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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:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark Gilmore Mears, Zionsville, IN (US);
Mark Sheridan Westlake, Fishers, IN (US);
Aaron Hal Dinwiddie, Cicero, IN (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing S.A., Boulogne Cedex, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/50 ; H04N 5/445 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/50 ; H04N 5/445 ;
Abstract
A system and method for processing a channel entry is presented. In one embodiment, the receiving mode of an apparatus is first determined. A first channel entry format is then displayed, if it is determined that the apparatus in the first receiving mode. A second channel entry format is displayed, instead, if it is determined that the apparatus in the second receiving mode. Furthermore, the first channel entry format comprises a first and a second information portions and the second channel entry format comprises a third information portion.