Television – Basic receiver with additional function – For display of additional information
Patent
1997-05-22
2000-05-09
Kostak, Victor R.
Television
Basic receiver with additional function
For display of additional information
348906, 345327, H04N 550
Patent
active
060610972
ABSTRACT:
An interactive program guide system is provided. The program guide system displays a program guide grid on a user's television equipment. The grid contains rows of television program listings for various channels. Columns in the grid are associated with the scheduled start times of the listed programs. The grid also contains non-program listings. Non-program listings rows contain selectable non-program options, such as options related to weather or sports information. The user can select a given one of the selectable non-program options by positioning a highlight region on one of the options and pressing an appropriate key on a remote control. When the system receives the corresponding command from the remote control, the system displays additional information for the selected non-program option on the user's display screen.
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Kostak Victor R.
Treyz G. Victor
United Video Properties, Inc.
Waites Michelle
LandOfFree
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