Improved electronic television program schedule guide system and method
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    Improved electronic television program schedule guide system and method 失效
    Verb dessertes elektronischesFernsehprogrammführungssytemund Verfahren

    公开(公告)号:EP1708499A2

    公开(公告)日:2006-10-04

    申请号:EP06076316.6

    申请日:1994-05-20

    IPC分类号: H04N5/445

    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 televiision receiver to a seclted one of the plurality of channels. A data processor receives and stores in a memory televiison program schedule inforamtion for a plurlity of television programs to appear on the plurality of television channels. A user control appratus, such as a remote controller; is utilised by a viewer to choose user control commands and transmit signals in respoinse to the data processor which receives the signals in response to user control commands. A television receiver is used tio display the television programs and televiision program schedule inforamtion. A video display generator receives video control commands from the data processor and program schedule inforamtion from the memory and displays a portion of the program schedule information in overlaying relationship with a television program appearing on a televisiion 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 pluarlity of television programs in overlaying relationship with at least one television program then appearing on any other chosen one of te plurality of channels on the television receiver.

    摘要翻译: 一种电子节目安排系统,包括用于接收用于多个电视频道的广播,卫星或有线电视节目的接收机和用于将视听服务接收机调谐到多个频道中的一个隔离的频道的调谐器。 数据处理器接收并存储用于多个电视节目出现在多个电视频道上的存储器电视节目安排信息。 用户控制设备,例如遥控器; 由观众利用来选择用户控制命令,并将响应于用户控制命令接收信号的呼叫中的信号发送到数据处理器。 使用电视接收机来显示电视节目和视讯节目安排信息。 视频显示生成器从数据处理器接收视频控制命令和来自存储器的节目安排信息,并以与电视节目中出现的电视节目的重叠关系显示一部分节目时间表信息,其中至少一种电视模式 编程指南 数据处理器根据用户控制命令控制视频显示生成器,其中显示视频控制命令,以与至少一个电视节目重叠关系显示任何选定的一个电视节目的节目安排信息,然后出现在任何 在电视接收机上的多个频道中的其他选择的一个。