Gemstar Developement Corporation

Index Systems, Inc.

Rovi Guides, Inc.

E Guide, Inc.

Videoguide, Inc.

38 Studios, LLC

Douglas B Macrae

Kenneth S Hancock

Thomas E Westberg

Thomas Edward Ward, Iii

Thomas E Ward

Henry C Yuen

Jonathan B Orlick

Stephen R Dias

Elsie Y Leung

Arthur Y Ng

Ronald Alexander

Jonathon Sutton

P Christopher Shoaff

Shawn P O'Neil

Thomas Edward Ward

Peter Christopher Schoaff

Roy J Mankovitz

Daniel S Kwoh

Zafar D Khan

Eric Shalkey

Ted Nesson

Wensdy Whitehead

Shawn O'Neil

Ken Hancock

Jacques Hugon

John O'Keefe

Jon Sutton

P Christopher Schoaff

Art Ng

Steve Dias

Tom Westberg

Sean O'Neil

Shawn O'neil

James A Rallis

Thomas Edward Iii Ward

Ron Alexander

The present invention is directed to a television schedule guide which includes a detector for determining whether a previously scrambled program is unscrambled. If a previously scrambled program is momentarily unscrambled or scrambled due to promotional efforts by the program provider, the system will visually distinguish the program on the guide, and a viewer may tune to or record the program from the guide. The view may also subscribe to the program provider through the guide during the promotional period.

Premium channel promotion system and method

The present invention is directed to a television schedule guide which includes a detector for determining whether a previously scrambled program is unscrambled. If a previously scrambled program is momentarily unscrambled due to promotional efforts by the program provider, the system will visually distinguish the program on the guide, and a viewer may tune to or record the program from the guide. The view may also subscribe to the program provider through the guide during the promotional period.

A system and method for utilizing data stored in an EPG database for modifying advertisement information. In this way, a service provider and/or an advertiser can transmit a single advertisement to all the television stations regardless of their geographic location and other user specific information, and need not re-transmit the advertisement even if there is a change in the show's program description. When the advertisement is displayed, the correct updated information is retrieved from the EPG database and inserted into the advertisement. In one aspect, the present invention describes a method for modifying an advertisement in an EPG comprising the steps of: storing television schedule information in a first database; storing advertisement information in a second database; incorporating a portion of the television schedule information into a portion of the advertisement information to form a modified advertisement; and displaying the modified advertisement on a screen.

System and method for modifying advertisement responsive to EPG information

In one embodiment, the present invention is a t-commerce platform, which is linked to the content from a video signal that the user is currently watching. At some point during the broadcast of the content, a close-up of the product is shown. Simultaneous with this, a VBI-based trigger is added to the video signal of the broadcast. This trigger causes the television, a set-top box, or a similar device to capture in a memory, a 'freeze-frame' of the image being shown. This action is transparent to the user while the video being displayed on the television is continuing normally. If the user chooses to perform an interactive 'buy' transaction the saved image data is used as part of the interactive screen display.

Systems and methods for capturing and storing an image related to a media asset

Systems and methods for capturing and storing an advertisement-related video clip

System and method for targeted advertisement display responsive to user characteristics

System and method for displaying advertisements responsive to EPG information

Systems and methods for capturing and storing a product-related video frame

A system and a method of providing a targeted newsletter is provided. The method includes monitoring a game while a game player plays the game on a game computer, collecting game related information, uploading the game related information to a remote server, generating a newsletter on the remote server that is tailored for the game player based on the game related information, and transferring the newsletter to the game player.

System and method for generating targeted newsletters

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Weston, MA, United States of America

Douglas B Macrae