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6549929 |
Intelligent scheduled recording and program reminders for recurring events
A user interface using program scheduling information for selecting programs and determining whether to schedule an event based on the program scheduling information associated with the selected...
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6529706 |
Aircraft satellite communications system for distributing internet service from direct broadcast satellites
An aircraft satellite communications system for distributing Internet service and television programming from direct broadcast satellites to aircraft. The aircraft include a direct broadcast...
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6526579 |
Internet downloaded programmable remote control for registered devices
In a system, tabulated information on broadcasting programs is supplied through a network. When a user selects information on a desired program from the tabulated information of programs,...
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6526577 |
Enhanced interactive program guide
An interactive television program guide system and method in which functions that have not been provided before by other interactive television program guide systems is provided. The interactive...
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6526576 |
Program guide for DBS and cable TV
In A direct broadcast satellite (DBS) systems, local over the air channels are not included in the satellite signal or in the program guide provided by conventional direct broadcast satellite...
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6518986 |
Method and apparatus for providing an on-screen guide for a multiple channel broadcasting system
A method and apparatus for channel surfing while using an electronic program guide are provided. A multiple channel broadcasting system is tuned to a first channel to provide a display of a...
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6515680 |
Set top terminal for television delivery system
A viewer interface for a television program delivery system is described. The innovation relates to methods and devices for viewer pathways to television programs. Specifically, the interface...
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6510555 |
Information providing apparatus and method, information receiving apparatus and method, and transmission medium
To transmit EPG information efficiently in a small volume of transmission, it is so disposed that SDTs corresponding to respective transponders are referred in an NIT stating the overall...
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6507951 |
System for time-shifting events in a multi-channel convergence system
An architecture for convergence systems is disclosed. The architecture includes a hardware component providing a convergence environment. A channel map services component includes a listing of...
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6507950 |
Program information broadcasting system, broadcasting device, and receiving terminal unit
In a program information broadcasting system, it is aimed to minimize time for retrieval of program by viewers in operating an electronic program guide or time for waiting when applying for...
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6505347 |
Control information generating apparatus for broadcast system
A control information generating apparatus is provided which is used in broadcast systems designed to transmit audio and video signals and/or teletext signals together with video control...
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6487722 |
EPG transmitting apparatus and method, EPG receiving apparatus and method, EPG transmitting/receiving system and method, and provider
The broadcast hour and the title of a program is displayed in an EPG (Electronic Program Guide). If the charge of the program is lower than the other corresponding programs, a symbol “Discount”...
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6470497 |
Electronic television program guide schedule system and method with scan feature
An electronic program schedule system which utilizes a receiver for receiving broadcast, satellite or cablecast television programs for a plurality of television channels and a tuner for tuning a...
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6462784 |
Apparatus and method for displaying program contents (EPG)
An apparatus for displaying the program contents and a method for displaying the program contents in which either the channel condition setting or the category setting can be easily carried out in...
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6460181 |
Channels and services display
The availability of a new information service is publicized by displaying an icon in an EPG when the presence of a new information service is detected. A list of new services is then displayed...
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6460180 |
Enabling and/or disabling selected types of broadcast triggers
Information from an information resource may be displayed with television video in a synchronized fashion. A trigger, broadcast along with the television video, identifies the resource and...
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6437836 |
Extended functionally remote control system and method therefore
An extended functionality remote control (EFRC) provides a hardware/software implementation of an integrated interface for remote control emulation. A PDA or other portable computing device is used...
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6426779 |
Method and apparatus for providing favorite station and programming information in a multiple station broadcast system
An innovative but easy line guide is provided to provide the user of a multiple channel television broadcast system a wealth of programming information in a simple format that is easy to...
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6425129 |
Channel preview with rate dependent channel information
Channel information is displayed for a user in improved fashion by adjusting the amount of information according to the rate with which the user previews channels. For example, at a first rate of...
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6421828 |
Program guide display controller and television receiver
A cursor can be moved quickly between program guides which are adapted to contents set by a user on a program guide screen. There are provided a display control unit for displaying a plurality of...
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6419137 |
Video clip program guide
A system interactively controlled by a TV viewer remote control transmitter displays, on demand by the viewer and on the viewer's display screen, descriptive data and a video clip related to a...
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6414720 |
Digital broadcasting system using virtual channels
A digital broadcasting system capable of causing any of physical channels selected by a broadcaster to be received as one of the channels available to users which is different from the physical...
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6407779 |
Method and apparatus for an intuitive universal remote control system
The present invention discloses a novel universal remote control system. Specifically, the remote control system according to the present invention provides the following features: bidirectional...
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6405372 |
Method for updating electronic program guide information and device thereof in a digital TV receiver
A device for updating EPG information in a digital TV receiver having a first tuner and a second tuner while viewing a channel selected by the first tuner, including first and second IF modules...
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6405371 |
Navigating through television programs
A method of navigating through television programs is disclosed. A television receiver displays a mosaic image with sub-images representing the available programs. The receiver further receives an...
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6400408 |
Television signal processing device having a data block address memory for autonously determining television program information
A television signal processing device ( 12 ) for receiving and processing a television signal (F) and an information signal (I) which contains television program information (FPI) about future...
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6397386 |
Decimation method for providing pig windows
A decimation system and method for providing video data to a PIG window in an EPG environment. In one embodiment, the system includes an EPG system having a picture in guide window, a tuner to...
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6388714 |
Interactive computer system for providing television schedule information
The present invention provides systems and methods for providing television schedule and/or listing information to a viewer, and for allowing the viewer to link, search, select and interact with...
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6388715 |
Television receiver
A television receiver with an electronic program guide (EPG) is disclosed, which allows a user to navigate through an overview of scheduled television programs each belonging to one of a plurality...
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6384869 |
Channel scan function and method of displaying scanned channels
A method and structure is capable of scanning through available programs on a display screen and selectively displaying the most recently scanned programs in a spiral formation on the display...
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6380984 |
Digital television broadcast receiving apparatus
A decoder has a DRAM used as a work area in processing such as decompression and an MPEG decoder including an OSD processing unit. The MPEG decoder has a function to decompress data completing MPEG...
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6366326 |
System for acquiring, processing, and storing video data and program guides transmitted in different coding formats
A receiver system automatically adaptively tunes to broadcast signals that are variable in the number of channels that are transmitted, their signal coding type and their modulation format. A...
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6359636 |
Graphical user interface for control of a home entertainment system
An entertainment system has a personal computer as the heart of the system with a large screen VGA quality monitor as the display of choice. The system has digital satellite broadcast reception,...
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6347400 |
Receiving apparatus and display control method
A time display bar is displayed in a purchasing picture, and an elapsed time indication bar for indicating an elapsed broadcast time of a selected PPV program with respect to its total broadcast...
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6341195 |
Apparatus and methods for a television on-screen guide
Apparatus and methods are provided for a television guide. In one embodiment the apparatus includes a device for comparing a current time with at least one stored time period for extracting...
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6326982 |
Method and apparatus for automatically accessing web pages based on television programming information
A client system and a dedicated server are provided, the client system having an internet module providing communication with the server, a television tuner operative to receive a plurality of...
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6312336 |
Electronic game guide system
A gaming guide method including providing first gaming guide information from a television network and second gaming guide information from a computer based communication network, and displaying...
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6305018 |
Electronic content guide system and electronic content guide displaying method
It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic program guide system and an electronic program guide displaying method that allow a desired program to be selected in a short time...
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6305016 |
Systems and methods for displaying information with a perceived partial transparency over a television program
A system interactively controlled by a TV viewer remote superimposes portions of a scroll program guide over a basic programming signal for display on the viewer's display screen. A tuner has an...
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6289170 |
Video device with an electronic program guide decoder
A reproducing device provided with at least a reproduction apparatus and a decoding apparatus with decoding transmitted electronic program guide data is provided, and includes a switcher for...
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6286141 |
Personal editing system
A personal editing apparatus and method allowing a user to enter program selection criteria and based on those criteria, and received extended data, display personalized programming information to...
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6271886 |
Information transmitting unit and the method, information receiving unit and the method, and medium for the same
The contents authoring unit classifies a program information into any one of the "information effective only in viewing", the information effective only in recording/reproducing, and the...
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6271893 |
Digital television broadcasting system
A digital television transmitter transmits a transport stream (hereinafter referred to as "TS") comprising content data for a plurality of channels to receivers. In the transmitter, program...
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6263501 |
Systems and methods for linking television viewers with advertisers and broadcasters
The present invention provides systems and methods for providing television schedule information to a viewer, and for allowing the viewer to link, search, select and interact with information in a...
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6260192 |
Filtering system based on pattern of usage
An internet on-demand system for television presents internet content and traditional television programming as part of a single coherent interface. The system includes a server and a client...
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6243145 |
Method and apparatus for browsing television channel information by category
A cable television system (100) includes a display (235) for displaying program information, a terminal (120) for controlling the presentation of the program information, a memory (240) for storing...
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6212680 |
Multi-channel electronic programming guide and soft picture-in-picture acquisition for use with digital television
Multi-channel Electronic Program Guide acquisition and soft picture-in-picture system for use with digital television receiver. The digital television receiver uses its central processing unit...
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6208384 |
Methods and systems for providing information to a television using a personal computer
A personal computer is used to download and process auxiliary services which are intended for a television. Accordingly, information is provided to a television using a personal computer, so that...
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6182287 |
Preferred service management system for a multimedia video decoder
A video decoder provides an interface enabling a User to create, manage and maintain favorite service lists for facilitating User navigation through a complex array of multimedia services. The...
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6177931 |
Systems and methods for displaying and recording control interface with television programs, video, advertising information and program scheduling information
The present invention is an improvement over previous Electronic Programming Guides ("EPG") in that it provides, among other things: Improved viewer interaction capabilities with the EPG; improved...
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