United Video Properties, Inc.

Rovi Guides, Inc.

Joshua A Rosenthol

Michael D Ellis

W Benjamin Herrington

Kevin B Easterbrook

David M Rudnick

Steven Carl Williamson

Robert Alan Knee

David M Berezowski

Steven J Reynolds

William Hein

An interactive television program guide is provided. The interactive television program guide provides a user with the opportunity to select a language for playing television programming and displaying program guide text. Television program audio in the desired language may be obtained from a SAP or digital audio track and played in the selected language. Television related information in the desired language may be obtained from a digital track. If television program audio or related information is not provided in the selected language, the program guide may use a default language. The program guide may coordinate program guide display screen text with languages available for television programs when the programs are broadcast to users.

Interactive television program guide with selectable languages

A hybrid passive-interactive program guide is generated by combining the features of an interactive program guide with the passive video portion of a passive program guide. The interactive guide may replace passive listings with interactive listings, replace passive features with interactive features, provide supplemental advertisements, or replace passive tagging information with interactive tagging information. Users may be provided with an opportunity to purchase a program or product being advertised, to view listings for segments aired in the video portion of the passive guide, to schedule reminders for listings or video segments that are displayed by the passive guide, or to schedule video segments and related information for recording.

Interactive television program guide with passive content

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East Norriton, PA, United States of America

Joshua A Rosenthol