Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for providing a scan
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Application No.: US11431128Application Date: 2006-05-08
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Publication No.: US08387089B1Publication Date: 2013-02-26
- Inventor: Gerard Kunkel , Jon P. Radloff , Michael D. Ellis , Michael L. Craner , Rajeshwari B. Iyer , Andrzej Jakubowski
- Applicant: Gerard Kunkel , Jon P. Radloff , Michael D. Ellis , Michael L. Craner , Rajeshwari B. Iyer , Andrzej Jakubowski
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Ropes & Gray LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/00
- IPC: G06F3/00 ; G06F13/00 ; H04N5/445

Abstract:
Systems and methods for a video scan are provided. The scan may be dynamically interactive and a function of characteristics of the programs in the scan (e.g., commercial breaks or the end of a program approaching) The scan may simultaneously display multiple scan windows for a plurality of programs, for example in a scan wizard. The scan wizard allows the user to simultaneously view a scan window and an information panel, select criteria for the scan from a criteria panel, and control the scan using a scan control panel. The scan may allow the user to record a program displayed in the scan without interrupting the scan (e.g., by using an additional tuner). The scan may display, within the scan interface, trick-play functions for appropriate scanned programs (e.g., recorded, cached and on-demand programs). The user may select and perform trick-play functions for a scanned program without exiting the scan mode.
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