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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2004
Samuel Moreau, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Don Ahrnes, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Georgia Gibbs, Mill Valley, CA (US);
John Carney, Corte Madera, CA (US);
David DE Andrade, San Anselmo, CA (US);
Samuel Moreau, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Don Ahrnes, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Georgia Gibbs, Mill Valley, CA (US);
John Carney, Corte Madera, CA (US);
David de Andrade, San Anselmo, CA (US);
Tvworks, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
An interface for an interactive television application includes a graphical representation of a channel changing apparatus and is configured such that in response to a channel change request a channel change event limited to a channel change within a designated family of television channels is initiated. The graphical element may be labeled so as to indicate the presently viewed family of television channels. In various embodiment, the channel content may be scaled to fit within a window or may be full screen, in which latter case the interface may be overlaid on top of the full screen video. In one example, the graphical representation of the channel changing apparatus resembles a pair of channel up/down buttons.