System and method for providing channel selection in an electronic programming guide
First Claim
1. A method for selectively storing a show associated with a broadcast channel capable of being received and displayed by an entertainment system, the method comprising:
- receiving programming data associated with the channel;
displaying a show associated with the channel;
displaying a menu associated with storing of the channel in memory;
selecting to load the programming data of the channel into memory of the entertainment system; and
loading the programming data associated with the channel into the memory.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an entertainment system and method for selectively storing broadcast channels by the entertainment system. To store a broadcast channel, the system first receives programming data associated with the channel. A show associated with the channel is displayed and a menu associated with the storing of the channel in memory may also be displayed. The viewer may then select to add to or remove from memory the programming data associated with the currently tuned channel via a one-step process, and the programming data is subsequently loaded into the memory.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for selectively storing a show associated with a broadcast channel capable of being received and displayed by an entertainment system, the method comprising:
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receiving programming data associated with the channel;
displaying a show associated with the channel;
displaying a menu associated with storing of the channel in memory;
selecting to load the programming data of the channel into memory of the entertainment system; and
loading the programming data associated with the channel into the memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An entertainment system comprising:
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a display monitor; and
a broadcast receiver coupled to the display monitor, the broadcast receiver including a front-end unit capable of receiving programming data associated with a show broadcast for viewing on the display monitor, a memory, and a central processing unit coupled to the memory, the central processing unit coupled to receive programming data associated with a broadcast channel, the central processing unit to execute software to load programming data associated with the channel into the memory. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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