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Interactive program guide with continuous data stream and client-server data supplementation

  • US 8,151,296 B2
  • Filed: 02/12/2010
  • Issued: 04/03/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/02/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for providing program guide data that includes unique identifiers associated with programs, the system comprising:

  • a continuous data stream processor configured to select a particular unique identifier associated with a particular program for inclusion in a continuous data stream;

    distribution equipment configured to distribute the particular unique identifier to user equipment in the continuous data stream when the particular program is currently being broadcasted; and

    an interactive program guide implemented on the user equipment configured to;

    monitor the continuous data stream for the presence of the particular unique identifier, wherein the presence of the particular unique identifier indicates when the particular program is being currently broadcasted;

    perform a real-time action associated with the particular program when the particular unique identifier is detected in the continuous data stream; and

    prefetch current program guide data from the continuous data stream when the real-time action is performed.

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