Scheduler apparatus employing a gopher agent for use in a television receiver
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Abstract
In a television system in which at least program title information for programs which are to be transmitted in the future is transmitted in advance to form a channel guide listing, apparatus is provided for searching the listing for specific user-entered information, and upon successful conclusion to the search, the apparatus schedules the tuning of the desired program, or in the alternative, notifies the viewer of the availability of the program. In those instances where descriptive text accompanies the program listing, apparatus of the invention performs a search of the text for a particular text string which may relate to the title, the star, the director, or the context of the program, among other search criteria.
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1-12. -12. (canceled)
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13. A method for processing channel guide information, comprising the steps of:
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receiving channel guide information;
receiving a user-entered search request;
performing continuously until said search request is turned off, a search of said channel guide information for a program in said channel guide information having program description that satisfies said user-entered request;
recording automatically without user intervention, a program which is found in said performing step having program description that satisfies said user-entered request. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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