Granted Patent
Utility
US 5,987,213 · App. 08/647,443
System and method for automatically recording television programs in television systems with tuners external to video recorders
Inventors:
Roy J. Mankovitz, Henry C. Yuen
Patented Case
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Granted: Nov 16, 1999
Filed: May 7, 1996
Inventors
Roy J. Mankovitz
Henry C. Yuen
Assignee (at issue)
Gemstar Development Corporation
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