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Arrangement for the programmable control of a radio and/or television receiver

  • US 4,635,121 A
  • Filed: 11/21/1983
  • Issued: 01/06/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/25/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An arrangement for programmably controlling a radio and/or televison receiver having means for receiving various transmissions, a tuning unit for tuning said receiving means to one of said various transmissions, and a display for displaying said one transmission, said arrangement including a control unit with which a user enters sets of programming data including the dates, times, and transmitters of transmissions to be transmitted in the future, a memory for storing said sets of programming data, a clock for generating identification data including the current data and time, a comparator circuit for comparing the date and time in each set or programming data stored in said memory with said identification data, and a further control unit which, in response to said comparator circuit, causes said tuning unit to tune said receiving means to the transmission corresponding to the set of programming data having the date and time which agree with said identification data, said further control unit also activating said display for displaying said transmission, characterized in that said programming data further includes priority data and blocking data, both selected and entered by the user via said control unit and stored with each set or programming data in said memory, said comparator circuit comprising means for detecting said blocking data and for preventing said further control unit from activating said display when a set of programming data containing said blocking data includes a date and time which agree with said identification data, and said comparator circuit further comprising intermediate storing means for storing the priority data of the transmission being displayed, said comparator circuit further comparing said intermediately stored priority data with the priority data of another set of programming data having a date and time which agree with said identification data, thereby providing another comparison criterion for said comparator circuit.

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