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Intuitive image-based program guide for controlling display device such as a television

  • US 8,973,037 B2
  • Filed: 03/15/2013
  • Issued: 03/03/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device comprising:

  • at least one processor; and

    at least one computer readable storage medium accessible to the processor and bearing instructions executable by the processor to cause the processor to, for at least one video program;

    establish a respective image;

    access a wide area network to obtain social networking information (SNI) related to the video program;

    juxtapose at least some of the SNI related to the video program with the image;

    use at least some of the SNI as a search term to access a computer network with a query based on the search term and present on a display at least one search result item selectable by a user to access and play a video represented by the result item; and

    /orpresent on the display at least one time-based graph illustrating a volume of social networking comments pertaining to the program as a function of time, a user selection of a part of the graph causing a recording device associated with the display and recording the program to play back the program starting at a time represented by the part of graph selected by the user.

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