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Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving television program information

Patent 5038211 Issued on August 6, 1991. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject July 5, 2009. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Patent References

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System for processing data signals for insertion in television signals
Patent #: 3996583
Issued on: 12/07/1976
Inventor: Hutt ,   et al.

Apparatus for storing data broadcast in digital form for generating a character display or for recording such data for later playback
Patent #: 4016361
Issued on: 04/05/1977
Inventor: Pandey

Television display control apparatus
Patent #: 4026555
Issued on: 05/31/1977
Inventor: Kirschner ,   et al.

Television receiver system having facility for storage and display of character information selected from digitally encoded broadcast transmissions
Patent #: 4052719
Issued on: 10/04/1977
Inventor: Hutt ,   et al.

Television receivers
Patent #: 4096524
Issued on: 06/20/1978
Inventor: Scott

Color television signal including auxiliary information
Patent #: 4134127
Issued on: 01/09/1979
Inventor: Campioni

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Inventor

Assignee

Application

No. 375829 filed on 07/05/1989

US Classes:

348/460, DIVERSE DEVICE CONTROLLED BY INFORMATION EMBEDDED IN VIDEO SIGNAL348/473, Including additional information348/552, COMBINED WITH DIVERSE ART DEVICE (E.G., COMPUTER, TELEPHONE)725/39Electronic program guide

Examiners

Primary: Kostak, Victor R.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 0041121 EP 12/13/1981

International Class

H04N 007/08

Abstract

An online television program information system extracts from a broadcast datastream of television program information only that program information for those shows which meet predetermined selection criteria, and stores only the extracted information. By not storing all broadcast television information, memory size for information storage is reduced and a high performance processor is not required for subset searches of the entire stored datastream for programs of interest. A low cost online television program information system is thereby provided, which may store large amounts of useful program information. Content selective storage is facilitated by transmitting and receiving the television program information in three groups, with the first group comprising event data, the second group comprising titles and the third group comprising descriptions.

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