Patent ID: 9723357
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G10L,G11B,H04B,H04N

Claim:
1. An access system for multiple television programs delivered in compressed digital data form on one or more delivery channels with at least one of the multiple programs being delivered without a user's specific request, said access system including: a data manager including one or more computer processors operating to receive and store program information about delivered programs and to receive and store a listing by channel of delivered programs; said data manager also operating to select a program from a particular delivery channel at the user's location; said data manager wirelessly communicating with a remote control which visually displays at least part of said stored program information and at least part of said stored listing by channel to the user with the user conveying the program to be selected to said data manager via said remote control; and said data manager coupling said selected program to electronic circuitry for decompressing said selected program for use by the user, which use includes display of audio and video of said selected program to said user.