Randomly selecting current programming
AssigneeEldon Technology Limited
InventorDavid Gareth Hilton
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Abstract
A system for receiving and displaying broadcast audio and visual programming includes a television receiver and a display. The television receiver has a tuner for tuning to the channel to be displayed and is controlled by a processor with which the user communicates by way of a remote control unit. Operation of a random button on the remote control unit causes the processor to initiate a random mode selection whereby the television receiver randomly selects and displays one of the broadcast channels received.
Claims15
A method of randomly selecting a current program to be presented by a system for receiving and presenting broadcast audio/visual programming, the system having a user interface by means of which a user is able to select a program to be presented, the method comprising enabling the user to select a random mode by providing input to the system, and causing the system, in response to the selection of the random mode, to randomly select a program for presentation.
A system for randomly selecting a current program to be presented, the system comprising:
- at least one tuner,
- at least one presentation module,
- at least one user interface, and
- at least one processor,
- wherein the processor is arranged to control the operation of the system such that, in response to the input of a program selection by way of the user interface, the tuner is caused to tune to that selected program, and the presentation module is caused to present that selected program, and
- the system further comprising
- a selector operable by a user,
- the processor being arranged, in response to the operation of the selector, to cause a randomly selected program to be tuned and presented.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.