HUP9904326A3 - Method and apparatus for selecting television programs by geting information of an electronic program guide - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for selecting television programs by geting information of an electronic program guide

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Publication number
HUP9904326A3
HUP9904326A3 HU9904326A HUP9904326A HUP9904326A3 HU P9904326 A3 HUP9904326 A3 HU P9904326A3 HU 9904326 A HU9904326 A HU 9904326A HU P9904326 A HUP9904326 A HU P9904326A HU P9904326 A3 HUP9904326 A3 HU P9904326A3
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Prior art keywords
geting
information
program guide
electronic program
television programs
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HU9904326A
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English (en)
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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
    • H04N21/43—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
    • 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

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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)
HU9904326A 1996-11-15 1997-11-14 Method and apparatus for selecting television programs by geting information of an electronic program guide HUP9904326A3 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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US75153896A 1996-11-15 1996-11-15

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HUP9904326A2 HUP9904326A2 (hu) 2000-04-28
HUP9904326A3 true HUP9904326A3 (en) 2002-10-28

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

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JP2001509328A (ja) 2001-07-10
ES2271976T3 (es) 2007-04-16
CA2277835C (en) 2007-09-25
EP0938815B1 (en) 2006-08-02
KR20000053303A (ko) 2000-08-25
KR100508195B1 (ko) 2005-08-17
CN1139252C (zh) 2004-02-18
NZ335805A (en) 2000-05-26
EP0938815A2 (en) 1999-09-01
WO1998021878A2 (en) 1998-05-22
HUP9904326A2 (hu) 2000-04-28
EP0938815A4 (hu) 1999-10-06
DE69736431T2 (de) 2007-07-19
ATE335361T1 (de) 2006-08-15
CA2277835A1 (en) 1998-05-22
BR9713511A (pt) 2000-06-06
DE69736431D1 (de) 2006-09-14
CN1247001A (zh) 2000-03-08
AU728623B2 (en) 2001-01-11
AU5442298A (en) 1998-06-03
WO1998021878A3 (en) 1998-10-08

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