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To: Jill who wrote (8346)	10/15/1999 3:12:00 PM
From: StockHawk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Looks like the Dow dropped below 10,000 for the first time since April 7.

To: Jill who wrote (8346)	10/16/1999 4:41:00 AM
From: NY Stew	Respond to of 54805

Thot this streetcom article was interesting in terms of GMST, even tho GMST not mentioned: Jill, Both the TiVo and Replay violate Gemstar's IPR in my opinion with their time-shifting devices. TiVo is rumored to be in negotiations via a third-party which would likely be Liberty Media and/or Sony. Henry has been in contact with ReplayTV directly. You will see both devices become licensees of Gemstar at some future date as did AOL TV and WebTV Plus and compete against the TV Guide and GuidePlus applications. Again, IMO. Gemstar's enabling technologies are needed for entry into the IPG market. Its past and present neutral licensing policy should get the TV Guide acquisition past the regulators but of this I am less certain. In any event, a licensing deal with TV Guide is in place and will become effective should the merger be blocked. Of reference: United States Patent 5,701,383 Russo , et al. December 23, 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Video time-shifting apparatus Abstract A video time-shifting system characterized in having a continuous recording track accessed by separate, asychronous read and write facilities enables playback of a video program to commence from any point in the program while continuing to be recorded in real time, thus providing VCR-like program control features such as PAUSE/RESUME, REWIND, and FAST FORWARD. A memory is used to store information relating to various points in the program so that even upon receipt of multiple PAUSE commands, the system automatically keeps track of correct program re-entry. In the preferred embodiment, the storage means takes the form of a continuous recording track in a magnetic disk drive. To prevent discontinuities associated with the recording and reproducing of material representative of the video program, the system preferably incorporates a plurality of write heads, each associated with a different recording track, and the system automatically switches from one write head to another so as to effectively link the different recording tracks into a single, continuous recording track. Although program information may be stored in analog form, digital storage is used in the preferred embodiment along with data compression to increase recording capacity. The system preferably further includes a video display generator to output for viewing on the display device visual indicia relating to the program and, additionally, symbols relating to one or more points in the program and/or the time-shifted version thereof. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inventors: Russo; James (Ann Arbor, MI); Levine; Michael R. (Boca Raton, FL) Assignee: Gemstar Development Corporation (Pasadena, CA) Appl. No.: 388345 Filed: February 14, 1995