Program guide system with preference profiles
    15.
    发明授权
    Program guide system with preference profiles 有权
    具有偏好配置文件的程序指南系统

    公开(公告)号:US08806536B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-08-12

    申请号:US13604447

    申请日:2012-09-05

    IPC分类号: H04N21/482 H04N5/445

    摘要: An interactive television program guide system is provided in which a user may inform a program guide of the user's interests. Information on the user's interests may be stored in a preference profile. There may be more than one preference profile, each for a different user. Each preference profile contains a number of preference attributes (program titles, genres, viewing times, channels, broadcast characteristics, etc.). A preference level (e.g., strong or weak like, strong or weak dislike, illegal, mandatory, don't care, etc.) that is indicative of the user's level of interest is associated with each preference attribute. Preference profiles may be used to restrict the programs that are listed in various program listings display screens and may be used to limit the channels to which the program guide allows the user to tune.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种交互式电视节目指南系统,其中用户可以向节目指南通知用户的兴趣。 关于用户兴趣的信息可以存储在偏好配置文件中。 可能有多个偏好配置文件,每个配置文件用于不同的用户。 每个偏好配置文件包含多个偏好属性(节目标题,流派,观看时间,频道,广播特征等)。 与每个偏好属性相关联的表示用户感兴趣程度的偏好级别(例如,强或弱,如强或弱不喜欢,非法,强制性,不关心等)。 优先级配置文件可以用于限制在各种节目列表显示屏幕中列出的节目,并且可以用于限制节目指南允许用户调谐到的频道。

    Enhanced interactive program guide
    16.
    发明授权
    Enhanced interactive program guide 有权
    增强的交互式节目指南

    公开(公告)号:US06526577B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-02-25

    申请号:US09444882

    申请日:1999-11-22

    IPC分类号: H04N5445

    摘要: An interactive television program guide system and method in which functions that have not been provided before by other interactive television program guide systems is provided. The interactive guide may, for example, provide users with an opportunity to preview pay-per-view programs before ordering. The guide may, for example, display a pay-per-view program preview in a video window. The video window may occupy a portion of the screen. If desired, a video window of the video from the currently tuned to channel may be displayed simultaneously in a second video window. In response to the user ordering a previewed pay-per-view program, the interactive guide may explode the pay-per-view program preview window into a full-screen video.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种交互式电视节目指南系统和方法,其中还提供了其他交互式电视节目指南系统之前未提供的功能。 例如,互动指南可以为用户提供在订购之前预览按次付费节目的机会。 例如,该指南可以在视频窗口中显示按次付费节目预览。 视频窗口可能占据屏幕的一部分。 如果需要,可以在第二视频窗口中同时显示从当前调谐到频道的视频的视频窗口。 响应于用户订购预览的按次付费计划,交互式指南可能将按次付费节目预览窗口分解为全屏视频。

    PROGRAM GUIDE SYSTEM WITH PREFERENCE PROFILES
    19.
    发明申请
    PROGRAM GUIDE SYSTEM WITH PREFERENCE PROFILES 有权
    具有偏好轮廓的程序指南系统

    公开(公告)号:US20130007808A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-01-03

    申请号:US13604447

    申请日:2012-09-05

    IPC分类号: H04N21/462

    摘要: An interactive television program guide system is provided in which a user may inform a program guide of the user's interests. Information on the user's interests may be stored in a preference profile. There may be more than one preference profile, each for a different user. Each preference profile contains a number of preference attributes (program titles, genres, viewing times, channels, broadcast characteristics, etc.). A preference level (e.g., strong or weak like, strong or weak dislike, illegal, mandatory, don't care, etc.) that is indicative of the user's level of interest is associated with each preference attribute. Preference profiles may be used to restrict the programs that are listed in various program listings display screens and may be used to limit the channels to which the program guide allows the user to tune.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种交互式电视节目指南系统,其中用户可以向节目指南通知用户的兴趣。 关于用户兴趣的信息可以存储在偏好配置文件中。 可能有多个偏好配置文件,每个配置文件用于不同的用户。 每个偏好配置文件包含多个偏好属性(节目标题,流派,观看时间,频道,广播特征等)。 与每个偏好属性相关联的表示用户感兴趣程度的偏好级别(例如,强或弱,如强或弱不喜欢,非法,强制性,不关心等)。 优先级配置文件可以用于限制在各种节目列表显示屏幕中列出的节目,并且可以用于限制节目指南允许用户调谐到的频道。

    Program guide system with real-time data sources
    20.
    发明授权
    Program guide system with real-time data sources 有权
    具有实时数据源的程序指南系统

    公开(公告)号:US08146117B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-03-27

    申请号:US12115177

    申请日:2008-05-05

    IPC分类号: H04N5/455 H04N7/173

    摘要: A program guide system is provided in which an interactive television program guide that is implemented at least partially on user television equipment receives program listings data and real-time data such as sports scores, news data, and the like. The real-time data may be stored in a database maintained by the program guide, so that the program guide may access the stored real-time data at a later time. Updated program listings information may be provided to the program guide as part of the data stream in which the real-time data is provided. Unique keys may be generated for the program listings data and real-time data associated with each live event. The keys may be compared at the program guide to determine which program listings correspond to which items of real-time data. A controllable ticker may be displayed on top of a television program on the user television equipment. The controllable ticker may be sponsored. Different types of real-time data may be assigned different expiration times. When data has expired it may be removed from the database.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种节目指南系统,其中至少部分地在用户电视设备上实现的交互式电视节目指南接收节目列表数据和实时数据,例如体育比分,新闻数据等。 实时数据可以存储在由节目指南维护的数据库中,使得节目指南可以稍后访问存储的实时数据。 更新的节目列表信息可以作为提供实时数据的数据流的一部分提供给节目指南。 可以为节目列表数据和与每个实况事件相关联的实时数据生成唯一的密钥。 可以在节目指南处对密钥进行比较,以确定哪些节目列表对应于哪个实时数据项。 可以在用户电视设备上的电视节目的顶部显示可控股票。 可以赞助可控股票代码。 不同类型的实时数据可能被分配不同的到期时间。 数据到期时,可能会从数据库中删除。