| 发明名称 | Program guide system with video-on-demand browsing | ||
| 摘要 | An interactive television program guide system is provided in which a viewer may direct a television to simultaneously display a selected television program and a program guide display. A viewer may use the program guide display to browse available video-on-demand (VOD) while continuing to view a previously selected program in the background. The viewer may browse through video-on-demand programs on the program guide display using a variety of keys on a remote control unit. The viewer may direct the program guide to order a given video-on-demand program and set a desired broadcast time for that program. | ||
| 申请公布号 | US8918811(B2) | 申请公布日期 | 2014.12.23 |
| 申请号 | US201213419057 | 申请日期 | 2012.03.13 |
| 申请人 | United Video Properties, Inc. | 发明人 | Ellis Michael D. |
| 分类号 | G06F3/00;G06F13/00;H04N5/445;H04N21/45;H04N21/434;H04N21/262;H04N21/472;H04N21/431;H04N7/173;H04N21/482;H04N21/426;H04N5/44 | 主分类号 | G06F3/00 |
| 代理机构 | Ropes & Gray LLP | 代理人 | Ropes & Gray LLP |
| 主权项 | 1. A method for providing on-demand program information, the method comprising: generating for display a listing for an on-demand program, wherein the listing comprises information identifying the on-demand program, and (i) when a video clip preview is available for the on-demand program, an indicator is displayed with the listing, and (ii) when a video clip preview is not available for the on-demand program, the indicator is not displayed with the listing, wherein the indicator is displayed with the listing after determining that the video clip preview is available for the on-demand program; receiving a request to access the video clip preview for the listing when the listing is displayed with the indicator; and retrieving, upon receiving the request, the video clip preview from a server. | ||
| 地址 | Santa Clara CA US | ||