Patent ID: 6091456
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
A method for the setting-up of an electronic program journal for television and/or sound radio programs in an apparatus for the reception of television and/or sound radio from different transmitting institutions, which emit program information as program data in video text (television text) program survey pages of the own transmitting institution and/or other transmitting institutions or feed these into cable networks and/or send program information as preliminary information to sound radio transmission stations or feed these into cable networks and tuning of the receiver circuit of the apparatus, the following features:a) decoding the received program data of the video text (television text) pages or the preliminary program information received with the sound radio signals by a decoder and listing tabularly, stored in a program journal storage device and indicated on a display,b) evaluating at least one received identification characterizing the respective program and taking up in the list in association with the program data,c) sorting all received program data according to certain preset filing criteria by a processor circuit with an inscribed program according to a preset ordering algorithm and storing in the program journal storage device either automatically or after actuation of a take-over key,d) automatically associating data of the reception channel or the reception frequency of the transmitter which are necessary for the tuning of the receiver circuit to the program contribution, in the program journal storage device and seizing and storing together with the program data,e) wherein the seizing of tuning data takes place in dependence on the selective tuning of the receiving apparatus to the corresponding channel or the corresponding frequency,f) wherein the tuning data are indicated or concealed,g) calling up the stored program data out of the program journal storage device by actuation of a call-up device and represented on the display page by page according to preset sorting criteria which can differ from the filing criteria, andh) selecting a line of the representation of the data for the tuning of the apparatus to a transmitter, for which the associated data of the reception channel or of the frequency are led to the tuning circuit of the receiver circuit.