Television program scheduler for providing an indication to a user that a television program is about to start
AssigneeAQI Ltd.
InventorsIssashar Zahavi, Avi Weiner
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Abstract
A television program scheduler for providing an indication to a user that a television program is about to start. The scheduler includes a clock for keeping date and time, a keyboard for inputting information relating to a user selected schedule of one or more television programs, a display for displaying at least a portion of the information and control apparatus for comparing the date and start time of the television programs to the date and time of the clock for providing an indication to the user starting a predetermined period of time before the start of a television program.
Claims26
A television program scheduler for providing an indication to a user that a television program is about to start, comprising:
- (a) a clock for keeping date and time;
- (b) inputting means for inputting information relating to a user selected schedule of at least one television program, wherein said information includes the date and start time of said at least one television program;
- (c) a display for displaying at least a portion of said information;
- (d) control means for comparing the date and start time of said at least one television program to the date and time of said clock;
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- (e) indicating means for providing the indication to the user in response to said control means, said indication being initiated a pre-determined period of time before the start of said at least one television program.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.