Television – Basic receiver with additional function – For display of additional information
Patent
1998-10-30
2000-10-17
Hsia, Sherrie
Television
Basic receiver with additional function
For display of additional information
348906, H04N 550
Patent
active
061339628
ABSTRACT:
An improved electronic programming guide (EPG) having time blocks capable of selectively expanding and contracting in size, according to a mode of the EPG, in order to facilitate fast and efficient time navigation through available programming by a viewer of multiple channel broadcast system. In one implementation, when a navigation element remains stationary over a time block for a period of time, a multiple program display mode is initiated, and the time block increases in size relative to other displayed time blocks. Responsive to the navigation element moving outside the time block, a navigation mode is initiated, wherein the time block as well as other displayed time blocks become equal in size, and display only the channel information for a particular channel segment.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5793438 (1998-08-01), Bedard
Proehl Andrew M.
Sciammarella Eduardo A.
Servan-Schreiber Franklin
Hsia Sherrie
Sony Corporation
Sony Corporation of America
Tobin Christopher M.
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