Apparatus for controlling a television receiver using a plurality of stored labels
OwnerJack Beeryinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus for controlling a television receiver includes a read-only memory for storing a plurality of labels, and a programmable memory for storing at least one channel number. An operator-actuated control generates a signal representative of one of the labels and a channel number to be associated therewith, and a processor receives the signal and causes the programmable memory to store the channel number as corresponding to the one label. The operator-actuated control further generates a second signal representative of the one label independent of the channel number. Upon receiving the second signal, the processor retrieves from the programmable memory the channel number and generates an output control signal corresponding to the channel number.
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Apparatus for controlling a television receiver to select a television channel corresponding to a preassigned channel number, the apparatus comprising:
- a read-only memory for storing a plurality of predetermined stored labels, each of said stored labels being stored at one of an ordered series of predetermined ROM address;
- a programmable memory including a plurality of RAM addresses, each of said RAM addresses being capable of storing one channel number thereat, said programmable memory being further adapted to store a marker value corresponding to each of said ROM addresses;
- an operator-actuated control for generating a first signal comprising a data set representative of one of said stored labels and a channel number to be associated therewith;
- a processor for receiving said first signal, and responsive thereto, causing an activation value to be stored for the one of said marker values corresponding to the one of said ROM addresses corresponding to said one stored label, and for counting the number of said activation values corresponding to said ROM addresses preceding said one stored label, and for storing said channel number at the one of said RAM addresses corresponding to said count;
- said operator-actuated control further generating a second signal comprising a data set representative of said one stored label independent of said channel number;
- said processor, upon receiving said second signal, retrieving from said programmable memory said channel number by counting the number of said activation values corresponding to said ROM addresses preceding said one stored label and retrieving said channel number from the one of said RAM addresses corresponding to said count, and generating an output control signal corresponding to said channel number.
An apparatus for controlling a television receiver to select a television channel corresponding to a preassigned channel number, the apparatus comprising:
- a control for generating a first signal representative of a selected channel;
- a processor for receiving said first signal, and responsive thereto, generating an output control signal corresponding to a selected channel number for instructing a television receiver to tune to said selected channel;
- a programmable memory including a predetermined number of channel addresses for storing up to said predetermined number of channel numbers;
- a storage control for generating a second signal, said processor receiving said second signal, and responsive thereto and subsequent to generating said output control signal, causing said programmable memory to store said selected channel at a first of said channel addresses;
- upon receipt of said second signal, and in the event any other of said channel numbers are stored in any of said channel addresses, and prior to storing said selected channel number, moving said other channel numbers to the next succeeding higher of said channel addresses and erasing any of said other channel numbers already stored at the last of said channel addresses;
- a retrieval control for generating a third signal, said processor receiving said third signal, and responsive thereto, retrieving from one of said channel addresses the one of said channel numbers stored thereat and generating an output control signal corresponding to said first selected channel number.
Apparatus for controlling a television receiver to select a television channel corresponding to a preassigned channel designation, the apparatus comprising:
- a read-only memory storing a plurality of predetermined stored labels in an ordered series of ROM addresses;
- a programmable memory for storing one of said channel designations at each of a predetermined number of RAM addresses, and for storing a marker value for each of said ROM addresses;
- a control for generating a first signal comprising a data set representative of a selected one of said stored labels and a channel designation to be associated therewith;
- a processor for receiving said first signal and responsive thereto, a) storing a marker value for the one of said ROM addresses corresponding to said label, b) beginning with a first of said ROM addresses, counting all of said ROM addresses to have marker values stored therefor up to and including said marker value stored for said selected label, and c) storing said channel designation at the one of said RAM addresses corresponding to said count.
Apparatus for controlling a television receiver to select a television channel corresponding to a preassigned channel designation, the apparatus comprising:
- a read-only memory storing a plurality of predetermined stored labels in an ordered series of ROM addresses;
- a programmable memory for storing one of said channel designations at each of a predetermined number of RAM addresses, and for storing a marker value for each of said ROM addresses;
- a control for generating a first signal comprising a data set representative of a selected one of said stored labels and a channel designation to be associated therewith;
- a processor for receiving said first signal and responsive thereto, a) storing a marker value for the one of said ROM addresses corresponding to said label, b) beginning with a first of said ROM addresses, counting all of said ROM addresses to have marker values stored therefor up to and including said marker value stored for said selected label, c) determining in accordance with a first formula, one of said RAM addresses as corresponding to said count, and d) storing said channel designation at said one of said RAM addresses.
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