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US Patent 7398541
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July 8, 2008
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Systems and methods are provided for displaying promotional information on a display on which program listings information is displayed. In some embodiments, the promotional information and the program listings information may be displayed simultaneously with video for a given television channel. In some embodiments, the program listings information may be program listings information for the given television channel. In some embodiments, the program listings information may be program listings information for channels other than the given television channel. In some embodiments, the promotional information may contain text. In some embodiments, the promotional information may contain graphics. Systems and methods are also provided for displaying for a user video that is accompanied by audio on a display on which program listings are displayed.
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July 8, 2008
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10/346,266
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January 15, 2003
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725/40   348/564 348/E5.097 348/E5.105 348/E7.061 348/E7.063 348/E7.071 348/E7.075 725/41
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H04N   5/445   (20060101)  
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This is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/997,659, filed Nov. 29, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,100,185 which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/119,367, filed Sep. 9, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,418,556.
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348/569   348/563   348/564   348/565   725/39   725/40   725/41   725/42   725/43  
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