Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an interactive home shopping service provided together with an EPG which enables EPG users to order services and commercial products related to the EPG or program lists included in the EPG.SOLUTION: The present invention relates to a home shopping device which enables a user to order commercial products from a center position at home using a one-step order process. The device includes: means for providing the user with an on-screen message showing one action which enables the user to execute an order for a commercial product; and a means for ordering the commercial product from the center position, responding to the one action executed by the user.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an interactive television program guide system based on multiple user television equipment devices in a single household.SOLUTION: The system provides a user with an opportunity to adjust program guide settings with a given one of interactive television program guides. The system coordinates the operation of the interactive television program guides so that the program guide settings adjusted with the given interactive television program guide are used by the other interactive television program guides. Program guide setting includes features related to setting program reminders, profiles, program recording features, messaging features, favorites features, parental control features, program guide setup list features (e.g., audio and video and language settings); etc. The operation of applications such as web browser applications; home shopping applications, home banking applications, game applications, etc. may also be coordinated.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an interactive television program guide system, and causes the interactive television program guide to provide an opportunity to select a plurality of programs to a plurality of users in order to record in a remote media server. SOLUTION: The plurality of the programs may also be recorded in a local media server. The program guide provides VCR (Video Cassette Recorder) like control on the plurality of the programs reproduced from the media server and a copy of the plurality of the programs cashed in real time to a plurality of users. The program guide also provides opportunity to specify gift recipients who can record the plurality of the programs to the plurality of the users. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide systems and methods for cut-off reduction when recording media distributed at imprecise intervals.SOLUTION: A media recording system may be provided. The recording system may include features for reducing recording cut-off of a particular media event due to changes in start time and end time of what is scheduled to be recorded. The recording system may provide a user with an opportunity to select a program by e.g. selecting a listing, to have that program automatically recorded at a scheduled time for presentation to viewers. Changes in the schedule of programs may be compensated manually or automatically when the recording system receives information about actual or predicted time changes. In a manual mode, a user may adjust start time or end time based on time change information that is displayed.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an interactive television program guide system based on multiple user television equipment devices in a single household.SOLUTION: The system provides a user with an opportunity to adjust program guide settings by using a given one of interactive television program guides. The system coordinates the operation of the interactive television program guides so that the program guide settings adjusted with the given interactive television program guide are used by the other interactive television program guides. Program guide settings include functions related to setting program reminders, profiles, program recording functions, messaging functions, favorite functions, parallel control functions, program guide set-up list functions (for example, audio and video and language settings), and the like. The operation of applications, such as Web browser applications, home shopping applications, home banking applications, game applications, and the like, is also coordinated.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and a method for providing guidance to users looking for media.SOLUTION: The system and the method can be provided in bidirectional media guides such as program guides, web browsers, or other suitable bidirectional media guides. The method includes: a step of providing indicators of a plurality of media groups that are available to a user, while the media groups indicate the media that are available to the user without indicating any of contents, title and source of the media; a step of providing a plurality of media indicators associated with the media groups in response to the indication of a desire to access the media indicator associated with the group by the user, and providing the media associated with the media group by a plurality of different media sources; and a step of executing actions to the one or more different media sources in response to the indication of a desire to access the media by the user.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an interactive television program guide in which an advertisement may be displayed on a program guide screen. SOLUTION: A banner advertisement may be displayed above and below a program list. A panel advertisements may be provided adjacent to program list. The advertisement may contain video. The advertisement may be used to promote a television program and conventional products and services. When a user selects an advertisement, the program guide provides the user with an opportunity to order products or services, request information, set reminders for upcoming programs, view program descriptions, record programs, or take other such actions. Embedded advertisements may be provided within the program listing region and may be automatically displayed immediately adjacent to related program list. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an interactive television program guide system, the interactive television program guide providing a plurality of users with opportunities to select a plurality of programs for recording on a remote media server.SOLUTION: The plurality of programs may also be recorded on a local media server. The program guide provides the plurality of users with VCR-like control over a plurality of programs that are played back from the media server and over real-time cached copies of the plurality of programs. The program guide also provides the plurality of users with opportunities to designate gift recipients for whom the programs may be recorded.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a program guide system which is appropriate for monitoring usage of advertisements displayed in an interactive television program guide.SOLUTION: Advertisement usage may be monitored by monitoring a time when advertisements are transmitted from a television distribution facility to a user television apparatus. Advertisement usage information may also be monitored by monitoring a time when advertisements are received by the user television apparatus. Advertisement usage information may also be monitored even while advertisements are displayed by a program guide. Comparatively less important data can be filtered from the collected advertisement usage data.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a program guide system which is appropriate for monitoring interactive television program guide advertisement usage.SOLUTION: Advertisement usage may be monitored by monitoring when advertisements are transmitted from a television distribution facility to a user television apparatus. Advertisement usage information may also be monitored by monitoring when the advertisements are received by the user television apparatus. The advertisement usage information may also be monitored, even at time in which the advertisements are displayed by a program guide. Comparatively less important data can be filtered from collected advertisement usage data.