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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2001
Hong Yang, San Diego, CA (US);
Jenny Su Chow, San Diego, CA (US);
Hong Yang, San Diego, CA (US);
Jenny Su Chow, San Diego, CA (US);
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A periodic clock display method and system for a viewing device, such as a television set. A clock is displayed on a viewing device according to a first time interval and a second time interval. The first time interval determines how long the viewing device displays the clock. After the first time interval is finished, the clock is removed from the viewing device. The second time interval determines how long the clock remains off the viewing device. When the second time interval is complete, the clock is again displayed on the viewing device for the duration of the first time interval. This continues indefinitely until the user turns the periodic clock display function off.