ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE WITH SUPPORT FOR RICH PROGRAM CONTENT
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Abstract
An electronic program guide that assists a user to navigate through a variety of digital and analog feeds made available by digital television technology is provided. Features such as allowing the user to purchase items, allowing the user to choose the content of the display screen, enabling more efficient use of black areas, among others are provided. Default settings based on prior user settings is provided to allow for an automatically customized environment. This automatic customization may entail, for example, the automatic resizing of windows based on the user'"'"'s prior preferences. Also provided is a feature that allows for the automatic activation of a local or remote application through the user'"'"'s set-top box based on the content currently being viewed.
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Citations
258 Claims
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1-150. -150. (canceled)
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151. A method for providing interactive television features using an interactive television application at least partially implemented on user equipment having a display, the method comprising:
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receiving at the user equipment a plurality of digital feeds, each of the digital feeds being associated with a particular broadcast source other than a television distribution facility and containing program listings data provided by the particular broadcast source; selecting program listings data provided by the particular broadcast source from a digital feed, wherein the selected program listings data comprise at least one title of a television program; and using the interactive television application to display the selected program listings data on the display. - View Dependent Claims (152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 165, 166, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225)
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164. (canceled)
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167. User television equipment for use in a system that provides interactive television features using an interactive television application at least partially implemented on the user television equipment, the user television equipment configured to:
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receive a plurality of digital feeds, each of the digital feeds being associated with a particular broadcast source other than a television distribution facility and containing program listings data provided by the particular broadcast source; select program listings data provided by the particular broadcast source from a digital feed, wherein the selected program listings data comprise at least one title of a television program; and use the interactive television application to display the selected program listings data on the display. - View Dependent Claims (168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 181, 182, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236)
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183. A system for providing interactive television features using an interactive television application, the system comprising:
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means for receiving a plurality of digital feeds, each of the digital feeds being associated with a particular broadcast source other than a television distribution facility and containing program listings data provided by the particular broadcast source; means for selecting program listings data provided by the particular broadcast source from a digital feed, wherein the selected program listings data comprise at least one title of a television program; and means for using the interactive television application to display the selected program listings data on the display. - View Dependent Claims (184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 197, 198, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247)
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199. A machine-readable storage medium for a system that provides interactive television features using an interactive television application at least partially implemented on user equipment having a display, the machine-readable storage medium comprising program logic recorded thereon for:
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receiving with the user equipment a plurality of digital feeds, each of the digital feeds being associated with a particular broadcast source other than a television distribution facility and containing program listings data provided by the particular broadcast source; selecting program listings data provided by the particular broadcast source from a digital feed, wherein the selected program listings data comprise at least one title of a television program; and using the interactive television application to display the selected program listings data on the display. - View Dependent Claims (200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 213, 214, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258)
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