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Digital television status display

  • US 6,137,539 A
  • Filed: 10/09/1998
  • Issued: 10/24/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/09/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for displaying the status of a digital television receiver which receives an Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) multi-program stream comprising the steps of:

  • displaying an identifier for a major channel transmitted in the ATSC multi-program stream;

    displaying a plurality of indicators, each of the indicators corresponding to a respectively different one of a plurality of minor channels within the major channel for a single major channel; and

    highlighting one of the minor channel indicators to indicate that video information in the respective minor channel is being decoded and displayed.

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