Patents by Inventor Nigel Bodkin
Nigel Bodkin 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).
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Patent number: 9124935Abstract: A television signals receiver for receives and stores television signals encoded at a variable data rate. Time information is generated based on the time of receipt of the signals that defines the duration of the television signals when output in decompressed form at a substantially constant data rate. The received signals are then written to a file on a hard disk (13) in received order together with the time information. The time information of signals stored in the file is monitored and old signals are deleted from the file such that the file stores signals corresponding to a predetermined period of time.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2002Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING LTD.Inventors: Xavier Willame, Nigel Bodkin, Nicholas James, Ellen Fiona Collins, Benjamin Johnathan Freeman, Brian Francis Sullivan
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Patent number: 9113209Abstract: A television signals receiver for receives and stores television signals encoded at a variable data rate. Time information is generated based on the time of receipt of the signals that defines the duration of the television signals when output in decompressed form at a substantially constant data rate. The received signals are then written to a file on a hard disk 13 in received order together with the time information. The time information of signals stored in the file is monitored and old signals are deleted from the file such that the file stores signals corresponding to a predetermined period of time.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2011Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING LTDInventors: Xavier Willame, Nigel Bodkin, Nicholas James, Ellen Fiona Collins, Benjamin Johnathan Freeman, Brian Francis Sullivan
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Patent number: 9084017Abstract: A television signals receiver for receives and stores television signals encoded at a variable data rate. Time information is generated based on the time of receipt of the signals that defines the duration of the television signals when output in decompressed form at a substantially constant data rate. The received signals are then written to a file on a hard disk 13 in received order together with the time information. The time information of signals stored in the file is monitored and old signals are deleted from the file such that the file stores signals corresponding to a predetermined period of time.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2011Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING LTD.Inventors: Xavier Willame, Nigel Bodkin, Nicholas James, Ellen Fiona Collins, Benjamin Johnathan Freeman, Brian Francis Sullivan
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Publication number: 20130071092Abstract: A receiver for television signals receives and stores television signals encoded at a variable data rate. Time information is generated based on the time of receipt of the signals that defines the duration of the television signals when output in decompressed form at a substantially constant data rate. The received signals are then written to a file on a hard disk in received order together with the time information. The time information of signals stored in the file is monitored and old signals are deleted from the file such that the file stores signals corresponding to a predetermined period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING LTD.Inventors: Xavier WILLAME, Nigel BODKIN, Nicholas JAMES, Ellen Fiona COLLINS, Benjamin Johnathan FREEMAN, Brian Francis SULLIVAN
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Publication number: 20120076472Abstract: A television signals receiver for receives and stores television signals encoded at a variable data rate. Time information is generated based on the time of receipt of the signals that defines the duration of the television signals when output in decompressed form at a substantially constant data rate. The received signals are then written to a file on a hard disk 13 in received order together with the time information. The time information of signals stored in the file is monitored and old signals are deleted from the file such that the file stores signals corresponding to a predetermined period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2011Publication date: March 29, 2012Applicant: BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING LTD.Inventors: Xavier WILLAME, Nigel BODKIN, Nicholas JAMES, Ellen Fiona COLLINS, Benjamin Johnathan FREEMAN, Brian Francis SULLIVAN
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Publication number: 20120070130Abstract: A television signals receiver for receives and stores television signals encoded at a variable data rate. Time information is generated based on the time of receipt of the signals that defines the duration of the television signals when output in decompressed form at a substantially constant data rate. The received signals are then written to a file on a hard disk 13 in received order together with the time information. The time information of signals stored in the file is monitored and old signals are deleted from the file such that the file stores signals corresponding to a predetermined period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: BRITISH SKY BROADCASTING LTD.Inventors: Xavier WILLAME, Nigel BODKIN, Nicholas JAMES, Ellen Fiona COLLINS, Benjamin Johnathan FREEMAN, Brian Francis SULLIVAN
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Patent number: 7684681Abstract: A Hard Disk Recorder (HDR) (3) is arranged to receive signals signals defining television programmes and television programme schedule data. The HDR receives updated programme schedule data substantially constantly in a dedicated programme schedule data channel. The HDR is arranged to output the programme schedule data for display on a television screen (2). The HDR comprises a hard disk (16) for recording received television programmes. A remote control (28) is provided to select television programmes to be recorded from the displayed programme schedule. Furthermore, the HDR is arranged to receive additional programme schedule information included in each of the received television channels which information is used to control the hard disk to record pre-programmed television programmes according to schedule. The hard disk is operable to record simultaneously two different television programmes received in different channels. Also, the HDR is operable to replay a currently broadcast programme offset in time.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2000Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: British Sky Broadcasting LimitedInventors: Nigel Bodkin, Xavier Willame, Robin Crossley, Nick James
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Publication number: 20070077028Abstract: A Hard Disk Recorder (HDR) receives signals defining television programmes and programme schedule data. The HDR receives updated programme schedule data substantially constantly in a dedicated programme schedule data channel and outputs this data for display on a television screen. The HDR comprises a hard disk for recording programmes. A remote control selects programmes for recording from the displayed schedule. The HDR also receives schedule information included in each of the received television channels which information is used to control the hard disk to record pre-programmed programmes. The hard disk can simultaneously record two different television programmes received in different channels and to replay a currently broadcast programme offset in time. The HDR also receives transition signals indicating transitions between parts of programmes, such as advertisements and the “actual” programmes, which can be used to skip between transitions in recorded programmes replayed from the hard disk.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2006Publication date: April 5, 2007Applicant: British Sky Broadcasting LimitedInventors: Nigel Bodkin, Xavier Willame, Robin Crossley, Nick James
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Publication number: 20060179462Abstract: A television signals receiver for receives and stores television signals encoded at a variable data rate. Time information is generated based on the time of receipt of the signals that defines the duration of the television signals when output in decompressed form at a substantially constant data rate. The received signals are then written to a file on a hard disk (13) in received order together with the time information. The time information of signals stored in the file is monitored and old signals are deleted from the file such that the file stores signals corresponding to a predetermined period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2002Publication date: August 10, 2006Applicant: Brittish Sky Broadcasting Ltd.Inventors: Xavier Willame, Nigel Bodkin, Nicholas James, Ellen Collins, Benjamin Freeman, Brian Sullivan