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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185924 | Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program Request information 3 is transmitted from a transmission means 1a of a communication device 1 to a server 2. Then, related information 4a corresponding to the request information 3 and an identification code | 05/22/2012 |
| 8117636 | Method of displaying digital broadcasting television programs and related data broadcasting programs on the same screen with options to select reserved viewing and reserved recording thereon According to an embodiment, there is a method of displaying digital broadcasting using a digital device, the method comprising: storing, in the digital device, a plurality of television program listings, each of the television program listing including a title, tele... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8095952 | Mobile terminal device, control method thereof, program, and semiconductor device In order to avoid a collision of a reserved viewing of television broadcasting with a different operation mode and also to realize the avoidance by simple and easy operation, a television-equipped mobile terminal device of the present invention is composed of: a res... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8032908 | Graphical indicator within an interactive program guide A system is presented having a graphical indicator in an interface screen of an electronic program guide. The graphical indicator is configured to focus a user's attention on a selectable program instance field. The indicator has a length that depends on the duratio... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7996865 | Method for providing program guides and image display apparatus using the same A method for providing program guides and an image display apparatus using the method, are provided where a displayed program guide screen is formed in a shape in which a program guide on a first channel surrounds the outer periphery of a program guide on a second c... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7996864 | Method and apparatus for displaying television programs and related text A television viewer uses a PIP format for display of program related information such as television program listings from a program schedule data base in the background and moving, real time or stored video clip images of a program selected from the displayed listin... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7979878 | Program guide system with browsing display An inter pap active television program guide system is provided in which a user may direct the program guide to display a browsing display screen. The browsing display screen includes a list of current programs including a movable highlight region, a video window co... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7962935 | Data processing apparatus, data processing method and program, and data processing system The present invention relates to a data processing apparatus, a data processing method and a program, and a data processing system which are configured to provide an EPG as a user interface that further facilitates decision on whether to view or record a program. By... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7895623 | Digital broadcast and transmission system including more detailed PSIP information A digital broadcasting transmission system according to an embodiment, including a plurality of single program encoders configured to encode and multiplex respective single programs including video and audio signals and data signals, a PSIP generator configured to g... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7882522 | Determining user interest based on guide navigation An electronic program guide (EPG) application is configured to render a program listing, a currently indicated program, and additional data. The EPG application is further configured to automatically determine, based on user-submitted EPG navigation commands, whethe... | 02/01/2011 |
| RE42101 | System and method of managing metadata data A system and method of the present invention allow users to access, manage, and edit information about content data, often referred to as metadata. Metadata is collected from various sources, added, and maintained in a metadata database. In addition, metadata is dyn... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7861264 | Television receiver and system including the same A television receiver (1) acquires numerical quantity information from program list information acquired from a television signal or the like, the acquired numerical quantity indicates the number of program-related information related to a television program and (2)... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7861266 | Information processing apparatus and method, and television signal receiving apparatus and method An information processing apparatus has: an input unit for inputting image data and program information data, the program information data indicating information on a program including the image data; a display unit for displaying an image corresponding to the image... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7861265 | Electronic apparatus having broadcast receiving function and method for displaying electronic program guide therein A digital broadcast receiver includes a memory for obtaining and storing electronic program guide information about programs to be broadcast and progress information showing the progress of an program which is being broadcast in each channel, a display device such a... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7853972 | Media preview user interface A menu having menu items is arranged in an interface environment. A first abstraction is arranged proximate to the menu, the first abstraction being based on a highlighted menu item. A second abstraction is transitioned into the interface environment upon the occurr... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7836467 | Interactive user interface A user interface for an interactive information distribution system comprising a graphics region, a video region and a mask/reveal layer. The user interface is generated in a head end of the system as a digital bitstream and transmitted to subscriber equipment for d... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7788688 | Digital TV and method for managing program information A method of organizing programming data includes receiving a data stream including programming guide, which includes information describing aspects of broadcast programming; extracting a plot synopsis data from the programming guide relating to a series-type genre b... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7712116 | Program-display control apparatus and program-display control method A program-display control apparatus can display information on each of a plurality of programs in a state that can be recognized by the user with ease without regard to the display configuration of the display data of the program. A display-configuration modificatio... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7707604 | Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program A data-processing apparatus 1 that can provide information related to broadcast contents, whether it is receiving broadcast signals or not. In the data-processing apparatus 1, the setting means 13 sets the frequencies of broadcast signals the ap... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7703115 | Graphical indication of selected cell within an interactive program guide An electronic program guide (EPG) having a variable indicator to focus a user's attention upon a corresponding field of a selectable program instance The EPG includes a user interface screen for providing a plurality of television program instances by time and chann... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7631329 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method and a medium In a television broadcasting system intended to present information pertaining to a main broadcast program to viewers, a ground-wave broadcast station produces and broadcasts the main program in the conventional manner and a CS (communication satellite) broadcast st... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7600242 | Program detail information display apparatus and method thereof A program detail information display apparatus comprises a display unit, a storage unit for storing program data including program detail information, a program detail information extracting unit for extracting at least program detail information from the program da... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7577972 | Extracting keywords from multilingual alphabetic and glyph scripts in an electronic programming guide An automatic keyword extraction apparatus includes a first extraction unit operable to extract a first keyword from title character string information of contents using a first keyword dictionary in which a character string designating a sub-genre is registered; and... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7516468 | Interactive media presentation system for presenting business data over a digital television network The method includes steps for creating and updating an interactive television application, which includes business data and other interactive and dynamic data which changes frequently over time. The interactive television application and data is transmitted over a t... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7493639 | Interactive program summary panel The present invention includes a method of displaying for a viewer summary information relating to programming available on an interactive television or televideo system. In a preferred embodiment, the method includes obtaining a user selection indication correspond... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7487528 | Program guide system with browsing display An inter pap active television program guide system is provided in which a user may direct the program guide to display a browsing display screen. The browsing display screen includes a list of current programs including a movable highlight region, a video window co... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7444656 | Post production visual enhancement rendering Disclosed is a method and system that renders enhancement images onto receptor sites of a scene of a pre-existing program. A receptor site defines an area of a scene onto which an enhancement image may be rendered and provides information that may include size, scal... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444658 | Method and system to perform content targeting A method and system for targeting advertisements. Advertisements are selectively sent to user terminals based on a user classification. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a system defines matches between user classifications and advertisement class... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7434245 | Electronic program guide system using images of reduced size to identify respective programs A technique for transmitting and receiving an electronic program guide which identifies programs that are to be transmitted. Electronic program guide (EPG) data includes image data representing images of reduced, less than normal, size to identify respective program... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7418672 | Integrated content guide for interactive selection of content and services on personal computer systems with multiple sources and multiple media presentation A integrated content guide for multiple sources is provided with hyper-text type links to allow for the selection of various programs. The hyper-text links are provided for a transmitted and then stored digital bit stream. This allows for the embedding within the co... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7409700 | System and method for enhanced broadcasting and interactive An enhanced interactive television broadcast is disclosed wherein an audio/video broadcast is viewed on a first display system, and an “enhancement” to the broadcast is simultaneously viewed or experienced on a second, separate display system. The “enhancement... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406704 | Virtual channel system for web appliance, including interactive television A virtual channel system for a web appliance includes an interactive television having a virtual channel memory disposed therein. The virtual channel memory includes data associated with at least one consumer selectable virtual channel. The data is an updatable Web ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7398542 | Program recording and viewing reservation system and method thereof A method for reserving recording and viewing a broadcast program on a display screen includes the steps of extracting a broadcast program timetable; simultaneously displaying the broadcast program timetable and a viewing reservation timetable; waiting for a selectio... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7398541 | Electronic television program guide schedule system and method Systems and methods are provided for displaying promotional information on a display on which program listings information is displayed. In some embodiments, the promotional information and the program listings information may be displayed simultaneously with video ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7392531 | Recommendation-based electronic program guides with user-imperceptible preferences A method and apparatus for enabling the operators of television broadcasting systems or other content distribution systems to effectively alter the program viewing patterns of viewers or subscribers to direct viewership traffic to selected television programs or oth... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7383346 | Progressive streaming media rendering A system and process for providing progressively higher quality versions of an audio and/or video program over a client-server based network. In response to a user command to view a particular program, the client requests layered data associated with the program fro... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7380260 | Focused navigation interface for a PC media center and extension device Within a personal computer media center, a user interface module generates graphical commands representing a user interface. A network interface then sends the graphical commands via a home network to a media center extension, where a display interface renders the g... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7373650 | Apparatuses and methods to enable the simultaneous viewing of multiple television channels and electronic program guide content A Digital Home Communication Terminal (DHCT) including a plurality of tuners, each of which can select one of a plurality of transmission channels provided by a Digital Broadband Delivery System (DBDS). The multiple tuners enable the DHCT to tune to a plurality of d... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373652 | Server-centric search function in an interactive program guide Techniques for searching a program guide database. In accordance with a method, one or more search criteria (e.g., keywords) are received and a request for a search is then sent, along with the search criteria, to a head end of an information distribution system. In... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373651 | Metadata structure for providing access to EPG features from within broadcast advertisements A data structure stored on computer readable media is presented comprising one or more data tags, each data tag used to provide information regarding a broadcast advertisement. Also provided are one or more electronic program guide action tags, each electronic progr... | 05/13/2008 |
