INTERACTIVE TELEVISION PROGRAM GUIDE WITH REMOTE ACCESS
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Abstract
An interactive television program guide with remote access is provided. The interactive television program guide is implemented on interactive television program guide equipment. A remote program guide access device is connected to the interactive television program guide equipment by a remote access link to provide a user with remote access to program guide functions. An interactive television program guide system based on multiple user television equipment devices in a single household is provided. The system provides a user with an opportunity to adjust program guide settings with a given one of the interactive television program guides. Program guide setting include features related to setting program reminders, profiles, program recording features, messaging features, favorites features, parental control features, program guide set up features (e.g., audio and video and language settings), etc.
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25 Claims
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8. A system for selecting programs over a remote access link comprising an Internet communications path for recording, the system comprising:
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a local interactive program guide equipment on which a local interactive program guide is implemented, wherein the local interactive program guide generates a display of one or more program listings for display on a display device; and a mobile device on which a remote access interactive program guide is implemented, wherein the remote access interactive program guide; generates a display of a plurality of program listings for display on the mobile device, wherein the display of the plurality of program listings is generated based on a user profile stored at a location remote from the mobile device; and transmits, to the local interactive program guide over the Internet communications path, a communication identifying a program for recording corresponding to a program listing selected by a user with the remote access interactive program guide, wherein the local interactive program guide receives the communication and, responsive to the communication, records the program corresponding to the selected program listing using the local interactive program guide equipment. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for selecting programs over a remote access link comprising an Internet communications path for recording, the method comprising:
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generating a display of one or more program listings for display on a display device using a local interactive program guide, wherein the local interactive program guide is implemented on a local interactive program guide equipment; generating a display of a plurality of program listings for display on a mobile device using a remote access interactive program guide implemented on the mobile device, wherein the display of the plurality of program listings is generated based on a user profile stored at a location remote from the mobile device; and transmitting, with the remote access interactive program guide, a communication identifying a program for recording corresponding to a program listing selected by a user with the remote access interactive program guide to the local interactive program guide over the Internet communications path, wherein the local interactive program guide receives the communication and, responsive to the communication, records the program corresponding to the selected program listing using the local interactive program guide equipment. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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