Data structure and methods for providing an interactive program guide
AssigneeDIVA Systems Corporation
InventorsDONALD F. GORDON, EDWARD A. LUDVIG, NATHAN W. OSBORN, JEREMY S. EDMONDS
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Abstract
A program guide in which a video layer includes a plurality of video objects including title objects, each title object having associated with it a channel and at least one time slot, the video layer being formed in response to a received video stream; and a graphics layer comprising a plurality of graphics objects including title overlay objects, each of the title overlay objects selectively imparting at least a visual de-emphasis to a respective title object in the video layer, the visual de-emphasis being imparted to title objects not being associated with a desired time slot.
Claims4
A program guide, comprising:
- a video layer comprising a plurality of video objects including title objects, each title object having associated with it a channel and at least one time slot, said video layer being formed in response to a received video stream;
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- a graphics layer comprising a plurality of graphics objects including title overlay objects, each of said title overlay objects selectively imparting at least a visual de-emphasis to a respective title object in said video layer, said visual de-emphasis being imparted to title objects not being associated with a desired time slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.