Patent · US Expired

Method for the sorting of program locations

US5357285A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH · DE

Inventors

Olufemi Sanya · Villingen, DE
Norbert Eigeldinger · Villingen-Schwenningen, DE
Rainer Fechner · Villingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 5, 1993
Grant date	Oct 18, 1994
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 5, 2013

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH03J1/0075
WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

If previously stored transmitters allocated to certain program settings in an entertainment electronics appliance are reallocated to the usual program settings, e.g., because of a changed transmitter distribution arrangement due to a change of location, time consuming reprogramming becomes necessary. The present invention concerns obtaining a simple sequencing process for reallocating previously stored channels to the desired program setting number. A microprocessor receives a command, and within a time window determined by the command, reads previously programmed data concerning two selected program settings from a main memory into a first auxiliary memory, and from this auxiliary memory into a second auxiliary memory, interchanging the channel numbers, and from the second auxiliary memory into the main memory again, so as to keep the same program numbers.

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