Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for providing a scan
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Application No.: US13310622Application Date: 2011-12-02
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Publication No.: US08429686B2Publication Date: 2013-04-23
- 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: H04N5/445
- IPC: H04N5/445 ; G06F3/00 ; G06F13/00

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120076473A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A SCAN Public/Granted day:2012-03-29
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