Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.p.

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Mike L LaJoie

Joseph G Buehl

Ralph William Brown

Stephen M Johnson

Haig H Krakirian

Timothy Hall Addington

Darryl Lanay DeFreese

A system and method are provided for providing a full service cable television system. The cable system incorporates a digital and analog transmission architecture capable of delivering a high number of high quality television programs, advanced cable services, and online services to a subscriber's home. The cable system comprises a cable headend, at least one fiber transport, at least one distribution hub, at least one hybrid fiber coax plant, and a plurality of set-top terminals. Programs and services are transmitted to the set-top terminals in both digital and analog formats to maintain downward compatibility with existing systems. The set-top terminal incorporates a central processing unit, a unified memory architecture, a memory management unit, communications circuitry, I/O control circuitry, and audio and video output circuitry. Through these components the set-top terminal provides advanced cable services such as a comprehensive channel navigator, an interactive program guide, Impulse Pay-Per-View activation, Near-Video-On-Demand and Video-On-Demand programming, and advanced configuration controls. The set-top terminal also provides online services such as World Wide Web browsing, Internet E-Mail, and Home Shopping.

Interactive program guide for designating information on an interactive program guide display

System and method for providing a full service television system

Inter-active program guide with default selection control

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Sherman Oaks, CA, United States of America

Mike L LaJoie