MY124061A - Providing a link to programs in a program guide - Google Patents

Providing a link to programs in a program guide

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Publication number
MY124061A
MY124061A MYPI99005623A MYPI9905623A MY124061A MY 124061 A MY124061 A MY 124061A MY PI99005623 A MYPI99005623 A MY PI99005623A MY PI9905623 A MYPI9905623 A MY PI9905623A MY 124061 A MY124061 A MY 124061A
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program
programs
link
providing
program guide
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MYPI99005623A
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Hugh Boyd Morrison
Mark Sheridan Westlake
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Thomson Consumer Electronics
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    • H04N21/431Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
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    • H04N21/442Monitoring of processes or resources, e.g. detecting the failure of a recording device, monitoring the downstream bandwidth, the number of times a movie has been viewed, the storage space available from the internal hard disk
    • H04N21/44213Monitoring of end-user related data
    • H04N21/44222Analytics of user selections, e.g. selection of programs or purchase activity
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    • H04N21/462Content or additional data management, e.g. creating a master electronic program guide from data received from the Internet and a Head-end, controlling the complexity of a video stream by scaling the resolution or bit-rate based on the client capabilities
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    • H04N21/85Assembly of content; Generation of multimedia applications
    • H04N21/858Linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object, by creating a hotspot
    • HELECTRICITY
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    • H04N21/431Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
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    • H04N21/4314Generation 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
    • HELECTRICITY
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    • H04NPICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/40Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/43Processing 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
    • H04N21/431Generation of visual interfaces for content selection or interaction; Content or additional data rendering
    • H04N21/4312Generation 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
    • H04N21/4316Generation 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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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Social Psychology (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Human Computer Interaction (AREA)
  • Two-Way Televisions, Distribution Of Moving Picture Or The Like (AREA)
  • User Interface Of Digital Computer (AREA)
  • Television Systems (AREA)
  • Digital Computer Display Output (AREA)
  • Circuits Of Receivers In General (AREA)
MYPI99005623A 1998-12-22 1999-12-21 Providing a link to programs in a program guide MY124061A (en)

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