Data structure and methods for providing an interactive program guide
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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one or more memories storing software instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to;
receive, from a network, a video comprising imagery identifying programming offered by each of a plurality of sources, the imagery comprising a plurality of video objects;
receive, from the network, a transmission comprising a plurality of graphic overlay objects;
merge the video with the transmission to generate a first modified video comprising the imagery overlayed with the plurality of graphic overlay objects;
output the first modified video for display;
modify a graphic overlay object of the plurality of graphic overlay objects to generate a modified graphic overlay object, in response to receiving a user command; and
merge the video with the modified graphic overlay object and the plurality of graphic overlay objects, to generate a second modified video comprising the imagery overlayed with the modified graphical overlay object and the plurality of graphic overlay objects, wherein the modifying the graphic overlay object and the merging the video with the modified graphical overlay object and the plurality of graphic overlay objects selectively emphasize or deemphasize a video object of the plurality of video objects.
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Abstract
A program guide in which a video layer includes a plurality of video objects including title objects, each title object having associated with it a channel and at least one time slot, the video layer being formed in response to a received video stream; and a graphics layer comprising a plurality of graphics objects including title overlay objects, each of the title overlay objects selectively imparting at least a visual de-emphasis to a respective title object in the video layer, the visual de-emphasis being imparted to title objects not being associated with a desired time slot.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor; and one or more memories storing software instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to; receive, from a network, a video comprising imagery identifying programming offered by each of a plurality of sources, the imagery comprising a plurality of video objects; receive, from the network, a transmission comprising a plurality of graphic overlay objects; merge the video with the transmission to generate a first modified video comprising the imagery overlayed with the plurality of graphic overlay objects; output the first modified video for display; modify a graphic overlay object of the plurality of graphic overlay objects to generate a modified graphic overlay object, in response to receiving a user command; and merge the video with the modified graphic overlay object and the plurality of graphic overlay objects, to generate a second modified video comprising the imagery overlayed with the modified graphical overlay object and the plurality of graphic overlay objects, wherein the modifying the graphic overlay object and the merging the video with the modified graphical overlay object and the plurality of graphic overlay objects selectively emphasize or deemphasize a video object of the plurality of video objects. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a terminal from a network, a video comprising imagery identifying programming offered by each of a plurality of sources, the imagery comprising a plurality of video objects; receiving, from the network, a transmission comprising a plurality of graphic overlay objects; merging the video with the transmission to generate a first modified video comprising the imagery overlayed with the plurality of graphic overlay objects; outputting the first modified video for display; modifying a graphic overlay object of the plurality of graphic overlay objects in response to receiving a user command to generate a modified graphic overlay object; and merging the video with the modified graphic overlay object and the plurality of graphic overlay objects, to generate a second modified video comprising the imagery overlayed with the modified graphic overlay object and the plurality of graphic overlay objects, wherein the modifying the graphic overlay object and the merging the video with the modified graphic overlay object and the plurality of graphic overlay objects selectively emphasize or deemphasize a video object of the plurality of video objects. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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receiving, from a network, at a terminal, a video transmission, the video transmission comprising images of a user interface screen identifying programming offered by each of a first plurality of channels, the video transmission further comprising a plurality of video objects corresponding to interactive elements of the user interface screen; retrieving from the network, a graphic overlay comprising a plurality of graphic objects, each of the plurality of graphic objects having a predefined display position visually cooperative with a display position of a corresponding video object of the plurality of video objects in the video transmission, each of the graphic objects being user interactive to selectively emphasize or deemphasize the corresponding video object; merge the video transmission with the graphic overlay to generate a first modified video comprising the images overlayed with the plurality of graphic objects; outputting the first modified video for display; in response to a user interaction with one of the plurality of video objects, modifying, by the terminal, a graphic object corresponding to the one of the video objects to generate a modified graphic object; and merging the video transmission with the modified graphic object and the plurality of graphic objects to generate a second modified video transmission. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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