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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2002
Applicants:
Hubert E. Kolde, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Michael J. Markman, Kirkland, WA (US);
Inventors:
Hubert E. Kolde, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Michael J. Markman, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
ARRIS Group, Inc., Suwanee, GA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for automatically tuning to a channel based on an event includes a tuner to tune to a first channel, an event table to associate an event with a second channel, and event detector to detect the event and to instruct the tuner to tune to the second channel in response to the event.