发明名称 MERGING MULTI-SOURCE INFORMATION IN A TELEVISION SYSTEM
摘要 The present invention provides a scheme for merging television schedule information received from multiple sources (26, 28, 30 and 34). In the preferred embodiment, a microprocessor (36) mixes and sorts the schedule information received from multiple source devices (26, 28, 30 or 34). The schedule information is then displayed in a television schedule guide (50). A user can select a program (60 or 62) by pointing to that program in the displayed schedule information (50). The system (10) then carries out an automatic switching/tuning such that the required source device (26, 28, 30 or 34) is input to the destination device (22), and a tuner is then tuned to the selected programm's channel (52).
申请公布号 CA2218543(C) 申请公布日期 2011.08.09
申请号 CA19962218543 申请日期 1996.04.04
申请人 STARSIGHT TELECAST, INCORPORATED 发明人 KLOSTERMAN, BRIAN LEE
分类号 H04N21/278;H04N5/445;H04N5/765;H04N5/782;H04N7/16;H04N21/462 主分类号 H04N21/278
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