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US20080184310 |
Interactive program guide systems and processes
Interactive program guide systems and related processes are provided which can automatically tune a television, or program a VCR, based on program selections made from program schedule information... |
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US20100180304 |
ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE WITH SUPPORT FOR RICH PROGRAM CONTENT
An electronic program guide that assists a user to navigate through a variety of digital and analog feeds made available by digital television technology is provided. Features such as allowing the... |
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US20090158339 |
CONFIGURABLE OPTIONS FOR ACCESSIBLE ON-DEMAND INFORMATION
A method for providing a television service enhancement includes receiving a first user input requesting a television service, providing the user with an option to receive an enhancement to the... |
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US20140245354 |
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO-RICH NAVIGATION
Methods and systems are disclosed that provide a user with efficient video-rich navigation (VRN) of media assets in an interactive media guidance application, such as an interactive program guide.... |
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US20140053202 |
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING PROGRAMMING ON A TELEVISION
A method, system, and executable instructions are provided that receive from a network accessible content provider, electronic program guide (“EPG”) information, the EPG information comprising,... |
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US20130247103 |
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING MEDIA ASSETS FOR DISPLAY IN A SCREEN OF AN INTERACTIVE MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATION
A method and system of selecting assets for display in an interactive media guidance application includes receiving a user input indicating interest in a media item; generating a list of media... |
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US20110138422 |
TECHNIQUES FOR DISPLAYING DATA BASED ON CHARACTERISTICS OF A DISPLAY DEVICE
A method of selecting a portion of a block of data for display based on characteristics of a display device. The method comprises several steps. In the first step, a block of Electronic Program... |
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US20100154002 |
SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING TELEVISION PROGRAM DATA
A system for collecting program data from television systems is provided. The program data is collected at a main facility that distributes the program data to television distribution facilities... |
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US20050204388 |
Series reminders and series recording from an interactive television program guide
An interactive television program guide system with program series reminder and recording capabilities is provided. The system allows a user to set a reminder or schedule a recording for a single... |
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US20080134245 |
Portable video programs
A method for providing portable delivery of television programs using a portable wireless device (PWD) involves receiving an instruction transmitted from the PWD at a television receiver system,... |
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US20050138656 |
Interactive television program guide with enhanced user interface
An enhanced program guide interface is provided. The interface may use colors and other display characteristics, and may provide navigational interface elements, and other displays, to enhance the... |
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US20120260290 |
USER INTERFACE FOR AUDIO VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE SUCH AS TV
For a graphical user interface (GUI) for an audio video display device (AVDD) showing plural content information panels arranged in a grid, each content panel belongs to a respective category,... |
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US20100223644 |
Program guide optimization system
A method and system of optimizing strings comprised in program guide data for transmission is described. The method includes sharing, in the program guide data, a plurality of strings, each string... |
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US20090193467 |
PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR BROADCAST AND BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES
The present invention provides methods and systems for accessing services in a television system. In one embodiment, a DHCT presents a subscriber an EPG presentation containing a plurality of... |
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US20090144775 |
CLIENT AND SERVER SYSTEM
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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US20060112408 |
Displaying data associated with a data item
An assistance method for selecting a program using a display device (112) is disclosed. The method (1200) selects one or more attributes associated with a first program, the one or more attributes... |
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US20050076361 |
Method of displaying EPG information using mini-map
A method of classifying programs by features and representing the classified programs corresponding to the classification selected by a user as a program guide using a mini-map. The method of... |
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US20160142786 |
TELEVISION CONTROL INTERFACE WITH ELECTRONIC GUIDE
An on-screen menu method and system for controlling the functions of integrated electronic devices and a television schedule system and method for displaying television schedule information on a... |
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US20090070819 |
METHOD FOR SCHEDULING CONTENT ITEMS AND TELEVISION SYSTEM WITH AIDED CONTENT SELECTION
In a system for scheduling content items accessible to a receiver having a processor (120), at least one type of memory (150, 160, 170) bi-directionally connected to the processor (120), a data... |
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US20050086691 |
Interactive program banners providing program segment information
Interactive program guides and interactive program banners are enhanced through the use of individual program segment metadata that provides descriptive and timing information for individual... |
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US20050086689 |
Interactive program guides providing program segment information
Interactive program guides and interactive program banners are enhanced through the use of individual program segment metadata that provides descriptive and timing information for individual... |
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US20070300256 |
Techniques to manage an electronic program guide
Techniques to manage an electronic program guide may be described. An apparatus may include a display to display an electronic program guide comprising a dynamic scaling grid. The apparatus may... |
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US20060026641 |
Methods and systems for integrating provisional services in an electronic program guide environment
Methods and systems that enable users to find and view programs are described. In one embodiment, a user can access programs within a particular program type in an electronic program guide and... |
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US20050177850 |
Interactive television system with programming-related links
An interactive television system with programming-related links is provided. The system may include user television equipment on which interactive program guide and non-program-guide applications... |
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US20050193337 |
Method and apparatus for adjusting font size in an electronic program guide display
A method and apparatus for adjusting font size in an electronic program guide display are provided. A multiple channel broadcasting system generates an electronic program guide identifying... |
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US20110126235 |
Program guide optimization system
A method and system of optimizing strings comprised in program guide data for transmission is described. The method includes sharing, in the program guide data, a plurality of strings, each string... |
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US20090249400 |
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ON-DEMAND MEDIA CONTENT
A media guidance application having a media content search function is implemented on a plurality of user equipment devices. Search-related communications from users are received and analyzed to... |
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US20090125943 |
Program guide optimization system
A method and system of optimizing strings comprised in program guide data for transmission is described. The method includes sharing, in the program guide data, a plurality of strings, each string... |
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US20070107014 |
Glanceable information system and method
An apparatus, system, and method are related to navigating through content on a device that includes stored information that is organized according to channels. Content that is associated with the... |
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US20070079333 |
Information processing method using electronic guide information and apparatus thereof
To collect user preference information at a high accuracy, information processing is carried out corresponding to information such as keyword, weighting, content title and the like of user... |
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US20060041926 |
Voice control of multimedia content
Techniques are described for managing various types of content in various ways, such as based on voice commands or other voice-based control instructions provided by a user. In some situations, at... |
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US20050097601 |
Quick EPG navigation
An implementation, described herein, provides a highly discoverable mechanism for the user to quickly look-ahead in the EPG grid while still using the familiar and intuitive scroll-forward... |
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US20120297421 |
DISPLAY APPARATUS CONNECTED TO PLURAL SOURCE DEVICES AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME
A method of controlling a display apparatus connected to plural source devices. The method includes receiving first metadata corresponding to contents to be displayed on the display apparatus from... |
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US20110167452 |
INTERACTIVE TELEVISION SYSTEM WITH TEMPLATES FOR MANAGING VENDOR-SPECIFIC VIDEO-ON-DEMAND CONTENT
An interactive television system is provided in which a user can use an interactive television application to access and request media-on-demand programming from one or more specific vendors. The... |
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US20090158337 |
MOSAIC VIDEO CONTENT SELECTION MECHANISM
Mechanisms are provided for allowing a user to dynamically obtain program guide data and select video content in an efficient and effective manner. A guide generator is configured to obtain... |
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US20070136750 |
Active preview for media items
An active preview is played while navigating media items. The active preview automatically provides a user with more information about the media item such that they may more easily determine its... |
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US20050028200 |
Media content navigation associated advertising
In an implementation of media content navigation associated advertising, media content is rendered which can include a program and/or audio. When a media content navigation input is received, a... |
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US20090235312 |
Targeted content with broadcast material
User end communication apparatus for managing broadcast channel input within a user end environment, comprises: a channel probe for obtaining channel context data from a stream at least passing... |
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US20060136964 |
Systems and methods for delivering content over a network
A content delivery system that uses a graphical user interface to introduce users to and allow them to select from available content. A game delivery system that uses game players, such as... |
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US20140317660 |
ENABLING INTERACTION BETWEEN SOCIAL NETWORK USERS DURING SYNCHRONOUS DISPLAY OF VIDEO CHANNEL
The current subject matter describes displaying multimedia data on a graphical user interface of a user device (for example, a smart television set) during a display of a video channel in... |
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US20120144426 |
DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTENTS SEARCHING METHOD
A display apparatus includes a display unit which displays contents; and a integrated searching unit which displays a recommended search word related to current contents displayed on the display... |
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US20090187947 |
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DISTRIBUTED MEDIA FILES
There is disclosed a media file distribution system and method. An asset management and delivery system and method for the distribution of digital files and data is provided. There are two major... |
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US20080282291 |
TV content search system and method with multi-field search and display
A search based TV interface system and method is disclosed. Search results are dynamically displayed based on search parameters and/or time. A dynamically adjusted grid may be provided which... |
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US20050289593 |
Method and system for displaying and selecting content of an electronic program guide
A method of presenting an interactive electronic program guide (EPG) in a hierarchal data form which interactively allows users to find content more quickly. Search results of the EPG are stored... |
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US20050240965 |
Interactive media program guide
An interactive media programming guide for displaying a plurality of pictorial icons to a viewer indicating to the viewer, orally or visually, using well known icons, what programming content is... |
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US20080141306 |
METHOD OF SENDING MEDIA PROGRAM INFORMATION TO A SUBSCRIBER AND NODES THEREFOR
A method and nodes are introduced to allow pushing from a network towards an IP television (IPTV) terminal an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) in an optimized manner. An IPTV server stores a... |
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US20070300258 |
Methods and systems for providing media assets over a network
The invention relates to methods and apparatus for providing media assets over a network. First metadata corresponding to a first video asset is generated. The first metadata includes text... |
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US20070162936 |
INTERACTIVE MAIN MENU GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE SYSTEMS AND METHODS
In one of many possible examples, a system includes a media content processing subsystem configured to display an interactive main menu graphical user interface having at least a first viewing... |
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US20050044570 |
Caching data from multiple channels simultaneously
Methods and systems for caching data from multiple channels simultaneously. Data specifying a set of channels and a prioritization of the set of channels is received. Channels from the set of... |
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US20090241146 |
THREE-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRONIC PROGRAMMING GUIDE PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD
An electronic programming guide (EPG) providing apparatus and method, in which an EPG is configured as a 3D form to facilitate a search for broadcasting program information included in the EPG.... |