Notification for interactive content
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1. A method, comprising:
- providing, on a video display device, a program guide comprising a plurality of entries, each entry identifying a program of a plurality of programs, at least one entry, of the plurality of entries, including one or more interactive icons visually representing a plurality of types of interactive content with which the at least entry is associated,where providing the program guide comprises;
filtering the plurality of entries based on whether interactive content is available for the programs;
providing a particular program of the plurality of programs or information associated with the particular program on the video display device, the particular program corresponding to one entry of the at least one entry;
receiving information associated with interactive content,where the received information associated with the interactive content is indicative of an association between the interactive content and the program, and indicative of a particular type of the plurality of types of interactive content, the interactive content corresponding to the particular type; and
providing, by a set top box, an interactive content icon on the video display device, based on the received information associated with the interactive content, the interactive content icon indicating that the interactive content is available for the particular program, and visually representing the particular type of the plurality of types of interactive content.
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Abstract
A system may provide a video program or information associated with the video program on a video display device, and provide an interactive content icon on the video display device. The interactive content icon may indicate that interactive content is available for the video program.
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1. A method, comprising:
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providing, on a video display device, a program guide comprising a plurality of entries, each entry identifying a program of a plurality of programs, at least one entry, of the plurality of entries, including one or more interactive icons visually representing a plurality of types of interactive content with which the at least entry is associated, where providing the program guide comprises; filtering the plurality of entries based on whether interactive content is available for the programs; providing a particular program of the plurality of programs or information associated with the particular program on the video display device, the particular program corresponding to one entry of the at least one entry; receiving information associated with interactive content, where the received information associated with the interactive content is indicative of an association between the interactive content and the program, and indicative of a particular type of the plurality of types of interactive content, the interactive content corresponding to the particular type; and providing, by a set top box, an interactive content icon on the video display device, based on the received information associated with the interactive content, the interactive content icon indicating that the interactive content is available for the particular program, and visually representing the particular type of the plurality of types of interactive content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system, comprising:
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means for providing, on a video display device, a program guide comprising a plurality of entries, each entry identifying a program of a plurality of programs, at least one entry, of the plurality of entries, including one or more interactive content icons visually representing a plurality of types of interactive content with which the at least one entry is associated; means for filtering the plurality of entries, based on one type of the plurality of types of interactive content, to provide a filtered plurality of entries; means for providing a particular program, corresponding to one of the filtered plurality of entries, on the video display device, the particular program being associated with the one type of the plurality of types of interactive content; means for receiving information associated with interactive content, the received information comprising information associated with the one type of the plurality of types of interactive content, the interactive content corresponding to the one type of the plurality of types of interactive content; means for identifying an interactive content icon based on the information received by the means for receiving, the identified interactive content icon being indicative of the one type of the plurality of types of interactive content; and means for providing the identified interactive content icon overlaid on the particular program on the video display device, the identified interactive content icon indicating that the one type of interactive content is available for the program. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A system, comprising:
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a memory to store data or instructions; and a processor, connected to the memory, to; provide, on a video display device, a program guide comprising a plurality of entries, each entry identifying a program of a plurality of programs, at least one entry, of the plurality of entries, including one or more interactive content icons visually representing a plurality of types of interactive content with which the at least one entry is associated, filter the plurality of entries based on a type of interactive content of the plurality of types of interactive content, to provide a filtered plurality of entries, each entry of the filtered plurality of entries including an interactive content icon visually representing the type of interactive content of the plurality of types of interactive, provide a particular program, corresponding to one of the filtered plurality of entries, on the video display device, the particular program being associated with the type of interactive content of the plurality of types of interactive content, provide the interactive content icon, visually corresponding to the type of interactive content of the plurality of types of interactive content, with the provided particular program, receive selection of the provided interactive content icon, and provide the type of interactive content of the plurality of types of interactive content while continuing to provide the particular program. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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