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:
Sep. 19, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 14, 2010
Applicants:

Shemimon Manalikudy Anthru, Dayton, NJ (US);

Jens Cahnbley, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);

David Anthony Campana, Kirkland, WA (US);

David Brian Anderson, Hamilton, NJ (US);

Ishan Mandrekar, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Shemimon Manalikudy Anthru, Dayton, NJ (US);

Jens Cahnbley, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);

David Anthony Campana, Kirkland, WA (US);

David Brian Anderson, Hamilton, NJ (US);

Ishan Mandrekar, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);

Assignee:

THOMSON LICENSING, Issy les Moulineaux, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/462 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/44543 (2013.01); H04N 7/173 (2013.01); H04N 21/4622 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04N 21/4821 (2013.01); H04N 21/44222 (2013.01); H04N 21/482 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic program guide is displayed where the program guide indicates the various media being consumed by a plurality of users. Such users can be linked together via a relationship from a social networking website. In addition, the grid can display broadcast channel listings. The grid optionally provides the feature of adding and removing corresponding user and channel listings.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…