CA2736665A1 - Electronic television program guide schedule system and method with remote product ordering - Google Patents

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CA2736665A1
CA2736665A1 CA2736665A CA2736665A CA2736665A1 CA 2736665 A1 CA2736665 A1 CA 2736665A1 CA 2736665 A CA2736665 A CA 2736665A CA 2736665 A CA2736665 A CA 2736665A CA 2736665 A1 CA2736665 A1 CA 2736665A1
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Abstract

An electronic television program guide system with which a user may purchase television programming services, comprising user television equipment on which an interactive television program guide application is implemented, wherein the user television equipment is configured to: provide the user with an opportunity to select a television programming service that is displayed on a screen generated by the interactive television program guide application; determine whether the selected television programming service is part of a package of television programming services, wherein the package includes a plurality of different television programming services; and present the user with an opportunity to purchase the package of which the selected television programming service-is a part when it is determined that the selected television programming service is part of a package.

Claims (33)

1. A method for using an electronic television program guide in a system in which television programming is transmitted to a user and is displayed for the user on a display, wherein the television programming include commercial advertisements, the method comprising:

determining when a given one of the commercial advertisements is being displayed on the display;
displaying an icon on top of the television programming on the display when the given commercial advertisement is being displayed to indicate that information describing a product or service that is associated with that given commercial advertisement is available for the user; and permitting the user to use a remote control to respond to the icon and direct the electronic television program guide to display the available information on the display.
2. The method defined in claim 1 further comprising obtaining the available information describing the product or service from a program signal associated with the television programming.
3. The method defined in claim 1 wherein the television programming is delivered to the user in digital form, the method further comprising obtaining the available information describing the product or service from an in-band digital channel.
4. The method defined in claim 1 further comprising obtaining the available information describing the product or service from vertical-blanking-interval data.
5. The method defined in claim 1 wherein displaying the icon comprises generating the icon with an RGB video generator and combining an RGB format output from the generator with a television signal using a video overlay device.
6. A method for using an electronic television program guide in a system in which television programming is transmitted to a user and is displayed for the user on a display, wherein the television programming includes commercial advertisements, the method comprising:

determining when a given one of the commercial advertisements is being displayed on the display;
overlaying an icon on top of the television programming on the display when the given commercial advertisement is being displayed to indicate that a product or service that is associated with that commercial advertisement is available for purchase by the user; and permitting the user to use the electronic television program guide to place an order for the available product or service by using a remote control to respond to the display of the icon on top of the given commercial advertisement.
7. An electronic television program guide system in which television programming is transmitted to a user and is displayed for the user on a display, wherein the television programming include commercial advertisements, the system configured to:

determine when a given one of the commercial advertisements is being displayed on the display;
display an icon on top of the television programming on the display when the given commercial advertisement is being displayed to indicate that information describing a product or service that is associated with that given commercial advertisement is available for the user; and permit the user to use a remote control to respond to the icon and direct the electronic television program guide to display the available information on the display.
8. The system defined in claim 7 configured to obtain the available information describing the product or service from a program signal associated with the television programming.
9. The system defined in claim 7 wherein the television programming is delivered to the user in digital form, the system configured to obtain the available information describing the product or service from an in-band digital channel.
10. The system defined in claim 7 configured to obtain the available information describing the product or service from vertical-blanking-interval data.
11. The system defined in claim 7 wherein an RGB video generator generates the icon and wherein a video overlay device combines the RGB format output from the generator with a television signal.
12. An electronic television program guide system in which television programming is transmitted to a user and is displayed for the user on a display, wherein the television programming includes commercial advertisements, the system configured to:

determine when a given one of the commercial advertisements is being displayed on the display;
overlay an icon on top of the television programming on the display when the given commercial advertisement is being displayed to indicate that a product or service that is associated with that commercial advertisement is available for purchase by the user; and permit the user to use the electronic television program guide to place an order for the available product or service by using a remote control to respond to the display of the icon on top of the given commercial advertisement.
13. A method for allowing a user to order video programs using an interactive interface, comprising:

displaying information for a video program on a display;

displaying an indication that the video program is available to be purchased;

providing the video program for purchase in a plurality of formats;

enabling the user to select one of the plurality of formats; and ordering the video program in the selected format in response to a user input.
14. The method defined in claim 13, wherein displaying the information for the video program comprises displaying the information for the video program in a grid guide.
15. The method defined in claim 13, wherein at least one of the plurality of formats is selected from the group consisting of VHS format, Beta format, and a transcript.
16. The method defined in claim 13, wherein a price is associated with each of the plurality of formats, the method further comprising displaying the price associated with the selected format.
17. The method defined in claim 16, further comprising:

enabling the user to scroll through the plurality of formats; and automatically updating the displayed price to reflect a currently selected format.
18. The method defined in claim 13, further comprising enabling the user to select a desired payment method from a plurality of payment methods for purchasing the video program.
19. The method defined in claim 18, wherein at least one of the plurality of payment methods is selected from the group consisting of a credit card and adding the purchase price of the video program to a user's bill for program services.
20. The method defined in claim 13, further comprising enabling the user to select a desired shipping method for shipping the video program.
21. The method defined in claim 20, further comprising displaying different price information for each shipping method.
22. The method defined in claim 13, further comprising displaying a screen that allows the user to enter address information that is used when ordering the product.
23. The method defined in claim 13, further comprising extracting the user's address from a program services billing system.
24. A system for allowing a user to order video programs using an interactive interface, the system comprising user equipment configured to:

display information for a video program on a display;

display an indication that the video program is available to be purchased;

provide the video program for purchase in a plurality of formats;

enable the user to select one of the plurality of formats; and order the video program in the selected format in response to a user input.
25. The system defined in claim 24, wherein the user equipment is further configured to display the information for the video program in a grid guide.
26. The system defined in claim 24, wherein at least one of the plurality of formats is selected from the group consisting of VHS format, Beta format, and a transcript.
27. The system defined in claim 24, wherein a price is associated with each of the plurality of formats and wherein the user equipment is further configured to display the price associated with the selected format.
28. The system defined in claim 27, wherein the user equipment is further configured to:

enable the user to scroll through the plurality of formats; and automatically update the displayed price to reflect a currently selected format.
29. The system defined in claim 24, wherein the user equipment is further configured to enable the user to select a desired payment method from a plurality of payment methods for purchasing the video program.
30. The system defined in claim 29, wherein at least one of the plurality of payment methods is selected from the group consisting of a credit card and adding the purchase price of the video program to a user's bill for program services.

The system defined in claim 24, wherein the user equipment is further configured to enable the user to select a desired shipping method for shipping the video program.
31. The system defined in claim 30, wherein the user equipment is further configured to display different price information for each shipping method.
32. The system defined in claim 24, wherein the user equipment is further configured to display a screen that allows the user to enter address information that is used when ordering the product.
33. The system defined in claim 24, wherein the user equipment is further configured to extract the user's address from a program services billing system.
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