公开(公告)号：US6005561A

公开(公告)日：1999-12-21

申请号：US355755

申请日：1994-12-14

申请人： William Hawkins ,  Roderick Perkins ,  William Duvall

发明人： William Hawkins ,  Roderick Perkins ,  William Duvall

IPC分类号： H04N5/44 ,  H04N21/2343 ,  H04N21/235 ,  H04N21/433 ,  H04N21/435 ,  H04N21/442 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/4725 ,  H04N7/10 ,  H04H1/02

CPC分类号： H04N5/4401 ,  H04N21/23614 ,  H04N21/23617 ,  H04N21/2385 ,  H04N21/4332 ,  H04N21/4348 ,  H04N21/4349 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N21/47 ,  H04N21/6118 ,  H04N21/47202 ,  H04N21/47211 ,  H04N21/47815 ,  H04N21/482

摘要： An information delivery system including a head end broadcasting a data stream of media objects, the head end being coupled to a broadcast television interface and at least one information service provider and including an encoder for encoding information in the media object is disclosed. The system may deliver and implement a programming guide delineating programming information available on the information delivery system in one or more media objects in the data stream in an encoded fashion by the encoder. A user terminal is coupled to the head-end and receives the media objects. The user terminal has an output and includes a decoder for the media objects. Also provided in one aspect is a user interface, at least partially stored in the user-terminal, which selects a user-defined subset of media objects for provision to the output of the user terminal. Further, an information navigation system for an information delivery system is provided. The navigation system functions with the electronic program guide and includes a user interface having a plurality of icon representations of various functions of the system, and including a broadcast television interface. The navigation system also includes a smart service navigator which interacts with the user interface and the electronic program guide to provide an output to the user.

摘要翻译： 一种信息传递系统，包括广播媒体对象的数据流的头端，头端耦合到广播电视接口和至少一个信息服务提供者，并且包括用于对媒体对象中的信息进行编码的编码器。 该系统可以编码器以编码的方式传送和实现编程指南，以编码方式描绘在数据流中的一个或多个媒体对象中的信息传递系统上可用的节目信息。 用户终端耦合到头端并接收媒体对象。 用户终端具有输出并且包括用于媒体对象的解码器。 在一个方面还提供了至少部分地存储在用户终端中的用户界面，用户界面选择用户定义的媒体对象子集来提供用户终端的输出。 此外，提供了一种用于信息传递系统的信息导航系统。 该导航系统与电子节目指南一起工作，并且包括具有系统各种功能的多个图标表示的用户界面，并且包括广播电视接口。 导航系统还包括智能服务导航器，其与用户界面和电子节目指南交互以向用户提供输出。