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Bar code matrix television calendar

  • US 6,137,950 A
  • Filed: 07/25/1994
  • Issued: 10/24/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of controlling a VCR with a television calendar having a rectangular grid of cells arranged in horizontal rows and vertical columns, a television program descriptor located in each cell, a first set of bar codes arranged along one side of the grid, a second set of bar codes arranged along another side of the grid perpendicular to the first set so each cell lies at the intersection of a bar code in the one set that represents time and a bar code in the other set that represents channel, the method comprising the steps of:

  • selecting a descriptor of a television program to be recorded on the VCR;

    reading the bar code in one of the sets that corresponds to the cell in which the selected descriptor is located to identify the time of the selected descriptor;

    reading the bar code in the other set that corresponds to the cell in which the selected descriptor is located to identify the channel of the selected descriptor;

    converting the read bar codes to time and channel signals; and

    applying the time and channel signals to the VCR to record the program represented by the selected descriptor.

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