Electronic television program guide for a television system havi

Details Electronic television program guide for a television system havi Electronic television program guide for a television system havi

1995-03-31

1997-12-16

Peng, John K.

Television

Basic receiver with additional function

For display of additional information

348565, 348906, H04N 544

Patent

active

056991258

ABSTRACT:
A method and device for receiving and storing an electronic television (TV) program guide. In a satellite, cable or broadcast TV system, electronic TV program guides may be coded into the video signals received by the TV receiver. Many currently available TV receivers also allow users to program a list of "select-channels." When the receiver is in its select-channel mode, the receiver only tunes to the channels the user stored in the list of select channels. The present invention limits the memory and processing power required to store an electronic TV program guide by only storing program guide information associated with the channels stored by the user in connection with the select-channels function of the receiver. In receivers having a second tuner, the second tuner may be used to automatically update the stored program guide.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4694490 (1987-09-01), Harvey et al.
patent: 4704725 (1987-11-01), Harvey et al.
patent: 4706121 (1987-11-01), Young
patent: 4751578 (1988-06-01), Reiter et al.
patent: 4908713 (1990-03-01), Levine
patent: 4965825 (1990-10-01), Harvey
patent: 4977455 (1990-12-01), Young
patent: 5038211 (1991-08-01), Hallenbeck
patent: 5109414 (1992-04-01), Harvey et al.
patent: 5151789 (1992-09-01), Young
patent: 5210611 (1993-05-01), Yee et al.
patent: 5233654 (1993-08-01), Harvey et al.
patent: 5335277 (1994-08-01), Harvey et al.
patent: 5353121 (1994-10-01), Young et al.
patent: 5473609 (1995-12-01), Chaney
patent: 5528304 (1996-06-01), Cherrick et al.
patent: 5557338 (1996-09-01), Maze et al.
WAM-4.3, The EIA/NCTA Joint Engineering Committee's Program Identification Project, R.S. Burroughs, Panasonic Technologies, 1990 IEEE, pp. 54-55.
FAM-20.3, Personal Home TV Programming Guide, Peter D. Hallenbeck et al., 1990 IEEE, pp. 310-311.
Back to Basics, Set-tops: The user-friendly, revenue-generating interface; Mark W. Happe, Communications Technology, Oct. 1994 pp. 86-90.
Tuning in viewer choice; Gary Dretzka, Chicago Tribune, Jan. 23, 1995.
The Impending Failure of Alternate Delivery Systems; August E. Grant, Ph.D. 1994 Technology Futures, Inc. pp. 22-28.
Fast Digital Data Channels Enable New Cable Services; J. Wendorf et al; 1992 NCTA Technical Papers, pp. 173-178.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Electronic television program guide for a television system havi does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Electronic television program guide for a television system havi, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Electronic television program guide for a television system havi will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-211669