Interactive computer system for providing television schedule information

A method for displaying a television schedule guide stored on a web site comprising the steps of:

• storing television schedule guide information for a plurality of geographical regions in a first database accessible through Internet;
• storing in a second database a computer software for searching and displaying information from the Internet directly on-line;
• downloading the computer software to a remote user;
• executing the downloaded computer software for searching, and displaying directly on-line from the Internet the television schedule guide;
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• displaying directly on-line the television schedule guide in a display remote from the first and second databases responsive to a preferred geographical region selected from the plurality of geographical regions.

A web based interactive television schedule guide accessible by a remote user comprising:

• an on-line first database accessible through Internet for storing a television schedule data structure including television schedule guide information for a plurality of geographical regions;
• a first memory for storing the first database;
• an on-line second database accessible through the Internet for providing downloadable computer software to the user for searching, and displaying information from the first database;
• a second memory for storing the second database;
• a processor remote from the first and second databases for accessing the first and second databases and executing the downloadable computer software for searching, and displaying the television schedule guide from the first database responsive to selections of the user without storing locally the television schedule data structure;
• an input device for receiving the user selections;
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• a display remote from the first and second databases for displaying the television schedule guide from the first database responsive to a preferred geographical region selected from the plurality of geographical regions without storing locally the television schedule data structure.

A method for displaying a television schedule guide stored on a web site comprising the steps of:

• storing television schedule guide information for a plurality of geographical regions in a first database accessible through Internet;
• storing in a second database accessible through the Internet a computer software for searching, and displaying on-line television schedule guide from the first database;
• downloading the computer software through the Internet to a remote television user;
• executing the downloaded computer software for searching, and displaying information from the first database without storing locally the television schedule guide;
• selecting by a television viewer, a preferred geographical region;
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• displaying the television schedule guide in a display remote from the first database and the second database responsive to the selected preferred geographical region without storing locally the television schedule guide.

A web based interactive television schedule guide accessible by a user comprising:

• an on-line database accessible through Internet for storing television schedule guide information for a plurality of geographical regions;
• a memory for storing the on-line database;
• a processor remote from the database for accessing the database over the Internet and executing a computer software to display the television schedule guide directly on-line responsive to selections of the user;
• an input device for receiving the user selections including a preferred geographical region;
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• a display remote from the database for displaying directly on-line the television schedule guide responsive to the selected preferred geographical region.

A method for displaying a television schedule guide stored on a web site accessible through Internet comprising the steps of:

• storing television schedule guide for a plurality of geographical regions in a database accessible via the web site;
• establishing a communication link to the web site via the Internet;
• receiving input about a preferred geographical region;
• executing a computer software for searching, and displaying the television schedule guide information directly on-line;
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• responsive to the preferred geographical region, displaying directly on-line the television schedule guide information in a display remote from the database.