Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for redirecting a receiving device in the event of a programming blackout
- Patent Title (中): 在编程停电的情况下重定向接收设备的方法和装置
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Application No.: US12047406Application Date: 2008-03-13
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Publication No.: US09131125B2Publication Date: 2015-09-08
- Inventor: Jeffrey L. Sharkey , Tam T. Leminh , Alistair E. Jeffs , Robert G. Arsenault , Huy Q. Tran , Tommi J. Iten , David Eric Shanks , Eric J. Bennett
- Applicant: Jeffrey L. Sharkey , Tam T. Leminh , Alistair E. Jeffs , Robert G. Arsenault , Huy Q. Tran , Tommi J. Iten , David Eric Shanks , Eric J. Bennett
- Applicant Address: US CA El Segundo
- Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
- Current Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA El Segundo
- Main IPC: H04N7/16
- IPC: H04N7/16 ; H04N7/10 ; H04N7/20 ; H04N21/4627 ; H04N5/44 ; H04N21/422 ; H04N21/434 ; H04N21/438 ; H04N21/45 ; H04N21/462 ; H04N21/4623 ; H04N21/488 ; H04N21/61 ; H04N21/84 ; H04N21/414 ; H04N21/418
Abstract:
A receiving device and method for operating the same includes a tuner tuned to a first channel having a first program, a memory storing program guide data therein and a controller in communication with the tuner and the memory. The controller determines the first channel is a blacked out channel, searches the program data in the memory for a second program equivalent to the first program, determines a second channel associated with the second program and tunes the tuner device to the second channel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090235315A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDIRECTING A RECEIVING DEVICE IN THE EVENT OF A PROGRAMMING BLACKOUT Public/Granted day:2009-09-17
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