TV GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE HAVING CURSOR POSITION INDICATOR

    公开(公告)号:CA2300287A1

    公开(公告)日:1999-01-28

    申请号:CA2300287

    申请日:1998-07-21

    Abstract: A TV graphical user interface includes a graphical channel changer for enabling a user to select a required TV channel among about 1000 channels provided by a satellite TV system. The graphical channel changer contains a vertical channel bar composed of channel boxes that display numbers and logos of selected TV channels. To switch the TV set to a required TV channel, the user directs the pointing device at the graphical channel box that indicates the required channel. A direct access channel bar is arranged on a screen so as to cause the channel boxes to display the number and logo of a selected TV channel when the user directs the pointing device at the point on the direct access bar that represents the selected channel. The direct access channel bar is provided with an absolute cursor position indicator that indicates to the user the numbers of TV channels represented by various points on the direct access channel bar, when the user moves the pointing device over these points. When TV channels in the channel changer are arranged in alphabetical order of channel or program names, the absolute cursor position indicator indicates the first letter in the name of a TV channel or program represented by a point on the direct access bar, at which the pointing device is directed.

    Set-top electronics and network interface unit arrangement

    公开(公告)号:IL124603D0

    公开(公告)日:1998-12-06

    申请号:IL12460396

    申请日:1996-11-21

    Abstract: A set-top electronics and network interface unit arrangement is connected to an internal digital network interconnecting devices in the home. Entertainment services are introduced into the network through network interface units that are coupled to an external network and to the internal network. The network interface units perform the necessary interfacing between the external and internal networks, and make the entertainment services available to all terminals connected to the internal network. Set-top electronics that are separate from the network interface units connect to the internal network and convert the information in the digital data stream for display, by a television, for example.

    HOME MULTIMEDIA NETWORK ARCHITECTURE

    公开(公告)号:CA2238394A1

    公开(公告)日:1997-05-29

    申请号:CA2238394

    申请日:1996-11-21

    Abstract: A home network architecture has an internal digital network interconnecting devices in the home. Entertainment services are introduced into the network through network interface units that are coupled to an external network and to the internal network. The network interface units perform the necessary interfacing between the external and internal networks, and make the entertainment services available to all terminals connected to the internal network. A plurality of set-top electronics that do not have network interface units connect to the internal network and prepare the information in the digital data stream for display, by a television, for example.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING THE CLOCK OF MPEG SIGNALS

    公开(公告)号:CA2238325A1

    公开(公告)日:1997-05-29

    申请号:CA2238325

    申请日:1996-11-21

    Abstract: A home network architecture has an internal digital network interconnecting devices in the home. Entertainment services are introduced into the network through network interface units that are coupled to an external network and to the internal network. The network interface units perform the necessary interfacing between the external and internal networks and perform MPEG clock recovery from an MPEG video data stream. To prevent jitter when the MPEG data stream is transmitted over the internal network to set-top electronics, the recovered MPEG clock is locked by the network interface unit to the internal network clock and then transmitted over the internal network. The set-top electronics then recovers the MPEG clock from the locked MPEG clock transmitted over the internal network. The video data may then be generated using the recovered MPEG clock and displayed on a television, for example.

    HOME MULTIMEDIA NETWORK ARCHITECTURE

    公开(公告)号:CA2238394C

    公开(公告)日:2002-10-08

    申请号:CA2238394

    申请日:1996-11-21

    Abstract: A home network architecture has an internal digital network interconnecting devices in the home. Entertainment services are introduced into the network through network interface units that are coupled to an external network and to the internal network. The network interface units perform the necessary interfacing between the external and internal networks, and make the entertainment services available to all terminals connected to the internal network. A plurality of set-top electronics that do not have network interfa ce units connect to the internal network and prepare the information in the digital data stream for display, by a television, for example.

    Mobile telephone with integrated multiple communication functionalities

    公开(公告)号:AU3408197A

    公开(公告)日:1998-01-14

    申请号:AU3408197

    申请日:1997-06-24

    Inventor: SHIM JAE H

    Abstract: A cellular phone (35), which may include CDPD communication capability, has a built-in editor for wireless data message communication applications, including E-mail. For data entry, a set of icons is provided on a predetermined section of an LCD screen (40). The remainder of the screen is reserved for the message display. The message section has a capacity for displaying several rows of alphanumeric characters. The icons may be displayed representations of the letters of the alphabet punctuation marks and any other symbols that may be desirable from ASCII format. To select a character for entry, a cursor is navigated using any of four direction keys (52) to highlight the selected icon for entry. Numbers are entered through the standard DTMF keys (50).

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