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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:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
May. 02, 2011
Applicants:
Barry a Kritt, Austin, TX (US);
Thomas S Mazzeo, Austin, TX (US);
Sarbajit K Rakshit, Kolkata, IN;
Inventors:
Assignee:
International Business Machine Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/4545 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4314 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/45457 (2013.01); H04N 21/47214 (2013.01);
Abstract
A viewer who is consulting a television programming guide with additional information that involves a comprehensive set of visual images. Preferably, the set of sequential images are stills or snapshots representative of portions of the television program.