Television for controlling a video cassette recorder to access programs on a video cassette tape

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5543929
SERIAL NO

08140211

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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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  • ROVI GUIDES, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kwoh, Daniel S La Canada, CA 94 7274
Mankovitz, Roy J Encino, CA 129 10076
Ng, Yee K Hong Kong, HK 3 221

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