Television – Special applications – Simulator
Patent
1995-05-05
1997-05-13
Black, Thomas G.
Television
Special applications
Simulator
348 7, 348 13, 348906, G06F 1730
Patent
active
056301197
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed herein is an interactive entertainment distribution network including a headend which is connected to provide programs to a plurality of user interface units in individual homes. The user interface units are configured to run electronic program guides for displaying available programs categorized by discrete time slots. Each of the programs has a scheduled time period which occupies at least a portion of one or more of the discrete time slots. The headend maintains a database with a plurality of program data records. Each program data record is indexed by one of a plurality of bucket numbers. The bucket numbers correspond respectively to the plurality of discrete time slots. Each particular program is represented by a program data record and associated bucket number for each of the one or more discrete time slots which the program occupies. The electronic program guide requests programming information from the headend by specifying one or more bucket numbers to the headend.
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Aristides Phivos C.
Crites Brian D.
Hohman Robert M.
Lawler Frank A.
Black Thomas G.
Microsoft Corporation
Von Buhr Maria N.
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