Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-source switching in a television system displaying source indicators
- Patent Title (中): 电视系统中的多源切换显示源指标
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Application No.: US13534769Application Date: 2012-06-27
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Publication No.: US08640170B2Publication Date: 2014-01-28
- Inventor: Brian Lee Klosterman
- Applicant: Brian Lee Klosterman
- Applicant Address: US CA Fremont
- Assignee: Starsight Telecast, Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Starsight Telecast, Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Fremont
- Agency: Ropes & Gray LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/00
- IPC: G06F3/00
Abstract:
The present invention provides a tuning scheme for coordinating schedule information and programs received from multiple sources (26, 28, 30 and 34). In the preferred embodiment, an identifier associated with the program's channel (52) is used to identify a source device (26, 28, 30 or 34). When a user selects a program (60 or 62) listed in displayed schedule information (50), the system (10) reads the source identifier attached to the program's channel (52). 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).
Public/Granted literature
- US20120266194A1 MULTI-SOURCE SWITCHING IN A TELEVISION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2012-10-18
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