DE69808096D1 - Menügesteuerte Orientierungshilfe zur interaktiven Programmführung - Google Patents

Menügesteuerte Orientierungshilfe zur interaktiven Programmführung

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DE69808096D1
DE69808096D1 DE69808096T DE69808096T DE69808096D1 DE 69808096 D1 DE69808096 D1 DE 69808096D1 DE 69808096 T DE69808096 T DE 69808096T DE 69808096 T DE69808096 T DE 69808096T DE 69808096 D1 DE69808096 D1 DE 69808096D1
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Wayne Allison
Carl Williamson
Benjamin Herrington
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Adeia Guides Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43—Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware
    • H04N21/431—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/45—Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies, resolving scheduling conflicts
    • H04N21/462—Content or additional data management, e.g. creating a master electronic program guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end, controlling the complexity of a video stream by scaling the resolution or bit-rate based on the client capabilities
    • H04N21/4622—Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/47—End-user applications
    • H04N21/482—End-user interface for program selection
DE69808096T 1997-07-08 1998-06-09 Menügesteuerte Orientierungshilfe zur interaktiven Programmführung Expired - Lifetime DE69808096T2 (de)

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US08/889,526 US6262722B1 (en) 1997-07-08 1997-07-08 Interactive program guide navigator menu system
PCT/US1998/011841 WO1999003271A1 (en) 1997-07-08 1998-06-09 Interactive program guide navigator

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DE69808096D1 true DE69808096D1 (de) 2002-10-24
DE69808096T2 DE69808096T2 (de) 2003-06-05

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EP (1) EP0997038B1 (de)
JP (7) JP2002508143A (de)
KR (1) KR20010021591A (de)
CN (1) CN1322433A (de)
AT (1) ATE224624T1 (de)
AU (1) AU730688B2 (de)
BR (1) BR9812097A (de)
CA (1) CA2295820C (de)
DE (1) DE69808096T2 (de)
ES (1) ES2184276T3 (de)
HK (1) HK1028693A1 (de)
HU (1) HUP0002582A3 (de)
IL (1) IL133821A0 (de)
NO (1) NO20000061L (de)
NZ (1) NZ501994A (de)
PL (1) PL337965A1 (de)
RU (1) RU2000102895A (de)
WO (1) WO1999003271A1 (de)

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