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Method and system for simultaneously displaying a television program and information about the program    
United States Patent6239794   
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Inventor(s)Yuen; Henry C. (Redondo Beach, CA); Kwoh; Daniel S. (Flintridge, CA); Mankovitz; Roy J. (Encino, CA); Leung; Elsie (South Pasadena, CA)
AbstractA television viewer uses a PIP format for display of program related information such as television program listings from a program schedule data base in the background and moving, real time or stored video clip images of a program selected from the displayed listings in the PIP window. All the text of the background information lies outside the PIP window. In one embodiment, as the viewer selects a particular program from the display of current television program listings by means of a cursor or a code number, the corresponding program automatically appears in the PIP window.



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Method and system for simultaneously displaying a television program and information about the program
Inventor     Yuen; Henry C. (Redondo Beach, CA); Kwoh; Daniel S. (Flintridge, CA); Mankovitz; Roy J. (Encino, CA); Leung; Elsie (South Pasadena, CA)
Owner/Assignee     E Guide, Inc. (Los Angeles, CA)
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Publication Date     May 29, 2001
Application Number     08/475,395
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Filing Date     June 7, 1995
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Examiner     Flynn; Nathan
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Attorney/Law Firm     Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP
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Parent Case     CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/424,863, filed Apr. 17, 1995, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/369,522, filed Jan. 5, 1995, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/312,863, filed Sep. 27, 1994, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/298,997, filed Aug. 31, 1994 now abandoned. The disclosures of these applications are incorporated fully herein by reference.
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What is claimed is:

1. A method of channel surfing with television apparatus having a tuner and a screen, the method comprising in the order recited the steps of:

storing in a memory a plurality of current and future television program listings representing telecast programs, each program listing including a channel identification;

displaying in a first area of the screen some of the program listings including a current program listing;

marking the current program listing in the first area of the screen;

retrieving from the memory the channel identification of the marked program listing;

using the retrieved channel identification to set the tuner to receive the telecast program represented by the marked program listing;

displaying in a second area of the screen the telecast program received by the tuner;

displaying a future program listing among the program listings in the first area of the screen; and

marking the future program listing in the first area of the screen in place of the current program listing without changing the program displayed in the second area.

2. The method of claim 1, additionally comprising replacing the current program listings in the first area of the screen with future program listings for a single channel.

3. The method of claim 1, additionally comprising replacing the current program listings in the first area of the screen with future program listings for a single time.

4. The method of claim 1, additionally comprising replacing the current program listings in the first area of the screen with future program listings for a single theme.

5. The method of claim 1, in which the step of displaying in the second area displays the entire image of the program telecast on the particular channel.

6. The method of claim 1, additionally comprising the step of displaying in a third area of the screen a description