INTERACTIVE TELEVISION PROGRAM GUIDE WITH SELECTABLE LANGUAGES
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Abstract
An interactive television program guide is provided. The interactive television program guide provides a user with the opportunity to select a language for playing television programming and displaying program guide text. Television program audio in the desired language may be obtained from a SAP or digital audio track and played in the selected language. Television related information in the desired language may be obtained from a digital track. If television program audio or related information is not provided in the selected language, the program guide may use a default language. The program guide may coordinate program guide display screen text with languages available for television programs when the programs are broadcast to users.
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118 Claims
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99. A method for generating for simultaneous display media guidance data in at least two languages, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a program guide equipment, from a user input device, a user selection of a preferred language for interacting with an interactive media guidance application; subsequent to receiving the user selection of the preferred language; receiving, at the program guide equipment, from the user input device, an indication to generate for simultaneous display a first media guidance data relating to a first program and a second media guidance data relating to a second program; determining, by a control circuitry of the program guide equipment, that the first media guidance data is available in the preferred language, and that the second media guidance data is not available in the preferred language, wherein the second media guidance data is available in an alternate language; and based on the determining that the first media guidance data is available in the preferred language, and that the second media guidance data is not available in the preferred language, generating for simultaneous display, by the control circuitry, the first media guidance data in the preferred language, and the second media guidance data in the alternate language. - View Dependent Claims (100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108)
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109. A system for generating for simultaneous display media guidance data in at least two languages, the system comprising:
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a user input device; and a program guide equipment including a control circuitry, wherein the control circuitry is configured to; receive, from the user input device, a user selection of a preferred language for interacting with an interactive media guidance application; and subsequent to receiving the user selection of the preferred language; receive, from the user input device, an indication to generate for simultaneous display a first media guidance data relating to a first program and a second media guidance data relating to a second program; determine that the first media guidance data is available in the preferred language, and that the second media guidance data is not available in the preferred language, wherein the second media guidance data is available in an alternate language; and based on the determination that the first media guidance data is available in the preferred language, and that the second media guidance data is not available in the preferred language, generate for simultaneous display, the first media guidance data in the preferred language, and the second media guidance data in the alternate language. - View Dependent Claims (110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118)
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