Television – Two-way video and voice communication – User positioning
Patent
1996-03-28
1997-11-04
Kostak, Victor R.
Television
Two-way video and voice communication
User positioning
348906, 348 13, 348584, 348569, H04N 710
Patent
active
056845251
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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Kostak Victor R.
StarSight Telecast Incorporated
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