Keen Personal Media, Inc.

George B Hefner

L Jeffrey Kapner, Iii

A client terminal connectable to a video distribution system (VDS) and a display device. The VDS provides program guide information to create a program guide that includes program guide entries for subscribed channels and non-subscribed channels. The client terminal includes a video distribution system interface to receive the program guide information, a display interface to display the program guide on the display device, a user interface to receive user input, and a terminal controller responsive to a subscription control program. In response to user input, the terminal controller selects a program guide entry. If the selected program guide entry is for a non-subscribed channel, the user is queried as to whether the user would like to subscribe to the selected channel. In response to user input indicating that the user would like to subscribe to the selected channel, a subscription request for the selected channel is transmitted to the VDS.

Client terminal for providing channel subscription from a program guide

A client terminal connectable to a video distribution system (VDS) and a display device. The VDS provides program guide information to create a program guide that includes program guide entries for subscribed channels and non-subscribed channels which is displayed on the display device. The client terminal includes a terminal controller responsive to a subscription control program that selects a program guide entry in response to user input. If the selected program guide entry is for a non-subscribed channel, the terminal controller responsive to the subscription control program selects a bundle of channels based upon a subscription matrix for the user, the selected program guide entry, and the available bundles of channels for subscription, and transmits the subscription request for the selected bundle of channels to the VDS.

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Las Flores, CA, United States of America

George B Hefner