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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:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2002
Applicant:
Carolynn Rae Johnson, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventor:
Carolynn Rae Johnson, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne- Billancourt, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/455 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and a method for processing program guide information are presented. Electronic program guide information is received and stored. A first search criterion from a user for a first type of search is received. The program guide information is searched to find one or more records matching the first type of search. A user instruction is received to convert the first search criterion to a second search criterion for use with a second type of search. The first search criterion is converted for use with the second type of search.