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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014

Filed:

Oct. 02, 2006
Applicants:

Gavin Peacock, Walnut Creek, CA (US);

James Roseborough, Piedmont, CA (US);

David Lowell, San Francisco, CA (US);

Aravind Nallan, San Jose, CA (US);

Ian Farmer, Berkeley, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gavin Peacock, Walnut Creek, CA (US);

James Roseborough, Piedmont, CA (US);

David Lowell, San Francisco, CA (US);

Aravind Nallan, San Jose, CA (US);

Ian Farmer, Berkeley, CA (US);

Assignee:

MobiTV, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Mechanisms are provided for allowing improved selection of program guide information. Program guide information includes channel, time, and program listing information. In particular examples, each program listing is associated with a time slot having beginning time slot boundary and an end time slot boundary. Program listing information can be viewed even after a current time passes an end time slot boundary. In some examples, program listing information may be removed after a predetermined period of time or after a predetermined period of disuse.


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