| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an interactive television system in which a user can use an interactive television application to establish time-based settings. <P>SOLUTION: The user may set television program reminders and advance-order pay-per-view programs, schedule programs for recording, and establish parental controls to prevent television viewing during certain time on certain channels. The interactive television application may be used to support video recorder functions such as personal video recorder functions implemented locally on the user's set-top box or other equipment and network-based video recorder functions implemented using servers at cable television headends and other network locations. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |
