INTERACTIVE TELEVISION SYSTEM WITH PROGRAMMING-RELATED LINKS
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Abstract
An interactive television system with programming-related links is provided. The system may include user television equipment on which interactive program guide and non-program-guide applications may be implemented. Information that is displayed in a display screen for a non-program-guide application may be related to programming. A display screen or overlay for programming that is related to the information may be displayed when a user selects the displayed information. The display or overlay for the programming may include advertisements, video, graphics, options, or programming descriptions. The display screen or overlay may have been displayed by the program guide application.
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63 Claims
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44. An interactive television system having user television equipment on which an interactive program guide application and an interactive non-program-guide application are each at least partially implemented wherein the program guide application provides an application program interface to the non-program-guide application, said user television equipment being configured to:
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use the non-program-guide application to display a non-program-guide information display region that includes at least one non-program-guide option that is related to a program identified in the non-program guide information display region; receive a user selection of the non-program-guide option that is related to the program identified in the non-program guide information display region; use the non-program-guide application to provide instructions for the program guide application based on the application program interface in response to the user selection; and use the program guide application to display, based on the instructions received from the non-program-guide application, a programming information display region that includes a plurality of options that are related to the program identified in the non-program-guide information display region when the non-program-guide option is selected, wherein the plurality of options provides the user with an opportunity to access program guide data and non-program-guide data. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A method for providing an interactive television system having user television equipment on which an interactive program guide application and an interactive non-program-guide application are each at least partially implemented, wherein the program guide application provides an application program interface to the non-program-guide application, the method comprising:
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using the non-program-guide application to display a non-program-guide information display region that includes at least one non-program-guide option that is related to a program identified in the non-program-guide information display region; receiving a user selection of the non-program-guide option that is related to the program identified in the non-program-guide information display region; using the non-program-guide application to provide instructions for the program guide application based on the application program interface in response to the user selection; and using the program guide application to display, based on the instructions received from the non-program-guide application, a programming information display region that includes a plurality of options that are related to the program identified in the non-program-guide information display region when the non-program-guide option is selected, wherein the plurality of options provides the user with an opportunity to access program guide data and non-program-guide data. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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