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.
Claims2
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A method for displaying a video clip for a program, comprising:
- storing video clips associated with a plurality of programs;
- generating a display having listings of the plurality of programs;
- receiving a selection of a program from the listings;
- retrieving the stored video clip associated with the selected program;
- and
- generating a display of the retrieved video clip for playback.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.