TiVo for tourists?
By Anne Broache
News.com
http://news.com.com/TiVo+for+tourists/2100-1046_3-5803042.html
Story last modified Mon Jul 25 06:49:00 PDT 2005
What do the toothbrush, the elevator and TiVo have in common?
They've all claimed a spot among the nation's most influential inventions
in a yearlong exhibit at the newly reopened U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office museum in Alexandria, Va.
The exhibit, titled "The Invention Machine: A Day in My Life," presents a
200-year inventory of patented products that "have a real impact on
day-to-day life," said Richard Maulsby, director of public affairs for the
patent office.
Of TiVo, he admitted with a chuckle, "I don't have that capability myself."
Founded in 1997, Alviso, Calif.-based TiVo has an ever-fattening patent
portfolio and more than 3 million subscribers. But this is the first time
it has made it to a museum, said James Barton, TiVo's chief technology
officer.
The exhibit display, which TiVo developed, showcases the technology in a
doll-size diorama of a living room. "Set to upbeat music, a video loop
displayed on a TV on the 'living room' wall highlights the benefits of
TiVo's Time Warp patent," which allows viewers to store and play back TV
shows, according to a statement.
"It gives people a real nice idea of how you match up patentable ideas with
their expression in the product," Barton said.
Link: USPTO Museum
http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ahrpa/opa/museum/index.html
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George Antunes, Political Science Dept
University of Houston; Houston, TX 77204
Voice: 713-743-3923 Fax: 713-743-3927
antunes at uh dot edu
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