What ever happend to that STB patent from KOZ?
Also, Where is/are MPEG Associates these days???
....did ESS or Rocker pull the plug? ----------------------------------------------------
Revolutionary Digital Audio and Video Patent Granted to StarGuide
Business Wire - January 19, 1998 16:16
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RENO, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19, 1998--Reno, Nevada-based StarGuide Digital Networks, has been granted United States Patent No. 5,694,334.
The ground breaking "Donahue patent," named for its inventor Paul Donahue, encompasses 37 different claims which describe revolutionary methods for electronically distributing digital multimedia (audio and video programs) to personal computers over telephone wires, cable systems, the Internet, and satellite systems. This patent has an enormously valuable impact on the distribution of high quality digital audio and digital video programs to the 50 million (and growing) "wired PC households" in the United States. Industry experts estimate the size of this market will be in the tens of billions of dollars annually.
Currently, people receive analog audio programs through local AM or FM radio and cable stations. Television and cable broadcasts reach 93 million U.S. households through analog TV sets. Although television programs can be prerecorded on analog VCRs, viewers cannot easily retrieve or separate segments of these programs for convenient viewing. These programs include local sports, news and weather segments, financial information, or highlights of a favorite sporting event. The Donahue patent allows viewers to easily pinpoint a specific program portion through this innovative digital technology.
The primary inventor of the Donahue patent, StarGuide co-founder Paul Donahue said he "plans to change the quality of broadcasts and the way people view them." The invention claimed in the Donahue patent enables broadcasters, cable companies, record companies, movie production companies, educational institutes, and businesses to cost-effectively distribute high-quality digital audio and video programs to personal computers worldwide.
The Donahue invention is currently used in Musicam Express, a service partnership with CBS, Westwood One, and StarGuide. Customers of this service include 1700 of the top rated radio stations throughout the United States. Sony, ABC, CBS, NBC, and Bloomberg Financial currently distribute their programs and music to affiliate radio stations using the high speed Musicam Express network. Prior to using the Donahue invention, high quality digital audio was primarily available on CD's. Radio networks relied on the individual manufacturing and mailing of thousands of CD's and tapes sent out daily to their affiliated radio stations.
StarGuide Digital Networks is a privately held company based in Reno, Nevada. Co-founder Paul Donahue is a former executive with Gannett Co. Inc. Donahue's founding partner and CEO of StarGuide is Jeff Dankworth, attorney and renown sports agent. Other inventors include Larry Fish and Ian Lerner, also co-founders of StarGuide Digital Networks.
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