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AssigneeUnited Video Properties, Inc.
InventorsEdward B. Knudson, Joel G. Hassell, Connie T. Marshall, Thomas R. Lemmons, Steven J. Reynolds, Robert A. Knee, Kenneth F. Carpenter, Jr., William L. Thomas, W. Benjamin Herrington, Steven C. Williamson, Michael D. Ellis, Donald W. Allison
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An interactive television program guide is provided in which advertisements may be displayed in program listings display regions on program guide screens. The program listings display regions may be browse displays or flip displays. The program guide screens contain video for the current channel to which the user is tuned. The program listings display regions containing the advertisements may be overlaid on top of the current channel. Alternatively, the video for the current channel may be provided in a reduced-size video window. The advertisements may contain video. The advertisements may be used to promote television programs and conventional goods and services. Advertisements may be selectable. When a user selects an advertisement, the program guide provides the user with an opportunity to order products or services, request information, set reminders for upcoming programs, view program descriptions, record programs, or take other such actions.
A method for using an interactive television program guide to display program schedule information, the method comprising:
A system in which an interactive television program guide is implemented, wherein the interactive television program guide is used to display program schedule information, the system comprising:
A system in which an interactive television program guide is implemented, wherein the interactive television program guide is used to display program schedule information, the system comprising:
Machine-readable media for use in an interactive television program guide system in which an interactive television program guide that displays program listings information is implemented on user television equipment, wherein the media is encoded with machine-readable instructions for performing the method comprising:
The machine-readable media of claim 63 further encoded with machine-readable instructions for allowing the user to repeatedly issue the same user control command associated with the particular direction, causing the program listings information to change to different program listings information each time.
A method for using an interactive television program guide to display program schedule information, the method comprising:
A system in which an interactive television program guide is implemented, wherein the interactive television program guide is used to display program schedule information, the system comprising:
A system in which an interactive television program guide is implemented, wherein the interactive television program guide is used to display program schedule information, the system comprising:
Machine-readable media for use in an interactive television program guide system in which an interactive television program guide that displays program listings information is implemented on user television equipment, wherein the media is encoded with machine-readable instructions for performing the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.