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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2016
Rovi Guides, Inc., San Carlos, CA (US);
Michael D. Ellis, Boulder, CO (US);
W. Benjamin Herrington, Tulsa, OK (US);
Steven C. Williamson, Tulsa, OK (US);
Kevin B. Easterbrook, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Joshua A. Rosenthol, Andover, MA (US);
David M. Rudnick, Denver, CO (US);
Rovi Guides, Inc., San Carlos, CA (US);
Abstract
An interactive television program guide is provided. The interactive television program guide provides a user with the opportunity to select a language for playing television programming and displaying program guide text. Television program audio in the desired language may be obtained from a SAP or digital audio track and played in the selected language. Television related information in the desired language may be obtained from a digital track. If television program audio or related information is not provided in the selected language, the program guide may use a default language. The program guide may coordinate program guide display screen text with languages available for television programs when the programs are broadcast to users.