Interactive video distribution systems – Operator interface – To facilitate tuning or selection of video signal
Reexamination Certificate
2007-04-24
2007-04-24
Miller, John (Department: 2623)
Interactive video distribution systems
Operator interface
To facilitate tuning or selection of video signal
C725S040000, C725S044000, C725S048000, C725S050000, C348S467000, C348S473000, C348S734000
Reexamination Certificate
active
09741301
ABSTRACT:
Television schedule information transmission and utilization systems transmit TV schedule data and associated network control messages provided by computer as packets via the Video Blanking Interval (VBI) lines in the TV signal from various television program providers. This data is acquired by regional data processing systems and forwarded by the regional data processing systems to subscriber units and used to construct an internal database. This internal database can be accessed by the subscriber unit to display a TV schedule for the channels that are received by the user's TV.
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Alegiani Giambattista A.
Ebright Alan R.
Kochy Jeffrey J.
Roop John H.
Sokolik Konstantine
Hoye Michael W.
Miller John
Starsight Telecast Inc.
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