Intel Corporation

Gregory D Buscheck

Anthony Alexander Shah-Nazaroff

Jean M Goldschmidt Iki

Christopher D Williams

Kenneth Alan Moore

David N Hackson

Michael Lee Harvey

A method and apparatus for selecting a version of an entertainment program based on user preference includes receiving entertainment programming input, identifying multiple available versions of an entertainment program, identifying, for each of the multiple versions, a set of descriptive information regarding the respective version, accessing user preferences, and selecting one of the multiple versions for display based on a comparison of the descriptive information to the user preferences.

Method and apparatus for selecting a version of an entertainment program based on user preferences

A method and apparatus for displaying differences in the characteristics of multiple versions of an entertainment program includes receiving entertainment programming input, identifying multiple versions of an available entertainment program, identifying, for each of the multiple versions, a set of descriptive information regarding the respective version, the descriptive information comprising a plurality of characteristics of the respective version, identifying the differences in characteristics between the multiple versions displaying the differences in characteristics between the multiple versions to a user.

Method and apparatus for displaying differences in the characteristics of multiple versions of an entertainment program

A method for managing entertainment system data includes obtaining a record corresponding to a first entertainment selection that is selected. A selectable identifier corresponding to a first set of entertainment system data in the record is presented on a display device. A search for a second entertainment selection having a corresponding second set of entertainment system data related to the first set of entertainment system data is performed when the selectable identifier is selected. A result of the search is presented on the display device.

Method and apparatus for searching through an electronic programming guide

A method and apparatus for selecting a version of an entertainment program based on user preference includes receiving entertainment programing input, identifying multiple available versions of an entertainment program, identifying, for each of the multiple versions, a set of descriptive information regarding the respective version, accessing user preferences, and selecting one of the multiple versions for display based on a comparison of the descriptive information to the user preferences.

A method and apparatus for controlling the operation of electronic entertainment devices in an entertainment system is described herein. A hardware system is coupled to a plurality of electronic entertainment devices to receive and transmit audio-video signals Transmit logic is coupled through a digital computer interface, preferably a SCSI interface, to the hardware system. The transmit logic has a plurality of ports and a memory associated with each port for storing control data sequences for each respective port. Each portis independently addressable by the hardware system A plurality of transmitters, each coupled to a respective one of the transmit logic ports transmits the respective store; control data sequences to respective ones of the electronic devices. In a preferred embodiment, the hardware system has a microprocessor, user interface and system memory and the transmitters are infrared light transmitters, one of which is a blaster transmitter for transmitting control data sequences simultaneously in multiple directions.

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Gregory D Buscheck