Patent ID: 6684025
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
In video system that includes a television set, a multi-channel video signal receiver, as for example a cable box, a video recorder and a controller for controlling the signal input to the television set, a computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for implementing within the video system a method of automatically detecting and correctly setting any toggle settings required at the video recorder when a user inputs by remote control or otherwise an instruction to have the video system perform a particular function, as for example recording or displaying a television program, and wherein the method is comprised of the following steps:receiving at the controller an instruction sent by a user to have the video system perform a desired function; when the toggle setting cannot be set by simply issuing a command to the video recorder because a subsequent status of the toggle setting depends on the initial status of the toggle setting, then determining an initial status of the toggle setting that needs to be properly set in order to perform the desired function; the controller then automatically determining without input from the user whether any toggle setting at the video recorder is required to be changed in order to have the video system perform the desired function; and the controller thereafter transmitting without input from the user a toggle instruction to the video recorder if the toggle setting of the video recorder needs to be toggled for the video system to perform the desired function.