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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:
Dec. 08, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 01, 2017
Applicant:

Comcast Interactive Media, Llc, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Inventors:

Thomas Loretan, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Kevin Mercer, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Jill Mclaughlin, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Aparna Ramchandran, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Katherine Inglis, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Arpit Mathur, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Jesse Mullen, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Meredith Kenney, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Dheyvi Velagapudi, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Assignee:

Comcast Interactive Media, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/443 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 16/54 (2019.01); G11B 27/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/8153 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); H04N 21/4438 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); G06F 16/54 (2019.01); G11B 27/34 (2013.01);
Abstract

A program guide, such as an electronic program guide (EPG), may be used to display information regarding upcoming scheduled transmissions of content. The display may include thumbnail images for selected groups of programs, and the images may be positioned in a pseudo-random location, and moved along a randomly generated trajectory on the display.


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