Accessing television services
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1. A method for providing access to television content comprising:
- forming one or more groups of television content;
for each of the groups, providing a graphical interface for navigating between television content of the group; and
when presenting a member of any of the groups to a viewer, displaying a graphical representation of other members of the group, and in response to a selection of one of the other members by the viewer, presenting the selected member.
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Abstract
A television system allows viewers to access a number of different groups of television content, or “service aggregates.” A portal interface for each group provides a direct means for the viewer to navigate between members of a service aggregate, without necessarily having to accesses a global program guide for the television system. The groups of television content can be formed from various criteria including forming the groups based on business rules.
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1. A method for providing access to television content comprising:
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forming one or more groups of television content;
for each of the groups, providing a graphical interface for navigating between television content of the group; and
when presenting a member of any of the groups to a viewer, displaying a graphical representation of other members of the group, and in response to a selection of one of the other members by the viewer, presenting the selected member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for providing access to television content comprising:
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forming a group of television content by a first entity, the television content being provided by corresponding content providers, each content provider having a commercial relationship with the first entity; and
providing a graphical interface to a viewer, including presenting a graphical representation of the group of television content, and accepting a selection of one of the group from the viewer. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of providing a viewer access to members of a group of associated multimedia content comprising:
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forming a data representation of the group of associated multimedia content available to the viewer;
when presenting a first member of the group to the viewer, displaying a graphical representation of one or more of the members of the group according to the data representation of the group;
accepting a selection from the viewer of the one of the members of the group; and
presenting the selected member of the group to the viewer. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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