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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. 12, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas R. Lemmons, Sand Springs, OK (US);
Assignee:
Prevue Networks, Inc., Tulsa, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/445 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/445 ;
Abstract
An interactive television program guide system is provided in which a user may inform a program guide of the user's interests. Information on the user's interests may be stored in a preference profile. There may be more than one preference profile, each for a different user. Each preference profile contains a number of preference attributes (program titles, genres, viewing times, channels, actors, etc.). A color is associated with each preference attribute. The user is thus able to view the program listing and quickly identify programs of interest by the associated colors in the display.