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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2011
Applicant:

Kay Johansson, Alamo, CA (US);

Inventor:

Kay Johansson, Alamo, CA (US);

Assignee:

MobiTV, Inc., Emeryville, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/254 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/2665 (2011.01); H04N 21/40 (2011.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/2541 (2013.01); H04N 21/258 (2013.01); H04N 21/25816 (2013.01); H04N 21/25825 (2013.01); H04N 21/25875 (2013.01); H04N 21/2665 (2013.01); H04N 21/26283 (2013.01); H04N 21/40 (2013.01); H04N 21/4126 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01);
Abstract

Electronic program guides are generated using device information, content authorization, service levels, and/or interest levels, etc., for a particular user. A viewer can access a user specific electronic program guide on a mobile device, continue accessing the user specific electronic program guide on a computer system, and subsequently move to a large screen television the same electronic program guide. The same user specific electronic program guide may be provided or adjustments to the electronic program guide can be made to account for varying service levels and device capabilities of the different devices. A user may be authorized to view a particular channel on a mobile device but not on a large screen television. In particular examples, a user can seamlessly access a user specific electronic program guide across a variety of authenticated devices associated with a variety of service levels.


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