Delegating skinning service for CE apparatus GUI to the internet

• Main Author: PFEIFFER WERNER P.,HINTZEN REINHARD L.,HARMSEN MARC
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.02.2007
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; SELECTING RESONANT CIRCUITS; SIGNALLING; TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILARSIGNALS; TUNING RESONANT CIRCUITS

A service is provided to program a consumer's remote control device to display logos or call signs of the broadcast stations as soft buttons instead of the conventional channel numbering. The broadcast channels available to the consumer depend on the consumer's geographic location and/or s...