APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TELEVISION

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20140130097A1
SERIAL NO

14029998

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An apparatus for selecting television programs for display comprises a receiver for receiving audio/video data representing the programs and data indicating a schedule for the programs. The schedule includes programs transmitted by one or more broadcast transmission systems, and for one or more of the programs in the schedule an indication that the programs can be received by selectively streaming audio/video data representing the programs. A control processor receives the data indicating the schedule and generates signals representing the schedule for display so a user can select the programs for display or recording. The control processor determines that one of the programs is not available to be selectively streamed, and for the identified programs, identifies one or more alternative sources of the audio/video data relating to the programs and arranges for the generated signals representing the schedule of programs to include an indication of the alternatives for selection.

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SONY CORPORATION1-7-1 KONAN MINATO-KU TOKYO
SONY EUROPE LIMITEDTHE HEIGHTS BROOKLANDS WEYBRIDGE KT13 0XW

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
LONDERO, Mark Alton, GB 3 48

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