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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2003
Donald F. Gordon, Los Altos, CA (US);
Edward A. Ludvig, Redwood City, CA (US);
Nathan W. Osborn, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jeremy S. Edmonds, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sadik Bayrakeri, Foster City, CA (US);
Donald F. Gordon, Los Altos, CA (US);
Edward A. Ludvig, Redwood City, CA (US);
Nathan W. Osborn, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jeremy S. Edmonds, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sadik Bayrakeri, Foster City, CA (US);
Sedna Patent Services, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for generating, transmitting and receiving a user interface for an interactive information distribution system. The user interface is generated in a head end of the system as a digital bitstream and transmitted to subscriber equipment for display. Operation of the user interface is facilitated by functions on both a local level within the subscriber equipment and on a system level within the head end. One embodiment of the user interface is an interactive program guide.