Abstract: A method for configuring a thin client connected to a communications network includes the thin client sending a request for a network address to an address server. The address server sends an assigned network address back to the thin client together with a location of a configuration server. The thin client sends a request for configuration information to the configuration server. The request for configuration information includes information on the thin client. The configuration server generates a configuration file containing configuration information based on the received thin client information. The configuration file is then sent by the configuration server to the thin client, which uses the configuration file for configuration.

Abstract: A method for configuring a thin client connected to a communications network includes the thin client sending a request for a network address to an address server. The address server sends an assigned network address back to the thin client together with a location of a configuration server. The thin client sends a request for configuration information to the configuration server. The request for configuration information includes information on the thin client. The configuration server generates a configuration file containing configuration information based on the received thin client information. The configuration file is then sent by the configuration server to the thin client, which uses the configuration file for configuration.

Abstract: A method for configuring a thin client connected to a communications network includes the thin client sending a request for a network address to an address server. The address server sends an assigned network address back to the thin client together with a location of a configuration server. The thin client sends a request for configuration information to the configuration server. The request for configuration information includes information on the thin client. The configuration server generates a configuration file containing configuration information based on the received thin client information. The configuration file is then sent by the configuration server to the thin client, which uses the configuration file for configuration.

Abstract: Data stored internally in a television system is modified conveniently. New data is stored on a video tape. A user of a television system simply needs to play the video tape on a video cassette player to change pre-stored data in the television system. The video signal resulting from playing the video tape is provided to the television system. The television system examines the received video signal to recover the encoded new data and uses the new data to modify the pre-stored data. For example, the pre-stored data may be replaced by the new data.

Abstract: A method of recovering synchronization signals contained in a composite video signal. The synchronization signals are generally represented by voltage levels less than the blanking level of the video signal, and display data is represented by blanking level. A digital circuit controls a biasing circuit to generate a biasing voltage. A video signal is biased using the biasing voltage and the resulting biased video signal is provided as an input to an operational amplifier. A second input of the operational amplifier is driven by a reference voltage. The digital circuit monitors the output of the operational amplifier and controls the biasing voltage to cause the operational amplifier to clip the display data from the biased video signal and generate a signal representing synchronization signals.

Abstract: A television system for displaying images having adjacent horizontal blocks with sharp contrast. In general, such sharp contrasts can cause the drive voltage (Hv) applied to an anode of a CRT display unit to change. The changes typically result in distortions in the displayed images. A correction logic is employed to regulate the voltage source that supplies the voltage to the anode of the CRT display unit. The correction logic examines the digital data representation of the images to determine the extent of contrast, and supplies a corresponding correction voltage to regulate the voltage source. Due to the correction voltage, a constant drive voltage is supplied to the anode. The distortions are thus minimized or eliminated.

Abstract: A television system for recovering the digital data encoded in a television signal at an encoding frequency. The television signal is sampled at a frequency much higher than the encoding frequency, and the resulting sampled data elements are stored in a memory. Sampled data elements corresponding to a clock run-in portion (synchronization signal portion) of the television signal are examined to a samples interval equal to the number of samples per encoding clock periods. Transitions in the values of data elements are determined by examining consecutive sampled data elements. In general, sampled data elements are selected with an interval equal to the determined samples interval as representing the encoded digital data elements. However, the selection sequence is adjusted according to the transitions to ensure that the samples in only the stable portions of the television signal are selected.

Abstract: An integrated circuit allows a user or system designer to program the length of a transaction cycle by programming the lengths of the setup time period, the command time period and the recovery time period, individually. An eight-bit register is used to store a two-bit prescaler value and a six-bit count value for each of the setup, command and recovery time periods. The value represented by the prescaler is then multiplied by the count value and the resulting value is input to a timer which counts down from the resulting value, signalling to a state machine when it has reached zero. A four-state state machine sends the command to begin each transaction cycle and each setup, command and recovery time period within each transaction cycle. The state machine is notified by the timer when the time period has elapsed for each of the three states so that it can send the signal to begin the next state.