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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:
Jan. 02, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1999
Dean J. Blackketter, San Francisco, CA (US);
Timothy F. Park, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Daniel J. Zigmond, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sharon F. Glusker, Belmont, CA (US);
John Matheny, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dean J. Blackketter, San Francisco, CA (US);
Timothy F. Park, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Daniel J. Zigmond, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sharon F. Glusker, Belmont, CA (US);
John Matheny, San Francisco, CA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A television receiving system displays an advertisement for a future television program. If the future television program is identified as recordable, the system also displays an option to set a reminder for the advertised program and/or an option to record the advertised program on a video recorder. If a viewer of the advertisement selects the reminder option, then a reminder is programmed in the system. If the viewer selects the record option, then the system automatically programs the video recorder to record the advertised program. If the viewer has established an interactive session during a television advertisement, and has not completed the interactive session when the advertisement ends, then the current television program is paused until the interactive session is completed.