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Interactive program guide system providing an application program interface for non-program guide applications

  • US 8,973,056 B2
  • Filed: 08/23/2004
  • Issued: 03/03/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/23/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for using an interactive program guide system in which an interactive program guide application is at least partially implemented on user equipment of a user, comprising:

  • implementing a plurality of non-program-guide applications that each provides an interactive component, wherein each of the non-program-guide applications runs on a processor of the user equipment separately from the interactive program guide application;

    storing an application program interface that allows the plurality of non-program-guide applications to use program guide functions of the interactive program guide application when providing the interactive component to the user;

    activating an option within the interactive program guide application to schedule a reminder to access the interactive component from at least one of the non-program-guide applications;

    launching the at least one of the non-program-guide applications with the interactive program guide application; and

    calling the application program interface from the at least one of the non-program-guide applications to provide the interactive component using one of the program guide functions.

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