Patent ID: 6133910
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A video system, comprising:(a) first and second tuners, each tuner coupled to a video source and being tunable to one of a plurality of channels from the video source in response to a tuning signal, and each tuner outputting a video signal;(b) a source selector receiving the video signals from the first and second tuners and outputting one of the video signals in response to a select signal;(c) a memory storing an array of virtual channels, each virtual channel having a channel indicator related to a desired channel and a source indicator related to a desired tuner; and(d) a controller, coupled to the tuners, the source selector and the memory, the controller selecting one of the plurality of virtual channels by outputting a select signal, related to the source indicator of the selected virtual channel, to the source selector, and outputting a tuning signal, related to the channel indicator of the selected virtual channel, to the selected tuner.