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Patent No.:

US 9015755 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2008

System and method for an automatic television channel change

Applicants:

Shekhar Gupta, Overland Park, KS (US);

Curtis Tucker, Lees Summit, MO (US);

Robert Morrill, Overland Park, KS (US);

Inventors:

Shekhar Gupta, Overland Park, KS (US);

Curtis Tucker, Lees Summit, MO (US);

Robert Morrill, Overland Park, KS (US);

Assignee:

CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Denver, CO (US);

Attorney:

Swanson & Bratschun, L.L.C.

Primary Examiner:

Nasser Goodarzi

Assistant Examiner:

Kyu Chae

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 (2011.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 5/50 (2006.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/438 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/443 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/50 (2013.01); H04N 5/44543 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/4383 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/4753 (2013.01); H04N 21/4436 (2013.01); H04N 21/47214 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for automatically changing channels. A user selection of a channel and a time associated with media content is received. The current time is determined. A display is powered on in response to determining the display is off. A display is automatically changed to the channel in response to the current time matching the selected time. The media content received through the channel is displayed.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Gupta, Shekhar. (2015). System and method for an automatic television channel change (U.S. Patent No. 9015755). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9015755

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