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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2011
Applicant:
Evan Michael Foote, Carmel, IN (US);
Inventor:
Evan Michael Foote, Carmel, IN (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing, Issy les Moulineaux, FR;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4821 (2013.01); H04N 2005/44556 (2013.01); H04N 5/44543 (2013.01); H04N 21/4312 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic program guide includes a plurality of elements arrayed in a grid of rows and columns, with the rows corresponding to program sources and the columns corresponding to time intervals. Each element corresponds to a program played out from a particular program source during a corresponding time interval. The background of each element changes, such as by way of a color gradient or changing shape, to indicate one of a program beginning or ending. In this way, a viewer can ascertain the length of the program even if the element gets clipped upon updating the electronic program guide.