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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 1995

Filed:

Feb. 23, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:

Eiji Ohga, Tokyo, JP;

Masahiko Kawasaki, Tokyo, JP;

Kazushi Sakuma, Tokyo, JP;

Tatsuo Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;

Ryusuke Tozaki, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
455-61 ; 455-31 ; 4551811 ; 4551851 ; 348-6 ;
Abstract

Based on in-band data transmitted from a center facility that include titles, start times, lengths and channel numbers of respective programs of linked channels, the titles and start times are displayed together with selection numbers on a TV receiver upon depression of a schedule switch by a user. While watching a displayed picture, the user selects one of the selection numbers. Data indicating the start time, length and channel of the selected program is stored in a timer reservation area of a memory. The selected program is automatically displayed based on the stored data.

Published as:
JPH05122692A; US5465385A;

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