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US 2004/0177372 A1Published application
System and method for facilitating TV channel programming
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
InventorsVincent Du, Sabrina Yeh, Marcelo Katsuzo Goto
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Abstract
To facilitate programming a TV channel list, only digital channels are presented on an edit list so that the user need not parse through analog channels but only the digital channels to edit the channels (e.g., by putting the channels on a favorite list, or a skip list, or by labelling the channels, etc.).
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A method for programming a television with channel information, the television having at least one digital receiver for receiving digital signals and at least one analog receiver for receiving analog signals, the method comprising:
- presenting a visible channel edit list to the user listing fewer than all available analog channels and listing substantially all available digital channels.
A system, comprising:
- a TV;
- at least one analog receiver associated with the TV for receiving available analog channels;
- at least one digital receiver associated with the TV for receiving available digital channels;
- and
- at least one processor associated with the TV and coupled at least to the digital receiver for visually presenting on the TV a digital channel edit list displaying all substantially all digital channels available to the TV without displaying any analog channels that numerically intervene between two digital channels numbers.
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A system, comprising:
- a TV;
- means for presenting on the TV a list only of digital channels, regardless of whether analog channels are available for reception by the TV between digital channels on the list;
- and
- means for using the list to edit channels thereon.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.