CREATING SHORTLISTS FOR CONTROL OF A BROADCAST RECEIVER
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Abstract
A remote control device controls the tuning of a broadcast receiver to a plurality of broadcast channels. The device has a configuring mode for creating a set of specific broadcast channels, and an operational mode for restricting selection from among the channels to the specific channels only. In the configuring mode the device controls the receiver to tune to a candidate channel for providing visual or auditory feedback about the content available from the candidate channel. This feedback facilitates deciding on whether or not to have the candidate channel belong to the set.
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12. A device for control of a broadcast receiver for receiving content from a plurality of broadcast channels, wherein the device has a configuring mode for enabling to configure the device so as to create a set of specific ones of the broadcast channels, and an operational mode that is different from the configuring mode and wherein the set serves to restrict selecting among the channels to the specific channels only;
- and wherein in the configuring mode the device controls the receiver to tune to a candidate channel among the plurality of channels for providing feedback about the content available from the candidate channel for facilitating deciding on whether or not to have the candidate channel belong to the set.
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15. A system comprising a broadcast receiver for receiving content from a plurality of broadcast channels and a device for control of the broadcast receiver, wherein the device has a configuring mode for enabling to configure the device so as to create a set of specific ones of the broadcast channels, and an operational mode different from the configuring mode, wherein the set serves in the operational mode to restrict selecting among the channels to the specific channels only;
- and wherein in the configuring mode the device controls the receiver to tune to a candidate channel among the plurality of channels for providing feedback about the content available at the candidate channel for facilitating deciding on whether or not to have the candidate channel belong to the set.
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