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US 2007/0186231 A1Published application
System and method for controlling settings for television services
AssigneeSBC Knowledge Ventures, L.P.
InventorsAnthony Haeuser, Mary McCarthy, Scott Pettit, Christopher Lee, Ross Cox
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a system and method that enables a customer to create a favorite list of channels for a main programming list of channels and switch between the favorite list and the main programming list and block any channel on either of the lists.
Claims20
A computer-readable medium accessible to a processor for executing instructions contained in a computer program embedded in the computer readable medium, the computer program comprising:
- instructions to provide a first list of channels for display on a television set;
- instructions to create a second list of channels, at least in part from the first list;
- and
- instructions to switch between the first list and the second list for viewing the lists on the television set.
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A method for providing television services, comprising:
- providing a first list of channels to a customer device for viewing the channels on a television set;
- creating a second list of channels selected at least in part from the first list;
- and
- switching between the first list and the second list for viewing on a television set in response to an input from the customer device.
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An apparatus for use with a television set, comprising:
- a computer readable medium accessible to a processor for executing instructions contained in a computer program embedded in the computer readable medium, the computer program comprising:
- instructions to receive a first list of channels for display on the television set;
- instructions to receive input for selecting a second list of channels from the first list of channels;
- instructions to display the second list of channels on the television set;
- and
- instructions to switch between display of the first list and second list of channels on the television set.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.