Electronic program guide for indicating availability of past programs in the future
First Claim
1. A method for using a guide on user equipment, the method comprising:
- receiving a user input selecting a time period prior to a current time;
generating a display in response to receiving the user input that includes, from video listings, a plurality of video listings corresponding to past transmissions of videos within the selected time period wherein each video listing corresponds to a single transmission of an associated video;
determining, without user intervention, for each listing of the plurality of video listings within the generated display, whether said listing corresponds to a past transmission of a video that is available again at a future time; and
visually distinguishing, in response to the user input, each of the video listings within the generated display determined to correspond to past transmissions of videos that are available again at a future time from the video listings within the generated display determined to correspond to past transmissions of videos that are not available again at a future time, wherein the visually distinguished video listings are displayed together with the video listings that are not visually distinguished within the generated display.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing an electronic program guide for television or radio programs includes presenting listings of present or future programs on-screen, presenting listings of past programs on-screen and indicating whether the past program is available again at a future time. Also, a system and method for handling information controllable from an electronic program guide for television or radio programs comprises receiving information in a user'"'"'s system, storing the received information in the user'"'"'s system, displaying access to the stored information by means of a user interface and enabling the user to select one of a plurality of management options for controlling the operation of the stored information through the user interface.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for using a guide on user equipment, the method comprising:
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receiving a user input selecting a time period prior to a current time; generating a display in response to receiving the user input that includes, from video listings, a plurality of video listings corresponding to past transmissions of videos within the selected time period wherein each video listing corresponds to a single transmission of an associated video; determining, without user intervention, for each listing of the plurality of video listings within the generated display, whether said listing corresponds to a past transmission of a video that is available again at a future time; and visually distinguishing, in response to the user input, each of the video listings within the generated display determined to correspond to past transmissions of videos that are available again at a future time from the video listings within the generated display determined to correspond to past transmissions of videos that are not available again at a future time, wherein the visually distinguished video listings are displayed together with the video listings that are not visually distinguished within the generated display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for providing an electronic video guide on user television equipment, the system comprising:
a processor configured to; receive a user input selecting a time period prior to a current time; generate a display in response to receiving the user input that includes, from video listings, a plurality of video listings corresponding to past transmissions of videos within the selected time period wherein each video listing corresponds to a single transmission of an associated video; determine, without user intervention, for each listing of the plurality of video listings within the generated display, whether said listing corresponds to a past transmission of a video that is available again at a future time; and visually distinguish, in response to the user input, each of the video listings within the generated display determined to correspond to past transmissions of videos that are available again at a future time from the video listings within the generated display determined to correspond to past transmissions of videos that are not available again at a future time, wherein the visually distinguished video listings are displayed together with the video listings that are not visually distinguished within the generated display. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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