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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2013
Comcast Ip Holdings I, Llc, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Sadik Bayrakeri, Foster City, CA (US);
Donald F. Gordon, Los Altos, CA (US);
John P. Comito, Redwood City, CA (US);
Edward A. Ludvig, Redwood City, CA (US);
Harold P. Yocom, Fremont, CA (US);
Jeremy S. Edmonds, Redwood City, CA (US);
Eugene Gershtein, Redwood City, CA (US);
Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
Techniques to create, generate, and deliver customized interactive program guide (custom-IPG). In one embodiment, selections indicative of a set of channels to be included in the custom-IPG are received. In response, one or more custom-IPG screens including the set of selected channels are rendered at a headend. Custom-IPG screens can be formed as subsets of the regular IPG screens, or as new screens. The rendered custom-IPG screens are provided from the head end to a set top terminal upon receiving a viewer request for the custom-IPG. Commands indicative of a particular location at which to overlay the custom-IPG screens may also be received, and the custom-IPG screens are re-rendered at the indicated location. Custom-IPG screens can be overlaid on a video sequence provided on a particular channel being viewed, used to carry regular program guide, or a channel independent of the channel used to carry regular programming and program guide.