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Video receiver with permanent electronic program journal

  • US 5,231,493 A
  • Filed: 01/18/1990
  • Issued: 07/27/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/21/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Video receiver, characterised bya tuner which is adjustable to a preset TV programme by means of programme identification signals,a text decoder which can be driven by page number signals for decoding text data when it is transmitted in TV signals, arranged according to pages,a programme identification/page number memory device for storing programme identifications and page numbers,a text page memory device for storing decoded text page data, andan updating device (CPU),for the automatic driving of the tuner depending on programme identifications which are retrieved in a specified sequence from the programme identification/page number memory device,for the automatic driving of the text decoder depending on page numbers which are retrieved in the specified sequence from the programme identification/page number memory device,for the automatic retrieval of text page data from a TV signal, according to the settings of the tuner and text decoder, andfor the automatic storage of such text page data in the text page memory device.

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