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US 7,010,804 B2Granted
System and method for facilitating TV channel programming
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc.
InventorsPeter R. Shintani, Hirofumi Usui
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Abstract
A removable memory device is inserted into a channel information source computer, such as computer connected to the Internet, and channel map information is downloaded to it. The removable device is then removed from the source computer and engaged with a television to download the channel map into the television, thereby avoiding prolonged autoprogramming by the television's receiver.
Claims10
A method for programming a television with channel information, comprising:
- engaging a memory device with a source computer;
- transferring channel information to the memory device;
- disengaging the memory device from the source computer;
- engaging the memory device with the television;
- and
- communicating channel information from the memory device to the television, wherein the memory device causes the source computer to automatically connect to a site on a wide area network hosting channel information, wherein the memory device initially included with the television, and a user of television disengages the memory device from the television prior to engaging the device with the source computer.
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A system for programming a television with channel information, comprising:
- removable memory means;
- source means, the removable memory means being engageable with the source means for communicating channel map information to the removable memory means, the removable memory means being disengageable with the source means;
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- a television having fixed memory means, the removable memory means being engageable with the television for communicating channel map information to the fixed memory means, wherein the removable memory means initially is included with the television, and a user of the television disengages the removable memory means from the television prior to engaging the device with the source means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.