ACTIVA

Software for facilitating compression and decompression of audio and video signals; software for facilitating the processing of media signals, namely, software for facilitating the distribution, storage, manipulation, alteration, or modification of audiovisual signals, software for facilitating the recording of audiovisual signals, the playback of audiovisual signals, the compression of audiovisual signals, and the decompression of audiovisual signals; software for recording and networking applications within a site, namely, software for distribution, storage, manipulation, alteration, or modification of audiovisual signals received at a site, said distribution, storage, manipulation, alteration, or modification occurring at or within the site; software for recording and networking applications within a home site, namely, software for distribution, storage, manipulation, alteration, or modification of audiovisual signals received at a home site, said distribution, storage, manipulation, alteration, or modification occurring at or within the home site; semiconductor chips for facilitating the aforementioned compression and decompression of audio and video signals, for facilitating the aforementioned processing of media signals, for facilitating the aforementioned recording and networking applications within a site, or for facilitating the aforementioned recording and networking applications within a home site; the aforementioned semiconductor chips having hardware gates; and semiconductor chips embedded with any of the foregoing software