Starsight Telecast Incorporated

Rovi Guides, Inc.

Index Systems, Inc.

Brian Lee Klosterman

Steven Michael Schein

Kenneth Alan Milnes

Sean A O'Brien

Roy J Mankovitz

David P Warden

Kenneth S Hancock

Gordon Chang

Todd Blake

Donald Metzger

Sean A O'brien

Sean Andrew O'brien

Daniel C O'connor

Jacques L Hugon

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 information in a remote database, e.g., a database on the internet. The television schedule and/or listing information can be displayed on a variety of viewer interfaces, such as televisions screens, computer monitors, PCTV screens and the like. The television schedule and/or listing information may be stored on the viewer's computer, television, PCTV, or a remote server (e.g., a website), or the television schedule and/or listing information may be downloaded from a remote database to the viewer's computer, television or PCTV.

Interactive computer system for providing television schedule information

A system and method for displaying an electronic program schedule guide is provided. The system has areas for displaying program schedule information. In addition, the system also has areas that may be used for advertising programs, products or services. In another embodiment, the system has areas for displaying messages to the user.

Information system

Method and system for displaying advertisements in an electronic program guide

The present invention is directed to providing downloadable features, and more particularly to providing these features to identified receiving locations () in a television system (). Features may be desired by the manufacturer for correcting software defects, updating software, or meeting compatibility requirements. Features may also be ordered by consumers who respond to solicitation advertisements () for those features. The data related to the features is compiled and sent from a main location () to multiple receiving locations (and). The data is then stored in a memory () in the identified receiving locations (), and software is used to install or operate the stored feature.

Television system with downloadable features

The present invention provides a tuning scheme for coordinating schedule information and programs received from multiple sources (and). In the preferred embodiment, an identifier associated with the program's channel () is used to identify a source device (or). When a user selects a program (or) listed in displayed schedule information (), the system () reads the source identifier attached to the program's channel (). The system () then carries out an automatic switching/tuning such that the required source device (or) is input to the destination device (), and a tuner is then tuned to the selected program's channel ().

Multi-source switching in a television system displaying source indicators

Multi-source switching in a television system

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San Ramon, CA, United States of America

Brian Lee Klosterman