Method for displaying EPG video-clip previews on demand
OwnerSteve Craig Betz, Herman Paul Haas +1inventors
InventorsSteve Craig Betz, Herman Paul Haas, Alan Franken
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Abstract
An interactive television system designed to populate an electronic program guide (EPG), which provides Video-Clip Previews on Demand by automatically launching a video clip preview, after browsing and navigating through the EPG's grid guide to a highlighted program titled cell, and remaining at such highlighted cell for a predetermined delay. The display process is a “No-Touch Display” process requiring no selections by the viewer while browsing.
Claims20
An interactive television/broadcast system comprising:
- a display screen;
- an electronic program guide (EPG) having at least one display window and a grid guide, the grid guide including a plurality of program titled cells displayed on the display screen, wherein the EPG displays a video-clip preview in the at least one display window on demand by automatically launching the video clip preview, after browsing and navigating through the grid guide to highlight a program titled cell, and remaining at the highlighted program titled cell for a predetermined delay.
A method of displaying video-clip previews on demand comprising the steps of:
- displaying, on a display screen, an electronic program guide (EPG) having at least one display window and a grid guide, the grid guide including a plurality of program titled cells;
- browsing through the grid guide;
- during the browsing step, highlighting a program titled cell;
- and,
- during the highlighting step, automatically displaying a video clip preview in the at least one display window when the highlighted programmed titled cell remains highlighted for a predetermined delay.
An interactive television/broadcast system comprising:
- a display screen device having a display screen;
- an electronic program guide (EPG) having at least one display window and a grid guide, the grid guide includes a plurality of program titled cells, displayed on the display screen, wherein the EPG displays a full-screen video clip preview on demand when selecting a preview option.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.