Tvworks, LLC

Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC

Georgia Gibbs

Samuel Moreau

John Carney

David De Andrade

Donald Ahrens

Darrell Haber

Don Ahrnes

Kathryn Jaroneski

Christine Hirsch

A user interface allows for blending of television program choices from which a viewer may select, the blending representing options for linear and non-linear programming presented together within a single hierarchy of a designated category. The blending may further include managed content relevant to the designated category, where desired. Such designated categories may include television programming categories and/or content categories. The options for linear and non-linear programming may be presented together within a single screen of the user interface.

Causing display of user-selectable content types

System and method for blending linear content, non-linear content, or managed content

System and method for blending linear content, non-linear content or managed content

System and method for construction, delivery and display of iTV applications that blend programming information of on-demand and broadcast service offerings

A user interface arranged as hierarchical grid of tiles configurable to be individually and dynamically programmed for both content type and content placement according to a set of rules defining content placement and display specified by a content controller.

Graphically rich, modular, promotional tile interface for interactive television

An interface for an interactive television application includes a graphical representation of a channel changing apparatus and is configured such that in response to a channel change request a channel change event limited to a channel change within a designated family of television channels is initiated. The graphical element may be labeled so as to indicate the presently viewed family of television channels. In various embodiment, the channel content may be scaled to fit within a window or may be full screen, in which latter case the interface may be overlaid on top of the full screen video. In one example, the graphical representation of the channel changing apparatus resembles a pair of channel up/down buttons.

Channel family surf control

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Fairfax, CA, United States of America

Georgia Gibbs