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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:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
George A. Durden, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Paul T. Watson, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Thomas E. Murphy, Atlanta, GA (US);
Harvey L. Chatham, Suwanee, GA (US);
William C. Versteeg, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Assignee:
BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/00 ; H04N 5/445 ; G06F 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/00 ; H04N 5/445 ; G06F 3/00 ;
Abstract
An electronic program guide executing in a set top box provides real-time guide EIT information to users for periods beyond the six hours of conventional systems. Each transport providing information to the set top box contains a predetermined number of hours of full EIT data and a predetermined number of days of sparse EIT data. The sparse EIT data allows users to see information for programming in real time days into the future without having to tune to a different transport.