Apparatus and method for television program scheduling

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6760537
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09966177

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Television programs are tuned by a television tuner using a method involving establishing a communications link between a user of a television tuner and database of television schedule information, the database located a site remote from the user. The user communicates program selection criteria to the site remote from the user. A database of television schedule information is searched based on the program selection criteria and program identification data is derived from the database, the program identification data corresponding to television programs meeting the program selection criteria. The program identification data is transmitted over the communications link to a television tuner controller.

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GEMSTAR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONPASADENA CA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Mankovitz, Roy J Northridge, CA 129 10293

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