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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
May. 27, 2014
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Dean F. Jerding, Roswell, GA (US);
Arturo A. Rodriguez, Norcross, GA (US);
Robert O. Banker, Cumming, GA (US);
John M. Schlarb, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Robert T. Van Orden, Norcross, GA (US);
Bindu Crandall, Norcross, GA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system for accessing services in a television system. In one implementation, a DHCT presents a user a menu containing a plurality of selectable link representations corresponding to separate services or applications offered by the cable television system. The user navigates the menu with a remote device and selects a desired service by choosing the selectable link representation corresponding to the desired service or application. The DHCT receives the user input, translates the selectable link command into an executable call, and activates the service or application corresponding to the selected link representation from the menu chosen by the user.