Sub-program avoidance redirection for broadcast receivers
First Claim
1. A system for automatically tuning a primary broadcast receiver comprising:
- a secondary broadcast receiver configured to receive a first broadcast signal corresponding to a source of an origin program;
one or more program transition detectors selected from a group comprising a monochrome interprogram dead frame detector and a closed captioning for the hearing impaired text word detector;
a set of user-specified tune conditions selected from a group comprising an enable selector for interprogram monochrome dead frames and one or more words for a closed captioning for the hearing impaired text word detector; and
a tuner controller configured to, upon user activation, enable the secondary broadcast receiver and program transition detector to begin monitoring a first broadcast signal currently tuned by the primary broadcast receiver, to allow tuning of the primary broadcast receiver by a user, and to automatically tune the primary broadcast receiver to the first broadcast signal upon signal by the selected program transition detector that one or more of the user-specific tune conditions have been met.
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Abstract
A primary broadcast receiver is automatically tuned by a secondary broadcast receiver receiving a first broadcast signal corresponding to a source of an origin program by program transition detectors detecting monochrome interprogram dead frame or closed captioning for the hearing impaired text words according to user-specified tune conditions; by a tuner controller enabling the secondary broadcast receiver and a program transition detector to begin monitoring a first broadcast signal currently tuned by the primary broadcast receiver, while allowing tuning of the primary broadcast receiver by a user, and by automatically tuning the primary broadcast receiver to the first broadcast signal upon signal by the program transition detector that one or more of the user-specific tune conditions have been met.
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1. A system for automatically tuning a primary broadcast receiver comprising:
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a secondary broadcast receiver configured to receive a first broadcast signal corresponding to a source of an origin program; one or more program transition detectors selected from a group comprising a monochrome interprogram dead frame detector and a closed captioning for the hearing impaired text word detector; a set of user-specified tune conditions selected from a group comprising an enable selector for interprogram monochrome dead frames and one or more words for a closed captioning for the hearing impaired text word detector; and a tuner controller configured to, upon user activation, enable the secondary broadcast receiver and program transition detector to begin monitoring a first broadcast signal currently tuned by the primary broadcast receiver, to allow tuning of the primary broadcast receiver by a user, and to automatically tune the primary broadcast receiver to the first broadcast signal upon signal by the selected program transition detector that one or more of the user-specific tune conditions have been met. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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