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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Marvin DeMerchant, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 5/50 (2006.01); H04N 5/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/47 (2011.01); H04N 21/434 (2011.01); H04N 21/438 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/435 (2011.01); H04N 7/088 (2006.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/485 (2011.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 5/4403 (2013.01); H04N 5/44543 (2013.01); H04N 5/50 (2013.01); H04N 7/0884 (2013.01); H04N 7/0887 (2013.01); H04N 21/42204 (2013.01); H04N 21/435 (2013.01); H04N 21/4345 (2013.01); H04N 21/4383 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/47 (2013.01); H04N 21/4755 (2013.01); H04N 21/47205 (2013.01); H04N 21/485 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01); H04N 21/4823 (2013.01); H04N 21/4828 (2013.01);
Abstract
A user is enabled to assign channel numbers to his favorite content, including TV stations, Internet sites, local applications, and recorded content. In this way, the user's favorite content sources are grouped so that they can be quickly accessed using channel up/down commands regardless of, e.g., the actual channel number of a favorite TV station.