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Intelligent electronic program guide
Jonathan Maissel,Amir Eilat,Yossef Tsuria,Moshe Kranc,Yishai Sered,Gershon Bar-On,Shabtai Atlow,David Zviel +7 more
- 30 Jun 1998
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TL;DR: In this paper, an icon-based hierarchical program guide generator for producing a program guide including a hierarchy of hierarchically-arranged screens each including at least one icon is described.
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Abstract: A subscriber unit for use in a television system including a television network and transmitting apparatus for transmitting program schedule information, the subscriber unit including a receiving unit for receiving the program schedule information from said television network, an icon-based guide generator for producing a program guide including an icon-based hierarchical program guide including the program schedule information, and display apparatus for displaying the program guide, the icon-based hierarchical program guide including a plurality of hierarchically-arranged screens each including at least one icon. Related apparatus and methods are also disclosed.
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