Separate Display Surfaces for EPG and Program Content
AssigneeEchoStar Global B.V.
InventorsMichiel Beemster, David Bonfrer, Marcel Westenbroek
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Abstract
Disclosure is directed to providing an electronic program guide to one or more viewers in manner that does not interfere with others' viewing of other program service content. In one embodiment, altered 3D output signals are used such that one frequency of the output signal contains an EPG data image and a second frequency of the 3D output signal contains visual content from the broadcast service transmission. In another embodiment, an EPG is periodically inserted into video stream during predetermined frames, which are then captured and held by a synchronized headset. In another embodiment, an EPG image is output through the projector onto a projection surface.
Claims20
A method of displaying an electronic programming guide, comprising:
- outputting a first signal from a receiver to a display device, the first signal including program service content for display on the display device;
- receiving a second signal at the receiver, the second signal including a command to display an electronic programming guide;
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- in response to receiving the second signal at the receiver, outputting a third signal and a fourth signal from the receiver, the third signal including program service content and the fourth signal including electronic programming guide data;
- wherein the third and the fourth signal cause the electronic programming guide to be visible on a first display surface and cause the program service content to be visible on a second display surface.
A method of displaying an electronic programming guide, comprising:
- outputting a video signal from a receiver to a display device, the video signal including program service content for display on the display device;
- receiving a signal at the receiver, the signal including a command to display an electronic programming guide;
- in response to receiving the signal, determining if there is at least one viewer of the display device that does not want to view the electronic programming guide;
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- in response to determining that there is at least one viewer that does not want to view the electronic programming guide, projecting the electronic programming guide from the receiver to a projection surface.
A method of displaying an electronic programming guide, comprising:
- outputting a video signal from a receiver to a display device, the video signal including program service content for display on the display device;
- inserting a frame that includes an electronic programming guide image into the video signal each time a predetermined number of frames of the video have been output;
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- outputting a synchronization signal from the receiver that indicates a display of the frame that includes the electronic programming guide image on the display device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.