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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2009
Applicants:
True Xiong, San Diego, CA (US);
Prisciliano Flores, Spring Valley, CA (US);
Inventors:
True Xiong, San Diego, CA (US);
Prisciliano Flores, Spring Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/50 (2006.01); H04N 21/4402 (2011.01); H04N 21/478 (2011.01); H04N 21/485 (2011.01); H04N 21/488 (2011.01); H04N 21/434 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/50 (2013.01); H04N 21/440263 (2013.01); H04N 21/478 (2013.01); H04N 21/485 (2013.01); H04N 21/4882 (2013.01); H04N 21/4345 (2013.01); H04N 21/4316 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method carried out on a television receiver device involves at a television receiver/tuner device, carrying out a channel scan to identify available television channels that can be received by the television receiver device; while the channel scan is being carried out: reading a feature highlight video file from a memory; and displaying the feature highlight video file on a television display. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.