Broadcast signal receiver with means for prioritizing broadcast signals based on previous selections thereof
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1. Broadcast signal channel selecting apparatus, comprising:
- means for receiving a plurality of broadcast signals;
means for assigning a respective priority to each of said plurality of broadcast signals in accordance with a respective amount of previous selection time of said each broadcast signal;
selection means operable to select one of said plurality of broadcast signals in accordance with the priorities assigned to the received broadcast signals; and
tuning means tunable to the selected broadcast signal for supplying said selected broadcast signal as an output,said selection means being operable in both an up mode and a down mode to select other one of said broadcast signals having an assigned priority immediately lower in the down mode and immediately higher in the up mode than the assigned priority of the broadcast signal to which said tuning means presently is tuned.
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Abstract
Broadcast signal channel selecting apparatus which receives and is tunable to different broadcast signals, assigns a priority to each as a function of the amount of time to which that broadcast signal had been previously tuned, selects a broadcast signal according to its priority, and tunes to the selected broadcast signal.
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1. Broadcast signal channel selecting apparatus, comprising:
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means for receiving a plurality of broadcast signals; means for assigning a respective priority to each of said plurality of broadcast signals in accordance with a respective amount of previous selection time of said each broadcast signal; selection means operable to select one of said plurality of broadcast signals in accordance with the priorities assigned to the received broadcast signals; and tuning means tunable to the selected broadcast signal for supplying said selected broadcast signal as an output, said selection means being operable in both an up mode and a down mode to select other one of said broadcast signals having an assigned priority immediately lower in the down mode and immediately higher in the up mode than the assigned priority of the broadcast signal to which said tuning means presently is tuned. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18)
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14. Broadcast signal channel selecting apparatus, comprising:
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means for receiving a plurality of broadcast signals; tuning means tunable to one of said broadcast signals; means for determining days of the week and time periods in each day; means for assigning respective priorities to each of said broadcast signals for each time period in each day as a function of a respective amount of previous selection time of said each of said broadcast signals during said time period; and selection means operable in both an up mode and a down mode to select one of said broadcast signals having an assigned priority for a current time period of a current day immediately lower in the down mode and immediately higher in the up mode than the assigned priority of one of said broadcast signals to which said tuning means presently is tuned; said tuning means being operable to tune to said one of said broadcast signals selected by said selection means. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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