US2016156975A1PendingUtilityA1

Interactive television system with programming-related links

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Assignee: ROVI GUIDES INCPriority: Oct 29, 1999Filed: Sep 25, 2015Published: Jun 2, 2016
Est. expiryOct 29, 2019(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Peter C. Boylan, IiiMichael D. Ellis
H04N 21/8153H04N 21/4316H04N 21/4882H04N 21/812H04N 21/4722H04N 21/4821H04N 21/8133H04N 7/17318H04N 21/8545H04N 21/4828H04N 21/4312H04N 21/482H04N 21/84H04N 21/47H04N 7/163H04N 21/4314H04N 21/858G06F 3/0482H04N 21/4755H04N 21/488H04N 21/47214
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Abstract

An interactive television system with programming-related links is provided. The system may include user television equipment on which interactive program guide and non-program-guide applications may he implemented. Information that is displayed in a display screen for a non-program-guide application may be related to programming. A display screen or overlay for programming that is related to the information may be displayed when a user selects the displayed information. The display or overlay for the programming may include advertisements, video, graphics, options, or programming descriptions. The display screen or overlay may have been displayed by the program guide application.

Claims

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1 . An interactive television system having user television equipment on which an interactive television program guide application and an interactive non-program-guide television application are each at least partially implemented, said user television equipment being configured to:
 display information that is related to programming using the non-program-guide application;   provide a user with an opportunity to select the displayed information; and   use the program guide application to display an information display region that includes additional information related to the programming when the displayed information is selected.   
     
     
         2 . The system defined in  claim 1 , wherein the information display region includes a program guide option that is related to the programming. 
     
     
         3 . The system defined in  claim 1 , wherein the information display region includes a plurality of program guide options that are related to the programming. 
     
     
         4 . The system defined in  claim 1 , wherein the information display region includes video that is related to the programming. 
     
     
         5 . The system defined in  claim 1 , wherein the information display region includes a graphic that is related to the programming. 
     
     
         6 . The system defined in  claim 1 , wherein the information display region includes an advertisement for programming. 
     
     
         7 . The system defined in  claim 6 , wherein the advertisement is related to the programming. 
     
     
         8 . The system defined in  claim 1 , wherein the displayed information is an advertisement. 
     
     
         9 . The system defined in  claim 1 , wherein the displayed information is a graphic. 
     
     
         10 . The system defined in  claim 1 , wherein the displayed information is a phrase that is related to the programming. 
     
     
         11 . The system defined in  claim 1 , wherein the displayed information is a word that is related to the programming. 
     
     
         12 . The system defined in  claim 1 , wherein the user television equipment is further configured to display an indicator with the displayed information to indicate to the user that the displayed information is related to programming. 
     
     
         13 . The system defined in  claim 12 , wherein the opportunity to select the information is provided by providing the user with an opportunity to select the indicator. 
     
     
         14 . The system defined in  claim 1 , wherein the user television equipment includes a program guide database of programming information for the program guide application, and wherein the user television equipment is further configured to access the program guide database to determine which programming is related to the selected information. 
     
     
         15 . The system defined in  claim 1 , wherein the display region is an overlay. 
     
     
         16 . The system defined in  claim 1 , wherein the display region is a display screen. 
     
     
         17 . The system defined in  claim 1 , wherein the user television equipment is further configured to:
 provide the displayed information in a non-program-guide application display screen; and   provide the user with an opportunity to return to the non-program-guide application display screen when the display region has been displayed.   
     
     
         18 . The system defined in  claim 1 , wherein the programming is a particular program. 
     
     
         19 . The system defined in  claim 1 , wherein the programming is a particular channel. 
     
     
         20 . The system defined in  claim 1 , wherein the programming is a particular network. 
     
     
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