SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING PROGRAM GUIDE INFORMATION

• US 20080046935A1
• Filed: 08/18/2006
• Published: 02/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc. (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc. (Adeia Inc.)
• Inventors: Krakirian, Haig H.
• Application Number:
  US11/465,629
• Publication Number:
  US 20080046935A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/87
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4135 external recorder interface circuits between an apparatus for recording television signals and a television receiver H04N5/775
• 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 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/488 Data services, e.g. news ticker systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71
• 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 system and method for displaying program guide information from multiple sources, including second level information, in response to a first request for program guide information.

Claims

1. A method for displaying program guide information on a display device, the method comprising:

receiving a first request for program guide information, wherein the first request comprises user criteria; and

displaying on a display device, in response to the first request, the program guide information according to the user criteria, the program guide information comprising second level information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the program guide information further comprises a source identifier.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the program guide information comprises broadcast program guide information.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the second level information comprises Video-On-Demand (VOD) program guide information.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the program guide information comprises Digital Video Recorder (DVR) program guide information.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the program guide information comprises Digital Video Recorder (DVR) program guide information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the second level information comprises Video-On-Demand (VOD) program guide information.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the program guide information comprises Digital Video Recorder (DVR) program guide information.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the program guide information comprises Digital Video Recorder (DVR) program guide information.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the program guide information comprises information for a mosaic program channel.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the program guide information comprises information from a local storage device and information from a remote storage device.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the program guide information further comprises a source identifier.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of displaying the program guide information comprises displaying the program guide information in a customized format.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the program guide information is from multiple sources.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein the first request comprises user criteria.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the user criteria comprises a program category.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the user criteria comprises a time slot.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein the user criteria comprises a sort order.

23. The method of claim 19, wherein the user criteria is determined based at least partly on a Boolean operation.

15. A method for receiving program guide information, the method comprising:

submitting a first request for program guide information; and

receiving the program guide information, wherein the program guide information comprises second level information and is from multiple sources.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein one of the multiple sources comprises a broadcast program source.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein one source of the second level information is a Video-On-Demand (VOD) source.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein one source of the second level information is a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) source.

24. A system for displaying program guide information, comprising:

an interactive device;

a display device; and

a receiving unit in communication with the display device and capable of receiving commands from the interactive device, the receiving unit further being capable of receiving program guide information from multiple sources, including second level information, and of causing the program guide information from the multiple sources, including the second level information, to be displayed on the display device in response to a first request from the interactive device.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein one of the sources is a Digital Video Recorder (DVR).

26. The system of claim 25, wherein one of the sources is a Video On Demand (VOD) source.