System and method for providing video program information or video program content to a user
CA 2472921 C · Owner: Hamel, Kenneth L. · Inventors: Brenner, Scott; Staller, Joshua D.; Cain, Michael E.
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In a system for broadcasting video programs to a user including a display a , system and method for providing program information or a copy of at least a portion of a program to the user. In one embodiment a controller receives an , input signal representing a request for summary information concerning a program, the program having a beginning and the input signal generated at a time during the broadcast. The controller provides via the display a summary of the program from the program beginning to the input signal time in response to the input signal. A controller may alternatively monitor a period of time during which the display is tuned to a broadcast of a program the period , …
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- Filed February 7, 2003 and granted January 5, 2021. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 7, 2023.
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