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System and method for dynamic channel management of a television based on media center set-top box tuner availability

  • US 8,051,458 B2
  • Filed: 04/13/2004
  • Issued: 11/01/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • determining, by a remote control, a last channel to which a television was tuned prior to the television being turned off;

    determining, by the remote control, whether the last channel tuned to prior to being turned off was a radio frequency remodulated (RF-remodulated) channel via a media center set-top box;

    if the last channel was an RF-remodulated channel, then sending, from the remote control, a signal to the media center set-top box to indicate that the television is on line with the RF-remodulated channel;

    if a tuner in the media center set-top box is not available for the television, then receiving at the remote control, from the media center set-top box, an indication identifying a cable channel that was most recently RF-remodulated for transmission on the RF-remodulated channel for the television; and

    automatically changing the television with the remote control to the identified cable channel to satisfy expectations of a user when the tuner is not available for the television, wherein the remote control is separate from the media center set-top box.

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