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Recently, the Coastal Courier launched a new, redesigned website that includes expanded news content, services, easy navigation, an event calendar, more audio and video and other local features.
Many consumers apparently are learning their lessons the hard way when it comes to big spending during recession-era holiday seasons.
Army veteran Mike Dushner didn't have the opportunity to apply for a Patriot Express loan when he retired from the service and started his own business, Sarge's Lawn Services, in 1994. Dushner said having that type of assistance from the Small Business Administration would have made those first years as his own boss a bit easier. Despite the challenges he faced, Dushner's hard work paid off.
SAVANNAH - The Coastal Bank, a locally owned and operated community bank headquartered in Savannah, recently launched new mobile banking and text message banking services.
Baldinos Giant Jersey Subs in Hinesville recently continued its annual tradition of inviting customers in for free lunch on Christmas Eve. The restaurant has been hosting the event for more than 30 years. The eatery's staff served sub sandwiches and drinks to the huge holiday crowd.
Coldwell Banker Holtzman, Realtors is sponsoring free career seminars to familiarize current and potential real estate licensees with basic information about the residential real estate profession.
If you've just had a new baby, your life is filled with more joy (but less sleep). You're probably already aware of the time and effort you must invest in raising your child, but you may not have thought as much about another aspect - the financial one.
NEW YORK (AP) - Bank of America is rolling out a pilot program in three states that will offer its customers menu of checking accounts with a variety of fee options.
ATLANTA (AP) - The head of a panel weighing an overhaul of Georgia's tax code said Wednesday the group will likely recommend lowering the state's personal and corporate income tax rates and instead taxing more goods and services.
After discussions with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, The Heritage Bank agreed last week to take actions to shore up its business.
Gas prices at most area service stations have surpassed $3 a gallon once again.
The Heritage Bank will offer a free, secure way to destroy confidential records and information with a community shred day from 8 a.m.-10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 8.
The Board of the Georgia Academy for Economic Development announces Liberty County graduates from the 2010 Multi-Day Training Program in Region 12.
A new cell phone provider recently set up shop in Hinesville. The Liberty County Chamber of Commerce welcomed new member Cricket Wireless with a ribbon-cutting and grand opening ceremony at 438 B. Gen. Screven Way. Representatives from the city of Hinesville, community leaders, chamber members and friends attended the opening.
$20 and Below Accessories, a downtown Hinesville discount jewelry retail store, celebrated its grand opening recently with the Liberty County Chamber of Commerce. Shop owner Vivian Smith, chamber members, friends and community leaders cut a ribbon at the shop, which is at 106 W. MLK Jr. Drive, across from the new Justice Center.
Liberty County now has two chambers of commerce - the Liberty County Chamber of Commerce and the Liberty County Minority Chamber.
SAVANNAH - The Georgia Ports Authority has received a 2016 Clean Air Excellence Award from the Environmental Protection Agency for its electric rubber-tired gantry crane program ...
ATLANTA - Kroger is joining forces with the United Service Organization through July 9 to support American troops and their families by allowing customers to round ...
ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Economic Development's Tourism division recently announced that Georgia welcomed an estimated 102.4 million visitors in 2015, an increase ...
Liberty Shares Inc., the parent company of The Heritage Bank, announced the successful completion of a previously announced $26 million capital raise.
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Oddly enough, I have a Body Glove case on my Droid X2 (used it on my X) and it survived everything I could throw at it! :lifting:
Thx SquireSCA!
Where did you find it for that price?
Droid X2 User Guide
Here is a link to access the DX2 User Guide:
Download: Motorola DROIDX2 User Guide - Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog
Are you sure about this? Everything I've read stated it only has 512 MB. (Sure hope your right about the 768 MB's of RAM).
+1 LTE is no high on my priority list at this time.
According to a new leak the Motorola Droid X2 has indeed been delayed, with the device now set to launch in stores on May 26th. The same leak...
How 'bout Dudette then!

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Patent application title: Method for creating and exhibiting multidimensional interactive stories in digital electronic media
Mark Bernsley (Woodland Hills, CA, US)
IPC8 Class: AH04N500FI
USPC Class:
Class name: Processing of television signal for dynamic recording or reproducing using disc optical
Publication date: 2009-05-14
Patent application number: 20090123136
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The present invention is directed to a method of exhibiting a
multi-dimensional production consisting of two or more interrelated
stories, storylines and/or story parts. The interrelated stories,
storylines and story parts are multiplexed onto a single track of a
plurality of tracks. The viewer can choose to switch between various
stories, storylines or story parts at any time during the viewing of the
production. A de-multiplexer would be provided for de-multiplexing the
production based upon the selection by the viewer. The de-multiplexer can
be provided proximate to the viewer or at a remote location from the
1. A method of creating and exhibiting audio-visual presentations
comprising:a) providing a multi-dimensional production having at least
two parallel interrelated stories, parallel storylines or parallel story
parts provided on an audio-visual media to an audience, all of the
interrelated parallel stories, parallel storylines or parallel story
parts multiplexed on at least a single track of the audio-visual media;b)
delivering at least portions of said at least one multiplex track to an
audience in the course of exhibiting the production, allowing at least
one viewer in the audience to choose which of said parallel interrelated
stories, parallel storylines or parallel story parts to be viewed by the
audience, the choice of which is made when the production has commenced
as well as after the production has commenced; andc) wherein each of said
parallel interrelated stories or each of said parallel storylines or each
of said parallel story parts is sufficiently related to each other so
that switching between these parallel interrelated stories, parallel
storylines or parallel story parts results in producing cumulative and
logically related content.
2. The method of creating and exhibiting audio-visual presentations in accordance with claim 1, further including the step of providing during the course of exhibiting the production, common subject matter which would always be viewed during the viewing of the production.
3. The method of creating and exhibiting audio-visual presentations in accordance with claim 2, wherein the multiplexing of said single track is produced by time division multiplexing, frequency division multiplexing, phase division multiplexing or code length division multiplexing.
4. The method of creating and exhibiting audio-visual presentations in accordance with claim 1, wherein at least some of said parallel interrelated stories, parallel storylines or parallel story parts are synergistically related, and the viewer makes a selection for viewing for any length of time and between parallel interrelated stories, parallel storylines or parallel story parts at any time during the viewing of the production.
5. The method of creating and exhibiting audio-visual presentations in accordance with claim 1, further comprising means to indicate that alternative content is available.
6. The method of creating and exhibiting audio-visual presentations in accordance with claim 5, wherein the means to indicate that alternative content is available is a symbol displayed at a location on a viewing screen.
7. The method of creating and exhibiting audio-visual presentations in accordance with claim 5, wherein the means to indicate that alternative content is available is a display on a viewing box or media player.
8. The method of creating and exhibiting audio-visual presentations in accordance with claim 1, wherein each production is stored on at least one laser readable disk including said single multiplexed track and a corresponding laser reader is in communication with a de-multiplexer to read the information provided on said disk and to exhibit the production in a manner chosen by said at least one viewer.
9. The method of creating and exhibiting audio-visual presentations in accordance with claim 1, wherein the multi-dimensional production is delivered via broadcast television.
10. The method of creating and exhibiting audio-visual presentations in accordance with claim 2, further comprising a means for coordinating the playing of said common subject matter.
11. The method of creating and exhibiting audio-visual presentations in accordance with claim 2, wherein said single multiplexed track contains a plurality of stories, each of said stories being parallel in time to the other stories, and each of said stories containing said common subject matter.
12. The method of creating and exhibiting audio-visual presentations in accordance with claim 11, wherein each of said stories is parallel in time to the other stories, but in a different dimension.
13. The method of creating and exhibiting audio-visual presentations in accordance with claim 12, wherein each separate dimension is either a real-time event or a parallel flashback event.
14. A method of creating an audio-visual presentation, the presentation comprising a plurality of audio-visual productions exhibited as simultaneous alternative content, the method comprising the steps of:a) writing a plurality of scripts;each script being sufficiently related to the other scripts so as to add and contribute to the communication of the single presentation;each script providing content for one or more of the plurality of audio-visual productions;each script being written so that each and all of the audio-visual productions remain, during the course of presentation, sufficiently related at all times to each and all other related productions, such that switching by the audience between the productions continues to provide content logically relevant to the overall story and audio-visual experience of which the plurality of scripts and productions are a part; andb) producing the plurality of audio-visual productions according to the plurality of related scripts;each production being complete and independently viewable;each production being related to the other related productions according to the plurality of related scripts in contributing to the presentation;each production providing simultaneously available alternative content to each and all other related productions during the presentation;each production having an exhibition time identical to each and all other related productions;each production being organized to contain scenes of such length and in such order so that switching by the audience from one point in one production, to the same elapsed time point of any other related production, being parallel portions, continue to provide content logically relevant to and consistent with the overall presentation of which the plurality of scripts and productions are a part; andstoring all of said productions on at least a single multiplexed track provided on a storage medium.
15. The method of creating and exhibiting audio-visual presentations in accordance with claim 14, including the step of providing access to any and each of the parallel portions of said production at any time as part of the presentation.
16. A method of exhibiting an audio-visual presentation, the presentation consisting of a plurality of related, audio-visual productions, each presenting simultaneously available alternative content during the presentation, said method comprising the steps of:storing all of said productions on at least a single multiplexed track provided on a storage medium;making each and all of parallel portions of the plurality of related audio-visual productions available for exhibition at any time during the presentation;providing an audience a means of selecting which of the plurality of related audio-visual productions to experience during each and all times during the presentation; andin response to the audience selection, switching the presentation from the related audio-visual production then being exhibited to the same elapsed time point in the related audio-visual production selected.
17. The method of creating and exhibiting audio-visual presentations in accordance with claim 1, wherein the production is delivered via motion pictures or satellite or cable.
18. The method of creating and exhibiting audio-visual presentations in accordance with claim 1, wherein the viewer chooses which said parallel interrelated stories, parallel storylines or parallel story parts at any time during the production.
19. The method of creating and exhibiting audio-visual presentations in accordance with claim 1, wherein the audio-visual media is located proximate to the viewer.
20. The method of creating and exhibiting audio-visual presentations in accordance with claim 1, wherein the audio-visual media is located at a remote location from the viewer.
[0001]The present invention is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/461,551, filed Jun. 12, 2003.
[0002]The present invention relates to the manner of creating and exhibiting audio-visual presentations, such as television programs and digital motion pictures, and, more specifically, to a method for creating and exhibiting a new type of audio-visual content, consisting of a single story, delivered in one or multiplexed tracks, allowing the viewer to switch between interrelated stories, storylines or story parts at any point during the viewing of the program.
[0003]Current and historical television and movies tell a story revealed through a combination of audio-visual components called "scenes." Although the writer and director can include the suggestion of many other sub-stories and sub-plots, generally only one specific set of scenes is developed and produced for serial exhibition. The exhibition of the program or movie therefore represents a single story product as told through a static beginning, middle and end.
[0004]Some articles addressing the promise of high-definition digital television have anticipated the ability to utilize different sub-channels to include different camera angles, particularly in sporting events. Different camera angles alone, however, do not enable the creation of deeper and more complex stories and storylines, as does the disclosed process.
[0005]Some games and DVD's have suggested the ability to select the direction of the plot line from a choice of pre-cut scenes which could then be assembled in new ways. The process of searching and adding the scenes is still clumsy and currently there is no way of adapting such technology to the broadcast, cable or theatrical environments.
[0006]Still other innovations have disclosed means to assemble scenes based on a viewer's preference, such as in response to ratings of sexual, violence or language content.
[0007]All of the pre-existing approaches involve the presentation of a serially assembled sequence of scenes.
[0008]In recent years, some experimentation has been done with live performance "stage plays" providing simultaneously unfolding plot lines. For example, the play Tamara by John Krizanc, first performed in 1981, involves over 100 scenes played in a large set in which the audience "invisibly" joins the actors. At the conclusion of each scene, the audience may elect to follow most any of the characters (who generally go in different directions) to their next scene in a different part of the set. The audience, which starts together, is fractioned as different groups follow different characters in separate and distinct scenes, joining again periodically at common scenes, intermission and the end of the play, at which time they can share their varied experiences. The overall story does not change, but the parts of it that an audience member chooses to see are highly variable. Further, once choosing a path or character to follow, an audience member cannot choose a different path until the next common scene involving several actors. That type of multi-dimensional live production cannot be replicated using traditional television or motion picture production methodologies or any previously disclosed process.
[0009]The following prior art patents are found to be relevant to the present invention: [0010]1. U.S. Pat. No. 4,847,700 issued to Freeman on Jul. 11, 1989 for "Interactive Television System for Providing Full Motion Synched Compatible Audio/Visual Displays from Transmitted Television Signals" (hereafter the "Freeman Patent"); [0011]2. U.S. Pat. No. 5,781,730 issued to Reimer on Jul. 14, 1998 for "System and Method for Enabling the Creation of Personalized Movie Presentations and Personalized Movie Collections" (hereafter the "Reimer Patent"; [0012]3. U.S. Pat. No. 5,894,320 issued to Vancelette on Apr. 13, 1999 for "Multi-Channel Television System with Viewer-Selectable Video and Audio" (hereafter the "Vancelette Patent"); [0013]4. U.S. Pat. No. 6,002,833 issued to Abecassis on Dec. 14, 1999 for "Disc Storing a Variable-Content-Video and a User Interface" (hereafter the "'833 Abecassis Patent"); [0014]5. U.S. Pat. No. 6,009,234 issued to Taira on Dec. 28, 1999 for "Method of Reproducing" (hereafter the "Taira Patent"); [0015]6. U.S. Pat. No. 6,151,444 issued to Abecassis on Nov. 21, 2000 for "Motion Picture Including Within a Duplication of Frames" (hereafter the "'444 Abecassis Patent"); [0016]7. U.S. Pat. No. 6,269,216 B1 issued to Abecassis on Jul. 31, 2001 for "Intermittently Arranged Frames for Instantaneously Shifting Among Video Segments" (hereafter the "'216 Abecassis Patent"); [0017]8. U.S. Pat. No. 6,298,482 B1 issued to Seidman on Oct. 2, 2001 for "System for Two-Way Digital Multimedia Broadcast and Interactive Services (hereafter the "Seidman Patent"); [0018]9. U.S. Patent Application Publication No. US 2002/0053089 A1 to Massey published on May 2, 2002 for "Methods and Apparatus for Presenting Interactive Entertainment" (hereafter the "Massey Patent"); [0019]10. U.S. Pat. No. 6,429,879 B1 issued to Sturgeon on Aug. 6, 2002 for "Customization Schemes for Content Presentation in a Device with Converged Functionality" (hereafter the "Sturgeon Patent"); and [0020]11. U.S. Pat. No. 6,463,207 B1 issued to Abecassis on Oct. 8, 2002 for "Playing a Variable-Content-Video Having a User Interface" (hereafter the "'207 Abecassis Patent").
[0021]None of the above prior art patents disclose the creative novel features of the present invention of having a multidimensional presentation having at least two interrelated stories, storyline or story parts in audio-visual media and simultaneously delivering parallel tracks of the at least two interrelated stories, storyline or story parts in a manner so that viewing can be alternated among the parallel tracks. In the prior art, it is either compartmentalized so that various prearranged components can be pieced together at the beginning and a viewer cannot alternate at any time from one track to the other track, or there are other methods of various prearranged programs that can be preselected at an initial time. None of these prior art patents disclose simultaneous streaming of parallel stories with divergent and convergent scenes so that a viewer can alternate between the multiplicity of various scenes to create his own individualized combination of story sequences.
[0022]Additionally, the prior art does not disclose a system in which the interrelated stories, storylines or story parts are multiplexed on at least a single track, allowing the viewer to switch between the interrelated stories, storylines or story parts at any time during the viewing of the program.
[0023]The current invention provides a means of creating and means of exhibiting a multi-dimensional production consisting of two or more interrelated stories, storylines or story parts, in audio-visual media, by simultaneously delivering or streaming parallel "tracks" or "channels," between and among which the viewer(s) can alternate at will to create a variable, interactive audio-visual experience or product. The technology is adaptable to a variety of delivery systems including, but not limited to, commercial broadcast television, pay television (cable and satellite) and theatrical release (i.e., movies in theatres).
[0024]Additionally, the current invention utilizes audio-visual media having one or more multiplexed tracks on which the interrelated stories, storylines or story parts are provided, allowing the viewer to continuously switch between the interrelated stories, storylines or story parts during any time during the viewing of the production. The de-multiplexing can be accomplished by a de-multiplexer provided at the location of the user, or de-multiplexed at a location remote from the viewer and a signal or signals is transmitted to the viewer as one or more signals.
[0025]Further novel features and other objects of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description, discussion and the appended claims, taken in conjunction with the drawings.
[0026]Referring particularly to the drawings for the purpose of illustration only and not limitation, there is illustrated:
[0027]FIG. 1 is an illustrative diagram of the present invention illustrating two tracks with one track containing Story A and one track containing Story B;
[0028]FIG. 2 is an illustrative diagram showing the present invention embodied on a single-sided double-layered DVD disk with two reading laser heads;
[0029]FIG. 3 is an illustrative diagram showing the present invention embodied on a double-sided single-layered DVD disk with two reading laser heads;
[0030]FIG. 4 is an illustrative diagram showing the present invention embodied on a double-sided double-layered DVD disk with four reading laser heads;
[0031]FIG. 5 illustrates a configuration of a multiple laser DVD player containing two lasers each reading and streaming an independent channel of content through a channel selector;
[0032]FIG. 6 is an illustrative diagram showing the configuration for the delivery of multi-dimensional content from two players;
[0033]FIG. 7 is a block chart diagram showing how the streams from the two-tracks of FIG. 6 are synchronized via a synchronization mechanism;
[0034]FIG. 8 is an illustrative diagram showing the present invention embodied on a single-sided DVD disk for a single laser head for reading multiplexed data; and
[0035]FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 illustrate block diagrams of two types of de-multiplexer units.
[0036]Although specific embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings, it should be understood that such embodiments are by way of example only and merely illustrative of but a small number of the many possible specific embodiments which can represent applications of the principles of the present invention. Various changes and modifications obvious to one skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains are deemed to be within the spirit, scope and contemplation of the present invention as further defined in the appended claims.
[0037]The discussion herein addresses application of the invented method to the creation of a 2-track product, but the same process may be used for a plurality of interrelated stories or story parts, referred to herein interchangeably as "tracks" or "channels", as well as providing one or more multiplexed tracks. The multiplexed data can be time division multiplexed, frequency division multiplexed, phase division multiplexed, or-code length division multiplexed.
[0038]The disclosed process impacts the historical methods of writing, editing and exhibition, and to a lesser extent, production of audio-visual content.
[0039]Currently, a video program or theatrical motion picture represents a single set of scenes serially displayed, regardless of the method of assembling those scenes or the level of interactivity with the viewer in their assembly. The invention contemplates 2 or more interrelated stories or storylines, simultaneously streamed to the viewer in a multiplexed format or on parallel tracks, any parallel or multiplexed track of which the viewer or viewers may select for viewing for any length of time and switch to any other track at any time. In one embodiment, each and all tracks are capable of independent viewing in their entirety; i.e., rather than constituting substitutable components to be assembled, each and all tracks comprise a complete, independently viewable story, but are synergistically related to the other channels to provide the viewer with the ability to switch between the stories and storylines, for a different, richer, and/or otherwise more comprehensive experience. In one embodiment, it may be desirable in the implementation of the present invention to restrict the viewer's ability to switch between tracks from time to time for the purpose of creative control of the viewer's experience. However, in other embodiments, such restriction would not be used.
[0040]In this first embodiment, each channel comprises a story parallel in time to other tracks, but addressing independent space and with common event "scenes." For example, independent Story (track) A might involve a series of scenes of a man preparing for a "blind date" and eventually going to meet the woman, ending when he rings the doorbell. Story (track) B might involve the woman preparing for the same date and waiting for the man to arrive, ending when the doorbell rings. A common scene might begin when the door is answered and the couple is together. During exhibition, some viewers might watch track A, some track B, and some might switch between the two. All would watch the common scene. At any given time, track A would match B in time (at least approximately), although, except for the common scenes, they would reveal the events and experiences of different characters in different places. All three viewer groups could have a different viewing experience, and the extent to which they would be different would depend on the nature and content of the information on the different parallel or multiplexed tracks.
[0041]For digital, high definition programming, common scenes could be in high-definition, while independent storylines could be in sub-channels.
[0042]An alternative embodiment, but one still based on parallel time and independent space, involves no common scenes, but involves common events. For example, in the "blind date" scenario above, Story A might include only the man's story and "point of view" for the entire time, while Story B might include only the woman's story and "point of view," although the time dimension would remain parallel to provide some logical consistency and continuity in switching back and forth. In this embodiment, even the common event would involve different content and scenes, although both channels would be cumulative and synergistic in effect.
[0043]A second alternative embodiment involves parallel time but separate dimension; for example, where one track comprises the "real event and a parallel track comprises flash-backs or concurrent character thought processes.
[0044]It is an object of this methodology to provide flexibility to the greatest extent possible to allow the creative process to flourish. Thus, by its nature, the various embodiments and applications of the method cannot be fully identified.
Method for Creating Multi-Dimensional Content
[0045]The process of creating multi-dimensional content will become apparent through the disclosure of the medium and explanation of the differences between it and traditional media content.
[0046]Creation of a multi-dimensional content involves some requirements not present in creating stories for traditional media. In assembling a single sequence of scenes for traditional media (even when the sequence is variable and/or the process of their assembly interactive), the creator need not necessarily be concerned with the length (in time) of the individual scenes. They will flow logically in sequence regardless of length. There is no outside reference to which any given scene must coordinate.
[0047]Critical to creating a multi-track (multi-dimensional) story, however, is the need to ensure that the several parallel or multiplexed "tracks" maintain a logical consistency relative to each other, such that a viewer switching between tracks at any time will view something logically consistent (e.g., in time or space) with the presentation of the other track(s). To accomplish that result, scriptwriting and editing is performed with a sensitivity to issues of "parallelism," "divergence," and "convergence." "Parallelism" addresses the importance that, at all times, each track contain content sufficiently related to the other track(s) so that switching between tracks at any time is contemplated and will provide cumulative and logically related content. Divergence and convergence refer to all tracks leaving or arriving at common scenes and content in a coordinated and timed manner. It is critical that all three issues be addressed in each story track in writing, production and editing.
[0048]Writing. Methods for writing scripts containing simultaneously unfolding story are known as evidenced by the play Tamara by John Krizanc, mentioned above, although such techniques have not heretofore been adapted to recorded or electronic media. In multi-dimensional live performances (i.e., "stage" plays), there is more flexibility in parallelism, in that the viewer can only switch at converged, common scenes. That limitation on audience choice in the context of stage plays makes writing for electronic media somewhat more difficult, as the script must contemplate viewer switches at any point in time.
[0049]Production. The production of individual scenes is not contemplated to vary significantly from current industry practices except insofar as necessary to retain parallelism, which will require particular sensitivity to time, and may have its most significant impact as it relates to the editing process. The timing of scenes is critical to maintain parallelism and to match the beginning and termination of common scenes across tracks. Interim independent scenes are less critical, as long as the logical relationship between tracks is maintained. As a result, interim scenes should incorporate an amount of beginning and ending material which can be edited to various lengths as necessary to accommodate otherwise inevitable variability between track scenes.
[0050]Editing is critical to maintaining parallelism, and convergence and divergence at common points. As a result, the beginning and end of each common scene must bear the identical time relationship to the beginning of the production to ensure that all tracks "meet" at common scenes simultaneously.
[0051]FIG. 1 illustrates two tracks, one containing Story A and one containing Story B. Scenes are denoted "S1," "S2," etc. and their variable length is indicated by the width of the boxes. Common scenes (i.e., scenes common to both stories) are indicated by their common identification, "S1," "S6" and "S8." To maintain parallelism, the beginning and ending time of common scenes from the beginning of the production, indicated by T1, T2 and T3, must be timed to be identical in both tracks. Further discussion of that process is addressed in "Maintaining Synchronization," below.
[0052]In order to inform viewers when alternative content is available on other parallel or multiplexed tracks or channels, in the preferred embodiment a symbol is displayed in one or more of the comers of the screen to indicate that alternative content is available. In an alternative embodiment, a separate display on either the viewing box, the media player (e.g., DVD player) or synchronization box (described below) indicates the availability of alternative track content.
[0053]In the preferred embodiment, multi-dimensional stories are stored on laser-readable discs, such as DVD's. Each interrelated story, story line or story part comprises a separate and independent "track" or channel, or be multiplexed on a single or multiple tracks, that is designed to be read by a laser simultaneously with the other tracks/channels. Thus, there will need to be a plurality of tracks and a corresponding plurality of reading lasers, equal to the number of tracks the creator of the story has determined to include.
[0054]Additionally, if the material is provided in a multiplexed format on a single track, only a single reader need be utilized to read the material on the disk. A de-multiplexer is in communication with the reader. The disk itself, the reader and the de-multiplexer can be located in proximity to the viewer, or at a location remote from the viewer.
[0055]Current technology enables up to two layers of data on each of two sides of a DVD, with each layer capable of storing approximately one two hour movie. Depending on the DVD's storage capacity (single sided, single layer; single-sided, double layer; double-sided, single-layer; or double-sided, double layer) and the length of the production, one DVD could support 1, 2 or four tracks of a multi-dimensional story. Currently applied technology utilizes one laser to read all tracks. This invention discloses a player comprising multiple lasers, each dedicated to reading only some of the tracks.
Retrieval (Reading)
[0056]FIGS. 2 through 4 illustrate the laser configuration of multiple laser DVD players, for reading non-multiplexed data on parallel tracks. FIG. 2 shows a side view of a single-sided, double-layered DVD disc, 1, with two reading laser heads, 2 and 3, respectively, and laser beams, 4 and 5, respectively. FIG. 3 shows a double-sided, single-layered DVD disc, 6, with two reading laser heads, 7 and 8, respectively, and laser beams, 9 and 10, respectively. FIG. 4 shows a double-sided, double-layered DVD disc, 11, with four reading laser heads, 12, 13, 14 and 15, respectively, and laser beams, 16, 17, 18 and 19, respectively.
[0057]It should be noted that for double-sided DVD's whose sides are intended to be read simultaneously, the tracks on each side would be written and read in reverse direction from the tracks on the other side, i.e., clockwise on one side and counterclockwise on the other side. The starting position of each track must be coordinated and standardized to allow the synchronization of reading lasers.
[0058]A plurality of DVD players, each containing 1, 2 or 4 lasers to read a like number of tracks could be utilized to access and stream several channels.
[0059]Exhibition of multi-dimensional stories, created as described above, can be displayed via a variety of media, including commercial broadcast and subscription television, home entertainment devices, such as DVD player devices designed for such media, and digital motion picture theatres. Mechanisms for each type of exhibition process, as well as features common to all, are disclosed below.
Maintaining Synchronization.
[0060]Critical to the delivery of multi-dimensional content in recorded media is the synchronization of the delivery of the various tracks (or channels). Synchronization can become a problem as a result of any or all of the following: (a) failure of the original content to be adequately synchronized in its creation; (b) alignment of lasers in a multi-laser player; or (c) synchronized play between multiple players, either as a result in a discrepancy in the moment of commencing play, pausing play, or as a result of discrepancies in the rate of play.
[0061]Corrections for failure of the original content to be adequately synchronized in its creation may, to some extent, be corrected by some of the means disclosed for correcting the other causes of synchronization lapses, but it is not an object of this invention to otherwise address major failures in production at the point of playback.
[0062]Because multiple heads reading a single DVD will, by definition, be reading a disk that starts and stops at the same time and spins at the same speed, synchronization of a multiple laser device can only lapse when the reading lasers fall out of alignment. This is viewed primarily as a fixed alignment issue; however, mechanical means for further adjustment of a laser's point of focus along the track may be incorporated and adjusted by a feedback mechanism in a manner similar to that discussed below.
[0063]In the first embodiment, synchronization of tracks from two or more players is maintained via a comparison of elapsed time from the start of the content. Means for encoding or otherwise tracking elapsed time in a stored stream of digital audio-visual content, as well as speeding up, slowing down or pausing the reading of such content, are well-known. A common example of the implementation of this knowledge is exhibited in home DVD players. When playing a DVD, a display shows the elapsed time from the beginning of the video presentation. Buttons are available for fast forwarding, reversing or pausing the play. Thus, it is known where the current point is along the length of the "track."
[0064]Disclosed below is a system of reading laser-readable discs in which a plurality of tracks on a single disc are read simultaneously. It is anticipated that the nature of such technology would maintain synchronization of the tracks automatically. Alternatively, a plurality of players may be synchronized.
[0065]Synchronization of separate players is maintained by comparing the elapsed time of each track via electronic processor and a simple software algorithm. If the tracks are not synchronized, i.e., at the same point from the origin, the lasers reading the "second" and subsequent tracks are advanced or slowed to match the elapsed time of the "first" track. For broadcast or cable television systems where the multiple channels are distributed to multiple locations for multiple viewers, each of which viewers potentially selecting a different channel at any time, it doesn't matter which track is designated the "first" track for the purpose of synchronization. With respect to localized exhibition, where only one channel is displayed at a given point in time, in the preferred embodiment of the current invention, the channel being displayed is designated as the first channel and those channels not being displayed are designated as the second and subsequent tracks.
[0066]In an alternative embodiment, potentially applicable in standard broadcast television where different tracks are broadcast by different channels, program start times, commercial breaks, restart times and segments are referenced to an independent and common time source, such as the National Bureau of Standards time. The independent broadcasters then synchronize their broadcast delivery of related channel content to adhere to the time reference milestones.
[0067]Dave Jones Design of Oswego, N.Y. manufactures a series of intelligent DVD synchronizers. These synchronizers are designed to start a plurality of DVD players at exactly the same time and remain synchronized with each other for the duration of the program.
[0068]U.S. Pat. No. 5,889,515 to McDade et al describes a manner of synchronizing an audio-visual stream by- a software clock in a personal computer. The teachings of this patent will be incorporated by reference. The encoding is coordinated across multiple audio-visual streams, thereby providing a system for synchronizing multiple audio-visual streams in the same manner that the components of a single audio visual track are synchronized. In addition, a buffer can be added to the elements shown in FIG. 7 for each stream to enable any necessary adjustments to individual stream progress in order to synchronize the display of all of these streams.
Track/Channel Selection
[0069]A means by which the viewer (or viewers) select which channel to view is provided, the precise embodiment of which may depend upon the medium used, as described below. The user thus selects which of the plurality of related content channels he/she wishes to view and only that channel is displayed. The other channels remain at all times synchronized and immediately available.
[0070]FIG. 5 illustrates a configuration of a multiple laser DVD player, containing two lasers, each reading and streaming an independent channel of content through a channel selector, which, in response to user selection, delivers only the channel desired by the user to the display device (such as a television set).
[0071]FIG. 6 illustrates a configuration for the delivery of multi-dimensional content from two players. Play is simultaneously started, stopped, paused and otherwise controlled by the operator through a common control mechanism. Streams from the two tracks are synchronized via a synchronization mechanism which operates in accordance with an algorithm, such as that illustrated in FIG. 7. One of the synchronized streams is then selected for display by a track/channel selector, and the selected track is then displayed on the display mechanism. As previously indicated, using the teachings of, for example, the McDade et al patent, a buffer can be added to synchronize the viewing of particular tracks or multiplexed data provided on a single or multiplexed track.
[0072]Commercial Broadcast and Subscription Television
[0073]The television exhibition of multi-track productions will require one channel (spectrum, broadcast or cable) for each track of the production. Each channel starts simultaneously to maintain channel parallelism. It is not required that the same owner broadcast both or all channels; for example, in the pre-digital television environment, one network or station can broadcast track A and another network or station can broadcast track B.
[0074]In the digital, high-definition, television environment, the option to broadcast common scenes in high definition using the entire spectrum is possible, while divergent storylines use the lower bandwidth (lower resolution) sub-channels. As current standards anticipate that each high definition channel incorporates four low resolution channels, a low resolution multi-track production (involving four or fewer tracks) could be broadcast by a single network or broadcaster.
Incorporation of Commercial Advertising
[0075]Commercial breaks can be incorporated-into multi-track productions. The preferred method is to insert commercial breaks immediately before or after common scenes. All channels would thus have such commercial breaks at the same time and for the same length of time ("commercial time window").The content of the commercial breaks need not be the same, however, and can be entirely different unless the commercial uses the same multi-track technology, in which case the advertiser will utilize both or all channels for the duration of that commercial production (but not longer than the commercial time window).
[0076]Additional (or alternative) commercial time windows can be incorporated in any one or more channels independently of the others. In that case, the placement and length of commercial time windows must be defined in advance and incorporated into the production and exhibition planning to make sure that parallelism was retained between all tracks at all times, i.e., so that opposite tracks anticipate the breaks and that whenever opposite tracks are displaying story content (rather than commercial), the content remains parallel across tracks.
[0077]Since, in the preferred embodiment, each track essentially comprises a potentially stand-alone story, any digital medium and player must contemplate both the synchronized progression of, and the seamless switching between, tracks. In the preferred embodiment, a dual-laser player would be required to play a double-sided DVD in order to provide exhibition of a 2-track production. Both sides would simultaneously read their respective tracks, which would be synchronized via simultaneous starting/stopping.
[0078]In an alternative embodiment, a timing track is added to each production track, indicating the time from start at each scene change. Coordinating circuitry maintains running times from start of each track, compares said timing tracks, and implements nominal delays of one or the other tracks at scene change points to maintain parallelism and coordinated play.
[0079]In an alternative embodiment, a simultaneous multiple DVD player would enable the synchronized play of two or more one or 2-sided DVD's with switching mechanisms.
[0080]In yet another embodiment that the DVD will contain one or more multiplexed tracks which would be de-multiplexed by the DVD player located in proximity of the viewer or at a location remote from the viewer. In both instances a de-multiplexer would be used to read appropriate material based upon a choice made by the viewer at any time during the viewing of the production.
[0081]The following discussion is limited to digital projection theatrical exhibition, as the application of the disclosed methods to film are considered impractical. Two issues confront the theatrical exhibition of multi-track video-plays: (1) Technology for displaying multi-channel screenplays and switching between channels, and (2) the method for channel selection in a multiparty audience environment.
[0082]The technology discussed for DVD should be applicable to theatrical exhibition. In the preferred environment, multiple DVD tracks (whether from a single player of multiple simultaneous DVD's, or from multiple DVD's) feed into a circuit switching mechanism which directs the selected channel to the projector. Alternatively, numerous projectors could simultaneously progress different channels and the switching mechanism controls which projector is "live" (i.e., has its content actually projected to the screen); the other projector(s) would be "ghost" channels (keeping their unprojected content synchronized and ready for projection.).
[0083]When exhibiting a multi-channel production to a multi-party audience, some means must be provided both to implement channel selection and to aggregate and resolve conflicts in channel selection.
[0084]In the preferred embodiment, the channel selection mechanism comprises any number of networked selection devices connected (wired or wireless) to a networked computer with software capable of receiving signals from the selection devices. Each viewer in the audience has an electronic selector device to indicate their channel preference. Software compiles the selection results and also incorporates a "consensus" percentage set by the exhibitor. When the percentage of viewers desiring a channel other than the current channel reaches the consensus percentage, the software switches the channel for the audience. The device would also allow the exhibitor to deactivate the device so that only one channel is played for any given showing.
[0085]As previously described, the present invention can operate by utilizing multiplexed information. This information could be time division, time division multiplexed, frequency division multiplexed, phase division multiplexed or code length division multiplexed, as well as any other type of multiplexed algorithm. In this embodiment, the information relating to the interrelated stories, storylines or story parts would be multiplexed onto a laser readable media 20 as shown in FIG. 8 by any known multiplexing device. This multiplexed information could be contained on a single track of multiple tracks.
[0086]A viewer can, at any point during the playing of the production switch from one interrelated story to a second interrelated story, one storyline to a second storyline or one story part to a second story part. It is noted that a plurality of interrelated stories, storylines or story parts can be played at any time based upon the choice of the viewer. The chosen multiplexed data is read by a reader 22 provided with a laser beam 24.
[0087]FIG. 9 details a multiplexing unit 30 which is used to de-multiplex and allow the viewer to view a particular portion of the production. The laser readable media 20 can be provided at a location proximate to the viewer, such as a home DVD player. Alternatively, the laser readable media 20 can be provided at a remote location from the viewer and a signal produced by the reader 22 would then be transmitted to a device, such as a television monitor or computer monitor onto which the production is projected and the audio portion heard by the viewer.
[0088]The de-multiplexer unit 30 is provided with a selection unit 34 which would allow the viewer to choose the portion of the production to be viewed prior to de-multiplexing. This selection unit would generally be proximate to the viewer and the viewer would then input an input choice using the selection unit 34. The selection unit 34 is in communication with a de-multiplexer 32 through which the input tracker tracks would be transmitted. Therefore, based upon the choice of the viewer utilizing the selection unit 34, a portion of the multiplexed production would be viewed by the viewer. The de-multiplexer 32 is in communication with a memory 36 and a buffer 38 to facilitate the synchronization of the audio-visual information as previously described and discussed with respect to FIG. 7. It is noted that the material shown in FIG. 1 in tracks A and B, for example, would be multiplexed onto a single track. Alternatively, multiple multiplexed tracks could be utilized.
[0089]FIG. 10 describes a de-multiplexing embodiment which would be utilized if the viewer selects a particular track or tracks to view subsequent to the de-multiplexing of the input tracks by de-multiplexer 40. Similar to FIG. 9, a selection unit 42 would generally be proximate to the viewer and the viewer would then input an input choice using the selection unit 42. The de-multiplexer 40 is in communication with a memory 44 and with a plurality of buffers 461-46n. In this situation, the buffers 461-46n would include the de-multiplexed material on each of the end tracks.
[0090]In the preferred embodiment, the channel selection mechanism comprises any number of networked selection devices connected (wired or wireless) to a networked computer with software capable of receiving signals from the selection devices. Each viewer in the audience has an electronic selector device to indicate their channel preference. Software compiles the selection results and also incorporates a "consensus" percentage set by the exhibitor. When the percentage of viewers desiring a channel other than the current channel reaches the consensus percentage, the software switches the channel for the audience. The device would also allow the exhibitor to deactivate the device so that only one channel is played for any given showing.
[0091]Defined in detail, the present invention is a method of creating and exhibiting audio-visual presentations, comprising: (a) a multi-dimensional production having at least two interrelated stories, storylines and story parts in audio-visual media; (b) simultaneously delivering parallel or multiplexed tracks of the at least two interrelated stories, storylines and story parts in a manner so that viewing can be alternated among the parallel tracks; and (c) each of the tracks delivered in parallel with all of the other tracks so that at all times, each track is sufficiently related to the other tracks so that switching between tracks at any time provides cumulative and logically related content.
[0092]Defined alternatively, the present invention is a method of creating and exhibiting audio-visual presentations, comprising: (a) a multi-dimensional production having at least two interrelated stories, storylines or story parts in audio-visual media; and (b) simultaneously delivering and streaming parallel tracks of the at least two interrelated stories, storylines or story parts in a manner so that viewing can be alternated among the parallel tracks.
[0093]Of course the present invention is not intended to be restricted to any particular form or arrangement, or any specific embodiment, or any specific use, disclosed herein, since the same may be modified in various particulars or relations without departing from the spirit or scope of the claimed invention hereinabove shown and described of which the apparatus or method shown is intended only for illustration and disclosure of an operative embodiment and not to show all of the various forms or modifications in which this invention might be embodied or operated.
[0094]The present invention has been described in considerable detail in order to comply with the patent laws of providing full public disclosure of at least one of its forms. However, such detailed description is not intended in any way to limit the broad features or principles of the present invention, or the scope of the patent to be granted. Therefore, the invention is to be limited only by the scope of the appended claims.
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Colombia's economy expanded faster than expected in the first quarter, the statistics agency said today. Gross domestic product grew 4.4 percent from a year earlier, beating a 3.6 percent median estimate of 24 economists surveyed by Bloomberg.
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"The trade break was a blessing in disguise," said Duarte in a phone interview from New York. "Colombia's growth is now much more organic and domestically based."
South America's fourth-largest economy is emerging slower from the global financial crisis than its regional neighbors. The International Monetary Fund estimates GDP will expand 2.2 percent this year, slower than every country except recession- plagued Venezuela. The government on June 15 raised to 3 percent, from 2.5 percent, its 2010 growth forecast.
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The slowdown in bilateral trade with Venezuela reduced demand for consumer goods, limiting inflation and allowing policy makers to stimulate the domestic economy by lowering borrowing costs, Duarte said.
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LAKE LOUISE, Canada, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Lara Gut captured her second straight Super G victory Sunday as the Swiss skier beat Liechtenstein's Tina Weirather by a fraction of a second in the final race of the Canadian World Cup event.
Gut, the Super G and downhill winner in Beaver Creek last weekend, won her fourth race of the World Cup season when she posted a time of 1:22.86 in the cold, icy conditions at Lake Louise, 0.03 seconds ahead of Weirather (1:22.89).
Austria's Anna Fenninger (1:23.19) placed third for her second podium of the week after taking the bronze in the downhill Saturday.
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"I knew that coming to Lake Louise was not going to be easy for me. Finding the right line and pace on the downhill course is still a big mystery to me. I was hoping that with the way I have been skiing this season, things would go better. But going into the Super G today was something different. I knew what to do, to ski fast, and it worked out," said the 22-year-old.
"Being in the top three in the overall standings is something new to me. I don't focus on that for now. If I start thinking about the overall title I will for sure be nervous on my skis. What matters is the way I ski and how I can improve."
Weirather, who won the silver in the downhill Saturday, got her fourth career podium in Super G by sticking to a course set by her coach. Last year she crashed at the Fish Net turn at Lake Louise and admitted she was a bit more cautious this time around.
"I was really careful coming into this specific turn this time," said the 24-year-old. "Once in the finish, I knew I had lost speed and a little bit of time there that would eventually cost me the win. That is exactly what happened, but I am for sure happy about the two good results of the week."
Vonn, who has 14 career podiums at Lake Louise, including sweeping all three races over the past two seasons, finished 0.85 off the lead. Despite her long layoff and best finish of the week, the reigning Olympic downhill gold medalist still felt she could have won.
"I was too straight in the top section and it cost me some time. Then I tried to be a little bit too aggressive going on to the flat. I got pretty low on the line, but I'm really happy with my skiing. It's getting better every day. I know now that I can win and be on the podium. That gives me confidence and that was my goal of this weekend," said Vonn, holder of a record 20 World Cup Super G victories.
With St. Moritz upcoming on the World Cup calendar next weekend, Vonn said she didn't know what races she would be doing in Europe. The Switzerland World Cup includes Super G and slalom races.
"My focus is on the Olympics and with my knee the way it is, I am just not sure how many races I will do. My goal is to put myself in the best position going into Sochi very confident and try to win. I will think about all this after this weekend and come up with a decision with my coaches."


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Keep this in mind about alcohol: it is the most dangerous drug legal or not. Worse than heroin, cocaine, etc. It causes thousands of deaths of non drinkers of all ages each year in this country. Don't overexert yourselves to make it more easily available.
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But I guess it's not a problem for Greg Hughes to be on the UTA board.
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What in Tucket? said: "Keep this in mind about alcohol: it is the most
dangerous drug legal or not. Worse than heroin, cocaine, etc. It causes
thousands of deaths of non drinkers of all ages each year in this country.
Don't overexert yourselves to make it more easily available."
...or is it fats and sugars that kill and handicap far more Americans than alcohol, but is morally acceptable by the dominate religion?
Does Valentine just here the word Alcohol and call the D-News?
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Francine Giani is a great woman. She has more ethical standards than the entire Legislature put together. Valentine & Co. want her out because she refused to back down & bend to the Good Ole Boys. This was caught on tape, no less, & showed the lawmakers as the fools & bullies that they are. They have long memories & it's payback time. Biz as usual again at the DABC.
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Fats and sugars in excess hurt the individual, but you'd be hard pressed to
show how it harms others. If you're going to try to take digs at the
'dominate' (sic) religion, you should know that the Church advocates
healthy living and moderation in food choices.
Alcohol however never restricts its harm to the individual; it affects the surrounding family, the innocent drivers nearby and anyone else within the reach of its repugnant smell. Why should the government try to expand such suffering by making alcohol more available to its users?
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Sparticus, I would definitely say obesity affects people other than the
individual. It leads to diabetes (with effects including blindness,
amputations, etc.), heart disease, etc. Who's paying for all the treatment
costs? Here's a clue: it ain't the individual. Do you think those
diseases and deaths don't impact families, neighbors, etc.? Is alcohol
bad, you bet. But to say it's less damaging than fats and sugars leads to
a pretty interesting debate that you certainly can't win by default.
Also, I don't know HVH, but I would assume he was referring to the individuals of the dominant religion, not the doctrine. We all know that if you sit in any sacrament meeting up and down the Wasatch Front, you're going to see a number of those who clearly enjoy their fats and sugars, and usually quite a few on the stand will be among them. No one's perfect, but it definitely goes to the point of needing to "cast out the beam in thy own eye."
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Jones, Salt Lake City, UT wrote:
"But I guess it's not a problem for Greg Hughes to be on the UTA board."
Right on target, Jones! The legislature won't even abide by the adopted Utah State Code regulations regarding that appointment. Saying Utah state legislators are hypocritical is an understatement. They are downright arrogant and offensive in applying their oath of office.
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A 12 oz. can of Beer, and a 12 oz. can of Coca-Cola seem pretty close to the same thing. Beer=Alcohol while Coca-Cola=Caffeine. They are both somewhat bad for you. I see people go for a Coca-Cola first thing in the morning, and have six down by dinner time. Maybe we should adopt similar laws, where we don't need state run liquor stores, and instead have designated areas inside the grocery stores. No Zion wall needed, of course.
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Thank you, Claudio I believe in moderation in all things.
Action achieves strength; moderation eventuates in charm.
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Why do we need an Alcohol Commission?
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If you have the 8 inch Victorinox chef knife, you might be wondering if you should get the 6-8 inch protector, or the 8 to 10. This 6-8 Inch holder fits the 8 inch blade perfectly and grips the knife quite firmly. If you own the 8-inch knife, THIS is the one you want to buy.
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This guard provides adequate protection for both blades and also for the user. The clasps hold strong and hold even when dropped from table height. The rubber tabs work well and keep the blades stable inside even with the 6 inch semi-stiff boning knife that I keep in it which is unable to make use of the lower portion of the case. While the lower guard cannot work in tandem with the rubber tabs to help keep my boning knife from moving, the knife is still unable to leave the cover without moderate effort. I have even tried to shake my 6 inch semi-stiff boning knife out of the case- while the inner rubber tab looses its hold and allows the tip of the knife to move up and down, the rear tab holds firm and keeps the knife secured in the cover. That being said, I originally purchased the covers so I could keep my knives in a travel pack between work and home without having to worry about them escaping their enclosures. After my above checks, I'm certainly pleased so far and have no doubt that they will perform all of the tasks I will be asking of them.
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This is a great cover! It's so much better than having my knives bang around in a drawer or smooshed between two pieces of cardboard. It's fantastic for my Victorinox 8 inch chefs knife, but if you try to use it for other knives, be careful to make sure the handle of the knife doesn't block the cover from closing.
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This product is a must for any one who uses knives. Whether you are storing them or transporting them, the Blade Safe is perfect for protecting your knives from damage and protecting you from injury. The sturdy plastic locking tabs keep blades secured inside the case. It fits a variety of my knives, every thing from boning knives to skinning knives, breaking knives or butcher knives. For such an affordable price, you really cannot afford to not have one of these for every knife you own. A professional knife sharpener will charge you much more to repair your damaged knife than this product costs to protect it and you in the first place. Great product!
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LOVE THESE BLADE COVERS! They are extremely durable and fit nice and snug on various shaped blades including my Mercer 8 inch Usuba. The clasps and hold your blade perfectly in place while keeping anything from getting inside and dirtying your blade. The size of the covers fit well in most standard knife rolls and don't create much bulge. I highly recommend this product for anybody as it will keep your fingers and knives nice and safe! Very reasonably priced considering the quality functionality, in fact I am ordering more right now!
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this is the best knife cover that I have used hands down. the cover stays in place and will not come off unless you remove it. tis is good for people who store there knives in a knife roll you can remove the knife by the cover without worry of the cover sliding off
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I ordered this to cover my 7.5 inch Victorinox chef's knife. This is a very sturdy plastic cover that easily snaps into place. Once snapped, it is very, very snug and will not show any of the blade out and will not move. Great purchase!
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Very durable knife case to have. I have dropped my knifes multiple times but with the case they are perfectly fine. Plus the price is great.
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Perfect knife cover! Great for any knife not just Victorinox. Good protection without compromising the knife's edge! Great value! Easy snap on and off! Stays snug on the knife!
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these Knife Blade Covers are by far the best I have ever used, they are sturdy, completly cover the blade,and protects the knifes sharp edge. This size 6"-8" is perfect for most all of your large knives but the larger size 8"-10" is perfect for the chef knives. My son is a chef and he said that these protectors are the best he has used. I will definatly be buying of these more for gifts.
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