Method and system for displaying advertisements between schedule listings
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Abstract
In one embodiment, the invention is a system and method for simultaneously displaying advertisements with an electronic program guide (EPG). The system displays television schedule information in rows of schedule information items including the time and channel for at least a portion of the displayed television schedule information items. An advertisement is selected for display from a plurality of advertisements, and the selected advertisement is displayed between two rows of the schedule information items simultaneously with the displayed television schedule information items.
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24 Claims
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5. A method for simultaneously displaying channel advertisements with an electronic program guide (EPG), the method comprising:
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storing schedule information in memory for each of a plurality of programs; storing in the memory at least one advertisement as part of the stored schedule information; and displaying on a display at least a portion of the stored program schedule information and at least one of the stored advertisements, wherein; the at least a portion of the program schedule information and the at least one of the advertisements are displayed on the display as a plurality of row items. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for simultaneously displaying channel advertisements with an electronic program guide (EPG), the system comprising:
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a memory for storing schedule information and advertising data; a display; and a processor, wherein the system is configured to; store schedule information in the memory for each of a plurality of programs, store in the memory at least one advertisement as part of the stored schedule information, and display on the display at least a portion of the stored program schedule information and at least one of the stored advertisements, wherein; the at least a portion of the program schedule information and the at least one of the advertisements are displayed on the display as a plurality of row items. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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