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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:
Jul. 08, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2003
Gerald E Bennington, Boulder, CO (US);
George Backer, Littleton, CO (US);
Shawn Green, Littleton, CO (US);
Bill Cooper, Littleton, CO (US);
David Spell, San Diego, CA (US);
Rosetta Rogers, Parker, CO (US);
Bruce Davis, Tualatin, OR (US);
Michael Morris, Downington, PA (US);
Gerald E Bennington, Boulder, CO (US);
George Backer, Littleton, CO (US);
Shawn Green, Littleton, CO (US);
Bill Cooper, Littleton, CO (US);
David Spell, San Diego, CA (US);
Rosetta Rogers, Parker, CO (US);
Bruce Davis, Tualatin, OR (US);
Michael Morris, Downington, PA (US);
United Video Properties, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for displaying promotional information on a display on which program listings information is displayed. In some embodiments, the promotional information and the program listings information may be displayed simultaneously with video for a given television channel. In some embodiments, the program listings information may be program listings information for the given television channel. In some embodiments, the program listings information may be program listings information for channels other than the given television channel. In some embodiments, the promotional information may contain text. In some embodiments, the promotional information may contain graphics. Systems and methods are also provided for displaying for a user video that is accompanied by audio on a display on which program listings are displayed.