System and method for miniguide implementation
CA 2372165 A1 · Owner: Macrae, Douglas B. · Inventors: Ward, Thomas Edward Iii; Macrae, Douglas B.
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A system and method for displaying detailed information about a currently displayed program along with a related advertisement in a miniguide overlaid on a small portion of a current television program. A viewer invokes a miniguide command using a viewer input device such as a remote control, while , watching a current television program in full screen format. In response to the miniguide command, the television system displays a portion of the television schedule information associated with the television program in an information area, and an advertisement on a panel ad window located horizontally adjacent to the information area. The advertisement displayed on , a panel ad window …
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- Filed March 15, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 15, 2020.
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