Electronic television program guide schedule system and method
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    发明授权
    Electronic television program guide schedule system and method 有权
    电子电视节目指南安排系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US06331877B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-12-18

    申请号:US09406973

    申请日:1999-09-28

    IPC分类号: H04N5445

    摘要: An electronic program schedule system which includes a receiver for receiving broadcast, satellite or cablecast television programs for a plurality of television channels and a tuner for tuning a television receiver to a selected one of the plurality of channels. A data processor receives and stores in a memory television program schedule information for a plurality of television programs to appear on the plurality of television channels. A user control apparatus, such as a remote controller, is utilized by a viewer to choose user control commands and transmit signals in response to the data processor which receives the signals in response to user control commands. A television receiver is used to display the television programs and television program schedule information. A video display generator receives video control commands from the data processor and program schedule information from the memory and displays a portion of the program schedule information in overlaying relationship with a television program appearing on a television channel in at least one mode of operation of the television programming guide. The data processor controls the video display generator with video control commands, issued in response to the user control commands, to display program schedule information for any chosen one of the plurality of television programs in overlaying relationship with at least one television program then appearing on any chosen one of the plurality of channels on the television receiver.

    摘要翻译: 一种电子节目安排系统,其包括用于接收用于多个电视频道的广播,卫星或有线电视节目的接收机和用于将电视接收机调谐到所述多个频道中的所选择的一个频道的调谐器。 数据处理器接收并存储用于多个电视节目的存储器电视节目安排信息以出现在多个电视频道上。 观众使用诸如遥控器的用户控制装置,以响应于接收到响应于用户控制命令的信号的数据处理器选择用户控制命令和发送信号。 电视接收机用于显示电视节目和电视节目安排信息。 视频显示生成器从数据处理器接收视频控制命令和来自存储器的节目安排信息,并以电视频道的至少一种操作模式,以与电视频道上出现的电视节目重叠的关系显示节目安排信息的一部分 编程指南。 数据处理器控制视频显示生成器,其具有响应于用户控制命令发布的视频控制命令,以与至少一个电视节目重叠关系显示多个电视节目中的任何一个电视节目的节目安排信息,然后出现在任何 在电视接收机上选择多个频道之一。