Electronic television program guide schedule syste

专利名称：Electronic television program guide

schedule system and method with data feedaccess

发明人：Robert Alan Knee,Anthony R. Favia,Bruce

Davis,Larry Miller

申请号：US09317686申请日：19990524公开号：US06769128B1公开日：20040727

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摘要：An electronic program schedule system with access to both stored television

program schedule information and data feeds containing status information for liveprograms such as sporting events. The system includes a data processor for receivingprogram schedule information for a plurality of programs and data feeds containingstatus information for certain of the programs, and a video display generator forgenerating a display signal simultaneously comprising information from both the storedschedule information and the received data feed. The system is further provided withuser control means such as a remote controller for generating user control commandsand transmitting signals to the data processor in response thereto so as to control thecontent of the display signal. The display signal may be displayed on a display apparatussuch as a television receiver. In addition, the program schedule system of the presentinvention utilizes category-specific user interfaces providing access to multiple servicesincluding television programs, received data feeds, home shopping services, and videogames as well as the stored program schedule information.

申请人：UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC.

代理机构：Fish & Neave

代理人：James A. Leiz

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