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US 8,284,320 B2Granted
Program delivery apparatus and operation button function assigning method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorHideki Maegawa
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Abstract
A program delivery apparatus including a program delivery control section configured to control program delivery based on a program delivery program made up of a plurality of items; a switcher configured to switch video signals when connected to the program delivery control section via communication channels; a plurality of operation buttons; and a storage section configured to store function assignment information about assigning functions to the plurality of operation buttons.
Claims8
A program delivery apparatus comprising:
- a program delivery control section configured to control program delivery based on a program delivery program made up of a plurality of items;
- a switcher configured to switch video signals when connected to said program delivery control section via communication channels;
- a plurality of operation buttons;
- and
- a storage section configured to store function assignment information about assigning functions to said plurality of operation buttons;
- wherein
- each of said items of said program delivery program includes said function assignment information regarding said plurality of operation buttons, and
- in accordance with control of said switcher based on each of said items making up said program delivery program, said program delivery control section writes said function assignment information included in each of said items to said storage section, whereby said plurality of operation buttons are assigned the functions,
- wherein for each item the operation buttons are assigned to respective input lines on a one-to-one basis and each input line is associated with a character string indicative of a source, such that for each item each operation button is associated with a character string, and such that for at least one operation button the character string associated with the button automatically changes with a change in item.
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An operation button function assigning method for use with a program delivery apparatus including
- a program delivery control section configured to control program delivery based on a program delivery program made up of a plurality of items;
- a switcher configured to switch video signals when connected to said program delivery control section via communication channels;
- a plurality of operation buttons;
- and
- a storage section configured to store function assignment information about assigning functions to said plurality of operation buttons, said operation button function assigning method comprising the steps of:
- causing each of said items of said program delivery program to have said function assignment information regarding said plurality of operation buttons;
- and
- in accordance with control of said switcher based on each of said items making up said program delivery program, causing to write said function assignment information included in each of said items to said storage section,
- wherein for each item the operation buttons are assigned to respective input lines on a one-to-one basis and each input line is associated with a character string indicative of a source, such that for each item each operation button is associated with a character string, and such that for at least one operation button the character string associated with the button automatically changes with a change in item.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.