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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.:

US 9148703 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 22, 2014

Interactive television system with programming-related links

Applicant:

United Video Properties, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Peter C. Boylan, III, Tulsa, OK (US);

Michael D. Ellis, Boulder, CO (US);

Assignee:

Rovi Guides, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:

Ropes & Gray LLP

Primary Examiner:

Ngoc Vu

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/4722 (2011.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/488 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/8545 (2011.01); H04N 21/858 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4722 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04N 5/44543 (2013.01); H04N 7/163 (2013.01); H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 21/4312 (2013.01); H04N 21/4314 (2013.01); H04N 21/4755 (2013.01); H04N 21/47214 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/488 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01); H04N 21/4828 (2013.01); H04N 21/8133 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01); H04N 21/858 (2013.01); H04N 21/8545 (2013.01);
Abstract

An interactive television system with programming-related links is provided. The system may include user television equipment on which interactive program guide and non-program-guide applications may be implemented. Information that is displayed in a display screen for a non-program-guide application may be related to programming. A display screen or overlay for programming that is related to the information may be displayed when a user selects the displayed information. The display or overlay for the programming may include advertisements, video, graphics, options, or programming descriptions. The display screen or overlay may have been displayed by the program guide application.

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