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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
May. 02, 2002
Applicants:
Stuart Ozer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Wei Wei Ada Cho, Mountain View, CA (US);
Warren Neal Thornthwaite, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Stuart Ozer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Wei Wei Ada Cho, Mountain View, CA (US);
Warren Neal Thornthwaite, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/445 (2011.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/76 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A media planner displays descriptors that represent programs that are scheduled for broadcast on tiles according to a layout. The layout arranges the tiles according to a day and a day part based on a scheduled broadcast date and time associated with a program.