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...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7962940 | Apparatus and method for switching channels in a digital broadcasting system An apparatus and a method for switching channels in a digital broadcasting system. The apparatus and method of the invention can convert an abridged channel name comprised of alphabetic letters, or a combination of alphabetic letters and Arabic numbers, inputted by ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7624413 | Digital broadcasting receiver There is provided a digital broadcasting receiver capable of making channel selection without making a user conscious of the difference between a physical channel number and a virtual channel number. A CPU uses an OSD display circuit, for example, to display a menu ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7412715 | Method and apparatus for displaying channel information and selecting channel on digital television A method for displaying channel information on a digital TV. Channel information which can know the number of programs or program numbers received through a currently selected major channel is displayed. As channel information, a major channel number and minor chann... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7373652 | Server-centric search function in an interactive program guide Techniques for searching a program guide database. In accordance with a method, one or more search criteria (e.g., keywords) are received and a request for a search is then sent, along with the search criteria, to a head end of an information distribution system. In... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7281259 | Channel selection device for use in a digital/analog broadcasting receiver for reception of main and sub channels A broadcasting receiver for receiving a digital broadcast of the invention has a sub-channel changing-dedicated operation key so that upon reception of an instruction sent from this operation key, such a sub-channel that is adjacent in a predetermined direction in t... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7242438 | Image displayer with facilitated channel setting process An image displayer with a facilitated channel setting process, in which the channels are set based on a pre-stored channel information. The image displayer includes a channel information storing unit for storing the channel information, an OSD (On Screen Display) pr... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7227583 | Digital TV method for switching channel automatically A digital TV and a method of switching a channel automatically thereof provides a viewer with advance notice of an automatic channel switch using linkage descriptor information on HD broadcasting. Providing the viewer with notice of the switched channel reduces view... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224409 | Channel tuning method and television using channel name auto completion function A channel tuning method and a television using a channel name auto completion function in which the entire channel name of a corresponding channel is automatically completed by inputting part of a channel name of a television broadcasting channel to be tuned using a... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221412 | Digital broadcasting receiver and channel information registration processing method in digital broadcasting receiver Disclosed in a digital broadcasting receiver comprising first means for performing pre-scan processing for successively tuning in on channels previously set, to examine whether or not a received signal on each of the channels is of a predetermined quality or more, a... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7080394 | System and method for capturing video frames for focused navigation within a user interface A video frame is captured from a television broadcast on each of a plurality of channels. The captured video frames are provided to a display interface, which successively displays the captured video frames within a focus area of a user interface in response to an i... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7057673 | Television remote controller utilizing a program provider's acronym to select a channel number A portable and usually handheld remote controller for accepting manual entry of acronymical as well as decimal input data urged through a keypad and converting the submitted input data into channel number selection data which is sent via wireless command to a channe... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7047547 | Electronic television program guide schedule system and method An electronic program schedule system which includes a receiver for receiving broadcast, satellite or cablecast television programs for a plurality of television channels and a tuner for tuning a television receiver to a selected one of the plurality of channels. A ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7027108 | Apparatus and method for auto channel searching of video display apparatus The present invention relates to an auto channel search apparatus for a TV and a method thereof capable of easily recognizing a broadcast channel of a user. The above-described method includes a step for displaying a channel list in accordance with a channel search ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6968567 | Latency reduction in providing interactive program guide Techniques presented reduce latencies or delays in the delivery of an interactive program guide. In accordance with a first technique, a method for providing an interactive program guide comprises: providing a plurality of transport streams; providing a group of int... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6907185 | Method and apparatus for reserve-recording a viewing broadcast program A viewing broadcast program reserve-recording method and apparatus carries out reserve-recording of a broadcast program while maintaining a currently viewed broadcast picture without interruption. The reserve-recording apparatus pre-stores program identification inf... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6766526 | Smart channel entry system An interactive system is provided in which information is displayed in response to the entry of the digits of a channel number. The interactive system may be implemented on a television, a computer, or a radio system. The displayed information may be program listing... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6757912 | Channel server functionality The present invention discloses a system for dynamically defining individual channel behavior from a variety of tuner sources within an integrated PC/TV apparatus. The system includes a channel server database including a master channel list of all channels provided... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6708336 | Method of and apparatus for generating and searching a database A method and apparatus for generating a database in a memory. Program identifying information is received from a service provider, the program identifying information comprising at least one service provider search criteria and information describing a channel on wh... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6661472 | Channel selection in digital television Methods and apparatus implementing a technique for selecting a channel in a digital television. In one implementation, selecting a channel includes: receiving a major and minor channel number sequence, including a major channel number, a delimiter, and a ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6529680 | Device for selecting and controlling a plurality of signal sources in a television system A device for selecting from one of a plurality of audio/video sources and connecting audiovisual signals from the selected source to input receiving circuitry such as the recording circuitry of a VCR or a display device. Based upon a user request such as ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6425129 | Channel preview with rate dependent channel information Channel information is displayed for a user in improved fashion by adjusting the amount of information according to the rate with which the user previews channels. For example, at a first rate of preview, the channel number, channel logo, program name and... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6317883 | System and method for content-based television program selection A system and method for content-based television program selection are provided that allow a viewer to "surf" directly between programs of a desired content category. The system includes a head-end server operable to receive program signals from a program... | 11/13/2001 |
| 5625422 | Method for channel selection and tuning based upon set channel positions A channel memory device adopted for a television or video cassette recorder and the method therefor, can increase alternatives for channels, cope with the change of broadcasting station names and allow a quick and simple channel selection. The channel mem... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5602597 | Video receiver display of video overlaying menu A video display, which may be a television receiver with associated set top device, an intelligent television receiver, or a personal computer system enabled for television display, has associated therewith a remote control which controls modification of ... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5528304 | Picture-in-picture feedback for channel related features A television receiver has a main, or regular, display; a picture-in-picture display; and an on-screen menu display for adjusting various television operating parameters, including those which are channel or source related, such as channel labeling, source... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5191423 | TV channel selecting device with a memory A device for selecting a TV channel in which the names and numbers of the stations are stored in memory in advance. The user selects a program by pressing a key chosen by number or by character. In response to the user's choice of an initial letter, the d... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5045947 | Television receiver having memory control for tune-by-label feature A television control system is for selecting a television channel corresponding to a preassigned channel tuning designation. A tuner receives multi-channel input signal, and in response to a processor signal, tunes out all but one selected channel. A memo... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4959720 | Tuner control apparatus having tune-by-label capability A tuning system is provided which allows a user to enter text labels associated with respective channels or television programs to be tuned so that, thereafter, a channel or program to be tuned may be selected by the user by entering its label. Scheduling... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4914517 | Tuner control apparatus having tune-by-label capability and using alphabetical label storage A tuning system is provided which allows a user to enter into a memory text labels associated with respective channels to be tuned so that, thereafter, a channel to be tuned may be selected by the user by entering its label. The time required to search th... | 04/03/1990 |
