WO2001075546A3 - Server-centric search function in an interactive program guide - Google Patents

Server-centric search function in an interactive program guide Download PDF

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WO2001075546A3
WO2001075546A3 PCT/US2001/010230 US0110230W WO0175546A3 WO 2001075546 A3 WO2001075546 A3 WO 2001075546A3 US 0110230 W US0110230 W US 0110230W WO 0175546 A3 WO0175546 A3 WO 0175546A3
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program guide
server
search function
interactive program
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Sadik Bayrakeri
Harold P Yocom
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Diva Systems Corp
Gordon Donald F
Sadik Bayrakeri
Harold P Yocom
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Priority claimed from US09/583,388 external-priority patent/US7254824B1/en
Priority claimed from US09/605,522 external-priority patent/US6904610B1/en
Priority claimed from US09/653,381 external-priority patent/US7373652B1/en
Application filed by Diva Systems Corp, Gordon Donald F, Sadik Bayrakeri, Harold P Yocom filed Critical Diva Systems Corp
Priority to AU2001249640A priority Critical patent/AU2001249640A1/en
Publication of WO2001075546A2 publication Critical patent/WO2001075546A2/en
Publication of WO2001075546A3 publication Critical patent/WO2001075546A3/en

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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]
    • H04N21/80—Generation or processing of content or additional data by content creator independently of the distribution process; Content per se
    • H04N21/81—Monomedia components thereof
    • H04N21/8146—Monomedia components thereof involving graphical data, e.g. 3D object, 2D graphics
    • 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]
    • H04N21/20—Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/27—Server based end-user applications
    • H04N21/278—Content descriptor database or directory service for end-user access
    • 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
    • H04N21/4312—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
    • 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
    • H04N21/4312—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
    • H04N21/4314—Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
    • 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
    • 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
    • H04N21/4828—End-user interface for program selection for searching program descriptors
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/16—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
    • H04N7/173—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
    • H04N7/17309—Transmission or handling of upstream communications
    • H04N7/17318—Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

Techniques for searching a program guide database. In accordance with a method, one or more search criteria (keywords) are received and a request for a search is sent, along with the search criteria, to a head end of an information distribution system. In response, one or more search results 310 are received from the head end. The search results can be displayed on one or more search result IPG page 300A. Upon receiving an indication that a particular search result has been selected, one or more streams associated with the selected search result can be retrieved and decoded to recover the selected program, which can then be displayed.
PCT/US2001/010230 2000-04-04 2001-03-29 Server-centric search function in an interactive program guide WO2001075546A2 (en)

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AU2001249640A AU2001249640A1 (en) 2000-04-04 2001-03-29 Server-centric search function in an interactive program guide

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US54243300A 2000-04-04 2000-04-04
US09/542,433 2000-04-04
US20593900P 2000-05-18 2000-05-18
US60/205,939 2000-05-18
US09/583,388 US7254824B1 (en) 1999-04-15 2000-05-30 Encoding optimization techniques for encoding program grid section of server-centric interactive programming guide
US09/583,388 2000-05-30
US58526300A 2000-06-02 2000-06-02
US09/585,263 2000-06-02
US09/605,522 US6904610B1 (en) 1999-04-15 2000-06-27 Server-centric customized interactive program guide in an interactive television environment
US09/605,522 2000-06-27
US09/653,381 US7373652B1 (en) 1999-07-22 2000-09-01 Server-centric search function in an interactive program guide
US09/653,381 2000-09-01

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