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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:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth S. Singh, Harriman, NY (US);
Richard C. Shen, Leonia, NJ (US);
Sheau B. Ng, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Samuel O. Akiwumi-Assani, Beacon, NY (US);
Alan P. Cavallerano, White Plains, NY (US);
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/45 ; H04N 5/445 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/45 ; H04N 5/445 ;
Abstract
The invention relates in general to a television receiver that is capable of displaying two video programs and an electronic program guide (“EPG”) simultaneously. The EPG is displayed in a first portion of a split screen containing a picture-in-picture (PIP) display. Scanning of the electronic program guide causes different video programs to be displayed in the PIP display while the user is still able to watch the original video program on a second split screen.