Audio video apparatus with intelligence for learning a history of user control

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5444499
SERIAL NO

08170799

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A television receiver can output advice information to the viewer when the viewer risks missing a favorite broadcasting program. This television receiver includes in its control unit a timer for obtaining day and time data, a calculating circuit for compiling broadcasting station number currently being viewed by using the time information as parameters, and a weekly tuning information storage unit for storing therein data representing a personal weekly viewing trend on the basis of the compiled result, in which, when it is determined that present tuning data read out from the weekly tuning information storage unit and the present tuning broadcasting station are not coincident with each other, advice information is supplied to the viewer in the form of displayed message or sound message before or after that time.

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SONY CORPORATIONTOKYO

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Saitoh, Mitsumasa Kanagawa, JP 14 1368

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