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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2007
Donald F. Gordon, Los Altos, CA (US);
Sadik Bayrakeri, Foster City, CA (US);
John P. Comito, Redwood City, CA (US);
Donald F. Gordon, Los Altos, CA (US);
Sadik Bayrakeri, Foster City, CA (US);
John P. Comito, Redwood City, CA (US);
Cox Communications, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for transmitting multiple 'slices' of information for a particular location of a user interface, which can be used to present more information to a viewer for a limited-size viewing area. Multiple slices can be associated with a particular slice location of a user interface. In a first slice delivery and presentation scheme, multiple slices for a particular location of an interactive program guide (IPG) page are transmitted from the head-end at different times, and the slices can be appropriately time stamped for presentation at the designated times. In a second scheme, multiple slices are concurrently transmitted for a particular location of an IPG page, and one of the multiple slices can be selected for processing and display. In a third scheme, one slice is transmitted for each slice location, and additional slices can be transmitted for a particular location upon receiving a request from the terminal.