract: Food compositions are described according to the invention which have specified nutrient content modification. In particular, food compositions intended for human consumption are provided having added L-lysine and a specified ratio of L-lysine content to L-arginine content. For example, a food composition intended for human consumption is provided which includes a food having more endogenous L-arginine than endogenous L-lysine, and an amount of added L-lysine such that the amount of added L-lysine in combination with the amount of endogenous L-lysine is sufficient to equal or exceed the amount of endogenous L-arginine. The added L-lysine is applied to the food such that it is ingested along with the food. Processes for producing a nutrient modified food composition are also provided, along with food products which include a nutrient modified food composition.

Abstract: Compositions are provided according to the present invention which include microorganisms and/or products of microorganismal metabolism. Humans and other animals have difficulty gaining nutritional benefit from many highly abundant plant materials, such as cellulose. A traditional means of gaining the benefit of these nutrients has been through the cultivation of animals capable of utilizing such materials, subsequently consuming their meat and milk products. However, raising such animals is time consuming and expensive. Compositions and methods according to the present invention allow circumvention of the use of these cultivated animals for meat and milk. Microorganisms are isolated from an animal which is a traditional source of food for a second type of animal, such as humans or pets, in order to produce compositions of the invention. Such compositions provide nutritional benefit to the consumer.

Abstract: Systems and associated methods are disclosed for securing personal belongings to a seat or chair. The invention provides two locking mechanisms, one associated with a container having a locking door, and the second associated with a tether with a second lock for locking the container to the seat or chair. The preferred embodiments further provide a bracket for mounting the container on the seat or chair for more convenient access. The system may further include a slide assembly between the container and the bracket allowing the container to be positioned for more convenient access while remaining tethered to the seat or chair. The invention is applicable to virtually any type of seat or chair with appropriate modification. That is, the invention provides an article storage container that is secured to either a swivel, or straight-legged chair, or vehicle seat.

Abstract: A television system provides access to Internet data simultaneously with a displayed television program. Data units including data address sites available through a networked computer system such as the Internet are embedded in a television signal along with a television program. Information representing the data address site, such as an icon or descriptive text, is displayed simultaneously with the television program on the television. If the user selects the data address site, a data retrieval terminal in two-way communication with the network and associated with the television establishes a connection with the network and requests the data corresponding to the selected data address site. The retrieved information is then formatted for display.

Abstract: A variety of human and animal diseases are associated with distortion of diversity of intestinal flora caused by such factors as unnatural diet and exposure to antibiotics. Probiotic compositions according to the present invention and methods for their generation are described which are designed to provide exposure to microorganisms in order to promote health of humans and other animals. Probiotic compositions are provided which include microorganisms isolated from the digestive system of an animal which is a traditional food source for a second type of animal. Such isolated microorganisms may be used directly in a probiotic composition and/or related method, and may also be cultured and/or amplified for such use.

Abstract: A television system allows a viewer of a text-enhanced television program to pause the program at a particular frame, browse the enhancements at his or her leisure, and then resume viewing the program from that frame, without losing continuity of the video and enhancement portions of the program, or program content. This is accomplished by time-shifting the television program for later playback. Time-shifting is accomplished through the use of mass storage devices such as semiconductor memory, optical disks, magnetic storage and other FIFO data storage structures. Markers are available that allow the viewer to return to the program at the point that he stopped watching, replaying the program from that point. Text enhancements are provided through the VBI present in a conventional television broadcast signal, through an Internet connection, or by a wireless means such as a pager or cordless telephone.

Abstract: A television system has a television viewing mode and a guide mode. The guide mode includes an electronic program guide (EPG), which provides the viewer program information for tuned programs, and a tape index guide (TIG), which provides information for programs recorded on a video cassette. In both guides, real time images of a program are displayed in a PIP window on the television screen and guide information is displayed in the background. In both guides, the viewer may switch between a currently telecast program or a recorded program. The viewer may access either guide from the television mode and vice versa. In the guide mode, the viewer may independently switch the guide information and the type of program, i.e., tuned or recorded, in the PIP window.

Abstract: A television viewer uses a PIP format for display of program related information such as television program listings from a program schedule data base in the background and moving, real time or stored video clip images of a program selected from the displayed listings in the PIP window. All the text of the background information lies outside the PIP window. In one embodiment, as the viewer selects a particular program from the display of current television program listings by means of a cursor or a code number, the corresponding program automatically appears in the PIP window.

Abstract: Compressed codes of as few as 1 to 8 digits, which are decoded by a decoder to convert the compressed code into channel, date, time and length information, identify single TV programs or a category of programs and are stored at a central location accessible over telephone lines through pay-per-use, toll free or regular toll numbers from remote locations. The channel, date, time and length information is used to select channels, start recording, and stop recording at the appropriate time or to control viewing on a TV.