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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8112776 | Interactive computer system for providing television schedule information The present invention provides systems and methods for providing television schedule and/or listing information to a viewer, and for allowing the viewer to link, search, select and interact with information in a remote database, e.g., a database on the internet. The... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108899 | Interactive entertainment system for presenting supplemental interactive content together with continuous video programs An interactive entertainment system enables presentation of supplemental interactive content along side traditional broadcast video programs, such as television shows and movies. The programs are broadcast in a conventional manner. The supplemental content is suppli... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8060907 | Content card based user interface An apparatus and method capable of selecting and providing content while reducing the load on a user are provided. A controlled device is determined based on content identification information. Control information corresponding to the determined controlled device is... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8046799 | Daypart based navigation paradigm A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for providing media program information to a user is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of accepting a command to provide a menu guide from a plurality of menu guides defining a media program... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042138 | Apparatus and method for providing and obtaining product information through a broadcast signal The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing and obtaining product information through a broadcast signal. In this present invention, information identifying a product item, which is in a scene to be presented from a broadcast signal, is pr... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8042137 | Continuous selection graphs A continuous selection graph can be displayed as a graphical user interface, where the continuous selection graph includes a similarity continuum to indicate media content that is progressively similar, and includes an axis of identifying criteria for the media cont... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8042136 | Information processing apparatus and information processing method, and computer program Information about each of broadcast programs is subdivided into multiple items including program attributes and the other program association schemes for management. To each item, a relevance ratio with respect to a program is assigned. For example, the next broadca... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8037495 | Electronic program guide display device, and electronic program guide display method An electronic program guide display device includes a remote control input analyzing part analyzing a key-input from a remote control unit, a time converting part converting the key-input analyzed by the remote control input analyzing part into a time, and a display... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8024756 | TV user interface for viewing selected sub-groups of channels Intuitive user interfaces are disclosed for a TV showing a favorites channel pane that can transition to a channel history pane, etc. in response to remote control commands. ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020184 | Channel control system for exiting from an interactive program guide An apparatus and method for browsing and viewing television programs while viewing a television program guide. In other words, a user is able to remain inside the program guide while viewing various television programs. In another aspect, a server system operator is... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8006267 | Method of constructing information on associate meanings between segments of multimedia stream and method of browsing video using the same Disclosed are a method of constructing information on associate meanings between segments of a multimedia stream, which can describe the cause/effect or abstract/detail relationship between segments of the video streams to efficiently browse the video stream and a m... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8005826 | Identifying media content in queries A computer-implemented method includes receiving a query at a central information provider, identifying media-related terms in the query that indicate the query relates to one or more media-related objects, and providing media-specific results in response to the que... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7954125 | System and method for focused navigation within a user interface A sequence of cards is stored that graphically represents available options within an information system. In response to a single user action, the sequence of cards is successively displayed within a focus area of the user interface. In response to a subsequent user... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7934235 | Channel control system for exiting from an interactive program guide An apparatus and method for browsing and viewing television programs while viewing a television program guide. In other words, a user is able to remain inside the program guide while viewing various television programs. In another aspect, a server system operator is... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7886322 | Electronic program guide display control apparatus, electronic program guide display control method, and electronic program guide display control program When a user touches any desired position on a display screen, a position detection section detects a specification position on the display screen and a data processing control section controls to scroll a display area based on a positional relationship between the s... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7827577 | Apparatus and method for providing and obtaining product information through a broadcast signal The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing and obtaining product information through a broadcast signal. In this present invention, information identifying a product item, which is in a scene to be presented from a broadcast signal, is pr... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7818768 | User interface for interactive television systems An interactive television system transmits and displays a television program having an associated channel. The system also transmits and displays an interactive television mode indicator if the displayed television program supports an interactive television mode. Th... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7797713 | GUI with dynamic thumbnail grid navigation for internet TV An Internet-enabled TV can display thumbnails of audio-video content available from an Internet server for selecting content to be displayed on the TV by a user manipulating a remote control. Internet information loading rules and thumbnail navigation rules are disc... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7765571 | Continuous selection graphs Continuous selection graphs are described. In embodiment(s), a continuous selection graph can be displayed that includes a similarity continuum to indicate media content that is progressively similar. The continuous selection graph can also include an axis of identi... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7739711 | Electronic television program guide with calendar tool The present invention is described by an electronic program guide with a calendar tool, and a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving the electronic program guide. The apparatus includes a transmission station and a plurality of receiver stations. The tr... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7735104 | System and method for navigation of indexed video content Systems and methods for providing enhanced navigation of stored digital video content based upon a content-based index. Includes generation and storage of an index, as well as navigation based on the segments defined by the index. An example system is embodied in a ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7721312 | System and method for scrolling through TV video icons by category In a TV displaying thumbnails of videos grouped by genre, genre labels are shown so that a user can conveniently move genre to genre with a single click on a remote control device. ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7721311 | Displaying EPG information on a digital television Disclosed is a method for displaying a plurality of objects on a display (105). Each object has at least a first attribute and a second attribute. The method sets a range of first attributes to be displayed. A set of objects is then displayed having the same ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7685619 | Apparatus and method for 3D electronic program guide navigation A system, method, and user interface for displaying electronic program guide (EPG) and personal video recorder (PVR) information as navigable three-dimensional images is described. In one embodiment, a three dimensional image is formed in which EPG data is presented... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7665110 | System and method for synchronous reproduction of local and remote content in a communication network In accordance with one or more embodiments of the invention, a reproduction engine for reproducing A/V data stored on an interactive DVD comprises a navigator connected to a temporary data storage unit for loading A/V data from the interactive DVD into a first secti... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7627884 | Program information display apparatus with program selection input The disclosure relates to program information display apparatus including a program data receiving unit for receiving program data of digital broadcasting, and a program in-depth information creating unit for extracting in-depth information of a predetermined progra... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7620969 | Program information display control apparatus and method, remote control device, program, and storage medium This invention provides a program information display control apparatus and method, a remote control device, a program, and a storage medium, which can simultaneously display the contents and detailed information of specific programs that follow predetermined rules ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7607151 | Apparatus for and method of processing electronic program table, and computer program product An electronic program table processing apparatus can obtain the number of receivable channels M and the standard number of channels N displayable on one screen. When EPG display data is generated, the apparatus examines whether or not the number M is smaller than th... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7600245 | System and methods for subscribers to view, select and otherwise customize delivery of programming over a communication system A program source is linked to event information, which is coupled via a broadcast programming communication system to a number of subscribers. Each of the subscribers to the broadcast communication system has a device for displaying programming information. The subs... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7594246 | System and method for focused navigation within a user interface A sequence of cards is stored that graphically represents available options within an information system. In response to a single user action, the sequence of cards is successively displayed within a focus area of the user interface. In response to a subsequent user... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7590995 | EPG display apparatus, EPG display method, medium, and program In the case when EPG data of multiple channels is displayed on a display, if the data is attempted to be downsized uniformly and displayed, information of each displayed program is displayed smaller. Hence, such information becomes very difficult for humans to see. | 09/15/2009 |
| 7574721 | Apparatus and method to generate and access broadcast information The system enables listeners and viewers of a broadcast to access additional information associated with a broadcast. Listeners and viewers utilize a user device to connect to a database containing program descriptions (e.g. audio, text, video or combination thereof... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7540011 | Caching graphical interface for displaying video and ancillary data from a saved video A system and a method for attaining a selectable image sequence are provided. The system includes a viewer display component configured to transmit a request from a user's interface component for the selectable image sequence. The request obtains a handle which corr... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7523478 | User interface for interactive television systems An interactive television system displays a television program having an associated channel. The system also displays an interactive television mode indicator if the displayed television program supports an interactive television mode. The interactive television mod... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7509664 | Digital broadcast receiving apparatus There are provided display controller 15 for displaying a partition line S in each program unit constructed with respect to a program displayed by one program frame as one program even though being constructed of plural programs and postponing or advancing an... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7434246 | Systems and methods for automatic personalizing of channel favorites in a set top box A set top box for use in interactive television systems includes a generation engine and a display engine. The generation engine automatically stores channel favorites in a channel favorites table. The generation engine may include cumulative viewing time for each c... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427941 | State-sensitive navigation aid Navigation logic and related methods are described for assisting a user in using a remote control (RC) device. The navigation logic determines a current state of a user's interaction with an application, and then determines the keys of the RC device that are relevan... | 09/23/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7370016 | Music distribution systems Music is blanket transmitted (for example, via satellite downlink transmission) to each customer's user station where selected music files are recorded. Customers preselect from a list of available music in advance using an interactive screen selector, and pay only ... | 05/06/2008 |
