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    Interactive television program guide system with multiple account parental control
    71.
    发明授权
    Interactive television program guide system with multiple account parental control 有权
    互动电视节目指南系统，具有多帐户家长控制

    公开(公告)号：US06922843B1

    公开(公告)日：2005-07-26

    申请号：US09635596

    申请日：2000-08-09

    Applicant: W. Benjamin Herrington ,  Edward B. Knudson ,  Michael D. Ellis

    Inventor： W. Benjamin Herrington ,  Edward B. Knudson ,  Michael D. Ellis

    IPC: H04N7/16

    CPC classification number: H04N21/488 ,  H04N7/163 ,  H04N21/44222 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N21/4542 ,  H04N21/4667 ,  H04N21/47211 ,  H04N21/4751 ,  H04N21/4753 ,  H04N21/812

    Abstract: A system with parental control features is provided. The system may be switched between single account control and multiple account control. Each account may have a program control code and a purchase control code. A user may set parental control criteria for controlling access to programming for each account. A user may set purchase control criteria for controlling purchasing for each account. The system may remove a block on parentally-controlled activity when an authorized user enters an appropriate purchase or program control code. Every activity that matches any of the parental control criteria may be blocked and authorized user login may be required. The system may provide a selectable bypass locks feature. The system may present targeted advertising based on which code was entered last. The system may track account usage and provide information related to usage.

    Abstract translation: 提供了具有家长控制功能的系统。 系统可以在单个帐户控制和多个帐户控制之间切换。 每个帐户可以具有程序控制代码和购买控制代码。 用户可以设置用于控制对每个帐户的编程访问的家长控制标准。 用户可以设置用于控制每个帐户的购买的购买控制标准。 当授权用户输入适当的购买或程序控制代码时，系统可以删除父母控制活动的块。 与任何家长控制标准匹配的每项活动可能会被阻止，并且可能需要授权用户登录。 该系统可以提供可选择的旁路锁定功能。 系统可以基于最后输入的代码来呈现目标广告。 系统可以跟踪账户使用情况并提供与使用有关的信息。

    Enhanced interactive program guide
    72.
    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

    Applicant: Edward B. Knudson ,  Joel G. Hassell ,  Michael D. Ellis ,  Pamela L. McKissick

    Inventor： Edward B. Knudson ,  Joel G. Hassell ,  Michael D. Ellis ,  Pamela L. McKissick

    IPC: H04N5445

    CPC classification number: H04N21/4147 ,  H04N5/44543 ,  H04N5/44591 ,  H04N5/45 ,  H04N21/4316 ,  H04N21/47211 ,  H04N21/4786 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/8549

    Abstract: 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.

    Abstract translation: 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。

    Compression of an electronic programming guide
    73.
    发明授权
    Compression of an electronic programming guide 失效
    压缩电子节目指南

    公开(公告)号：US5548338A

    公开(公告)日：1996-08-20

    申请号：US476208

    申请日：1995-06-07

    Applicant: Michael D. Ellis ,  David B. Lazarus

    Inventor： Michael D. Ellis ,  David B. Lazarus

    IPC: H03M7/42 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N7/025 ,  H04N7/08 ,  H04N7/081 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/262 ,  H04N21/84

    CPC classification number: H04N21/2353 ,  H03M7/42 ,  H04N21/26283 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N7/025 ,  H04N7/08 ,  H04N5/445

    Abstract: Television programming information comprising an electronic programming guide is compressed by more than fifty percent, and decompressed in environments with only moderate processing power and storage space. The coding scheme of the present invention is based on Huffman coding of characters comprising the electronic programming guide and replacement character strings occurring in the data that have high savings values. A look-up table and binary tree are constructed from the Huffman codes for use in compressing and decompressing the electronic programming guide, and a set-top box for use in the decompression operation is provided.

    Abstract translation: 包括电子节目指南的电视节目编排信息被压缩了百分之五十以上，并在仅具有中等处理能力和存储空间的环境中进行解压缩。 本发明的编码方案是基于包含电子节目指南的字符的霍夫曼编码和在具有高储蓄值的数据中出现的替换字符串。 提供了用于压缩和解压缩电子节目指南的霍夫曼码的查找表和二进制树，并且提供了用于解压缩操作的机顶盒。

    Smart channel entry system
    78.
    发明授权
    Smart channel entry system 有权
    智能通道录入系统

    公开(公告)号：US08832737B2

    公开(公告)日：2014-09-09

    申请号：US10870416

    申请日：2004-06-16

    Applicant: Michael D. Ellis

    Inventor： Michael D. Ellis

    IPC: H04N5/445 ,  H04N5/44 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/485

    CPC classification number: H04N21/4828 ,  H04N5/44543 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N21/4622 ,  H04N21/4782 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/485 ,  H04N21/4858 ,  H04N21/84

    Abstract: An interactive system is provided in which information is displayed in response to the entry of the digits of a channel number. The interactive system may be implemented on a television, a computer, or a radio system. The displayed information may be program listings information such as the channel designator or the program currently airing on the channel. The displayed information may also be a list of channels. The list of channels may be associated with the entered digits, may be component channels, or channels of the same type and may be sorted by various techniques such as numerically, by favorite channels, by type, etc. The interactive system may allow a user to specify a source identifier to channels from different sources and display the channels with the source identifier when they are entered.

    Abstract translation: 提供了一种交互式系统，其中响应于频道号的数字的输入而显示信息。 交互式系统可以在电视，计算机或无线电系统上实现。 显示的信息可以是节目列表信息，例如频道指示符或当前在频道上播放的节目。 显示的信息也可以是频道列表。 信道列表可以与输入的数字相关联，可以是组件信道或相同类型的信道，并且可以通过各种技术（诸如数字地，通过收藏频道，按类型等）进行排序。交互系统可以允许用户 指定来自不同来源的通道的源标识符，并在输入源标识符时显示通道。

    Series reminders and series recording from an interactive program guide
    79.
    发明授权
    Series reminders and series recording from an interactive program guide 有权
    系列提醒和串行录音从互动节目指南

    公开(公告)号：US08745669B2

    公开(公告)日：2014-06-03

    申请号：US11894698

    申请日：2007-08-20

    Applicant: Edward B. Knudson ,  Thomas R. Lemmons ,  Kevin D. Satterfield ,  Donald W. Allison ,  Michael D. Ellis

    Inventor： Edward B. Knudson ,  Thomas R. Lemmons ,  Kevin D. Satterfield ,  Donald W. Allison ,  Michael D. Ellis

    IPC: H04N5/445

    CPC classification number: H04N21/47214 ,  H04N5/44543 ,  H04N5/76 ,  H04N5/782 ,  H04N9/79 ,  H04N21/4147 ,  H04N21/4583 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/4828 ,  H04N21/4882 ,  H04N21/6143 ,  H04N21/6543 ,  H04N21/84 ,  H04N2005/44547

    Abstract: An interactive television program guide system with program series reminder and recording capabilities is provided. The system allows a user to set a reminder or schedule a recording for a single episode or for each episode of a program series. In addition, other options may be provided that allow the user to determine, for example, whether to schedule reminders/recordings for episodes on all channels on which the program airs or only on a selected channels, whether to schedule reminders/recordings for all episodes including reruns or only new episodes, whether to schedule reminders/recordings for network or syndicated episodes, and whether to schedule reminders/recordings for episodes on all days or only on selected days of the week. Before the scheduled broadcast time of each episode of each selected program series, the system sends a reminder message to the user that reminds the user of the program episode or sends a record command to a videocassette recorder to initiate recording of the episode. The system allows a user to view a list of all currently requested program reminders and scheduled program recordings. The user may update, change, or cancel any entry in either list or the system may automatically update the lists to match new broadcast schedule information. If the user sets a reminder or schedules a recording that conflicts with an existing reminder or recording, the system may inform the user of the conflict and allow the user to resolve the conflict or the system may resolve the conflict.

    Abstract translation: 提供了具有节目序列提醒和记录功能的交互式电视节目指南系统。 该系统允许用户设置提醒或安排单个剧集或节目系列的每一集的录音。 此外，可以提供其他选项，其允许用户例如确定是否在节目播放的所有频道上或仅在所选频道上安排节目的提醒/录制，是否为所有剧集调度提醒/录音 包括重播或只有新剧集，无论是安排网络或联合剧集的提醒/录音，以及是否在所有日子或仅在一周的特定日期安排剧集的提醒/录音。 在每个所选节目序列的每一集的预定广播时间之前，系统向用户发送提醒节目剧集的提醒消息，或者向录像机发送记录命令以开始记录剧集。 该系统允许用户查看所有当前请求的节目提醒和预定节目录制的列表。 用户可以更新，更改或取消任一列表中的任何条目，或者系统可以自动更新列表以匹配新的广播时间表信息。 如果用户设置提醒或调度与现有提醒或记录冲突的记录，则系统可以通知用户冲突，并允许用户解决冲突，或者系统可以解决冲突。

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