METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SORTING CHANNEL GUIDES BASED ON CALL SIGN - Patent 0873652

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EP 0 873 652 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	28.10.1998 Bulletin 1998/44

(21)	Application number: 97907651.0

(22)	Date of filing: 18.02.1997

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

H04N 5/ 445^{( . )}

H04N 7/ 16^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1997/002420

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1997/030552 (21.08.1997 Gazette 1997/36)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB SE

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Priority:

19.02.1996 US 19960602477

(71)	Applicant: Hughes Electronics Corporation
	El Segundo, California 90245-0956 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	BRUETTE, Jeff Germantown, MD 20874 (US) MOHEBBI, Matthew North Potomac, Maryland 20878 (US)

(74)	Representative: Jackson, Richard Eric, et al
	Carpmaels & Ransford, 43 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SORTING CHANNEL GUIDES BASED ON CALL SIGN