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EPG transmitting apparatus and method, EPG receiving apparatus and method, EPG transmitting/receiving system and method, and provider

  • US 6,487,722 B1
  • Filed: 02/08/1999
  • Issued: 11/26/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/12/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An electronic program guide transmitting apparatus comprising:

  • generating means for generating an electronic program guide that represents a transmission schedule of programs to be transmitted;

    adding means for generating additional information to be superimposed on the electronic program guide, including feature recognition information for allowing a viewer to recognize a feature of a particular program that differentiates the particular program from other programs and for adding the feature recognition information to the electronic program guide; and

    transmitting means for transmitting the electronic program guide to which the additional information has been added, wherein the particular program is one of a plurality of near video on demand programs, and wherein the feature recognition information is information indicating that the particular program is a last one of the plurality of near video on demand programs.

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