EP1147661A1 - System and method of default channel lineup and display with customization of electronic program guide grids - Google Patents
System and method of default channel lineup and display with customization of electronic program guide gridsInfo
- Publication number
- EP1147661A1 EP1147661A1 EP99966706A EP99966706A EP1147661A1 EP 1147661 A1 EP1147661 A1 EP 1147661A1 EP 99966706 A EP99966706 A EP 99966706A EP 99966706 A EP99966706 A EP 99966706A EP 1147661 A1 EP1147661 A1 EP 1147661A1
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- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
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- individual channels
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- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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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
- H04N21/45—Management operations performed by the client for facilitating the reception of or the interaction with the content or administrating data related to the end-user or to the client device itself, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies, resolving scheduling conflicts
- H04N21/4508—Management of client data or end-user data
- H04N21/4532—Management of client data or end-user data involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences
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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
- H04N21/41—Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
- H04N21/426—Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof
- H04N21/42692—Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof for reading from or writing on a volatile storage medium, e.g. Random Access Memory [RAM]
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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
- H04N21/431—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
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- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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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
- H04N21/43—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
- H04N21/4316—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 displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
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- 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
- H04N21/435—Processing of additional data, e.g. decrypting of additional data, reconstructing software from modules extracted from the transport stream
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- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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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
- H04N21/47—End-user applications
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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
- H04N21/47—End-user applications
- H04N21/475—End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data
- H04N21/4755—End-user interface for inputting end-user data, e.g. personal identification number [PIN], preference data for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre
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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
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- H04N21/482—End-user interface for program selection
- H04N21/4823—End-user interface for program selection using a channel name
Abstract
Description
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
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US11396798P | 1998-12-28 | 1998-12-28 | |
US113967P | 1998-12-28 | ||
PCT/US1999/031133 WO2000040017A1 (en) | 1998-12-28 | 1999-12-28 | System and method of default channel lineup and display with customization of electronic program guide grids |
Publications (1)
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EP1147661A1 true EP1147661A1 (en) | 2001-10-24 |
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EP99966706A Withdrawn EP1147661A1 (en) | 1998-12-28 | 1999-12-28 | System and method of default channel lineup and display with customization of electronic program guide grids |
Country Status (6)
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EP (1) | EP1147661A1 (en) |
JP (3) | JP4547094B2 (en) |
CN (1) | CN100367780C (en) |
AU (1) | AU2220000A (en) |
CA (1) | CA2358960A1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2000040017A1 (en) |
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- 1999-12-28 WO PCT/US1999/031133 patent/WO2000040017A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1999-12-28 CN CNB998160970A patent/CN100367780C/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1999-12-28 JP JP2000591797A patent/JP4547094B2/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1999-12-28 AU AU22200/00A patent/AU2220000A/en not_active Abandoned
- 1999-12-28 CA CA002358960A patent/CA2358960A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 1999-12-28 EP EP99966706A patent/EP1147661A1/en not_active Withdrawn
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- 2010-05-12 JP JP2010110654A patent/JP5043150B2/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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2012
- 2012-05-18 JP JP2012114465A patent/JP2012191647A/en active Pending
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JP4547094B2 (en) | 2010-09-22 |
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