Appeal No. 2003-0523
Application No. 09/100,952
Yuen teaches maintaining viewing of a broadcast program (i.e., the program to
which the equipment is currently tuned) while allowing management of menu operations
related to program listings. The reference discloses keeping a record of the latest
channel tuned while in the full screen viewing mode. Col. 3, l. 66 - col. 4, l. 16. As
shown in Figure 2, the currently-tuned video program is maintained in picture-in-picture
(PIP) window 42 as the user views text information. Upon switching from the full screen
mode, the currently-tuned program is displayed in the PIP window. The channel tuning
may subsequently be changed from the menu, but is not necessarily changed,
depending on the user’s entries. Col. 4, l. 17 - col. 5, l. 10. The reference discloses
several embodiments (e.g., col. 7, l. 32 - col. 8, l. 17) that reflect the artisan’s skill in
designing flexible user interfaces.
Young discloses a system (Figs. 22A and 22B) including a programmable tuner
202 that acquires program identification information from broadcast signals of broadcast
stations. The information is stored in schedule memory 232. Col. 12, l. 47 - col. 13, l.
11. Young further describes Record Memo RAM 236 which receives the information
when time-shift recording is selected (col. 13, ll. 25-35) or when recording is manually
controlled (col. 13, l. 64 - col. 14, l. 11).
In Young’s menu that displays current and future program information, a channel
to which the tuner is tuned is highlighted on grid 24, as shown at 56 (Fig. 1). Col. 7, ll.
7-17. Young further shows, in Figure 12, an express recording screen 74. Col. 8, ll. 14-
21.
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