公开(公告)号：EP0806112A1

公开(公告)日：1997-11-12

申请号：EP95943590.0

申请日：1995-11-28

申请人： News America Publications, Inc. ,  Telecommunications of Colorado, Inc.

发明人： YOUMAN, Roger ,  MORRIS, Marney

IPC分类号： H04N5 ,  H04N7

CPC分类号： H04N21/482 ,  H04N5/44543 ,  H04N5/50 ,  H04N7/0884 ,  H04N7/0887 ,  H04N7/165 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04N21/4345 ,  H04N21/4524 ,  Y10S345/902

摘要： An electronic program schedule system which includes a receiver for receiving broadcast, satellite or cablecast television programs for a plurality of television channels and a tuner for tuning a television receiver to a selected one of the plurality of channels. A data processor receives and stores in a memory television program schedule information for a plurality of television programs to appear on the plurality of television channels. A user control apparatus, such as a remote controller, is utilized by a viewer to choose user control commands and transmit signals in response to the data processor which receives the signals in response to user control commands. A television receiver is used to display the television programs and television program schedule information. A video display generator is adapted to receive video control commands from said data processor for generating and displaying a plurality of television program titles on said television receiver, said plurality of television programs displayed alphabetically by title. A selection means is provided for allowing to select a title for display on said television receiver by selecting the n characters of said title.

公开(公告)号：EP0775417A1

公开(公告)日：1997-05-28

申请号：EP94923877.0

申请日：1994-05-20

申请人： News America Publications, Inc. ,  Telecommunications of Colorado, Inc.

发明人： ALTEN, Jerry ,  DAVIS, Bruce ,  MORRIS, Michael ,  YOUMAN, Roger

IPC分类号： H04B1 ,  H04N5 ,  H04N7

CPC分类号： H04N5/445 ,  H04N5/44543 ,  H04N7/084 ,  H04N7/0884 ,  H04N7/0887 ,  H04N7/16 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04N21/2543 ,  H04N21/42204 ,  H04N21/4314 ,  H04N21/4316 ,  H04N21/4345 ,  H04N21/4438 ,  H04N21/4524 ,  H04N21/4542 ,  H04N21/47211 ,  H04N21/47214 ,  H04N21/4753 ,  H04N21/478 ,  H04N21/4788 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/4821 ,  H04N21/488 ,  H04N21/84

摘要： An electronic program schedule system which includes a receiver for receiving broadcast, satellite or cablecast television programs for a plurality of television channels and a tuner for tuning a television receiver to a selected one of the plurality of channels. A data processor receives and stores in a memory television program schedule information for a plurality of television programs to appear on the plurality of television channels. A user control apparatus, such as a remote controller, is utilised by a viewer to choose user control commands and transmit signals in response to the data processor which received the signals in response to user control commands. A television receiver is used to display the television programs and television program schedule information. A video display generator receives video control commands from the data processor and program schedule information from the memory and displays a portion of the program schedule information in overlaying relationship with a television program appearing on a television channel in at least one mode of operation of the television programming guide. The data processor controls the video display generator with video control commands, issued in response to the user control commands, to display program schedule information for any chosen one of the plurality of television programs in overlaying relationship with at least one television program then appearing on any chosen one of the plurality of channels on the television receiver.