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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
May. 08, 2006
Gerard Kunkel, Yardley, PA (US);
Jon P. Radloff, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Michael D. Ellis, Boulder, CO (US);
Michael L. Craner, Exton, PA (US);
Rajeshwari B. Iyer, Erie, CO (US);
Andrzej Jakubowski, Lakewood, CO (US);
Gerard Kunkel, Yardley, PA (US);
Jon P. Radloff, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Michael D. Ellis, Boulder, CO (US);
Michael L. Craner, Exton, PA (US);
Rajeshwari B. Iyer, Erie, CO (US);
Andrzej Jakubowski, Lakewood, CO (US);
Rovi Guides, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for a video scan are provided. The scan may be dynamically interactive and a function of characteristics of the programs in the scan (e.g., commercial breaks or the end of a program approaching) The scan may simultaneously display multiple scan windows for a plurality of programs, for example in a scan wizard. The scan wizard allows the user to simultaneously view a scan window and an information panel, select criteria for the scan from a criteria panel, and control the scan using a scan control panel. The scan may allow the user to record a program displayed in the scan without interrupting the scan (e.g., by using an additional tuner). The scan may display, within the scan interface, trick-play functions for appropriate scanned programs (e.g., recorded, cached and on-demand programs). The user may select and perform trick-play functions for a scanned program without exiting the scan mode.