| US 7,610,600 B2 | ||
| Television reception system, channel selection apparatus and display apparatus | ||
| Satoru Maeda, Kanagawa (Japan); Munehiro Yoshikawa, Kanagawa (Japan); and Noriyuki Uchiumi, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Sony Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 07, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/516,830. | ||
| Application 11/516830 is a continuation of application No. 09/880301, filed on Jun. 13, 2001, granted, now 7,484,235. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2000-177896 (JP), filed on Jun. 14, 2000. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0002186 A1, Jan. 04, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2006.01); H04N 7/173 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 725—38 [725/80; 725/81] | 6 Claims |
| 1. A channel selection apparatus capable of receiving television signals, selecting a television signal from the received
television signals and transmitting the selected television signal to a physically spaced and separated remote display apparatus,
comprising:
a reception unit in communication via a network with the remote display and configured to receive a channel selection instruction
from the remote display apparatus;
a channel selection unit configured to select a particular television signal from among supplied television signals in response
to the channel selection instruction;
a transmission unit configured to transmit the particular television signal to the remote display apparatus through the network;
and
a non-volatile memory configured to store information of the particular television signal selected before main power to the
channel selection apparatus is interrupted, and to cause said channel selection unit to automatically select a supplied television
signal corresponding to the stored information when said main power subsequently is restored.
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