Patent ID: 6628301
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A system comprising:a tuning space container that includes a plurality of tuning space objects identifying programming sources and to which additional tuning space objects can be added, wherein each of the plurality of tuning space objects includes an interface method accessible to an application in the system; a tune request container that includes a plurality of tune request objects and to which additional tune request objects can be added, wherein each of the plurality of tune request objects identifies tuning parameters for a particular program and corresponds to one of the tuning space objects; and a tuning control having a plurality of filters that are configured based on the contents of selected ones of the plurality of tuning space objects and the plurality of tune request objects, wherein the selected ones of the plurality of tuning space objects and the plurality of tune request objects are passed to the tuning control, and wherein the plurality of tuning space objects and the plurality of tune request objects are objects other than filters.