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Scientific-atlanta, Inc.

Cisco Technology, Inc.

Robert T Van Orden

Arturo A Rodriguez

Robert O Banker

Dean F Jerding

Bindu Crandall

John Murray Schlarb

Sashi Goel

Timothy Hall Addington

Valerie Grew Gutknecht

Bryce G Rutter

Geoffrey Granville Hammett

John Eric West

Donald H Bowen

Michael D Prstojevich

David I Chang

Timothy A Addington

Valerie Grew Gutnecht

Charles K Fincher

The present invention provides a method and system for accessing services in a television system. In one implementation, a DHCT presents a user a menu containing a plurality of selectable link representations corresponding to separate services or applications offered by the cable television system. The user navigates the menu with a remote device and selects a desired service by choosing the selectable link representation corresponding to the desired service or application. The DHCT receives the user input, translates the selectable link command into an executable call, and activates the service or application corresponding to the selected link representation from the menu chosen by the user.

Hypertext service guide menu display

Configuration of presentations of selectable TV services according to usage

User input for access to television services

The present invention provides a method for an interactive media services system to provide media to a user through an interactive media services client device. The client device is coupled to a programmable media services server device. The method includes the step of implementing an interactive media guide. Additionally, the client device is implemented to present the interactive media guide to the user. A system operator is provided an interface to the programmable media services server. Control options are provided within the interface to allow the system operator to configure a plurality of rental options available to the user. Finally the interactive media service system is implemented such that the plurality of rental options can be executed by the user in a requested active media session.

Video on demand system with dynamic enablement of random-access functionality

Video on demand system with selectable options of configurable random-access control

Navigation paradigm for access to television services

A media system including memory to store media information that characterizes the media and a processor configured by the memory to provide a user interface to enable a user to define a media presentation from the media information. The processor is configured by the memory to continually and automatically segue media stream changes among a plurality of the media streams containing the media to present the user defined media presentation.

System and method for providing user-defined media presentations

Video on demand system with parameter-controlled bandwidth deallocation

Hand-held remote control

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Norcross, GA, United States of America

Robert T Van Orden