# US 2008/0189746 A1 · Internet television program guide system with embedded real-time data

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- Number: US 2008/0189746 A1
- Document ID: US20080189746A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 11/894,770
- Filed: 2007-08-20
- Published: 2008-08-07
- Earliest claimed: 1998-06-30
- Inventors: Franklin E. Boyer; Timothy B. Demers
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20080189746A1

## CPC

- H04N 21/4622: {Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet (web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859)}
- G06F 16/748: {Hypervideo (linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object in the context of video distribution systems H04N21/858)}
- H04N 7/17318: {Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests}
- H04N 21/4316: {for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window}
- H04N 21/4722: for requesting additional data associated with the content
- H04N 21/4755: {for defining user preferences, e.g. favourite actors or genre (retrieval personalisation and generation of user profiles for the retrieval of video data G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306)}
- H04N 21/4782: Web browsing {, e.g. WebTV}
- H04N 21/4821: {using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time}
- H04N 21/6125: {involving transmission via Internet (transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82)}
- H04N 21/8126: {involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts}
- H04N 21/84: Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors {(systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73)}
- H04N 21/482: End-user interface for programme selection
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

An Internet television program guide system is provided that allows a user at a multimedia system to access television program listings containing embedded real-time data over an Internet communications link. The television program listing may be for a sporting event that is currently being broadcast and the real-time data may be the current score of the event, the current weather where the event is taking place, or any other suitable real-time information on the event. The real-time data may be presented in the form of video stills, video clips, textual information, audio clips, or suitable combinations of such media. The user can perform database searches on the program guide listings to search for a desired program. If desired, the user can obtain additional information on a selected program by accessing an associated web page.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A media guidance system for providing media listings with real-time data embedded within the media listings and additional real-time data to a user at a multimedia system over an Internet communications link, comprising:
a computer system for providing media listings with real-time data embedded within the media listings and additional real-time data, wherein said computer system comprises computer readable media for storing said media listings with embedded real-time data and said additional real-time data; and
a web server for receiving the media listings with embedded real-time data and the additional real-time data from the computer system, and for providing the media listings with embedded real-time data and the additional real-time data to the multimedia system over the Internet communications link in response to a user request to access the media listings, said multimedia system comprising computer readable media for:
receiving said media listings with embedded real-time data and said additional real-time data,
displaying said media listings,
automatically displaying said embedded real-time data with said media listings in response to a user request to view all listings, and
in response to receiving a user selection of one of said media listings with embedded real-time data, simultaneously displaying with the media listings and embedded real-time data, in an area of the screen outside of the media listings, said additional real-time data, wherein said additional real-time data comprises textual information related to the selected media listing.