Video mix program guide
    21.
    发明授权
    Video mix program guide 失效
    视频混合节目指南

    公开(公告)号:US6020929A

    公开(公告)日:2000-02-01

    申请号:US974944

    申请日:1997-11-20

    摘要: A system interactively controlled by a TV viewer remote superimposes portions of a scroll program guide over a basic programming signal for display on the viewer's display screen. A tuner has an input for receiving TV signals in a plurality of cable channels and an output for passing a signal of any selected one of said channels. A computer has an input for receiving any of a plurality of control signals from the TV viewer remote and an output for controlling the tuner to pass the signal of the selected one of the channels in response to one of the plurality of control signals from the TV viewer remote. The computer receives and stores a scroll input picture image signal containing local program guide data and generates a scroll output picture image signal consisting of at least a portion of the scroll input picture image signal. A combiner superimposes output picture image signal over the passed signal to provide a display signal for input to the viewer's display screen. The computer is responsive to control signals from the remote to cause the combiner to change the weight of the output picture image signal in relation to the passed signal.

    摘要翻译: 由TV观看者交互地控制的系统远程地将滚动节目指南的部分叠加在基本编程信号上,以便在观看者的显示屏上显示。 调谐器具有用于接收多个有线频道中的TV信号的输入端和用于传递所选频道中任何一个的信号的输出。 计算机具有用于接收来自TV观看者遥控器的多个控制信号中的任何一个的输入端和用于响应于来自TV的多个控制信号中的一个的控制调谐器来传送所选择的一个频道的信号的输出 查看器远程。 计算机接收并存储包含本地节目指南数据的滚动输入图像信号,并生成由滚动输入图像信号的至少一部分组成的滚动输出图像信号。 组合器将输出图像信号叠加在通过的信号上,以提供用于输入到观看者的显示屏幕的显示信号。 计算机响应来自遥控器的控制信号,使组合器相对于通过的信号改变输出图像信号的权重。

    INTERACTIVE PROGRAM GUIDE SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES
    23.
    发明申请
    INTERACTIVE PROGRAM GUIDE SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES 失效
    互动计划指南系统和流程

    公开(公告)号:US20110258663A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-10-20

    申请号:US13168150

    申请日:2011-06-24

    IPC分类号: H04N5/445

    摘要: Interactive program guide systems and related processes are provided which can automatically tune a television, or program a VCR, based on program selections made from program schedule information displayed on a television or other suitable video monitor. The interactive program guide is preferably implemented using a microprocessor-controlled set-top box that is coupled to the viewer's television set. The set-top box receives program schedule information and software from a headend telecasting center. Preferably, program schedule information for the current day and at least six subsequent days is stored in a memory within the set-top box. The interactive program guide provides a display mode for allowing the viewer to apply a restrictive search selection criterion and a nonrestrictive sort attribute to the program schedule information.

    摘要翻译: 提供交互式节目指南系统和相关过程,其可以基于根据在电视机或其他合适的视频监视器上显示的节目安排信息进行的节目选择来自动调谐电视或编程VCR。 交互节目指南优选地使用耦合到观众的电视机的微处理器控制的机顶盒来实现。 机顶盒从头端电视中心接收节目安排信息和软件。 优选地,当前日期和至少六个后续天的节目安排信息被存储在机顶盒内的存储器中。 交互式节目指南提供了一种显示模式,用于允许观看者将限制性搜索选择标准和非限制性排序属性应用于节目安排信息。

    Systems and methods for displaying information with a perceived partial transparency over a television program
    24.
    发明授权
    Systems and methods for displaying information with a perceived partial transparency over a television program 有权
    用于在电视节目上显示具有感知到的部分透明度的信息的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US06305016B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-10-16

    申请号:US09421953

    申请日:1999-10-20

    IPC分类号: H04N5445

    摘要: A system interactively controlled by a TV viewer remote superimposes portions of a scroll program guide over a basic programming signal for display on the viewer's display screen. A tuner has an input for receiving TV signals in a plurality of cable channels and an output for passing a signal of any selected one of said channels. A computer has an input for receiving any of a plurality of control signals from the TV viewer remote and an output for controlling the tuner to pass the signal of the selected one of the channels in response to one of the plurality of control signals from the TV viewer remote. The computer receives and stores a scroll input picture image signal containing local program guide data and generates a scroll output picture image signal consisting of at least a portion of the scroll input picture image signal. A combiner superimposes output picture image signal over the passed signal to provide a display signal for input to the viewer's display screen. The computer is responsive to control signals from the remote to cause the combiner to change the weight of the output picture image signal in relation to the passed signal.

    摘要翻译: 由TV观看者交互地控制的系统远程地将滚动节目指南的部分叠加在基本编程信号上,以便在观看者的显示屏上显示。 调谐器具有用于接收多个有线频道中的TV信号的输入端和用于传递所选频道中任何一个的信号的输出。 计算机具有用于接收来自TV观看者遥控器的多个控制信号中的任何一个的输入端和用于响应于来自TV的多个控制信号中的一个的控制调谐器来传送所选择的一个频道的信号的输出 查看器远程。 计算机接收并存储包含本地节目指南数据的滚动输入图像信号,并生成由滚动输入图像信号的至少一部分组成的滚动输出图像信号。 组合器将输出图像信号叠加在通过的信号上,以提供用于输入到观看者的显示屏幕的显示信号。 计算机响应来自遥控器的控制信号,使组合器相对于通过的信号改变输出图像信号的权重。

    Video clip program guide
    25.
    发明授权
    Video clip program guide 失效
    视频剪辑节目指南

    公开(公告)号:US6002444A

    公开(公告)日:1999-12-14

    申请号:US974939

    申请日:1997-11-20

    IPC分类号: H04N7/16 H04N7/173 H04N5/50

    摘要: A system interactively controlled by a TV remote control transmitter displays descriptive data and a video clip related to a program identified on the program guide. A computer receives and stores an input picture image signal containing local program guide data and descriptive data and video clips related to selected ones of the programs identified in the program guide data. The computer also generates an output picture image signal consisting of at least a portion of the input picture image signal. The viewer, controls the computer to select the content of the output picture image signal to include the descriptive data and video clip of a selected program. The signal combiner combines the viewer usable signal of any selected channel from the tuner with the output picture image signal from the computer to provide a display signal with the selected descriptive data and the video clip superimposed over the channel programming display for input to the viewer's display screen.

    摘要翻译: 由TV遥控发射器交互地控制的系统显示与节目指南上标识的节目相关的描述性数据和视频剪辑。 计算机接收并存储包含本地节目指南数据和描述数据的输入图像图像信号以及与在节目指南数据中标识的节目中选定的节目相关的视频剪辑。 计算机还产生由输入图像信号的至少一部分组成的输出图像图像信号。 观众控制计算机选择输出图像信号的内容,以包括所选程序的描述数据和视频剪辑。 信号组合器将来自调谐器的任何所选频道的观看者可用信号与来自计算机的输出图像信号相结合,以提供显示信号,所述显示信号与所选择的描述数据和视频剪辑叠加在频道编程显示上,以便输入到观众的显示 屏幕。

    INTERACTIVE PROGRAM GUIDE SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES
    28.
    发明申请
    INTERACTIVE PROGRAM GUIDE SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES 审中-公开
    互动计划指南系统和流程

    公开(公告)号:US20130097640A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-04-18

    申请号:US13618597

    申请日:2012-09-14

    IPC分类号: H04N21/482

    摘要: Interactive program guide systems and related processes are provided which can automatically tune a television, or program a VCR, based on program selections made from program schedule information displayed on a television or other suitable video monitor. The interactive program guide is preferably implemented using a microprocessor-controlled set-top box that is coupled to the viewer's television set. The set-top box receives program schedule information and software from a headend telecasting center. Preferably, program schedule information for the current day and at least six subsequent days is stored in a memory within the set-top box. The interactive program guide provides a display mode for allowing the viewer to apply a restrictive search selection criterion and a nonrestrictive sort attribute to the program schedule information.

    摘要翻译: 提供交互式节目指南系统和相关过程,其可以基于通过显示在电视机或其他合适的视频监视器上的节目安排信息进行的节目选择来自动调谐电视或编程VCR。 交互节目指南优选地使用耦合到观众的电视机的微处理器控制的机顶盒来实现。 机顶盒从头端电视中心接收节目安排信息和软件。 优选地,当前日期和至少六个后续天的节目安排信息被存储在机顶盒内的存储器中。 交互式节目指南提供了一种显示模式,用于允许观看者将限制性搜索选择标准和非限制性排序属性应用于节目安排信息。

    Systems and methods for presenting an interactive user interface
    29.
    发明授权
    Systems and methods for presenting an interactive user interface 有权
    用于呈现交互式用户界面的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US06542169B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-04-01

    申请号:US09515997

    申请日:2000-02-29

    IPC分类号: G09G500

    摘要: An interactive system controlled by a TV viewer remote control transmitter that displays portions of a scroll grid program guide on the viewer's display screen is provided. The system is responsive to variable control signals from a remote to advance, back up, and freeze a scroll output picture image signal. It is also responsive to directional control signals from the remote to reposition a “highlight” background to corresponding program data slots on a scroll grid and to display further program information corresponding to the program of the data slot shown in “highlight.” In addition, it is responsive to further directional control signals to redraw the grid to display earlier or later time segment program data than is normally displayed on the viewer's screen.

    摘要翻译: 提供了由观看者的显示屏幕上显示滚动网格节目指南的部分的TV观看者遥控发射器控制的交互式系统。 该系统响应来自遥控器的可变控制信号来提前,备份和冻结滚动输出图像信号。 它还响应于来自遥控器的方向控制信号将“高亮”背景重新定位到滚动网格上的相应节目数据时隙,并且显示对应于“高亮”中所示的数据时隙的节目的其他节目信息。 此外,它响应于进一步的方向控制信号以重新绘制网格以显示比通常在观看者屏幕上显示的更早或更晚的时间段节目数据。

    Systems and methods for presenting a television program guide
    30.
    发明授权
    Systems and methods for presenting a television program guide 有权
    提供电视节目指南的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US6072460A

    公开(公告)日:2000-06-06

    申请号:US227481

    申请日:1999-01-07

    摘要: A system interactively controlled by a TV viewer remote control transmitter displays portions of a scroll program guide on the viewer's display screen. A tuner receives TV radio frequency or optical transmission signals in a plurality of cable channels and passes a viewer usable signal to a signal combiner. A computer receives control signals from the TV viewer remote control transmitter. It controls the tuner to pass the viewer usable signal in response to one of the control signals. It receives and stores a scroll input picture image signal containing local program guide data and generates a scroll output picture image signal consisting of at least a portion of the scroll input picture image signal. The signal combiner combines the viewer usable signal from the tuner with the output picture image signal from the computer to provide a display signal for input to the viewer's display screen. The computer is responsive to variable control signals from the remote to advance, back up, and freeze the scroll output picture image signal. It is also responsive to directional control signals from the remote to reposition a "highlight" background to corresponding program data slots on the scroll grid and to display further program information corresponding to the program of the data slot shown in "highlight". In addition, it is responsive to further directional control signals to redraw the grid to display earlier or later time segment program data than is normally displayed on the viewer's screen.

    摘要翻译: 由TV Viewer遥控发射器交互地控制的系统在观看者的显示屏幕上显示滚动节目指南的部分。 调谐器在多个有线频道中接收TV射频或光传输信号,并将观看者可用信号传递给信号组合器。 计算机从电视观众遥控发射机接收控制信号。 它响应于控制信号之一控制调谐器传递观看者可用信号。 它接收并存储包含本地节目指南数据的滚动输入图像信号,并产生由滚动输入图像信号的至少一部分组成的滚动输出图像图像信号。 信号组合器将来自调谐器的观看者可用信号与来自计算机的输出图像信号相结合,以提供用于输入到观看者的显示屏幕的显示信号。 计算机响应来自遥控器的可变控制信号来提前,备份和冻结滚动输出图像信号。 它还响应来自遥控器的方向控制信号,将“高亮”背景重新定位在滚动网格上的相应节目数据时隙,并显示对应于“高亮”中所示的数据时隙的节目的进一步节目信息。 此外,它响应于进一步的方向控制信号以重新绘制网格以显示比通常在观看者屏幕上显示的更早或更晚的时间段节目数据。