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Home entertainment system and method of its operation

  • US 20050198668A1
  • Filed: 10/12/2004
  • Published: 09/08/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/1998
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for operating a home entertainment system that includes a display screen, the method comprising the steps of:

  • storing in a memory program schedule information about a first television program and program schedule information about a second television program, the program schedule information about the first television program being linked in the memory to the program schedule information about the second television program such that the program schedule information about the second television program can be retrieved by accessing the program schedule information about the first television program;

    displaying an announcement or advertisement of the second television program during a telecast time of the first television program;

    signaling the availability of an electronic program guide function with respect to the second television program during, before, or after the announcement;

    receiving a user command invoking the electronic program guide function with respect to the second television program in response to the signaling;

    retrieving from the memory the program schedule information about the second television program by accessing in the memory the program schedule information about the first television program in response to the user command; and

    using the program schedule information about the second television program to execute the electronic program guide function with respect to the second television program.

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