BR0107668A - System and method for navigation of reference point within a program guide - Google Patents

System and method for navigation of reference point within a program guide

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Publication number
BR0107668A
BR0107668A BR0107668-0A BR0107668A BR0107668A BR 0107668 A BR0107668 A BR 0107668A BR 0107668 A BR0107668 A BR 0107668A BR 0107668 A BR0107668 A BR 0107668A
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Brazil
Prior art keywords
reference point
program information
program guide
navigation
subscriber
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BR0107668-0A
Other languages
Portuguese (pt)
Inventor
Dean F Jerding
Arturo A Rodriguez
Robert O Banker
Gregory S Durden
Original Assignee
Scientific Atlanta
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Priority claimed from US09/494,209 external-priority patent/US6832386B1/en
Application filed by Scientific Atlanta filed Critical Scientific Atlanta
Publication of BR0107668A publication Critical patent/BR0107668A/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]
    • H04N21/40—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

Abstract

"SISTEMA E MéTODO PARA NAVEGAçãO DE PONTO DE REFERêNCIA DENTRO DE UM GUIA DE PROGRAMA". Um método e sistema que permite ao usuário, com o pressionamento de um único botão em um controle remoto, navegar com rapidez dentro de um guia de programa até um ponto de referência estabelecido, como a informação de programa associada ao último canal visualizado e a hora atual. O estabelecimento de um ponto de referência fornece ao assinante uma posição conhecida dentro da informação de programa que pode abranger semanas de tempo, milhares de canais, e uma variedade de categorias ou métodos de ordenação. O assinante que avançou através de muitas horas e canais de informação de programa é dotado de um método para navegar com facilidade até uma referência conhecida dentro da informação de programa."SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NAVIGATION OF REFERENCE POINTS WITHIN A PROGRAM GUIDE". A method and system that allows the user, with the press of a single button on a remote control, to quickly navigate within a program guide to an established reference point, such as the program information associated with the last viewed channel and the time current. The establishment of a reference point provides the subscriber with a known position within the program information that can span weeks of time, thousands of channels, and a variety of categories or ordering methods. The subscriber who has advanced through many hours and channels of program information is provided with a method to easily navigate to a known reference within the program information.

BR0107668-0A 2000-01-28 2001-01-25 System and method for navigation of reference point within a program guide BR0107668A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US09/494,209 US6832386B1 (en) 1999-06-11 2000-01-28 System and method for allowing a user to quickly navigate within a program guide to an established reference point
PCT/US2001/002490 WO2001056273A1 (en) 2000-01-28 2001-01-25 System and method for reference point navigation within a program guide

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BR0107668A true BR0107668A (en) 2002-10-08

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EP (1) EP1250808A1 (en)
JP (1) JP2003521174A (en)
BR (1) BR0107668A (en)
CA (1) CA2397764C (en)
WO (1) WO2001056273A1 (en)

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CA2397764A1 (en) 2001-08-02
EP1250808A1 (en) 2002-10-23
WO2001056273A1 (en) 2001-08-02
CA2397764C (en) 2008-08-05
JP2003521174A (en) 2003-07-08

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