Patent ID: 6260195
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A television system, comprising:a broadcasting center; anda plurality of terminal devices;said broadcast center transmitting broadcasting signals corresponding to a plurality of television channels and a channel data signal representative of a notification channel number;each of said terminal devices receiving said broadcasting signals and said channel data signal, each of said terminal devices including:a tuner;a first memory, in which said channel data signal is stored;a controller, said controller controlling said tuner to select the notification channel number represented by said channel data signal stored in said first memory at a time that said terminal device is switched from OFF to ON;a second memory for storing channel data representative of a selected channel number which was selected when said terminal device was last switched OFF; andwherein said channel data signal stored in said first memory is transferred to said second memory when said channel data signal represents a notification channel other than a predetermined notification channel and wherein said channel data signal stored in said first memory is not transferred to said second memory when said channel data signal represents said predetermined notification channel, said controller controlling said tuner to select the channel represented by said channel data stored in said second memory at the time that said terminal device is switched from OFF to ON.