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US 2003/0193619 A1Published application
System and method for speculative tuning
OwnerToby Farrandinventor
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Abstract
A method implemented on a multi-tuner receiver system is disclosed, comprising: monitoring user input on the multi-tuner receiver system; identifying a first channel which the user is likely to select based on the user input; and speculatively tuning to the first channel using a first tuner prior to the user selecting the first channel.
Claims26
A method implemented on a multi-tuner receiver system, comprising:
- monitoring user input on said multi-tuner receiver system;
- identifying a first channel which said user is likely to select based on said user input;
- and
- speculatively tuning to said first channel using a first tuner prior to said user selecting said first channel.
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A multi-tuner receiver system:
- a first tuner and a second tuner to tune to broadcast channels;
- and
- speculative tuning logic to identify a first channel which said user is likely to select based on user input and to speculatively tune to said first channel using said first tuner prior to said user selecting said first channel.
A method implemented on a multi-tuner receiver system, comprising:
- monitoring a user's current channel selections;
- and
- speculatively tuning to a first channel based on said user's current channel selections prior to said user selecting said first channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.