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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2002
Marc Andre Peters, Eindhoven, NL;
Wilhelmus Henrica Gerarda Maria Van Den Boomen, Eindhoven, NL;
Marc Andre Peters, Eindhoven, NL;
Wilhelmus Henrica Gerarda Maria Van Den Boomen, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a PVR system () making choices to store or remove certain programs in or from a memory () in order to create space for new programs to be stored in the memory. The choices are arranged in a list () of programs to be stored and a list () of programs to be erased from the memory. After these lists have been generated by the system (), they are presented to the user for the purpose of confirmation and possible modifications. In this way, the user is aware of the choices made by the system and the method according to the invention enables him to confirm multiple choices by the system in one action. An operating device () is provided with a key () which is specifically intended to confirm choices made by the system ().