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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:
Jan. 07, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph I. Saib, San Diego, CA (US);
James K. Leahey, La Jolla, CA (US);
Gail White, San Diego, CA (US);
Satoru Nemoto, San Diego, CA (US);
Peter Jordan, New Hope, PA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/50 ; H04N 5/44 ; H04N 7/173 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/50 ; H04N 5/44 ; H04N 7/173 ;
Abstract
The present invention is implemented in one embodiment in a tuning decoder device, such as an Integrated Receiver Decoder (IRD) of a digital satellite system. The IRD is coupled to a satellite system, the remote controller and a monitor, such as a TV set. The present invention allows a user to store up to five stations in a JUMP Loop sequence during a single viewing period by depressing a single key in a remote controller.