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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 18, 2019
Applicant:

Comcast Cable Communications Management, Llc, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Inventors:

Samuel Moreau, Bellevue, WA (US);

Donald Ahrens, San Francisco, CA (US);

Georgia Gibbs, Fairfax, CA (US);

John Carney, Sausalito, CA (US);

David de Andrade, San Anselmo, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/443 (2011.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/478 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/854 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/8545 (2011.01); H04N 5/45 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4438 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04N 5/44543 (2013.01); H04N 5/44591 (2013.01); H04N 21/4312 (2013.01); H04N 21/472 (2013.01); H04N 21/478 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01); H04N 21/854 (2013.01); H04N 21/8545 (2013.01); H04N 5/45 (2013.01);
Abstract

A user interface allows for blending of television program choices from which a viewer may select, the blending representing options for linear and non-linear programming presented together within a single hierarchy of a designated category. The blending may further include managed content relevant to the designated category, where desired. Such designated categories may include television programming categories and/or content categories. The options for linear and non-linear programming may be presented together within a single screen of the user interface.


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