Invention Application
- Patent Title: ENHANCED PROGRAM PREVIEW CONTENT
- Patent Title (中): 增强程序预览内容
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Application No.: US14071613Application Date: 2013-11-04
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Publication No.: US20140068675A1Publication Date: 2014-03-06
- Inventor: Dale Llewelyn Mountain
- Applicant: Eldon Technology Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Steeton
- Assignee: Eldon Technology Limited
- Current Assignee: Eldon Technology Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Steeton
- Priority: EP11166892.7 20110520
- Main IPC: H04N21/482
- IPC: H04N21/482

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for providing an enhanced EPG or EPG banner are described. A method of displaying first and second audiovisual content, the first audiovisual content comprising a current program and the second audiovisual content comprising audiovisual content relating to a future program according to a program broadcast schedule, the method comprising receiving the first audiovisual content at a media playback device, receiving the second audiovisual content at the media playback device from a remote content system over a packet-based data network, in response to user input, outputting the first and second audiovisual content to an output device having a screen, and controlling the screen of the output device to display the first and second audiovisual content concurrently. A method of controlling a screen, the display being operable in different modes according to whether a PiP window is shown, and whether currently broadcast or future content is shown.
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