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FastVDO Offers Key Patents In Image/Video Technologies!
COLUMBIA, Md. --(Business Wire)-- FastVDO, a worldwide leader in developing image/video compression technologies, is undertaking an unprecedented offer for sale of intellectual property believed to be pertinent to a variety of mainstream media codecs. This is a unique, one-of-a-kind opportunity to acquire patents bearing on some of the most popular multimedia technologies and services worldwide. These include high-definition DVD (Blu-Ray and HD-DVD), digital television, mobile video, internet publishing, and a host of mainstream applications. Among the vital codec technologies that the offered patents are believed to be relevant to are:
1. ITU-T H.264 | ISO/IEC MPEG-4 Part 10 (AVC) video codec.
2. Microsoft's HDPhoto image codec (part of Windows Vista).
3. ISO/JPEG XR image codec, based on Microsoft's HDPhoto.
4. SMPTE VC-1, based on Windows Media 9 video codec (part of Windows and Silverlight).
5. Scalable Lossless Audio, an ISO standard.
FastVDO is offering these patents, and invites inquiry from investors and qualified bidders.
Patent Status Title
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US 6421464 granted Fast Lapped Image Transforms Using Lifting Steps
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US RE40081E granted Fast Signal Transforms Using Lifting Steps
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Investor/Bidder Inquiries
FastVDO invites parties interested in investing in FastVDO to contact us at any time. Parties interested in bidding on these patents are invited to make their offers to FastVDO directly, by signed letters on company letterhead, and sent by fax or email, any time between this press release and the Closing Date. All offers will be held in strict confidence. FastVDO reserves the right to accept or reject any and all offers in its sole discretion. This is an open invitation for offers for investment or IP purchase for private consideration, not an auction.
Closing Date: 3 July 2008. Bidding ends 5pm. EDT.
About FastVDO
FastVDO is an innovator in video processing technologies, focusing on state of the art standards in audio/video compression. FastVDO has been involved in the development of H.264 from its inception, making numerous contributions to the development effort. FastVDO's achievements include the world's first single-CPU HD H.264 software playback (NAB05), the world's first software HD H.264 encoder on an off-the-shelf server (NAB06), and the world's first H.264 NTSC/PAL USB capture board (NAB07).
Visit www.fastvdo.com. Like it's meant to be(TM).
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