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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2003
Thomas R Lemmons, Sand Springs, OK (US);
Donald W Allison, Tulsa, OK (US);
Jerry D Henshaw, Tulsa, OK (US);
Connie T Marshall, Muskogee, OK (US);
Thomas R Lemmons, Sand Springs, OK (US);
Donald W Allison, Tulsa, OK (US);
Jerry D Henshaw, Tulsa, OK (US);
Connie T Marshall, Muskogee, OK (US);
United Video Properties, Inc., Tulsa, OK (US);
Abstract
Interactive program guide systems and related processes are provided which can automatically tune a television, or program a VCR, based on program selections made from program schedule information displayed on a television or other suitable video monitor. The interactive program guide is preferably implemented using a microprocessor-controlled set-top box that is coupled to the viewer's television set. The set-top box receives program schedule information and software from a headend telecasting center. Preferably, program schedule information for the current day and at least six subsequent days is stored in a memory within the set-top box. The interactive program guide provides a display mode for allowing the viewer to apply a restrictive search selection criterion and a nonrestrictive sort attribute to the program schedule information.