(12) United States Patent ao) Patent No.: us 6,415,099 Bi
Berger (45) Date of Patent: Jul. 2,2002
(54) RECORDING ARRANGEMENT HAVING KEYWORD DETECTION MEANS
(75) Inventor: Gerald Berger, Maria Enzersdorf (AT)
(73) Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.,
Eindhoven (NL)
( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term ol this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
(21) Appl. No.: 09/316,780
(22) Filed: May 21, 1999
(30) Foreign Application Priority Data
May 22, 1998 (EP) 98890150
(51) Int. C I. II04N 5/91
(52) U.S. CI 386/83; 725/53
(58) Field of Search 386/1, 83; 725/53,
725/139, 141; 707/3, 5-7, 531, 532
(56) References Cited
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
5,371,676 A * 12/1994 Heemels et al 707/532
5,787,426 A * 7/1998 Koshiba et al 707/7
5,924,068 A * 7/1999 Richard et al 725/141
5,977,964 A * 11/1999 Williams et al 386/83
6,061,056 A * 5/2000 Menard et al 725/139
6,240,378 Bl * 5/2001 Imanaka et al 707/531
FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
WO WO9305618 3/1993
* cited by examiner
Primary Examiner—-Thai Tran
Assistant Examiner—Christopher Onuaku
(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Edward W. Goodman
(57) ABSTRACT
A recording arrangement (1) for receiving and recording a television signal (F) and for receiving an information signal (I) which contains television program information (FPI), for example, title information about luture television programs. The recording arrangement (1) has a keyword detector (54) which derives at least one keyword characteristic ol the fields ol interest ol the user Irom title information ol a television program recorded by the recording arrangement (1). A selector (58) selects, from the title information ol frxture television programs, which is contained in the television program information (FPI), the title information containing at least one detected keyword. Selected television programs can be displayed on a display device (3) or can be recorded automatically.
2 Claims, 3 Drawing Sheets
