[opendtv] Re: Philips' invention blocks DVRs, set-tops from skipping TV ads
- From: Jeroen Stessen <jeroen.stessen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:29:51 +0200
Hi,
Bert Manfredi:
> So it was a Philips-USA invention. It wasn't anyone smoking illegal
> substances in Eindhoven after all.
No, if you read the patent:
United States Patent Application 20060070095 A1
Newton; Philip Steven ; et al. March 30, 2006
Apparatus and method for preventing switching from a channel during an
advertisement display
Inventors: Newton; Philip Steven; (Eindhoven, NL) ; Kelly; Declan Patrick;
(Eindhoven, NL)
Correspondence Name and Address:
PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS
P.O. BOX 3001
BRIARCLIFF MANOR
NY 10510 US
It is (or was ?) customary to file US patents from the Briarcliff address.
The original European patent is from 2 years ago:
WO-2004054259 A1 Publ. date: 2004-06-24
This news made a headline on the front page of last Friday's local
newspaper, coincidentally the same day that I've met our CEO in person.
I thought it better not to bring up the subject... Anyway, I have yet
to meet anyone who does not see this as a (bad) joke. So relax...
> Possibly, broadcasters could lobby the FCC or Congress to make this
> function mandatory in new TV appliances. Because, again, I can't imagine
> why consumers would possibly demand products with such features.
Thing is, if anybody ever wants this, they gotta pay us for the invention.
But IMO it's 99% likely that nobody is ever going to implement this.
> If word gets around, it could backfire. What if confused consumers think
> this stuff is already built into Philips sets?
Judging from the angry reactions, it is already backfiring. :-(
But that is to be expected. ANY measures for content management are not
going to be appreciated by the public, who want everything to be free.
I suppose that deep in our heart we are all communists ?
Best regards,
-- Jeroen
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