CA2097904A1 - Television programming apparatus - Google Patents
Television programming apparatusInfo
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- CA2097904A1 CA2097904A1 CA002097904A CA2097904A CA2097904A1 CA 2097904 A1 CA2097904 A1 CA 2097904A1 CA 002097904 A CA002097904 A CA 002097904A CA 2097904 A CA2097904 A CA 2097904A CA 2097904 A1 CA2097904 A1 CA 2097904A1
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- television
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Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
- B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
- B42D15/00—Printed matter of special format or style not otherwise provided for
Abstract
ABSTRACT
A multi-sheet overlay is placed over a basic television programs listing. Two of the sheets of the overlay are removably adhered together, one sheet being a transparent sheet and the other being a non-transparent sheet. The non-transparent sheet is selectively kiss-cut so that select section, of the non-transparent sheet may be removed to expose corresponding sections of the transparent sheet and reveal selected sections of the television programs listing. Data is printed on a sheet of the overlay relating to a television system the differs from the basic television listing. By selectively removing kiss-cut sections on the overlay, multiple bits of data may be combined to provide a television programs listing for a television system differing from the system represented in the basic television programs listing.
A multi-sheet overlay is placed over a basic television programs listing. Two of the sheets of the overlay are removably adhered together, one sheet being a transparent sheet and the other being a non-transparent sheet. The non-transparent sheet is selectively kiss-cut so that select section, of the non-transparent sheet may be removed to expose corresponding sections of the transparent sheet and reveal selected sections of the television programs listing. Data is printed on a sheet of the overlay relating to a television system the differs from the basic television listing. By selectively removing kiss-cut sections on the overlay, multiple bits of data may be combined to provide a television programs listing for a television system differing from the system represented in the basic television programs listing.
Description
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TELEl~ISIGN PR05RAMMI~ APPARATU5 8~C~GROIJN~ 5F rHE INVENrl(~N
Fi eld of the I nvention The Present invention relates to changing or modifyin~ tPl~vision pro~ram broadca~t li~tin~3, accordin~
to preference or local television systems.
Prior Art The United 5tates has a large number of television broadcasting systems~ where each system may include two or more television channels or stations. There are also television networks which broadcdst their own television programs and also sell their television Prosrams to other telavision stations and to television cable comPanies. ManY
cities or television broadcast areas are serviced bY several differen~ local television broadcast stations as well as one or more television cable comPanies. For example, the city of .
1 _ , . . .
r~e~ York. h.3~ three tele~ilslGn ~ble ~omp~nies Fubllcly broa~.ast~ all the tele~ 3n net~ork pro~r.3m, and h.~ m.~n~
local tele~lsion broa~ tlng ~tatiGn~. At time, different cable comP~nie~ ~ill broadcas~ the same ~PIevi3ion pro~aram at the ~ame time but Gn different channels or channel desi~nations. At timo~ the s.3me ~elsvision pro~ram i3 I broadcast by different cable companies on different channels i .~nd at different times. Channel number designation, throughout the television broadcast industry arP not uniform.
Access by the PUblic to several different ~, television cable companies and to many Public television broadcast stations ma~es the generation of a universal televi~ion pro~ram listin~ a hi~hlY comple~ problem~ ~t has been proPosed that individual television broadcast listing be Published for each cable comPanY and a general telPvision listing be Published for public broadcast television programs. This means that PeoPle with access to two or more television broadcast systems may be interrogating two or more television pro~ram listings in order to detPrmine what i5 to be seen on television and the most convenient time and channel on which to view the program.
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SUMMAP.Y OF THE Irl`~Er~TlOr~
The present in;entlorl avoids the u,e of a Pl~ralit~ of diff~rent ~ol~vi~ion Pro~ram li3tin~, bY ~J~in~ -m~lti-sheet adiu~table television Program grid. The invention Provido, a multi-,heP~ overlay ~hich fit, over ~nd coordinates with the information in a basic tele~ision program ~rid. ~he al~ able ovorldy i5 a multi-sheet overlay comprising at least a substrate of transParent material, such as transp.3rent plastic, for example, and a non-transparent or opaque sheet, with an adhesive material for adhering adjacent shPets to~ether. Preferably, the adhesive is the type which is pres 5 ure 5 ensitive, Yet permits separation of the adhered adjacent sheets, without adversely effecting the adhesive characteristics of the adhesive on the back of the sheet, 50 that the adhered sheets may be separated and the sheet with the adhesive backin~ may be adhere~ to another substrate. one adhesive that may be used i5 the adhesive used on the Popular address labels, sometimes referred to a5 pi~Y back lab~ls. When the multi-sheet overlay is adhered together, one part of the overlay may b~ kiss-cut so that onlY one of the she~ts of -3~
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the overldy i5 cut. Thu~ with a ~lss-cut ln thP opa~uP ~heet o~ the overlay, d pdrtion ~ the opa~ue ,hPet may be rem3ved and a transparent ~ection in the overlay exposed.
WhPn the m~lti-~h~Pt o~erla~f is placPd on d television program grid and the overlay is ki~s-cut in sPlecte,i sections, coordina~in~ with the television pro~ram grid, removal of selected Portions of the opaque sheet will expose selected datà in th~ telPvi~ion Pro~ram grid.
The oPaque sheet of the overlay may be prePrinted with local time and television stations and/or channel identifications which correspond to other data listed and/or identified on the basic grid or listin~. ~ocal time may differ from the time on the basic television grid, that is, differences between ea~tPrn timP and central time, for example. Time differences maY be adjusted by removal of certain predetermined kiss-cut sections of the oPa~ue shePt.
Particular television channels, such as sports channels, for example, may be identified bY the overlay using a Particular number or color or letter, as desired.
For example, sports channels may be color shaded with a green overlay while soap opera channels may be color shaded with a red overlaY~ Various sports on the sport channels may . ' . ~
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be further identlfled for examPle~ 1 may be ~,ed for football, ~ ma~ be 'J~ed fqr ba,eball, 3 ma~ be ~J,e,i Eor ba~ketb~ll, etc., if desired. This may be dsr,e with Peal-~ff stamp, which may b~ pro~JidPd ,upPlementar~ to the primar~
purpose of the kiss-cuts in the multi-sheet overlaY~
The nu~b~r and/or color referencin~ and identification may be supPlemental to the seneral coordination of thP local television channel data and il ,~ information as Provided thro~h the use of the present .,'j invPntion. Thdt i5, the multi-shPet overlay may be kiss-cut ~`~ 50 that selected sections that have been precolored and/or prenumbered may be removed and placed identifyingly with a particular television program or presentation in the basic listin~.
The Present invention provides an inexpensive multi-sheet overlay for conveniPntly changing a basic television program grid into a locali~ed and/or personal television Program listinq. ~ ~
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Fi~ a cro,s ,ertional vie~ of an overldy of the pre--Pnt in~ention, and, Fig. 3 i5 a rePresentation of a sheet of stamPs.
DSS~IL,ED DE~iCRIPTION OF THE DI~cL~l3slJp~E
Referring to Fi~, 1 a sheet 10 rePresents a basic grid or listin~ of tPlevision Pro~rams broadcast on d particular daY~ the channels being listed in numerical order. The sheet 12 rePresents a transparent sheet, which is preferably a Plastic sheet. The Plastic transparent sheet is combined wit.~h a nan-transParent or opaque sheet 14 forming a multi-sheet or two sheet overlay. She sheet 14 has an ddhesive material 16, on one side of the sheet so that, a5 more clearly seen in Fig. ~, the sheet 14 may be adhered to its adjacent sheet 12, forming a multi-sheet or two sheet overlay, with removal capability.
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; -~ 27319-25 The non-transparent or opaque sheet of the overlay is cut so that strips or sections, for example 20, 21, 22, etc. of the opaque sheet may be selectively removed from the overlay, such as represented at 20.
In the trade, when a multi-sheet member is cut so that ~, only one of the sheets of the member is cut, this is referred ~ to as a kiss-cut. In the invention herein, the kiss-cut i technique is used to enable a selected section of the overlay to be removed to selectively expose selected data in the basic television listing positioned below the overlay. The kiss-cut sections of the overlay are positioned so as to cover selected data on the listing sheet 10. Thus when the overlay is positioned over the television program grid, selected listed data may be exposed by removing selected kiss-cut sections of the overlay. The opaque sheet 14 may be preprinted on selected kiss-cut sections, so that television program listing data may --- .
be changed from the data on the opaque sheet 14 to the data exposed on the sheet 10. Also the transparent sheet 12 may be preprinted with selected data and removal of a kiss-cut section of the overlay may reveal or expose data printed on the trans-parent sheet 12.
Supplemental removable data may also be provided, as represented in Fig. 3, where a plurality of stamps, such as peel-off stamps, for example, are represented. These stamps may be used to personalize a television listing for one's personal use. A sheet may inGlude stamps 35, for example, which may be removed from the sheet 30 and attached to the overlay, ~.
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~, either on the opaque sheet or the transparent sheet. The stamps may be used to more closely identify one or more television programs by number, by letter or by color, for example or by one's own personal identification marking, marked on a blank stamp.
Part or all of the non-transparent sheet 14 may be printed with data relating to television programs and/or channels in one local television area, for example, Easttown and corresponding portions of the transparent sheet 12 may be printed with data relating television programs and/or channels in another local television area, for example, Westtown, each of which have different and distinguishable television service.
Thus, one overlay may be used to service two different local television areas. This is represented by the heading NORTH STATE
TV on the sheet 14, in a kiss-cut section, and the heading SOUTH
STATE TV on sheet 12 which is ,~
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revealed or exp~ed by r-em~ n~ the kis,-rut section.
In the r~orth ,t~to r~, ,y,~em for examPlp~ ,hannel 10 maY show the pr~ram broadca~t ~y channel ~ a~ indicated on ~he ba~ in~ o~ gri,~. In ~he ,ou~h 5t~te rv 3Yste~, for examPle~ channel 9 (not sho~n) maY show the program broadc.~st by ch.~nnel ~ tPd on the li,ting ~h~et 10.
Fig. ~ show~ a cr~ss-section view of a multi-sheet overlay where one shePt of the o~JerlaY, an opa~-~e she~t, is kiss-cut 50 that selected ~ections of the opaque sheet may be removed exposin~ the undershePt.
The adhesive used to rsmovably adhere sheet 14 to shPet 12 may be the same type or similar to the adhesive used on removable address labels, sometimes referred to as Pis~y back labels. This is state of the art adhesive .
material.
There has been shown and described a multi-sheet overlay with removable, kiss-cut sections for amending or changing a television program listing 50 that the stated Prosramins is associated with local channels which are not numbered the ~ame as the channels identified in the basic listing, with provision for adding supplemental data to the amended television Pro~ram for personali2ing a television i _9_ ~, ~
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~ program. Changes and modifications may be made, as will become ¦ apparent to those skilled in the art, without departing from ~ the invention defined in the claims.
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TELEl~ISIGN PR05RAMMI~ APPARATU5 8~C~GROIJN~ 5F rHE INVENrl(~N
Fi eld of the I nvention The Present invention relates to changing or modifyin~ tPl~vision pro~ram broadca~t li~tin~3, accordin~
to preference or local television systems.
Prior Art The United 5tates has a large number of television broadcasting systems~ where each system may include two or more television channels or stations. There are also television networks which broadcdst their own television programs and also sell their television Prosrams to other telavision stations and to television cable comPanies. ManY
cities or television broadcast areas are serviced bY several differen~ local television broadcast stations as well as one or more television cable comPanies. For example, the city of .
1 _ , . . .
r~e~ York. h.3~ three tele~ilslGn ~ble ~omp~nies Fubllcly broa~.ast~ all the tele~ 3n net~ork pro~r.3m, and h.~ m.~n~
local tele~lsion broa~ tlng ~tatiGn~. At time, different cable comP~nie~ ~ill broadcas~ the same ~PIevi3ion pro~aram at the ~ame time but Gn different channels or channel desi~nations. At timo~ the s.3me ~elsvision pro~ram i3 I broadcast by different cable companies on different channels i .~nd at different times. Channel number designation, throughout the television broadcast industry arP not uniform.
Access by the PUblic to several different ~, television cable companies and to many Public television broadcast stations ma~es the generation of a universal televi~ion pro~ram listin~ a hi~hlY comple~ problem~ ~t has been proPosed that individual television broadcast listing be Published for each cable comPanY and a general telPvision listing be Published for public broadcast television programs. This means that PeoPle with access to two or more television broadcast systems may be interrogating two or more television pro~ram listings in order to detPrmine what i5 to be seen on television and the most convenient time and channel on which to view the program.
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SUMMAP.Y OF THE Irl`~Er~TlOr~
The present in;entlorl avoids the u,e of a Pl~ralit~ of diff~rent ~ol~vi~ion Pro~ram li3tin~, bY ~J~in~ -m~lti-sheet adiu~table television Program grid. The invention Provido, a multi-,heP~ overlay ~hich fit, over ~nd coordinates with the information in a basic tele~ision program ~rid. ~he al~ able ovorldy i5 a multi-sheet overlay comprising at least a substrate of transParent material, such as transp.3rent plastic, for example, and a non-transparent or opaque sheet, with an adhesive material for adhering adjacent shPets to~ether. Preferably, the adhesive is the type which is pres 5 ure 5 ensitive, Yet permits separation of the adhered adjacent sheets, without adversely effecting the adhesive characteristics of the adhesive on the back of the sheet, 50 that the adhered sheets may be separated and the sheet with the adhesive backin~ may be adhere~ to another substrate. one adhesive that may be used i5 the adhesive used on the Popular address labels, sometimes referred to a5 pi~Y back lab~ls. When the multi-sheet overlay is adhered together, one part of the overlay may b~ kiss-cut so that onlY one of the she~ts of -3~
~97 ~9~
the overldy i5 cut. Thu~ with a ~lss-cut ln thP opa~uP ~heet o~ the overlay, d pdrtion ~ the opa~ue ,hPet may be rem3ved and a transparent ~ection in the overlay exposed.
WhPn the m~lti-~h~Pt o~erla~f is placPd on d television program grid and the overlay is ki~s-cut in sPlecte,i sections, coordina~in~ with the television pro~ram grid, removal of selected Portions of the opaque sheet will expose selected datà in th~ telPvi~ion Pro~ram grid.
The oPaque sheet of the overlay may be prePrinted with local time and television stations and/or channel identifications which correspond to other data listed and/or identified on the basic grid or listin~. ~ocal time may differ from the time on the basic television grid, that is, differences between ea~tPrn timP and central time, for example. Time differences maY be adjusted by removal of certain predetermined kiss-cut sections of the oPa~ue shePt.
Particular television channels, such as sports channels, for example, may be identified bY the overlay using a Particular number or color or letter, as desired.
For example, sports channels may be color shaded with a green overlay while soap opera channels may be color shaded with a red overlaY~ Various sports on the sport channels may . ' . ~
~ ~ ~ r~
be further identlfled for examPle~ 1 may be ~,ed for football, ~ ma~ be 'J~ed fqr ba,eball, 3 ma~ be ~J,e,i Eor ba~ketb~ll, etc., if desired. This may be dsr,e with Peal-~ff stamp, which may b~ pro~JidPd ,upPlementar~ to the primar~
purpose of the kiss-cuts in the multi-sheet overlaY~
The nu~b~r and/or color referencin~ and identification may be supPlemental to the seneral coordination of thP local television channel data and il ,~ information as Provided thro~h the use of the present .,'j invPntion. Thdt i5, the multi-shPet overlay may be kiss-cut ~`~ 50 that selected sections that have been precolored and/or prenumbered may be removed and placed identifyingly with a particular television program or presentation in the basic listin~.
The Present invention provides an inexpensive multi-sheet overlay for conveniPntly changing a basic television program grid into a locali~ed and/or personal television Program listinq. ~ ~
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''~ ' - ' ' ' ' ' :- , EIR I F.F DE~R I PT I orl eF ~HE DRAW I ~ 5 Fi~. 1 13 ~ rePre~en~atiQn ot~ ~ m~lti-,hePt overlay and a telPvislon pro~ram listing, in exPlodPd view;
Fi~ a cro,s ,ertional vie~ of an overldy of the pre--Pnt in~ention, and, Fig. 3 i5 a rePresentation of a sheet of stamPs.
DSS~IL,ED DE~iCRIPTION OF THE DI~cL~l3slJp~E
Referring to Fi~, 1 a sheet 10 rePresents a basic grid or listin~ of tPlevision Pro~rams broadcast on d particular daY~ the channels being listed in numerical order. The sheet 12 rePresents a transparent sheet, which is preferably a Plastic sheet. The Plastic transparent sheet is combined wit.~h a nan-transParent or opaque sheet 14 forming a multi-sheet or two sheet overlay. She sheet 14 has an ddhesive material 16, on one side of the sheet so that, a5 more clearly seen in Fig. ~, the sheet 14 may be adhered to its adjacent sheet 12, forming a multi-sheet or two sheet overlay, with removal capability.
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; -~ 27319-25 The non-transparent or opaque sheet of the overlay is cut so that strips or sections, for example 20, 21, 22, etc. of the opaque sheet may be selectively removed from the overlay, such as represented at 20.
In the trade, when a multi-sheet member is cut so that ~, only one of the sheets of the member is cut, this is referred ~ to as a kiss-cut. In the invention herein, the kiss-cut i technique is used to enable a selected section of the overlay to be removed to selectively expose selected data in the basic television listing positioned below the overlay. The kiss-cut sections of the overlay are positioned so as to cover selected data on the listing sheet 10. Thus when the overlay is positioned over the television program grid, selected listed data may be exposed by removing selected kiss-cut sections of the overlay. The opaque sheet 14 may be preprinted on selected kiss-cut sections, so that television program listing data may --- .
be changed from the data on the opaque sheet 14 to the data exposed on the sheet 10. Also the transparent sheet 12 may be preprinted with selected data and removal of a kiss-cut section of the overlay may reveal or expose data printed on the trans-parent sheet 12.
Supplemental removable data may also be provided, as represented in Fig. 3, where a plurality of stamps, such as peel-off stamps, for example, are represented. These stamps may be used to personalize a television listing for one's personal use. A sheet may inGlude stamps 35, for example, which may be removed from the sheet 30 and attached to the overlay, ~.
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~, either on the opaque sheet or the transparent sheet. The stamps may be used to more closely identify one or more television programs by number, by letter or by color, for example or by one's own personal identification marking, marked on a blank stamp.
Part or all of the non-transparent sheet 14 may be printed with data relating to television programs and/or channels in one local television area, for example, Easttown and corresponding portions of the transparent sheet 12 may be printed with data relating television programs and/or channels in another local television area, for example, Westtown, each of which have different and distinguishable television service.
Thus, one overlay may be used to service two different local television areas. This is represented by the heading NORTH STATE
TV on the sheet 14, in a kiss-cut section, and the heading SOUTH
STATE TV on sheet 12 which is ,~
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t~9~
revealed or exp~ed by r-em~ n~ the kis,-rut section.
In the r~orth ,t~to r~, ,y,~em for examPlp~ ,hannel 10 maY show the pr~ram broadca~t ~y channel ~ a~ indicated on ~he ba~ in~ o~ gri,~. In ~he ,ou~h 5t~te rv 3Yste~, for examPle~ channel 9 (not sho~n) maY show the program broadc.~st by ch.~nnel ~ tPd on the li,ting ~h~et 10.
Fig. ~ show~ a cr~ss-section view of a multi-sheet overlay where one shePt of the o~JerlaY, an opa~-~e she~t, is kiss-cut 50 that selected ~ections of the opaque sheet may be removed exposin~ the undershePt.
The adhesive used to rsmovably adhere sheet 14 to shPet 12 may be the same type or similar to the adhesive used on removable address labels, sometimes referred to as Pis~y back labels. This is state of the art adhesive .
material.
There has been shown and described a multi-sheet overlay with removable, kiss-cut sections for amending or changing a television program listing 50 that the stated Prosramins is associated with local channels which are not numbered the ~ame as the channels identified in the basic listing, with provision for adding supplemental data to the amended television Pro~ram for personali2ing a television i _9_ ~, ~
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~ program. Changes and modifications may be made, as will become ¦ apparent to those skilled in the art, without departing from ~ the invention defined in the claims.
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Claims (13)
1. A multi-sheet overlay apparatus for personalizing data defining a television program listing, said apparatus comprising:
a) a first sheet having a first data printed on a first surface thereof, said first data laid out in a predetermined format;
b) a second sheet for overlaying said first sheet, said second sheet including a transparent sheet and a non-transparent sheet, said non-transparent sheet having an adhesive means on a second surface thereof for removably adhering said non-transparent sheet to said transparent sheet, said non-transparent sheet having a second data printed on a third surface thereof, said second data laid out in said predetermined format, said non-transparent sheet being selectively kiss-cut for permitting removal of a selected portion of said non-transparent sheet from said transparent sheet; and, c) said second sheet overlaying said first sheet so that said transparent sheet is positioned on said first surface of said first sheet, said second sheet positioned so that said predetermined format of said first data coincides with said predetermined format of said second data.
a) a first sheet having a first data printed on a first surface thereof, said first data laid out in a predetermined format;
b) a second sheet for overlaying said first sheet, said second sheet including a transparent sheet and a non-transparent sheet, said non-transparent sheet having an adhesive means on a second surface thereof for removably adhering said non-transparent sheet to said transparent sheet, said non-transparent sheet having a second data printed on a third surface thereof, said second data laid out in said predetermined format, said non-transparent sheet being selectively kiss-cut for permitting removal of a selected portion of said non-transparent sheet from said transparent sheet; and, c) said second sheet overlaying said first sheet so that said transparent sheet is positioned on said first surface of said first sheet, said second sheet positioned so that said predetermined format of said first data coincides with said predetermined format of said second data.
2. A multi-sheet overlay apparatus for personalizing data as in claim 1 and in which said selected portion of said non-transparent sheet includes a portion of said second data printed thereon and removal of said selected portion from said second sheet effectively removes said portion of said second data and exposes a portion of said first data.
3. A multi-sheet overlay apparatus for personalizing data as in claim 2 and in which said second data is a first color and said first data is a second color.
4. A multi-sheet overlay apparatus for personalizing data as in claim 2 and in which said second data relates to a first television broadcasting system and said first data relates to a second television broadcasting system.
5. A multi-sheet overlay apparatus as in claim 1 and in which said first data is printed in a first color and said second data is printed in a second color.
6. A multi-sheet overlay apparatus as in claim 1 and in which removal of said selected portion removes a portion of said second data and exposes a portion of said first data.
7. A multi-sheet overlay apparatus as in claim 6 and in which said transparent sheet is a colored sheet and said first data appears in color.
8. A multi-sheet overlay apparatus for amending related data contained on said apparatus, said multi-sheet overlay apparatus comprising:
a) a first sheet having a first data printed on a first surface of said first sheet, said first data laid out in a predetermined format;
b) a second sheet having a second data printed on a second surface of said second sheet, said second data laid out in said predetermined format, said first data and said second data in corresponding position in said predetermined format related to each other, and at least a portion of said first data being dissimilar to a corresponding portion of related said second data;
c) a transparent sheet disposed between said first surface of said first sheet and a third surface of said second sheet, covering said first data on said first sheet, said second sheet adhered to said transparent sheet by an adhesive means on said third surface of said second sheet, said transparent sheet positioned on said first sheet so that said predetermined format on said second sheet is superimposed on said predetermined format on said first sheet; and d) said second sheet selectively kiss-cut for removing selected portions of said second sheet from said transparent sheet for removing a selected second data and exposing a selected first data.
a) a first sheet having a first data printed on a first surface of said first sheet, said first data laid out in a predetermined format;
b) a second sheet having a second data printed on a second surface of said second sheet, said second data laid out in said predetermined format, said first data and said second data in corresponding position in said predetermined format related to each other, and at least a portion of said first data being dissimilar to a corresponding portion of related said second data;
c) a transparent sheet disposed between said first surface of said first sheet and a third surface of said second sheet, covering said first data on said first sheet, said second sheet adhered to said transparent sheet by an adhesive means on said third surface of said second sheet, said transparent sheet positioned on said first sheet so that said predetermined format on said second sheet is superimposed on said predetermined format on said first sheet; and d) said second sheet selectively kiss-cut for removing selected portions of said second sheet from said transparent sheet for removing a selected second data and exposing a selected first data.
9. A multi-sheet overlay apparatus as in claim 8 and in which said adhesive means is a pressure sensitive adhesive mounted on said third surface of said second sheet and permits removal of said second sheet from said transparent sheet.
10. A multi-sheet overlay apparatus as in claim 8 and in which said first data lists a plurality of television programs and a set of first channels over which said plurality of television programs are to be broadcast and said second data lists said plurality of television programs and a set of second channels over which said plurality of television programs are to be broadcast.
11. A multi-sheet overlay apparatus as in claim 10 and further including a means for coloring said transparent sheet exposed after removal of a kiss-cut segment of said second sheet from said transparent sheet for color coding said selective first data.
12. A multi-sheet information display apparatus for selectively changing information displayed by said apparatus, said multi-sheet information display apparatus comprising:
a) a first sheet having a first data printed thereon, said first data laid out in a predetermined format;
b) a transparent sheet substantially conforming with said first sheet and covering said first data on said first sheet; and c) an opaque sheet having a second data printed on a first surface thereof, said second data laid out in said predetermined format, said opaque sheet removably adhered to said transparent sheet by an adhesive means on a second surface of said opaque sheet, said first data and said second data in corresponding position in said predetermined format related to each other and dissimilar, said opaque sheet selectively kiss-cut for removing selective portions of said opaque sheet from said transparent sheet for selectively removing a selected portion of said second data and exposing a related portion of said first data.
a) a first sheet having a first data printed thereon, said first data laid out in a predetermined format;
b) a transparent sheet substantially conforming with said first sheet and covering said first data on said first sheet; and c) an opaque sheet having a second data printed on a first surface thereof, said second data laid out in said predetermined format, said opaque sheet removably adhered to said transparent sheet by an adhesive means on a second surface of said opaque sheet, said first data and said second data in corresponding position in said predetermined format related to each other and dissimilar, said opaque sheet selectively kiss-cut for removing selective portions of said opaque sheet from said transparent sheet for selectively removing a selected portion of said second data and exposing a related portion of said first data.
13. A multi-sheet information display apparatus as in claim 12 and in which said first data lists a set of television programs in a first order and first television channels over which the respective television programs are to be broadcast and said second data lists said set of television programs in said first order and second television channels over which said respective television programs are to be broadcast.
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