TiVo records new DVR patents

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Patenting the obvious

TiVo also received the exclusive license for the Goldwasser patent, which covers devices that simultaneously record and play back video with a time delay between recording and playback of a video segment.

This is patentable? I mean I've been doing it for years on my PC. Sure I haven't hooked it up to my TV or used it on Cable but I've done it with streaming media for both video and songs. Been doing that since 1998. How can you allow patents on obvious things like this?

I used to use real player to do this on dial up all the time. I start the video clip then pause it letting the download get ahead then I'd play it. Afterwards if I wanted to keep the clip I'd save the file somewhere other than my temp directrory.

I don't hold anything agains TIVO for taking a common place idea like this and packaging as a single purpose device but allowing them a patent on the concept is STUPID!

Posted by: voska   Posted on: 03/01/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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