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Apparatus and method using compressed codes for recorder preprogramming

  • US 5,335,079 A
  • Filed: 03/27/1991
  • Issued: 08/02/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for programming and automatically recording video signals, by a video recorder, under control of sets of channel, date, time-of-day and program length commands, the system comprising:

  • an input for receiving compressed coded indications, each compressed coded indication comprising one or more alphanumeric characters and each compressed coded indication incorporating the data represented in a set of individual channel, day, time-of-day and program length commands, wherein said compressed coded indications have a length that is less than the length of the concatenation of said individual channel, day, time-of-day and program length commands represented by such compressed coded indications; and

    a decoder for decoding and expanding said compressed coded indications into sets of individual channel, day, time-of-day and program length commands for control of the video recorder.

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