WikiPatents - Community Patent Review
Create Free Account  |  License or Sell Your Patent  |  WikiPatents Marketplace  |  WikiPatents Blog
Username:  Password:  
    
Advanced Search
Systems and methods for displaying and recording control interface with television programs, video, advertising information and program scheduling information    

Get related patents on CD
United States Patent6177931   
Link to this pagehttp://www.wikipatents.com/6177931.html
Inventor(s)Alexander; Ronald (Needham, MA); Dias; Stephen (Sharon, MA); Hancock; Kenneth S. (Nashua, NH); Leung; Elsie Y. (South Pasadena, CA); Macrae; Douglas (Weston, MA); Ng; Arthur Y. (Waltham, MA); O'Neil; Shawn (Derry, NH); Schoaff; Peter Christopher (Westford, MA); Sutton; Jonathon (Concord, MA); Ward, III; Thomas Edward (Weston, MA); Westberg; Thomas (Bedford, MA); Yuen; Henry C. (Redondo Beach, CA)
AbstractThe present invention is an improvement over previous Electronic Programming Guides ("EPG") in that it provides, among other things: Improved viewer interaction capabilities with the EPG; improved viewer control of video recording of future-scheduled programming; improved features to the EPG display and navigation; parental control of the EPG display; improved television program information access by the viewer; improved opportunities for the commercial advertiser to reach the viewer; improved product information access by the viewer; creation of a viewer's profile; utilization of viewer profile information to customize various aspects of the EPG; and utilization of viewer profile information to provide customized presentation of advertising to the viewer.
   














 Title Information Submit all comments and votes
 
Patent Text Patent PDF Print Page Summary File History
Plain text PDF images Print Summary File History Custom Search
Drawing from US Patent 6177931
Systems and methods for displaying and recording control interface with television programs, video, advertising information and program scheduling information - US Patent 6177931 Drawing
Systems and methods for displaying and recording control interface with television programs, video, advertising information and program scheduling information
Inventor     Alexander; Ronald (Needham, MA); Dias; Stephen (Sharon, MA); Hancock; Kenneth S. (Nashua, NH); Leung; Elsie Y. (South Pasadena, CA); Macrae; Douglas (Weston, MA); Ng; Arthur Y. (Waltham, MA); O'Neil; Shawn (Derry, NH); Schoaff; Peter Christopher (Westford, MA); Sutton; Jonathon (Concord, MA); Ward, III; Thomas Edward (Weston, MA); Westberg; Thomas (Bedford, MA); Yuen; Henry C. (Redondo Beach, CA)
Owner/Assignee     Index Systems, Inc. (Tortola, VG)
Patent assignment
All assignments
Company News
Publication Date     January 23, 2001
Application Number     09/120,488
PAIR File History     Application Data   Transaction History
Image File Wrapper   Patent Term   Fees
Litigation
Filing Date     July 21, 1998
US Classification     725/52 348/565 725/34 725/39 725/41 725/42 725/43 725/46
Int'l Classification     G06F 013/00
Examiner     Flynn; Nathan
Assistant Examiner    
Attorney/Law Firm     Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP
Address
Parent Case     CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims priority of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Nos. 60/055,237 ("ADVERTISING MESSAGES DEPENDING ON ACCESS CONTENT"), filed Aug. 12, 1997, Ser. No. 60/068,375 ("SELECTION OF ADVERTISING MESSAGES IN AN EPG") filed Dec. 22, 1997, Ser. No. 60/053,330 ("EPG WITH ADVERTISING MESSAGES")) filed Jul. 21, 1997, Ser. No. 60/055,761 ("ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE FEATURES"), Ser. No. 60/061,119 ("TV GUIDE PLUS+")filed Oct. 6, 1997, Ser. No. 60/071,811 ("SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING TARGETED ADVERTISING IN AN EPG"), filed Jan. 20, 1998, Ser. No. 60/071,812 ("ELECTRONIC PROGRAMMING GUIDE SYSTEM WITH GRAPHICAL ENHANCEMENT CAPABILITY") filed Jan. 20, 1998, and Ser. No. 60/071,882 ("SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING ADVERTISING IN AN ELECTRONIC PROGRAMMING GUIDE") filed Jan. 26, 1998, and U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/034,784 ("EPG WITH ADVERTISING INSERTS") filed Dec. 9, 1996 and PCT International Application No. PCT/US97/23852, Attorney Docket No. 31912PCT/LTR/E190 ("EPG WITH ADVERTISING INSERTS") filed Dec. 19, 1997 the disclosures of all of which are incorporated herein by reference, as if fully stated here, for all purposes.
Priority Data    
USPTO Field of Search     348/731 348/734 348/561 348/562 348/563 348/564 348/565 348/906 348/10 709/217 709/218 709/219 345/327
Patent Tags     methods displaying recording control interface with television programs, video, advertising information program scheduling information
   
Enter a comma (,) or semicolon (;) between multiple tag words/phrases.
Describe this patent:
 Amusing   
 Clever   
 Complex   
 Efficient   
 Historic   
 Important   
 Innovative   
 Interesting   
 Practical   
 Simple   
[no votes]
Patent WIKI

Share information and news about this patent, including information and news about the technology, inventors, company, ligation and licensing.
 References Submit all comments and votes
 
*references marked with an asterisk below are user-added references
 U.S. References
 
Add a new US reference:  
ReferenceRelevancyCommentsReferenceRelevancyComments
5940073
Klosterman
715/721
Aug,1999
[0 after 0 votes]		5917481
Rzeszewski
715/721
Jun,1999
[0 after 0 votes]
5903314
Niijima
725/44
May,1999
[0 after 0 votes]		5867227
Yamaguchi

Feb,1999
[0 after 0 votes]
5850218
LaJoie
725/45
Dec,1998
[0 after 0 votes]		5844620
Coleman
725/54
Dec,1998
[0 after 0 votes]
5828420
Marshall
725/47
Oct,1998
[0 after 0 votes]		5808694
Usui
725/49
Sep,1998
[0 after 0 votes]
5801747
Bedard
725/46
Sep,1998
[0 after 0 votes]		5793438
Bedard
725/43
Aug,1998
[0 after 0 votes]
5790202
Kummer
348/553
Aug,1998
[0 after 0 votes]		5781246
Alten
725/40
Jul,1998
[0 after 0 votes]
5760821
Ellis
725/50
Jun,1998
[0 after 0 votes]		5737028
Bertram
725/37
Apr,1998
[0 after 0 votes]
5734853
Hendricks
715/716
Mar,1998
[0 after 0 votes]		5710601
Marshall
725/41
Jan,1998
[0 after 0 votes]
5699125
Rzeszewski

Dec,1997
[0 after 0 votes]		5694176
Bruette
725/43
Dec,1997
[0 after 0 votes]
5689666
Berquist
715/797
Nov,1997
[0 after 0 votes]		5666498
Amro
715/800
Sep,1997
[0 after 0 votes]
5661516
Carles
725/35
Aug,1997
[0 after 0 votes]		5652615
Bryant

Jul,1997
[0 after 0 votes]
5652613
Lazarus

Jul,1997
[0 after 0 votes]		5650831
Farwell
348/734
Jul,1997
[0 after 0 votes]
5650826
Eitz
348/468
Jul,1997
[0 after 0 votes]		5635978
Alten
725/42
Jun,1997
[0 after 0 votes]
5635989
Rothmuller
725/46
Jun,1997
[0 after 0 votes]		5629733
Youman
725/53
May,1997
[0 after 0 votes]
5630119
Aristides
707/1
May,1997
[0 after 0 votes]		5621456
Florin
725/43
Apr,1997
[0 after 0 votes]
5606374
Bertram
725/37
Feb,1997
[0 after 0 votes]		5600364
Hendricks
725/9
Feb,1997
[0 after 0 votes]
5594509
Florin
725/43
Jan,1997
[0 after 0 votes]		5585866
Miller
725/43
Dec,1996
[0 after 0 votes]
5585838
Lawler
725/54
Dec,1996
[0 after 0 votes]		5583560
Florin
725/40
Dec,1996
[0 after 0 votes]
5559549
Hendricks
725/50
Sep,1996
[0 after 0 votes]		5559550
Mankovitz
725/41
Sep,1996
[0 after 0 votes]
5559548
Davis
725/40
Sep,1996
[0 after 0 votes]		5557338
Maze
725/38
Sep,1996
[0 after 0 votes]
5541662
Adams
348/460
Jul,1996
[0 after 0 votes]		5534911
Levitan
725/46
Jul,1996
[0 after 0 votes]
5528304
Cherrick
725/41
Jun,1996
[0 after 0 votes]		5526034
Hoarty
725/138
Jun,1996
[0 after 0 votes]
5524195
Clanton, III
725/61
Jun,1996
[0 after 0 votes]		5523796
Marshall
725/41
Jun,1996
[0 after 0 votes]
5479497
Kovarik
379/265.03
Dec,1995
[0 after 0 votes]		5452012
Saitoh

Sep,1995
[0 after 0 votes]
5440678
Eisen

Aug,1995
[0 after 0 votes]		5434626
Hayashi

Jul,1995
[0 after 0 votes]
5432561
Strubbe

Jul,1995
[0 after 0 votes]		5410344
Graves
725/46
Apr,1995
[0 after 0 votes]
5398074
Duffield
348/564
Mar,1995
[0 after 0 votes]		5377317
Bates
715/789
Dec,1994
[0 after 0 votes]
5353121
Young
725/52
Oct,1994
[0 after 0 votes]		5325183
Rhee
348/578
Jun,1994
[0 after 0 votes]
5319445
Fitts
356/604
Jun,1994
[0 after 0 votes]		5233423
Jernigan
348/564
Aug,1993
[0 after 0 votes]
5223924
Strubbe
725/46
Jun,1993
[0 after 0 votes]		5212553
Maruoka
725/68
May,1993
[0 after 0 votes]
5155591
Wachob
725/35
Oct,1992
[0 after 0 votes]		5105184
Pirani
345/629
Apr,1992
[0 after 0 votes]
5036314
Barillari
345/2.2
Jul,1991
[0 after 0 votes]
 Foreign References
 Other References
 Market Review Submit all comments and votes
   
Market Size
Estimate the gross annual revenues of the relevant market sector:
> $10B
$5B - $10B
$2B - $5B
$500M - $2B
$100M - $500M
$10M - $100M
$1M - $10M
$500K - $1M
$100K - $500K
< $100K
[No votes]
$0
 
$0   $2.5B   $5B   $7.5B   $10B

[0 market size comments]
Market Share
Estimate the percentage of the relevant market sector this invention will capture:
75% - 100%
50% - 74.99%
25% - 49.99%
10 - 24.99%
5 - 9.99%
2 - 4.99%
1 - 1.99%
< 1%
[No votes]
0.0%