Interactive program guide systems and processes
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Abstract
Interactive program guide systems and related processes are provided which can automatically tune a television, or program a VCR, based on program selections made from program schedule information displayed on a television or other suitable video monitor. The interactive program guide is preferably implemented using a microprocessor-controlled set-top box that is coupled to the viewer'"'"'s television set. The set-top box receives program schedule information and software from a headend telecasting center. Preferably, program schedule information for the current day and at least six subsequent days is stored in a memory within the set-top box. The interactive program guide provides a display mode for allowing the viewer to apply a restrictive search selection criterion and a nonrestrictive sort attribute to the program schedule information.
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31 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A method for controlling a first tuner and a second tuner with an interactive television program guide, said method comprising:
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causing a display device to display a program guide display with said interactive television program guide;
receiving a user selection to record a television program indicated on said program guide display with said interactive television program guide; and
directing an output of said first tuner to a video recorder and an output of said second tuner to said display device with said interactive television program guide, such that said television program is recorded by said video recorder at the same time that another program is displayed by said display device. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. User equipment having an interactive television program guide implemented thereon, said user equipment comprising a display device, a first tuner, a second tuner, and a video recorder, said interactive television program guide configured to:
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cause said display device to display a program guide display;
receive a user selection to record a television program indicated on said program guide display; and
direct an output of said first tuner to said video recorder and an output of said second tuner to said display device, such that said television program is recorded by said video recorder at the same time that another program is displayed by said display device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A machine-readable medium for an interactive television program guide that controls a first tuner and a second tuner, said machine-readable medium having machine program logic recorded thereon for:
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causing a display device to display a program guide display with said interactive television program guide;
receiving a user selection to record a television program indicated on said program guide display with said interactive television program guide; and
directing an output of said first tuner to a video recorder and an output of said second tuner to said display device with said interactive television program guide, such that said television program is recorded by said video recorder at the same time that another program is displayed by said display device. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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Specification