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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2002
Donald F. Gordon, Los Altos, CA (US);
Sadik Bayrakeri, Foster City, CA (US);
Edward A. Ludvig, Redwood City, CA (US);
Eugene Gershtein, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Jeremy S. Edmonds, Castro Valley, CA (US);
John P. Comito, Redwood City, CA (US);
Donald F. Gordon, Los Altos, CA (US);
Sadik Bayrakeri, Foster City, CA (US);
Edward A. Ludvig, Redwood City, CA (US);
Eugene Gershtein, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Jeremy S. Edmonds, Castro Valley, CA (US);
John P. Comito, Redwood City, CA (US);
Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Methods for slice-based encoding of program guides and user interfaces are disclosed. The program guides include multiple video streams for picture-in-picture and other applications. A method for encoding the program guide includes encoding a first set of slices for each of a plurality of graphics pages; and encoding a second set of slices for each of a plurality of video streams. The user interfaces are multi-functional and may be used for electronic commerce and other applications. A method of generating the user interface includes encoding a set of slices for each of a plurality of objects, each object being characterized by an identity, at least one attribute, and at least one operation. In one embodiment of this method, the plurality of objects include an electronic commerce object, where the electronic commerce object is attributed with a first hyper text markup language (HTML) page.