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Electronic program guide with hyperlinks to target resources

  • US 6,025,837 A
  • Filed: 03/29/1996
  • Issued: 02/15/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a system having an electronic programming guide (EPG) for organizing programming information and a browser for browsing content on the Internet, the EPG supporting a displayable user interface (UI) which presents the organized programming information, a method comprising the following steps:

  • permitting a viewer to add an Internet universal resource locator (URL) to the EPG to access a target resource on the Internet;

    displaying the Internet URL in the EPG UI; and

    enabling a viewer to activate the Internet URL directly from the EPG to direct the browser to activate the target resource on the Internet.

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