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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
May. 29, 2001
Chris M. White, San Francisco, CA (US);
Timo Bruck, Mountain View, CA (US);
Lee Mighdoll, San Francisco, CA (US);
Phillip Y. Goldman, Los Altos, CA (US);
Chris M. White, San Francisco, CA (US);
Timo Bruck, Mountain View, CA (US);
Lee Mighdoll, San Francisco, CA (US);
Phillip Y. Goldman, Los Altos, CA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An entertainment head-end provides broadcast programming, video-on-demand services, and HTML-based interactive programming through a distribution network to client terminals in subscribers' homes. A number of different features are provided, including novel user interfaces, enhanced video-on-demand controls, a variety of interactive services (personalized news, jukebox, games, celebrity chat), and techniques that combine to provide user experiences evocative of conventional television.