Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Program guide application interface system
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Application No.: US12982382Application Date: 2010-12-30
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Publication No.: US10205995B2Publication Date: 2019-02-12
- Inventor: Michael D. Ellis , Robert A. Knee
- Applicant: Michael D. Ellis , Robert A. Knee
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Haley Guiliano LLP
- Main IPC: H04N21/262
- IPC: H04N21/262 ; H04N21/45 ; H04N5/44 ; H04N5/445 ; H04N5/77 ; H04N5/782 ; H04N7/173 ; H04N21/443 ; H04N21/454 ; H04N21/472 ; H04N21/478 ; H04N21/482 ; H04N5/775

Abstract:
A program guide system is provided that supports a program guide application and multiple non-guide applications. The program guide system has a program guide application interface that allows the non-guide applications to use both device resources and program guide resources. The application interface maintains a list of registered applications and directs control requests from various applications to the current primary application. The application interface also has a user interface input director that directs keystrokes and other user input commands to the appropriate application. If a keystroke for the program guide application is detected while a non-guide application is running, the program guide application is invoked.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110099573A1 PROGRAM GUIDE APPLICATION INTERFACE SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2011-04-28
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