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US 2002/0055331 A1Published application
Digital audio/visual receiver with recordable memory
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorAnthony David King-Smith
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Abstract
A typical radio receiver (20) for DAB or DVB has recordable memory (33) for selecting broadcast digital information. To simplify retrieval of the information, the selection means (27) is operable to present to the user a sequence of sources of information for reproduction including the memory means as well as the broadcast sources, whereby selection of recorded information is as simple as selection of broadcast information.
Claims10
A receiver capable of receiving and reproducing broadcast digital information comprising:
- a radio frequency (rf) receiver for receiving information from a plurality of sources;
- signal processing means connected to the rf receiver for decoding received radio frequency signals,
- memory means for storing selected broadcast digital information for reproduction after the information has been broadcast,
- control means for controlling the operations of the signal processing means and the memory means, and
- a man-machine-interface (MMI) connected to the control means, the man-machine-interface including selection means enabling a user to select information to be reproduced,
- the selection means being operable to present to the user a sequence of sources of information available for reproduction, the sequence including said memory means as well as the broadcast rf sources;
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- means for reproducing selected information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.