发明名称 |
CONSUMER INTERFACE FOR PROGRAMMING A DEVICE |
摘要 |
<p>A TELEVISION SYSTEM FOR RECEIVING A PLURALITY OF TELEVISION PROGRAMS INCLUDES A PROGRAMMING UNIT FOR CAUSING THE TELEVISION SYSTEM TO RECEIVE AND RECORD A PARTICULAR TELEVISION SHOW AIRED ON A GIVEN CHANNEL, AT A PARTICULAR TIME AND DATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCHEDULE DATA ENTERED BY A USER. THE TELEVISION SYSTEM INCLUDES A CONTROLLER (415R) FOR GENERATING THE ON-SCREEN DISPLAYS IN RESPONSE TO USER-ENTERED DATA. UPON COMPLETION OF A PROGRAMMING ENTRY, THE CONTROLLER CAUSES A DISPLAY OF A SUBSTANTIALLY GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT SENTENCE (210;310) SUMMARIZING THE ENTERED PROGRAMMING INSTRUCTIONS AND ACTING AS A CONFIRMATION SCREEN. IN ONE EMBODIMENT, THE CONFIRMATION SCREEN (300) IS INTERACTIVE IN THAT CERTAIN VARIABLES (325;335;350;380) WITHIN THE SENTENCE MAY BE MODIFIED BY THE USER TO CHANGE THE SENSE OF THE SENTENCE, AND THUS TO MODIFY THE PROGRAMMING INSTRUCTIONS.(FIGURE 2)</p> |
申请公布号 |
MY127659(A) |
申请公布日期 |
2006.12.29 |
申请号 |
MY1996PI03966 |
申请日期 |
1996.09.25 |
申请人 |
THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, INC. |
发明人 |
KEITH RAYNOLDS WEHMEYER;ROBERT HOWARD MILLER |
分类号 |
H04N5/445;H04N5/76;H04N5/761;H04N21/472 |
主分类号 |
H04N5/445 |
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