Method and system for accessing programs from multiple triple play service listings

• US 20070261085A1
• Filed: 05/05/2006
• Published: 11/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alcatel SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Furlong, Jeff, Beaton, Robert, McKinley, Karen
• Application Number:
  US11/418,132
• Publication Number:
  US 20070261085A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/87
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4825 using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4826 using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8126 involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73

Abstract

A method for accessing triple play programs provided through a server over a network to a data processing system, the method comprising: receiving respective signals selecting one or more programs from respective program listings for each of one or more triple play services; composing a list of selected programs from the one or more programs; and, displaying the list of selected programs on a display screen of the data processing system, whereby a user may access one or more programs by selecting from the list of selected programs.

Claims

1. A method for accessing triple play programs provided through a server over a network to a data processing system, the method comprising:

receiving respective signals selecting one or more programs from respective program listings for each of one or more triple play services;

composing a list of selected programs from the one or more programs; and

,

displaying the list of selected programs on a display screen of the data processing system,

whereby a user may access one or more programs by selecting from the list of selected programs.

2. The method of claim 1 and further comprising receiving a signal to select one or more programs from the list of selected programs for viewing.

3. The method of claim 1 and further comprising receiving a signal to select one or more programs from the list of selected programs for recording.

4. The method of claim 1 and further comprising receiving a signal to select one or more programs from the list of selected programs for deleting from the list.

5. The method of claim 1 and further comprising displaying each of the respective program listings on the display screen.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein each of the respective program listings and the list of selected programs has a respective graphical user interface (“

GUI”

).

7. The method of claim 6 wherein each GUI includes a window for displaying a program that is being currently viewed.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein each GUI includes a window for displaying a description of a selected program.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the signals are generated by an input device coupled to the data processing system, the input device for manipulating by a user to position a cursor on the display screen.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the data processing system is at least one of television (“

TV”

) system, a video-on-demand (“

VOD”

) system, and a pay-per-view (“

PPV”

) system.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the services include at least one of a TV service, a VOD service, and a PPV service.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the one or more programs are one or more of TV programs, VOD programs, and PPV programs.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the network is an Internet Protocol (“

IP”

) based network.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the server is an Internet server.

15. The method of claim 1 and further comprising ordering the list of selected programs chronologically.

16. A system for accessing triple play programs provided through a server over a network to the system, the system comprising:

a processor coupled to memory, a display screen, and an input device; and

,

modules within the memory and executed by the processor, the modules including;

a module for receiving respective signals selecting one or more programs from respective program listings for each of one or more triple play services;

a module for composing a list of selected programs from the one or more programs; and

,

a module for displaying the list of selected programs on a display screen of the data processing system, whereby a user may access one or more programs by selecting from the list of selected programs.

17. The system of claim 16 and further comprising a module for receiving a signal to select one or more programs from the list of selected programs for viewing.

18. The system of claim 16 and further comprising a module for receiving a signal to select one or more programs from the list of selected programs for recording.

19. The system of claim 16 and further comprising a module for receiving a signal to select one or more programs from the list of selected programs for deleting from the list.

20. The system of claim 16 and further comprising a module for displaying each of the respective program listings on the display screen.

21. The system of claim 20 wherein each of the respective program listings and the list of selected programs has a respective graphical user interface (“

GUI”

).

22. The system of claim 21 wherein each GUI includes a window for displaying a program that is being currently viewed.

23. The system of claim 22 wherein each GUI includes a window for displaying a description of a selected program.

24. The system of claim 23 wherein the signals are generated by an input device coupled to the data processing system, the input device for manipulating by a user to position a cursor on the display screen.

25. The system of claim 16 wherein the data processing system is at least one of television (“

TV”

) system, a video-on-demand (“

VOD”

) system, and a pay-per-view (“

PPV”

) system.

26. The system of claim 25 wherein the services include at least one of a TV service, a VOD service, and a PPV service.

27. The system of claim 26 wherein the one or more programs are one or more of TV programs, VOD programs, and PPV programs.

28. The system of claim 16 wherein the network is an Internet Protocol (“

IP”

) based network.

29. The system of claim 28 wherein the server is an Internet server.

30. The system of claim 16 and further comprising a module for ordering the list of selected programs chronologically.