Patent · US Expired

Television receiver having automatically programmable skip channel list

US4870492A · kind A · utility

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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 21, 1987
Grant dateSep 26, 1989
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Expiry dateJul 21, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N5/44
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a television receiver having a channel skip function capable of skipping a channel on the basis of skip flag data stored in a memory, when an automatic add key is depressed, skip flag data of a channel through which a television signal is received is automatically set to a predetermined value so as to enable the user to operate the television receiver more conveniently.

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