Information system

• US 9,423,936 B2
• Filed: 12/23/2013
• Issued: 08/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc. (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rovi Guides, Inc. (Adeia Inc.)
• Inventors: Klosterman, Brian Lee, Schein, Steven
• Primary Examiner(s): Lonsberry, Hunter B
• Application Number:
  US14/139,663
• Publication Number:
  US 20140173431A1
• Time in Patent Office: 974 Days
• Field of Search: 725/39, 725 42- 44, 725 51- 52
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4438 Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4725 using interactive regions of the image, e.g. hot spots details of information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4821 using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/488 Data services, e.g. news ticker systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4886 for displaying a ticker, e.g. scrolling banner for news, stock exchange, weather data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8126 involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/445 for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/45 : Picture in picture , e.g. displaying simultaneously another television channel in a region of the screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/0882 : for the transmission of character code signals, e.g. for teletext circuits for the digital non-picture data signal H04N7/035
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 : by receiver means only
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/165 : Centralised control of user terminal subsequent to an upstream request signal H04N7/17345; Registering at central by two-way working H04N7/17309
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 : Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17354 : in an intermediate station common to a plurality of user terminals

Abstract

A system and method for displaying an electronic program schedule guide is provided. The system has areas for displaying program schedule information. In addition, the system also has areas that may be used for advertising programs, products or services. In another embodiment, the system has areas for displaying messages to the user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

causing a media asset to be displayed in a first region of a display;

receiving a user indication to access a web page;

receiving the web page, wherein the web page includes a first portion that is associated with a source of the media asset; and

in response to receiving the user indication;

replacing a display of the media asset in the first region with a display of the web page in the first region; and

causing the media asset to be displayed on the web page in a second region of the display, wherein the second region is selectable by receiving a first input that positions a cursor over the second region and a second input that selects the second region.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to receiving the user indication, causing web content related to the media asset to be displayed in the first region.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the second input that selects the second region.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to receiving the second input that selects the second region, replacing the display of the web page in the first region with the display of the media asset.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

causing an interactive indicator to be displayed when web content related to the media asset is available.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the interactive indicator includes at least one of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) link and a selectable window depicting the web content.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the user indication to access the webpage is a first invocation of a control input, and further comprising:

receiving a second invocation of the control input; and

in response to receiving the second invocation of the control input, replacing the display of the web page in the first region with the display of the media asset.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

causing to be displayed over the display of the media asset, a representation of the web page after replacing the display of the web page in the first region with the display of the media asset.

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

causing to be displayed, an indication that the display of the web page in the first region is replaceable with the display of the media asset, after the display of the media asset has been replaced with the display of the web page in the first region.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

causing to be displayed in the web page, an identifier of the source of the media asset.

11. A system comprising:

a memory; and

control circuitry configured to;

cause a media asset to be displayed in a first region of a display;

receive a user indication to access a web page;

receive the web page, wherein the web page includes a first portion that is associated with a source of the media asset;

store the received web page in the memory; and

in response to receiving the user indication;

replace a display of the media asset in the first region with a display of the web page, stored in the memory, in the first region; and

cause the media asset to be displayed on the web page in a second region of the display, wherein the second region is selectable by receiving a first input that positions a cursor over the second region and a second input that selects the second region.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

in response to receiving the user indication, cause web content related to the media asset to be displayed in the first region.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

receive the second input that selects the second region.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

in response to receiving the second input that selects the second region, replace the display of the web page in the first region with the display of the media asset.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

causes an interactive indicator to be displayed when web content related to the media asset is available.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the interactive indicator includes at least one of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) link and a selectable window depicting the web content.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the user indication to access the web page is a first invocation of a control input, and the control circuitry further:

receives a second invocation of the control input; and

in response to receiving the second invocation of the control input, replaces the display of the web page in the first region with the display of the media asset.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

cause to be displayed over the display of the media asset, a representation of the web page after replacing the display of the web page in the first region with the display of the media asset.

19. The system of claim 11 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

cause to be displayed, an indication that the display of the web page in the first region is replaceable with the display of the media asset, after the display of the media asset has been replaced with the display of the web page in the first region.

20. The system of claim 11 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

cause to be displayed in the web page, an identifier of the source of the media asset.