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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:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Colin L. Acton, Kirland, WA (US);
Terje K. Backman, Carnation, WA (US);
Jay Alan Borseth, Seattle, WA (US);
David A. Goll, Seattle, WA (US);
Sean C. McDowell, Redmond, WA (US);
Thaddeus C. Pritchett, Edmonds, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/10 ;
Abstract
An extensible framework for tuning to programming sources includes tune request objects and tuning space objects that are used to maintain and pass information regarding how to tune to a particular program. The extensible framework can be easily modified by creating, deleting, or modifying tune request objects and tuning space objects without requiring changes on the part of applications interacting with the framework.