Interactive program guide systems and processes

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United States Patent

5880768

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Inventor(s)

Lemmons; Thomas R. (Coweta, OK); Allison; Donald W. (Tulsa, OK); Henshaw; Jerry D. (Tulsa, OK); Marshall; Connie T. (Muskogee, OK)

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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