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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2011
Applicants:
Sabrina Tai-chen Yeh, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
David Young, San Diego, CA (US);
Steven Friedlander, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sabrina Tai-Chen Yeh, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
David Young, San Diego, CA (US);
Steven Friedlander, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 25/00 (2013.01); G10L 21/00 (2013.01); H04N 5/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/4403 (2013.01); H04N 21/4314 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01);
Abstract
A television, or other device with television tuner, can be controlled to directly tune to a specific channel name, such as a broadcaster's station name, by using EPG metadata to provide a correlation between a channel number and channel name.