United States Patent [19J
`Schein et al.
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`[54] ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE WITH
`INTERACTIVE AREAS
`
`[75]
`
`Inventors: Steven Michael Schein, Menlo Park;
`Jim Leftwich, Palo Alto; David M.
`Folker, Fremont; Keith Hunwick,
`Mountain View, all of Calif.
`
`[73] Assignee: StarSight Telecast, Inc., Fremont,
`Calif.
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`[ *] Notice:
`
`This patent issued on a continued pros(cid:173)
`ecution application filed under 37 CFR
`1.53( d), and is subject to the twenty year
`patent term provisions of 35 U.S.C.
`154(a)(2).
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`[21] Appl. No.: 08/906,073
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`[22]
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`Filed:
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`Aug. 5, 1997
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`[60]
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`[51]
`[52]
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`[58]
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`[56]
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`Related U.S. Application Data
`Provisional application No. 60/022,436, Aug. 6, 1996.
`
`Int. Cl? ....................................................... H04N 7/14
`U.S. Cl. ............................ 348/13; 348/906; 348/563;
`345/327
`Field of Search .............................. 348/13, 563, 564,
`348/565, 569, 906; 455/2, 6.2, 6.3, 6.1,
`5.1, 4.2; 345/327
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`[11] Patent Number:
`[45] Date of Patent:
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`6,151,059
`*Nov. 21, 2000
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`PCT/US94/
`06941
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`
`OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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`International Preliminary Examination Report dated Oct. 15,
`1998 from the corresponding PCT application (PCT/US97/
`13751).
`
`Primary Examiner-Thomas G. Black
`Assistant Examiner-Uyen Le
`Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP
`
`[57]
`
`ABSTRACT
`
`A television schedule system and method for displaying
`television schedule information on a television screen
`includes a program guide having a schedule information
`area that depicts the programs that are being presented on
`each channel at each time during the day. An input device
`allows the viewer to move a pointer over different interactive
`areas of the guide and the function performed when the area
`is activated is displayed in a contextual help window.
`Various control glyphs provide for recursive interaction with
`the guide. Additionally, a video window is interactive and
`provides tuning functions.
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`24 Claims, 36 Drawing Sheets
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`This application claims the benefit of the filing date of
`U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/022,436, filed Aug. 6,
`1996, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference.
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`being presented on each channel at each time during the day.
`With an input device, such as a remote control device,
`5 pointing device, mouse, keyboard, microphone or the like,
`the viewer can browse through the schedule information
`area and/or obtain more information about programs of
`particular interest.
`According to one aspect of the invention, actions are
`10 directly invoked by moving a pointer over areas of the visual
`interface and selecting or "clicking" on the area. A "con(cid:173)
`textual help window" in the display area prompts the user as
`to what can be or needs to be done as the user moves the
`pointer over the display area. This feature insures that the
`15 user always knows what's going on.
`In one aspect of the invention, a system and method is
`provided for allowing the viewer to utilize display action
`controls, configured as glyphs, to recursively vary the con(cid:173)
`figuration of the display area. Each glyph is activated by a
`20 point and click action of the user input device and serves as
`a switch for changing between two modes.
`According to one aspect of the invention, an "information
`glyph" switches back and forth between a title-only grid/list
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`25 selected) and an "information expansion" of a single item
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`According to another aspect, a "find others glyph" auto-
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`airings of a currently-selected program.
`According to a further aspect, a "flip glyph" flips between
`vertical and horizontal configurations of the display area.
`According to another aspect of the invention, a "record
`35 glyph" allows for directly controlling recording with a single
`click.
`According to another aspect of the invention, a World
`Wide Web (WWW) icon appears on the display when a link
`to a website associated with the currently-selected program
`exist. Clicking on the WWW icon connects the user's
`system to the associated website.
`According to another aspect of the invention, a linked
`services icon appears on the display when linked services
`associated with the currently-selected program are available.
`Clicking on the linked services icon configures the user's
`system to access linked services.
`According to another aspect of the invention, when the
`user moves the pointer over a video window showing a
`50 currently-tuned channel the window splits into two parts. A
`top part is a clickable area allowing the user to tune directly
`to a currently-selected program in the display area and a
`lower part allowing the user to return to the currently-tuned
`program that was being displayed before the window split.
`According to another aspect of the invention, scrollable
`area are highlighted when the pointer is moved into the area
`with arrows indicating the direction of scrolling. Areas
`within a display area can activate scrolling of only a portion
`of a display area.
`According to another aspect of the invention, each action
`is performed by a user is confirmed in a text window to
`reinforce the user's confidence that the action has been
`performed.
`According to another aspect of the invention, a display
`mode title area displays a current display mod