CA2156871C - Unified program guide interface - Google Patents

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CA2156871C
CA2156871C CA002156871A CA2156871A CA2156871C CA 2156871 C CA2156871 C CA 2156871C CA 002156871 A CA002156871 A CA 002156871A CA 2156871 A CA2156871 A CA 2156871A CA 2156871 C CA2156871 C CA 2156871C
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Thomas Patrick Newberry
Timothy William Saeger
Enrique Rodriguez-Cavazos
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Technicolor USA Inc
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    • 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
    • H04N21/41—Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
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    • H04N21/42607—Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof for processing the incoming bitstream
    • H04N21/4263—Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof for processing the incoming bitstream involving specific tuning arrangements, e.g. two tuners
    • H04N21/42638—Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof for processing the incoming bitstream involving specific tuning arrangements, e.g. two tuners involving a hybrid front-end, e.g. analog and digital tuners
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    • H04N21/42653—Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof for processing graphics
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    • 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
    • H04N21/434—Disassembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. demultiplexing audio and video streams, extraction of additional data from a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Extraction or processing of SI; Disassembling of packetised elementary stream
    • H04N21/4345—Extraction or processing of SI, e.g. extracting service information from an MPEG stream
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    • 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
    • H04N21/435—Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
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    • H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • 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
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/08—Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band, e.g. by time division
    • H04N7/087—Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band, e.g. by time division with signal insertion during the vertical blanking interval only
    • H04N7/088—Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band, e.g. by time division with signal insertion during the vertical blanking interval only the inserted signal being digital
    • H04N7/0887—Systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal, e.g. additional information signals, the signals occupying wholly or partially the same frequency band, e.g. by time division with signal insertion during the vertical blanking interval only the inserted signal being digital for the transmission of programme or channel identifying signals
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    • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
    • H04N5/44—Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards
    • H04N5/445—Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards for displaying additional information
    • H04N5/44504—Circuit details of the additional information generator, e.g. details of the character or graphics signal generator, overlay mixing circuits

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Two-Way Televisions, Distribution Of Moving Picture Or The Like (AREA)
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CA002156871A 1994-09-09 1995-08-24 Unified program guide interface Expired - Lifetime CA2156871C (en)

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GB9418173.2 1994-09-09
GB9418173A GB9418173D0 (en) 1994-09-09 1994-09-09 Unified program guide interface
US36264994A 1994-12-21 1994-12-21
US362,649 1994-12-21

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JP (1) JP4044976B2 (OSRAM)
KR (1) KR100348372B1 (OSRAM)
CN (1) CN1095275C (OSRAM)
CA (1) CA2156871C (OSRAM)
DE (1) DE69516780T2 (OSRAM)
MY (1) MY121549A (OSRAM)

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KR960013029A (ko) 1996-04-20
CN1138796A (zh) 1996-12-25
DE69516780D1 (de) 2000-06-15
EP0701367A2 (en) 1996-03-13
CN1095275C (zh) 2002-11-27
EP0701367B1 (en) 2000-05-10
JPH08181955A (ja) 1996-07-12
EP0701367A3 (OSRAM) 1996-03-27
MY121549A (en) 2006-02-28
KR100348372B1 (ko) 2003-02-05

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