Method and apparatus for displaying television programs and related text
CA 2761985 C · Owner: Rovi Guides, Inc. · Inventors: Kwoh, Daniel S.; Yuen, Henry C.; Mankovitz, Roy J.
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A method for displaying a program and related information includes receiving program listings information including program descriptions, storing the received program listings information and receiving a user request to record a program. The method is characterised by the steps of. storing a plurality of received user requests for recording programs in a record queue simultaneously displaying on user equipment including a display screen, video associated with a first program in a first area of a screen and a display of a plurality of program listings of television programs available for reception in a second, nonoverlapping, area of the screen and displaying the record queue in response to …
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- Filed August 31, 1995 and granted December 24, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 31, 2015.
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