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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1998
Henry C. Yuen, Pasadena, CA (US);
E Guide, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Abstract
An improved television control system includes a tuner ( ), a memory ( ), a keyboard ( ) and a controller ( ). The tuner ( ) selects one channel from a multi-channel television signal based upon a channel selection input. The multi-channel television signal carries the signals for a set of received television channels. The memory ( ) contains a favorite channel list that includes a list of channel identifiers, each channel identifier corresponding to one of a subset of the set of channels received by the tuner ( ). The keyboard ( ) includes a favorite channel button ( ) and a favorite program button ( ) as well as a numeric keypad ( ) and channel up/down keys ( ).