Remote controller for scanning data and controlling a video system
First Claim
1. A system for controlling a video system comprising:
- a printed input data card comprising;
a type code printed on the input data card, the type code for representing a category of input data printed on the card; and
a plurality of input data printed on the input data card;
a command input device comprising;
means for scanning the input card containing the type code and the input data; and
means for decoding the type code to determine the category of the plurality of input data;
wherein;
the type code comprises a channel mapping category; and
the input data is arranged in pairs, a first input data of each pair representing an assigned channel number and a second input data of each pair representing a corresponding local channel number.
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods are provided for controlling a video system. In one embodiment the apparatus includes a remote controller including a device for scanning a printed input data card including a type code printed on the input data card, the type code for representing a category of input data printed on the card, and the type code printed as a line of patterns, each pattern being relatively dark or light to represent a binary one or binary zero, and the input data card including a plurality of printed input data, each input data printed as a line of patterns, each pattern being relatively dark or light to represent a binary one or binary zero. The apparatus further includes a television for storing the received input data and the type code and for enabling viewing of only programs in the stored input data, each program having a channel, a date, a time-of-day, and a length of time.
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29 Claims
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1. A system for controlling a video system comprising:
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a printed input data card comprising; a type code printed on the input data card, the type code for representing a category of input data printed on the card; and a plurality of input data printed on the input data card; a command input device comprising; means for scanning the input card containing the type code and the input data; and means for decoding the type code to determine the category of the plurality of input data; wherein; the type code comprises a channel mapping category; and the input data is arranged in pairs, a first input data of each pair representing an assigned channel number and a second input data of each pair representing a corresponding local channel number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system for controlling a video system comprising:
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a printed input data card comprising; a type code printed on the input data card, the type code for representing a category of input data printed on the card; and a plurality of input data printed on the input data card; a command input device comprising; means for scanning the input card containing the type code and the input data; and means for decoding the type code to determine the category of the plurality of input data; wherein the type code comprises a program category and the input data is arranged in a plurality of groups, each group of input data comprising a compressed code representative of, and compressed in length from, the combination of a channel, a date, a time-of-day, and a length of time for a program in the program category; and the system further comprises; means for decoding and expanding each compressed code into a channel, a date, a time-of-day, and a length of time for a program in the program category; and means for controlling viewing of programs by enabling the playing of programs in the program category on a television and inhibiting other programs from playing on the television. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 11, 12)
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9. A system for controlling a video system comprising:
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a printed input data card comprising; a type code printed on the input data card, the type code for representing a category of input data printed on the card; and a plurality of input data printed on the input data card; a command input device comprising; means for scanning the input card containing the type code and the input data; and means for decoding the type code to determine the category of the plurality of input data; wherein the type code comprises a parental control category and the input data represent compressed codes, representative of, and compressed in length from, the combination of a channel, a date, a time-of-day, and a length of time for the programs or channels to be controlled for viewing; and the system further comprises; means for controlling the viewing of programs or channels, each program having a channel, a date, a time-of-day, and a length of time, coupled to a television signal source, the means for controlling responsive to a transmitted type code comprising a parental control category, and the means for controlling comprising; means for decoding and expanding the scanned input data representing compressed codes, each compressed code decoded into a channel, a date, a time-of-day, and a length of time for the program or channel to be controlled for viewing; a clock for providing a clock output as a function; and processor means for determining that the decoded and expanded compressed code for the program or channel selected to be controlled for viewing has a pre-determined relationship to the clock output. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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13. Apparatus for controlling a video system comprising:
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a remote controller comprising; means for scanning a printed input data card including a type code printed on the input data card, the type code for representing a category of input data printed on the card; and means for transmitting the input data and the type code; and a television comprising; means for receiving the input data and the type code; means for storing the received input data and the type code; and means for enabling viewing of only programs in the stored input data, each program having a channel, a date, a time-of-day, and a length of time, the means for enabling responsive to a received type code comprising a parental control category. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. Apparatus for controlling a video system comprising:
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a remote controller comprising; means for scanning a printed input data card including a type code printed on the input data card, the type code for representing a category of input data printed on the card; and means for transmitting the input data and the type code; and a recorder comprising; means for receiving the input data and the type code; and means for storing the received input data and the type code; and means for enabling a recorder to record only programs in the stored input data, each program having a channel, a date, a time-of-day, and a length of time, the means for enabling responsive to a received type code comprising a parental control category. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A method for controlling a video system including a television comprising the steps of:
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scanning a printed input data card including a type code printed on the input data card, the type code for representing a category of input data printed on the card; and storing the input data and the type code; enabling viewing on the television of only programs in the stored input data, each program having a channel, a date, a time-of-day, and a length of time, the step of enabling responsive to a received type code comprising a parental control category. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for controlling a video system including a television comprising the steps of:
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scanning a printed input data card including a type code printed on the input data card, the type code being for channel mapping, and the input data comprising pairs of input data, a first input data of each pair representing an assigned channel number and a second input data of each pair representing a corresponding local channel number; storing the input data pairs of input data, a first input data of each pair representing an assigned channel number and a second input data of each pair representing a corresponding local channel number; and replacing an entered assigned channel number with the corresponding local channel number scanned from the input data card by looking up the stored assigned channel number and accessing the stored corresponding local channel number.
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