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Electronic television program guide schedule system and method    
United States Patent5781246   
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Inventor(s)Alten; Jerry (10 Wynnedale Cir., Norberth, PA 19072); Davis; Bruce (5505 Preserve Pkwy. South, Greenwood Village, CO 80121); Morris; Michael (30 Whistling Swan La., Downington, PA 19355); Youman; Roger (752 Mancil Rd., Wayne, PA 19087)
AbstractAn electronic program schedule system which includes a receiver for receiving broadcast, satellite or cablecast television programs for a plurality of television channels and a tuner for tuning a television receiver to a selected one of the plurality of channels. A data processor receives and stores in a memory television program schedule information for a plurality of television programs to appear on the plurality of television channels. A user control apparatus, such as a remote controller, is utilized by a viewer to choose user control commands and transmit signals in response to the data processor which receives the signals in response to user control commands. A television receiver is used to display the television programs and television program schedule information. A video display generator receives video control commands from the data processor and program schedule information from the memory and displays a portion of the program schedule information in overlaying relationship with a television program appearing on a television channel in at least one mode of operation of the television programming guide. The data processor controls the video display generator with video control commands, issued in response to the user control commands, to display program schedule information for any chosen one of the plurality of television programs in overlaying relationship with at least one television program then appearing on any chosen one of the plurality of channels on the television receiver.
   














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Electronic television program guide schedule system and method
Inventor     Alten; Jerry (10 Wynnedale Cir., Norberth, PA 19072); Davis; Bruce (5505 Preserve Pkwy. South, Greenwood Village, CO 80121); Morris; Michael (30 Whistling Swan La., Downington, PA 19355); Youman; Roger (752 Mancil Rd., Wayne, PA 19087)
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Publication Date     July 14, 1998
Application Number     08/247,101
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Filing Date     May 20, 1994
US Classification     725/40 348/564 348/570 348/731 725/45 725/47 725/56
Int'l Classification     H04N 005/50 H04N 005/445 559 565 567
Examiner     Lee; Michael
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Attorney/Law Firm     Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.
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Parent Case     This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/119,367 filed on Sep. 9, 1993 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,585,866.
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USPTO Field of Search     348/906 348/460 348/461 348/463 348/464 348/465 348/466 348/467 348/468 348/731 348/732 348/734 348/463 348/464 348/465 348/466 348/467 348/468 348/10 348/12 348/13 348/563 348/569 348/570 348/473 348/474 348/584 348/586 455/186.1 455/186.2
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