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Apparatus and method of searching for desired television content

  • US 7,685,620 B2
  • Filed: 10/29/2008
  • Issued: 03/23/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A programmable apparatus for identifying a real-time television signal of interest to a user, comprising:

  • a logical unit having a memory and connected to a television;

    a program in the memory;

    the logical unit being directed by the program to perform a plurality of steps comprising;

    responsive to a user entering a search parameter into the logical unit, simultaneously buffering a plurality of audio voice streams of a plurality of real-time television signals in a plurality of languages;

    translating the plurality of audio voice streams into text associated with each of the plurality of real-time television signals in the plurality of languages;

    buffering the text into a lexical buffer;

    searching the lexical buffer for the search parameter;

    displaying a list of the plurality of real-time television signals in the plurality of languages in order of relevance to the search parameter; and

    the user selecting a first real-time television signal from the list, whereby the first real-time television signal is displayed on a television in real-time;

    wherein the user specifies the plurality of real-time television signals, an amount of buffering time to be allocated for each of the plurality of real-time television signals, and a plurality of time periods for each of the plurality of real-time television signals to be buffered.

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