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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2011
Applicants:
Marcy Casement, San Jose, CA (US);
Andrew Burgess, San Jose, CA (US);
David Folker, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Marcy Casement, San Jose, CA (US);
Andrew Burgess, San Jose, CA (US);
David Folker, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rovi Guides, Inc., San Carlos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/80 (2006.01); H04N 21/454 (2011.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 7/088 (2006.01); H04N 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/454 (2013.01); H04N 5/44543 (2013.01); H04N 7/0882 (2013.01); H04N 7/0887 (2013.01); H04N 7/10 (2013.01); H04N 7/163 (2013.01); H04N 21/4135 (2013.01); H04N 21/44213 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/4751 (2013.01); H04N 21/4753 (2013.01); H04N 21/4755 (2013.01); H04N 21/47211 (2013.01); H04N 21/47214 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a television schedule system with a user interface which allows a user to control access to television programs by time, rating, content, and/or channel. Furthermore, the user may set a limit on pay-per-view (PPV) spending to limit the purchase of PPV programs.