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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 04, 1995
Fujio Noguchi, Ridgewood, NJ (US);
Kazuhiko Akaike, Tokyo, JP;
Setsuko Watanabe Blaszkowski, San Diego, CA (US);
Noriko Kotabe, Canton Cardiff, GB;
Takashi Otani, Soka, JP;
Tadashi Kajiwara, San Diego, CA (US);
Sony Electronics, Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
An innovative but easy line guide is provided to provide the user of a multiple channel television broadcast system a wealth of programming information in a simple format that is easy to understand. The guide enables the user to easily select a particular program to watch. In e particular, the system provides an innovative mechanism to enable the user to scan program information of channels that the user has designated as his favorite channels. A button is provided that is designated as “favorite”. When the user is in a broadcast guide and selects the button, the system responds by displaying program information regarding the favorite stations at the top of the guide. Thus, the user sees at the top of the list the current programming with respect to his favorite stations, followed by program information for the remaining stations.