Television for controlling a video cassette recorder to access programs on a video cassette tape
US5543929A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 20, 1993 |
| Grant date | Aug 6, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 20, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N5/9208
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A television for controlling a video cassette recorder to access programs on a video cassette tape, the television comprising a circuit for retrieving a directory of programs from a television signal received from the video cassette recorder, a circuit for retrieving a program identifier from the television signal received from the video cassette recorder, a circuit means for displaying the directory of programs to allow a user to select a program from the directory, a circuit for determining from the retrieved program identifier and the selected program the amount to either advance or rewind the video cassette tape to position the video cassette tape in the video cassette recorder at the beginning of the selected program, and a circuit for commanding the video cassette recorder to position the video cassette tape at the beginning of the selected program.
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