Rovi Guides, Inc.

United Video Properties, Inc.

Ods Properties, Inc.

Toby DeWeese

Michael D Ellis

David M Berezowski

M Scott Reichardt

Bryan Mitchell Drummond

Edward Bruce Knudson

Kenneth F Carpenter, Jr

Johnny B Corvin

Jeffrey B Rush

William L Thomas

Masood Garahi

Pamela L McKissick

Charles B Ammann

Constance Fabian-Isaacs

Robert H McCoy

Peter C Boylan, Iii

Sean S Moore

Daniel I Lumley

Jeff Tomlins

Constance Fabian-Issacs

A user speech interface for interactive media guidance applications, such as television program guides, guides for audio services, guides for video-on-demand (VOD) services, guides for personal video recorders (PVRs), or other suitable guidance applications is provided. Voice commands may be received from a user and guidance activities may be performed in response to the voice commands.

User speech interfaces for interactive media guidance applications

An interactive television application with mosaic browsing is provided. Selectable cells that may be associated with entities are used to display information corresponding to the entities. Information may include brand marks such as logos or any other suitable entity identifier. A cell may be in focus or it may not be in focus. When a cell is in focus the information displayed in the cell may be different than the information displayed when the cell is not in focus. Users may navigate among cells. The cells may be grouped into regions based on, for example, their association with similar entities.

Interactive television application with navigable cells and regions

Systems and methods for providing audio-based guidance features are provided. A guidance application may provide listings displays having listings for audio-friendly content. The listings may be indicated as listings for audio-friendly content. The guidance application may provide displays dedicated to listings for audio-friendly content. The guidance application provides audio-prompts describing display screens. The guidance application may determine a user's identity from a voice command and provide personalized guidance features.

Systems and methods for providing audio-based guidance

A television chat system is provided that allows television viewers to engage in real-time communications in chat groups with other television viewers while watching television. Users of the television chat system may engage in real-time communications with other users who are currently watching the same television program or channel. The system allows real-time communications in a chat group to be transmitted between users at user television equipment devices via a television distribution facility. The television chat system of the present invention permits users to join chat groups related to television programs, channels, or categories of programs that the user may be interested in. Real-time communications may be textual messages, audio communications, or video communications.

Television chat system

Systems and methods for providing an interactive display having indicators of video-on-demand programs are described. The systems and methods select indicators for inclusion in the interactive display according to a promotional selection algorithm.

Promotional philosophy for a video-on-demand-related interactive display within an interactive television application

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Tulsa, OK, United States of America

Toby DeWeese