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Television customer control functions restorer

  • US 4,841,368 A
  • Filed: 01/21/1988
  • Issued: 06/20/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/21/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a television receiver having a channel-associated function which is automatically executed when a television tuning system in the television receiver is selectively tuned to a selected channel, a function restorer for restoring said channel-associated function which is suppressed when said television tuning system is fixedly tuned to an available channel different from said selected channel and tunning of said television receiver is controlled by external tuning means, said function restorer comprising:

  • means for generating an external tuner selection signal and a first selected channel signal signifying said selected channel;

    means responsive to said external tuner selection signal and said first selected channel signal for tuning said television tuning system to said available channel and executing said channel-associated function; and

    remote control transmitter means in said television receiver and connected to said television tuning system for generating, in dependence on said channel-associated function, a second selected channel signal corresponding to said first selected channel signal and transmitting said second selected channel signal to said external turning means for tuning said external tuning means to said selected channel.

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