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Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006

Filed:

Oct. 29, 2001
Applicants:

Aaron Dew, San Diego, CA (US);

Greg Gudorf, San Diego, CA (US);

Anthony Lionel Creed, San Diego, CA (US);

Matthew Chang, San Diego, CA (US);

William Hausch, Culver City, CA (US);

Inventors:

Aaron Dew, San Diego, CA (US);

Greg Gudorf, San Diego, CA (US);

Anthony Lionel Creed, San Diego, CA (US);

Matthew Chang, San Diego, CA (US);

William Hausch, Culver City, CA (US);

Assignees:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/16 (2006.01); H04N 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method for automatically establishing TV channels, based on time/date/geographic location/location of the TV within the home either entered manually or using a locater system such as GPS.


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