Interactive media program guide
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1. An interactive programming guide, comprising:
- a menu display module that displays a menu of a plurality of pictorial icons, wherein certain ones of the plurality of pictorial icons are associated with programming content;
a reception module that receives a menu selection from the user; and
a programming content selection module that displays on a display the programming content associated with the menu selection.
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Abstract
An interactive media programming guide for displaying a plurality of pictorial icons to a viewer indicating to the viewer, orally or visually, using well known icons, what programming content is on at the time of viewing, upcoming, etc., that may be of interest to the viewer.
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51 Claims
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1. An interactive programming guide, comprising:
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a menu display module that displays a menu of a plurality of pictorial icons, wherein certain ones of the plurality of pictorial icons are associated with programming content;
a reception module that receives a menu selection from the user; and
a programming content selection module that displays on a display the programming content associated with the menu selection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An interactive programming guide, comprising:
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a menu display module that displays a menu of a plurality of pictorial icons, wherein each of the plurality of pictorial icons is associated with a symbol in which a user identifies programming content;
a reception module that receives a menu selection from the user; and
a programming content selection module that displays on a display the programming content associated with the menu selection.
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28. An interactive programming guide, comprising:
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a menu display module that displays a menu of a plurality of pictorial icons, wherein each of the plurality of pictorial icons is associated with programming content;
an information request module that receives a request for information about the programming associated with one of the plurality of pictorial icons;
an information request answer module that provides the information about the programming associated with the one of the plurality of pictorial icons;
a reception module that receives a menu selection from the user; and
a programming content selection module that displays on a display the programming content associated with the menu selection. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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30. An interactive programming guide comprising:
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a menu display module that displays a plurality of user selectable programs;
said menu display module including at least one menu bar displaying available channels with pictorial icons associated with programs playing on said channels; and
displaying a favorite character of a viewer to promote an upcoming program of interest to the viewer or to help a viewer who cannot read learn what content is available, both now playing and on demand. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. An interactive programming guide comprising:
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a menu display module that displays a plurality of user selectable programs; and
said menu display module including at least one menu bar displaying available channels with pictorial icons associated with programs playing on said channels, said guide presenting said programs and said menu bar in a setting familiar to the user.
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37. An interactive programming guide comprising:
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a menu display module that displays a plurality of user selectable programs; and
said menu display module including at least one menu bar displaying available channels with pictorial icons associated with programs playing on said channels, said guide presenting said programs and said menu bar in a setting familiar to the user.
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38. An interactive programming guide comprising:
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a menu display module that displays a plurality of user selectable programs; and
said menu display module including at least one menu bar displaying available channels with pictorial icons associated with programs playing on said channels, and displaying a character to promote an upcoming program of interest to the viewer or to help a viewer who cannot read learn what content is available, both now and playing on demand. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41)
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42. An interactive programming guide, comprising:
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a menu display module that displays a menu of a plurality of pictorial icons, wherein certain ones of the plurality of pictorial icons are associated with programming content;
a reception module that receives a menu selection from the user; and
a programming content selection module that displays on a display the programming content associated with the menu selection, said programming guide including network promotional space on said display displaying information to said user in the form of text, graphics, video and/or audio. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. An interactive programming guide, comprising:
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a menu display module that displays a menu of a plurality of pictorial icons, wherein certain ones of the plurality of pictorial icons are associated with programming content;
a reception module that receives a menu selection from the user; and
a programming content selection module that displays on a display the programming content associated with the menu selection, said module also displaying on-demand content along with said programming content. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50)
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51. An interactive programming guide, comprising:
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a menu display module that displays a physical space familiar to a child having a plurality of pictorial icons therein, wherein certain ones of the plurality of pictorial icons are associated with programming content;
a reception module that receives a menu selection from the user; and
a programming content selection module that displays on a display the programming content associated with the menu selection.
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