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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael D Landis, Fishers, IN (US);
Gabriel A Edde, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348725 ; 348460 ; 348461 ; 348473 ; 368 10 ; 386 95 ;
Abstract
A television receiver includes a decoder for decoding a data component of a television signal, such as extended data services (EDS) data. The data component includes data representative of time of day information. A controller in the receiver processes the time of day information to set the time of day stored in the television receiver to a time value that is accurate to seconds.