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US 6,286,141 B1Granted
Personal editing system
AssigneeSoundview Technologies Incorporated
InventorsH. Lee Browne, Carl M. Elam, David H. Schmidt
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Abstract
A personal editing apparatus and method allowing a user to enter program selection criteria and based on those criteria, and received extended data, display personalized programming information to the user.
Claims68
A television editing system comprising:
- an input device for receiving and buffering externally provided television programming information;
- a data sorter for extracting and sorting additional data associated with the input television programming information;
- memory means for separately storing the additional data;
- a user control for inputting television programming criteria to identify programming;
- a signal receiving unit for receiving signals, the signals including the television programming criteria;
- a display controller, coupled to the memory means, for controlling display of personalized information about television programming based on the stored additional data and the television programming criteria;
- and
- a signal transceiver for relaying signals between the signal receiving unit and a receiver, the signals including a channel selection signal to automatically change the channel on the receiver so that the personalized information can be displayed.
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A television editing system comprising:
- a user control for inputting television programming criteria to identify programming;
- a signal receiving unit for receiving signals, the signals including the television programming criteria;
- a program history library for storing information related to viewing habits of a user of the television editing apparatus based on the input television programming criteria
- a display controller, coupled to the memory means, for controlling display of personalized information about television programming based on the stored information in the program history library;
- and
- a signal transceiver for relaying signals between the signal receiving unit and a receiver, the signals including a channel selection signal to automatically change the channel on the receiver so that the personalized information can be displayed.
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A method of editing a program display comprising the steps of:
- acquiring additional data from received television programming;
- entering program parameters identifying desired programming using a user control;
- building a list of program information based on the additional data and the program parameters;
- controlling a receiver by relaying signals through the user control, the signals including a channel selection signal to automatically change the channel on the receiver so that the list of program information can be displayed;
- displaying the list of program information;
- and
- selecting a program from the list.
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A method of editing a program display comprising the steps of:
- inputting television programming criteria to identify programming using a user control;
- storing information in a program history library related to viewing habits of a user based on the input television programming criteria;
- building a list of program information based on the stored information in the program history library;
- controlling a receiver by relaying signals through the user control, the signals including a channel selection signal to automatically change the channel on the receiver so that the list of program information can be displayed;
- displaying the list of program information;
- selecting a program from the list.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.