Patents by Inventor Peter Praest

Peter Praest 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).

  • System for transmitting information from a streamed program to external devices and media
    Patent number: 8010987
    Abstract: A method for selecting a section from a streamed broadcast program is disclosed. The method includes receiving a streamed broadcast program, rendering the received streamed broadcast program on a display, selecting a section from the received streamed broadcast program substantially when the section is rendered on the display, and producing an indication signal which enables identification of the section based on a time at which selection of the section was carried out with respect to rendering progress of the streamed broadcast program on the display. Related apparatus and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: NDS Limited
    Inventors: Kristian Knak Nygaard, Soren Thomsen, Soren Skov, Peter Praest, Ezra Darshan
  • System for Providing and Handling Still Video Pictures
    Publication number: 20080307455
    Abstract: An interactive television method is disclosed. The method includes receiving, via a broadcast carousel, a photo feed comprising a plurality of still video pictures, sequentially displaying the plurality of still video pictures on a display, enabling a first user to select at least one still video picture from the photo feed, producing a wallet of pictures by storing the at least one selected still video picture, selected by the first user, in a memory, and forwarding the wallet of pictures to a second user. Related apparatus and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: NDS Limited
    Inventor: Peter Praest
  • System for transmitting information from a streamed program to external devices and media
    Publication number: 20070094703
    Abstract: A method for selecting a section from a streamed broadcast program is disclosed. The method includes receiving a streamed broadcast program, rendering the received streamed broadcast program on a display, selecting a section from the received streamed broadcast program substantially when the section is rendered on the display, and producing an indication signal which enables identification of the section based on a time at which selection of the section was carried out with respect to rendering progress of the streamed broadcast program on the display. Related apparatus and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2004
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Applicant: NDS LIMITED
    Inventors: Kristian Nygaard, Soren Thomsen, Soren Skov, Peter Praest, Ezra Darshan