Television – Special applications – Manufacturing
Patent
1995-04-17
1996-08-27
Kostak, Victor R.
Television
Special applications
Manufacturing
348906, H04N 710
Patent
active
055505767
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a scheme for merging television schedule information received from multiple sources (26, 28, 30 and 34). In the preferred embodiment, a microprocessor (36) mixes and sorts the schedule information received from multiple source devices (26, 28, 30 or 34). The schedule information is then displayed in a television schedule guide (50). A user can select a program (60 or 62) by pointing to that program in the displayed schedule information (50). The system (10) then carries out an automatic switching/tuning such that the required source device (26, 28, 30 or 34) is input to the destination device (22), and a tuner is then tuned to the selected program's channel (52).
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Beck David G.
Kostak Victor R.
StarSight Telecast Incorporated
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