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Granted Patent B2
US 8,739,210 · App. 12/114,501 · Granted May 27, 2014

Systems and methods for presenting an interactive user interface

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Patent No.
US 8,739,210
App. No.
12/114,501
Granted
May 27, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system interactively controlled by a TV viewer remote control transmitter displays portions of a scroll program guide on the viewer's display screen. A tuner receives TV radio frequency or optical transmission signals in a plurality of cable channels and passes a viewer usable signal to a signal combiner. A computer receives control signals from the TV viewer remote control transmitter. It controls the tuner to pass the viewer usable signal in response to one of the control signals. Program information, such as TV program schedule information, may be displayed, and a user may select at least some of the displayed program information to be presented with additional program information related to the selected program information.

Claims (33)

1. A method for invoking an interactive user interface, comprising:

receiving a user interface invocation command;

in response to receiving the user interface invocation command: (1) transmitting an instruction for tuning from a first channel to a predetermined television channel, (2) generating for display at least a portion of the predetermined television channel, and (3) generating for display, simultaneously with the portion of the predetermined television channel, an interactive user interface comprising program information;

receiving a user selection of at least some of the program information; and

in response to receiving the user selection, generating for display replacement program information that replaces a portion of the selected program information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined television channel comprises programming data channel videos, the method further comprising:

generating for display the interactive user interface as an automatically scrolling grid on one portion of a display and the programming data channel videos on another portion of the display.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising receiving user input to adjust how quickly the automatically scrolling grid is scrolling.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the predetermined television channel comprises programming data channel data, the method further comprising:

masking the programming data channel data when the interactive user interface is displayed.

5. The method of claim 2 further comprising receiving user input to move the grid backward.

6. The method of claim 2 further comprising receiving user input to move the grid forward.

7. The method of claim 2 further comprising receiving user input to control in which direction the grid scrolls.

8. The method of claim 2 further comprising receiving user input to stop the grid from scrolling.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the program information comprises program schedule information.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the program schedule information comprises television program schedule information.

11. A system for invoking an interactive user interface, comprising:

control circuitry configured to:

receive, from a user input device, a user interface invocation command;

in response to receiving the user interface invocation command: (1) transmit an instruction to tune from a first channel to a predetermined television channel, (2) generate for display at least a portion of the predetermined television channel, and (3) generate for display, simultaneously with the portion of the predetermined television channel, an interactive user interface comprising program information;

receive a user selection of at least some of the program information; and

in response to receiving the user selection, generate for display replacement program information that replaces a portion of the selected program information.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the predetermined television channel comprises programming data channel videos, and the control circuitry is further configured to:

generate for display the interactive user interface as an automatically scrolling grid on one portion of a display and the programming data channel videos on another portion of the display.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to receive user input to adjust how quickly the automatically scrolling grid is scrolling.

14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the predetermined television channel comprises programming data channel data, and the control circuitry is further configured to:

mask the programming data channel data when the interactive user interface is displayed.

15. The system of claim 12 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to receive user input to move the grid backward.

16. The system of claim 12 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to receive user input to move the grid forward.

17. The system of claim 12 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to receive user input to control in which direction the grid scrolls.

18. The system of claim 12 wherein the control circuitry is further configured to receive user input to stop the grid from scrolling.

19. The system of claim 11 wherein the program information comprises program schedule information.

20. The system of claim 19 wherein the program schedule information comprises television program schedule information.

Assignments (12)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT RIGHTS Recorded Nov 25, 2019
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: APTIV DIGITAL INC.; GEMSTAR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION; INDEX SYSTEMS INC.; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; SONIC SOLUTIONS LLC; STARSIGHT TELECAST, INC.; UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC.; VEVEO, INC.
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MERGER Recorded Jun 12, 2015
From: TV GUIDE, INC.
To: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
Reel/Frame 035848/0245 →
MERGER Recorded Jun 12, 2015
From: UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC.
To: UV CORP.
Reel/Frame 035893/0241 →
MERGER Recorded Jun 12, 2015
From: UV CORP.
To: TV GUIDE, INC.
Reel/Frame 035848/0270 →
PATENT RELEASE Recorded Jul 24, 2014
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: ALL MEDIA GUIDE, LLC; APTIV DIGITAL, INC.; GEMSTAR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION; INDEX SYSTEMS INC.; ROVI CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; STARSIGHT TELECAST, INC.; TV GUIDE INTERNATIONAL, INC.; UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC.
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PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 24, 2014
From: APTIV DIGITAL, INC.; GEMSTAR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION; INDEX SYSTEMS INC.; ROVI GUIDES, INC.; ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; SONIC SOLUTIONS LLC; STARSIGHT TELECAST, INC.; UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC.; VEVEO, INC.
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 033407/0035 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 6, 2014
From: TV GUIDE NETWORKS, INC.
To: UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 032159/0902 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 6, 2014
From: MARSHALL, CONNIE T.; LEMMONS, THOMAS R.; ALLISON, DONALD W.
To: PREVUE NETWORKS, INC.
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 6, 2014
From: PREVUE NETWORKS, INC.
To: TV GUIDE NETWORKS, INC.
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SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2011
From: APTIV DIGITAL, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION; GEMSTAR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION; INDEX SYSTEMS INC, A BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS COMPANY; ROVI CORPORATION, A DELAWARE CORPORATION; ROVI GUIDES, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION; ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, A DELAWARE CORPORATION; ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, A DELAWARE CORPORATION; STARSIGHT TELECAST, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION; UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 29, 2010
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION)
To: ALL MEDIA GUIDE, LLC; APTIV DIGITAL, INC.; GEMSTAR DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION; INDEX SYSTEMS INC.; ODS PROPERTIES, INC.; ROVI DATA SOLUTIONS, INC. (FORMERLY KNOWN AS TV GUIDE DATA SOLUTIONS, INC.); ROVI GUIDES, INC. (FORMERLY KNOWN AS GEMSTAR-TV GUIDE INTERNATIONAL, INC.); ROVI SOLUTIONS CORPORATION (FORMERLY KNOWN AS MACROVISION CORPORATION); ROVI SOLUTIONS LIMITED (FORMERLY KNOWN AS MACROVISION EUROPE LIMITED); ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION; STARSIGHT TELECAST, INC.; TV GUIDE, INC.; TV GUIDE ONLINE, LLC; UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC.
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SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 1, 2009
From: ALL MEDIA GUIDE, LLC; MACROVISION CORPORATION; STARSIGHT TELECAST, INC.; UNITED VIDEO PROPERTIES, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
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