System and method for generating an information display schedule for an electronic program guide

Abstract From the Canadian patent

An electronic program, schedule system which includes a receiver for, receiving television program schedule information and, promotional information transmitted via satellite, a, digital playback system for storing the schedule and, promotional information and formatting pages of said, information, and a cable television channel modulator, for modulating the pages of information onto a cable, television system. A data processor in the playback, system 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 television receiver is used to display the, television program schedule and …