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US 5,710,601 AGranted
Video clip program guide
AssigneePrevue Networks, Inc.
InventorsConnie T. Marshall, Thomas R. Lemmons, Donald W. Allison
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AssigneePrevue Networks, Inc.
InventorsConnie T. Marshall, Thomas R. Lemmons, Donald W. Allison
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A system interactively controlled by a TV viewer remote control transmitter displays, on demand by the viewer and on the viewer's display screen, descriptive data and a video clip related to a program identified on the program guide. A tuner receives TV radio frequency or optical transmission signals in a plurality of cable channels and passes a viewer usable signal of any selected one of the channels to a signal combiner. A computer receives any of a plurality of control signals from the TV viewer remote control transmitter. It also controls the tuner to pass the viewer usable signal of any selected channel in response to one of the control signals from the TV viewer remote control transmitter. It also receives and stores an input picture image signal containing local program guide data and descriptive data and video clips related to selected ones of the programs identified in the program guide data. The computer also generates an output picture image signal consisting of at least a portion of the input picture image signal. The viewer, by use of the remote, controls the computer to select the content of the output picture image signal to include the descriptive data and video clip of a selected program. The signal combiner combines the viewer usable signal of any selected channel from the tuner with the output picture image signal from the computer to provide a display signal with the selected descriptive data and video clip superimposed over the channel programming display for input to the viewer's display screen.
A system for displaying a video clip for a television program immediately upon viewer selection of the television program from a television program guide displayed on a display screen, comprising:
A method for displaying a video clip for a television program immediately upon viewer selection of the television program from a television program guide displayed on a display screen, comprising the steps of:
The method of claim 11 further comprising the step of indicating which of the television programs have corresponding video clips.
A system for displaying a video clip for a television program selected by a viewer from a television program guide on a display screen on top of a selected television channel, comprising:
A method for displaying a video clip for a television program selected by a viewer from a television program guide on a display screen on top of a selected television channel, comprising the steps of:
A system for indicating which of the television programs listed in a television program guide on a display screen have corresponding video clips that may be selected and displayed on the display screen, comprising:
A method for indicating which of the television programs listed in a television program guide on a display screen have corresponding video clips that may be selected and displayed on the display screen, comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.