公开(公告)号：US20140137155A1

公开(公告)日：2014-05-15

申请号：US14069841

申请日：2013-11-01

申请人： c/o Comcast IP Holdings I, LLC

发明人： Sadik Bayrakeri ,  Donald F. Gordon ,  John P. Comito ,  Edward A. Ludvig ,  Harold P. Yocom ,  Jeremy S. Edmonds ,  Eugene Gershtein

IPC分类号： H04N21/431 ,  H04N21/234 ,  H04N21/6547 ,  H04N21/45 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04N21/44

CPC分类号： H04N21/4312 ,  H04N5/232 ,  H04N5/44543 ,  H04N5/44591 ,  H04N5/45 ,  H04N7/165 ,  H04N7/17318 ,  H04N19/00 ,  H04N19/577 ,  H04N21/23424 ,  H04N21/23608 ,  H04N21/23614 ,  H04N21/2365 ,  H04N21/278 ,  H04N21/4143 ,  H04N21/4314 ,  H04N21/4344 ,  H04N21/4347 ,  H04N21/4348 ,  H04N21/4384 ,  H04N21/44016 ,  H04N21/4532 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/4821 ,  H04N21/4828 ,  H04N21/6547 ,  H04N21/8146 ,  H04N21/84

摘要： Techniques to create, generate, and deliver customized interactive program guide (custom-IPG). In one embodiment, selections indicative of a set of channels to be included in the custom-IPG are received. In response, one or more custom-IPG screens including the set of selected channels are rendered at a headend. Custom-IPG screens can be formed as subsets of the regular IPG screens, or as new screens. The rendered custom-IPG screens are provided from the head end to a set top terminal upon receiving a viewer request for the custom-IPG. Commands indicative of a particular location at which to overlay the custom-IPG screens may also be received, and the custom-IPG screens are re-rendered at the indicated location. Custom-IPG screens can be overlaid on a video sequence provided on a particular channel being viewed, used to carry regular program guide, or a channel independent of the channel used to carry regular programming and program guide.

摘要翻译： 创建，生成和交付定制交互式节目指南（custom-IPG）的技术。 在一个实施例中，接收指示要包括在定制IPG中的一组信道的选择。 作为响应，包括所选择的通道的一个或多个定制IPG屏幕在头端呈现。 自定义IPG屏幕可以形成为常规IPG屏幕的子集，或作为新屏幕。 渲染的定制IPG屏幕在接收到定制IPG的查看器请求时从头端到机顶终端提供。 也可以接收指示覆盖定制IPG屏幕的特定位置的命令，并且在指示的位置重新呈现定制IPG屏幕。 自定义IPG屏幕可以覆盖在正在观看的特定频道上提供的视频序列，用于携带常规节目指南，或独立于用于携带常规节目和节目指南的频道的频道。