Systems and methods for contextually linking television program information
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Abstract
The present invention provides systems and methods for providing television schedule information to a viewer, and for allowing the viewer to link, search, select and interact with information in a remote database, e.g., a database on the internet. The television schedule information can be displayed on a variety of viewer interfaces, such as televisions screens, computer monitors, PCTV screens and the like. The television schedule information may be stored on the viewer'"'"'s computer, television, PCTV, or a remote server (e.g., a website), or the television schedule information may be downloaded from a remote database to the viewer'"'"'s computer, television or PCTV.
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47 Claims
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22. A method for accessing a previously broadcast program from a remote digital archive, the method comprising:
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accessing a remote digital archive database, wherein the remote digital archive database contains a plurality of previously broadcast programs; displaying a listing of the plurality of previously broadcast programs, wherein the listing includes an original broadcast date for each program; and in response to receiving a user selection of at least one of the plurality of previously broadcast programs, providing the selected program to the user from the database. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A system for accessing a previously broadcast program from a remote digital archive, the system comprising:
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a remote digital archive database containing a plurality of previously broadcast programs; a display processor for displaying a listing of the plurality of previously broadcast programs, wherein the listing includes an original broadcast date for each program; a processor for receiving a user selection of at least one of the plurality of previously broadcast programs, and for providing the selected program to the user from the database in response to the input device receiving the user selection. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A system for accessing a previously broadcast program from a remote digital archive, the system comprising:
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a remote digital archive database containing a plurality of previously broadcast programs; a program schedule information database containing a listing of a plurality of scheduled programs; a display processor for displaying a listing of programs, wherein the listing includes the plurality of scheduled programs and the plurality of previously broadcast programs; a processor that, in response to receiving a user selection of a program from the listing of programs, is configured to; determine when the program is available when the program is one of the plurality of scheduled programs; and provide the selected program to the user from the remote digital archive database when the program is one of the plurality of previously broadcast programs.
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