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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Aravind Babu Asam, San Diego, CA (US);
Tracy Barnes, San Diego, CA (US);
Hye Hoon Yi, Escondido, CA (US);
Satoshi Ishiguro, San Diego, CA (US);
Dongwook Kim, Chula Vista, CA (US);
Tanmay Agnihotri, San Diego, CA (US);
Milton Massey Frazier, San Marcos, CA (US);
Aravind Babu Asam, San Diego, CA (US);
Tracy Barnes, San Diego, CA (US);
Hye Hoon Yi, Escondido, CA (US);
Satoshi Ishiguro, San Diego, CA (US);
Dongwook Kim, Chula Vista, CA (US);
Tanmay Agnihotri, San Diego, CA (US);
Milton Massey Frazier, San Marcos, CA (US);
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control device such as a tablet computer presents a scrollable image-based program guide (IBPG) on a display that a user can swipe to cause the device to command a display device to present an audio video (AV) program represented by the image. The IBPG is a subset of an electronic program guide (EPG) from a TV signal provider. Social networking information (SNI) related to a video program is presented on or adjacent an image in the IBPG representing the program.