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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2012
Lena Chane, San Francisco, CA (US);
Samuel Moreau, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Darrell Haber, Martinez, CA (US);
Matt Marenghi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lena Chane, San Francisco, CA (US);
Samuel Moreau, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Darrell Haber, Martinez, CA (US);
Matt Marenghi, San Francisco, CA (US);
TVWorks, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
A user interface for interactive television services is represented as a visual overlay that provides a viewer with knowledge of a library of available content relating to a currently tuned to television channel and navigation options for selecting desired portions of the available content from the library, the available content being designated according to business rules specified by a provider of the interactive television services. The visual overlay may be displayed over full-screen or embedded television programming, which may be broadcast television programming or on-demand television programming.