DE69736431D1 - Verfahren und vorrichtung zur lokalisierung einer sendung in einem elektronischen programmführer - Google Patents

Verfahren und vorrichtung zur lokalisierung einer sendung in einem elektronischen programmführer

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DE69736431D1
DE69736431D1 DE69736431T DE69736431T DE69736431D1 DE 69736431 D1 DE69736431 D1 DE 69736431D1 DE 69736431 T DE69736431 T DE 69736431T DE 69736431 T DE69736431 T DE 69736431T DE 69736431 D1 DE69736431 D1 DE 69736431D1
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viewer
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Karen Bedard
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Mindport BV
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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
    • H04N21/43—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
    • 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

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Two-Way Televisions, Distribution Of Moving Picture Or The Like (AREA)
  • Television Systems (AREA)
  • Circuits Of Receivers In General (AREA)
  • Communication Control (AREA)
DE69736431T 1996-11-15 1997-11-14 Verfahren und vorrichtung zur lokalisierung einer sendung in einem elektronischen programmführer Expired - Lifetime DE69736431T2 (de)

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US75153896A 1996-11-15 1996-11-15
US751538 1996-11-15
PCT/US1997/020996 WO1998021878A2 (en) 1996-11-15 1997-11-14 Method and apparatus for locating a program in an electronic program guide

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DE69736431D1 true DE69736431D1 (de) 2006-09-14
DE69736431T2 DE69736431T2 (de) 2007-07-19

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EP (1) EP0938815B1 (de)
JP (1) JP2001509328A (de)
KR (1) KR100508195B1 (de)
CN (1) CN1139252C (de)
AT (1) ATE335361T1 (de)
AU (1) AU728623B2 (de)
BR (1) BR9713511A (de)
CA (1) CA2277835C (de)
DE (1) DE69736431T2 (de)
ES (1) ES2271976T3 (de)
HU (1) HUP9904326A3 (de)
NZ (1) NZ335805A (de)
WO (1) WO1998021878A2 (de)

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EP0938815A2 (de) 1999-09-01
HUP9904326A2 (hu) 2000-04-28
BR9713511A (pt) 2000-06-06
CA2277835A1 (en) 1998-05-22
HUP9904326A3 (en) 2002-10-28
CN1247001A (zh) 2000-03-08
JP2001509328A (ja) 2001-07-10
NZ335805A (en) 2000-05-26
KR100508195B1 (ko) 2005-08-17
WO1998021878A3 (en) 1998-10-08
DE69736431T2 (de) 2007-07-19
EP0938815A4 (de) 1999-10-06
ATE335361T1 (de) 2006-08-15
AU5442298A (en) 1998-06-03
CN1139252C (zh) 2004-02-18
WO1998021878A2 (en) 1998-05-22
ES2271976T3 (es) 2007-04-16
CA2277835C (en) 2007-09-25
KR20000053303A (ko) 2000-08-25
EP0938815B1 (de) 2006-08-02
AU728623B2 (en) 2001-01-11

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