Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.p.

Ikonic Interactive, Inc.

James E Granger

Nicolas Peck

Robert May

Henry Hsu

Craig Davis Cuttner

Robert M Zitter

Elizabeth B Flanagan

Kevin C Dowdell

John K Billock

Bruce E Probst

Marc D Rosenberg

Debra R Smul

Michael S Pontecorvo

Dennis P Wilkinson

Robert I Martin

Robert I M Martin

Rohn J Miller

A telecasting service is provided that offers video programs upon viewer demand, and which includes an interactive interface for facilitating viewer selection of video programs. The interactive interface allows the viewer to scan through a list of video programs available on the demand telecasting service. The interactive interface also provides the viewer with still images, full-motion previews, and textual descriptions of the available programs. The demand telecasting service distinguishes subscribers from non-subscribers, and provides an interactive facility for allowing non-subscribers to subscribe to the system.

Telecasting service for providing video programs on demand with an interactive interface for facilitating viewer selection of video programs

Telecasting service for providing video programs on demand with an

A user interface provides for accessing a large database of information using both browsing and searching behaviors. The database is hierarchically arranged using matrices containing cells, individual cells in the matrices associated with matrices in lower levels of the database. A viewer may browse the database by using commands that designate cells of interest, and viewing previews of such cells, and topically related cells, and selecting cells for retrieval. The viewer can navigate through the matrices of the database, each time further narrowing the range of cells viewing previews and selecting for retrieval. The user interface further provides for a user-configured matrix in which the user can place a variety of cells from anywhere in the database, allowing rapid access to and retrieval of frequently accessed cells.

Multimedia matrix architecture user interface

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Corte Madera, CA, United States of America

James E Granger