Program guide system with video-on-demand browsing
CA 2797662 C · Owner: Rovi Guides, Inc. · Inventors: Ellis, Michael D.
Overview
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An interactive television program guide system is provided in which a viewer may direct a television to simultaneously display a selected television program and a program guide display. A viewer may use the program guide display to browse available video-on-demand (VOD) while continuing to view a previously selected program in the background. The viewer may browse through video-on-demand programs on the program guide display using a variety of keys on a remote control unit. The viewer may direct the program guide to order a given video-on-demand program and set a desired broadcast time for that program.
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- Filed May 18, 1999 and granted August 7, 2018. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 18, 2019.
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