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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1997
John K. Billock, Greenwich, CT (US);
Craig D. Cuttner, Norwalk, CT (US);
Kevin C. Dowdell, New York, NY (US);
Elizabeth B. Flanagan, Westfield, NJ (US);
James E. Granger, Corte Madera, CA (US);
Henry C. Hsu, Port Washington, NY (US);
Robert I. M. Martin, New York, NY (US);
Robert May, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nicolas Peck, Millvalley, CA (US);
Michael S. Pontecorvo, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bruce E. Probst, Croton On Hudson, NY (US);
Marc D. Rosenberg, New York, NY (US);
Debra R. Smul, New York, NY (US);
Dennis P. Wilkinson, Old Greenwich, CT (US);
Robert M. Zitter, Stamford, CT (US);
Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A telecasting service is provided that offers video programs upon viewer demand, and which includes an interactive interface for facilitating viewer selection of video programs. The interactive interface allows the viewer to scan through a list of video programs available on the demand telecasting service. The interactive interface also provides the viewer with still images, full-motion previews, and textual descriptions of the available programs. The demand telecasting service distinguishes subscribers from non-subscribers, and provides an interactive facility for allowing non-subscribers to subscribe to the system.