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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2012
Applicant:
Michael D. Ellis, Boulder, CO (US);
Inventor:
Michael D. Ellis, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
United Video Properties, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/434 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/426 (2011.01); H04N 5/44 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 5/44543 (2013.01); H04N 21/4524 (2013.01); H04N 21/4345 (2013.01); H04N 2005/4441 (2013.01); H04N 21/26283 (2013.01); H04N 21/47202 (2013.01); H04N 21/4312 (2013.01); H04N 7/17336 (2013.01); H04N 5/44591 (2013.01); H04N 21/4314 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/4263 (2013.01);
Abstract
An interactive television program guide system is provided in which a viewer may direct a television to simultaneously display a selected television program and a program guide display. A viewer may use the program guide display to browse available video-on-demand (VOD) while continuing to view a previously selected program in the background. The viewer may browse through video-on-demand programs on the program guide display using a variety of keys on a remote control unit. The viewer may direct the program guide to order a given video-on-demand program and set a desired broadcast time for that program.