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Personal television channel system

  • US 6,774,926 B1
  • Filed: 03/03/2000
  • Issued: 08/10/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/03/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for using a system in which personal television programs are scheduled for distribution to viewers on personal television channels, comprising:

  • providing an opportunity for different contributors who are individuals to supply personal television program schedule information to a program schedule database that indicates particular future times and dates at which certain personal television programs are to be available for viewing by the viewers on viewer equipment;

    providing the viewers with access to the personal television program schedule information at the viewer equipment;

    providing the personal television programs from the contributor equipment of different individual contributors to the viewer equipment of each of the viewers over a communications network; and

    providing each of the contributors with an opportunity to provide the program schedule database with a description of that contributor'"'"'s personal television channel.

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