专利名称：Electronic television program guide
schedule system and method
发明人：Gerald E Bennington,George Backer,Shawn
Green,Bill Cooper,David Spell,RosettaRogers,Bruce Davis,Michael Morris
申请号：US11841867申请日：20070820公开号：US08893178B2公开日：20141118
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摘要：An electronic program schedule system which includes a receiver for receiving
broadcast, satellite or cablecast television programs for a plurality of television channelsand a tuner for tuning a television receiver to a selected one of the plurality of channels.A data processor receives and stores in a memory television program schedule
information for a plurality of television programs to appear on the plurality of televisionchannels. A user control apparatus, such as a remote controller, is utilized by a viewer tochoose user control commands and transmit signals in response to the data processorwhich receives the signals in response to user control commands. A television receiver isused to display the television programs and television program schedule information. Avideo display generator receives video control commands from the data processor andprogram schedule information from the memory and displays a portion of the programschedule information in overlaying relationship with a television program appearing on atelevision channel in at least one mode of operation of the television programming guide.The data processor controls the video display generator with video control commands,issued in response to the user control commands, to display program scheduleinformation for any chosen one of the plurality of television programs in overlayingrelationship with at least one television program then appearing on any chosen one ofthe plurality of channels on the television receiver.
申请人：Gerald E Bennington,George Backer,Shawn Green,Bill Cooper,DavidSpell,Rosetta Rogers,Bruce Davis,Michael Morris
地址：Boulder CO US,Littleton CO US,Littleton CO US,Littleton CO US,San Diego CAUS,Parker CO US,Tualatin OR US,Downington PA US
国籍：US,US,US,US,US,US,US,US
代理机构：Ropes & Gray LLP
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