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Interactive Video Distribution Systems > Operator Interface > To Facilitate Tuning Or Selection Of Video Signal > Electronic Program Guide > Navigational Feature Navigational FeatureNavigational Feature 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.11/15/07 - 20070266405 - Terminating enhanced television broadcasts An enhanced television broadcast system may enable the transmission and reception of a real-time event when a new program is about to begin. The real-time event may control access to enhancements from the program that is ending. In some embodiments, these real-time events may constitute triggers that are included within ... 10/25/07 - 20070250864 - Dynamic adjustment of electronic program guide displays based on viewer preferences for minimizing navigation in vod program selection Items of video content offered for viewing on a video-on-demand (VOD) platform of a digital TV service provider are each assigned a respective title and hierarchical address corresponding to hierarchically-arranged categories and subcategories within which the title for the video content is to be categorized. The title is listed in ... 10/18/07 - 20070245380 - Representation of epg programming information The invention relates to the generation of an improved graphics interface which is interactive and allows user navigation. The interface represents portions of data from a number of fields of data, said fields representing program information for current and future television programs which can be viewed. The interface includes a ... 09/20/07 - 20070220556 - Method and apparatus for watching dmb programs on a mobile terminal by direct channel input Digital multimedia broadcasting watching method using direct input of DMB channel number in terminal and apparatus are disclosed. A method of receiving digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) programs on a mobile terminal, comprises: recognizing a DMB channel number being input through a keypad of the mobile terminal; recognizing a DMB hotkey ... 08/16/07 - 20070192799 - Method and apparatus for optimizing optical disc navigators The present invention provides a method and apparatus for optimizing optical disc navigators. According to the present invention, the optical disc player sets the optimum optical disc navigator that can be realized as the optical disc navigator for playing the optical disc by testing and adjusting basing on the optical ... 08/02/07 - 20070180472 - Information recording and reproducing apparatus, method of appending title information, and program recording medium having recorded title information appending procedure program Information can be recorded in an easy-to-use form by appending title information thereto. When audio data is reproduced from an optical disc, such as a CD, and recorded into a hard disk, title information corresponding to the audio data is searched through a database region in the hard disk, and ... 08/02/07 - 20070180470 - Method and system for metadata normalization, association and registration for digital content A digital content metadata normalization, association and registration system and method are provided herein. ... 07/12/07 - 20070162935 - Program search device A keyword showing the user's preference in radio programs is registered, and the number of hits of the above keyword in each radio program is totalized based on on-air information and now-on-air information being broadcast content information. The number of hits of the keyword is displayed on a display 26. ... 05/24/07 - 20070118856 - Broadcasting receiver and method thereof Digital broadcasting content is viewed by a user, such as through a portable terminal having a broadcasting receiver configured to receive digital broadcasting content. An original travel path is obtained based on a travel destination. The portable terminal determines if a broadcasting blind zone exists relative to the original travel ... 04/26/07 - 20070094688 - Method system for event ticketing via a digital television channel. A network system whereby a digital event ticketing marketplace is created via a television channel hidden or designated for viewer-consumers to search event information and purchase tickets based on preset queries and for event content providers#promoters artist & venue owners to remotely post event market information with associated audio-visual content ... 03/29/07 - 20070074254 - Locating content in a television environment A search query is received in a television environment and a search is requested using the search query. Results of the search are received and at least a portion of the received results are displayed. Filtering instructions are received and the received results are filtered to generate filtered results. At ... 03/22/07 - 20070067803 - Method and apparatus for performing selectable channel search A method for performing a selectable channel search with an apparatus such as a television signal receiver provides users with flexible search options so that they may select only those search options they desire, and thereby save considerable time when performing a channel search. According to an exemplary embodiment, a ... 02/22/07 - 20070044123 - System and method for smoothing channel changing in internet protocol television systems System and method of implementing a channel change in an Internet Protocol Television (“IPTV”) system are described. In one embodiment, method comprises steps of, responsive to a channel change request, decoding and displaying a video stream of a requested channel, wherein the displayed video stream has a resolution quality less ... 02/01/07 - 20070028269 - Playback apparatus, menu display method, and recording medium recording program implementing menu display method A playback apparatus includes a menu screen display unit for displaying a content menu screen, an input unit for detecting a user's input operation to detect a selection of the content, and a control unit for causing the menu screen display unit to switch the menu screen, and for instructing ... 02/01/07 - 20070028268 - Media user interface start menu Embodiments of a media user interface are presented herein. ... 02/01/07 - 20070028267 - Media user interface gallery control Embodiments of a media user interface are presented herein. ... 12/21/06 - 20060288371 - Mobile terminal and method for operation A mobile terminal and an operating method thereof are provided. An operating method includes driving the mobile terminal that supports a multitasking environment, executing a terminal application by driving the mobile terminal and calling a home screen application, and setting an initial screen of the home screen application as a ... 12/14/06 - 20060282859 - Determining chapters based on presentation of a program A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that, in an embodiment, calculate scores for cells within a program based on a speed at which the cells were presented and a frequency that the cells were presented. A cell includes one or more frames of presentable data. Chapters within the program ... 12/14/06 - 20060282858 - Method and apparatus for navigating alphabetized text A method and/or apparatus improves the speed of searching for a specific text item in an alphabetized text list during up and/or down navigation of the alphabetized text list. The method provides controlled navigation through a text list depending, for example, on the amount of time that user input is ... 10/19/06 - 20060236342 - Systems and methods for video-rich navigation Methods and systems are disclosed that provide a user with efficient video-rich navigation (VRN) of media assets in an interactive media guidance application, such as an interactive program guide. A user can select a displayed video asset and perform an action on the selectable video asset, for example, using a ... 09/28/06 - 20060218591 - System and method for focused navigation using option type filters A sequence of cards representing filters is displayed along a first axis of a user interface with a single card being displayed in a focus area. The card in the focus area defines a selected object type filter, which is applied to another sequence of available options. The filtered sequence ... 06/29/06 - 20060143657 - Method for displaying broadcasting program guide information and remote controller for the same A method for displaying broadcasting program guide (BPG) information, which can promptly provide the BPG information by using a time sliding bar, a channel sliding bar and a hand tool, is provided. The method includes receiving and displaying the BPG information by channel and time, and displaying the time sliding ... 04/20/06 - 20060085819 - Method and apparatus for content metadata search A virtual dictionary contains keywords extracted from metadata describing multimedia content. A virtual keyboard of alphanumeric characters is configured for display on a display device such that as a character is selected from the virtual keyboard using navigation and selection controls associated with a set-top appliance only those alphanumeric characters ... 04/06/06 - 20060075435 - Method and apparatus for searching for a digital broadcasting program A method and apparatus for searching for a digital broadcasting program. A user inputs search information to search for a predetermined digital broadcasting program. When the search information is input, at least one digital broadcasting program corresponding to the search information and broadcasting program information thereof are detected from a ... 03/23/06 - 20060064724 - Method and apparatus for storing digital broadcasting data A method and apparatus for storing digital broadcasting data. Predetermined search information input from a user is received. At least one broadcasting program including the search information is detected from guide data for digital broadcasting programs, and the at least one detected broadcasting program is displayed. Information of at least ... 03/23/06 - 20060064723 - Method for an instant pop-up interface for a set-top box Embodiments of the present invention recite a method for an instant pop-up interface for a set-top box. In one embodiment, a first instance of media content is played or received via a set-top box. An indication is received to display a user interface of the set-top box. In response, the ... 03/16/06 - 20060059520 - Recorded program searching apparatus and recorded program searching method There are provided connection units configured to connect a plurality of recording units, a selection unit configured to select a predetermined recording unit from the plurality of recording units connected to the connection units, a setting unit configured to set a plurality of types of searching conditions for searching a ... 03/16/06 - 20060059519 - Information providing apparatus, terminal apparatus, information providing system and information providing method An information providing apparatus includes, a communication section configured to transmit and receive to and from the terminal apparatus, a command analysis section configured to specify a command from the terminal apparatus, a user specifying section configured to specify a user transmitting the command, a keyword system providing section configured ... 03/02/06 - 20060048191 - Method and apparatus for use in video searching The present embodiments provide methods and apparatuses for use in searching and/or retrieving video data. Some embodiments provide method for use in searching video data, that extract a spatiotemporal representation of at least a portion of a query sequence of video data, produce a query slice image from the spatiotemporal ... 02/23/06 - 20060041908 - Method and apparatus for dynamic search of video contents A dynamic searching method and apparatus of video contents is disclosed. The dynamic searching apparatus of video contents according to the present invention determines a normal replay section and a fast forward replay section the shot index information with considering current replay location and shot index information and replays the ... 02/02/06 - 20060026646 - Multi-view video format Interactive multi-view video presents new types of video capture systems, video formats, video compression algorithms, and services. Many video cameras are allocated to capture an event from various related locations and directions. The captured videos and any associated audio streams are captured in a video beam format which allows for ... 12/29/05 - 20050289598 - Interactive television system An interactive television system is described. ... 12/29/05 - 20050289597 - Processing controller, data processor, processing controlling method, program thereof and recording medium storing the program A CPU 290 of a recording/reproducing device 200 make a recording section 251 record contents reserved by a user for video recording in an HDD 270, and sets remaining time until the contents is automatically deleted. The CPU 290 determines, when a period T is over, whether access to the ... 12/22/05 - 20050283804 - Information processing apparatus, method, and program A method of achieving an operation by sequentially selecting menu items arranged in a plurality of menu levels is provided. The method includes the steps of: generating a menu in which one or more menu items are arranged along a predetermined direction on a display screen; and controlling display of ... 11/10/05 - 20050251828 - Television schedule system Screen (10) for a user interface of a television schedule system and process consists of an array (24) of irregular cells (26), which vary in length, corresponding to different television program lengths of one half hour to one-and-one half hours or more. The array is arranged as three columns (28) ... 10/27/05 - 20050240967 - System and method for improved channel surfing Systems and methods for navigating through multiple channels of broadcast content to locate channels that are running programs of interest include monitoring a plurality of channels of baseband channel information to detect commercials and commercial segments, buffering the baseband channel information for at least one channel; and switching the channel ... 10/20/05 - 20050235320 - Scheduler apparatus employing a gopher agent for use in a television receiver In a television system in which at least program title information for programs which are to be transmitted in the future is transmitted in advance to form a channel guide listing, apparatus is provided for searching the listing for specific user-entered information, and upon successful conclusion to the search, the ... 10/20/05 - 20050235319 - Features for use with advanced set-top applications on interactive television systems Advanced features for interactive television applications are described, including a back feature, a forward feature, a history feature, a go to feature, an extras feature, a reminder feature, a favorites feature, a parental control feature, and a search feature. Features may be inter-resource. Support for multiple data paths, Internet access, ... 10/06/05 - 20050223405 - Program information receiving apparatus, program information receiving method, and program information receiving program A program information receiving apparatus includes: a search criterion registration section for registering a search criterion necessary for searching through program information for a desired program; a program information acquisition section for acquiring program information; an updated information extraction section for comparing newly acquired program information and existing program information ... 09/22/05 - 20050210510 - Method and apparatus for generating a program guide A client device receives a request to display a program guide. After identifying program schedule information, the client device generates a scrolling program guide and communicates the scrolling program guide to a display device. The program guide may contain the program schedule information as well as additional information targeted to ... 09/15/05 - 20050204387 - Interactive program guide system and method An interactive television program guide system and method is provided. Time separators are displayed within lists of program listings to allow users to more easily view the program listings. On-screen arrows have their display characteristics changed according to user actions. Similar program listings are displayed only once when using search ... 08/25/05 - 20050188404 - System and method for providing content list in response to selected content provider-defined word A remote control device for a TV can be used to select a word in a closed caption text, and if the word is associated with additional content, a list of the content is displayed on the TV. The user can select a piece of content from the list. A ... 08/04/05 - 20050172319 - User speech interfaces for interactive media guidance applications A user speech interface for interactive media guidance applications, such as television program guides, guides for audio services, guides for video-on-demand (VOD) services, guides for personal video recorders (PVRs), or other suitable guidance applications is provided. Voice commands may be received from a user and guidance activities may be performed ... 07/21/05 - 20050160461 - Interactive television program guide systems with digital video recording support An interactive television system is provided in which a program listings grid is displayed for the user. The user can scroll in the backwards direction to view information on programs that have been recorded and certain video-on-demand content. Icons or other visual indicators may be provided on program listings screens ... 07/21/05 - 20050160460 - Information processing apparatus and method This invention relates to an information processing apparatus and an information processing method for simply providing the results of searches as expected by users searching for broadcast content. A search space processing section 103 acquires a search keyword based on search information coming from a user terminal, and searches a ... 07/07/05 - 20050149971 - Interactive television hot key manager The invention relates to an improved interactive television having a hot key manager. The hot key manager allows simple programming of hot keys on a television remote control that when actuated, accesses a viewer's favorite channels, applications, and/or functions. ... 06/09/05 - 20050125827 - Contextual navigational control for digital television A contextual navigational control for digital television is described. An apparatus, comprises a contextual navigation control interface (CNCI). The CNCI includes a first area that represents a plurality of cable television programs having a first level of relevance. A second area represents a first group of the plurality of programs ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |