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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2013
Thomson Licensing, Issy les Moulineaux, FR;
Benjamin Vondersaar, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Thomson Licensing, Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR;
Abstract
A pseudo-interactive program guide over a local network is described. One embodiment includes generating () a plurality views of a program guide corresponding to pictures of a portion of the content in the program guide, transmitting () a first view of the program guide on a first channel, and transmitting () a second view of the program guide on a second channel. Another embodiment includes receiving () a first channel broadcast over a local network in response to a first user input, the first channel including a program stream containing a view corresponding to a picture of a first portion of content in a program guide, and receiving () a second channel in response to a second user input, the second channel including a program stream containing a view corresponding to a picture of a second portion of content in a program guide, the second portion being different from the first portion.