Method and apparatus for displaying video clips
AssigneeGemstar Development Corporation
InventorsHenry C. Yuen, Roy J. Mankovitz, Daniel S. Kwoh, Elsie Y. Leung
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Abstract
A television viewer uses a PIP format for display of program related information such as television program listings from a program schedule data base in the background and moving, real time or stored video clip images of a program selected from the displayed listings in the PIP window. All the text of the background information lies outside the PIP window. In one embodiment, as the viewer selects a particular program from the display of current television program listings by means of a cursor or a code number, the corresponding program automatically appears in the PIP window.
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A system for displaying a video clip for a television program upon viewer selection of a corresponding television program listing from a television program guide displayed on a display screen, comprising:
- means for displaying the television program guide on the display screen;
- means for allowing a viewer to select a television program listing from the television program guide;
- and
- means for displaying a video clip corresponding to the selected television program listing on the display screen upon selection of the television program listing from the television program guide.
A method for displaying a video clip for a television program upon viewer selection of a corresponding television program listing from a television program guide displayed on a display screen, comprising the steps of:
- displaying the television program guide on the display screen;
- allowing a viewer to select a television program listing from the television program guide;
- and
- displaying a video clip corresponding to the selected television program listing on the display screen upon selection of the television program listing from the television program guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.