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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:
Jul. 20, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348-7 ; 348 12 ; 455-42 ;
Abstract
A digital broadcast receiver for realizing functions approximately corresponding to those of a VCR by utilizing a time shifting service broadcasting the same program on a plurality of channels which are time-shifted from one another in broadcasting the program by varying periods of delay time. For example in resuming viewing after an interruption of viewing on the desired one of the channels to realize the function of pause, the channel is determined the delay time of which relative to the channel initially viewed is greater than and most approximate to the interruption period, and the initial channel is automatically changed over to the channel thus determined.