Electronic program guide including virtual channels for interactive television
First Claim
1. An electronic program guide for use in conjunction with an interactive television, comprising:
- at least one television channel listing;
at least one Web site channel listing; and
an information panel, the information panel displaying information relevant to a channel on the program guide, the electronic program guide including content from at least one Web server and at least one television signal source.
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Abstract
An electronic program guide including virtual channels for interactive television includes multiple television listings and multiple Web site listings. Each television listing is linked to a respective television channel indicator. Moreover, each Web listing is linked to a respective virtual channel indicator. The electronic program guide also includes an information panel. As the user scrolls through the television listings and Web listings, information relevant to them is displayed in the information panel. A consumer can link directly to a Web site by selecting a virtual channel. Thus, a consumer who does not have an Internet computer is able to “surf” the Internet using his or her interactive television.
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33 Claims
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1. An electronic program guide for use in conjunction with an interactive television, comprising:
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at least one television channel listing;
at least one Web site channel listing; and
an information panel, the information panel displaying information relevant to a channel on the program guide, the electronic program guide including content from at least one Web server and at least one television signal source.
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2. An interactive television, comprising:
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an electronic program guide displayed by the interactive television, the electronic program guide having;
at least one television channel listing; and
at least one Web site channel listing. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An interactive television system, comprising:
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at least one Web server;
at least one interactive television system server;
at least one television signal source; and
at least one interactive television, the interactive television receiving information from the Web server, the interactive television system server, and the television signal source, the interactive television periodically displaying an electronic program guide, the electronic program guide having at least one television channel listing and at least one Web site channel listing. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of interactive television, comprising the acts of
providing an electronic program guide to an interactive television; - and
enabling a consumer to view at least one television channel listing and at least one Web site channel listing using the electronic program guide. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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Specification