Digeo Awarded Three New U.S. Patents for Emmy(R)-Award Winning Moxi(TM) DVR User Interface.KIRKLAND, Wash. -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued Digeo, Inc. three new patents for the company's popular Moxi[TM] TV interface and guide, which make it easy for consumers to find video and other digital content for their television. The interface is part of the Moxi Media Center, Digeo's cable set-top box The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. platform that combines a built-in digital video recorder See DVR. (DVR (1) (Digital Video Recorder) A device that records video onto a hard disk from one or more ceiling mounted video cameras. Part of a security system, the DVR typically supports 4, 8 or 16 separate camera channels. ) with advanced media center and entertainment capabilities. The patented Moxi user interface is available to users of the Moxi Media Center available through eight cable operators nationwide, with nearly 400,000 Moxi-based systems in over 100 markets. "The first thing consumers notice when they use Moxi is the intuitive, easy-to-use interface," said Mike Fidler Michael Edward Fidler (born August 15, 1956 in Everett, Massachusetts) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 271 games in the National Hockey League between 1976 and 1982. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Digeo. "It is one of the reasons Moxi fans say they will never go back to old-fashioned programming guides. We are thrilled that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office now recognizes the innovative and intuitive approach our developers have taken to make television viewing a more satisfying experience." Digeo's innovative dual-axis interface and use of filters have won Emmy[R] Awards in 2004 and 2005 in the categories of Advanced Media Technology and Creation of Non-traditional Platforms. Moxi's patented interface organizes TV content and applications by customizable categories or filters. These categories - HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates , sports, news, movies, photos, games, MP3 Jukebox A storage device for multiple sets of CD-ROMs, DVDs, tape cartridges or disk modules. Using carousels, robot arms and other methods, a jukebox physically moves the storage medium from its assigned location to an optical or magnetic station for reading and writing. and others -- are presented on a horizontal band. Once the viewer selects a category, the Moxi user interface displays program options in the selected category on a vertical band. This allows viewers to more quickly navigate the ever-increasing number of television options to find the programming they desire. For example, one category of increasing appeal for many viewers is high-definition (HD) programming. The Moxi interface can organize all HDTV programming options available in one simple-to-find category, making it easy for consumers subscribing to the new technology to find and view programming that takes advantage of their HD-capable TV's enhanced capabilities. About Digeo, Inc. Digeo serves network operators by providing media center platforms that deliver superior economic performance and higher consumer satisfaction over an extended useful lifespan. Combining industry-leading innovations in user-interface design, multi-room architecture, and media center chipsets, Digeo is uniquely positioned to deliver the best consumer experience in high-definition media centers for the connected home. The company's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. - the two-time Emmy[R] Award-winning Moxi Media Center - serves as a hub for whole-home distribution of digital entertainment and has been deployed in nearly 400,000 homes by eight cable operators nationwide. Backed primarily by Paul Allen's Vulcan, Inc., Digeo has offices in Kirkland, Wash. For more information, please visit http://www.digeo.com/. Digeo[TM] and Moxi[TM] are the trademarks of Digeo, Inc. Use of the trademarks and service marks of the National Television Academy ("NTA NTA National Tour Association NTA Nitrilotriacetic Acid NTA National Treatment Agency (for Substance Misuse; UK) NTA Net Tangible Asset NTA National Tutoring Association NTA National Transportation Agency "), including the mark EMMY[R], requires the prior express written permission of National Television Academy. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. |
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