Apparatus and method for television program scheduling
First Claim
1. A method of programming the tuning of a television program by a television tuner comprising:
- establishing a communications link between a user of a television tuner and database of television schedule information, the database located a site remote from said user;
communicating program selection criteria from said user to said site remote from the user;
searching a database of television schedule information based on the program selection criteria and deriving program identification data from the database, the program identification data corresponding to television programs meeting the program selection criteria; and
transmitting said program identification data over said communications link to a television tuner controller.
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Abstract
Television programs are tuned by a television tuner using a method involving establishing a communications link between a user of a television tuner and database of television schedule information, the database located a site remote from the user. The user communicates program selection criteria to the site remote from the user. A database of television schedule information is searched based on the program selection criteria and program identification data is derived from the database, the program identification data corresponding to television programs meeting the program selection criteria. The program identification data is transmitted over the communications link to a television tuner controller.
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1. A method of programming the tuning of a television program by a television tuner comprising:
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establishing a communications link between a user of a television tuner and database of television schedule information, the database located a site remote from said user;
communicating program selection criteria from said user to said site remote from the user;
searching a database of television schedule information based on the program selection criteria and deriving program identification data from the database, the program identification data corresponding to television programs meeting the program selection criteria; and
transmitting said program identification data over said communications link to a television tuner controller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for programming the tuning of a television program by a television tuner comprising:
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a television tuner controller;
a communications link between the television tuner controller and a site remote from the television tuner controller for transmitting program selection criteria from a user of the television tuner controller to the remote site;
a database of program schedule information located at the remote site;
means for searching the database of program schedule information based on the transmitted program selection criteria and deriving program identification data from the database for at least one television program corresponding to the transmitted program selection criteria; and
transmitting the program identification data over the communications link to the television tuner controller. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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