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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:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2013
Applicant:
Thomson Licensing, Issy de Moulineaux, FR;
Inventors:
Steven Charles Rhoads, Carmel, IN (US);
Robert Andrew Rhodes, Carmel, IN (US);
Benjamin Thomas Vondersaar, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Thomas Anthony Stahl, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Darrel Wayne Randall, Danville, IN (US);
Douglas Paul Strachota, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Thanabalan Thavittupitchai Paul, Carmel, IN (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing, Issy les Moulineaux, FR;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/445 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to electronic program guides. Program guide state information is stored in a remote control which generates and delivers a pseudo-interactive guide to end users with the system state information (guide information to channel mapping maintained in the remote control device.