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Program schedule user interface

  • US 5,886,690 A
  • Filed: 10/31/1996
  • Issued: 03/23/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An interactive television schedule system, comprising:

  • a display for displaying at least one selected channel,a controller coupled to the display for displaying program schedule information in the form of a multiply configurable program screen guide and for configuring the multiply configurable program screen guide, said multiply configurable program screen guide comprising a channel bar for identifying a plurality of selectable program channels with an alphanumeric identification for each of said channels and for identifying a currently selected channel, anda user input coupled to the controller for providing user input control signals,said controller being responsive to a first user input control signal to configure the multiply configurable program screen guide to include only the channel bar, and being responsive to a second user input control signal to configure the multiply configurable program screen guide to include the channel bar in combination with a program information grid of two-dimensionally arranged information slots, each row of information slots corresponding to a channel identified in the channel bar and including an information slot for at least a current program.

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