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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. 12, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Starsight Telecast Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Brian Lee Klosterman, San Ramon, CA (US);
Steven Schein, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Starsight Telecast, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/488 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/488 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for displaying an electronic program schedule guide is provided. The system has areas for displaying program schedule information. In addition, the system also has areas that may be used for advertising programs, products or services. In another embodiment, the system has areas for displaying messages to the user.