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Interactive Video Distribution Systems > Operator Interface > To Facilitate Tuning Or Selection Of Video Signal > Electronic Program Guide Electronic Program GuideElectronic Program Guide patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.10/11/07 - 20070240186 - Program selection system A method and system for enabling a user to select programs in a personal video recorder environment, the method comprising enabling the user to select a program subject category, providing in response to user selection of a program subject category, for subsequent user selection, programs within said selected program subject ... 10/04/07 - 20070234388 - Generating a genre-based video mosaic in a cable services network Methods and systems are provided for generating a genre-based video mosaic from multiple of video sources in a cable services network system. A cable services head end periodically searches a database for a genre descriptor identifying a type of programming broadcast in the cable services network, selects a group of ... 10/04/07 - 20070234387 - Apparatus for providing electronic program guide information in a digital multimedia broadcast receiving terminal and a method therefor Disclosed is a method for providing Electronic Program Guide (EPG) information in a digital multimedia broadcast receiving terminal, which includes causing the digital multimedia broadcast receiving terminal to convert the EPG information of a broadcast channel previously stored into corresponding audio data delivered to a headset communicating with the digital ... 09/20/07 - 20070220548 - Broadcasting receive apparatus A broadcasting receive apparatus includes a digital broadcasting receiving unit that receives a digital broadcasting, a program table obtaining unit that obtains a program table of an analog broadcasting, a channel correspondence storing unit that stores a channel correspondence, the channel correspondence relating a channel of the digital broadcasting to ... 09/20/07 - 20070220547 - Method for controlling a multi-tuner signal receiving apparatus A multi-tuner signal receiving apparatus enables signal distribution in a household and/or business dwelling, and can be effectively controlled by users via one or more remote control devices. According to an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus includes a plurality of tuners and a controller including a memory for storing association data ... 09/13/07 - 20070214479 - Digital broadcasting system and method for broadcasting service provider data Provided is a digital broadcasting system and method for broadcasting service provider data. The system includes a broadcasting station for inserting the service provider data, generated by a service provider that provides digital broadcasting contents to users, into program guide information, and broadcasting the service provider data, together with multimedia ... 08/30/07 - 20070204296 - Digital television signal, method of processing the digital television signal, and digital television receiver A digital television signal for use in a digital television receiver for receiving PSIP data from a broadcast transmitter includes a rating region table which includes rating information for multiple geographical regions and a release time field specifying a release time of the rating information. The release time field may ... 08/23/07 - 20070199022 - Multimedia systems, methods and applications Systems and methods according to exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a user interface including an electronic program guide and scrollable visual directories. ... 08/23/07 - 20070199019 - Systems and methods for providing a personal channel via television Preferred systems and methods provide a personal channel for broadcasting personal content to televisions over a network, such as a fiber optic access network. A service provider assigns a personal channel identifier to a broadcaster. This identifier allows viewers to tune to the personal channel. The broadcaster sends personal content ... 08/23/07 - 20070199018 - System and methods for voicing text in an interactive programming guide Systems and methods are provided for enhanced television services such as an interactive audio programming guide for a television. Users may use an input device, such as a remote control, to select display objects displayed on an output device, such as a television, as part of an interactive programming guide. ... 08/16/07 - 20070192792 - Content processing device, content processing method, control program, and storage medium To add new additional content to the reproduction schedule on the basis of reference content scheduled in a time slot in the reproduction schedule, a digital television in accordance with the present invention includes: an additional content extracting section for identifying, as the additional content, content associated with content information ... 08/09/07 - 20070186239 - Backup communication modes Systems and methods for implementing a communication mode for a communication terminal are provided. An embodiment of a method for implementing a communication mode includes receiving a first type of data over a first type of communication channel, determining that the first type of data is subsequently not available over ... 08/02/07 - 20070180467 - Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving electronic service guides of different versions in a digital broadcasting system A method and apparatus for encoding additional ESG information and decoding a new version of an Electronic Service Guide (ESG) in a terminal, when information for the new version ESG is transmitted by a digital video broadcasting system. When an information field is added in relation to a fragment of ... 06/21/07 - 20070143792 - Extensible mechanism for storage and interchange of objects An extensible mechanism for storage and interchange of objects is described herein. According to first aspect of the disclosure, objects having respective class definitions are received. The objects are represented in an interchange format by mapping the class definitions of the objects to corresponding fields defined within the interchange format. ... 05/17/07 - 20070113246 - System, method and apparatus for electronic program guide, streaming media redirecting and streaming media on-demand A method of streaming media, includes: a digital terminal visits an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) server, the EPG server obtains the capability parameters of the digital terminal and a streaming media program list that matches the capability parameters of the digital terminal, and the EPG server sends the streaming media ... 05/10/07 - 20070107013 - Method for indicating service types in the service guide Provided are apparatuses and methods in a digital broadcast transmission system for transmitting information on a type of service or program and/or interactivity or interaction information for the service or program. In one example, a parameter or attribute is provided in an ESG fragment for indicating the type of program ... 05/03/07 - 20070101367 - Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving epg in digital broadcasting system using frequency channels Disclosed is an apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving an EPG when a digital broadcasting system uses different frequency channels according to broadcasters. In the apparatus and method, the digital broadcasting system determines a first frequency channel for transmitting first EPG data for all broadcasting programs, transmits the first EPG data ... 05/03/07 - 20070101366 - Method for analyzing information and executing function corresponding to analyzed information in portable terminal A method for analyzing diverse information included in a text and performing a function corresponding to the analyzed information in a portable terminal is disclosed. A user can easily perform a function such as originating a call and a message preparing by selecting the information included in the text without ... 04/26/07 - 20070094683 - Method for changing/managing channels and broadcasting receiver The present invention relates to a method for changing/managing channels in a broadcasting receiver and a broadcasting receiver, which are capable of selecting all parts or a part of various kinds of programs; forming a channel group consisting of channels broadcasting the selected program type(s); and performing a channel change ... 04/19/07 - 20070089132 - Network-enabled audio device A network-enabled audio device that provides a display device that allows the user to select playlists of music much like a jukebox is disclosed. The user can compose playlists from disk files, CD's, Internet streaming audio broadcasts, online music sites, and other audio sources. The user can also select a ... 04/12/07 - 20070083892 - Display apparatus and channel navigation method thereof A display apparatus and a channel navigation method thereof are provided. The channel navigation method of a display apparatus using picture-in-picture (PIP), included: processing video signals of a currently tuned channel to be displayed in a main picture; generating a channel list including a sub picture based on the video ... 04/12/07 - 20070083891 - Image processing apparatus and control method thereof An image processing apparatus and a control method of controlling the image processing apparatus are provided. The control method of the image processing apparatus, which includes a display unit indicating images according to received broadcast signals, includes: storing data of a broadcast signal, and if individual day broadcast information is ... 03/29/07 - 20070074249 - Broadcasting system for providing program information and method thereof The invention relates to a digital multimedia broadcasting system, and more specifically, to a method for displaying electronic program guide. A broadcasting system for providing program information comprises a sender having an EPG data generating unit for generating an EPG data having cast and director information of the program, an ... 03/15/07 - 20070061840 - System and method for providing custom channel arrangements in a programming guide A method includes associating a first channel identifier of an electronic programming guide with a first multimedia channel from a first content source and associating a second channel identifier of the electronic programming guide with a second multimedia channel from a second content source. The second content source is different ... 03/08/07 - 20070055990 - Signalling of cell id in digital mobile broadcast service guide for localized broadcasting Provided are apparatuses and methods for providing a program or service transmission with associated ESG fragment(s) to a receiver within a designated location. Parameter, elements or sub-elements may be included in a service guide or other data fragment indicating the location within which the program, service and corresponding ESG fragment(s) ... 02/08/07 - 20070033612 - Method and apparatus for scheduling delivery of video and graphics A method and apparatus for scheduling delivery of graphics and video to an on-screen display is described. The method comprises accessing a schedule comprising at least one video, at least one template, and layout information, wherein the at least one video and the at least one template are associated with ... 01/18/07 - 20070016925 - Interactive tv application display method and apparatus A system and method for accurately rendering an interactive TV application is accomplished by adjusting the contents of an on-screen buffer (OSD) to match the native physical characteristics of a target display device, preferably using fonts specific to the display device. Typically the character data is merged with graphics data ... 01/04/07 - 20070006261 - Broadcast receiving set, broadcast receiver device, channel addition control method, and channel deletion control method A choice of an EPG map or a channel-selection map is received. An obtainable channel unregistered in the EPG map is extracted from the retrieved EPG obtainable channels. If the EPG map is chosen, a choice of an addition-desired channel is received among the extracted obtainable channels. The received channel ... 01/04/07 - 20070006260 - Method for providing interactive digital broadcasting service in mobile communication terminal Disclosed is a method for providing an interactive digital broadcasting service in a mobile communication terminal for receiving digital broadcasting. Digital broadcasting signals including URL information of the digital broadcasting are received and outputted, the URL information from the received digital broadcasting signals is detected, a website of the digital ... 12/28/06 - 20060294544 - Transmitter system and transmitting method, receiver system and receiving method and transmission media There is provided a system which allows information related to a broadcasting program to be processed efficiently. The program related information related to the certain program created on the transmitter side is composed of Event Data, Channel Data, Character Data, CM data and the like and is converted into EPG_contents_data. ... 12/21/06 - 20060288365 - Image processing apparatus, and control method of image storing system having the same A method of controlling an image storing system comprising a plurality of external devices, and an image processing apparatus connected to the plurality of external devices, wherein the image storing system is capable of storing a video signal in the plurality of external devices. The method includes determining whether a ... 12/14/06 - 20060282854 - Method of recording and reproducing digital multimedia broadcasting contents A method of recording and reproducing DMB contents in a terminal having a DMB reception function and a wireless Internet function is provided. The terminal extracts information about contents being provided from EPG information and stores it, in response to a storing request from a user during viewing or listening ... 12/14/06 - 20060282853 - Method and apparatus for storing broadcast program A method and apparatus for storing a broadcast program are provided. The apparatus includes: a signal processing unit which generates an audio/video (A/V) file, an application file, and a first electronic program guide (EPG) file by appropriately processing a plurality of A/V signals, application information, and EPG information, respectively, which ... 12/14/06 - 20060282852 - Interactive mosaic channel video stream with barker channel and guide The present invention discloses an interactive mosaic video channel displayed on a video monitor, with a plurality of individual video feeds being presented at a given time, comprising a plurality of video cells presenting at least video information, each video cell associated with one of the plurality of individual video ... 12/14/06 - 20060282851 - Presence based technology A collaborative information system. ... 12/07/06 - 20060277573 - Tuner apparatus and television receiver using same A tuner apparatus of the present invention is provided with select instruction conversion means in which not only a physical channel of an analog broadcast signal but also a physical channel of a digital broadcast signal is allocated for a virtual channel space built on external select instructions intended for ... 11/16/06 - 20060259925 - Electronic program guide using markup language An interactive television program guide is provided. Program guide display elements are arranged and styled using markup language documents. These markup language documents may also indicate and select program guide functions. The program guide interprets the markup language documents and generates the display screens and program guide functionality without user ... 11/09/06 - 20060253865 - Method for forming a broadcast program time table using electric program guide A method for making a broadcast program time table using an electric program guide database is disclosed. The method includes storing present program information of event information table present/follow (EIT P/F) information in a first program information area of a corresponding segment area in the electric program guide (EPG) database ... 10/19/06 - 20060236340 - Smart audio guide system and method A smart audio guide system according to the present invention for use in conjunction with an interactive content distribution system that includes a distribution head-end that makes programming available for viewing on a video display device at a viewer subsystem, the viewer subsystem including an audio unit to provide audio ... 10/05/06 - 20060225093 - Enhanced electronic service guide container An aspect of the invention provides an efficient transportation of ESG fragments to a receiver through the formation of containers. A container comprises at least one ESG fragment, but may contain a plurality of fragments. A fragment may be also carried by more than one container. Aspects of the present ... 09/28/06 - 20060218588 - Interactive content guide for television programming A navigation interface display system generates a navigation element that organizes television programming data in an easy-to-use manner. The navigation element employs a hierarchical display protocol for a plurality of selection items that represent the various television programs, channels, and/or networks. The hierarchical display scheme displays a limited number of ... 09/28/06 - 20060218587 - Interactive content guide for television programming A navigation interface display system generates a navigation element that organizes television programming data in an easy-to-use manner. The navigation element employs a hierarchical display protocol for a plurality of selection items that represent the various television programs, channels, and/or networks. The hierarchical display scheme displays a limited number of ... 09/28/06 - 20060218586 - Implicit signaling for split-toi for service guide The invention provides an efficient transportation of ESG fragments to a mobile device through the formation of containers. In this sense, a container comprises at least one ESG fragment, but may contain a plurality of fragments. A fragment may be also carried in more than one container. Aspects of the ... 09/28/06 - 20060218585 - Edited contents reproducing method and apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium An edited contents reproducing method includes accessing, from a first apparatus storing desired program contents, via a network, editing information indicating edited parts of the desired program contents stored in a second apparatus that is other than the first apparatus, based on user information related to an editor and/or program ... 09/28/06 - 20060218584 - Filtering electronic program guides based on channel accessibility A method of filtering an electronic program guide (EPG) information is disclosed. EPG information is retrieved from an EPG provider. The EPG information is filtered to retain program information related to programs delivered by a content delivery provider to a subscriber. The content delivery provider is different from the EPG ... 09/21/06 - 20060212902 - Device and method for displaying broadcasting information in digital broadcasting receiver Disclosed herein is a device and method for displaying channel information in a digital broadcasting receiver. A broadcasting receiver receives and demodulates a digital broadcasting signal of a selected channel. A data processor demultiplexes the demodulated broadcasting signal, separates Electronic Program Guide (EPG) data and broadcasting data, and decodes the ... 08/17/06 - 20060184966 - Methods and systems for enhancing television applications using 3d pointing Systems and methods according to the present invention provide a control framework for organizing, selecting and launching media items including graphical user interfaces coupled with an optional 3D control device for collection of the basic control primitives of point, click, scroll, hover and zoom which permit for easy and rapid ... 08/17/06 - 20060184965 - Method for providing electronic program guide for digital broadcasting Disclosed is a method for providing an electronic program guide (EPG) for digital broadcasting. The method includes the steps of analyzing motion picture experts group (MPEG)-2 transport stream for the digital broadcasting by a digital broadcasting receiver of a digital broadcasting subscriber as the digital broadcasting subscriber executes an electronic ... 08/17/06 - 20060184964 - Image reproducing apparatus for channel map updating and method thereof Disclosed is an image reproducing apparatus for updating a channel map, and a method thereof. The image reproducing apparatus includes an identification (ID) detector for detecting the ID of a broadcast information card when a broadcast information card is mounted, a comparing unit for comparing the ID of the broadcast ... 08/03/06 - 20060174272 - Video processing apparatus A video processing apparatus including a memory to store a plurality of character strings corresponding a plurality of channels in predetermined sequence, a display part to display the character string to be superposed on a picture of the corresponding channel, a signal receiver to receive a forward or backward change ... 08/03/06 - 20060174271 - Methods and apparatus for providing program guide state information to a device Methods and apparatus for providing guide state information to a device. A method is provided for updating a program guide that comprises one or more sections. The method includes determining that a selected section of the program guide has changed, and generating a program guide state notification message that identifies ... 08/03/06 - 20060174270 - Systems and methods for providing approximated information in an interactive television program guide An interactive television program guide application on an interactive television system that determines approximated information using historical content is provided. The interactive television program guide application may retain and store interactive television program guide information. Using the available information, the interactive television program guide application may determine approximated information when ... 08/03/06 - 20060174269 - Method and system for providing an electronic program guide In a method for providing a program guide in a program receiver, program schedule data is received, wherein the program schedule data associates programs with time slots on a particular channel of a plurality of channels. For a first time slot of a virtual channel, and using the program schedule ... 08/03/06 - 20060174268 - Media device and enhancing use of media device A media device, a network server and a method of enhancing the use of a media device are provided. The media device is configured to receive a broadcast media stream transmitted by a broadcast system. Program guide information on at least one broadcast media stream is received over a radio ... 08/03/06 - 20060174267 - Method and apparatus for processing two or more initially decoded audio signals received or replayed from a bitstream In the MPEG-4 standard ISO/IEC 14496:2001 several audio objects that can be coded with different MPEG-4 format coding types can together form a composed audio system representing a single soundtrack from the several audio substreams. In a receiver the multiple audio objects are decoded separately, but not directly played back ... 07/27/06 - 20060168620 - Television schedule system and method of operation for multiple program occurences An improved television guide system. According to one embodiment of the invention, television guide information is provided that includes multiple occurrences of a single show. The guide system of the present invention allows the user to identify a show and, thereafter, identify when the identified show will be played again. ... 07/20/06 - 20060161949 - Terrestrial digital tv broadcast signal receiver In a terrestrial digital TV broadcast signal receiver capable of EPG (Electric Program Guide) display, EPG data are updated in a time as smaller as possible while a use does not watch any TV program, so that the EPG can be displayed in real time just after switching on of ... 07/13/06 - 20060156336 - Program guide system with flip and browse advertisements An interactive television program guide is provided in which advertisements may be displayed in program listings display Legions on program guide screens. The program listings display regions may be browse displays or flip displays. The program guide screens contain video for the current channel to which the user is tuned. ... 07/13/06 - 20060156335 - Content-related information providing apparatus, content related information providing method, electronic bulletin board system, and computer program Each bulletin board is set for the purpose of an argument and information exchange concerning a specific television program. In writing a remark in the bulletin board, a user registers information for specifying a program/scene referred to by the remark together with remark contents. The reference information consists of a ... 06/29/06 - 20060143651 - Terminal and method for displaying digital broadcasting channel information Disclosed is a terminal and method for receiving digital broadcasting and displaying channel information including image information. The terminal includes a digital broadcasting reception unit for receiving digital broadcasting channel guide information; a mobile communication unit for receiving image guide information about broadcast programs; a memory unit for storing the ... 06/15/06 - 20060130093 - Electronic program guide display and cursor control An electronic program guide includes a first program listing for a single start time and a second program listing for a television station identified in the first program listing. The first program listing displays a time of the start time, a first list of television stations and titles of television ... 06/01/06 - 20060117347 - Methods, systems, and products for customized programming Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for providing programming. An electronic programming guide (EPG) is received. The EPG has events associated with products and a programming grid simultaneously listing a wrapper associated with each product and each product's associated events. An input is received that scrolls from one product to ... 05/18/06 - 20060107291 - Promoted listings Promoted listings are defined in terms of priorities, which may be static, geographically dynamic, or demographically dynamic. The priorities are associated with program data that describes media programs that are scheduled for broadcast or other type of transmission. The program data and priorities are transmitted to client devices that are ... 05/11/06 - 20060101488 - Method for providing information during a channel change in a digital broadcast receiver A method for displaying video information in a digital broadcast receiver during a change from a current channel to a new channel is disclosed. The method is suitable for displaying video information such as an advertisement, information selected by the user, or a program guide. ... 05/04/06 - 20060095936 - Apparatus and method for displaying digital broadcasting program information Disclosed are an apparatus capable of receiving digital broadcasting and displaying program information regarding the digital broadcasting and a method thereof. The apparatus for displaying digital broadcasting program information in a terminal capable of receiving digital broadcasting, includes a digital broadcasting receiving unit for receiving a digital broadcasting program, a ... 04/27/06 - 20060090181 - Method and apparatus for pre-processing service information in open cable system A method and apparatus for pre-processing service information (SI) in digital cable broadcasting are provided. A digital cable broadcast receiver includes a point-of-deployment (POD) module which provides service information (SI) data transmitted by a head end to a demultiplexer, the demultiplexer which extracts one or more section tables required for ... 04/27/06 - 20060090180 - Use of screensaver to mask epg data capture A method for masking an electronic program guide data capture in a set-top box, comprising the steps of (A) determining whether the set-top box is active or inactive based on the frequency of user input, (B) if the set-top box is inactive, activating a screensaver, and (C) capturing the electronic ... 04/13/06 - 20060080708 - Electronic program guide and method of display According to one embodiment, a digital television receiver comprises an on-screen display (OSD) generator, a controller and a processor. Operating in combination with the OSD generator, the controller is adapted to produce an electronic program guide displaying programs. The electronic program guide includes a display window in a first display ... 04/06/06 - 20060075429 - Voice control of television-related information Techniques are described for managing various types of content in various ways, such as based on voice commands or other voice-based control instructions provided by a user. In some situations, at least some of the content being managed includes television programming-related content, which may be managed via the voice controls ... 03/09/06 - 20060053446 - Cable program receiver and method of processing service information for the same A cable broadcast receiver includes a host device and a cable card which is detachably inserted into the host device. The cable card receives an OOB signal from the host device and parses a new SI table from the OOB signal. The new SI table contains a first CRC code. ... 03/09/06 - 20060053445 - Digital broadcast receiver and method of providing program guide using the digital broadcast receiver Provided are a digital broadcast receiver and a method of providing a program guide, which enable a user to easily watch in real time or time-record a broadcast program of his or her interest. The digital broadcast receiver includes a reading unit which reads program guide information from a data ... 03/02/06 - 20060048183 - Device and method for updating function in digital broadcasting signal receiver A device and a method of updating a function in a digital broadcasting signal receiver. The device includes a storage section storing data for executing various functions provided to a digital broadcasting receiving section; a program specific information/service information (PSI/SI) extraction section extracting PSI/SI from a received digital broadcasting signal; ... 02/23/06 - 20060041906 - Electronic service information application appropriate for display on devices having smaller display screens A service information computer program application and devices and systems that implement the same that is formatted so as to be adaptable to portable digital devices, typically handheld device that have small displays. The service information application provides service program schedules in a hierarchical format, as such, the user benefits ... 02/16/06 - 20060037044 - Pausing television programming in response to selection of hypertext link A time sequential signal comprising audiovisual content and hyperlinks is received and displayed on a display device by the systems of the invention in a time sequential manner. The display of the time sequential signal is paused whenever a displayed hyperlink is selected. While pausing the display, data corresponding to ... 02/09/06 - 20060031876 - Three-dimensional motion graphic user interface and method and apparatus for providing the same A three-dimensional motion graphic user interface (MGUI) and a method and apparatus for providing the same. The apparatus includes a control module which creates a polyhedron component that can be opened and that has at least one opening face and an internal space containing at least one information object related ... 02/09/06 - 20060031875 - Apparatus and method for supplying electronic program guide for video on demand services Provided are an apparatus and method for supplying electronic programs for Video On Demand (VOD) services. The apparatus includes a service data receiving unit to receive service data about an image-based service, a service data sorting unit to sort the received service data according to a predetermined sorting condition, and ... 02/09/06 - 20060031874 - Three-dimensional motion graphic user interface and method and apparatus for providing the same A three-dimensional motion graphic user interface (MGUI) and a method and apparatus for providing the three-dimensional MGUI are provided. The three-dimensional motion graphic user interface includes a first polyhedron component that is formed of a plurality of faces, wherein at least one face of the plurality of faces that are ... 02/02/06 - 20060026640 - System to syncronize 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) further describing the programming and ancillary information. The database is indexed ... 02/02/06 - 20060026639 - Interactive program information page and related methods Methods and systems that enable users to find and view programs are described. In at least some embodiments, an interactive program information page enables links to be created between local electronic program guide data that resides on the client device and data that resides remotely from the client device. In ... 01/26/06 - 20060020970 - Electronic apparatus, display controlling method for electronic apparatus and graphical user interface A graphical user interface is disclosed which achieves an easy search for a desired item upon scrolling. A plurality of representation images individually representing different selection object items are displayed in an array along one direction of a display screen. A noticed representation image selected from among the representation images ... 01/26/06 - 20060020969 - Electronic apparatus, display controlling method for electronic apparatus and graphical user interface A graphical user interface is disclosed which achieves an easy search for a desired item upon scrolling. Plural first icons representing first items of a high hierarchy are arrayed along a direction of a display screen, and plural second icons representing second items of a low hierarchy which belong to ... 01/12/06 - 20060010469 - Interactive television program guide with passive content A hybrid passive-interactive program guide is generated by combining the features of an interactive program guide with the passive video portion of a passive program guide. The interactive guide may replace passive listings with interactive listings, replace passive features with interactive features, provide supplemental advertisements, or replace passive tagging information ... 11/10/05 - 20050251822 - Multiple interactive electronic program guide system and methods A multiple Interactive Program Guide (IPG) system provides different television programming and different IPGs to several different users respectively. A single set-top box is capable of providing programming and scheduling data to several different television sets. Each of the different IPGs share a common database. Therefore, a first IPG being ... 11/10/05 - 20050251821 - Receiver with concurrent multi-user electronic program guide The invention relates to a receiver comprising electronic program guide means for browsing through an electronic program guide containing information on a plurality of program channels. The electronic program guide means comprise a server module and a number of client modules assigned to a number of remote devices, in order ... 10/20/05 - 20050235314 - Method for implementing digital electronic program guide (epg) A method for implementing an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) A method for implementing a digital Electronic Program guide (EPG) includes the steps of: displaying a date/time selection image including a plurality of cells; and providing a user with an EPG associated with a date and time corresponding to a specific ... 08/04/05 - 20050172316 - Method and apparatus for accessing electronic data via a familiar printed medium The disclosed methods and apparatus relate generally to the electronics media industry, such as cable television (CATV), home shopping services, on-line computer services and computer memory applications. These methods and apparatus allow a user to access and make use of electronic media input and output devices by reference to and/or ... 08/04/05 - 20050172315 - Virtual tuner A virtual tuner is described. In an implementation, a method includes outputting an Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) for display by a client. The EPG includes a plurality of representations of a plurality of content. At least one of the content is television programming for receipt by the client over an ... 07/28/05 - 20050166229 - Method for identifying extender text table of electronic program guide in digital tv A method for identifying extender text tables of an electronic program guide in a DTV is disclosed. In the present invention, the extender text tables are identified by processing an ETT section in the same manner as other tables using a value capable of identifying the extender text table sections. ... 07/28/05 - 20050166228 - Television receiver and system including the same A television receiver (100) acquires numerical quantity information which indicates the number of program-related information related to a television program from program list information acquired from a television signal (11) or the like, and displays the acquired numerical quantity information on a television display screen. When a user selects a ... 07/21/05 - 20050160455 - Transmit device and method thereof, record/play device and method thereof as well as recording system and media A transmit device and method, a record/play device and method, a record system as well as a media allowing selection of the ideal record media by the receiver. The EPG data generator of a transmit device generates an EPG (Electronic Program Guide) showing the scheduled transmission of the program to ... 07/21/05 - 20050160454 - Transmit device and method thereof, record/play device and method thereof as well as recording system and media A transmit device and method, a record/play device and method, a record system as well as a media allowing selection of the ideal record media by the receiver. The EPG data generator of a transmit device generates an EPG (Electronic Program Guide) showing the scheduled transmission of the program to ... 07/21/05 - 20050160453 - Apparatus to change a channel using a channel map based on program genre and method thereof A channel changing apparatus includes a channel map generator to generate a channel map according to a program genre by reading channel information associated with a program information for a plurality of channels extracted from a digital broadcast stream and sorting the channel information for the plurality of channels according ... 07/14/05 - 20050155059 - Generating and searching compressed data Data destined for a client is compressed at a server in a manner that produces a compressed data string that can be searched in its compressed state. The server constructs a code table that assigns codes from a standard code set (e.g., ASCII code set) that are normally unused to ... 06/09/05 - 20050125824 - Method for providing peg channel programming A cable television network provides public, educational and governmental (PEG) programming pursuant to an agreement with the local franchising authority for a local area. A PEG channel is provided in the local area channel lineup. Backdrop programming is provided on the PEG channel. The backdrop programming is general local interest ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |