The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2010
Applicant:

Matthew Blake Mcrae, Laguna Beach, CA (US);

Inventor:

Matthew Blake McRae, Laguna Beach, CA (US);

Assignee:

Vizio Inc, Irvine, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/4113 (2013.01); H04N 21/4753 (2013.01); H04N 21/8153 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system includes a television that has access to one or more services hosted on provider servers through a network. The television has software that displays both program information and services information in an electronic program guide. Upon selecting of a program information entry in the electronic program guide, the software changes the current channel of the television to the channel associated with the program entry information. Upon selecting of one of the services entries in the electronic program guide, the software presents a browsing menu to the viewer, the browsing menu presenting pages from the provider servers and accepting inputs from the viewer.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…