Personal channel display device in a TV program reservation system
First Claim
1. For a computer controlled TV program reservation system selecting automatically, among all TV programs based on information supplied to a central station by a viewer, a TV program which is most suitable to the viewer'"'"'s taste and storing reservation time and channel data automatically selected in a VCR, a display system, comprising:
- a display unit at a TV set of a viewer and separate from said TV set;
means for reading out from said VCR and displaying on said display unit for a predetermined interval of time (e.g., 15 minute interval), said stored reservation time and channel data; and
means for determining when a recording start time of said VCR has arrived by comparing said reservation time data stored in said VCR with current real time, and in response, controlling said display unit to display the channel data of a TV program automatically selected by said reservation system and to generate an alarm signal to the viewer.
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Abstract
In a TV program reservation system for reserving a TV program suitable to an individual'"'"'s taste, a reserved TV channel number is always displayed on a display unit of a TV set, and an alarm signal can be generated when a reserved time comes so as to inform a person watching any program by manual operation, that the reserved time has arrived. On each of four divided display portions of the display unit, it is possible to display each of the reserved channels for family members, each of the reserved channels during a predetermined interval of time for an individual, or a channel and a code number when all TV programs are classified into corresponding digits. Further, a user can obtain the displayed channel by voice or other indication via telephone from a remote location.
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7 Claims
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1. For a computer controlled TV program reservation system selecting automatically, among all TV programs based on information supplied to a central station by a viewer, a TV program which is most suitable to the viewer'"'"'s taste and storing reservation time and channel data automatically selected in a VCR, a display system, comprising:
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a display unit at a TV set of a viewer and separate from said TV set; means for reading out from said VCR and displaying on said display unit for a predetermined interval of time (e.g., 15 minute interval), said stored reservation time and channel data; and means for determining when a recording start time of said VCR has arrived by comparing said reservation time data stored in said VCR with current real time, and in response, controlling said display unit to display the channel data of a TV program automatically selected by said reservation system and to generate an alarm signal to the viewer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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