Interactive television program guide with selectable non-program options
First Claim
1. A method for displaying content using an interactive program guide system, the method comprising:
- simultaneously displaying a television program listing in a first row of a grid and a selectable non-program option in a second row of the grid, wherein the grid comprises cells used for identifying rows and columns;
allowing a user of the interactive program guide system to navigate a highlight region over the non-program option and to select the non-program option; and
displaying, in at least one of the cells of the grid, content associated with the non-program option in response to the user selecting the non-program option.
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Abstract
An interactive program guide system is provided. The program guide system displays a program guide grid on a user'"'"'s television equipment. The grid contains rows of television program listings for various channels. Columns in the grid are associated with the scheduled start times of the listed programs. The grid also contains non-program listings. Non-program listings rows contain selectable non-program options, such as options related to weather or sports information. The user can select a given one of the selectable non-program options by positioning a highlight region on one of the options and pressing an appropriate key on a remote control. When the system receives the corresponding command from the remote control, the system displays additional information for the selected non-program option on the user'"'"'s display screen.
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51 Claims
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1. A method for displaying content using an interactive program guide system, the method comprising:
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simultaneously displaying a television program listing in a first row of a grid and a selectable non-program option in a second row of the grid, wherein the grid comprises cells used for identifying rows and columns;
allowing a user of the interactive program guide system to navigate a highlight region over the non-program option and to select the non-program option; and
displaying, in at least one of the cells of the grid, content associated with the non-program option in response to the user selecting the non-program option. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for displaying content using an interactive program guide system, the method comprising:
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simultaneously displaying a television program listing in a first column of a grid and a selectable non-program option in a second column of the grid, wherein the grid comprises cells used for identifying rows and columns;
allowing a user of the interactive program guide system to navigate a highlight region over the non-program option and to select the non-program option; and
displaying, in at least one of the cells of the grid, content associated with the non-program option in response to the user selecting the non-program option.
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14. A system for displaying content using an interactive program guide system, the system comprising:
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means for simultaneously displaying a television program listing in a first row of a grid and a selectable non-program option in a second row of the grid, wherein the grid comprises cells used for identifying rows and columns;
means for allowing a user of the interactive program guide system to navigate a highlight region over the non-program option and to select the non-program option; and
means for displaying, in at least one of the cells of the grid, content associated with the non-program option in response to the user selecting the non-program option. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system for displaying content using an interactive program guide system, the system comprising:
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means for simultaneously displaying a television program listing in a first column of a grid and a selectable non-program option in a second column of the grid, wherein the grid comprises cells used for identifying rows and columns;
means for allowing a user of the interactive program guide system to navigate a highlight region over the non-program option and to select the non-program option; and
means for displaying, in at least one of the cells of the grid, content associated with the non-program option in response to the user selecting the non-program option.
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27. A system for displaying content using an interactive program guide system, the system comprising user television equipment configured to:
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simultaneously display a television program listing in a first row of a grid and a selectable non-program option in a second row of the grid, wherein the grid comprises cells used for identifying rows and columns;
allow a user of the interactive program guide system to navigate a highlight region over the non-program option and to select the non-program option; and
display, in at least one of the cells of the grid, content associated with the non-program option in response to the user selecting the non-program option. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A system for displaying content using an interactive program guide system, the system comprising user television equipment configured to:
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simultaneously display a television program listing in a first column of a grid and a selectable non-program option in a second column of the grid, wherein the grid comprises cells used for identifying rows and columns;
allow a user of the interactive program guide system to navigate a highlight region over the non-program option and to select the non-program option; and
display, in at least one of the cells of the grid, content associated with the non-program option in response to the user selecting the non-program option.
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40. Machine-readable media for an interactive program guide system, the machine-readable media comprising program logic recorded thereon for:
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simultaneously displaying a television program listing in a first row of a grid and a selectable non-program option in a second row of the grid, wherein the grid comprises cells used for identifying rows and columns;
allowing a user of the interactive program guide system to navigate a highlight region over the non-program option and to select the non-program option; and
displaying, in at least one of the cells of the grid, content associated with the non-program option in response to the user selecting the non-program option. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. Machine-readable media for an interactive program guide system, the machine-readable media comprising program logic recorded thereon for:
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simultaneously displaying a television program listing in a first column of a grid and a selectable non-program option in a second column of the grid, wherein the grid comprises cells used for identifying rows and columns;
allowing a user of the interactive program guide system to navigate a highlight region over the non-program option and to select the non-program option; and
displaying, in at least one of the cells of the grid, content associated with the non-program option in response to the user selecting the non-program option.
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