Epg aggregation from multiple sources

Abstract

An Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) display for a intelligent television (TV) includes a display of EPG information sourced from aggregated EPG information sources including embedded EPG information in a content feed, an Internet EPG information source, and an EPG channel. The EPG information display further includes a schedule of past, current, and upcoming TV programs built from the aggregated EPG information. EPG information may also be displayed on a partial-screen along with a currently playing TV program. The partial-screen EPG information may be displayed on a banner located to the top of the TV program. The partial-screen EPG information may also be displayed to the side of the TV program and include further detailed information and additional contents related to the TV program.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) display for an intelligent television (TV), comprising a display on the intelligent TV, the display comprising:
 a schedule portion accessible and/or configurable using an input device to display a schedule including past, current, and/or upcoming TV programs; and   a banner portion configured to display EPG information related to a selected TV program in the schedule portion, wherein   the schedule and the displayed EPG information are built using EPG information aggregated from a plurality of EPG information sources.   
     
     
         2 . The EPG display of  claim 1 , wherein the display is a full-screen display and wherein the full-screen display further comprises a live TV portion configured to display a selected TV program. 
     
     
         3 . The EPG display of  claim 1 , wherein the display further comprises hot key functionalities accessible for one or more TV programs in the schedule. 
     
     
         4 . The EPG display of  claim 3 , wherein the hot key functionalities comprises one or more of displaying currently playing TV programs, assigning categories to the selected TV program, managing the selected TV program, and marking the selected TV program. 
     
     
         5 . The EPG display of  claim 1 , wherein the banner portion comprises one or more of a thumbnail, a name, a detailed description, a start and stop time, and a video and/or audio format for the selected TV program. 
     
     
         6 . The EPG display of  claim 1 , wherein the EPG information sources comprise one or more of embedded EPG information in a content feed, an Internet EPG information source, and an EPG channel. 
     
     
         7 . An Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) display for an intelligent television (TV), comprising a partial-screen display on an in-use display of the intelligent TV, the partial-screen display comprising displayed EPG information regarding a TV program, wherein the displayed EPG information is built using EPG information aggregated from a plurality of EPG information sources, the EPG information sources comprising one or more of embedded EPG information in a content feed, an Internet EPG information source, and an EPG channel. 
     
     
         8 . The EPG display of  claim 7 , wherein the partial-screen display overlays the in-use display of the intelligent TV. 
     
     
         9 . The EPG display of  claim 7 , wherein the in-use display comprises a currently playing TV program. 
     
     
         10 . The EPG display of  claim 7 , wherein the partial-screen display resizes the in-use display. 
     
     
         11 . The EPG display of  claim 7 , wherein the partial-screen display comprises a banner located at a top of the in-use display. 
     
     
         12 . The EPG display of  claim 9 , wherein the partial-screen display comprises an EPG information portion displaying the displayed EPG information located to the side of the in-use display and comprising a button portion having selectable buttons for accessing one or more of scenes, audio tracks, and subtitle tracks in the currently playing TV program. 
     
     
         13 . The EPG display of  claim 12 , further comprising a schedule for a channel playing the currently playing TV program. 
     
     
         14 . A method of displaying Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) information on a intelligent television (TV), comprising:
 building and displaying aggregated EPG information from a plurality of EPG sources on a screen of the intelligent TV, the EPG sources comprise one or more of embedded EPG information in a content feed, an Internet EPG information source, and an EPG channel.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein displaying the aggregated EPG information comprises displaying a combination of the aggregated EPG information and a schedule including past, current, and upcoming TV programs on a full-screen portion of the screen, wherein the schedule is accessible and configurable using an input device, and wherein the schedule is built from the aggregated EPG information. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising displaying an in-use portion on the screen, wherein displaying the aggregated EPG information comprises displaying the aggregated EPG information on a partial-screen portion of the screen in combination with the in-use portion. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the in-use portion comprises a currently playing TV program. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the partial-screen portion is located to the side of the in-use portion and further comprises a button portion having at least one selectable button for accessing one or more of scenes, audio tracks, and subtitle tracks in the currently playing TV program. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the partial-screen portion further comprises a schedule for a channel playing the currently playing TV program. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the partial-screen portion comprises a banner located at a top of the in-use portion. 
     
     
         21 . A tangible and non-transient computer readable medium comprising microprocessor executable instructions that, when executed by the microprocessor, perform the steps of  claim 14 .