Invention Grant
US08132205B2 Electronic program guides, systems and methods providing date access to program information
有权
电子节目指南,系统和方法提供对节目信息的日期访问
- Patent Title: Electronic program guides, systems and methods providing date access to program information
- Patent Title (中): 电子节目指南,系统和方法提供对节目信息的日期访问
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Application No.: US12370464Application Date: 2009-02-12
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Publication No.: US08132205B2Publication Date: 2012-03-06
- Inventor: Luke VanDuyn , Daniel Rudolph , Matthew Coburn
- Applicant: Luke VanDuyn , Daniel Rudolph , Matthew Coburn
- Applicant Address: US CO Englewood
- Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
- Current Assignee: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Englewood
- Agency: Dorsey & Whitney LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/00
- IPC: G06F3/00 ; G06F13/00 ; H04N5/445

Abstract:
An enhanced electronic program guide (EPG) for television programming may allow access to program information based on a specified date. In embodiments, the EPG may be output for display with timeslots containing program information corresponding to television programs being broadcast currently and to television programs scheduled for future broadcast, and a header indicating a plurality of dates for accessing corresponding program information. User input received while the EPG is being output for display with the header indicating a plurality of dates that identifies one of the plurality of dates may cause program information in the EPG corresponding to the identified date to be accessed and the EPG to be output for display with the program information corresponding to the identified date and with a header indicating times of the timeslots. In embodiments, the header indicating times of the timeslots may replace the header indicating a plurality of dates.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100205637A1 Electronic Program Guides, Systems and Methods Providing Date Access to Program Information Public/Granted day:2010-08-12
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