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Graphical tuning bar for a multi-program data stream

  • US 6,522,342 B1
  • Filed: 01/27/1999
  • Issued: 02/18/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/27/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer-based graphical user interface for facilitating the selection and display of transmitted audio, video and data, comprising:

  • a main menu state with a first multi-segment display, the first multi-segment display having an active video/audio segment and a tuning segment;

    the active video segment being adapted to display a currently tuned program; and

    the tuning segment having an elongated graphic bar with a length and a width, the length of the graphic bar being dynamically sub-divided into a plurality of contiguous regions based on a number of programs that have been parsed from a multi-program data stream and that are authorized for use by a particular user, wherein each of the regions is uniquely mapped to a respective one of a plurality of numeric identifiers, and wherein each of the plurality of numeric identifiers is transmitted within data packets containing displayable information pertaining to a respective one of the number of programs.

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