Methods, systems, and apparatus for tuning television components using an internet appliance
First Claim
1. A method for tuning a television appliance using an internet appliance, comprising the steps of:
- providing a program advertisement to said internet appliance;
providing channel map information to said internet appliance which identifies a channel for a program advertised in said program advertisement;
displaying said program advertisement on said internet appliance;
selecting said advertised program via interaction with said program advertisement;
communicating a tune command to said television appliance from said internet appliance; and
tuning said television appliance to said channel in response to said tune command.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus for tuning a television appliance using an internet appliance are provided. A first network provides a program advertisement to the internet appliance. A second network provides channel map information to the internet appliance, which channel map information identifies a channel for a program advertised in the program advertisement. The program advertisement is displayed on the internet appliance. The advertised program may be selected via interaction with the program advertisement using a user interface associated with the internet appliance. A tune command is communicated to the television appliance from the internet appliance in response to the interaction with the program advertisement. The television appliance tunes to the channel advertised in the program advertisement in response to the tune command. The internet appliance creates the tune command for the advertised program based on the channel map information.
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66 Claims
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1. A method for tuning a television appliance using an internet appliance, comprising the steps of:
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providing a program advertisement to said internet appliance;
providing channel map information to said internet appliance which identifies a channel for a program advertised in said program advertisement;
displaying said program advertisement on said internet appliance;
selecting said advertised program via interaction with said program advertisement;
communicating a tune command to said television appliance from said internet appliance; and
tuning said television appliance to said channel in response to said tune command. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for enabling a television appliance to be tuned using an internet appliance, comprising:
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a first network for providing a program advertisement to said internet appliance; and
a second network for providing channel map information to said internet appliance which identifies a channel for a program advertised in said program advertisement;
wherein;
said program advertisement is displayed on said internet appliance;
said advertised program is selected via interaction with said program advertisement;
a tune command is communicated to said television appliance from said internet appliance in response to said interaction; and
said television appliance tunes to said channel in response to said tune command. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. An internet appliance for tuning a television appliance, comprising:
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a first network interface for receiving a program advertisement via a first network;
a second network interface for receiving channel map information via a second network, which channel map information identifies a channel for a program advertised in said program advertisement;
a display for displaying said program advertisement;
a user interface for selecting said advertised program via interaction with said program advertisement; and
a processor for generating a tune command for said selected advertised program;
wherein said tune command is communicated to said television appliance from said internet appliance to cause said television appliance to tune to said channel. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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