Patents by Inventor Najmul H. Siddiqui

Najmul H. Siddiqui has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for playing digital media and digital media for use therein
    Publication number: 20030049014
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for enabling a viewer to deselect certain portions of programming the viewer finds objectionable enable the viewer to skip over scenes in a digital media program that the viewer finds objectionable. Alternatively or in addition to, some embodiments enable the viewer to select alternative scenes of the same program recorded by the producer that do not include the objectionable material. A computer readable media has encoded thereon predetermined navigational threads that tell a playback device the proper sequence of program segments to play to meet a user specified content rating threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Applicant: Tri-Vision Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Najmul H. Siddiqui