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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2008
Jeffrey L. Sharkey, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
Tam T. Leminh, Cypress, CA (US);
Alistair E. Jeffs, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Robert G. Arsenault, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Huy Q. Tran, Westminster, CA (US);
Tommi J. Iten, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
David Eric Shanks, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Eric J. Bennett, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Jeffrey L. Sharkey, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
Tam T. Leminh, Cypress, CA (US);
Alistair E. Jeffs, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Robert G. Arsenault, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Huy Q. Tran, Westminster, CA (US);
Tommi J. Iten, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
David Eric Shanks, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Eric J. Bennett, Los Angeles, CA (US);
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A receiving device and method for operating the same includes a tuner tuned to a first channel having a first program, a memory storing program guide data therein and a controller in communication with the tuner and the memory. The controller determines the first channel is a blacked out channel, searches the program data in the memory for a second program equivalent to the first program, determines a second channel associated with the second program and tunes the tuner device to the second channel.