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Apparatus and method for creating or editing a channel map

  • US 6,122,011 A
  • Filed: 03/17/1998
  • Issued: 09/19/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/27/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for creating a channel map comprising the steps of:

  • receiving a telecast program with a television tuner set to a channel;

    displaying the program on a monitor screen in a PIP window;

    storing in a memory a database of telecast program listings including title and a local channel number;

    displaying a program listing in the database on the screen;

    issuing a channel changing command from a controller;

    setting the tuner to another channel responsive to the channel chancing command;

    changing the local channel number displayed on the screen responsive to the channel changing command; and

    comparing the program displayed in the PIP window with the displayed program listing.

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