Electronic television program guide schedule system and method with scan feature
First Claim
1. A method for generating for display program listings using an interactive program guide, comprising:
- receiving a first user selectionin response to receiving the first user selection;
determining a scan mode and scan direction based on the first user selection wherein the scan mode is a channel-wise scan or a time-wise scan;
automatically scanning a sequence of the program listings; and
generating a display of a first stationary program listing simultaneously with a first video corresponding to the first stationary program listing for a first period of time, andgenerating a display of a second stationary program listing simultaneously with a second video corresponding to the second stationary program listing for a second period of time.
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Abstract
An electronic program schedule system which utilizes a receiver for receiving broadcast, satellite or cablecast television programs for a plurality of television channels and a tuner for tuning a television receiver to a selected one of the plurality of channels. A data processor receives and stores in a memory television program schedule information for a plurality of television programs to appear on the plurality of television channels. A user control apparatus, such as a remote controller, is utilized by a viewer to choose user control commands and transmit signals in response to the data processor which receives the signals in response to user control commands. A television receiver is used to display the television programs and television program schedule information. A video display generator receives video control commands from the data processor and program schedule information from the memory and displays a portion of the program schedule information in overlaying relationship with a television program appearing on a television channel in at least one mode of operation of the television programming guide. The data processor controls the video display generator with video control commands, issued in response to the user control commands, to display program schedule information for any chosen one of the plurality of television programs in overlaying relationship with at least one television program then appearing on any chosen one of the plurality of channels on the television receiver. The system includes a scan feature to permit the user to scan program schedule listings for multiple programs in any of the operational modes of the system with the issuance of a single user control command.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for generating for display program listings using an interactive program guide, comprising:
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receiving a first user selection in response to receiving the first user selection; determining a scan mode and scan direction based on the first user selection wherein the scan mode is a channel-wise scan or a time-wise scan; automatically scanning a sequence of the program listings; and generating a display of a first stationary program listing simultaneously with a first video corresponding to the first stationary program listing for a first period of time, and generating a display of a second stationary program listing simultaneously with a second video corresponding to the second stationary program listing for a second period of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An interactive program guide system implemented on user equipment, the user equipment comprising:
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a user input device configured to receive a first user selection a processor configured to, in response to receiving the first user selection; determine a scan mode and scan direction based on the first user selection, wherein the scan mode is a channel-wise scan or a time-wise scan; and automatically scan a sequence of program listings, wherein the processor is further configured to; generate for display a first stationary program listing simultaneously with a first video corresponding to the first stationary program listing for a first period of time, and generate for display a second stationary program listing simultaneously with a second video corresponding to the second stationary program listing for a second period of time. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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