Sub-program avoidance redirection for broadcast receivers
First Claim
1. A system for automatically tuning a primary broadcast receiver comprising:
- a secondary broadcast receiver configured to receive a first broadcast signal corresponding to a source of an origin program;
one or more program transition detectors configured to monitor said first broadcast signal from said secondary broadcast receiver to determine and signal a transition from a non-original program content to an origin program content;
a set of user-specified tune conditions;
a tuner controller configured to, upon user activation, enable said secondary broadcast receiver and program transition detector to begin monitoring a first broadcast signal currently tuned by said primary broadcast receiver, to allow tuning of said primary broadcast receiver by a user, and to automatically tune said primary broadcast receiver to said first broadcast signal upon signal by said program transition detector that one or more of said user-specific tune conditions have been met.
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Abstract
A system for automatically tuning a primary broadcast receiver using a secondary broadcast receiver to receive a first broadcast signal corresponding to a source of an origin program, one or more program transition detectors to monitor first broadcast signal tuned by the secondary broadcast receiver to determine and signal a transition from a non-original program content to origin program content while a user views or hears alternate programming from a primary broadcast receiver, and automatically tuning of the primary broadcast receiver to the first broadcast signal upon detection by the program transition detector that one or more of user-specific tune conditions have been met.
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25 Claims
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1. A system for automatically tuning a primary broadcast receiver comprising:
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a secondary broadcast receiver configured to receive a first broadcast signal corresponding to a source of an origin program;
one or more program transition detectors configured to monitor said first broadcast signal from said secondary broadcast receiver to determine and signal a transition from a non-original program content to an origin program content;
a set of user-specified tune conditions;
a tuner controller configured to, upon user activation, enable said secondary broadcast receiver and program transition detector to begin monitoring a first broadcast signal currently tuned by said primary broadcast receiver, to allow tuning of said primary broadcast receiver by a user, and to automatically tune said primary broadcast receiver to said first broadcast signal upon signal by said program transition detector that one or more of said user-specific tune conditions have been met. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25)
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- 22. The system as set forth in claim 22 wherein said detector installer comprises a removable computer media.
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