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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2003
Applicant:
Aaron Hal Dinwiddie, Cicero, IN (US);
Inventor:
Aaron Hal Dinwiddie, Cicero, IN (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a digital television signal receiver, upon a signal disturbance of a digital television signal, system state information, with regard to the nature of the signal disturbance of the particular digital television channel is preferably automatically provided to a user as on-screen display representation or graphic thereof. The digital television signal receiver may further provide intervention options for user-guided recovery of the digital television signal that are preferably automatically provided as on-screen menu options.