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Patent No.:

US 9137496 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 19, 2011

Entertainment system and method of communication

Applicants:

Mark Robert Hems, London, GB;

Anthony John Pyle, London, GB;

Steven Wright, London, GB;

Michael Adam Kavallierou, London, GB;

Inventors:

Mark Robert Hems, London, GB;

Anthony John Pyle, London, GB;

Steven Wright, London, GB;

Michael Adam Kavallierou, London, GB;

Assignee:

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited, , GB;

Attorney:

Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Pankaj Kumar

Assistant Examiner:

Alazar Tilahun

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/435 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/488 (2011.01); H04N 21/8352 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 5/44543 (2013.01); H04N 7/16 (2013.01); H04N 21/435 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/4882 (2013.01); H04N 21/8352 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01);
Abstract

An entertainment system comprises a receiver operable to receive broadcast programmes and electronic programme guide data, a display generator operable to generate an image for display, a user interface generator operable to use received electronic programme guide data to generate an electronic programme guide indicating one or more programmes on a broadcast schedule, for display as some or all of the image, a user input operable to receive an input indicating a programme selected by a user from the electronic programme guide, and a network communicator operable to communicate with one or more remote entertainment systems over a network. The entertainment system is arranged to obtain information based upon the electronic programme guide data corresponding to the user's selected programme, and the communicator is arranged to transmit a message comprising the obtained information to one or more remote entertainment systems, thereby indicating to each remote system the user's selected programme.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hems, Mark. (2015). Entertainment system and method of communication (U.S. Patent No. 9137496). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9137496

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