Patent
Interactive media program guide
David Watson,Dale Herigstad,Stephan Fopeano,Matthew James Mulder +3 more
- 20 Apr 2005
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TL;DR: An interactive media programming guide for displaying a plurality of icons (10, 20-31) to a viewer, orally or visually, using well known icons, what programming content is on at the time of viewing, upcoming, etc., that may be of interest to the viewer as discussed by the authors.
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Abstract: An interactive media programming guide for displaying a plurality of icons (10, 20-31) to a viewer, orally or visually, using well known icons, what programming content is on at the time of viewing, upcoming, etc., that may be of interest to the viewer.
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