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Patent No.:

US 5943467 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1999

Filed:

Dec. 02, 1994

Adaptive menu for programming a videocassette recorder

Applicant:
Inventors:

Billy Wesley Beyers, Greenfield, IN (US);

James Edwin Hailey, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Foy Edward Wilkey, Fishers, IN (US);

Randall Duane Staggs, Carmel, IN (US);

Assignee:

Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);

Attorneys:

Tripoli; Joseph S.

Emanuel; Peter M.

Kiel; Paul P.

Primary Examiner:

Wendy Garber

Assistant Examiner:

Vincent F Boccio

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
386 83 ; 348906 ;
Abstract

In a videocassette recorder including 'VCR PLUS+.TM.' videocassette recorder programming system capability and TIMER PROGRAMMING capability, it is herein recognized that the respective menu for programming in each of the two available systems should automatically be selected in response to the pressing of the PROGRAM key by a user, and in response to which of the two systems was last used for programming the VCR.

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