Patent ID: 6285414
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A television receiver channel selection apparatus comprising:a television receiver for receiving a plurality of television channels and including a memory, the channels each being designated by a channel number and the channel numbers being arranged in a predefined sequence;a channel scanning device for sequentially scanning the predefined sequence of channels according to a user scan input by directing the television receiver to display a next successive or a previous channel of the predefined sequence;a channel deselecting device for deselecting a plurality of channels according to a user deselect input by designating a currently displayed channel as deselected and for temporarily removing the deselected channel from the predefined sequence of channels by storing the channel number corresponding to the deselected channel in the memory of the television receiver;timeslot determining means for determining a time when a current program being broadcast on the deselected channel ends without any user input; andreselecting means for removing the deselected designation of the temporarily deselected channel and for restoring the deselected channel to the predefined sequence of channels by removing the channel number corresponding to the deselected channel from the memory without any user input when the program currently being broadcast on the deselected channel ends; andreset means for restoring as one the plurality of deselected channels to the predefined sequence of channels by removing a plurality of channel numbers corresponding to the plurality of deselected channels from the memory according to a user reset input.