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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2006

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2001
Applicants:

Arturo A. Rodriguez, Norcross, GA (US);

Geoffrey G. Hammett, Norcross, GA (US);

Robert O. Banker, Cumming, GA (US);

John Eric West, Roswell, GA (US);

Inventors:

Arturo A. Rodriguez, Norcross, GA (US);

Geoffrey G. Hammett, Norcross, GA (US);

Robert O. Banker, Cumming, GA (US);

John Eric West, Roswell, GA (US);

Assignee:

Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., Lawrenceville, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for providing television functionality includes defining a time period, associating a user preference with the time period, providing a first result in accordance with the user preference if a request for television functionality is received during the defined time period, and providing a second result if the request for the television functionality is received outside the defined time period.


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