PROGRAM GUIDE SYSTEM WITH VIDEO-ON-DEMAND BROWSING
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Abstract
An interactive television program guide system is provided in which a viewer may direct a television to simultaneously display a selected television program and &program guide display. A viewer may use the program guide display to browse available video-on-demand (VOD) while continuing to view a previously selected program in the background. The viewer may browse through video-on-demand programs on the program guide display using a variety of keys on a remote control unit. The viewer may direct the program guide to order a given video-on-demand program; and set a desired broadcast time for that program.
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121 Claims
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1-97. -97. (canceled)
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98. A method for providing video-on-demand program information, the method comprising:
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providing video-on-demand program information to user equipment, wherein the video-on-demand program information includes information regarding a video-on-demand program; displaying the video-on-demand program information on the user equipment; providing an indicator associated with the video-on-demand program information, wherein the indicator indicates that a video clip preview is available for the video-on-demand program associated with the video-on-demand program information; receiving a request to display the video clip preview; retrieving, upon receiving the request, the video clip preview from a server; providing a user-selectable video window; and displaying, the retrieved video clip preview in the user-selectable video window. - View Dependent Claims (99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109)
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110. A system for providing video-on-demand program information, the system comprising:
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user equipment configured to; receive video-on-demand program information, wherein the video-on-demand program information includes information regarding a video-on-demand program; display the received video-on-demand program information; provide an indicator associated with the video-on-demand program information, wherein the indicator indicates that a video clip preview is available for the video-on-demand program associated with the video-on-demand program information; receive a request to display the video clip preview; retrieve, upon receiving the request, the video clip preview from a server; provide a user-selectable video window; and display, the retrieved video clip preview in the user-selectable video window. - View Dependent Claims (111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121)
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