Set-Top Box for Changing Channels and System and Method for Use of Same
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Jan 28, 2016
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Jul 28, 2015
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Jul 28, 2014
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A set-top box for changing channels and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the set-top box includes a television input that is configured to receive a source signal, which includes at least first and second channels, from an external source and tune the source signal in order to forward the tuned signal to a television. Within the set-top box, memory is accessible to the processor such that processor-executable instructions, when executed, cause the processor to save in a buffer the at least partially tuned second channel beginning at a recent periodic, sequential signal access point. In response to receiving a channel change instruction when the television tuner is forwarding the tuned first channel signal, the set-top box causes the television tuner to forward the fully tuned signal based on the second channel stored in the buffer beginning at the recent periodic, sequential signal access point.
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