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Signal processing apparatus and methods

  • US 10,609,425 B1
  • Filed: 06/07/1995
  • Issued: 03/31/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/03/1981
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of controlling a television receiver station including communication apparatus, a programmable processor, a storage device and an output device, said method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving, at said television receiver station, an information transmission including a plurality of television programs, said plurality of television programs transmitted in said information transmission to said television receiver station with information identifying one or more of said plurality of said television programs;

    identifying, at said television receiver station, said one or more of said plurality of said television programs on a basis of said information;

    controlling said communication apparatus at said television receiver station to communicate said identified one or more of said plurality of said television programs to one of said output device and said storage device based on said step of identifying;

    detecting a control signal in said information transmission based on said step of controlling said communication apparatus at said television receiver station to communicate;

    routing said control signal to said programmable processor at said television receiver station based on said step of detecting; and

    causing said programmable processor to respond to said control signal based on said step of routing.

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